Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Zhou Baiyu's thoughts raced.

Attract firepower, stir up a crazy incident to divert everyone's attention (this option carries a certain randomness).

Randomness was exactly what Zhou Baiyu needed at the moment, for in this game, he couldn't use his Mutator's abilities to mutate.

This was a game that stripped everyone of their initial abilities.

And to follow a routine in making choices essentially meant repetition, thinking you're forging a new outcome, but in reality, you're just uncovering one of the endings preconceived by the developers.

To break this, randomness was necessary.

Especially since the option itself was intriguing—what's the aim of attracting firepower?

"The honest one must be Xinkui. What exactly did Xinkui do? He participated in a night of many, may have already regained his memory, influenced by those memories."

"But no matter, at such a time, lurking in the company, all seems... bizarre."

"I'll distract them for him, this option itself implies that Xinkui is attempting something."

Although he hadn't fully fathomed Xinkui's thoughts, Zhou Baiyu resolutely chose Option A.

He had played a good card; now it was up to Xinkui to display the utmost capability of his inherently unremarkable presence or, alternatively, his furious, blood-spilling rage.

After choosing Option A, the next narrative segue quickly appeared.

[You sense someone's intentions, which excites you immensely. What could be more intriguing than wreaking havoc?

Your perverse genes are enticing you to commit an utterly mad act, considering this maddeningly tedious game that grinds down one's humanity.

It's time to show the man behind the curtain what real madness is.

At this moment, you decide—]

A: Turn off the power and then start a fire.

B: Kill a flirt to boost the mood.

C: Kill a gossiper to boost the mood.

D: Kill a serious person to boost the mood.

E: Kill a sycophant to boost the mood.

F: Kill a know-it-all to boost the mood.

G: Kill yourself to boost the mood.

H: I regret it.

[Note: Apart from Option H, each choice will cause an irreversible acceleration of the plot.]

Okay, this is exhilarating, this is insane, I can even kill myself when I'm insane?

And there's even arson?

To cut off power and set a fire, this option actually entails a lot of information. If a newbie could do this, they must have prepared well for arson.

They must have also already scouted the electrical wiring—an extremely horrifying thought.

Isn't the moldability of a newbie a bit overly pathological?

However, the narrative indeed changed at this moment.

Zhou Baiyu could imagine that if he had picked another character, had not chosen the newbie, or if his newbie played more conservatively,

then the game's ending scenario would validate Fang Xuan's speculation—that humankind cannot withstand the temptations of money, everything in the world can be bought.

But now, the narrative took a new turn—the honest man's rage made Fang Xuan realize there are insane individuals in the world who, when shamed to a certain extent, might unleash a tremendously terrifying vitality.

At the same time—there were also true psychopaths, those who disregarded money altogether and sought only happiness at any cost.

The appearance of this madman might just have a "fight fire with fire" effect, making Fang Xuan understand not to pretend being a psychopath if he isn't one.

"Huh, this is quite interesting." Zhou Baiyu's anticipation for this character's drastic change gradually grew.

Previously, he thought that he might need to make choices aligned with his conscience to make Fang Xuan realize—not everyone is corrupted by money.

But in reality, Fang Xuan had completely twisted.

Under such circumstances, preaching and spouting empty words had no meaning; giving someone like Fang Xuan a beating and letting him feel the presence of even more twisted and evil beings might actually be meaningful.

Once Xinkui defined his path as "the stalker," Zhou Baiyu defined his own as the "Chaotic Mob."

In reality, Zhou Baiyu might occasionally lament that the "Joker" really was the soul of Gotham City.

But he definitely didn't want to be that kind of person himself.

However, this was just a game.

He wished he could be a bit crazier.

He had once thought that if the Batman Arkham trilogy games were told from the Joker's perspective, with corrupting Gotham City as the player's ultimate goal and increasing Gotham's crime rate...

On the premise that it could get "approved," this game might be more appealing to many players than having Batman as the main protagonist.

Zhou Baiyu ultimately didn't choose to kill; he chose to cut the power and set a fire.

"If Fang Xuan is deranged enough, and if setting a fire is the right choice, it means that Fang Xuan, the Hunter, actually enjoys observing everything up close. Maybe Fang Xuan is a character who has already appeared."

"Of course, it's also possible that he's hidden in the depths of this building, secretly watching everything from an invisible spot."

"Though I don't know what you're up to, I'm leaving it to you now, Xinkui."

Zhou Baiyu caused quite a commotion.

The screen transitioned to Xinkui.

[The newbie who went to the restroom has left, and about thirty minutes after his departure, the fire alarm suddenly went off, causing everyone in the building to rush out.

You can't help but recall his odd behavior earlier, which makes you reasonably suspect that he is involved in this fire.