Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Human love can only last a few years, and it might even come to an end at the very moment when the relationship is confirmed, when they vow to love each other.

Upon reflection, when he was saving Zhang Haoyun, he truly wanted her to find happiness in her life to come.

Even if the price was his own corruption.

When all the forerunners started hunting Zhang Haoyun in defense mode, he found himself on a date with the great demon lord...

Some actions were indeed deliberate, aimed at making the other person fall for him.

As the scion of the Zhou family, did he not know the effect of his flirtatious talk?

Zhou Baiyu was well aware of this. He understood a saying all too clearly... "Don't flirt if you won't commit."

But at the time, it seemed he didn't have many other options.

To survive, he had to please Midel, and pretend to fall in love with her, a person of no combat ability himself.

To let the love-starved Zhang Haoyun experience the beauty of the world, he had to become... the only person who was ever kind to her in her life.

The good news was, he had accomplished that.

Midel had become the biggest "snitch" in the Advanced World. She might tremendously help him overthrow Reina in the future.

Zhang Haoyun had become the greatest "trump card" in the real world, bound to exhibit immense fighting power against high-level corrupt beings in the future.

The bad news was... everything came at a cost, and he might have gone too far.

Seeing the longing in Zhang Haoyun's eyes made Zhou Baiyu feel a bit guilty:

"I still need some time. There are some issues I haven't figured out. Right now... it's really not a good time to talk about these matters."

These words were not the trigger for any mission, so Zhang Haoyun was startled for a moment, a touch of disappointment flashing in her eyes.

How lousy that phrase was, akin to a person confessing their feelings to another, only to be strung along with a reply:

"I'm not ready yet, isn't this too soon?"

Zhen Shi said nothing. Zhou Baiyu offered no defense.

Zhang Haoyun was different from Midel. If it were Midel, Zhou Baiyu would think of a lie, but to Zhang Haoyun, he spoke the truth.

He indeed felt it was inappropriate.

This girl had hardly ever felt any kindness from others; they were kind to her, and being a corrupt kind with the buff from the God of Difference and Chaos, she naturally developed a liking for him.

Zhen Shi was kind to her, so she came to regard Zhen Shi as her closest kin...

But for Zhang Haoyun, her life was just beginning to turn. He only provided that turning point and did not wish to be the only scene she sees after the turn.

She might become a hero loved by many in the future. If after all that, she still felt he was the one, then maybe it wouldn't be too late for him to respond then.

Moreover, the experiences between him and Zhang Haoyun were too few and too flimsy.

However, Zhou Baiyu couldn't deny that every time he returned to the real world, he wanted to see Zhang Haoyun and to report his safety to her.

He also took joy in having such a person waiting for him. But he was not sure if this was romantic love.

What he could be sure of was that now was truly an inopportune time

Especially being a forerunner who could die in the next countdown at any moment.

Zhen Shi smiled:

"Yes, Brother Baiyu, you came to me always asking if there is anything wrong, you must have an important and urgent situation."

"Yet here I am, thinking of romantic involvement – how thoughtless of me."

Zhen Shi naturally shifted the topic back to himself.

Zhou Baiyu, Zhang Haoyun, also tacitly avoided the topic.

So the three of them resumed normal conversation as if the previous awkwardness had never existed. But that pink exclamation mark still lingered.

Zhang Haoyun had thought it through as well; it truly wasn't the right time. She felt a bit disappointed, but quickly moved on.

Zhou Baiyu was careful not to mention certain words.

And as the conversation continued, the more he learned of the recent trajectory of these two corrupt beings, the less Zhou Baiyu found any clues to Zhen Shi's S-class task.

He had no idea what the conditions were to trigger the S-class mission.

Ultimately, Zhou Baiyu could only conclude that his level was too low, and for now, he was unable to take on an S-class mission.

But he felt that wasn't the case.

His intuition told him that perhaps Zhen Shi had not yet realized some significant event, or maybe... that momentous event had not yet occurred.

The mission was just a premature warning.

However, he had to resolve another matter first—the one about the "ex-wife reincarnating into his daughter."

Zhou Baiyu was almost certain it was the doing of a polluted kind.

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The next morning.

Zhen Shi bought baby bok choy, pea tips, potato starch noodles, fried tofu, and shiitake mushrooms, ready to welcome Zhou Baiyu and Zhang Haoyun with a warm hot pot in winter.

He rode his bicycle, looking just like an ordinary person, even attracting the admiration of pedestrians who found the sight so beautiful that they took out their cameras.

As he approached the outskirts of the old city district, the crowd began to thin.

Zhen Shi had thought, as always, that he would return home smoothly today.

This place was about two kilometers from the old city district, not exactly secluded, and people still passed by occasionally.

Zhen Shi could never have imagined that right here, he would encounter something utterly inconceivable.

A vortex suddenly appeared.

Powerful fluctuations emanated from the swirling blue vortex, and where there had been no wind, a fierce gale suddenly erupted.