Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Days went by in a streak.

During these days, Yun Duo's erratic investigation revealed that Zhou Baiyu's former colleague had already died.

He met with Li Ping's parents and inquired with the relevant staff, finally learning that the body had been eaten away by insects.

This made Yun Duo feel extremely distressed.

In her final moments, this woman wanted to see Zhou Baiyu; it turned out not to be some conspiracy, but because she knew she was close to death and wanted to see the person she longed for in her heart.

These past few days, Yun Duo and Guang Tongchen were both waiting for Zhou Baiyu to return.

Constantin and Ling Hansu had successfully completed the summon and returned to the base.

But with Zhou Baiyu still absent, it made everyone's mood rather dismal.

"Think about it, other than the first trial in the Advanced World, hasn't he always completed his missions on the same day he arrives at a place?"

"It was so in the tower of bewitched, the cruise ship as well, while I was racking my brains out in the asylum, he had already broken through in the second hour..."

"The first trial might have required a full seven days, but this time... Jiang Xianwu said his task wasn't to survive."

"And now, it's been five days. Five days without any news from him."

Constantin and Zhou Baiyu weren't familiar, but he said something that made everyone very alert:

"There's another demon-level in our squad. But if Stephen Zhou doesn't come back... whether this demon-level is still our teammate, that's a difficult question."

"These days, that strange... that strangely beautiful girl's mood has been getting increasingly irritable, if it weren't for the little monster comforting her, it feels like she could go berserk at any moment."

Zhang Haoyun.

When Constantin mentioned Zhang Haoyun, Guang Tongchen frowned, thinking he could soothe her for a while longer, but only for a while.

Yun Duo was even more concerned about Zhang Haoyun.

If Zhou Baiyu doesn't come back...

Could they deceive her into thinking Zhou Baiyu went on a mission? If possible, for how long? And if she eventually discovers the deception, or learns the truth, might she erupt again?

Legendary different walker Guang Tongchen and Yun Duo felt, for the first time, the utter meaninglessness of their existence...

They now realized that reality was so outrageous.

Zhou Baiyu was like a Gatekeeper who imprisoned Zhang Haoyun's corrupt seed within him.

Now that the Gatekeeper was missing... Zhang Haoyun might lose control at any moment.

Ling Hansu was also feeling miserable, continuously comforting herself that Brother Zhou wouldn't have any troubles.

Being a seer, she naturally spent her Advanced points to peek into the transfer station...

But the news she brought back was even more desperate.

"No sounds, no images... I'm so useless, I can't see anything, trying to peer into Brother Zhou's situation only revealed utter darkness. It felt like emptiness."

After her attempt at peering, Ling Hansu was somewhat self-reproachful.

She didn't know that place was inherently shrouded in darkness.

The snow demon's peering, along with Zhou Baiyu's prolonged absence, continued to dwindle everyone's hopes for his successful return.

After all, it seemed that none who had gone to the Land of No Light had come back alive.

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The Land of No Light.

Within the pitch-black dreams, Zhou Baiyu had merged for several days and finally mastered "Night Vision."

He was surprised to find... that actually, every person had light in them.

But these lights were extremely dim, as if they hardly existed at all.

During these days, Zhou Baiyu had a conversation with Yun Duo.

"So everyone still harbors hope inside, and all of their expectations from life are like sources of light, right? I've seen that each person still has a bit of light."

This is how Yun Duo responded:

"Not that there are no people who have fallen into despair... Jiang Xianwu, once a person completely loses hope, they choose death. But death in a dream isn't liberation; dying here means solely experiencing pain."

"Those who are truly desperate live on like the living dead, with pain or torment of nightmares both being meaningless."

"There are quite a few such people; they have fallen into absolute darkness and are heading to the other side of the Land of No Light... God has completely taken control of them. They are called dark seeds."

"When you emit light, others hide from you because they have no hope left, only the final instinct engraved in the genes of living beings, the will to survive."

"We just want to live on, even living without light is acceptable. Day by day decaying in the dark, that's just fine; no need for redemption, no need for light..."

"There won't be a moon in the sky. Don't make any worthless promises to us, don't invite us to chase anything elusive and illusory."

"Endless night, eternal darkness, it's better to survive in the pitch black, that is our last shred of hope. This is the most humble light. Darkness won't destroy us, but light will."

"If you want to be friends with us, then learn to contain your light, you're doing quite well now. It must be painful... in the sea of night, right? So don't let everyone else feel this pain."

Yun Duo's long discourse shocked Zhou Baiyu deeply.

This is the Advanced World.

For the first time in the Advanced World, he encountered humanity on such a scale, and finally realized how humanity lived in the post-apocalyptic era.

In endless darkness, living wretchedly, waiting for day after day of decay...

How utterly despairing.