Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Mr. Zhang pondered for a while and seemed to have understood.

"Thank you. What would you do if you knew the truth?"

"Mr. Zhang, I can tell you that I would do everything I can to help your daughter come back, but it's definitely going to be dangerous, so it's best not to ask too many details."

"Okay, I trust you. I will wait for your message."

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Zhou Baiyu and Mr. Zhang quickly established cooperation.

Originally, Zhou Baiyu thought it would take several days to see any results, and he planned to continue asking Zhen Shi during those days.

But he had to say... Mr. Zhang's wife is really foolish. A few hours later, that very night, Zhou Baiyu received the intelligence.

"When my wife heard I had a terminal illness... she really cared about me. She said I can't die; if I died, our beautiful love wouldn't be perfect."

"But she also thought that this was a test from God. She rambled on by herself, struggled for a long time, and thought she should keep this love going."

"Do you know how I felt at that time? I thought about what you had said, so I didn't show my real feelings, just acted very touched, but inside, I felt disgusted."

"My daughter... was taken away just because of such a thing!"

Zhou Baiyu could feel Mr. Zhang's anger.

Love is indeed a very strange thing; when people don't have it, they chase it fervently. Once that feeling vanishes, they start to dislike each other.

Especially when people realize that, without love... most people are just in love with the love they imagine. Maybe it has nothing to do with the person being loved.

At least in Mr. Zhang's experience, his wife was just immersed in the role of a loving wife, regardless of who the co-star was.

Zhou Baiyu advised:

"Calm down a bit, Mr. Zhang, tell me, did you gain anything?"

Mr. Zhang said:

"Yes, I have. I now know it's an advertisement, I'll send you the website on my phone."

"This is really preposterous. If it wasn't happening to me, to someone I'm close to, I would swear it's fake."

"Too preposterous, life... can it really be traded? No... that's not a trade, it's plunder! She asked me to collect hair and saliva from my cousin or my best friend!"

"Then... she, she told me, I could live on in their bodies! Do you realize how absurd all this is?"

Zhou Baiyu said:

"Actually, a lot of strange things have happened in Linxiang City, Mr. Zhang. I hope you keep this to yourself. You know, not long ago Linxiang City was quite chaotic, and all kinds of bizarre cases were happening, right?"

"Those aren't things ordinary people can contend with. Please remember, you've only talked to me about this. After we finish talking, it has nothing to do with your life!"

"You're just an ordinary person, you know nothing. These days, you will continue to be very good to your wife."

"Then, she will gradually become your daughter, as if nothing had happened. Just like we didn't talk today."

Although his wife was foolish, Mr. Zhang was quite calm and rational. The more he knew, the more dangerous his situation would be, so he understood.

Also knowing that as a normal person he couldn't contend with some bizarre things, he sensibly didn't ask further but just said:

"I understand what you mean. Okay, I'll listen to you. As long as my daughter can come back, I'll pretend none of this ever happened!"

As long as his daughter could still come back, everything could return to the way it was originally.

Although the video spread online, most people still took it as a joke. Just clearing it up afterward by claiming it was an act would suffice.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Baiyu, from the information Mr. Zhang sent, learned of a web address.

Soon after, Zhou Baiyu saw the advertisement—

"Want to swap lives with someone you are jealous of?"

Now that he had found the target, everything that followed would be easy: eliminate the target, cleanse the source of contamination.

However, Zhou Baiyu still decided to test the capabilities of the contamination source; it would be best to make direct contact to see if he could gather additional intelligence.

So, to deal with the investigation from the contamination source, Zhou Baiyu had to enlist the unmatched power and package himself and Ling Hansu well.

After completing all of this, Zhou Baiyu started to wait for the news.

Meanwhile, Zhen Shi had not yet met Wan Zi.

Not until the next morning, after Zhen Shi finished grocery shopping, did he meet Wan Zi.

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The following afternoon.

Zhou Baiyu had gone to his parents' house, and under the arrangements of high-quality human Ms. Wang, ranked twelve... triggered fourteen F-level missions.

When he saw the string of exclamation marks above his mother Wang Shufen's head, Zhou Baiyu really wanted to take out a camera and capture it, making a "Shocked Ms. Wang" meme.

However, only he could see that.

Zhou Baiyu couldn't imagine, but in some sense, this was also a great opportunity to level up.

"Anything else? Bring it on?"

"This is really whack—normally when I asked you to go on blind dates you didn't want to, and now you're asking on your own?"

"Now there's experience to gain."

"Gosh. Did you finally realize that using your own hand feels completely different from using a girl's hand?"

"Mom, there wasn't your book in the bookstore, so I smashed it. Did I do the right thing?"

"Hahahaha..." Ms. Wang laughed like clanking weights.

The dialogue between mother and son remained bizarre. Zhou Baiyu, having accepted a bunch of missions, didn't immediately get to work on them.

Since it's just about blind dates, as long as the powerful Ms. Wang is there, he wasn't worried about failing to receive such tasks.

Apocalypse was looming, who would want to talk about romance at a time like this? But they were just missions from the readers anyway.

After lunch, Zhou Baiyu, thinking of Zhen Shi, decided to try triggering an S-level mission again, and quickly said goodbye to his parents, heading toward the old town.

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Old Town.

Zhang Haoyun was initially very wary of Wan Zi.

But watching Wan Zi bounce around the kitchen, one moment asking Zhen Shi—Isn't this thing just grass? Another moment asking Zhen Shi—Do we really need to strip the guts out of this? Can't we just eat it directly?

She realized... this girl, although dangerous, seemed to have survived in a very harsh environment...

But watching the girl getting along harmoniously with Zhen Shi, the wariness slowly dissipated.

Zhen Shi seemed to have a special talent.

It's strange, the girl should have been a monstrous being brimming with killing intent.

Zhen Shi was cooking while asking Wan Zi some questions.

Wan Zi didn't reveal much, at least about the parts concerning the Seven Demon Emperors, Wan Zi kept her lips sealed.

Her identity as a Reverser was the same.

Despite Wan Zi's current "not so sharp" demeanor, it was only because of Zhen Shi's presence that she rarely pondered many questions.

Previously reversing to various timelines, Wan Zi always chose to hide her identity.

This time was no exception.

Even though Zhen Shi possessed powerful finishing moves, instantly making the murderously intense Wan Zi lose her desire to kill...

Wan Zi didn't truly become harmless.

She might have no intention to kill Zhen Shi, but she remained vigilant toward Zhang Haoyun.

Of course, under Zhen Shi's comforting words, Wan Zi became increasingly settled.

Zhang Haoyun instinctively felt that Wan Zi must be a valuable person.

But she didn't know how to start extracting information from Wan Zi.

Luckily, this question was soon resolved by a professional—

Zhou Baiyu appeared.

With the sound of knocking at the door, for a moment, Zhen Shi could feel Wan Zi beside him, alert like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Zhang Haoyun, seeing Wan Zi in defensive mode, became instantly alert as well.

She wasn't wary of the person outside the door, but because of the aura briefly displayed by Wan Zi, she sensed a slight crisis.

In this eerie and oppressive atmosphere, Zhang Haoyun slowly walked over and opened the door.

Zhou Baiyu's face came into her view. The first thing Zhang Haoyun thought was that Zhou Baiyu was too frail, and she needed to protect him.

And the first thing Zhou Baiyu did upon seeing Wan Zi, and the moment he saw that scaled-down version of Zhou Shou's greatsword...

He understood everything.

"So that's it, it really is you, Zhen Shi."