Pei Guang replied calmly, "Mm… is there a problem? In a place full of enemies, anything that's not an ally and hasn't said it's a bystander. I don't know about you, but I count it as an enemy."
Stelle nodded. "Exactly. Technically speaking, those words are enemies too."
Firefly opened her mouth, not sure what to say.
But watching all the monsters and floating words crash to the ground one after another, she took a deep breath and chose to just silently observe.
After all, strange things happening around Pei Guang were nothing new. What's one more?
Yes, that's how Firefly was comforting herself right now.
The wind came and went quickly. In just a few breaths, it had stopped, and all the airborne monsters fell to the ground at once.
The monsters looked utterly confused.
They remembered guarding their posts, patrolling for intruders—and then in the blink of an eye, they'd been blown into the air and dumped together in a heap.
They were still trying to process what happened when a baseball bat was already raised high above their heads.
Without hesitation, Stelle swung her blue bat. As it swept through the air, the monsters exploded into materials and corpses, becoming part of Pei Guang's growing pile of loot.
If Firefly hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she never would've believed Pei Guang's efficiency could reach a new level.
His Trash Can Army had already been absurdly effective, but now a four-leaf clover, no bigger than a fist, had just cleared the entire area clean?
At this point, she was starting to wonder if she could even withstand that wind herself.
While Firefly fell silent, lost in thought, Pei Guang was already analyzing further.
"Looks like the wind really is a forced-control effect… but the output's too low. Judging by the materials we've gathered so far, getting five of these clovers out of this dungeon would already be lucky…"
If this were a normal game, he'd never waste an item like this casually. He'd check online, or save his progress before testing it.
But now? He had no choice but to spend one to see the effect—and based on what he'd seen, he was very satisfied.
The only problem was that he had just one remaining eye from Something Unto Death. Even if he had other materials, he could only make one more clover.
"I can only make one more… use it to get more. Worst-case scenario, I need to find a way to get maximum value from this boss."
He muttered to himself while thinking. Beside him, Stelle came running over with her arms full of freshly gathered materials.
"Look! We got tons this time. Hm? What are you thinking about?"
Pei Guang replied, "I'm figuring out how to deal with that monster lying in ambush. Now that we've got this four-leaf clover, it means the scary chase sequence is over. What's next is the boss fight."
Firefly asked, "Because of the clover's power?"
Pei Guang nodded. "Exactly. With what we've got, I can make one more. Its control time's short, but it's a forced control. If we can farm a few more eyes, maybe make two or three total, I think the three of us can definitely take this boss down."
Hearing Pei Guang sound so confident, Stelle actually got a bit nervous. "And if we can't beat it?"
"What else can we do? Run! If we throw everything we've got at it and still can't win, what: stay in the map and let it wipe us? Don't worry, I've got plenty of retries. Just you, though."
Stelle smirked. "One life. Don't worry about me—if things go south, I'll just return to the Golden Hour."
Pei Guang grinned. "Then I only need to worry about Firefly."
Stelle nodded. "No problem."
Firefly blinked. "Um… what do you need me to do?"
Pei Guang looked at her seriously. "Fight the boss with us! First, we move independently. If that doesn't work, we try combining forces. If that still fails, we all run for it! Got it? Is that clear enough? Ready?"
Stelle answered, "Ready."
Firefly nodded firmly. "Crystal clear. No problem."
She touched the transformation device Pei Guang had given her, gripping the staff he'd crafted for her. She didn't know why, but when Pei Guang was around, she always felt like she could do anything.
At that moment, her eyes shone with determination.
Pei Guang smiled. "Alright then! Let's move out. Target: Something Unto Death."
The trio set off, heading toward the massive door in the distance.
Normally, this kind of dungeon would require solving puzzles, clearing mobs, all that. But every enemy had already been dealt with, and Pei Guang, holding his stock of building materials, didn't even need to take the normal path.
He simply built a bridge straight through the air, and the three of them strolled across like it was flat ground.
They arrived on the other side with ease and pushed open the door.
Inside was a small, ordinary room, and the moment they entered, Pei Guang saw a puzzle missing two pieces.
"A puzzle with two missing corners? Don't tell me we need to collect puzzle pieces to open the door? Oh, come on, I've been hoarding every type of fuse possible, even built a full-model fuse generator, and now you're telling me you don't use fuses anymore?"
As an experienced player, Pei Guang instantly recognized the puzzle's purpose: complete it to open the door.
It wasn't difficult, but just looking at this kind of puzzle made his blood pressure spike.
From the Space Station, to Belobog, to the Xianzhou Luofu… he had prepared so many fuses along the way. He even made a fuse-producing machine just in case another fuse puzzle appeared.
And now? No fuses: just a puzzle instead.
At that moment, Pei Guang felt his blood pressure shoot from 120 straight to 250.
Still, he let it go.
Fine, a puzzle's a puzzle. Thinking about the potential loot from the upcoming boss fight helped him calm down again.
Not for any noble reason: just because he wanted to yank a few more useful drops out of Something Unto Death.