Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"I even had some practice with that thing, I thought once we reached that level, I could show off a bit, but the result was quite strange, the classroom was filled with pens like cannon barrels, and chalk like ammunition..."

Up to now, Xinkui's experience here is that the monsters in this region are disgusting, impossible to kill, impossible to detain, and they can dissolve all your means of resistance.

At the same time, their numbers are astonishing. The death rate in this place is very high.

If this were a game, he felt that besides the thrill, there were almost no other clues.

Of course, the thrilling part, because of the presence of teacher Jiang Xianwu, wasn't thrilling anymore.

Zhou Baiyu didn't answer the questions of Xinkui and the others. Listening to Xinkui's words, he became even more certain of his own judgment deep inside.

Generally, he had figured out about thirty-five percent of the "plot line."

By now, they had reached the "mouth" outside.

Compared to the twisted school that looked like a mouth, the streets outside, although simple, still looked normal. They just appeared in black and white.

Only a few places were colored.

The vendor pushing the roasted sweet potato cart had color. Comic shops had color, and — internet cafes were colored.

The rest of the street's buildings and the people going to and fro looked like props, colored in black, white, and gray.

Zhou Baiyu approached the vendor's cart. Without saying a word, the vendor gave him a roasted sweet potato.

[Item Name: The world is bitter, but sweet potatoes are sweet.]

[Specialty: Hot and soft.]

[Description: You can only take one bite, but when you do, you will temporarily overcome your psychological fears, forget the pain those twisted things bring you, and gain a 'buff'. Trust me, taking one bite will definitely make you happy.

Or, you can choose not to eat it.]

[Status: Unmutatable.]

The talents of the Mutator allowed Zhou Baiyu, in a sense, to obtain some information typically only available to peepers.

So, his grasp of the entire story line was indeed clearer than others.

Although Xinkui was also a Mutator, unfortunately, the remarks in his view were too straightforward.

He ultimately didn't eat the sweet potato; after buying it, he put it in the pocket of his clothes, and the vendor's cart quickly sped up and soon disappeared into the street.

The remaining two colorful areas were one comic shop and one internet cafe.

Zhou Baiyu chose the comic shop.

[Welcome to the Place of Mental Pleasure, challengers, please pick your favorite comics and pay the price to cope with the upcoming challenges.]

Each pioneer received this narration after entering the comic shop.

It's similar to many games that have an NPC or an area to teach players skills or enhance their stats.

The comic shop was just such a place.

Zhou Baiyu found many familiar works. Although the Advanced World was different from the real world, it indeed resembled the real world by ninety-five percent, many things felt like they belonged to a parallel world.

For example, these comic books also had Saiyans with hair like bananas.

There were also red-haired ones with amazing bouncing abilities, "A Man Should Be Like a Jar."

Of course, there were works by teachers like Black Dragon Eyes Water Dragon Jing Crimson.

Hotblooded youth comics, detective comics, romance comics, and so on were all available.

"It seems we need to pay currency to browse," Key Walk Pian Feng tried to flip through a book, then saw the payment prompt.

"The currency must be based on the number of monsters we've killed. I think I can only afford this one..."

Key Walk Pian Feng opened a comic titled "The Same Move Cannot Be Used on XXX Twice."

Then he was surprised to find that a prompt appeared in his eyes.

"Speed +1. I just got this prompt."

Charging for Love then boldly opened the book he was holding:

"I got a prompt too, health recovery speed +1."

Kaoyu asked:

"Is there any way for us to know what attributes each book can bring?"

As he asked this, Zhou Baiyu was madly flipping through books.

Due to the cheats-like Mutator abilities, he had killed dozens to hundreds times more monsters than the other four combined. So he had the most currency.

Along the way, Zhou Baiyu flipped through all the books in the erotic comics section.

He found that the attributes given by the same type of book were actually different.

Speed +1, vitality +1, energy +1, skill cooldown reduction +1, critical hit +1, critical hit damage +1, attack speed +1, skill casting speed +1...

A plethora of attributes randomly appeared as Zhou Baiyu touched various books.

He could clearly feel his physical strength becoming greater.

The reason he chose that row of adult comics was that upon careful observation, he found... these comics were relatively less dusty.

Intuition and details told him that the last person who came to flip through the comics... was a Liang Shanbo.

Although he flipped through them quickly, Zhou Baiyu was actually a fast reader.

He glanced around and saw that the comics in the store were all... mature women style.

The exquisite skills of the artists showcased the mature and charming temperament of each woman through their lines.

After fighting and killing, suddenly being in such a place felt somewhat bizarre to Zhou Baiyu.

He began piecing together the information in his mind—

"The school is full of monsters, it's a battlefield that devours people."

"Eating sweet potatoes can alleviate the fear inside."

"Entering the comic book store can gain attribute enhancement."

"Next should be the internet café."

The others were envious that Jiang Xianwu had killed so many monsters and gained a lot of "reading permissions"; the monsters they killed barely sufficed for one person to flip through a book.

The gap in attributes had already widened.

Now, wherever Zhou Baiyu went, these newcomers inevitably had to cling tightly to him.

When Zhou Baiyu bought the sweet potatoes, the sweet potato cart disappeared.

After Zhou Baiyu headed towards and left the Full Bookstore, the comic store's shutter was also pulled down.

Only the last place still retained its color, still allowing entry—the internet café.

All the computers inside the internet café were turned on.

There were no people at the seats, but the computer keyboards played a delightful melody here.

The resounding keyboard sounds created a comfortable tune, and Zhou Baiyu distinctly felt his physical strength recovering.

"It's strange... I haven't done anything, but the tiredness before has disappeared," Xinkui said.

Sima Kaoyu calmed down and looked at Jiang Xianwu:

"Captain... is a boss about to appear?"

Many staged games have a routine where, after players tackle an overwhelming number of lesser monsters, they are given a small safe area to relieve their stress and replenish their drained physical strength.

Then, the boss battle begins.

Zhou Baiyu nodded.

He roughly figured out forty percent of the plot, but the key scene still depended on what the boss was.

Kaoyu asked again:

"What exactly is happening here? I keep feeling that these places have some bizarre functions..."

"Is the designer of the game a madman?"

Zhou Baiyu shook his head:

"After the next boss battle ends, I'll tell you what happened. Right now, I'm just guessing, and many things are still uncertain."

"However, I roughly understand what the difficulty parameter affects."

Up until now, the newcomers had been advancing under Jiang Xianwu's lead, and they hadn't discovered the "decrypting" aspect of this call or, shall I say, this game.

It truly felt like a tightly-paced survival game, with dense waves of monsters attacking, leaving no room for thought.

However, Sima Kaoyu believed that understanding the "plot" was important, perhaps influencing certain choices in the upcoming levels.

The abstract and distorted monsters and architecture seemed to express something in themselves.

But he himself was utterly confused, just hoping the captain could figure it all out.

Sima Kaoyu always remembered, before the game began, everyone had made a selection to choose the "most deserving to die" person.

Triggering the hidden plot by this person, he faintly sensed that very dangerous things might soon be triggered by Jiang Xianwu.

The sounds of the keyboards in the internet café suddenly stopped. The crisp sound of heels striking the floor came through.

Suddenly, everyone felt a strong oppressive force. Breathing instantly became less smooth.

Even when facing the tidal wave of monsters in the school, they had never felt such a presence.

As the footsteps grew closer, everyone's heart rose to their throat. Simultaneously, a voice appeared in their minds.

[The boss battle is about to begin, please survive fifteen minutes under the boss's pursuit, or trigger the hidden plot and defeat the boss.

Good luck, challengers.]