Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Waking Dream was not very understanding.

Although there are numerous guilds at present, Jingqi Association, Storm Justice, Hundred Rivers Refuge, Divine Consort Association, Future Gate...

It seems there are quite a few powers. But after all, aren't they all our own people?

However, he would not question the actions of the one-of-a-kind.

"For the moment, I can't think of anything that needs help. The area for this conscription is weird, basically unable to glean any information from the content of the conscription."

The last time he lent Jiang Xianwu a necklace was because the Land of No Light has night demons that drag people into dreams at night.

It was with this knowledge that Waking Dream could prescribe the appropriate remedy.

But this time, he was completely in the dark about that area.

However, the middleman, Yan Gu, said:

"Wuchang, that place is a newly opened area, which means it was previously out of your reach."

"Due to the increasing number of SSS rank areas for pioneers, that area has become accessible."

"At present, even we do not know what's there."

"What can be confirmed is that there are no utopias in the Advanced World, but that place... is said to be truly harmonious."

Apart from Yan Gu, middleman for the God of Strength and Destruction, Ji Ye, middleman for the Dark Night and Concealing God, also said something similar to Guang Tongchen at the transfer station.

But his focus was on the breakthrough.

It seems to Ji Ye, if there was a future for mankind, then pioneers like Guang Tongchen must be part of that future.

"Did you notice the information? This update mentioned the unlocking of some professions' arcane secrets."

"Generally speaking, if the rewards are unrelated, 'we' would not mention such information."

"So, surpass me as your goal, Guang Tongchen, and make a victorious return."

"I hope you can become the most powerful assassin in the dark night."

Guang Tongchen nodded; he was a gambling man.

He didn't care if the conscription might be a one-way trip as long as the profits were high enough, any risk was worth taking.

By contrast, Su Wang, the middleman for the God of Cause and Effect and Destiny, had a broader hint for Udier:

"Judging from the feedback of fate, it seems you won't have much joy."

"Udier, although you are not a legendary pioneer, and compared to your fellow disciples, you are not the highest-levelled."

"But you have been trapped for years, and in terms of characteristics, you are very suited to become a Gatherer. Now, after one battle, you have advanced and become a second-tier Fate Walker. Only those who have glimpsed unique fates are qualified to be Fate Walkers."

"It is evident that in the Land of No Light, you saw some remarkable twists of fate. I'm not concerned with the process; I only care about the result."

"Although there are many Gatherers stronger than you, you will go further on the path of fate than they will."

Middlemen only take care of those with potential or power.

Clearly, Udier possesses some kind of potential.

"Be more vigilant, Udier, we don't regard joy or sorrow, only fate."

Udier nodded.

His intuition told him that the place he was heading to was definitely not simple. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been arranged in the 2.0 version.

Udier, Guang Tongchen, and Waking Dream were all actively preparing for battle.

Although the information obtained from the middlemen was limited, everyone sensed something was amiss.

In the small tavern where Lin, who saw Zhou Baiyu as the "only player," couldn't provide more information.

"This can only mean that no one has been to the place you're going before."

"It's a newly unlocked location. And the unlock condition is that you've reached SSS rank and obtained the Gods' Treasure."

"For every SSS rank reached among you, 'we' will favor you a bit more."

"But as of now, it's still far from enough."

"Keep at it, little brother. Although I don't know what's special about that place, I can tell you that, following the usual process, the enemies you will face next... will be stronger than the eternal night demons."

"Perhaps, you are already confronting the seven Demon Emperors."

Zhou Baiyu spread his hands:

"I'm only second-tier. Am I supposed to go head-to-head with those behemoths? Isn't that inappropriate?"

"You may not necessarily confront them directly. At present, no one knows what your destination is really like. Who knows... maybe it truly is an earthly paradise?"

Lin made the drink as she spoke.

Zhou Baiyu's luck was always subpar.

Other than the first time he obtained a dark-gold drink, the tease from the God of Death and Reincarnation, he never got a dark-gold drink again.

This time it was a blue drink again.

[The pessimism of the great pioneer Mel. As a Mutator from Lin's era, Mel did not choose that path. Unlike Lin, she was filled with pessimism about the future.]

She truly believed that this world had no hope left, and she didn't think her god was a reliable one.

Mel possessed excellent talents and believed that everything in the world should have order. Yet, Mel eventually grew to loathe herself, the future, and the world after receiving the inheritance of the God of Difference and Chaos.

Effect: In the next summons, the longer you do not use mutation, the more your traits and combat strength will increase. When you use mutation, your traits and combat strength will slightly decrease, but your chance of a positive mutation will slightly increase.]

Zhou Baiyu now understood why Mel was said to have excellent talents.

She didn't want to become a Mutator, even if she didn't use her mutation abilities, presumably, her overall ability was still very strong.

And even as a Mutator, Mel was not weaker than other Mutators.

Zhou Baiyu suddenly became interested in this great pioneer, and Sister Lin seemed to notice as she said:

"Mel and I are contemporaries; we were the strongest two among the Mutators of that time."

"But for me, I'm just lazy and don't like to hustle, yet I don't despise our god."

"Mel is different. Her talent is not inferior to mine, and she's diligent, but she strongly dislikes our god."

"It's not like many pioneers who loathe it because they feel it's unreliable and weak in the early stages of the profession."

"It's because she fundamentally disagrees with the existence of chaos and difference."

"Unexpectedly, you've drawn one of her obsessions. It's quite nostalgic."

Zhou Baiyu was slightly surprised.

He had thought that the people he had drunk with—Saint Udier, the great pioneer Kuang Xun, and the Martial Guardian—were figures from a distant past.

But it seemed... all of it appeared very close?

Not long ago, he had obtained the great pioneer Lin's memorandum, which gave Zhou Baiyu a sense that the timeline of the world was converging.

"What happened to Mel afterward?" Zhou Baiyu asked.

"Dead, perhaps?" A trace of sadness flashed in Sister Lin's eyes, but her lazy tone and the uncertainty of her question greatly diluted it.

She reminisced about those people.

In that era of Saints and great pioneers.

In that original world where the gods had not yet turned into rules, and chaos was diverse.

But now, she had sealed away those memories.

Sister Lin spoke indifferently:

"Time is almost up, it looks like you plan to wait until the first negative effect of Absolute Moment has ended before you use your Advanced Points?"

"Yes."

Zhou Baiyu's first activation of Absolute Moment was by using that dice.

But there was a negative effect—no skills could be gained for the next three summons.

This also meant that Zhou Baiyu would have to pass two more rounds of summons before he could gain skills.

And this summoning mentioned the unlocking of some of the secrets of the professions.

Clearly... it didn't include his own role as a Mutator.

But the update notice also hinted at the potential existence of Gods Treasure.

Zhou Baiyu's goal was the second artifact of the Gods Treasure.

Of course, he had a premonition that he was not far from becoming a third-stage pioneer.

Accumulating Advanced Points was also part of preparing to exchange for more powerful Mutator skills once he reached the third stage.

The countdown was now down to its final minutes.

Zhou Baiyu and Sister Lin had a few drinks.

Guang Tongchen, calmly wiping his sword that must kill corruption, his expression serene.

Ji Ye and Udier chatted about Jiang Xianwu, their conversation animated and completely oblivious to the passing of time.

Until the countdown reached zero.

In the Advanced World, version 2.0 added four pioneers.

This seemed like an inconsequential matter.

But Sister Lin, Yan Gu, Su Wang, and Ji Ye all had a premonition.

It was the sensation of middlemen anticipating a major change.

Even though they seemed to know very little in front of the other pioneers, their information about the Land of Joy was limited.

But they were at least certain of one thing—Version 2.0 only involved major events.

The overturning of Nightmare Bridge had given humanity a future.

Overturning the Land of Joy, no one knew what would happen.

(There's a bit of nonsense below, some good news and bad news, which you can read in the author's words.)