Pei Guang and Firefly spent some time eating and drinking, and during that time, a large number of Bloodhound Family members had already entered the Golden Hour dreamscape to hunt down the two unforgivable stowaways.
But it wasn't a big problem.
Instead of panicking, Pei Guang looked at the crowd with utter calm. Everyone knows that when a player is wanted, as long as you don't walk right in front of the patrols, they'll never notice you.
Pei Guang said, "Relax. As long as we keep a little distance from these guys, they won't see us~"
Firefly nodded. "Okay, then let's go… to the Studios Theme Park~"
To be honest, Firefly's heart was filled with a little excitement. She vaguely guessed that Pei Guang might be taking her to the Studios Theme Park… to watch a movie?
Going to the cinema with a friend: that had always been her dream. And sure enough, in this dreamscape, her dream might actually come true.
As for what she still had to do… she hadn't forgotten. But there was still time.
Before the appointed moment came, she wanted to experience something here that she could never have in reality, even if it only lasted a day… or just these few hours.
Pei Guang and Firefly set off.
Pei Guang's plan was flawless. If they were just a little careful, they could slip around the Bloodhounds' blockade and reach their destination.
As for them being wanted? What's that, a joke?
For players, being wanted was nothing unusual, it just depended on whether the script dictated they lived or died. In a situation this open, even Pei Guang felt afraid of himself.
But of course, when there's supposed to be no surprises—that's when surprises come.
Just as Pei Guang was about to take Firefly toward the Studios Theme Park, Stelle used her minimap to weave left and right through the streets until she found him.
"Ah Guang~~~"
Across the street, Stelle spotted him and waved excitedly.
Hearing the shout, Pei Guang instinctively turned his head. The moment he saw Stelle, he happily waved back. "I'm here~"
That's when Stelle noticed the cute girl standing beside Pei Guang. Her eyes widened. "Ah Guang! You're flirting with another girl again!!!"
Firefly gave Pei Guang a complicated look. "…Again?"
But before Pei Guang could say anything, the three of them felt the shift around them. Because the moment he called back to Stelle, every single Bloodhound Family member in the area turned their heads toward Pei Guang.
In game terms, that shout had just triggered every enemy in the area to pop a red exclamation mark over their heads.
That sound: wasn't it exactly like a wanted criminal? And now, seeing the two of them casually strolling down the street together?
What, did they think this was some kind of romantic outing??
Pei Guang shouted, "You blew our cover!!"
Stelle yelled back, confused, "Blew what cover??"
Pei Guang shouted again, "We were hiding from their search, and thanks to you we're exposed now!"
Stelle cupped her hands and yelled louder, "Sorry!! I'll keep my voice down!!"
Pei Guang and Stelle were shouting across the street, while the Bloodhound members watching had expressions twitching out of control.
Good grief, they thought. Truly good grief. No wonder they were four-star model citizens: these people knew how to play around.
They weren't treating the Bloodhounds as outsiders at all!
But whatever. Since they'd been discovered, the Bloodhounds were about to swarm them with a brutal beating and tearing.
While Pei Guang and Firefly had been eating, the Bloodhounds had been carefully studying their abilities. After reviewing recorded footage, they concluded that Pei Guang's infamous "bladder-bursting skill" only had about a ten-meter range.
So they had prepared ranged weapons across the board. This time, they would make sure Pei Guang and Firefly never returned.
They moved immediately.
Meanwhile, across the street, Stelle stood there baffled.
She remembered earlier, when she had landed together with Pei Guang: she'd run into Sunday and Robin, chatted with them, wandered around a bit, then just followed her minimap straight to Pei Guang.
And the moment she found him… suddenly people were trying to arrest him? And on top of that, he had picked up another girl?
As for the "picking up girls" part, Stelle wasn't surprised. With the way Pei Guang farmed favorability, maybe not everyone fell for it, but at least half of them did.
What really confused her was—why were these people trying to arrest Pei Guang? Or rather… were they really after him?
Pei Guang, spotting her dazed look, shouted, "They're the Family's dogs! They're claiming I'm a stowaway and want to arrest me, this is just them looking for trouble!"
Stelle knew Pei Guang very well. Sure, the two of them always acted crazy, each thing they did more absurd than the last, but she could swear that Pei Guang would never do anything that broke Penacony's rules.
So then, why were they trying to arrest him?
That thought sprang into Stelle's mind.
Ever since she lost her memory, she had been following Pei Guang around, and in an instant her brain spun out dozens of possible reasons for why they might be after him.
While Stelle was caught in thought, Pei Guang was already forming his action plan.
He noticed every Bloodhound was carrying ranged weapons, which was troublesome. After all, he couldn't actually kill them, and he himself had no real effective ranged options.
So the goal of this phase couldn't be to fight back—it had to be to escape. And how to escape?
Pei Guang's eyes landed on a parked car nearby.
The moment he saw it, a twisted grin spread across his face.
He had a perfect plan: stall the pursuers, then jack the car and drive off.
Yes, that was it. Simple and crude, but for a player, more than enough.
Even across the street, when Stelle saw that perverted grin spread across Pei Guang's face… she found herself wearing the exact same grin.
Firefly was completely stunned.
They were already being chased, so why was Pei Guang suddenly grinning like a maniac?
Pei Guang moved. He pulled out the black garbage bags he had stockpiled across several worlds.
He then pulled out a huge black trash bag. He first made eye contact with Stelle, and after Stelle nodded in understanding, he threw the explosive in his hand toward the crowd, shouting loudly: "Let's blow things up to our heart's content!!!"
The instant Stelle saw those black projectiles, her pupils shrank.