Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Zhou Baiyu spread his hands:

"Okay, okay, I got it, a hot potato, then let me ask you something. How did you solve the side effects of corruption?"

After becoming familiar with A, Zhou Baiyu noticed that this handsome doctor was increasingly developing a "human touch."

But was the real A, the one who had achieved divine status, the same?

Could there be another side to someone who was always respectfully called "Teacher" by a "Gardener" like Bai Ye?

In the laboratory, intermediary A's face rarely flushed:

"I haven't overcome it, but just recently, I got a sudden idea and took a little shortcut, as you have heard. I wasn't lying. After my true form was divinely enthroned, I indeed found many divine powers, and eventually, I established a transfer station and hid it within the potion."

"Once you inject the potion, it's as if you've built this station inside your body."

"My original self thought this could avoid becoming the rule."

This was supposed to be concealed from Zhou Baiyu, but now, as Zhou Baiyu continued exploring, A also realized that some things could logically be discussed.

Because for Zhou Baiyu, even if A didn't explain, he could deduce it himself.

"Of course, it ultimately failed. However, the transfer station was indeed successfully established, following the methods of the old gods, and at least preserved a bit of hope."

"And the powers of those new and old gods still exist in this laboratory."

"I sacrificed some stability of the transfer station and drew a part of the Time and Space God's power from it."

"The principle is beyond your understanding, but you can remember the result," said Doctor A with earnest seriousness:

"After you activate your complete state of corruption, you'll become transformed into a corrupted being, but after some time, your body will undergo a 'time reversal' reaction, forcefully converting you counterclockwise back to the state before activating corruption."

"Of course, I had considered whether this could be done before; the cost is enormous. Once you activate corruption, it could cause the transfer station to become unstable."

"Although I have reinforced part of it through the vanguard value you provided, there's still a possibility that the transfer station could disappear."

"Of course, it will come back after a while."

Zhou Baiyu understood.

In simple terms, Doctor A hadn't conquered corruption and hadn't found a way to allow one to enter and exit a state of corruption at will.

He had done something more drastic—time reversal.

This way, one could return to the state before corruption was activated.

However, this also meant that the transfer station would become unstable, potentially causing Doctor A and his station to suddenly disappear for a while.

But they would eventually return.

"The cost is not small, thank you,"

This thanks was brief, but Zhou Baiyu's tone was very sincere.

Because Doctor A had effectively transferred the risk of corruption from the user to the transfer station itself.

Doctor A laughed and said:

"I've calculated that the possibility of the transfer station disappearing is very small, and at most it won't be gone for more than five days... but I don't know where it goes after it disappears."

"Of course, if you want to thank me, then you'd best ensure your corrupted form is a powerful one. This has nothing to do with Reverse Corruption; a positive corruption might give you a completely new appearance."

"I certainly hope that after you activate your corruption, you are not worthless."

Zhou Baiyu suddenly froze.

Indeed, what would he look like as a corrupted being?

Haoyun was covered in eyes from head to toe; Bai Ling's initial form was also extremely grotesque...

The Seamer's appearance could even be considered bizarre. And himself?

Once the side effects were avoided, it seemed becoming a corrupted being could also be something to look forward to.

"Now, should you tell me about Bai Ye?" A said.

Zhou Baiyu nodded.

He recounted his entire encounter with Bai Ye in detail.

After listening, A expressed doubt:

"That's it? That's what you call respect?"

"I think so, Bai Ye maintaining formal speech with you is no mere politeness."

"Dammit, I totally fell for your trick!"

Dr. A had discovered that Bai Ye, although mysterious, had also unlocked information about the seven sons of the Holy Sanctuary.

He also knew that Bai Ye had always been pretending, and the Bai Ye he encountered might have all been Bai Ye from the post-apocalyptic era...

But after all, this intelligence was just a first glance.

Zhou Baiyu's understanding of Bai Ye was still in the state of—who is he, what does he want to do, where did he come from.

Dr. A felt deceived by Zhou Baiyu, Zhou Baiyu wasted his emotions.

It was like the audience wanting to watch the story of the male lead battling a succubus at the Hanging Corpse Hospital, only to find out that the succubus was just a minor character upon opening it, with no paid content, and even less important than a monster that liked to sew people everywhere.

Isn't this taking advantage of honest people?

"Next time, I will never trust you again!"

"Hard to say. By the way, I should leave. Sister Lin is urging me, so thank you for the big gift that could be exchanged for 7,500 advance points, I will repay it on An Ya in the future."

Zhou Baiyu left the transfer station with a triumphant smile.

However, after truly leaving the transfer station, Dr. A soon calmed down.

He seemed to have completely lost the ridiculous concern for gains and losses. His entire demeanor seemed to have changed.

Dr. A looked at the laboratory and no longer cared about Zhou Baiyu's last hateful gesture; he smiled faintly.

His smile contained both relief and anticipation.

"Bai Ye, Bai Ye, no matter what you are up to, you must think carefully. I truly hope there will be a day of reunion at the end of the rules."

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Transfer station, Sister Lin's pub.

Sister Lin was actually very eager about the contact between Zhou Baiyu, the little brother, and the people from the Holy Sanctuary.

As someone who knew some of the internal secrets, she was curious about how her proud disciple behaved in face of the dark chess.

But when she found out that Zhou Baiyu returned with zero advance points, this made her slightly angry.

Combining the experiences of the previous times, even though Sister Lin favored this disciple, she now realized that things were not simple.

Especially this time, with only zero advance points, Lin even discovered a certain "scent" on Zhou Baiyu.

She said with a playful laugh,

"Little brother, an sss-level task with zero advance points, you really gave me quite a surprise."

Zhou Baiyu said,

"You know, I have a very tricky trait."

"Really? A tricky trait, or is there—some opportunity you haven't told me about?"

Zhou Baiyu realized that he might have overdone it a bit.

Although Sister Lin didn't care about momentary gains and losses, obviously, as your official middleman, you ought to "take care of home," right?

It's like a man spending his entire salary on another woman outside, then coming home to expect his wife to be gracious.

Sister Lin lit a cigarette, and when her eyes and brows drooped down, it was a different kind of charm:

"Different walkers are those who walk the extraordinary path. Our founder hoped that different walkers could associate with all kinds of people— Corrupted, demons, polluted, demigod, pioneers, purifiers, humans... welcoming all comers."

"Hehe, little brother, you've broadened your path indeed; this is the first time I've met someone who knows two middlemen."

Oh no, it seems Sister Lin has confirmed it?

Zhou Baiyu thought that if it was just because of the zero advance points, Sister Lin's tone should not have been so certain.

It seemed that Dr. A had indeed made his transfer station less secretive for using the Power of Corruption.

Sister Lin must have sensed something.

Sister Lin, watching Zhou Baiyu's subtle facial expression changes, suddenly felt a sense of betrayal.

Although it was not explicitly stated that a pioneer could only have one middleman...

But recalling several past sss-level rewards, where Zhou Baiyu brought back hardly any advance points, while she was still trying to make the most out of those few points...

Lin's gaze, playful yet with a hint of melancholy.

"Between us, there shouldn't be secrets, right?"