Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Seeing this, Zhou Baiyu's scalp tingled.

He remembered the residential area in the Gu Tower, where he had wondered why there were such old houses.

In his memory, there were no such houses in Linxiang City. If the houses were built later, why would someone intentionally build them in an eighties style?

And why were there so many discrepancies in the details at the Fifth People's Hospital of Linxiang City?

All of these questions now had answers.

Version 1.0 of the world...

And the subsequent versions from 1.01 to 2.49... were they actually two completely different worlds?

This information was enormous.

If this information was true, then the time interval between versions 1.0 and 1.01 was no longer important.

But just this message, although surprising, was still not enough to do what An Ya said—"completely shatter the Pioneer's confidence."

There must be some more shocking truth hidden in Dr. A's notebook.

Yet Zhou Baiyu still felt the gods' mockery.

"What we've changed, is not the future of our own world, but the future of another world?"

At this moment, Zhou Baiyu started to ponder a question.

He also saw that Dr. A had posed the same question in his notes—

"For the sake of clarity, I will refer to the world of the Pioneers as the Original World, and the world they were summoned to as the Advanced World."

"But the question remains—if the gods wished for the Advanced World to be saved, why not arrange for the people of the Advanced World to travel to the future?"

"Why insist on arranging for people from the Original World to travel to various versions of the Advanced World to aid its inhabitants?"

"How interesting. I am more and more convinced that the Pioneers are just the gods' playthings, and they might be even more miserable than I imagined."

"I think my subsequent summons will prove this."

...

At this point, the notebook took a huge leap in date.

The recorded month and day were still in the spring of the year, but suddenly it jumped to the autumn.

The fortieth page was dated October twelfth.

"In endless flight, I continually unraveled puzzles, and I constantly gambled with the rules. The only good news I received about the Original World was—"

"The gods are not united."

"Of course, regarding the study of the gods, I think it is necessary to start a new notebook. It's been a long time since I updated this one, so I decided to continue writing about the Pioneers."

"Yes, after so long, I finally have made new progress. I have also finally realized something—"

"What exactly the gods are doing to the Pioneers. By constantly switching bodies, my soul travels continuously, allowing me to always escape calamity, and thus, I have found answers to some questions."

"What I am about to say is something that could completely make the Pioneers lose their confidence."

"Since I have become a Pioneer, I cannot reveal my source of information. I can only relay part of the words spoken by that mysterious and powerful being—"

"The Pioneers are working hard, incessantly changing the future of the Advanced World, preserving a glimmer of hope for humanity doomed to extinction."

"[We] have observed the numerous possibilities displayed by the Pioneers, but the more [We]see, the more possibilities the Pioneers bring to the Advanced World...

the better [We] come to understand the Pioneers when it comes to their own world being invaded, the better [We] can snuff out their possibilities."

"The Pioneers are spelling disaster for their own future."

Zhou Baiyu's hand trembled when he read this.

He certainly noticed that "we" had been specially marked by Dr. A.

Clearly, this [We] might be the same "we" that were releasing the various updates.

This was undoubtedly a piece of intelligence that could drive the Pioneers to despair...

Zhou Baiyu finally understood why An Ya was so certain... the Pioneers were doomed to failure.

Dr. A had encountered a mysterious and powerful entity, which had conveyed a message to him—

The Pioneers, summoned into the Advanced World and observed in times of adversity by "us."

The Pioneers are changing the Advanced World, bringing hope to it.

But at the same time... when the Pioneers gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into the Pioneers!

"We" are also becoming increasingly familiar with the Pioneers through their actions...

I fear when corruption comes to the Original World, it will be more tumultuous, more targeted than when corruption came to the Advanced World in version 1.01!

This is the information that silenced the Pioneers, stripping them of their courage!

The most terrifying aspect of this intelligence... lies in directly severing the Pioneers' conviction in going to the Advanced World...

"We all thought that going to the Advanced World was to take a step ahead, to gain strength from the future to prevent the apocalypse."

"But now... this belief seems like a joke; the more we take a step ahead, it seems the more we push our own world towards a more terrible hell..."

If there ever was news that could cause a Pioneer to "lose faith," or to be utterly heartbroken... then this piece of information in Dr. A's notes is undoubtedly it.

Zhou Baiyu even laughed at himself:

He thought carefully... no matter how strong he became in the Advanced World...

Yet, back in reality, he wasn't Jiang Xianwu, capable of making radishes grow thorns...

Back in reality, when faced with a corruption invasion, he was just Zhou Baiyu, whose physique was even worse than an attendant's!

Maybe in version 2.49, he stood unrivaled, making demon-level beings tremble, and was as hidden and enigmatic as the God of Concealment and Night, Guang Tongchen, but back in reality, he was still just an ordinary person.

And even if, taking a huge step back, he truly was Jiang Xianwu...

That kind of performance had been observed by "us."

In the future, corruption invasions would probably only make the pioneers feel more desperate, sensing an overwhelming feeling of being targeted and predicted.

It's as if the pioneers were actually the bosses set up in each instance.

"We" use corruption invasions to continuously test the boss's moves, the boss's way of thinking, the boss's ability to handle difficulties...

It was too desperate.

The opponent was stronger than you, but also had access to more information...

The proud belief in saving the world collapsed, and moreover, each time you were summoned, it might provide the corruption invasion with even more data support...

At this moment, Zhou Baiyu truly felt like lightning had struck him. His entire demeanor deflated.

He crouched in the corner of his rented room, seemingly at a loss.

If An Ya were here, she would have enjoyed watching Zhou Baiyu's facial expressions at this moment.

But it was only for a short while.

Soon, Zhou Baiyu, who should have been in despair, suddenly frowned. He noticed something amiss.

"Does Doctor A know that his most proud research has fallen into my hands?"

Looking at the blue reagent in his hand, as well as the notes from Doctor A, which should also belong to the Advanced World...

Zhou Baiyu let out a soft exclamation.

He was like a male lead in a book, handsome and bountiful, capable of continuously experiencing various "secret realms" to improve himself, only to be told—his handsome and bountiful body was virtual, and those instances were also virtual, entirely beyond his grasp.

Moreover, due to various actions in the Virtual World, he could be beaten up in reality by the enemy using big data in the future.

Instantly, all the "secret realms" lost their value for exploration.

In his despair, Zhou Baiyu suddenly discovered something odd.

"But I really did bring something out from that world unrelated to us..."

"Yes, the president said that among the few legendary pioneers, some had also obtained items that could be brought back to the original world."

When items from the "Virtual World" appeared in reality, then naturally, the originally lost meaning of the Virtual World came back.

Zhou Baiyu's originally dim eyes gradually regained their sparkle.

He suddenly thought of a very strange question—

"According to Doctor A, we pioneers are just playthings to the gods."

"It indeed seems like it, but there's something very odd. If the purpose of the gods was really to exterminate and erase us...

Then why wouldn't they just send humanity into a version that was impossible to clear?"

That was the most illogical part.

Especially in the latest summoning, the cruise journey, Zhou Baiyu distinctly felt that after he reached an SSS-rank—

"We" began to favor humanity.

Doctor A's reagent, the all-class compatible skills, and... Doctor A's notes.

Yes, Doctor A's notes would undoubtedly cause the pioneers to lower their guard, but it would also allow the pioneers to realize the truth sooner.

If that was the case, then "we" should have never allowed these notes to become something that could be brought into the real world, let alone let them be known to the pioneers.

The gods are not united.

This sentence from Doctor A suddenly appeared in Zhou Baiyu's mind.

In that instant, Zhou Baiyu suddenly found the motivation.

SSS-rank! The key to reversing the situation was SSS-rank!

Whether it was the real-world usable items mentioned by the president that the other legendary pioneers had, or the real-world usable items he himself had obtained... it was all because of SSS-rank!

The gods had become rules, and these rules competed with one another.

Some rules benefit humanity! Yet some rules obviously lean towards the extinction of humanity.

And once you achieve SSS-rank, it seems "we" start to lean a bit towards humanity.

No, it's not just about SSS-rank. With a direction in mind, Zhou Baiyu was no longer confused.

"So what if it's only C-rank? As long as there are rewards, it's possible to use those rewards to perform better next time."

"Moreover, an S-rank could at least change the future of the Advanced World... and if the future of the Advanced World gets better, does that really offer no benefit to our original world?"

Thinking of Zhou Shou suddenly appearing in the original world, Zhou Baiyu felt invigorated, like being injected with an energy boost, and his whole being was filled with drive:

"This idea still needs to be verified... but it can be verified soon."

"I just need to wait for the next summoning and the moment the version update announcement appears, I will know if 'we' are truly leaning towards humanity!"