Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Constantin decided to take Zhen Shi out for experiential training. Purifiers cultivate the corrupted...

It all has a bit of a post-apocalyptic Romeo and Juliet vibe.

Zhang Haoyun did not stop them.

She needed more people who could help Zhou Baiyu.

These days, Tongchen had contacted Dream Unending, trying to arrange a meeting with the "real" Jiang Xianwu.

But Dream Unending refused.

He was very clear that Tongchen was an ambitious man. At this stage, Tongchen seemed to be helping all the Pioneers, but it was hard to say about the future. The more one accepted Tongchen's help, the deeper Tongchen's control over them became.

In a sense, Dream Unending's refusal actually meant nothing.

If Tongchen really wanted to investigate Jiang Xianwu's whereabouts, he would definitely find out.

It was just Dream Unending expressing an attitude, and Tongchen was also probing the other's attitude.

"Originally you didn't keep the snow demon and Jiang Xianwu, and that was your biggest mistake in decision-making. Some things can be mended, but some cannot be mended. Not to mention his connection with Guang Tongchen—"

"These two, they have the mutual attraction of gambling men."

This was Dream Unending's reply to Tongchen.

After hearing this, Tongchen wasn't saddened, he just sighed silently.

The calm Lín Xiāng City always made people who had experienced the absurd and still remembered the absurdity feel a kind of restlessness inside, as though it were the oppressive heat before a thunderstorm.

However, such restlessness, it seemed, didn't belong to Guang Tongchen and Zhou Baiyu.

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On the seventh day after everyone ended their island trip and returned to the real world, Guang Tongchen received a new summons.

Individual summons, version 1.77.

On the surface, it looked like a not-so-difficult summons, with a regional corruption level at C grade.

The initial survival rate estimate was 45 percent, but for Guang Tongchen, the survival rate would be at least 95 percent and upwards.

It could be said that there wasn't any problem clearing it.

The difference was in how many clues one could master and what sort of score one could get after clearing it.

But this time, for some reason, after receiving the summons, Guang Tongchen always felt an indefinable sense of crisis.

The countdown imprinted in his eyes—as if it conveyed a certain sharpness and severity.

Yes, the countdown etched in his vision had a different texture from before, projecting a sharp and solemn intent.

Feeling something was off, Guang Tongchen entered the transit station and asked the intermediary Ji Ye, who said:

"If there's something wrong with the font or shape of the countdown, it means you've triggered some mode."

"This means that your summons is very different from the ordinary summons."

"Just like the endless mode and friendship-ending mode you experienced before..."

"But what's strange is that your version update announcement and task bar... don't mention that you've experienced a special mode."

"It's incomprehensible. I'll have to ask Mo Sangyu, this is beyond my knowledge."

It was indeed incomprehensible; even their own intermediary didn't know what happened and had to ask someone else's intermediary.

Ji Ye stated the situation directly in the Pioneers' Intermediaries channel.

Mo Sangyu frowned:

"It's Invasion Mode."

"Invasion Mode? What's that mean? Why isn't it in the version announcement?"

Mo Sangyu replied:

"Because the other side has blocked the rules..."

Ji Ye didn't understand what that meant, but he vaguely sensed that the situation was not simple.

Mo Sangyu added an explanation:

"The version update announcements we see and the mission calls received by Pioneers are all manifestations of the rules."

"Rule one: Inform the Pioneers about some update details of the relevant version before they enter the summons."

"Rule two: Notify the Pioneers of the main mission targets in the region before they enter the summons."

"Rule three: Tell the Pioneers the nature of the summons before they enter."

"These are the rules, and within these rules turned divine, one of these three rules... has been blocked."

Mo Sangyu said:

"Among the four major modes, there's Blood Hunting Mode, where Pioneers slaughter each other. There's a one-third chance that Blood Hunting Mode is triggered after redemption trials."

"Just like Jiang Xianwu saving that incompetent snow demon of my disciple."

"Thus, in the trial of redemption inside the Gu Tower, Blood Hunting Mode was triggered."

"Blood Hunting Mode is about making Pioneers kill each other. To put it plainly... save one, kill one."

"The rules encourage redemption among Pioneers, but some gods do not like such redemption, and so another new rule with a one-third chance of triggering is added."

"Oh, I'm sorry Ji Ye, I seem to have gone off on a tangent. Let's talk about Invasion Mode now. Invasion Mode is similar to Blood Hunting Mode in that there will be someone not from this version who will act against the Pioneer. It could be deliberate, or it could just be a coincidence."

Mo Sangyu paused; he could probably guess that Ji Ye was anxious now.

Ji Ye indeed immediately messaged:

"Among my disciples, only Guang Tongchen is most likely to lead me out of trouble! Guang Tongchen's significance to me is akin to Jiang Xianwu's significance to Lin."

"At least Yan Gu still has Dream Unending and Ke Zhongye as candidates... but I only have one promising seedling, and the others are a bit lacking."

"So tell me quickly! What preparations should I make! I don't want my disciple to die!"

The inheritor of the Dark Night and God of Concealment values calmness. But now Guang Tongchen seemed to be on the verge of catastrophe...

Ji Ye was rarely so flustered.

Mo Sangyu said:

"The similarity between Invasion Mode and Blood Hunting Mode lies in the presence of someone not part of this version who will take action against the Pioneer. It could be an attack or maybe just an appearance by chance."