Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

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[Version 1.44 Update Announcement: To further accelerate the arrival of the apocalypse, we have decided to introduce Despair Gu and Hate Gu.

These two new items may change the human survival state, causing the spread of corruption, which will no longer be transmitted by contact with corrupted species. It will greatly increase the efficiency of corruption spread.]

Corruption Gu.

The moment Zhou Baiyu read this, he immediately remembered the memories he had glimpsed from Midel's mind.

Could Despair Gu and Hate Gu be a type of Corruption Gu?

Zhou Baiyu's expression became grave.

Not only had the countdown turned blood-red, but even the update announcement had become blood-red.

Following the update announcement, there were trial tasks to undertake.

But the update announcement was also necessary.

Last time, Baiyu had managed to capture the succubus's changes through the update announcement.

Intuition told Baiyu that Despair Gu and Hate Gu must be critical clues.

Of course, up to now, he still did not know the details of the Horror Night in the Gu Tower.

He looked at the small print below.

[Redemption Trial, Blood Hunting Mode——]

[Inside the last stronghold of Linxiang City, survive one day and one night in Safehouse number 92. Area corruption level, D-Class.

If the challenge fails, the Snow Demon, Jiang Xianwu, will be erased.

If the challenge is successful, contact the middleman for specific rewards.]

The first time was the Pioneer Trial, also the first trial.

Normally, the second time should be a regular survival trial. But Zhou Baiyu had entered the Redemption Trial.

What Baiyu cared about the most was the Blood Hunting Mode.

"Do you know what Blood Hunting Mode means?"

Ling Hansu's face turned pale, and she shook her head:

"I have only heard that Blood Hunting Mode... is one of four special modes. I don't know their specific details."

"But the team leader had said that with such modes... you might as well give up. Any of the four modes is extremely dangerous."

"It would make this pioneer version journey... differ widely from the difficulty of the ordinary pioneer versions."

Zhou Baiyu cursed inwardly, What a scam.

This was on some level a "One Shot Soul" situation, wasn't it?

Looking at the crimson announcement that flowed like blood, Zhou Baiyu suddenly felt as if he had activated some kind of hell mode.

The meaning of Blood Hunting was still unclear to him.

He asked another question.

"Is there a private channel?"

"Ah?"

The question jumped several steps, and Ling Hansu didn't catch up.

Seeing the silly girl's bewildered face, Zhou Baiyu explained:

"Later, when we enter the transfer station, we will be in different areas, only able to communicate through the Pioneer's Voice forum section. So, is there some way to have a private conversation?"

"Oh, yes, as long as you know the other person's name, you can link up through the middleman."

Adding friends for private chats would ensure that certain information wouldn't leak.

Zhou Baiyu, upon hearing this feature, felt at least in terms of "gamification," "we" did a very good job.

"How long can we stay in the transfer station?"

"Normally it's one hour, but this time it's probably fifteen minutes. I heard that special modes only allow a short stay in the transfer station."

Zhou Baiyu nodded:

"Rest for now, although entering the pioneer world means using another body. But one thing is certain, the brain is still your own brain."

"Ensure your mental state is good, and don't get scared just because of the Blood Hunting Mode."

"I've lived through a 2.21 version, an A-Class corruption area, so I can survive this time too."

Zhou Baiyu did not mention that he had a special buff—the tease from the God of Death and Reincarnation.

With this buff, death was not to be feared.

It was a trump card.

For someone as naive as Ling Hansu, trusting someone completely had its advantages; their words could give her strength.

She quickly calmed down as well.

The two of them also started chatting about lighter topics.

It was only then that Zhou Baiyu learned that Ling Hansu was actually a rich second-generation heir.

She had been fooled many times since she was little but didn't mind being deceived; kindness also has its rewards.

Unlike Zhou Baiyu.

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Zhou Baiyu was mostly the deceptive one.

Time trickled away bit by bit.

Soon, the countdown's final ten seconds arrived.

Watching the blood-red numbers decrease step by step, even though Zhou Baiyu had already experienced this once...

he felt an uncommon surge of nervousness.

3.

2.

1.

Inside the rental room, two figures suddenly vanished.

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"Oh, my dear little brother, we meet again. It seems your new journey is quite interesting."

Lin lounged at the bar, her eyes blurry with drunkenness, holding a pipe in her hand and a goblet beside her.

She had taken off her shoes, revealing toes painted with red nail polish.

Zhou Baiyu said irritably,

"Could you care a bit about your image? You're like a demigod to us."

Lin joked back,

"Trapped in here and living a life devoid of daylight, why should I care about my image? Hehe, I can answer your questions about Blood Hunting Mode~ Just pay me 5 pre-launch points."

Damn, that's extortion.

Luckily, Zhou Baiyu had already understood that apart from details about version updates, other questions could be asked for free from other pioneers.

"Sorry, you can't scam me, although I am willing to spend on a beautiful lady like you, I want to live even more."

Zhou Baiyu said seriously,

"I need to use the Pioneer's Voice."

"Alright, my dear soon-to-be dead little brother."

Even Lin, the intermediary, didn't believe Zhou Baiyu could survive.

Elsewhere.

Ling Hansu was at her own transit station, meeting with Mo Sangyu.

"From now on, you don't need to think for yourself, leave all the thinking to Jiang Xianwu."

Obviously, as intermediaries and professional mentors, they seemed to know what their disciples were about to endure.

This was their privilege.

"Jiang Xianwu's life is unpredictable, but unpredictable doesn't mean he surely won't die. Death might make his unpredictability eventually yield to order."

"Don't hold onto your pre-launch points, buy whatever you need to."

Ling Hansu had already opened the second bookshelf and flipped through a massive ancient tome.

Lines of text flickered across the pages.

These were the pioneers' communications.

Soon, Ling Hansu noticed the content she needed to pay attention to.

"Greetings, seniors, I'm the newbie Jiang Xianwu. I have a question—I'm about to head to version 1.44 of the Gu Mansion Haunted Night with a Sky Eye. But I'm warned that it's Blood Hunting Mode… what is Blood Hunting Mode?"

The messages flashed by like barrage of bullets, slowly burying the question.

But Jiang Xianwu wasn't in a hurry, even with only fifteen minutes left, he kept posting the same question repeatedly.

Eventually, the barrage diminished.

Only Jiang Xianwu's question dominated the entire field of vision of the Pioneer's Voice.

Soon, as the first post broke the silence, a storm of messages came in.

"Holy shit? You're Jiang Xianwu?"

"Online? Can can need radish?"

"Bro, got any last words?"

"Are you secretly in love with the ice demoness? Honestly, it's not worth risking your life for!"

"If I had only fifteen minutes left to live, I'd really want to teleport to your transit station and experience the joy of a succubus leader."

"Can we please maintain some order on this forum? Why waste so much talk on a dead man? Haven't you seen an unlucky guy before?"

"Indeed. Even though this guy has dominated the topic top 1 recently, he's pretty much doomed. Blood Hunting Mode, damn... that's about as unlucky as marrying the ceiling, cursed to the core."

In another transit station, Zhou Baiyu was speechless…

Did these people all consider him as good as dead? Looking at all this trash talk, it was somewhat a waste of time.

Just as he was about to pay pre-launch points to understand the specifics of Blood Hunting Mode, a post popped up.

"Need our help, Brother Jiang? We're from Bai Chuan Shelter. Although we don't have any news about version 1.44 Gu Mansion Haunted Night, if there's anything you need help with, you can PM me, my id is Zhang Laoxi. I'll tell you what Blood Hunting Mode is first. We happened to have gone through it."