Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"Followers of the new gods, joining hands with inheritors of the old gods? That sounds like a very good suggestion!"

Constantin developed a great interest in the mysterious pioneers of the East.

If it weren't for the fact that many details couldn't be mentioned, he would have even liked to grab Zhou Baiyu and discuss the specifics.

Zhou Baiyu's courting of Constantin had more to it—

According to Dr. A, the areas outside the Advanced World were regions beyond the old gods' concern.

These regions had their own borders and barriers, making travel impossible.

But such separation—would eventually vanish.

His courting of Constantin was strategic as well.

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After some investigation, Constantin, Nina, and Zhou Baiyu found no clues.

All Zhang Haoyun could do was to figure out a way to use insect gu to combat the plague of insects, conducting a comprehensive pest extermination throughout the old building complex.

If anyone had witnessed the scene, they would have been stunned by the swarm of insects that seemed like a black sandstorm.

With no whereabouts of the "God of Plagiarism and Duplication" follower, the group had to suspend the investigation temporarily.

Of course, for Zhou Baiyu, at least it cleared Zhang Haoyun of suspicion. It wasn't a futile effort.

And Zhang Haoyun also allowed the old buildings to be temporarily purified.

But nobody knew what tricks the follower of the God of Plagiarism and Duplication might pull next.

Over the following days, Linxiang City gradually returned to normal.

Constantin and Zhou Baiyu's team grew more familiar with each other, and this somewhat decadent follower of the new gods was rather happy interacting with Guang Tongchen and Xianwu.

The "Weird Tale Cleanup Squad" of Linxiang City brought together individuals of different professions, races, nationalities, and beliefs.

It's worth mentioning—

Ling Hansu played a significant role on the logistics front.

As the team grew, she began pleading with her family to wire money.

There's no shame in relying on parents if you can rely on them, and Ling Hansu knew how to act cute.

Although she had never acted cute in front of people like Zhou Baiyu, Ye Yu, or Duan Kun, she would do so in front of her father.

Acting cute had many benefits: used on a boyfriend, she'd get money, used on a father, she'd get money, and used on a straight man, she'd get the kind reminder to drink more hot water.

So, Ling Hansu received a sizable sponsorship.

Her family, while not a wealthy dynasty like "unparalleled under heaven," was, in her own words, a notch above comfortable living.

To pry a large sum of money from her father for a proper base, like a luxury apartment in the golden section of Linxiang City plus various equipment...

That might require the amount a regular person could earn in a lifetime, or even more than they could ever earn.

Ordinary cute acts wouldn't suffice, so Ling Hansu told a lie—

She was in a relationship.

Upon hearing this, Father Ling thought it was great news and without a second word, transferred four million yuan.

Though Ling Hansu never spoke to her parents about her affairs, as a pioneer, she would often disappear without explanation.

By chance, one time her father saw her—Ling Hansu being teleported into the transfer station.

The sight of his daughter vanishing on the spot left Father Ling tremendously shocked. Fortunately, Ling Hansu returned successfully later.

She couldn't explain much, but her father guessed she might have gotten tangled in some inexplicable bizarre events.

Latter, when billboards appeared all over the world, obviously beyond human capability, Father Ling vaguely figured out some of the story.

This time, Ling Hansu said her partner was someone who had saved her life several times... This excited Father Ling, and he was especially generous with the money.

Finally, there was the collective relocation of Zhou Baiyu and others.

In theory, Xianwu could have asked the "unparalleled under heaven" family for money, but he couldn't swallow his pride, nor did he want to reveal the real identities of Guang Tongchen and Jiang Xianwu.

So, in the premium properties of the Yunjin Tianjiang development at the prime location of Linxiang City, Zhou Baiyu and the others moved into a fully-equipped luxury apartment.

In the team, Nina and Ling Hansu were responsible for assistant duties.

For undercover investigation work, it was Guang Tongchen, Constantin.

The alarm and scouting of dangerous peripheries were handled by Waking Dreams of Impermanence.

As for deep penetration into pollution sources or corruption zones, those were managed by Zhou Baiyu and Zhang Haoyun.

Regarding the young man transformed by Zhang Haoyun—Zhen Shi, he had not joined this team.

However, the fate that tied him to Zhou Baiyu was not so simple.

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Following the death of the pollution source Dick associated with "Giant Python Syndrome"—

it seemed that the other pollution species had become vigilant, each becoming very well-behaved.

Whether it was followers of the "God of Plagiarism and Duplication" or the "Nightmare and Void" concern Zhou Baiyu had been focused on, for the next few days, they no longer stirred.

It was as if they had all gone into hiding.

Intuition told Zhou Baiyu that these corrupt or polluted beings causing trouble in Linxiang City were probably waiting for the second defensive mode to arrive, plotting something significant.

Over these days, although the team members had been searching for clues, no substantial gains were made.

However, thanks to the team members' diligent efforts, the pollution sources and corruption species seem also to have long ceased their criminal activities.

Linxiang City had been calm for two weeks with no strange occurrences.

Yet, this did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm, as Zhou Baiyu's team remained always vigilant.

Later on, Constantin received a call to arms, version 1.27, with a B-level degree of regional pollution.

Ling Hansu received a call to arms, version 1.29, with a C-level degree of regional corruption...

Zhou Baiyu watched with envy. He always felt that these were the normal summonings.

On the sixteenth day, a countdown finally appeared before Zhou Baiyu's eyes again.

That day, Zhou Baiyu also received a text message from an ex-colleague, Li Ping.

The content of the message was brief—"Bro Zhou, I really want to see you."

Zhou Baiyu had a feeling something was off. He didn't ignore the message and immediately made a call, but Li Ping's phone was turned off.

Zhou Baiyu then asked Waking Dreams of Impermanence to check on his former company and find out what had happened to his ex-colleague Li Ping.

He just didn't have the time himself.

He had only six hours left on his countdown.

With three hours remaining on the countdown, Zhou Baiyu saw the update announcement.

The good news was—there was no special mode this time.

The bad news was—it was another very dangerous area.

[Version 2.33 Update Announcement: Following the succubus's outstanding performance at the demons' feast, we have decided to further enhance the intelligence of the succubus lineage. Succubi of the noble silver-haired bloodline will possess more complex mental activities closer to humans than ordinary succubi.

At the same time, the sense of honor among demons will gradually shift from combat to non-combat. We will introduce more ways beyond fighting to stimulate the honor of demons.

Major Update: Due to the segregation of certain major events, the noble Eternal Night of the Night Demon lineage will gradually be promoted to King of the Night in subsequent versions.

And because Eternal Night has mastered the usage of Gods Treasure, we will open it in this version. We will also launch a new Divine Trial in this version—the forewarning task of the "God of Nightmare and Nihility."]

[New Divine Trial: Endless Night.]

[Trial Requirements: Proceed to the Land of No Light. Prevent Eternal Night from completing the "God of Nightmare and Nihilation" forewarning task.

Failure Penalty: Will execute an indeterminate act of suicide in the real world.

Success Reward—just by completing this task, the evaluation will surely be SSS-rank, awarding Gods Treasure.]

It was an update laden with a vast amount of information. Although there was no special mode, Zhou Baiyu's mind crackled with many questions—

Could it be that demons also qualify for Divine Endowment? Something even the Demon Emperor had not achieved? Could Eternal Night accomplish it?

The key to Divine Endowment was surely with the Gods Treasure...

Although if Zhou Baiyu didn't interfere with history, Eternal Night wouldn't succeed in evolving into a god, merely completing a forewarning task. To advance to a god, countless more tasks were certainly necessary.

But given that just by completing the task, it was guaranteed to be an SSS-rank evaluation, it showed that if the task were completed, it would provide immense assistance to humankind. If it failed... Eternal Night might become a very terrifying threat afterward.

Zhou Baiyu's heart wasn't very peaceful.

Because he was close to Guang Tongchen, his trait always remained in a "searing" state.

For some reason, as soon as he saw the words "Endless Night," Zhou Shou's face inexplicably flashed across his mind.