Firepower Saturation

"Sss... sss... sss..."

A continuous, faint sound of rushing air suddenly echoed within the control room.

Yue Shi and Ghost immediately became alert.

Through the vents in the ceiling, streams of pale white mist were being rapidly sprayed out.

The mist looked no different from ordinary water vapor, but it diffused at an incredible speed.

Whatever gas Lab 0 was releasing certainly wasn't anything good.

"It looks like poison gas," Ghost said.

The pale white mist spread quickly. Within moments, the entire space was filled with haze, and visibility dropped sharply.

Unfortunately, this tactic was useless against both Yue Shi and Ghost.

The toxins could not penetrate Yue Shi's defenses at all, and as an information lifeform, Ghost was immune to such physical-level poisons.

Yue Shi didn't linger. He walked to the control room door and pushed it open; the space at the doorway distorted slightly, forming a directional airflow channel.

The poison gas was guided and surged rapidly out of the control room.

Outside, many staff and security personnel were still alive, panicked by the spatial Labyrinth and the attacks of the ravens.

As the toxic mist spread over, those who came into contact with it immediately showed signs of poisoning.

Their faces turned purple-red, and blue veins bulged beneath their skin, looking hideous and terrifying.

Then, blue-black blood seeped from their ears, nostrils, and the corners of their mouths.

It was a lethal, fast-acting poison.

Screams and wails rose and fell one after another, sounding even more desperate than during the raven attacks.

The poisoned victims collapsed one by one, their bodies twitching a few times before falling silent.

"The higher-ups actually abandoned us!" a researcher roared in indignation before dying.

Yue Shi watched all of this with indifference.

This was too good for them, merely being poisoned to death.

The laboratory on this floor was essentially destroyed, and the personnel were mostly dead; the control room had lost its value.

It was time to go deeper; the true target was still further inside.

Yue Shi and Ghost stepped out of the control room, stepping over the corpses littering the floor, their figures gradually swallowed by the white poison gas in the corridor.

With the 【Trace Seeking】 ability, it was easy to distinguish various marks and find the path to the next level of the laboratory.

They followed a main corridor toward the deeper parts of this underground fortress.

Just as they were about to turn a corner, Yue Shi suddenly slowed his pace, and Ghost stopped in sync.

There was something behind the corner!

Almost simultaneously, a strange black shadow appeared on the metal wall beside them.

The shadow was as black as ink with blurred edges. It looked over two meters tall and was gliding along the wall at a steady speed.

Yue Shi and Ghost immediately moved away, leaning against the opposite wall.

However, they discovered that it wasn't just beside them; large patches of black shadows were also appearing on the walls, ceiling, and floor further down the corridor.

The shadows weren't moving against the walls; they were on the surface of the walls themselves!

"These things... do they seem like shadow creations too?" Ghost's voice was grave. "They might be used to counter your ravens."

Due to the interference of the poison gas and the opponent's unique form, Ghost could only perceive a massive silhouette. It was foreseeable that if this giant thing were allowed to spread completely, it would be enough to cover this entire area.

The Insight Eye on Yue Shi's forehead opened, scanning the black shadow.

He shook his head and said in a low voice, "No, this isn't a shadow creature. It's a two-dimensional lifeform that exists on a plane."

【Planar Dweller】

【「Planar Stealth」: Can move without obstruction on any two-dimensional plane; conventional three-dimensional obstacles are ineffective against it.】

【「Dimensional Cage」: Capable of forcibly compressing targets in three-dimensional space, sealing them within a two-dimensional plane.】

It had to be said that Lab 0 indeed had deep foundations; they brought out such an extremely rare thing right away.

The abilities of the Planar Dweller were the nemesis of many transcendents who relied on physical forms, and perhaps they even countered spatial-type abilities.

Had the Insight Eye not seen through its information in advance, a reckless contact without understanding would likely result in being instantly hit and compressed into a human-shaped photograph on the wall.

However, knowing the opponent's background didn't mean they could be dealt with easily.

Yue Shi wasn't sure if his existing abilities would be effective enough against such a peculiar two-dimensional creature.

Thinking of this, Yue Shi looked at the approaching Planar Dweller and directly activated Death Sentence.

"Drop dead."

The instant death curse immediately took effect on the black shadow.

The shadow on the wall stiffened and then began to tremble violently. Countless tiny black dots struggled within it, looking as if they were in great pain.

Then, the edges of the shadow—the parts affected by the instant death curse—actively peeled away.

It was as if a piece had been cut out with scissors. The severed part gradually lightened in color and eventually dissipated completely.

It sacrificed a portion of its shadow to escape the curse and preserve its main body.

Although the area and color of the main body did not change, its spreading speed slowed down somewhat, as if it had lost part of its vitality, its movements becoming sluggish.

【Death Sentence】 was effective, but it couldn't achieve an instant kill.

At that moment, a set of light, orderly footsteps came from behind the corner.

Yue Shi and Ghost maintained their hidden state, standing quietly on one side of the corridor.

Soon, a person wearing a fully enclosed hazmat suit, a mask and goggles, and holding a special firearm cautiously poked their head out, their muzzle pointing warily forward.

His footsteps were right against the edge of the Planar Dweller's shadow.

As this person slowly walked past, Yue Shi saw a whole team following behind—about twenty armed personnel in the same attire.

They moved in unison with cautious steps, each one stepping on the shadow of the two-dimensional creature on the ground.

Yue Shi immediately understood their strategy.

The Planar Dweller's 「Planar Stealth」 ability allowed it to jump out of the conventional three-dimensional coordinate system to some extent, thus enabling it to ignore the spatial distortion and directional confusion caused by the 【Labyrinth】.

These people in hazmat suits were advancing by stepping on the "two-dimensional carpet," cleverly using this characteristic to evade the effects of the Labyrinth.

Furthermore, each of them had a tiny device that flickered rhythmically. It seemed to be for friend-or-foe identification and positioning within the toxic mist and complex environment, ensuring no friendly fire and maintaining formation.

Yue Shi deliberately let them pass, and the group successfully crossed the distorted spatial area, finally arriving at the entrance of the control room.

Inside, besides the corpses, there was naturally nothing.

"Control room confirmed clear."

"The intruders may have already left this area."

Yue Shi heard one of them turn on an intercom and report in a low voice.

A calm female voice came from the other end of the intercom. Because the surroundings were deathly silent, Yue Shi heard it clearly:

"The intruders possess high-level concealment abilities; it is highly likely they are still hiding near the control room. Immediately, place the control room and the surrounding area under two-dimensional sealing."

Yue Shi was familiar with this woman's voice; it was the glamorous woman who had previously been to Amber City.

He looked toward the control room and saw the Planar Dweller's massive shadow expand after receiving the command, rapidly covering the entire area where the control room was located, including the corridor outside the door.

Immediately after, the covered area developed a sense of distortion. The colors faded and flattened, eventually turning into a massive 2D image!

This 2D image was perfectly detailed. The toxic smoke inside was still moving, but only within the plane.

The corpses and the disrupted spatial structure could also be clearly seen on the 2D image.

Someone picked up an instrument and carefully inspected the image.

"Reporting. Scanning confirms no abnormal reactions within the 2D image; the intruders are not within the sealed area," a team member immediately reported into the intercom.

"Continue the search and expand the range. They must still be on this floor." The female voice on the other end remained calm, showing no emotion.

At that moment, Yue Shi moved.

Spatial ripples spread out like a tide.

The upgraded version of the 【Labyrinth】!

It was no longer simple spatial distortion, but more complex nesting and folding, containing many extra-dimensional traps.

In an instant, the layers of space around the armed team and the Planar Dweller were peeled away, flipped, and nested.

The Planar Dweller lost its stable planar support.

"What's going on?"

"Directional loss! We've been ambushed!"

"Stay alert!"

The team did not fall into chaos, still maintaining their calm and stability.

Yue Shi took a step forward, walking directly into the middle of the team, and snatched the intercom that was still in a call.

He held the intercom to his mouth and had just said one word: "Hello..."

Crack.

The other side reacted extremely quickly, immediately cutting the communication.

Yue Shi snorted coldly and casually crushed the intercom.

With their intercom snatched, the armed squad immediately entered a state of high alert, realizing the intruder was right beside them.

Yue Shi didn't plan on wasting too much time on them.

Ghost, however, was eager to act, clutching his short sword. "How should we deal with them?"

Yue Shi said, "Avoid the vital organs and pierce through both sides of their lungs from the back."

"When they breathe, air will enter the chest cavity directly through the damaged lungs, compressing the alveoli. This will eventually lead to a gradual failure of respiratory function. They will experience a long struggle and suffocation, infinitely prolonging the agony before death."

"It's suffocation via lung perforation. Just dump them here to die after you're done."

"Hmm, you always have the best ideas," Ghost praised.

The armed personnel heard two voices discussing their deaths at close range, making their scalps tingle with fear.

Yue Shi stared at the Planar Dweller. He was very interested in this two-dimensional creature and wondered how much intelligence it possessed.

Unfortunately, his 【Feedback】 had already been used on Ghost, otherwise...

Well, the value of this thing didn't seem to match; Ghost was still more cost-effective.

Ghost had already followed Yue Shi's suggestion, piercing the lungs of the armed personnel and thoughtfully breaking their limbs.

"Let's go." Yue Shi called out to Ghost. Relying on the 【Trace Seeking】 ability, they followed the clear marks left by this group and moved quickly toward the direction they had come from.

The high-level management of the laboratory should know by now that it was he and Ghost who had returned for revenge, and that they had successfully infiltrated the interior.

Next, there would likely be an inescapable dragnet.

The thought of it was exciting.

Under the guidance of 【Trace Seeking】, Yue Shi and Ghost passed through several forks, avoided the scanning zones of some automated defense weapons, and finally arrived before a giant alloy door at the back of this area.

This door was even more massive than the blast doors they had seen before. The wall above and on both sides of the door was densely packed with surveillance cameras at different angles, monitoring everything in front of the door without any blind spots.

This door led to the next level of the laboratory.

Yue Shi didn't have the patience to look for a mechanism to open the door or crack a password.

He directly raised his hand and pointed it at the heavy alloy door.

【Banish】!

He didn't banish the entire door, but targeted the lock structure and the key stress points connecting it to the wall.

The space in front of him rippled slightly, and several pitch-black spatial rifts flashed by.

The next second.

"Crack!"

A large chunk of the lock area and the key connection points of that seemingly indestructible alloy door instantly disappeared.

The heavy door body lost its support, making a tooth-grinding sound as it tilted inward and then slammed heavily onto the floor.

Yue Shi and Ghost walked inside.

Just as they stepped through the door, they both paused.

Before them was an extremely vast hall. In the area ahead, over a hundred armed personnel stood in a dense formation, creating a tight defensive array.

In front of the formation were dozens of large-scale weapons of peculiar design, likely supernatural objects.

Without exception, all the weapons were aimed at the metal door.

Ghost was somewhat worried, wondering if Yue Shi could withstand such a wild bombardment.

And in front of this group of battle-ready personnel, Yue Shi immediately saw a familiar figure.

It was that glamorous woman.

She was still cold and beautiful, with a pair of sunglasses on the bridge of her nose and a communicator in her hand.

What caught Yue Shi's attention even more were the seven or eight people standing beside her, all dressed differently without any uniform.

These people, men and women, looked relaxed. Some stood with their arms crossed, while others had playful smiles on their faces. Their hands were empty, but their confidence and composure were evident.

They were transcendents, and quite a few of them!

Yue Shi surmised that these people were the true defensive elite of the laboratory.

A greedy smile bloomed on Yue Shi's face.

These were all little snacks delivered right to his door!

At this moment, although they were in a hidden state, the laboratory was clearly prepared for it.

Less than two seconds after they broke in.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

The piercing alarm rang through the entire hall.

Simultaneously, a red ring of light suddenly lit up on the floor beneath Yue Shi and Ghost's feet. This ring was clearly visible and flashed continuously, precisely marking their positions and moving in sync with them!

Invisibility had failed.

It wasn't clear how they had achieved this.

There were no omnipotent supernatural powers in this world; Yue Shi had long been prepared for his concealment to be seen through.

Fortunately, this wasn't his only card; he had many more.

"Fire."

The glamorous woman did not hesitate, her red lips beneath the sunglasses giving the cold command.

The next second.

"Vrrr!"

"Boom!!"

"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!!!"

Blinding white light, deafening explosions, and energy beams that tore through space—countless lethal attacks converged into a flood of destruction, instantly swallowing the position where Yue Shi and Ghost stood, along with the destroyed alloy door behind them.

The terrifying power vaporized the remains of the alloy door and tore through the hardened walls, melting and deforming them.

The entire front section of the hall was destroyed by this saturated firepower coverage.

Dust and smoke filled the air as various energy turbulences raged.

The glamorous woman and the transcendents beside her kept their gazes fixed on the area that had been plowed over.

A devastating torrent of firepower poured forth, lasting for nearly a full minute.

The ground trembled violently as if it might collapse at any moment.

Among the supernatural weapons deployed, several fired energy bands with distinct spatial interference properties. In the areas hit by the bombardment, the spatial structure became unstable, rippling with distortions.

Yue Shi possessed concealment and spatial abilities, and Lab 0 had clearly done its homework to deal with him.

Unfortunately, they had overlooked one thing: Yue Shi's growth rate far exceeded their imagination.

In just a few short days, his abilities had evolved to a completely new level.

The ferocious bombardment finally ceased, leaving only the hum of weapons and the sound of crumbling masonry.

Ahead, where the alloy gates and walls once stood, was nothing but a field of ruins.

The heavy metal doors had been vaporized, and the walls were shattered, exposing the load-bearing structures within.

White toxic gas drifted in from outside, mixing with the dust and smoke to obscure everyone's vision.

Most of the people behind the defensive line held their breath, their weapons still aimed at the area as they waited tensely for the result.

The glamorous woman pushed up her sunglasses; she didn't believe the Otherworldly Visitor would be killed so easily.

A transmigrator possessed too many divine mysteries that defied common understanding.

Furthermore, the laboratory didn't actually want to kill him; they only wanted to cripple him. Even if he only had one breath left, they could use advanced life-support technology to keep him alive while they thoroughly unraveled his secrets.

Having learned from the previous escape incident, their plan this time was to immediately amputate the target's limbs upon capture, physically eradicating any possibility of resistance or flight.

As the dust slowly settled, the view became clearer.

There was no sign of a heavily injured man or a mangled corpse. Not far ahead, only a single mooncake lay quietly on the ground.

It was a very ordinary, even somewhat crude-looking Five-Kernel Mooncake.

But for such an ordinary mooncake to appear in this setting meant it was anything but ordinary.

The glamorous woman recalled that in the containment room of the Amber City Investigation Bureau, there seemed to be a bizarre mooncake...

When the dust completely cleared, there was nothing else around the mooncake.

“That's it? We mobilized such a massive force just to deal with a little sneak-thief who can turn invisible? What a joke.” Behind the glamorous woman, a portly transcendent sneered, his voice filled with disdain.

“Looks like he was blasted into nothingness. But what's with that mooncake?” another transcendent chimed in.

“What do you know?” the glamorous woman scolded in a low voice, though she didn't elaborate.

All intelligence regarding the transmigrator was classified as top secret. No one outside the laboratory's high command was authorized to know, so it wasn't surprising that they underestimated him.

Regrettably, the specialized sensor designed to mark hidden units had been destroyed in the indiscriminate bombardment, making it impossible to continue tracking him.

Ordinary sensors couldn't detect hidden targets, but the laboratory had achieved a functional reversal: the sensors would display locations that could not be perceived, thereby breaking through concealment.

Just then, the fat transcendent seemed to take an interest in the mooncake on the floor, carelessly reaching out his hand.

The mooncake trembled slightly and was sucked into his palm.

“Don't touch it!” the glamorous woman shouted to stop him, but she was a step too late.

The fat transcendent squeezed the mooncake; it felt incredibly hard.

“Heh, it's pretty sturd—”

Before he could finish, his expression changed drastically.

The skin on the hand holding the mooncake rapidly turned gray and ashen. Then, it began to rot and ooze pus, the decay spreading lightning-fast up his arm!

“Aaaah!!” A scream pierced the air.

The fat transcendent jerked his hand, flinging the mooncake away.

As the mooncake fell, countless pitch-black ravens swarmed out from it, lunging at the surrounding crowd.

“Surprise!”

A voice dripping with mockery and murderous intent followed immediately after.

Yue Shi stepped out from a tiny spatial ripple above the mooncake.

He had hidden himself in an extra-dimensional space to evade the attack, anchoring the entrance to that space onto this indestructible mooncake.

The crowd was struck with terror, scrambling to activate their weapons for another round of concentrated fire.

But Yue Shi was faster.

The slaughter began!

The three transcendents standing closest didn't even have time to activate their abilities before a searing pain hit them. Parts of their bodies were swallowed by spatial rifts; they died instantly, hitting the floor without even letting out a scream.

Fast!

Too fast!

Yue Shi's methods were endless, his attacks eerie and unpredictable. These transcendents, who normally considered themselves powerful, were no different from lambs to the slaughter before him. They couldn't even organize an effective resistance before being carved up like vegetables.

The vast majority of them became corpses before they could even get a clear look at his face.

Only the glamorous woman made the most correct choice the moment Yue Shi appeared.

She fled.

Without hesitation, she turned and sprinted toward a backup safety tunnel behind her.

In the air where she had just been standing, illusory light screens materialized out of thin air, rapidly flashing various highly seductive contents.

There were the beautiful bodies of handsome men and gorgeous women, incredible knowledge, sensational gossip and insider secrets, and even ancient mysteries.

This information emitted a powerful allure, attempting to entice the mind of any observer and make them fall into an inescapable addiction.

However, Yue Shi didn't spare them a single glance. His gaze was locked onto the glamorous woman's back.

The white toxic gas spread further. The plush teddy bear, possessed by Ghost, nimbly dodged the corpses on the floor as it followed closely by Yue Shi's side.

The glamorous woman was incredibly fast. She dashed through a rapidly opening alloy gate, which slammed shut with a heavy boom behind her.

Yue Shi reached the gate without slowing down. He used Banish once more, precisely destroying the lock and critical structures before kicking the distorted gate open.

Behind the gate was an area with many independent glass rooms, looking like a place for precision experiments.

Inside each glass room were numerous instruments that hadn't been cleared away, along with large lab tables that still bore certain traces.

But now, the place was empty.

The personnel had clearly been evacuated in an emergency.

Yue Shi didn't stop. Through Trace Seeking, the trail left by the glamorous woman clearly extended deeper into the facility.

Passing through this experimental zone, the area ahead opened up into another defensive point similar to the previous one.

Heavy weapons were mounted here as well, with several transcendents standing guard.

They had originally looked relaxed, seemingly convinced that the forward defenses were foolproof.

But when the glamorous woman rushed toward them, breathless and looking quite disheveled, their expressions changed instantly.

“The operation failed?” a transcendent wearing glasses, who looked like a tactical analyst, asked calmly.

The glamorous woman didn't answer. She only panted heavily, her eyes behind her sunglasses filled with killing intent and a faint, barely detectable trace of fear.

She had originally thought that with the laboratory's preparations and so many transcendents, they could at least heavily injure or capture the Otherworldly Visitor.

She hadn't expected the opponent to be far more troublesome and powerful than estimated.

Before she could even catch her breath, the sensors around this defensive point designed for hidden targets emitted a sharp, rapid “beep-beep-beep” alarm.

Yue Shi and Ghost had arrived.

This time, Yue Shi didn't give them the chance to activate their weapons.

At the same time the alarm sounded, Yue Shi raised his hands and unleashed Banish indiscriminately toward his surroundings.

Several spatial rifts emerged.

The strange tearing sounds were enough to make one's scalp tingle.

The different spatial cracks influenced and interfered with one another, creating a terrifying turbulence and cutting force.

“Ah!”

“No!”

“Save meee...”

Screams rose from all sides.

Those with slightly better luck were swallowed whole by the spatial rifts; they might have a minuscule chance of survival.

The unlucky ones had their bodies directly torn and sliced by the violent spatial power, turning into a shower of flesh and blood, dying in a truly gruesome fashion.

With just a single strike, the once-tight defensive formation collapsed, and casualties were heavy.

But not everyone was killed instantly.

A female transcendent with an extremely burly build and exaggeratedly bulging muscles shielded the glamorous woman behind her at the critical moment, while her entire body erupted in a brilliant golden light.

It was obvious to the naked eye that this Protein Queen had an incredibly powerful physical foundation, and the golden light was for defense.

The golden light on her skin collided violently with the spatial tearing force, creating a piercing screeching sound.

Although she held her ground and wasn't torn apart or banished, her body was covered in crisscrossing wounds. Crimson blood poured out, and the golden light on her skin flickered unsteadily.

“You're dead!!” The Protein Queen was furious. Ignoring her injuries like a maddened lioness, she swung her fist and charged at Yue Shi with a sonic boom.

Before Yue Shi could act, the plush teddy bear beside him couldn't hold back and lunged forward with its short sword.

“Leave this one to me!” Ghost's voice was filled with deep-seated hatred; he seemed to have a profound grudge against this Protein Queen.

“Hahahaha...” Ghost laughed maniacally, his short sword hacking at the Protein Queen's body. Every strike kicked up golden sparks and more blood, causing the golden light on her to dissipate faster.

On the other side, someone who had narrowly survived the spatial tearing struggled to activate a heavy weapon that hadn't been destroyed yet.

However, in the next second, a raven circling in the air dove down and precisely pecked out his eyes, leaving him clutching his face in agonizing wails.

“You!”

Seeing this, the glamorous woman's expression became even uglier.

Gritting her teeth, she tried to flee once more toward the tunnel deeper inside.

But Yue Shi wouldn't give her a second chance to run.

The powers of Labyrinth and Painted Realm acted simultaneously, causing the entire space to warp and fold violently.

All exits receded into the distance; the glamorous woman felt as if she were running in place on a treadmill.

Seeing that escape was hopeless, she stopped wasting her strength. She turned around to face Yue Shi directly.

Judging the current situation, she took a deep breath, calmly composed her emotions, and entered combat mode. Her entire temperament changed abruptly, emitting an indescribable allure.

At the same time, the Insight vision on Yue Shi's forehead opened. As his gaze swept over the glamorous woman, information about her supernatural powers quickly emerged:

【Succubus】

【「Social Filter」: Selects a target to greatly enhance their charm, making them appear as the "ideal" version of themselves in the eyes of others. Can also render a terrible, dilapidated environment into a beautiful scene.】

【「Data Collection」: Collects data from a target through observation, contact, or by obtaining media such as blood or personal items. This data includes, but is not limited to: personal stance, values, sexual orientation, behavioral habits, dietary tastes, ability preferences, emotional fluctuations, social relationships, combat style, etc.】

【「Information Bombardment」: Designates a target and injects a massive amount of useless junk information, causing mental confusion.】

【「Fragmented Information Addiction」: Creates virtual screens that play highly condensed, emotionally stimulating, and addictive streams of fragmented information. Targets attracted by the information will quickly become addicted, their attention will scatter, they will crave fresh stimulation, their thinking capacity will decline, and they will experience severe anxiety and withdrawal symptoms if separated from the fragmented information.】

【「Desire Push Algorithm」: Directly reads the target's most primal desires through eye contact or touch. Then, precisely pushes illusions to infinitely amplify those desires, making the target willing to pay any price to satisfy them.】

【「Information Cocoon Illusion」: Pulls the target's consciousness into an illusion composed of countless scrolling fragments of information. The target will gain immediate, cheap satisfaction within, losing interest in the real world and their sense of time.】

【「Succubus Contract」: When a target is completely immersed in the fragmented information of the desire push, they can be forced to sign a "User Agreement," permanently immersing them in the pleasure provided by the Succubus and turning them into her eternal slave.】

【「Commercial Break」: Upon death, can be resurrected with full health by watching an advertisement. Initial commercial break is 30 seconds; each resurrection permanently increases the commercial break time by 30 seconds. All negative states are cleared after resurrection.】

Yue Shi's brow twitched as he read the information.

This Succubus didn't seem to be the traditional kind with skimpy clothes, a small tail, tiny wings, a whip, and heart-shaped patterns.

She seemed to be... a Cyber Succubus?

The other abilities were whatever, as they posed no threat to him. What interested Yue Shi the most was that resurrection ability.

This was his first time encountering a resurrection-type power.

Watching a 30-second advertisement?

What kind of stage was "upon death"? How did she watch it?

Where did the advertisement come from?

What state would she be in while watching it?

At first glance, the restriction seemed easy to fulfill.

In reality, 30 seconds was enough time to chop her into mincemeat unless she was invincible during that period.

Facing the powerful Yue Shi, the glamorous woman didn't dare hold anything back and directly unleashed her Transcendent Form.

Her body underwent a strange transformation. Her skin took on a luster similar to glass and metal, and her limbs and torso became more streamlined and modular. Her chest and abdomen turned into screens that constantly refreshed with data, and two black horns, resembling Wi-Fi signal boosters, slowly extended from the top of her head.

This was the true Succubus—

A smartphone.