Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

He always calmly observed the city, and later realized...

In his own world, people's sincerity had been distorted by Ryan, and they were deprived of the ability to distinguish lies. Thus, what he saw was the utter crushing of the honest by those capable of lying.

Such examples existed in reality, but in reality, precisely because people had the ability to discern lies and the capacity to lie... they understood even more that lies should not be abused.

The existence of lies precisely became the foundation for constructing "sincerity."

What Ryan did was to hollow out that foundation, causing the entire world to rapidly plummet.

He deprived people of the right to recognize "evil."

Because extreme good begets extreme evil. It is precisely because humans can recognize evil that they can understand the true value of good.

Old Zhou Baiyu said,

"Mom and Dad know that we have another side within us... a somewhat erratic, evil side."

"But they don't think that this child is undeserving of love, unworthy of being saved."

"It is precisely the constant realization of the terror of evil that made us feel that we shouldn't... when that person jumped down and landed in front of us that year."

"So that erratic evil inside us slowly fades from evil and turns into those flirty remarks in our eyes."

"This is the process of their redemption, this is the meaning."

"Okay. I understand. Get on with it," the new Zhou Baiyu said.

Old Zhou Baiyu, puzzled,

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I'm talking about."

The new Zhou Baiyu still wore a smile,

"I actually understand the essence of this journey through time. It's not really about time travel, but after the summoning... I've been doing some ideological work on myself."

Seeing such a smile, old Zhou Baiyu turned serious, and he coldly said,

"I'm not a saint, so neither are you."

"The same goes the other way, of course, I'm certainly not a saint. But this is a summoning, I now understand how An Ya felt at that time."

What is it like when a person with the traits of a great orator evokes emotions in another similarly gifted speaker?

The process of Zhou Baiyu vs. Zhou Baiyu results in... a death that both should have resisted, neither of them chose to resist.

The new Zhou Baiyu did not want to die but was prepared to vanish.

Old Zhou Baiyu did not want to die, but the moment he dialed the phone, he too was prepared to vanish.

Only their reasons differed.

The new Zhou Baiyu's reason was that the old Zhou Baiyu had experienced more and thought more deeply. The questions he had not found answers to, the old Zhou Baiyu had already found.

In the future, facing the manipulations of the new gods, old Zhou Baiyu can better maintain his true self.

And most crucially, at this moment, the new Zhou Baiyu's self-awareness was like An Ya on the doom-cruise.

He believed he was part of the contents of the summoning.

Whereas old Zhou Baiyu was the true achiever.

"Without reason, you bear what I have not borne, paid prices I have not paid, witnessed tragedies I have not seen... and then you die, and I live?"

"Actually, it's not something very difficult to accept, it's like An Ya recognizing she was the boss in some instance, you see, this is the summoning. Before you appeared, I was still able to establish a connection with the transfer station."

"But after you appeared, I suddenly realize, I can't access the transfer station anymore."

Old Zhou Baiyu remained silent.

He was just thinking.

If there were a more mature, more rational self, coming to replace him...

Would he be able to accept it as calmly as the new Zhou Baiyu?

After gradually understanding Lin's words, old Zhou Baiyu also struggled internally.

Of course, he wanted to keep living, wanted to continue saving the world, to continue exploring that apocalypse.

If it were someone else, he might not consider exchanging his life for theirs.

But if it were himself... he might also accept it.

Just that deep down, there was still some regret and reluctance.

But unexpectedly, this new Zhou Baiyu, without much persuasion, was willing to let this older one keep living?

The new Zhou Baiyu said,

"I am not a saint, nor an extreme rationalist, but I understand something... no final assessment has appeared for the second round defensive mode, this implies that our choices between us affect the final outcome."

"And we both know, the more beneficial the scenario for humanity, the higher the score, the better the reward."

"So clearly, you living on is the best choice. The second round defensive mode is but a play by the new gods with the human heart, and also a challenge issued to you."

"But you solved this problem, I am not the same; I've just heard your answer but have not gone through your process."

"Someday, if I become perplexed? At that moment, I might make a great mistake, I might arrogantly believe some people don't deserve to be saved. Perhaps... from that moment, I would become the contaminant."

"But you won't. So you living on is the highest scoring choice."

"Zhou Baiyu, this is also the choice of your 'teammate'."

Is this me?

Old Zhou Baiyu looking at the new Zhou Baiyu, had to admit, the combination of a sixth sense player and a great orator nearly left him defenseless.

He thought he was moving further away from being a hero the moment he killed Ryan.