Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

[All pioneers in the original world will be forcefully transported to the transit station in five minutes.]

The beacon smoke whistle activated. It was like a signal fire, visible to everyone.

Zhou Baiyu, who was forcibly tagged @all members, had a good guess about what was going to happen.

"Well, what's going on here? It's actually possible to forcibly move all the people outside the transit station into it."

"This must be either an intermediary's trick or a special ability of some bigwig, right?"

The forum of the Advanced World would probably become incredibly lively. Unprecedentedly lively.

Although everyone liked to linger in the transit station and express various opinions in the Advanced World's forum.

But everyone had their own lives. Everyone was also bound to return to their real-life experiences.

Basically, the pioneers in the transit station were less than one-quarter of those in the real world.

Zhou Baiyu, who had already returned to the rental apartment, looked at Ling Hansu.

Ling Hansu was clearly instructed by Zhou Baiyu, to watch various scam cases during the day and study them at night.

There were even strategies to optimize scamming.

Even though Ling Hansu himself was very repelled, Zhou Baiyu thought he was as honest as a Trisolaran.

But all of this was obviously very necessary.

Shortly after activating the beacon smoke whistle and sending out the message, Ling Hansu turned around and looked at Zhou Baiyu.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"Which bigwig's trick is this?"

"It's the chairman's, oh, the previous chairman's. The previous chairman Chu Wu used to have a tool called the beacon smoke whistle."

Zhou Baiyu was quite surprised:

"Such a powerful thing should be a treasure, right? How do you know about it?"

"That's how Chairman Chu is, he always shared whatever he obtained with us."

Zhou Baiyu was not surprised by Ling Hansu's response.

Some people joined Future Gate for its power, others for its benefits.

But more likely, most of them joined the Future Gate Guild because of the person Chu Wu.

With only a few minutes left, the two would be forcefully transported to the transit station.

The popularity of Jiang Xianwu had certainly not faded, but Zhou Baiyu guessed that Chu Wu's use of the beacon smoke whistle must have been for something important he wanted to discuss.

So it might be that some major event was about to happen, one that would lower his own popularity.

Zhou Baiyu indeed thought so, but… sometimes, one just becomes wildly popular, and then continues to grow even more prominent.

…

…

The world suddenly turned pitch black, until pink lights shone on the figure of a graceful female ghost, letting Zhou Baiyu know that he had been summoned.

"Missed me, little brother?" Lin Jie knew that this time Zhou Baiyu had been forcefully summoned.

She was happily smoking, greeted him, got the wine ready to return to the original world, then turned over and continued smoking on the other side.

Zhou Baiyu decisively walked to the second wine cabinet, which quickly displayed the interface of the Advanced World's forum.

"Everyone, don't panic. This summon by our Chu Wu using the beacon smoke whistle is because he has some very important news to tell all of us. It's regarding a major issue concerning all pioneers."

This message was being repeatedly broadcast, initiated by the Future Gate Guild. The guild members continued to copy it.

It also calmed down all the bewildered people who had been summoned into the transit station.

This calmness had quite the feeling of a storm about to arrive.

"Tell us, Brother Chu, what exactly happened?"

President Ke Zhongye of the Storm Justice Guild spoke up.

Soon, other presidents also began to speak up.

"What has happened, we can begin now," said Guang Tongchen.

The online presence in the Advanced World's forum was, it could be said, unprecedentedly high.

But the layout was surprisingly neat.

Following the openings of several presidents, all guild members were communicating internally.

The very few solo players, as well as newcomers like Zhou Baiyu who had recently been conscripted as pioneers, although not members of any guild, also knew that something significant was about to happen.

Zhou Baiyu also began to understand... those who did not join a guild were almost negligible.

He guessed, the crucial topic they were about to discuss was likely the Zhou Shou murder case.

The issue, he supposed, would overshadow his own, and he planned to choose a guild to join after it was settled.

Soon, a statement from the guild leader started the conversation that involved the most pioneers ever—

"A great wind has arisen and has died, killed by a Reverser. Next, I will play a video and a recording in the Voice of the Pioneer," he announced.

Zhou Baiyu frowned, sensing trouble...

If this were released, wouldn't Zhou Shou become a target of public animosity?

As for why they could still broadcast such multimedia messages in the Voice of Pioneer, he was not surprised.

As long as you provided Future Gate value, those intermediaries seemed capable of anything.

Currently, he had no way to stop what was about to unfold.

Before long, everyone witnessed the scene of Zhou Shou committing a murder.

People then realized that Yun Fei, listed on the wealth ranking, was indeed the one known as "A great wind has arisen."

The video, paired with the audio, ended quickly.

The process of Zhou Shou's murder was brief and delivered decisively, with a single stroke.

After viewing the message, the forum remained quiet.

But within the Future Gate guild, it had already exploded.

In the guild's channel, everyone was crying out for revenge for "A great wind has arisen."

In other guilds, those who had connections with "A great wind" also expressed their condolences.

The leader didn't give everyone much time to mourn, asserting,

"It appears that pioneers are meant to move forward in time, but those who can take a step ahead are pioneers. Conversely, Reversers are those who can travel backwards in time."

"The intention of Reversers is clearly to hunt us down."

"Everyone, 'A great wind has arisen' was my good brother, and I will certainly avenge him!"

"However, now, we need to understand something critical. This matter concerns the safety and survival of all pioneers."

"When we enter the Advanced World, we are each assigned a body. All our professional abilities actually reside in these bodies…"

"I once put forth the notion that the physical body possesses professional abilities, whereas the soul possesses characteristics."

"Therefore, even if we return to the original world, our souls are our own, and these characteristic abilities remain."

"I presume that many have already felt their distinct differences, right?"

Indeed, that was the case.

Zhou Baiyu reflected on this, realizing that he was one such person, adept at manipulating others through his characteristics.

Whether as a pyramid scheme lecturer or a suicide crisis interventionist, he was extremely talented.

Ling Hansu must have been the same, with One Shot Soul bringing him many unique experiences.

"The physical body possesses professional abilities, the soul possesses characteristics… the leader is truly adept at observation," Zhou Baiyu silently admired in his heart.

The leader also introduced his final viewpoint:

"But in combating monsters and preventing the apocalypse, we rely more on our professional abilities."

"If Reversers, capable of reversing time, come to the version 1.0 of the world… then, my friends, without our professional abilities, we are merely lambs to the slaughter."

The president of Divine Concubine Association, Liuyan also said:

"Version 1.0 is the battlefield for human pioneers, which has now been stealthily attacked, and having 'A great wind has arisen' effortlessly murdered, even unable to resist... we really should be vigilant."

Storm of Righteousness' president, Ke Zhongye asked:

"Leader, what do you think we should do?"