Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"And in the dream, the eternal night that you defeated became stronger, or rather... after it learned of the loophole of the eternal night, it fixed that loophole."

"You and the eternal night, didn't give me a chance to break the Land of No Light. The eternal night brutally suppressed everyone who harbored hope. Your dream's Land of No Light is truly a place of absolute darkness..."

"Honestly, I'm quite surprised."

Mark's voice even carried a hint of amusement.

Zhou Baiyu fell silent.

In fact, it was true that through the All Gods' Treasure Void Dream, he was transforming his own dreams.

For instance, the demonic structures, would have patrols from several major demons of the Demon Clan Arena, and from time to time there would also be monsters from the cruise ships joining in...

The scenes he had previously experienced were continuously merging, making those places where he originally had a glimmer of survival utterly lifeless.

It could be said that the summons in Zhou Baiyu's dreams were all headed towards claiming lives.

And the Land of No Light, a place he once completed, had its biggest flaw on the surface in that it could mutate and hide the light radiating from each person.

But essentially, it was because people always harbored hope in their hearts and the eternal night's arrogance.

So Zhou Baiyu's dream version of the Land of No Light... was an absolute place of despair where the nightmares of the night sea patrolled without giving any hope.

Such despair also allowed the eternal night in the dream to grow rapidly...

In life, the eternal night had never accomplished this in reality, but after its death, Zhou Baiyu in the dream had made it achieve immortality.

Zhou Baiyu truly hadn't anticipated that the dream version summons created by the All Gods' Treasure could actually evolve.

But this raised a question—

If the Land of No Light in his dream became stronger, and the eternal night in the dream finally achieved Divine Enthronement...

Then how on earth did Mark escape all of this?

"I didn't escape any of it."

As if knowing what Zhou Baiyu was thinking, Mark quickly began to explain:

"Once the eternal night in your dream achieved Divine Enthronement, it became the new God of Nightmare and Nihility, possessing the power to reduce everything to nothingness, as well as the ability to create special dreams."

"Based on the eternal night in the dream, which essentially serves you, because you are the master of the All Gods' Treasure, even though you haven't formed a pact with the Dream of Void, it still serves you..."

"So this loyal eternal night, released an assimilation dream on me, an outsider."

The situation seemed to be developing in an interesting direction. Zhou Baiyu asked Mark inwardly:

"Assimilation dream?"

"Yes, it's not a pleasant dream. Unlike those dreams that simply torment me, in the Land of No Light of the eternal night, I was constantly tormented by nightmares, but I never changed my beliefs."

Mark paused and said with a wry smile:

"But the assimilation dream is different. It's a divine method that varies from person to person. It makes one relive the past completely... then leads to two drastically different sets of thoughts."

"In the past, my unique experiences led me to believe that plagiarism and copying were the truths of this world. The future of the world, my future, was plagiarized."

"But that dream... First, it stripped away my memory. In the long dream, I met a father and mother completely different from those in my past cognition, not just the father and mother, every single person was completely different..."

"A world that resists plagiarism and copying, one that denies the god I believed in right from its moral foundation, was born in that dream."

"I wanted to be recognized in that dream world, and to eventually leave the dream, I had to change myself, from the root, negate my past cognition."

"But if I really changed, upon leaving the dream, then even if I did leave, I would no longer be the me from before."

"Zhou, I have to say, dreams really have a big impact on people. In the end, I completely renounced my past self."

"After passing the test of the God of Nightmare and Nihility, I was reborn and also received guidance from that god, which is why I'm able to have this conversation with you."

"Perhaps, I can help you deal with the polluted species."

"As an outsider, I belong to your dream and yet I don't. This special contradiction allows me to temporarily affect your reality with some things that can only appear in your dream."

How should I describe this feeling?

It's like scattering a handful of rice for the chickens in the coop, and one day, when encountering bandits outside, the chickens from the coop turn into phoenixes and appear before you, driving the bandits away.

That's how Zhou Baiyu felt at the moment.

He also roughly understood what was going on.

Put simply—

The All Gods' Treasure Void Dream endowed him with an ability, which is to drag enemies attempting to charm and hypnotize him into the dream.

The content of the dream is all the summons he has been part of.

Having been involved with the Land of No Light myself, the Land of No Light in my dreams developed and changed just like reality...

Thus, the everlasting night in my dreams became the true "God of Nightmare and Nihility."

But whether Bai Ling in my dreams became a Demon Emperor level being, or the everlasting night underwent Divine Enthronement... it's all just a dream.

In a sense, all of this is the "self-entertainment" of the mystical artifact, the All Gods' Treasure Void Dream.

It won't have any impact on reality, just like a child who draws a person on paper and claims it's the best in the world.

In the world of that piece of paper... within the drawing, that character indeed stands supreme, but to the artist's world, it's merely a picture.

Similarly, the forever night that underwent Divine Enthronement is the character in the drawing. Zhou Baiyu is the artist.

Logically, no matter how formidable the forever night becomes, it shouldn't be able to assist Zhou Baiyu.

But Mark... is a mediator.

The All Gods' Treasure dragged Mark into the dream, but Mark's essence does not belong to Zhou Baiyu's dream.

He is like a foreign object.

This has resulted in a mediator that connects the world inside the drawing with the artist's world.

And the hidden power of the All Gods' Treasure Void Dream is just that.

When Zhou Baiyu obtained the All Gods' Treasure Void Dream, there was an ability description that puzzled him.

Until now, he still doesn't know what this ability is.

The description of the ability is as follows—The Philosophy of the God of Nightmare and Nothingness.

Effect: Due to the physique of the God of Difference and Chaos, this effect description has been riddled; the activation condition and the ability's effect are unknown.

The riddled description: Am I but a dream of a mighty god? Or is the mighty god actually my dream?

Did I dream of the world, or did the world dream of me?

This riddled description prevented Zhou Baiyu from understanding what the skill truly was.

But now... combining what Mark had said, Zhou Baiyu seemed to understand.

The unlocking condition for this ability required a "mediator."

Mark just so happened to be that mediator.

With the mediator present, he unlocked the last hidden ability of the All Gods' Treasure, tearing down the barrier between the dream world and reality.

Perhaps to some extent, the powers that he had summoned in the past within his dreams could now be utilized in reality.

This was undoubtedly a huge boost.

But Zhou Baiyu was well aware that there's no such thing as a free lunch—nor a free breakfast or dinner.

So he asked,

"Then, what's the cost?"

"Indeed, there is a cost. I can provide you with many abilities, but they aren't permanent, to put it simply... it's more like you are hiring me as a mercenary to fight for you,"

Mark said at a slower pace, quite frankly,

"But every time you summon my power, it will weaken this kind of ability in the All Gods' Treasure... "

"After a certain number of times, the All Gods' Treasure, the Void Dream will permanently lose a certain ability. And once that ability is lost, the dreams that imprison me will cease to exist."

"I will return to the real world again. But the current me is no longer the same as before."

"Even if I return to the real world, I won't be the same Mark as before. I've made peace with my past."

"Zhou, the current me can become friends with you."

Zhou Baiyu understood.

Breaking the barrier between dream and reality would weaken the second ability of the All Gods' Treasure Void Dream, which is the ability to imprison Mark, more and more.

After a certain number of uses, it would cause this ability to fail. But other abilities could still be used.

However, this would result in Mark being released.

This was a transaction, borrowing the power of a demon to conquer current enemies, but with each use of this power, a piece of the demon's chains would be unlocked.

No matter what Mark says, regardless of how powerful the assimilation dream is... out of fear of the Seamer, Zhou Baiyu would not allow Mark to reappear in the human world.

But after all, he had an extra card up his sleeve. This also gave him more confidence when confronting the massive creatures on the island.

(Got up early to write today, wishing everyone a happy Lunar New Year's Eve!)