Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Zhou Baiyu and the Seamer quickly arrived at the next scene.

There wasn't much mystery to this scene, it was an alley where a child nestled in its mother's arms and cried.

But the faces couldn't be seen, the child's face, the mother's face, they were all very blurred.

Only the sound of crying continuously came through from all directions.

When the Seamer first heard it, he thought there were many invisible people around and even went into a defensive stance.

But even when he extended his perception to its limits, he struggled to find any presence other than the mother and child.

Zhou Baiyu said:

"In the Memory World, certain things that make a deep impression are magnified by the memory itself. There's no need to be on guard anymore, there are no enemies around."

These words were said so abruptly that the Seamer didn't understand right away.

Fortunately, this time Zhou Baiyu did not beat around the bush nor play coy, instead explaining:

"Do you still remember the station and the park from before? When we were being pursued by that black and that purple, we passed several scenes. Among them were the station and the park."

"Normally, that kind of park is quite empty, occasionally a homeless person might wander in, but when we passed, we saw a few people in the park."

"And you remember the station, right? The station should have been crowded with people, but did you notice? There was no one there."

The Seamer recalled that indeed, while avoiding the black and purple figures, they had passed such scenes.

There were fallen leaves on the park benches, and also—a kissing couple.

It's just that at that time, the Seamer was constantly on guard against the black and purple, and he hadn't thought that "Huang Miu" would still have the time to observe the surroundings under such a threat.

No wonder he seemed to have analyzed the rules of this Brain Hole World one by one, despite having seen and heard the same amount as him...

Zhou Baiyu said:

"The station should have been teeming with people, but precisely because of that, the crowd becomes something people consider normal, a given, a backdrop—naturally, it fails to attract attention and leaves no lasting impression."

"Whereas the park, though less frequented, exactly because of that, garners more attention when someone does appear. If there were a few individuals in the park—"

"They might take notice of each other. So the couple kissing on the park bench must have left a deep impression on the original owner of the memory—"

"Thus, when we passed through that scene, we saw that couple."

"That's because they left a deep impression on the original owner of the memory."

"And this place, our current location, confirms my guess."

The Seamer observed earnestly.

He tried to analyze according to "Huang Miu"'s theory.

Zhou Baiyu was not interested in making the Seamer think for himself, he gave the answer directly:

"So the mother and child in the alley... unseen faces because the one whose memory it is, cared most, was most emotionally affected not by the appearance of this mother and child, but by—their crying."

"The reason the crying seems to echo from everywhere is that hearing someone cry, the plaintive wails of this mother and child, struck him as deeply significant."

The Seamer said:

"All this is just your... guess?"

"Yes. My intuition isn't too bad."

Zhou Baiyu said without any false modesty.

Suddenly, the Seamer wasn't so angry anymore.

Although he had also guessed that "Huang Miu" was an intuition-based ability user, now that he further realized how fearsome this intuition was, the Seamer gained some patience.

An excellent ingredient, naturally, must be cooked slowly.

"What do we do next?" the Seamer asked.

Zhou Baiyu looked toward the door:

"We keep switching scenes, seeking the person who sucked us in here—their original memory."

"Meanwhile, we must keep summarizing patterns, if indeed there is such a thing as a pattern."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Baiyu walked towards the door.

The Seamer followed behind Zhou Baiyu like an underling, his eyes greedy.

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Brain Hole World, Blue Hole.

Unknown area.

Number One didn't know which area this was; it was full of mirrors everywhere.

By now, through relentless destruction, Number One had achieved a three-star wanted status.

Three stars made the original pursuers of the Seamer, in black and in purple, choose to switch their arrest target.

And in the room where Number One was, there were also the silhouettes of a cyan and a red human figure.

When Number One entered what seemed to be a vast and endless Mirror Maze—

The black, the purple, the cyan, and the red Law Enforcers all appeared.

In the Mirror Maze, different mirrors displayed different figures.

Number One was extremely excited.

Not long ago, his adversary was cyan.

Cyan's ability was enough to handle a one-star wanton alone; when Number One's wanton level reached two stars—red appeared.

But neither cyan nor red proved capable of capturing Number One.

Number One swung his great sword, causing tremendous destruction to the scene.

Along the way, Number One also discovered that cyan's ability was mental attacks.

He found it immensely difficult to actually make contact with cyan. The incredibly lifelike illusions created by cyan made it impossible for Number One to distinguish reality from fiction.

But even so, Number One continued to overpower cyan.

As for red, the ability was summoning.

These summoned creatures made it seem as though red had a mighty army at command.

Yet Number One still felt... even with cyan and red together, they still couldn't excite him.

He still chose to destroy.

Every scene he passed through—the classroom, the office, the garden, the rooftop—

All of these places were left utterly devastated.

By the time black and purple arrived, Number One had already left numerous sword marks on cyan and red.