Originally, Pei Guang was very happy about Robin's behavior of "skipping the plot".
Although experiences in the dreamscape didn't consume time in reality, the perception of time in the dreamscape was different from the outside world.
But no matter how different, staying for days, months, or even longer in one go made Pei Guang feel a bit exhausted.
After all, there was too little he could do in this dreamscape!
Just playing with Robin when there was nothing to do, following Robin to places she had been to rummage through containers and beat people up.
It could be said to be quite unfree and quite restricted.
Precisely because of this, being able to skip the plot with Robin felt like an enjoyment to Pei Guang. If they could skip directly to the grand finale and end Robin's dreamscape, that would be great.
But as they skipped and skipped, Pei Guang discovered a terrifying thing.
Probably starting from when Robin turned sixteen in the dreamscape, he felt something was wrong.
While Pei Guang was thinking about what was wrong, the surrounding environment had already changed.
He was sitting at a table, and on the table was a breakfast with average presentation.
Beside the table, Robin, wearing an apron, looked at Pei Guang with anticipation: "Brother Pei Guang~ Taste it, it's the breakfast I made with love!"
In fact, a few seconds ago, Pei Guang and Robin had chatted about life topics. Robin expressed that she couldn't let Pei Guang make three meals a day.
As a family member, she also wanted to try making breakfast for him.
Pei Guang had just agreed a few seconds ago, and a few seconds later he found himself sitting at the table with breakfast made by Robin in front of him—a simple sandwich plus a cup of special milkshake?
It was as if options appeared before Pei Guang: he immediately picked up the food and started eating, commenting in detail while eating: "The sandwich looks simple, but the simpler the food, the harder it is to make it delicious, because anyone can make it above average. As for the food you made, my rating is: full marks! Not just delicious, but absolutely delicious!"
This wasn't Pei Guang praising blindly: Robin had learned to cook by following tutorials, starting from the basics. As long as one had normal hands and followed simple cooking tutorials, it was hard to make unpalatable food.
Just as Pei Guang said, whether this kind of simple food was delicious or not depended entirely on the maker's attentiveness.
What is attentiveness? Knowing your taste and adjusting the seasoning according to your taste.
With such adjustments, even a simple breakfast would become delicious.
Besides, even if it wasn't tasty, Pei Guang would still praise it as delicious. After all, this was Robin's dreamscape. He had to fulfill her dream.
Who knew if Robin's dream was to make food recognized by others?
Regarding Pei Guang's affirmation, Robin's tone became happy: "Really? Then from now on, as long as I have time, I'll cook for you, okay?"
Any normal player would know how to choose for this question. Refuse? How is that possible! Robin was the only one in the dreamscape.
What if not satisfying her request caused the dreamscape to restart?
Pei Guang: "Sure!"
Pei Guang agreed decisively. Robin laughed mischievously: "It's a promise then~ During the lunch break at noon, I'll come back to make lunch. Don't complain that my cooking is bad then. Oh? It's getting late, I have to go to training, eheh."
Little Jiu: "Chirp~"
Robin and Little Jiu bid farewell to Pei Guang.
For anyone, even a player, this was a heartwarming morning.
But for Pei Guang, who had stayed in Robin's dreamscape for a while and witnessed Robin starting to skip time, he was now sweating bullets.
He had just finished breakfast, and Robin had just left home with Little Jiu. In just a few seconds, time skipped again.
It was still this table, only the time had changed to noon.
In front of Pei Guang was a plate of Xianzhou Luofu specialty cuisine, a serving of pan-fried beef, and some side dishes.
Looking at this lunch, the light in our 'poor' man eyes dimmed slightly.
When did it start? Pei Guang really forgot.
Skipping the plot was clearly a very good function, but when he wasn't the one actively skipping it, he only felt his head buzzing.
While Pei Guang was thinking, Robin happily returned to the table carrying a plate: "The last dish~ Super simple vegetable salad. Brother Pei Guang~ Taste how the lunch I made is? I just learned it, they're all very simple dishes."
Recalling the breakfast eaten a few seconds ago, Pei Guang fell silent. He silently extended his chopsticks and carefully tasted the food.
He was certain these were definitely dishes Robin had made or eaten before; otherwise, how could the taste be so real?
Delicious or not? Pei Guang gave the answer: "...Very delicious... By the way, how was your training this morning?"
Pei Guang wanted to change the subject. He would rather watch the time skip of Robin growing from a small bird to a big bird than endure the constant skipping of three meals.
Although eating didn't give a noticeable feeling of fullness, which normal person could stand eating continuously like this?
Oguri Cap? Or a Saiyan? Luffy?
Robin: "Training? Everything was normal~ Hmph hmph, I encountered a sneaker snapper today. Little Jiu and I easily let him know that sneak snapping is wrong~"
As she spoke, Robin clenched her fist, while Little Jiu on top of Robin's head flexed its muscular bird wings like a human.
Pei Guang didn't speak, just silently listened to Robin recounting her day's experiences.
After speaking, she looked at Pei Guang with sparkling eyes.
"Brother Pei Guang~ Look, I made both breakfast and lunch very well. Is there any reward?"
Pei Guang: "Reward~ Headpat."
Pei Guang gave a perfunctory reward, but Robin enjoyed this reward very much.
"Great~ Full of energy. I'm going to train~ When I come back in the evening, I'll~ make you something delicious again."
Robin left. Watching Robin leave, Pei Guang's expression completely disappeared. At the same time, Pei Guang started counting silently in his heart.
"3, 2..."
Before Pei Guang could finish counting, the surrounding time was skipped again.
Still that table, only lunch became dinner, and standing beside him was still Robin carrying the last dish.
Listening to the girl's happy humming, and looking at the food in the plate that smelled pretty good, Pei Guang's expression completely vanished.
"Ah... Why wasn't this skip-plot function stitched onto me, but onto Robin instead?"
Thinking of the food in front of him, Pei Guang complained frantically.
He used to torture others, but he never expected that after entering the dreamscape, he would become the one being tortured…
If it were just when he first entered the dreamscape, it would have been fine; he could still force Robin to do things through force. But the problem was that after his training, the combat power of Robin and Little Jiu was now a bit outrageous.
Coupled with the fact that this was Robin's dreamscape, with home field advantage + special training + Dreammaster's patches + bursting self-confidence, Pei Guang couldn't beat Robin in the dreamscape at all.
That's right, with his item inventory temporarily banned and only able to use skills, Pei Guang's combat power was cut in half. It would be good if he had one-third or even one-quarter of his combat power now.
For players of various adventure games, equipment and items account for a very large part of the player's combat power.
Without these, one wouldn't be useless, but facing an enemy with maxed-out stats on their home turf, it was no longer a question of confidence, but a question of whether one wanted to live or not.
However, these were not major problems.