Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

In a duplex apartment in Linxiang City, twenty-five minutes after Zhou Baiyu entered his dream...

Zhou Baiyu's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose began to bleed...

He dreamed of a long, narrow passage, and at the end of the passage, he saw... a cocoon, enveloped in countless black substances.

It was like tentacles, like black mist.

But without a doubt, upon contact with it, an ordinary person would immediately feel a strong surge of negative emotions.

He had seen such a thing in the Tower of Gu.

However, the scene in this dream seemed simple, yet it was fundamentally impossible to reach the end.

Even though there was only a narrow path in the dream, and although he guessed that Zhang Haoyun was trapped inside the black cocoon at the end of the path...

That end was truly unreachable.

In his life, there were many people Zhou Baiyu cared about, and many who cared about Zhou Baiyu.

Indeed, his personality harbored another side, one that was flamboyant, unrestrained, and even a bit wicked. But more often than not, his true nature was kind.

Just as it's said, it seemed that to reach the black cocoon, one had to be utterly heartless and unfeeling, not loving anyone and not loved by anyone in return.

Zhou Baiyu actually broke down earlier than those legendary predecessors.

Ke Zhongye lasted for an hour, Guan Canghai also for an hour, and Love Saint for ninety minutes...

But Zhou Baiyu was different, this achiever of the title Love Saint began to convulse violently within ten minutes of entering the dream, experiencing tremendous torment in his dream.

At the twenty-five-minute mark, Ling Hansu disregarded everything, using all her strength to wake him up.

Cries of "Brother Zhou" with a sobbing tone pulled Zhou Baiyu out of the dream realm.

"Huff... huff..." Zhou Baiyu was like anyone awoken from a nightmare, his expression filled with panic, breathing heavily.

"Zhou... Brother Zhou, you look so terrifying right now... What was that dream about?"

Zhou Baiyu did not immediately answer the question; instead, it took nearly a minute before he said:

"I don't know if the senior Keen Sight is still alive..."

"It's a dream that twists your past memories, of course, once you enter the Black Lotus, it's probably not as simple as a dream anymore."

"There's a passage in the dream, and with each step, it seems like many days pass by. During these days, all your past beautiful memories, all the people you've met that made you feel grateful, they all become distorted."

"They'll find every way to torment you... My mother... in this dream, she became extremely horrific, nothing but a decaying monster."

"As you continue forward, your appearance in the dream also keeps changing, you keep growing, but the pain you suffer also increases..."

"First, it's the parents, then friends, everyone you've come in contact with..."

Ling Hansu suddenly realized that Brother Zhou was carrying a hint of sadness.

She did not know the relationship between Zhou Baiyu and the decaying kind; she just felt... Brother Zhou's gaze and voice were somewhat sorrowful.

"What kind of monster... has such a domain that inflicts so much pain?"

Ling Hansu's question was also Zhou Baiyu's.

He silently thought about how Zhang Haoyun must have felt when he took her to see that movie?

In her memories, were her parents such twisted monsters?

Weren't they supposed to be... the people who loved her most in the world?

Indeed, decay amplifies resentment and negative emotions, but even then, the parents in the dream were too terrifying.

"It's actually good for me, my dad and mom don't treat me that well, and I have a brother who always fights with me over things."

How did she manage to say those words so casually?

Zhou Baiyu's fists clenched.

He was already preparing for the worst.

"I must reach that cocoon, at least I need to know if it's hiding her inside."

Listening to Zhou Baiyu's words, Ling Hansu grew even more worried:

"But, it's just a dream, Brother Zhou, is it worth it to stake your life for a dream?"

"Besides, there's Love Saint and there's Guang Tongchen... They, they should be able to do it, shouldn't they? They are the legendary pioneers... It's okay if we're not that powerful."

Ling Hansu was genuinely concerned for Zhou Baiyu; her words were a bit selfish, but essentially, she hoped that Zhou Baiyu would give up such a self-torturing act.

Zhou Baiyu shook his head.

It seemed that Zhang Haoyun's affair was his affair. He grabbed a handful of sleeping pills:

"This time... don't wake me up! If I'm in pain, keep telling me that it's all fake."

This decision undoubtedly sounded rash and hardly strategic.

Ling Hansu, puzzled and anxious, said:

"Brother Zhou... Why do you have to go this far!"

Zhou Baiyu smiled:

"Do you know what's the most distressing thing? It is giving someone false hope."

So-called false hope is not just telling someone to do something impossible. It's about not giving up halfway through.

Whether it was the pyramid scheme victim who jumped off a building and whose body landed in front of Zhou Baiyu.

Or the person he saved from suicide, who later committed suicide again.

In Zhou Baiyu's eyes, both were the same; the former was deceit that not even the deceiver believed in.

The latter was a genuine commitment to someone, but just making a promise and not seeing it through with them.

Zhou Baiyu did not want a third such mistake in his life.

"I can't just leave after saying life will get better; I can't leave her in such a place."