Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"I promise you, I will definitely show you the moon!"

In the voice of the youth, there was a certain determination. For some reason, this abrupt conversation left a deep impression on Zhou Baiyu.

"My name is Jiang Xianwu. I won't come near you... don't worry, I won't hurt you, I never thought about harming any of you. I just want to know, what exactly is my current situation."

"Why do you think I would harm you?"

"Why am I the only one glowing, why is everything around me pitch black, why...are you all avoiding me?"

Zhou Baiyu didn't call out Ado's name. He worried that this action might harm her.

Although he was ignorant about many things, the various oddities in the dark made the light seem like a very dangerous element.

He seemed like an ill omen, where anyone shone upon by it, or anyone who recognized him, might be punished.

Only that could explain the reactions of these people.

And the punisher was clearly the weaver of this dream—the Eternal Night.

Ado stopped, not too far yet not too close to Zhou Baiyu, just outside the reach of the light. She was barely discernible as a shadow.

"You must be new here... People here have been scared to glow for a long time."

Strange conversation. What did she mean by being scared to glow?

Zhou Baiyu still nodded, though he couldn't see the girl, she could see him.

He turned towards the direction of the voice to express his gratitude and simultaneously asked,

"I indeed am new here, can you tell me what exactly is going on? Why is everyone avoiding me?"

First, he had to make it clear that he was like the others around him, to integrate with them.

His intuition told Zhou Baiyu that this situation was probably not going to be resolved quickly.

Although his props couldn't be used, his characteristic as a speaker still made it easy for others to believe his words.

Ado said softly,

"You are trapped in the dream of a god. Everyone is avoiding you because you are too dazzling."

"Jiang Xianwu, here... it's best not to freely imagine anything, otherwise your light might harm everyone."

Zhou Baiyu grew more confused as he listened.

The dreamscape of Eternal Night might be akin to a demon lord's realm, but very likely, Eternal Night had already stepped one foot into the Demon Emperor's level.

And with the Gods' Treasure, Eternal Night may very well be attempting to skip two levels to become a deity-level.

Such a powerful being's realm would naturally be terrifying.

He guessed that all the strange phenomena here were caused by the realm of Eternal Night.

Jiang Xianwu humbled himself further:

"What should I do?"

"I can't teach you what to do. You'll only begin to reign in your light after you've suffered enough. People illuminated by it might retain the scent of light. So everyone is afraid of you, afraid of being implicated. What follows... you'll be tormented by nightmares in the sea of night."

Ado said with some apprehension,

"The god... does not allow the existence of light, it despises light, anyone in the god's dream with light, will be devoured and tortured by nightmares."

"Jiang Xianwu, it's getting late, it's coming soon, the light on you is too strong."

It? Nightmares?

Zhou Baiyu faintly grasped some clues.

"Are you saying, those who glow attract something? Light in this world... has a scent?"

Ado nodded soundlessly but quickly realized that this new arrival did not possess Night Vision, and said,

"Hide inside a house, try to recall some painful memories to suppress the light within you."

"Do not feel joy, do not think about leaving, do not harbor hopes for the future, do not... carry hope. Let the scent of light fade, then you might just have a slight chance of surviving this ordeal."

Ado was giving Zhou Baiyu tips on how to survive, but her words made him feel inexplicably upset.

Not to harbor hopes for the future, not to carry hope, even not to feel joy, or think about leaving...

Did this mean that these very expectations for the future, hope, and joy, the desire to escape—were all sources of light?

When a person harbors hope, when a person contemplates rebelling against the dream, they would be enveloped in light.

But this world—had already lost its light. Everyone here had blended into the absolute darkness.

The one who had told Ado that he would definitely show her the moon had also departed from her side.

None of the people here believed anymore that light would fall upon them.

So they absolutely wouldn't emit light. What could have made them so hopeless about the future?

"I... I can't tell you too much, Jiang Xianwu, if you are afraid of the punishment, then try your best not to sleep."

"The world of dreams within dreams is very dangerous. If you can't eliminate the scent of light on you, you will face a lot of trouble."

Ado seemed to realize she had said too much.

She was always like this.

Over the years, every time a newcomer arrived here, she would kindly tell them... not to harbor hope.

Let go of needless fantasies sooner, assimilate here sooner, become a servant of the god sooner.

She just didn't want anyone to end up like that dead guy, fantasizing that the night would end, fantasizing that there was something in this world called the moon.

Fantasizing that there was still light in this world.

Even though every time, she would end up being punished for absorbing the scent of light by talking too much with those who had light, she still risked it to tell all the newcomers about the terror of "hope."