Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Quiet as a pin drop.

For a moment, Zhou Baiyu even thought these people had been frozen in time.

It seemed they were stunned by a huge lie.

As if something had suddenly caused their brains to crash.

But it only lasted for a moment, a brief instant later, Constantin exclaimed,

"So that's how it is, how impressive, humanity's exploration of the cosmos has taken another step forward."

There was surprise in Constantin's eyes, but that surprise quickly disappeared.

Because in this world, no one would lie, everyone must be sincere, so the words Zhou Baiyu had spoken must naturally be the truth.

Thus, very quickly, Constantin and everyone in the living room accepted a fact—

The Earth is the center of the universe, with heavens round and Earth square.

Everyone was somewhat surprised, but it was merely the kind of surprise one gets upon acquiring new knowledge.

But not Zhou Baiyu, his heart was churning with waves. Earlier, he had only been probing, but when his guess turned into reality, he still felt fear.

Yes, fear.

Zhou Baiyu could imagine...

If this world let pollution spread unchecked, people would completely lose the ability to distinguish falsehoods.

If everyone in the world only spoke the truth, perhaps that might be okay. But without a doubt, humanity would lose much of its imagination.

Humans, when reviewing various past documents and hypotheses that had been overturned, would likely fall into a huge contradiction.

But all this was not the most lethal.

The most lethal thing was...

What if the source of pollution itself was capable of lying?

When everyone in the world was in a state of "utmost sincerity," that one person who could lie... would inevitably become the emperor of this world!

Because each of his lies would be taken by people as the truth.

Zhou Baiyu's heart pounded rapidly. It had only been a few days...

The pollution had already become so severe that it could affect people's common sense.

But no one could perceive it.

At this moment, every lie could cause a bug in the accumulated knowledge of humanity.

Zhou Baiyu finally realized the scale of this defense mission.

If things went wrong...

It would be like destroying a program from the ground up by corrupting its base code, directly triggering a real "Sincerity Apocalypse."

"Big brother Zhou, what's wrong? Why are you breathing so heavily?"

Ling Hansu, attentive to details, noticed that Zhou Baiyu's complexion had turned pale, and his chest was heaving rapidly.

Zhou Baiyu shook his head,

"I need to calm down, there are some things I have not thought through clearly."

"Right..."

Zhou Baiyu hesitated.

"What is it? You're speaking haltingly." Dream Unrestraint frowned.

Zhou Baiyu shook his head,

"It's nothing, I suddenly forgot what I was going to say, I'm going to rest now."

Zhou Baiyu walked into his room and closed the door.

Facing Eternal Night, facing Boluke, these powerful enemies, he had never felt this kind of panic, but just now, he suddenly became afraid.

"Damn it, that was almost a huge disaster."

Zhou Baiyu actually wanted to say: Right, I was actually lying to you just now, there is no such thing as "heavens round, Earth square," and Earth is not the center of the universe.

He was trying to use the existence of lies to make his teammates realize that this world still had disguises, lies, and the true opposite side of reality.

But when he was about to do so, an instinct made him think of a terrible image.

He was afraid that the huge contradiction would directly cause his teammates to have some kind of thought bug and fall into a state of crash.

"Be calm, be calm... Zhou Baiyu, you can still lie, you can still discern lies, which means you still have time."

Zhou Baiyu closed his eyes and began to think of a counterstrategy.

"The most important thing right now is to find the source of contamination, and then dig out his Divine Imprint."

"But how can we find it?"

Zhou Baiyu suddenly thought of something.

All at once, he opened the door, stepped out of the bedroom, and looked at Constantin.

Constantin had already changed into his usual coat, ready to go out to investigate the contamination.

"Constantin, do fallen believers, or should I say the Polluter, necessarily follow the creed of their god?"

Constantin frowned:

"I don't quite understand the meaning of your question," he replied.

Zhou Baiyu explained:

"For example, is a fallen believer of the God of Joy and Laughter intrinsically a person who loves to laugh?"

"Not necessarily. A god might be like that, but believers who gain a part of the god's power aren't necessarily so."

Constantin shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to explain:

"I worship the god of strong drink and dissipation, but actually, I, too, can abstain from alcohol; in some sense, we believers, whether purists or Polluters, are all users of divine power."

"We might agree with some of the creeds of the god, but it's not necessarily an absolute identification."

Zhou Baiyu said:

"So... a person who worships the God of Joy and Laughter might face certain situations without a forced smile?"

"Of course," Constantin asserted confidently.

Zhou Baiyu understood.

Yes, those new gods who rose from corruption to divinity perhaps did embody the concept of their Divine Embryo.

The God of Joy and Laughter might indeed face everything with a smile.

So this excessively sincere god might truly believe that there should be honesty amongst all things.

But his believers are ultimately people yearning for power, and as Polluters, they may simply relish the power for its own sake.

Zhou Baiyu reached a conclusion—

This god is associated with sincerity, but his believers might not necessarily refrain from lying.

Imagine if everyone in the world thought that there were no lies and everyone spoke the truth... In such an absolutely ideal world...

If someone suddenly could lie, would they really be able to restrain themselves from lying?

Even Zhou Baiyu found himself somewhat tempted.

For instance, he really wanted to call Ishihara Satomi's husband right now and say: "Ishihara Satomi is actually your long-lost sibling."

Or tell a certain squid, "If Cryptic 2 doesn't update, the world is going to end." To all procrastinating authors he would say, "Failing to update at least ten thousand words daily will result in an eternity of unsuccessful blind dates."

No one would suspect his words were false; they would all take it as truth.

Such a world is simply a paradise for liars.

Even though Zhou Baiyu knew that such behavior was wrong, he also had to admit... this temptation was much stronger than the glass houses in the Land of Joy.

He even wanted to test it a little.

Evil desires surged up all at once, and Zhou Baiyu was very clear that he could still resist the rule for a while...

He could, during this time, revel in the excessive gain that lying brought!

But in the end, he restrained himself and took a deep breath.

"I might regret it in the future, but for now... I need to find the source of contamination while I'm still not blinded by desire."

"Since even I have a strong desire to lie, then the Polluter must be unable to resist it."

"As soon as he lies, it would cause a logical collapse. In a sense, lying is akin to having a superpower."

"An ordinary person with superpowers would definitely use them."

At that moment, Zhou Baiyu finally had a clue.

"This is a duel."

It is a duel between two people capable of lying in a world where only truth exists.