Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

He needed to find a way to contact his teammates and have a conversation with a few of them, which seemed very difficult to do in the game.

Because fundamentally, this was a galgame. In other words, the game advanced through the simplest graphics and text, supplemented by the player's own imagination, then driving the choices forward.

This type of game was always single-player without exception.

But Zhou Baiyu guessed that his choices might somehow influence his teammates.

In turn, as long as they realized this, perhaps they could all move in a unified direction.

Indeed, Xinkui had already noticed this and had started moving in the right direction.

"The exclusive options for newbies must be useful. This series of options is about allying with someone in the company, like asking an honest person for some mission intel. If I choose this option, might Xinkui, playing the role of the honest one, receive a certain mission asking for info on you?"

Zhou Baiyu stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

"If I choose this, perhaps I could trigger some interaction scenarios."

Of course, this didn't mean that his previous selection was wrong.

Even though the earlier choices all had options like "(Newbie exclusive) Ask someone for mission intel."

But on further thought, his current self had nothing valuable to offer in terms of intel.

Because up to this point, he had only solved two or three questions, and his answers were merely guesses.

Likewise, his other teammates must be just as confused now.

"I can only wait for such a choice to come later, but now I have to give the answer to the previous question."

Zhou Baiyu thought it over and chose the option [Write a truthfully honest answer inclined towards positivity].

After selecting the answer to that question, the screen went black for a moment.

Then, on the black screen, a mocking smiley face emerged, drawn with the simplest of lines.

[Newbie, you've just stepped into society; your life is still what they taught in school, where the world is full of wolves, but you are taught to be an obedient, conscientious sheep.

Your answer is interesting. You think you wrote it based on your true inner thoughts, aiming to be a righteous person, but is it possible that's just because the world hasn't shown you its temptations and cruelty yet?

Do you think you're a sheep when in fact you're a wolf?

Anyway, congratulations, you've joined the challenge.

Next, you need to do something: Reveal the most evil thing you've ever done to your parents.

If you actually do this, your parents will receive a significant income, and you will get a cash reward of one hundred thousand yuan.]

Zhou Baiyu knew it.

This was that infamous game—

The organizers of the game would have contestants do something relatively ordinary, like revealing a fetish to a stranger or telling a close friend about their most embarrassing moment.

But they would offer an amount of money decidedly seductive enough to tempt anyone.

It's like assuming you're very poor and asking you to kowtow to a very rich classmate; you'd get one hundred thousand yuan per kowtow, with people watching you do it.

It seems demeaning, and passersby might mock you, but when the cash is presented, the bystanders might think: Damn, why isn't it me doing the kowtowing? I'd kowtow until he's bankrupt, you believe it?

Gradually, everyone would feel that it's a lucrative deal and regard you as a warrior. You traded your dignity for money, something many others couldn't possibly do.

They didn't give up their dignity, and perhaps the true reason is that giving it up isn't of much use; it doesn't fetch much money.

Thus, the contestant earns the first sum of money.

Then the challenge becomes more difficult. It's no longer about dignity but about sacrificing a bit of your moral sense, doing something illegal but not too serious, or bullying someone weaker.

But in any case, the money you receive fills all the guilt and remorse in your heart.

In the end, the game continues to snowball, offering more and more money, and the actions the contestants must perform become more and more outrageous.

But the contestants don't feel it; they just think "It's only a little harder than last time."

When they finally snap to their senses and look back to realize what they have done, they might feel, "Am I a beast? Am I doing such things?"

Of course, they won't come to their senses.

Because in round after round, the game has twisted their sense of justice, morality, and shame with money.

Zhou Baiyu just so happened to have seen this movie.

Movies, of course, must project the right values, and in the end, the male protagonist keeps his integrity.

But what about reality?

Zhou Baiyu quickly saw the reality for a newbie.

[During your childhood, you once fantasized (due to censorship, several hundred words here have been deleted).

Your family is poor, your father had a thyroidectomy and relies on hormone medications for his life, unable to do heavy work.

Your mother has always worked several jobs to support your education. Now, there's an opportunity in front of you that could relieve a lot of pressure instantly; everything depends on you exposing your true feelings and making your choice—you decide—]

A: Earn this sum of money.

B: Refuse to earn the money and end the game (you will not be harmed but will be forcibly taken to a safe area to wait).

There were several other options available, but like the ones before, they were newbie exclusives and involved gathering intel from others.