Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Zhou Baiyu felt the situation was getting complicated.

He began to calculate inwardly.

"The chairman would certainly not deceive me, and the chairman's information comes from an intermediary of the old gods…"

"All nine intermediaries are contacts of the old gods, would they speak for the new gods?"

"Obviously not, but the chairman did specifically mention that foreign believers are participating in cleansing the world."

"Could it be that A deceived me?"

Zhou Baiyu felt something was amiss.

"A is the only believer in himself; the conflict between the old and the new is definitely real. What A said should not be wrong."

"That means the explanation is one... The information A received is still incomplete."

"In the conflict between the old and the new, the new gods probably aren't unified. And why is it called Divine Endowment Night?"

"If ascending to godhood as a Corruption Gu just means gaining more power... that's not called promotion."

"After becoming a new god, there must be some fundamental difference from the Corruption Gu."

Zhou Baiyu felt that things were probably more complicated than he had imagined.

Under the surface, there was a colossal entity, and everyone was like a blind man feeling an elephant.

Drawing different conclusions based on different experiences and information.

These pieces of information might not be wrong, but they likely... by missing some key clues, lead to a conclusion far from the truth.

Zhou Baiyu remembered something—

He once received a blessing from a Saint through a glass of wine from Sister Lin.

He even remembered how the description went—

"In the eternal realm of gods, the Saint Udier fell in love with the god of art and creation. Once you decide to use Udier's corruption, you will be able to inspire intense pursuit of art and beauty in the people and objects around you."

Saints are the most godlike beings among humans, the strongest among the old gods' inheritors.

But why would an inheritor of the old gods fall in love with a new god, "the god of art and creation"?

"It seems that whether it's the Twilight of the Gods or the Divine Endowment Night, there is still a lot of information that has not been unlocked, which leads to many seemingly contradictory aspects."

"Moreover, if all the foreign believers were Corruption Gu... then they would have caused chaos in the world long ago."

"But from what we see now, both domestically and abroad, everything appears normal; the 'worms' have not completely shattered the outer layer."

Zhou Baiyu smiled, no longer dwelling on this issue. According to A's information, the conflict between the old and the new was a clash between two powers.

But Zhou Baiyu had a hunch that perhaps the Twilight of the Gods was a three-way power struggle, with hundreds of new gods... not necessarily united.

The information A provided was probably correct, just lacking many things.

"Regardless, A got at least one thing right, the best thing forerunners can do is to keep performing well in the recruitment."

...

When the brand was directly crushed by Zhang Haoyun, Dick's curse disappeared.

Zhou Baiyu actually noticed a reverse cross tattoo on Dick's neck, but after verifying it repeatedly, he realized it was just a normal tattoo.

However, this made him speculate... it might be the mark of some organization.

With the disappearance of the curse, the abnormalities it brought also began to fade away.

All the "pythons" inside the building started to shrink and become smaller.

The vine-like things hanging from the building windows were also disappearing rapidly.

Before long, everything returned to normal.

The Spirited Snake Incident finally came to an end. But people's memories wouldn't fade.

The emergence of the bizarre, and the buzz brought by the Python Syndrome, would continue for quite some time.

Perhaps everything was as Zhang Haoyun said, Linyang City would become a city of urban legends.

He must actively participate in the recruitment, continuously growing stronger, to keep Linyang City in peace.

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After Zhou Baiyu, Zhang Haoyun, and Guang Tongchen left, they headed straight for the old building.

They soon joined up with Waking Dream.

Waking Dream was mainly responsible for investigating Vomiting Worm Syndrome.

He stood at the perimeter of the old building, as he had at the beginning, and did not go deeper into the area.

Upon seeing Zhang Haoyun's arrival, he was taken aback.

Especially watching Guang Tongchen laughing and talking with the great devil, he felt a bit uncomfortable, as if times had changed.

After Zhou Baiyu gave a brief account of the situation, Waking Dream was still wary but began to share his own findings.

"This is the situation; as soon as I entered here, my prophetic dreams came, and after a short rest, I dreamed of my body covered in worms... so I hurried out."

Waking Dream kept staring at Zhang Haoyun.

Zhang Haoyun also found it strange.

Indeed, it was one of her corruption abilities, controlling the Corruption Gu.

It could be said that every pure Corruption Gu reaching the level of a demon king could easily wield this power.

Once these Gu worms entered a person's body, they would immediately feed on emotions of despair, sorrow, anger, envy, anxiety... etc., and then amplify the person's new negative emotions.

Transforming them into a Corruption Gu.

Waking Dream staring at Zhang Haoyun like this had a clear meaning—that all of this trouble was caused by this monster.

It just so happened at the old building, just after the destruction of the Black Lotus, just when you woke up, and just related to the Corruption Gu.

All these coincidences made Waking Dream unable to not suspect the woman before him.

The situation once again became suspenseful.

Zhang Haoyun said,

"Indeed, I transformed one person here. But those who vomited worms afterward have nothing to do with me. I haven't done those things, I can already control my powers freely, although getting too close to me might affect them, but I always maintain a distance from people."