Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

In the loft apartment.

Zhou Baiyu, who had suddenly returned to the real world, only felt extremely exhausted in both body and mind.

There was one thing he hadn't lied about: he had experienced death many times and now he really wanted to see his parents.

The teasing of the God of Death and Reincarnation sounded like immortality.

But Zhou Baiyu had indeed died many times over.

That feeling, he did not want to experience a second time in his life.

Zhou Baiyu took a shower, wanting to relax his mind and body.

Though the hot water from the showerhead washed over him, it could not cleanse the horror and filth of the Gu Tower from his memory.

The apocalypse had dealt an enormous blow to humanity. The forebearers' actions were to go to the future, to gain strength through trials in the future in order to resist the apocalypse.

But that raised a critical question—

In version 1.01, many regions had undergone mutations, including the Songjiang Library and the Juhui Street. In version 2.21, during the apocalyptic era, there was also the Fifth People's Hospital...

All these places, they can be found in the real world of version 1.0.

"The earliest conscription was in version 1.01, so the question comes up, just how many years are there between 1.01 and 1.0?"

Zhou Baiyu was very eager to understand this point.

Just how long would it be before monsters descended upon the real world?

He always felt that some places did not match up with his memory.

"When I was sent to the Enchanting Demon Nest, it seemed... the city's landscape was a bit different from what I remembered."

"At that time, I thought that since it was version 2.21, the time span must be huge, and it was normal for the city to have gone through dramatic changes."

"But strangely, the hospital was still called Linxiang City's Fifth People's Hospital... The fact that the place names matched exactly always felt very peculiar to me."

It wasn't just the Fifth People's Hospital that was a problem; the No. 92 shelter building was also questionable.

Zhou Baiyu always thought that such an old building could no longer be found in Linxiang City.

But that building, it didn't seem like it was newly built; it seemed to indeed have existed for a long time.

These details were very easy for those conscripted into the Advanced World to overlook.

After all, with the immense external pressure, every forebearer was focused on survival.

Even if someone occasionally took notice, due to the unknown time intervals between different versions and the ever-present survival pressure, few pondered it further.

Zhou Baiyu was pondering these issues when he quickly turned off the shower and stepped out.

"Ah!!"

Ling Hansu suddenly screamed.

Zhou Baiyu was also taken aback.

He then remembered that Ling Hansu had also entered the transfer station on his territory.

He left first, followed by Ling Hansu.

And so the scene of a handsome man exiting the bath was witnessed.

"Brother Zhou... you, you, you... the towel!"

Ling Hansu covered his eyes. Zhou Baiyu, on the other hand, recovered quickly.

As an attendant, a person who had spent seven days in the Hanging Corpse Hospital, with parts of his procession being spied upon by countless onlookers...

He now felt like he was akin to actors in those Japanese films, like Tony Jielun, Katou Xiao Feng, and the like.

"You've seen all of Jiang Xianwu's organic vegetables, what's there to care about this? We're all fellows of the pugilistic world; there's no need to be so tense."

In a sense, Zhou Baiyu felt the forebearer world was a dangerous pugilistic world.

It was just more apocalyptic.

He quickly got dressed. As long as you're not embarrassed about streaking, then it's the onlookers who feel awkward.

Ling Hansu was indeed feeling awkward.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"I have a question, how did those billboards outside appear?"

"They can show up on Heizhou Prairie, appear in the Hexagonal Building, and even in Saint Elizabeth Mental Hospital. How is that done?"

Although a bit slow on the uptake, Ling Hansu as a Sky Eye had a fair amount of knowledge:

"Oh, I happen to know about this, it's indeed not something accomplished by human effort. It was an experiment by the chairman of Heaven Unique."

"Experiment?"

Heaven Unique was a person who appeared frequently, and Zhou Baiyu remembered Zhang Laoxi mentioned that he was the strongest forebearer in the world.

He didn't know how much of a gap there was compared to the middlemen.

Ling Hansu said:

"'The moment when the weird rules invaded the world was the very moment the apocalypse descended upon us,' said the chairman of Tianxia Wuer."

"He believed that there actually was no such thing as a version 1.0; if 1.01 is already the apocalypse, then we must already be in version 1.01."

"And paying Advanced values to erect countless billboards... this is a kind of proof. Proof that this world has already been affected by unreasonable forces."

Zhou Baiyu was startled.

Tianxia Wuer, truly a talent!

Including himself, everyone was thinking about one thing—the world of version 1.0 is normal.

It's from 1.01 that the world begins to become abnormal.

But in truth, from the moment the first precursor appeared, the world had already become abnormal.

How much time there is between 1.01 and 1.0 isn't important at all, because the known version 1.01... might not be the origin.

Even version 1.0... might not be the origin either.

On reflection, his "Orator" trait had been present for several years already.

Several years ago, he had already contemplated why he could so easily sway a person's emotions.

And Lin, she was obviously a precursor who emerged very early on.

All this indicates...

That the current version 1.0 has already exhibited many problems.

Tianxia Wuer is expressing a thought—

Precursors must always be vigilant of any anomalies in the real world, as any strange incident could potentially be the spark that leads to the apocalypse."

"Your former boss Tianxia Wuer was really an impressive person. It's a pity, Wuer was confused,"

Zhou Baiyu smiled, changing the subject:

"This is a duplex apartment, you live on the lower level, I live on the upper. During this time, try not to go out, and wear a mask when you buy things. Basically, even though you're a rich kid, you're going to be staying with me for a while."

"Why?" Ling Hansu felt somewhat shy unexpectedly.

"You've mentioned before that your true information has been exposed. I have to guard against people from the Future Gate."

Not long ago, Zhou Baiyu learned something.

His profession had branches.

Different walkers, it turns out, have a dual meaning; one pertains to the profession.

The other pertains to the stance, corresponding to the precursors.

So, could other professions not have branches? Why would there be an anti-human setting such as the Blood Hunting Mode in special modes?

Since there are precursors and different walkers, could there be other kinds of walkers?

He had to consider this point.

Future Gate might, on a grand scale, stand on the side of humanity and not harm the snow demon.

But it's hard to guarantee that some people won't unlock other branches of a profession.

He and Ling Hansu, in the real world, must act discreetly.

...

...

Zhou Baiyu's guess was correct.

That high-level executive of Future Gate, who spotlights a raging storm, indeed knew the snow demon's true identity.

In this matter, the calculations made by the one who spotlights a raging storm were to cut off everyone's thoughts of poaching the snow demon and Jiang Xianwu and to establish a front for the Future Gate that says "all professions are treated equally."

Then, to secretly approach the snow demon afterward, appeal to her sentimentally and logically to persuade the naïve girl to return to the guild.

However, Jiang Xianwu's moves, along with the chairman's confusion, led to the matter falling through.

But the one who spotlights a raging storm didn't give up. After some thought, as long as they found the real Ling Hansu in the real world, negotiations were still possible.

Future Gate could outwardly give up on striving for the snow demon and Jiang Xianwu, but...

What if the snow demon and Jiang Xianwu volunteered to join?

Thus, the one who spotlights a raging storm prepared to implement the previously shelved plan once again.

The plan was to find the snow demon's true self—Ling Hansu—in the near future.

Zhou Baiyu's worries were appropriate, but Zhou Baiyu's worries... were also superfluous.

Because at the time when the one who spotlights a raging storm planned to mobilize his resources to "physically recruit" the snow demon offline...

An event that shocked all precursors occurred.

A tycoon in the capital, the one who spotlights a raging storm, died.

He died at the hands of—Reverser.