While Pei Guang was analyzing the Harmony features, Firefly keenly sensed something was off about him.
"Ah Guang, you…" Firefly began.
"It's fine," Pei Guang said. "I just got a message from Xipe Cake. She gave me a temporary class and asked me to help purify the Family's Harmony. She even pointed me toward a career path! Huh? Didn't expect this class can even make multiple targets receive the 'Clockie trick' effect at once?"
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Firefly blinked.
She noticed Pei Guang hadn't opened his mouth—but she still heard his voice.
At that moment, March 7th suddenly shouted, "Huh? I'm in the middle of fighting here, what are you two chatting about?! Wait, no, no—that's weird, I didn't open my mouth either! How are words coming out?"
Pei Guang said, "This is a temporary skill, true intra‑team voice chat, but it has a range limit. Not sure how far yet!"
March said, "Eh? So it's like having a telepathic link? Next time we face enemies, we won't even need to talk out loud?"
Pei Guang replied, "Exactly. With internal voice chat, even if we hide, we can still communicate."
March continued, "Then here's the question: all the times we hid before… did it mess with our communication?"
Pei Guang: "…"
"By the way, Ah Guang—what's next? Are we gonna take down all these Family members?"
"That's right. Defeat everyone—except the Sweet Dreams Troupe!" Pei Guang said firmly.
"There are so many enemies…" Firefly muttered.
Looking around, she couldn't help but sweat a little. Even she wasn't confident she could handle that many opponents, especially Family members whose minds were perfectly united, a truly unstoppable force.
Pei Guang responded, "Not a problem. If they can unite their minds, so can we! I've got a temporary class trial card: this Harmony class has a command‑ally function. Later, I'll give orders. Just act according to my instructions, got it?"
"No problem!" said March and Firefly together.
Hearing their replies, Pei Guang didn't answer. Instead, he entered command mode.
Because it was only a trial, he couldn't summon high‑affection characters to fight, but could still command nearby Firefly and March, provided they accepted his command request.
The moment he entered command mode, Firefly and March both 7th received a special prompt.
"Accept Pei Guang's command?"
Without hesitation, both chose Yes.
At that instant, all three of them experienced a strange sensation.
Pei Guang suddenly saw a top‑down view of Firefly and March, along with the detailed positions of all surrounding enemies on the map.
Meanwhile, March and Firefly felt as if Pei Guang were standing right beside them, fighting together.
March said, "This feeling… it's amazing! It's like you're right next to me, Ah Guang."
Firefly didn't speak, but quietly felt the same thing.
It was magical: they could sense Pei Guang's commands. These weren't forced controls but rather… a subtle guidance, something they could choose to follow or ignore according to their will.
It felt less like being commanded and more like Pei Guang had merged with them—fighting as one.
Pei Guang explained, "As part of the Harmony class ability, while I'm commanding you, all damage you take will be transferred to me."
Damage transfer could be adjusted, from zero percent up to one hundred, freely configurable.
If it were strangers, Pei Guang would set it to zero percent in a heartbeat.
But for his companions, he couldn't bear to let them get hurt. It wasn't fatal anyway, and he had recovery items.
Taking on both their damage just meant doubling what he received: manageable enough.
In dreams, death wasn't real. And even if it were, Pei Guang felt he had one revival chance: it was a fair trade either way.
Yes, even in this dream, Pei Guang couldn't bear to let them "die."
After trying it personally, he also confirmed that the skill, while incredibly strong, had a real drawback.
In the dream world, where no one truly died, it was fine. But in reality, if this "shared mind" skill were ever used… clearing missions without a single injury would be brutal.
Still, no big deal—reality is reality. This instance was a dream.
He'd enjoy this one for now; future missions could wait for later.
Hearing Pei Guang say he'd take all their damage, Firefly grew upset. "No! You can't—"
Pei Guang cut her off before she could argue. "Don't worry. It's just a last‑resort safety. Since the three of us have already unified our minds, and with our mechs able to transform freely, there's no need to split up, because we can… become one."
When Pei Guang said those words, Firefly and March 7th instantly felt his intent.
No commands were needed: their high affection levels combined with the unified‑mind state made any verbal instruction unnecessary. Firefly and March both pulled out their transformation devices.
The three of them drew out their devices simultaneously. In that instant, the devices and the armor on their bodies glowed brightly.
"Combine!!!"
With all three shouting together, their mechs split apart and reassembled. The three normal‑sized "Sams" instantly merged into one gigantic Pom-Pom.
That's right: the three Sams had combined to form an enormous mechanical Pom-Pom. And as the users' combined size grew, Akivili's fruit knife and Astral Express cooking pot lid grew to match.
At the moment Pam appeared, Pei Guang, March, and Firefly were all inside the mech.
Because three transformation devices were being used at once, operating this mech required all three pilots to synchronize their commands.
Normally that would be impossible, but with the Harmony class, their unified consciousness made it easy.
Indeed, Pei Guang never even intended to command them like players control heroes.
With such high synchronization, letting them fight separately would only waste that unity.
And what should high synchronization be used for? Of course: piloting a mech.
And not just any mech, a giant one!
Though Pei Guang couldn't create a personalized machine-sized mech, there was no problem building an oversized one to pilot together.
He had considered recreating one of the massive mechs from his memories, but after some thought, those didn't really stand out.
As long as it was huge and could swing weapons, that was enough, so he decided, might as well model it after Pom-Pom.
"Pom…"
That one "Pom" left March inside the mechanical Pom-Pom completely confused.
"Huh? Wait, what? Three mechs combined… and somehow we ended up as a giant Pom-Pom?"
Pei Guang said, "Don't bother with the details. Don't you think Pam looks awesome?"
March replied, "The conductor does look cool, but… are you sure this won't cause problems?"
Pei Guang said confidently, "No problem! If anyone asks, we'll just say the Stellaron Hunters infringed on Pom-Pom's likeness rights. The Stellaron Hunters won't mind."
Firefly added sweetly, "I don't mind~"
March said, "If Firefly's fine with it, then so am I."
"Since everyone's fine with it," Pei Guang declared, "then… Pom-Pom Armor, launch! Taste this: Akivili's fifty‑meter‑radius Fruit Knife!"
The appearance of the giant mechanical Pom-Pom left every Family member utterly stunned.
None of them had ever imagined that three elegant‑looking mechs could combine into something that looked so… cute.
Of course, the Family didn't doubt the mechanical Pom-Pom's combat power for a second. Just the sight of that fruit knife, enlarged along with the mech's body, was enough to make their hearts pound in fear.
Not to mention… just yesterday, they had been defeated by a giant trash can!
Now, all of them were suffering from a terrifying case of megalophobia!!!