Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

[Next, please enjoy the game that belongs to you.]

Fuck.

Xinkui panicked because the very first choice he made directly reduced his energy and stamina by five points.

[Your boss tells you to work overtime, there's a meeting tonight, but your wife is already waiting at home for you, at this point you choose—]

A: Work is most important.

B: Money isn't important, I want to be with my wife and child.

C: Stupid boss, I'm going to kill you (this option, as a candid person, only has a 1% chance of appearing, congratulations, you're quite lucky.)

D: The femme fatale is also there, overtime is such a joy. I love overtime.

E: A candid person's exclusive option—I have some family matters to attend to, boss, could you please be accommodating?]

Theoretically, as a candid person, some options do not align with his nature. Thus, they're impossible to appear.

But Xinkui saw such an option, option C.

Xinkui was very anxious.

Without Jiang Xianwu, he now felt like he could make the wrong choice at any moment.

"I... I have no idea about the clues, how should I choose?"

It seemed like a very normal career choice. But for some reason, Xinkui always felt something was amiss.

Yes, option C.

It made Xinkui feel that this story was far from simple.

How could a candid person possibly have option C? It completely contradicts the persona of a candid person.

But following this train of thought, Xinkui then realized something—there's a saying in this world, "an ordinary man in a rage is as dangerous as a tiger."

A candid person pushed too far... might do something crazier than others.

Did the emergence of option C imply that this candid person was actually being pushed to the edge?

If that really was the case, what was the boss's overtime request actually for?

It has to be said, Xinkui had grown a lot and his thinking was deep.

"Option C is definitely not the one to choose... I'm just an ordinary person, hardly a match for my boss, too little information, this option reeks of desperation."

"But the presence of C might suggest that the candid person I'm playing has been doing overtime for a long while..."

He ultimately chose A.

It was a safe choice.

"If I am the candid person, then my wife should... not be a weirdo, right? But it's quite possible that my boss is a weirdo..."

"Maybe it's wise not to offend the boss?"

That was Xinkui's line of thought, but no sooner had he selected this outcome than the red stamina bar, the blue energy bar, and even the gold moral value bar decreased.

It seemed that it was the wrong choice.

Xinkui cursed inwardly, and at the same time, he suddenly felt a wave of fatigue coming over him.

"Damn, it's really spreading."

At that moment, Xinkui seemed to connect with "himself" in the "interface" in some way.

Actually, Xinkui had his own ideas, at first glance, choosing E seemed like the right thing to do. Activate the candid person's pitiful skill.

But for some reason, he always felt that under these circumstances, one should follow their boss.

"It's normal for overtime to consume stamina and energy, but for moral value to also decrease... this is actually information, does it mean that what I'm doing is actually an immoral act?"

Even though he was filled with anxiety, Xinkui quickly calmed down.

[You have endured a boring and hollow meeting, your compliance with your boss has not led to any support, on the contrary, the way everyone looks at you makes you seem pitiful and hateful, moral value -5, stamina -5, energy -5.]

The message that emerged on the interface left Xinkui somewhat at a loss.

In the "gameified" interface, the cartoon version of Xinkui attended a meeting whose content he didn't understand. The voiceovers were all meaningless gibberish.

He looked bewildered.

Why do others think I'm pitiful and hateful?

What does it mean that my ingratiating behavior didn't bring any backing from my superior?

Xinkui was a bit irritable inwardly and really wanted to go up and mutate the "interface."

But obviously, that was something he couldn't do.

His attitude was slowly becoming problematic, and at that time, the next choice had already arrived.

...

...

While Xinkui was tormented by this kind of text game, the other few were also not having an easy time.

Health bars were linked to life values, energy to willpower in real life...

And as pioneers with professional traits, they couldn't leverage any advantage, which put a lot of pressure on them all.

Sima Kaoyu, as the "know-it-all," received the same first choice as Xinkui.

But his options were different.

[A: Work is the most important.]

[B: Family is the most important.]

[C: Option exclusive to busybodies, reveal other employees' true status to your superior to gain favor.]

[D: Option exclusive to busybodies, spill the superior's dirty secrets to other employees to gain favor.]

[E: The vixen is here too, overtime is such joy, I love working overtime.]

The choices in front of Sima Kaoyu seemed to be... to offend the superior or the colleagues.

This made Sima Kaoyu very conflicted.

After thinking it over, Sima Kaoyu concluded that, since everyone was playing the role of an employee, theoretically gaining the favor of colleagues was very important.

So he chose D.

This choice made Sima Kaoyu regret it immensely.

[The information you provided was unclear in its authenticity, and everyone greatly despised your gossiping nature. Conversely, your actions might already be known to the leadership.

Colleague Favorability -15, Leadership Favorability -30.

Physical Stamina -5, Energy -15, Morality -10.]

Xinkui thought she was the worst off.

But in fact...

The consequences of Sima Kaoyu's choices were much more severe than hers.

Especially since being disliked by everyone led to an Energy loss of -15 for ten days. With a total of one hundred Energy points, losing fifteen right from the start was significant.

Energy, along with willpower, generally assures correct decisions when it's above ninety.

But when Energy drops below sixty, the likelihood of correct options appearing diminishes, and every choice becomes a misstep.

Sima Kaoyu watched this unfold in shock. The sudden loss of fifteen Energy points greatly shook his willpower.

This terrified him.

But as a pioneer, Sima Kaoyu quickly gritted his teeth and forcibly calmed himself down:

"If it were the team leader... what would he do?"

Perhaps it was the sense of security Jiang Xianwu conveyed before, but Sima Kaoyu suddenly felt that trusting his instincts was the way to go. After all, in the end, it didn't matter—the team leader would step in.

With this thought, Sima Kaoyu felt much more relieved.

He didn't know what Colleague Favorability meant, and up to this day, he also didn't know what exactly the company did.

Soon, Sima Kaoyu was faced with the second round of choices.

"The first choice was a failure, proving that a busybody is really unpopular. Thinking about it, if I had someone who liked to snoop around me, it'd be quite annoying too."

"Although I chose wrongly... at least the wrong answer gave me a lot of information..."

"This time, I must be more cautious."

Ignorance isn't scary, arrogance is the deadliest. Sima Kaoyu started arrogantly, but now, he gradually lowered his stance.

...

...

The appearance of the main interface made Zhou Baiyu realize—this was probably a game similar to a galgame.

"Interesting, I was still pondering over the gamification of the first level, making each of us go through game-like scenarios, wondering what the second level would be like..."

"But it seems now, the second level is an old-school choice game."

The essence of gaming is to make interesting choices.

Zhou Baiyu was met with his own set of choices.

The questions the other people got were the same.

But Zhou Baiyu had different options.

A: Work is the most important.

B: (Option exclusive to newbies) Ask the busybody for some tips.

C: (Option exclusive to newbies) Ask the honest person for some tips.

D: (Option exclusive to newbies) Ask the brown-noser for some tips.

E: (Option exclusive to newbies) Ask the smart one for some tips.

F: Is that missy also working overtime? Then I'll work overtime too. I love my job.

G: (Option exclusive to newbies) Ask the straight-laced person for some tips.

H: Modern young people never do overtime.

I: I work your fucking mom, then throw a slap across.

Zhou Baiyu had carefully read the rules.

"The rules state, ensure the blue and red bars don't hit zero after ten days, but there are no similar requirements for the Morality value."

"Morality most likely affects the attitudes of those around me, but in the end... this is just a game. Given this game's association with evil, why should I care about these things?"

"Perhaps it wouldn't be too bad to be a hot-headed newbie?"