Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

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After his defeat in Karlando, while Zhou Baiyu and others were entering the Black Tower, Jiang Xianwu was recovering from his injuries.

In the Advanced World, outside the region of Longxia.

Not long ago, the Mutator and Drifting Master, Arita, who stubbornly refused to believe and insisted on opening the door of the Black Tower, found himself in a strange place.

"I never thought, great God, that you would finally answer my prayers."

A gentleman with a monocle, dressed in a well-tailored dark black suit, looked at the food on the table with elegance and surprise in his eyes.

"Great God of Gluttony and Culinary Creation, you even know I am half Eastern and brought me such a delicious meal. Look at this appearance; ever since the barrier was established, it has been too long since I have tasted the delights of the East."

Arita, being a Mutator, soon realized something.

His transformation had failed, and instead, that gate had transported him to a bizarre place.

He found himself at a massive square dining table, twelve meters long—and he couldn't move.

This was the first time Arita had experienced fear.

Because there was a head with three faces joined together on the table.

"Ah, this is Triple Lions' Head, my new dish. I quite like it. It's not easy to find such triplets, took several pairings among those new gods' followers in charge of procreation to create this new dish."

"I even had to let them turn into corrupted kinds to make it visually appealing to have the three heads joined together."

"Of course, corrupted kinds do affect the flavor—I still prefer the original taste."

Every sentence was spoken calmly but with a certain pride.

Like being in a Michelin-starred restaurant where the world's top chef is explaining the cooking process to you.

But the sinister ingredients, combined with the other party's tone, filled Arita with a profound sense of dread.

It was chilling.

"I like the original flavor of food; it has been so long since I tasted food from the East. I assume you don't mind, right?"

Arita was unable to speak. He was full of regret, immense regret.

If he could go back, he would fiercely slap his former self for not heeding advice.

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Thirty minutes later, Arita had disappeared.

When he next appeared, he was likely in the Pantheon's high-level ritual chamber's toilet.

The gentleman wiped the olive oil from the corner of his mouth and belched inelegantly.

"Delicious indeed, I am envious of Karlando, getting to travel so far. But Karlando, you have failed."

As one of the highest-ranking authorities in the Pantheon, Karlando's defeat was certain to attract attention.

Lechter, while chewing on the tender and slippery meat, also recalled the memory of the ingredient.

He preferred those ingredients with rich experiences.

Each time he devoured an ingredient, it was like savoring an alternative life.

Of course, having consumed a lot, he had also encountered many foods with delicate meat but filled with filthy memories.

Hannibal was initially very intrigued by the nastiness in their souls, but later, he found it uninteresting.

He preferred saints, holy mothers.

Not in a derogatory sense, but those truly great in character.

He relished that feeling of being moved to tears, overwhelmed, devouring three large bowls of rice with tears.

"It's quite a coincidence, just as I was wondering where Karlando had gone, a person from Longxia came through the strange Gate of Chaos, bringing important intelligence."

"Just didn't expect that Karlando would be defeated, the memory of the ingredient shows that he was beaten in his proud Dawn of Terror, which is indeed quite rare."

"But this is good, as it might let those optimists realize that Longxia is not so easy to chew through."

Lechter stepped out of the dining room.

As one of the highest authorities in the Pantheon, equal to Karlando, and a devout follower of the God of Gluttony and Culinary Creation, he now had a new pleasure.

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Unknown Island, inside the Black Tower.

Zhou Baiyu, along with Guang Tongchen and Bai Ling, finally entered the tower.

"I thought we needed to go up, but who would have thought the entrance is below?"

Guang Tongchen was greatly surprised.

The interior of the Black Tower was quite cramped, with only one stairway entrance. The surroundings were empty except for a few candles illuminating the inside.

On the side, there were several pitch-black walls.

They resembled some kind of black crystal stone.

Zhou Baiyu discovered that these crystal stones, like the Gate of Chaos outside, were some kind of untransformable items.

"President, Bai Ling, I can't guarantee that it's safe below, in a sense, the island survival journey, following Karlando's defeat, many pioneers with unparalleled help have convened, and the recruitment is only left with the final waiting time."

"But for us, everything is just beginning."

Zhou Baiyu spoke very slowly, walking in the front, heading toward the long staircase below.

On both sides of the staircase, there were only dark crystal walls. On these walls, every twenty meters, a torch hung.

The torch seemed to burn eternally, always alight.

The staircase kept descending, and faint gurgling noises could be heard, like the heartbeat of some gigantic creature.

Bai Ling and Guang Tongchen both followed Jiang Xianwu.

"Did you choose me to tell me something?" Bai Ling asked.

Zhou Baiyu nodded:

"There are things, I don't know where to start. This staircase is very long, if I'm not mistaken, we might have to walk down ten thousand meters."

"That long? Wouldn't that reach the seabed? You said this island is alive, are we inside some enormous creature?"

Bai Ling guessed quite accurately.

Zhou Baiyu nodded, but what he said next was on another subject:

"This world has many hidden missions, the games experienced by the pioneers are far more complex than Karlando's games."

"You remember the defense mode, right, President?"

Guang Tongchen nodded, curious why Zhou Baiyu suddenly brought this up.

"Both times in defense mode, I completed it, receiving unique rewards each time."

Zhou Baiyu spoke while walking:

"The first reward, I got a pair of boots. Boots that cause chaos, becoming the focal point. They match the traits of the Mutator very well."

"The second reward, I received a key, this key allows me to enter any place, full of chaos. It matches well with the Mutator too."

"Then later, I went to a place, came into contact with some things from the God of Transformation, and afterwards, I appeared on the island, using the chaotic key, opened the Gate of Chaos, and entered a stable place."

"I've been thinking, is my journey here all by chance?"

"It looks entirely coincidental, but I always feel there is inevitability to it."

"One link follows another, yet I haven't found the key point inside."

Guang Tongchen also pondered:

"I seem to understand what you mean. Up to now, you feel the experiences of recruitment seem like random version chaos... but actually, there's a special sequence, arranged in an orderly fashion?"

Zhou Baiyu nodded:

"Yes, chaotic key met the Gate of Chaos, the chaos was neutralized. I always feel, this isn't just about how to open the Gate of Chaos but indicates some other things."

"Perhaps the ultimate chaos is controlling chaos, but once chaos is controlled, is it still chaos?"

It was quite the tongue-twister.

But Guang Tongchen understood, and Bai Ling did too.

"When chaos is controlled, chaos then has a pattern. The so-called chaos is no longer chaotic, but turns into order," Bai Ling said.

Although the topic was somewhat obscure, Bai Ling and Guang Tongchen both believed that Jiang Xianwu was not a person to speak nonsense.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"During the process of dealing with Karlando... I discovered that all my transformations were directed towards extreme transformation, all of which were some kind of matched set items. It seemed I was creating chaos, creating variables. But the variables I created no longer had randomness."

"Then I came across this phrase about neutralizing chaos."

"I always feel that I have started an unusual mission line, a line that is either completely chaotic or completely subverts chaos."

"The God of Difference and Chaos perhaps left something, from the defense mode onwards, I was drawn into this mission, opening a mission line that seemed random but in fact was guided by many factors."

"You say... what did the King of Gods discover? To create a distinctly different old god?"

Guang Tongchen felt Zhou Baiyu's excitement.

It was the kind of excitement as if nearing the answer.

So much so that he too was intrigued. Bai Ling didn't understand the pioneers, but she felt the enthusiasm in Jiang Xianwu's words:

"Could it be... this island's bottom, hides the answer? You mean all your experiences that seemed random, but were actually full of guidance."

"Now, you are being led to the bottom of a colossal sea creature, about to get some answers that have troubled you for a long time?"