Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Zhou Baiyu set all the visuals to the highest quality.

At this moment, he noticed that there was light and shadow on his body, and the shadows under everyone's feet became much clearer, the huge black room also became less blurry.

"Quite interesting."

Zhou Baiyu tried again, adjusting the graphics quality to the lowest.

Now, everyone's faces clearly displayed pixelated mosaic blocks.

Everyone instantly went from "high definition" to "minimalist."

Sima Kaoyu said:

"Captain, everyone's time is precious, isn't this inappropriate?"

Zhou Baiyu didn't respond but instead felt the blurry mosaics. He discovered... they actually had physical properties.

After setting the quality to minimalist, everyone's bodies became somewhat bloated, a bloating that gave the impression of blurriness, but there were indeed physical effects.

So quickly, Zhou Baiyu switched back to high-definition mode.

"It seems that lowering the graphic quality might cause a slight increase in our size, which is not good."

He mulled it over in his heart.

He turned the volume up to the maximum.

At this point, the sound of everyone's breathing became somewhat piercing, and it seemed as if they could hear each other's heartbeats.

He faced a choice.

Turning up the volume would undoubtedly make it easier to hear distant noises, but would it also let the monsters in the game hear them?

The rest of the team members watched as Jiang Xianwu also didn't enter the door, fiddling with various parameters; Xinkui only felt it was bafflingly impressive.

But there were team members who didn't understand what was going on. When Zhou Baiyu turned the volume up to the max, Sima Kaoyu even felt that the surroundings became noisier.

"Isn't this too piercing?"

"You'll get used to it, just keep your voices down for now, human hearing is adaptable, don't worry about not being able to hear things clearly later. But if, the monsters we're facing in the game are very good at concealing themselves, then it's necessary for us to enhance these senses."

Zhou Baiyu's reasoning was sound and justified.

He thought, since it was a game, then it's unlikely that the monsters' perception of players would be related to these parameters.

Monsters are data, players are real.

Next up was the most critical parameter in the settings — game difficulty.

Current difficulty: Normal.

When Zhou Baiyu slid his finger to the left, he could see the option for "Easy" (each person has six revival chances, enemy health halved.)

Sliding to the right revealed Hard (each person has three revival chances, enemy health increased by twenty-five percent.)

Continuing to slide right reached Nightmare (team has a cumulative three revival chances, enemy health doubled.)

What most surprised Zhou Baiyu was that there were notes below.

[Challengers from other timelines, please note, if you can achieve a full storyline clearance on Easy difficulty, your highest rating will be A grade. Normal difficulty is S grade, Hard is SS grade, only Nightmare difficulty might get you SSS grade.]

This was the first time Zhou Baiyu had seen a regional challenge explicitly state how to achieve the SSS grade rating.

As Zhou Baiyu was about to choose the Nightmare difficulty, the team found themselves at a disagreement.

"Are you going to pick Nightmare? I think that's somewhat selfish, isn't it? Although you are a legendary pioneer, how can you be sure that we can survive the highest difficulty?"

Unsurprisingly, the one who spoke up was Sima Kaoyu.

Xinkui furrowed his brow, Charge of Love kept his head down without speaking. Keys Gone Crazy also didn't say a word, just calmly looking at the door.

Sima Kaoyu said:

"We're just newcomers. As the captain, you should be focusing not on showing off but on ensuring everyone's survival. At this moment, isn't choosing the lowest difficulty the most prudent option?"

What Sima Kaoyu said actually made sense.

For the top pioneers, it's about stopping the apocalypse, but for newcomers, it's just about surviving.

If you forcibly impose your own standards on the newcomers, it's somewhat tyrannical.

Zhou Baiyu nodded:

"You're right. I just happened to acquire an item, this item allows me to open doors to unknown areas after using it."

"How about this, you be the captain since I'm truly not interested in the lowest difficulty level. I can use this item to switch to a different area and have some fun."

"You seem to have a strong desire to lead, so why don't you take everyone to explore the lowest difficulty level? If you need any help, you can tell me now, and I'll provide assistance as much as I can."

"I'm a Mutator, and I can offer mutation help a few times. If you have anything that needs mutation, bring it out now, and then we can go our separate ways."

Zhou Baiyu spoke very calmly. He meant what he said.

Why would someone from Baiyu play at the lowest difficulty? Isn't the highest difficulty the standard for us?

If you want to play at the lowest difficulty, then sorry, I'll go somewhere else and play on my own.

It wasn't that Zhou Baiyu was getting carried away; he knew all too well that simply surviving cautiously and growing steadily wouldn't change the apocalypse in a lifetime.

Only those who dare to take risks and do what others are afraid to do can achieve a breakthrough.

In a sense, the two legendary pioneers of the Baiyu Sanctuary were genuine gamblers.

Zhou Baiyu's tone was gentle, his attitude sincere, making it seem as if he wasn't joking.

This made Sima Kaoyu feel panicked.

Keys Gone Crazy sneered internally.

The reason he chose his name was that he detested keyboard warriors – those who can't make decisions for themselves but love to meddle in the decisions of others.

"I think choosing Jiang Xianwu over the lowest difficulty level offers greater benefits," Keys Gone Crazy said.

Charge of Love, still too timid to speak up, moved a step closer to Jiang Xianwu.

Xinkui said:

"If you were the captain, I would respect your choice. But when it was time to choose a captain, you didn't stand up, and now you're questioning the captain's decision. Don't you think there's something wrong with you as a person?"

Xinkui was now effectively Jiang Xianwu's second biggest fanboy, the first being Zhou Shou.

Being a Mutator, Xinkui had also asked Sister Lin and had personally witnessed how powerful Absolute Moment was.

You're on a team with someone who can cheat and you're still worried about game difficulty...

Don't you know that under the rule of Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, all beings are equal?

The group's opinion was surprisingly unanimous, so Sima Kaoyu spoke no further.

Zhou Baiyu didn't blame the newcomer, after all... it's quite common to have a sense of professional superiority in real life.

As long as their heart is in the right place, a little refinement is all that's needed.

His gaze returned to the door once again.

After choosing the difficulty level, Zhou Baiyu didn't immediately start the game but instead clicked on the option at the bottom – the development team.