Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

Transfer Station.

In the many pioneering voice chat channels, there are numerous privately initiated friends' channels as well as guild channels.

But very few people knew that among the various guild leaders, there was also a secret leaders' channel.

Although those below often quarreled bitterly due to belonging to different factions, those from the Future's Gate faction often felt a strong sense of superiority.

But in reality, the relationships among the few guild leaders weren't necessarily good, yet they didn't despise each other.

The Hundred Rivers Sanctuary guild pursued ideals too zealously in its philosophy.

However, that guild leader indeed possessed exceptional strength.

Guang Tongchen: "Leader Wu Er, your Sky Eyes from Future Gate should be kept in check."

"They pry while issuing a bunch of pointless sighs on the Pioneering Voices, to no avail. The likelihood of Jiang Xianwu's death is quite high."

"In places where force is necessary, common sense dictates that it's highly unlikely he'll survive. But among us, who can be deduced by common sense?"

"Moreover... that region could potentially change a version we've all experienced together."

Having experienced it together, once combatants in the same version, they could thus share and exchange some intelligence with each other.

The other leaders remained silent.

Actually, they all felt Guang Tongchen was too optimistic.

Because according to the information conveyed by the Sky Eyes at the moment—the snow demon was up against a super Corruption Gu that could directly corrupt the environment.

This meant that hidden within the Gu Tower was a "demon king"-level entity, an extremely dangerous monster to humanity.

Although the Future Gate led by Wu Er was arrogant, Wu Er himself was not.

Just as Guang Tongchen said, every one of them was a legend outside the realm of common logic.

Who could guarantee that Jiang Xianwu wasn't another legend?

Still, Jiang Xianwu was a newcomer after all, and the difficulty of the regions he'd experienced far exceeded those they encountered when they were newbies.

Wu Er said:

"We've always been exploring one thing, whether the future of the pioneer world is really our future or not."

"Whether everything we do can truly create a butterfly effect and change the future."

"There's a good chance that Jiang Xianwu has found the origin point of the allied forces' collapse. If he can clear this area, starting from 1.44, many future versions will undergo major changes."

"This might be a validation. But this is predicated on him surviving."

Guang Tongchen didn't say much, only:

"I bet he'll survive. If I win the bet, you guys won't compete with me for him."

The other guild leaders looked at this sentence on the Pioneering Voices and were utterly astonished.

Wu Er said:

"What if you lose the bet?"

Guang Tongchen replied swiftly:

"If I lose, then the weapon I obtained in the version 2.0, I will let go for you all to compete for fairly."

"Good! Your word is your bond!"

Wu Er had no idea where Guang Tongchen's confidence came from.

But the bet was highly favorable for him.

Guang Tongchen was also fully aware of the high likelihood of Jiang Xianwu's death.

But although he was not a Mutator, he was truly a gambling man.

In such an apocalyptic world, relying solely on conscientious, diligent, earnest effort... would forever be at the mercy of a fate that toyed with one not knowing to where the next call would summon.

To survive in the apocalypse, even to enjoy and reign over it, one had to have the courage to gamble!

The discussion on the leader's channel ended promptly.

And soon after, Wu Er published a post in the public area of Pioneering Voices—

"To everyone, refrain from discussing Jiang Xianwu, and if you discuss him, do not mock him."

This statement once more astonished the masses.

Why had even Wu Er stepped forward?

Despite this, few people believed that Jiang Xianwu could really survive.

Because the onlookers were spying on the Snow Demon, the scene they witnessed was simply not something a newcomer could face.

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Version 1.44, Linxiang City, Building 92, First Floor, Room A.

Ling Hansu looked at the middle-aged man tied to the chair with terror.

It was unimaginable how such a transformation could take place.

The man was so thin his skin clung to his bones, and his eyebrows had all fallen out, making him look like a dried-up corpse.

But not long ago, the sky had irregularly darkened without warning.

The night of terror had descended suddenly.

Ling Hansu only saw that the middle-aged man, thin to the extreme, began to rapidly grow flesh on his body.

The flesh gave off a soy-red glow, like some kind of rapidly proliferating mold, swiftly enveloping the man's entire body. His head also started to enlarge continuously...

The soy-red flesh emitted a strange meaty aroma.

But at that moment, Ling Hansu felt her stomach churn, wanting to vomit.

Because, in the next second, the middle-aged man's suddenly enlarged head began to gnaw on his own flesh.

Yes... the man who was skin and bones just moments ago, had now turned into an irregular expanse of flesh that was constantly expanding...

And he seemed to fear this expansion, or had an intense craving for flesh... as he was eating himself.

His massive teeth kept chewing, and the messy, bloody wounds seemed to cause him no pain whatsoever.

The middle-aged man no longer resembled a human...

No matter how much he ate, the flesh only grew more and more.

Ling Hansu wanted to flee the room.

Although she was not smart, she was a Sky Eye, and her eyes had already analyzed the composition of the flesh.

[Item Name: Corrupted Flesh.]

[Analysis: It is flesh, but also loathing, despair. Once it latches onto a target, it rapidly intensifies the despair and loathing in the target's heart, turning the target into an incubator, spreading on the target and creating an infinite source of despair.]

[Warning: Please stay away from this substance!]

Using the target as a breeding ground for infinite spread. The more it spreads, the hungrier the target becomes.

And the hungrier it gets, the more it wants to devour this soy-red flesh.

But the more it devours... the more exaggerated the speed of this hunger's spread becomes.

Ling Hansu could no longer see the middle-aged man's face.

But she could feel the despair emanating from the crazy way he chewed on the flesh, the corrupted flesh that kept growing in quantity.

In life, the man had craved flesh... but now, for the remainder of his existence, he would be endlessly gnawing on flesh, and soon, the flesh would become the thing he feared and loathed most.

Ling Hansu had to run.

"I'm sorry... I can't stay here anymore!"

Once touched by that flesh, she would end up just as miserable as the middle-aged man.

And the body of the middle-aged man kept expanding, with the soy-red flesh increasingly compressing the space around.

Tendons and flesh spread like some form of moss onto the walls, and by the time Ling Hansu reached the door, the soy-red flesh on the doorknob pulsed like a beating heart, expanding and contracting alternately.

There was no way out!

Countless onlookers felt an empathy with the Snow Demon's despair, and that oppressive atmosphere instantly spread out.

The whole building was probably mutating, not just the room where the Snow Demon was. It was likely the same in every room.

The Snow Demon had no way out! This was an absolute dead end!

Just when everyone, including the Snow Demon, felt utterly helpless.

Bang! A loud noise came!

The door, which was being enveloped by more and more corrupted flesh, was suddenly kicked open!

"Snow Demon! Come out!"

Jiang Xianwu's voice suddenly rang out, like a beam of light shooting through the darkness!

It also struck like thunder into the hearts of every onlooker spying on the Snow Demon!