Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

He quickly dialed Wuxin's phone.

"Wuxin? Haha, this is Jiang Xianwu. How's Linxiang City treating you? Good, I'll take you around later. By the way, I have a question for you. Drinking too much water, doesn't that make you hiccup like after drinking alcohol?"

The answer from Wuxin stunned Zhou Baiyu.

"All right, nothing more, let's meet up quickly. 'The Unconsistent Dreamer' will connect with you."

Zhou Baiyu hung up and redialed immediately:

"What's going on? Who are you really? Why would Wuxin think drinking too much water would result in alcohol-like hiccups?"

The person on the other end replied:

"It's simple, because this is something Wuxin once mentioned to me. You've realized, haven't you? This defense event is related to sincerity."

"The target pollutants will warp people's ability to differentiate between truth and lies, effectively erasing the very concept of a lie."

"This time, the target is the boss of the second defense stage. Don't treat him like a normal pollutant species. I've found that any marked as a boss has corruption growth values or pollution spread rates many times greater than normal polluted species. It's because of this that Zhang Haoyun suddenly evolved into a demon lord level."

Zhou Baiyu was shocked.

This person even knew that Zhang Haoyun was a demon lord-level being, a core secret known only to his own team members.

He suddenly guessed.

"Could you be... from the future..."

"Shh. We will meet eventually. I don't know how to convince you that my existence isn't a conspiracy but is here to help, so... Zhou Baiyu, trust your instincts."

The reply from the other end confirmed Zhou Baiyu's inner thoughts.

"I have already investigated the target's location. I dare not act too hastily for fear of eliminating him too early, which might result in a sudden change of the boss in the second round of the defense pattern."

"Therefore, I have no choice but to wait until he exerts some influence."

"Now, go to that place and kill the target."

Zhou Baiyu asked a question:

"Why don't you kill him yourself?"

"Because I need you to witness with your own eyes. I have killed him once already, just too late, with too great a loss. I will be waiting for you there, Zhou Baiyu. We must meet face to face. After you kill him, I will come to meet you."

After finishing the sentence, the caller hung up.

Zhou Baiyu suddenly thought of a possibility.

"It seems... the pollutants must have had a terrible impact, huh? Otherwise, I wouldn't resort to using 'that thing.'"

Who in the world knows you best? Of course, it's yourself.

The moment the person on the other end hung up, Zhou Baiyu guessed their experience.

It was a very miraculous feeling.

Just as he was starting to grasp the severity of the situation, someone had already given him the answer. All that was left was for him to reap the results.

The feeling was amazing.

Yet, he also understood one thing: his alternate self must have carried a heavy burden to allow him, in this moment, to complete the mission so effortlessly.

...

...

Times Square.

Ryan could never have imagined that while he was using lies to lay out his plans, while he began to fantasize about standing like a god in Times Square and delivering a speech in half a month's time...

Someone would suddenly appear beside him to take his life.

How could this be possible?

He hadn't even had the time to prepare his "moat."

Of course, he knew that some people in this world possessed extraordinary powers and that the world had its Pioneers and Pure Walkers.

That's why he feared death while those heroes preferred nothing more than to protect the weak.

As a result, Ryan was even prepared to use tens of thousands of the weak as his protective moat.

But he was out of time.

When the crimson crystal armor pierced through Ryan in that moment... Ryan was very unwilling.

"That sincere... beautiful... kingdom..."

He didn't finish his last words, falling with immense reluctance.

The Zhou Baiyu before his eyes actually didn't feel much.

He just thought that Ryan seemed to die too easily.

But at this moment, the other Zhou Baiyu who had been lurking for over half a year, truly realized the horror of "Time Reversal."

The boss that almost led the whole world into ruin...

In the hands of himself, who had mastered time reversal, died so silently.

He couldn't help feeling a bit sentimental.

This is the power of time.

At this moment, he also faced that moment of choice.

The Zhou Baiyu who had never experienced time travel said,

"I can feel your presence... come out."

Footsteps quickly followed.

Even though he had already suspected in his heart, Zhou Baiyu was still shocked when he saw another version of himself.

Two "Zhou Baiyus" appeared.

The other Zhou Baiyu, clearly more weather-beaten, having witnessed tens of thousands of deaths, and after half a year of lying dormant, actually grew a messy beard.

Realizing that the beard could conceal his own appearance, he had never cleaned it up.

He was just smiling.

It was a smile of liberation.

"So this is the choice Sister Lin talked about, huh? Hello there, another me in this world."

The older Zhou Baiyu said to the new Zhou Baiyu.

The new Zhou Baiyu was surprised for a long while before he slowly said,

"How much time do we have left?"

"Hahaha, talking to oneself really saves effort."

Obviously, Sister Lin had said that only at the moment of completing the task could the two meet, which meant that meeting was the only way to allow the timelines to overlap, to allow oneself... to return to the right track.

So the new Zhou Baiyu also realized this point and hence asked that question.

The older Zhou Baiyu shook his head and said,

"I don't know, let's assume this is our last conversation, that's actually the case, isn't it?"

The new Zhou Baiyu suddenly said,

"Can really only one of us remain?"

"Yes, this world can only have one Zhou Baiyu. That is the choice Sister Lin talked about."

The older Zhou Baiyu sighed and said,

"It's a pity that when we merge, even though you will still be you, I will have vanished, but your privilege will also disappear."

"Sorry, my abilities are limited. I couldn't deal with Ryan before he grew strong; I've used up one of your major trump cards for changing the Advanced World."

The new Zhou Baiyu didn't say anything.

He looked at this weathered version of himself, wondering how long had this self been in hiding?

What had he experienced?

The new Zhou Baiyu didn't blame himself for anything because it was all "his" choice.

He just hoped that the time for the two of them to talk could be a little longer.

"Thank you, another me. Thank you for your decisiveness, for sparing me from witnessing that cruel scene, thank you."

"Now... let's make our final statements to each other, and then make our choice."