Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Clearly, Zhou Baiyu had begun to think about some things unrelated to the game through this game.

Zhou Zeshui seemed to have understood this as well, but he shook his head and said,

"Then it depends on your judgment... I can reload, haha, I'll save here now, and if I am betrayed by the forces of Xiangyang City later... I'll just reload."

"After all, this is a game. You have to use game-thinking to solve it."

The saying that one has to use game-thinking to resolve issues had suddenly enlightened Zhou Baiyu.

His thoughts became crystal clear in an instant.

Yes... he was a forerunner.

Essentially, was a forerunner not able to reload as well?

If a certain version changed the future, leading to unimaginable disasters, then through selecting versions or normal conscription... there was always a chance to return to before the incident occurred.

After all, what forerunners did was continually reload to make the future increasingly favorable for humanity.

So... he needed to think with a player's mindset.

Was it to drive the tiger to devour the wolf, or to ally with the wolf to attack the tiger, or perhaps...

If the strength was strong enough, to slaughter the tiger and annihilate the wolf...

All of this, the forerunners had many choices and rights to trial and error.

"Dad, you should play more games!"

"Really? Hahaha, I indeed wanted to play games with your mom."

"But?"

"But well, every time we play until the end, she starts to cheat, ah, we're old, not like the past anymore, especially, it would be bad if accidentally a life is created, giving you a little brother or sister."

"..."

Driving a car with parents is the most lethal. So that's how you play games.

Zhou Baiyu knew that this topic was likely to lead to urging him to marry.

So he decisively kept quiet, letting Zhou Zeshui say whatever he wanted without replying.

...

...

The few days in Xiangyang were calm and peaceful.

Despite some strange events in the past and some events being memory-wiped from the residents due to the rules...

But some quirky small events, such as bugs, giant python syndrome, and cat fetuses, also added many ghostly tales to Xiangyang.

Now Xiangyang was simply the best city for sourcing materials for various ghostly tale novels.

But in this period, everything was too peaceful in Xiangyang.

The city's most bizarre event was probably Constantin going with flowers to apologize to Zhang Haoyun.

About his actions of stirring troubles in Advanced World.

After everyone returned to the real world, Zhou Baiyu gave Constantin a cold glance and went back to his own home.

Snow demon, Dream Waker, Black Credence, all had time to replay the process.

After exchanging information with each other... it was somewhat unexpected for Guang Tongchen that he had brought such a big crisis to Zhou Baiyu.

Under Black Credence's methodical analysis, they realized that Zhou Baiyu had faced a life-and-death situation at that time.

Eventually, through everyone's vote, they speculated that Constantin was suspected of being a spy sent by the Clean Walkers to strike at the backbone of the forerunners.

Of course... everyone knew in their hearts, this was a joke.

In any case, Constantin was unanimously recognized by everyone in this draft as the one who posed the greatest danger to Jiang Xianwu.

His threat at one point exceeded that of Karlando and the Warden. He was considered boss-level.

So, Constantin had to atone. His method of atonement—

was to carry flowers, under everyone's watch, to the old city district.

To apologize to Zhang Haoyun.

And Zhang Haoyun?

She too readily accepted Constantin's apology and also inquired whether there was a way for Constantin to enter Advanced World.

Constantin had no way to help with that. He also realized that it was better not to mix the boats in the well with those in the river.

Zhang Haoyun did not insist on it either.

But she had already made up her mind to find a way to solve this.

Only by entering the Advanced World could she possibly compete on equal terms with Midel, the White Witch.

Of course, moving from the Third World to the Second World, aside from Pioneers and Purifiers... was almost impossible.

If that possibility really emerged... it would definitely be a massive, two-way vulnerability.

If she could indeed find this vulnerability, she could fix it, which would be tantamount to saving the world.

...

...

During the process of apologizing, Constantin and Zhang Haoyun, Zhen Shi also inquired about some matters concerning Constantin.

About the Polluter.

Constantin stripped off Zhen Shi's clothes... and indeed found the Divine Imprint of the "Gentle and Kind God" on the child's back.

"Pollution-based corrupt seed... I didn't expect you, as a corrupt seed from Mrs. Haoyun Zhang's lineage, to no longer be a corrupt seed from the Long Summer lineage but from the pollution lineage."

"Pollution-based corrupt seeds often carry a domain, and the more people affected by the domain, the more it spreads, affecting more people, then the spread speeds up, creating a vicious cycle and intensifying the pollution."

"Whereas your Long Summer lineage appears more like the traditional method of getting stronger through combat and cultivation..."

Zhen Shi asked:

"My domain seems to remove impatience and anger from people's hearts."

"But I always feel that I can achieve much greater things... Right now it's more like a calming effect, but it doesn't quite qualify as pollution."

Constantin said:

"How do you want to... strengthen it?"

Zhang Haoyun looked at Zhen Shi, wanting to know his real thoughts.

Zhen Shi was forthright:

"I can almost foresee the enhanced effect, which might make two groups of people... no longer hostile towards each other."

Constantin was stunned.

Indeed, many Polluters could see their upgraded effects through some strange revelations.

But he had never imagined that Zhen Shi's effect... would be so bizarre.

The Gentle and Kind God.

Seemingly meaningless in a world of apocalypse, gentleness and kindness are the most useless traits.

It could even be said that possessing these traits can be fatal.

But what if you could force your opponent to become gentle and kind? Wouldn't that essentially erase their will to fight?

This is a super debuff applied to the opponent, putting oneself in an unbeatable position.

Constantin's trip wasn't in vain, as he suddenly realized... perhaps Zhen Shi's potential was immense, no less than Zhang Haoyun.

"I do know a bit about how to enhance your abilities. Pollution-based seeds indeed have a way to level up... that is, to interact with as many people as possible, dissipating their negative energy."

"Just like the previous Python Syndrome group, which involved interacting with as many people as possible, creating more pythons..."

"You too, if you truly want to try to enhance your Divine Power, then keep seeking out angry people in the city and dissipate their rage."

"Over time, your domain will grow larger and its effects stronger."

"Who knows, you might cause a significant number of people... to lose their rage. Let me tell you, at a certain point, pollution makes people twist."

"Honesty is a virtue, right? But if a person is completely honest, if the whole world is completely honest, that too brings significant repercussions."

"Your gentleness and kindness are similar. So, you also need to learn how to release and retract your domain. The latter is especially important."

Zhen Shi earnestly noted everything down.

Constantin finally said:

"Of course, what's most important is, once your domain reaches a certain scale, you might become... a target of the Pantheon.

"The Pantheon might try to woo you, or they might kill you. Your threat... is more likely the latter.

"So you need to think carefully. Your Pollution Domain must be controlled with ease, fed precisely, making those who should lose their will to fight lose it, without affecting your teammates."

"This isn't a simple task. If you really want to go down this road, you'll need to put in some effort"

Constantin was done speaking.

In fact, Constantin had already violated professional ethics. One of the Purifiers' codes—

Absolute definitely does not cultivate any Polluters. But he was still willing to give Zhen Shi a chance.