Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Twin Gods.

Upon hearing this phrase, several forerunners showed puzzled expressions.

Not just them, but even Zhou Baiyu was shocked by the fourth obstruction that Harvey had to endure.

"The God of Tears and Sorrow, the God of Joy and Laughter, they seem to be totally opposite gods, but it is very likely that before the twilight of the gods, after the night of the Divine Endowment, they were the best of friends."

"The night of Divine Endowment is a night when new gods burst forth, and after that night, the world is full of gods."

"And what most gods were before, were mostly corrupt species and contaminated species."

Guang Tongchen, Wake Dream Inconstancy, and Wu Xin, all three were quite curious...

How long had Jiang Xianwu become a forerunner?

How much information regarding "the gods" had he grasped?

What is the night of Divine Endowment? They were completely ignorant of this history.

However, Zhou Baiyu wasn't about to start a history lesson right now.

"Those corrupt or contaminated who could achieve Divine Enthronement and complete the Divine Endowment obviously retained their human wisdom."

"This also means that some social relationships are preserved."

"Perhaps the God of Tears and Sorrow and the God of Joy and Laughter were friends before the night of Divine Endowment."

"To climb the ladder to heaven and ring the ancient bell of sorrow, one needs to bear the sorrow of the masses."

"It can be seen... laughter didn't actually take away their emotions; instead, they were sealed on the steps of ascension."

"Thus, when Harvey received the divine revelation and was about to ring the bell, everything seemed to be divinely assisted..."

"It was only when Harvey stepped onto the stairway that he realized that the people's sorrowful emotions had all come here. They hadn't disappeared."

"He continued towards the bell, burdened with more and more memories of grief, heavier and heavier."

"So much so... that it was enough to activate the God's Treasure. I don't know what that God's Treasure is called; since the one in Boluke's hands is called the Eternal Laughter, let's call the other one the Immortal Tears."

"When Harvey reached the top, at the moment of ringing the bell, he discovered that if he rang the bell, he would become a new god..."

"Unexpected, right? When Boluke was here collecting laughter and making everyone squeeze out emotions other than joy, those squeezed out sorrows had already been enough to activate another God's Treasure."

Indeed, they had not expected this; the three forerunners had seen much of the world, but no one had expected the story to have such a twist.

"Actually, it's quite easy to understand."

"Everyone who comes here has been ravaged by the end of the world; everyone has experienced many hardships."

"Before they came here, they had no joyous life to speak of, so if we call the Divine Endowment experience of the God's Treasure Eternal Laughter 'joy value,' and call the Divine Endowment experience of the Immortal Tears 'sorrow value...'"

"Then before people came here, their sorrow value was generally very high, while their joy value was very low, almost zero."

"The pit was actually dug long ago."

The first to react was Guang Tongchen:

"Are you saying that these two gods... complement each other?"

Zhou Baiyu nodded:

"Yes, President, you're right."

"Think about it. Everyone who comes here experiences indulgent pleasure and in the midst of joy and laughter, seals past sorrows somewhere in the stairs."

"That is to say, it wasn't the God of Joy and Laughter who took away their sorrowful emotions in Zone B, but the God of Tears and Sorrow who stole their emotions."

"Both gods are actually in cahoots."

"So when Harvey climbed the ladder to heaven and was about to ring the bell, he realized... Upon striking it, if the immense sorrow value poured into the ancient bell, perhaps the God of Tears and Sorrow would be directly activated."

"He struck it once, and suddenly realized..."

"There's no salvation."

Hearing this, Wu Xin suddenly felt that this place was truly a bastion of despair.

Guang Tongchen hadn't expected such a dark side either.

Wake Dream Inconstancy was a bit confused, and Zhou Baiyu said:

"While people enjoy joy, emotions like sorrow gradually disappear. But sorrow hasn't disappeared, it has been stolen."

"The stolen sorrows are stored upon the stairs. When the right person appears, a divine revelation will come about, and that person, on the surface, is a hero carrying the sorrow of the masses, but in reality..."

"In reality, everything is a conspiracy of the Twin Gods, nothing but 'making the most of what one has.' The so-called bearing of others' sorrows, setting out to ring the bell of national destruction, to save others... when it comes down to it, it's just an illusion."

"All of this is a scam, in essence, it's just missing a vessel to carry sorrow and deliver it to the location of the God's Treasure, the Immortal Tears."

"So there's no salvation."

"The laughter in Zone A creates the God of Joy and Laughter. People in Zone B are merely 'raw materials' for Zone A. Whether it's Zone A or Zone B, the emotions that everyone lacks are used to create another god."

"It's not that all things choose the God's Treasure; it's the God's Treasure that chooses all things, and Harvey was just another chosen one."

Now Wake Dream Inconstancy understood, clenching his fists:

"These aren't gods at all; they're just a pair of robbers."

However, Guang Tongchen sensed something amiss because Zhou Baiyu did indeed ring the bell.

And indeed, with the bell, he shattered this land of joy.

"So how did you manage to change all this, to break it all?" Guang Tongchen asked.

Zhou Baiyu shook his head:

"I don't know. When I got to the top of the stairway, that's all that was left in Harvey's memories."

"All I know is that Harvey faced an important choice at that time; he had to make a decision, and in the end, it was indeed Harvey who bore everything... and for those who came after, he left a true path to ascension."