The mob grinder... oh no!
The amusement park was complete, so naturally, someone was needed for the closed beta test.
Test it himself? That was impossible. He knew best just how disgusting the dungeon he personally created was.
As for the candidate for the closed beta? Naturally, the choice was Silver Wolf.
Thinking of this, Pei Guang took out his phone and sent Silver Wolf a message.
"You there?"
Silver Wolf: "Here!"
Pei Guang: "Come help me out with something?"
Silver Wolf: "What's up?"
Pei Guang: "I made a dungeon in Penacony. It's really fun, want to try it?"
Silver Wolf was doubtful: "Fun? Really?"
While asking Pei Guang doubtfully, Silver Wolf conveniently contacted Firefly.
"Let me ask, did Ah Guang really make a very interesting dungeon? There's no trap, right?"
Firefly looked at the content on her phone, then looked at Pei Guang who was also looking at his phone nearby. Recalling why Pei Guang built this dungeon, she thought about it seriously for a moment and then slightly withheld some details.
"It's a... game he directed two Memokeepers to create? A puzzle, level-clearing, adventure type of game. It's very interesting, and you get Credits after clearing it."
Silver Wolf got interested: "Credits? How much?"
Firefly: "Lots and lots. One hundred thousand per level, and an extra one million for clearing ten levels. I'm actually worried if he has enough money..."
Firefly carefully calculated Pei Guang's expenses for making this dungeon. Thinking about it made her feel unwell: it was too much, simply too much.
Even if she hunted down villains all over the world every day, her bounty money wouldn't even be enough to cover the full clear rewards for a single person.
Looking at this amount, Silver Wolf was dumbfounded.
"How much?"
Firefly: "One million for ten levels. For clearing all one hundred levels, one billion..."
Silver Wolf fell silent.
While remaining silent towards Firefly, she quickly contacted Pei Guang on the other side.
"Ahem, we go way back! Since you made it, I'll help you test it. But I can't test it for free, about the clear rewards..."
Pei Guang: "Hmm? How did you know there are clear rewards?"
Seeing Pei Guang's questioning words, Silver Wolf on the other end replied as a matter of course: "Since it's a dungeon, there has to be rewards. Who would play if the rewards aren't enough?"
Pei Guang: "You actually guessed right. Don't worry and come play, the rewards won't be shorted. I'll keep the specifics a secret for now~"
Silver Wolf: "Yay~"
With Firefly as the insider, Silver Wolf felt extremely confident.
One hundred levels? One billion? She felt that getting this one billion was in the bag.
Thinking of this, it just so happened that Pei Guang had previously placed a few Dream-entry devices and the corresponding fluid in the public storage space.
Combined with Aether Editing, she could bypass the hotel and smuggle herself directly into Penacony.
Leaving aside the one billion for a full clear, she was drooling just looking at the one million Credits for clearing ten levels.
That was one million! A mission of this level was something you could only hope to stumble upon.
Moreover, Pei Guang made this. Since it was made by one of their own, it surely wouldn't be as dangerous as something made by outsiders.
Correct. What Pei Guang made didn't cost money or life, it cost one's sanity.
Silver Wolf didn't yet know what kind of deep pit she was about to fall into.
She moved quickly, and within a few minutes, she arrived in front of Pei Guang.
"Hmm, it's still that weird feeling."
Having entered the Dreamscape, Silver Wolf stretched her body. After feeling no difference from her normal state, she looked at Pei Guang beside her.
"Alright, I'm here. Where's the dungeon entrance?"
Pei Guang pointed to a Dream Bubble not far away: "There, that's it. You can enter the dungeon just by touching this Dream Bubble. One Dream Bubble can currently accommodate ten thousand people online simultaneously, but this game is single-player."
Silver Wolf: "Doesn't matter. Any game is fine, let me try it."
Pei Guang: "Then go on in. By the way, during your experience, can you livestream it for us? I need to observe your experience to determine if there are any issues with this dungeon."
Silver Wolf: "Whatever. But if this game of yours isn't fun, don't blame me for roasting you."
Pei Guang: "I can't guarantee if it's fun, but I guarantee it's absolutely addictive."
Silver Wolf: "That sentence is enough."
As a gamer, Silver Wolf understood very well that games depend heavily on personal preference. Some people like them, some don't.
Maybe Pei Guang finds it fun, but she finds it boring; that's all possible.
But if Pei Guang says it's addictive, she was really a bit interested.
Silver Wolf touched her hand to the Dream Bubble, and accompanied by a dizzy sensation, she found herself in an open, empty field.
Looking into the distance, she could see obstacles and goals one after another.
The whole world looked like it had a pixelated style. It looked square, with clouds and a sun wearing expressions, and various round, cute monsters.
While observing her surroundings, Silver Wolf also obtained information regarding this dungeon.
[Cross the obstacles, dodge the monsters, and head towards the finish line~]
This opening intro was accompanied by relevant info about the dungeon, like being able to jump to smash blocks overhead, obtaining gold coins, gold coins increasing lives, and how to defeat monsters.
It could be said to be very simple, achievable with just the right hand.
Behind this text, there was also a withdrawal prompt. Currently, Silver Wolf hadn't cleared a single level, so there were no numbers.
"Is that it? Hmph, isn't this just like Mario on your game console back then? Just changed to a real person? But playing this game in a dream and casually grabbing some pocket money is pretty nice."
Silver Wolf praised Pei Guang fiercely.
In her view, he was a true gamer. Not only was he playing, but he didn't hoard good stuff, and the rewards after playing were even so generous?
If for nothing else, just for this interesting dungeon, she, Silver Wolf, decided to raise her favorability towards Pei Guang a bit.