Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"Little brother, you've finally come, more than twenty days without a sighting, we intermediaries were so anxious! You finally showed up!"

Lin's tone was very anxious. You have to know, in the past few days, every intermediary was very confident.

"My disciple being trapped? Impossible!"

Each intermediary thought this way, but such confidence gradually disintegrated as time passed day by day.

It was replaced by anxiety and worry.

Even despair.

If the pioneers hadn't been seen in the first few days, then the possibility of seeing them later was not very high.

Zhou Baiyu could roughly guess from Lin's expression that the situation was very dangerous now.

Lin didn't beat around the bush and decided to talk about the critical issues:

"All the pioneers will be caught in a situation with no summons because the third defensive mode has started."

"Listen, this defensive mode is very special. According to Zhong Jin and Mo Sangyu's interpretations, the defensive mode is 'used by us' to suppress humans."

"But if humans can withstand such suppression, the defensive mode will bring rich rewards and change the attitude towards humans."

"You already know this, and Zhong Jin and Mo Sangyu, the two intermediaries with the most knowledge, both believe that the number of defensive modes will not be unlimited."

"Perhaps... there might only be three to five defensive modes in total, at most not more than five."

"But what's certain is, each defensive mode will be harder than the last."

Zhou Baiyu nodded.

From the second time, if one is slightly careless, it would trigger a global intelligence-dampening aura.

So it's certain, the third defensive mode might not be more terrifying than the second in terms of performance, but the difficulty in resolving it will definitely be higher.

Lin said:

"The biggest problem with this defensive mode is that—there's no announcement. In other words, the defensive mode has learned from the previous two times and decided to catch the pioneers off guard."

"And by the time the pioneers realize... no, the longer it takes, the less they are able to realize, that is the most unsolvable part."

Zhou Baiyu understood. No wonder there were no summons, because during the defensive mode, there were no summons.

No summons, for the pioneers individually, meant no risk, but it also meant no improvement.

At the same time—for Advanced World, it meant that humanity's grim future would not change.

Overall, summons, although dangerous, were humanity's chance to change their fate.

And time in Advanced World was still slipping away... as the reality in which the pioneers existed repeated and cycled, it was like the pioneers were collectively imprisoned.

By the time the cycle naturally breaks, it might just be the day the Second World is thoroughly contaminated, and corruption begins to affect the Third World—that is, the present-day real world.

Zhou Baiyu's expression was grave:

"So if we don't break the cycle... is that roughly equivalent to world destruction?"

"I'm afraid so. To be honest, the fact that you could appear here today... it came as quite a surprise. I even thought, the last time we met might have been a farewell."

Lin poured a drink, thinking about the current situation, she also had a headache.

Intermediaries could only be stuck at the relay station, unable to do anything.

So she also didn't know how to salvage the situation now.

Today Zhou Baiyu appeared, but tomorrow Zhou Baiyu might have all his memories erased.

And regarding the source of contamination, up to now, there has been no clue.

This time, the defensive mode may not be as severe as the last one.

But this silent cyclical prison is indeed more terrifying.

"Advanced World, it's operating normally, so if I go to Advanced World... does that mean I can escape the cycle?"

Lin nodded, but her expression was still listless:

"But without a summons, you can't enter Advanced World. And before resolving the source of contamination, you won't be able to use your version selection privilege."

Last time, Zhou Baiyu reversed spacetime by relying on his version selection privilege.

But that was also after he had killed the target, Ryan.

Zhou Baiyu understood.

This defensive mode was indeed frightening, almost completely severing the path to Advanced World.

And as long as one was in the real world, one would certainly be dragged into the cycle.

An endless cycle, roughly equivalent to sanctioning the human path of upgrade.

"I will see you again, Lin, don't worry. I already have a method to counter the cycle."

"As long as one person can wake up from the cycle, this situation isn't completely unsolvable, is it?"