Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"Of course, if you are willing to spend Advanced points, I will explain it to you properly,"

Without any lazy tone or even a puff of smoke, Sister Lin was definitely an ice queen.

Xinkui was somewhat unhappy:

"Sister Lin, I have been working hard to become stronger! I have learned a lot from Teacher Jiang. Every time I survive and come back, it's not easy. Can't you... be a bit nicer to me?"

If Baiyu hadn't told him about Sister Lin's attitude towards him, Xinkui might not have minded these things.

But after knowing that Sister Lin could also be passionate and tender, Xinkui felt a bit bitter.

Of course, he wasn't jealous of Xianwu; he just thought that Lin was a bit hypocritical.

Sister Lin suddenly smiled:

"Of course, but—I'll need extra money,"

On the other hand, it was different with Baiyu.

When Baiyu recounted his experiences, Lin frowned and asked the same question as A:

"Do you feel any discomfort?"

"Not for the moment."

"Good, then wait for me, I need to contact Mo Sangyu."

Soon after, Baiyu saw Lin typing messages in the voice of Advance, but as a Pioneer, all he saw was characters that looked like gibberish.

After several minutes, Lin sighed in relief:

"Good, you indeed have been marked. But according to the gods' rules, a Pioneer who completes the call to arms will inevitably receive a reward."

"Such a reward will certainly be beneficial to you, even the God of Games and Entertainment cannot circumvent this rule."

"Thus its mark, in order to not be erased in the territories ruled by the Old Gods, in order to remain effective after the Pioneer leaves the Advanced World, must be beneficial to you."

"The mark it has granted you should also give you some of its powers, but you are now neither a source of contamination nor a corrupt seed, nor have you become a Purified."

"It seems to have disguised this mark as something... very similar to traits and abilities."

Baiyu roughly understood.

"So, you mean now I have received some kind of power from the 'God of Games and Entertainment'?"

Lin nodded:

"Yes, Mo Sangyu told me that new gods can interact a lot with humans: one way is by turning humans into followers, serving as Purified."

"Another way is by turning them into fallen followers, serving as sources of contamination."

"Both require occupying a slot of Divine Imprint."

"But there is also a pure gift and appreciation. It will grant you some divine power that does not occupy your Divine Imprint because you are of the lineage of the Old Gods; you don't have the typical imprint. This is the mark,"

"You have been 'marked' by the 'God of Games and Entertainment.' This will temporarily create an imprint, but the imprint will gradually fade away and integrate into your body."

Baiyu asked a very concerning question:

"Why would an avatar of a new god infiltrate the territory of the Old Gods?"

The territory of the Old Gods, namely the Dragon Xia country, is, in a sense, like a newbie village.

Although the bosses in the newbie village, the Seven Demon Emperors, and similar entities are too strong for current Pioneers to handle...

still, as long as one continues to grow, there's still hope.

But if new god territories, regions heavily corrupted or contaminated, start infiltrating, then the Pioneers are in great danger.

"Will other new gods also infiltrate?"

Lin shook her head and remarked:

"I'm not sure, the God of Games and Entertainment, in the history of gods, particularly enjoyed being with the 'God of Bugs and Mistakes.'

"Commonly known as the bug god. Gaming involves creating various rules, letting players make choices and explore within those rules. But a bug is about breaking various rules."

"These two new gods hit it off well, although the bug god is actually much weaker than the God of Games and Entertainment in status, but when they collaborate, they indeed exploit a lot of loopholes."

Baiyu understood and pointed out:

"So they marked me within the permissible rules, this mark will bring me positive benefits, but... there might be side effects?"

Lin nodded.

Baiyu didn't know whether to be happy or scared at that moment.

To put it simply—it's about two gods, one studying rules and the other continuously creating loopholes in the rules.

Before the twilight of the gods, many rules had already been established, but these rules definitely had some areas that were either irrational or not strict enough.

These inconsistencies provided opportunities for new gods.

For instance—

New gods couldn't directly persecute the pioneers in the Old God Territory. If a pioneer cleared the level, they would inevitably receive a reward that had positive benefits.

These two rules, the "God of Games and Entertainment," in collaboration with the "God of Bugs and Mistakes," brazenly exploited the loophole.

I don't persecute the pioneers, on the contrary, I give them an "imprint" that brings positive benefits, marking them.

This imprint has negative effects, but overall, it's beneficial to the pioneers.

However, no one knows when this side effect might present a deadly threat.

"Right now, you need to return to reality to figure out what exactly you have gained and what you have lost after being marked."

"If you can't determine the answer in reality, then you'll have to wait until the next call-up, when you enter the Advanced World to understand."

Lin had already prepared wine for Zhou Baiyu's return.

Zhou Baiyu nodded, bid farewell to Lin, and raised his glass to drink it down in one gulp.

...

...

In Linxiang City, inside the spacious flat at Yuncui Tianjiang.

After Zhou Baiyu opened his eyes, he immediately looked around.

"No problem, everything I see is normal..."

"It seems there's no impact on the real world, maybe the influence of this mark is only useful in the Advanced World?"

Thinking this, Zhou Baiyu felt much more at ease.

The entire call-up was just a few hours, so Zhou Baiyu hadn't been delayed for long.

The time between when he left and when he returned was less than a day for everyone else.

Constantin had apparently received a clue about a corruption species and had already taken Nina to a crime scene.

While the rest of the pioneers were all at the transit station.

Pioneers are just ordinary people when immersed in the real world.

So to experience that which is not ordinary, they often try to stay in the transit station to learn more about being called up.

Since Zhou Baiyu had just returned, he had nothing to do.

So he decided to give himself a break.

"I can't always be on edge, I've also contributed a lot to the vitality of the Advanced World. It's time to enjoy the real world once in a while."

Zhou Baiyu quickly left the house.

He believed that the mark did not extend its effects to the real world.

But soon, Zhou Baiyu realized he was wrong, terribly wrong.

After going downstairs, Zhou Baiyu saw an owner from one of the floors walking his dog.

It was a common sight; the community environment at Yuncui Tianjiang was quite nice.

But Zhou Baiyu suddenly froze.

"What the hell is this?"

In Zhou Baiyu's eyes, the dog-walking, glasses-wearing owner had three bars above his head—red, blue, and gold.

There was also a status bar—

[Stamina—67. Energy—55. Morality—71.

Professional level: 3. Overall level: 4. Can trigger an F-level task.]

Zhou Baiyu rubbed his eyes and even slapped himself.

After confirming he wasn't seeing things, he realized the issue.

"This is the power brought by the mark?"

In a sense, this was extra information. Being able to access more information was very valuable for him.

"The information brought by the mark counts as a positive benefit. This ability actually gives me a lot of extra information from a gamer's perspective, which will give me a huge advantage in various call-ups in the future. But what's the cost?"

Zhou Baiyu couldn't yet determine what the cost was.

But suddenly, an idea came to him.

"If this ability also works in the Advanced World, then theoretically, I can also see the information of the corrupt kinds..."

A strong desire to probe emerged; Zhou Baiyu suddenly really wanted to find out what level Zhang Haoyun was.