After getting permission from Pei Guang and March 7th, Stelle happily returned to her room in the Reverie Hotel, planning to go back to reality to try things with Pei Guang.
Back in reality, Stelle couldn't wait and came straight to Pei Guang's room.
Seeing Pei Guang sleeping soundly in the bucket, Stelle couldn't hide the smile on her lips.
"Ah Guang! But you gave me your permission to do this. Oh, March, you agreed too~"
Having personally experienced Pei Guang's taste and feeling unprecedented joy from the dream, Stelle wanted to see if she could experience the same happiness in reality.
Especially after getting Pei Guang's permission and knowing he considered this a reward, she got excited.
Standing in front of Pei Guang's trash can, Stelle took a deep breath and put on a mischievous smile: "Dear Ah Guang, your reward is here~"
Soul extraction, sucking hard!
While sucking, she took photos on her phone.
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At the moment she started sucking, Stelle felt double pleasure from body and soul.
True to her Ah Guang, tasting realistically had a faint sweetness.
However, after enjoying it for a while, Stelle felt something was off, like something was missing.
She let go of Pei Guang, looking at the sleeping boy with a serious expression.
She understood everything: she knew what was wrong.
It's because Pei Guang was not fully awake.
Although the state of not being fully conscious was still enjoyable, it lacked the interaction—whether rejection or acceptance.
Without that interaction, Stelle suddenly felt it was meaningless.
"It looks like I need to make Ah Guang take the initiative. I really am a sinful woman, to have mesmerized Ah Guang like this, now I need him to take the lead."
As two flowers split and bloomed, in the dream, Pei Guang, who was heading back toward the Dewlight Pavilion, suddenly had a strange feeling.
"Hm? Is Stelle already using her newly acquired skill? This feeling…"
Experiences in reality affect the dream experience, which is why everyone dreams alone in separate rooms.
Firefly, noticing Pei Guang's unease, asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
Pei Guang: "Nothing, it just feels like my soul is being sucked out."
March 7th: "Eh eh eh? Are you okay? Did playing too hard just now cause side effects?"
Pei Guang shook his head: "No, it's probably a reaction from Stelle's tests. It's not a big problem."
Since it's a dream, sensations from reality can be transmitted but not much.
Ignoring the feeling, the group once again marched to the Dewlight Pavilion.
Because of their previous play, the front gate of the Dewlight Pavilion was now blown to pieces, but the interior was generally well preserved.
Outside, countless trash cans were singing. Yes, these trash cans were Family members.
After defeating a strong enemy, they felt the power of Harmony. Under this power, they sang loudly with the same face.
This scene made many passersby stop and take pictures.
They had enjoyed a big battle before, and now Family members were singing live. This song made some inner-empty people wish to immediately join the Family and become one of the cans singing the same song.
March 7th took out her camera and captured a perfect photo of the scene, then followed Pei Guang toward the Dewlight Pavilion.
The front guard had been knocked out earlier, and after their wild play, no one was guarding the manor, so Pei Guang and the group easily entered.
Walking down the empty corridor, March 7th shivered a little holding her arms.
"Ew~ such a big mansion, and not even a receptionist? What horror movie plot is this? If this were a horror movie, the owner letting people come in so openly must have bad intentions and is definitely the final boss.
The Something Unto Death you guys are looking for is here, right? It won't suddenly… poof, appear and wipe us all out, right?"
Hearing March 7th's fearful tone, Firefly smiled: "Don't worry, monsters in horror movies don't exist in real life. If they did… I'd just set the sea ablaze~"
Having already been teased by Pei Guang and March 7th, Firefly no longer felt embarrassed shouting this line in front of them.
Embarrassment? At first she wanted to curl her toes, but after calm consideration, she realized it was actually okay.
It even felt… happy to shout like this in front of friends.
March 7th: "Yay~ Hehe, last time you two fought that death thing and pretty much wrecked it. This time the three of us will definitely win."
March 7th's confidence surged, but soon she became curious and asked: "But by the way, does this Something Unto Death really send people to a new world?"
Firefly thought for a moment and nodded: "That's what I think. As for Ah Guang…"
Pei Guang: "From current info, yes. So I plan to come see if I can catch it."
March 7th: "What if you can't catch it?"
Pei Guang: "There's still a way. At worst, I'll catch Clockie Boy. He said as long as you find the key, you can reach the deepest part of the dream. If even that's not possible, it means the mission can't continue, and I'll use Clockie Boy to pay the debt."
Hearing this, Clockie Boy, who was observing Pei Guang with special methods, wiped nonexistent cold sweat.
Clockie Boy was really troubled.
Forget about getting that Harmony Cat Cake, or even letting everyone in the Family become trash cans on the Family territory.
Now Pei Guang even had his sights on him?!
But truthfully, Clockie Boy did want to invite Pei Guang to the real deeper Penacony.
Judging by Pei Guang's abilities and goals, Clockie Boy was sure that when several missions were assigned to Pei Guang, Pei Guang could definitely achieve the ultimate goal they wanted.
But now the awkward problem is that Something Unto Death doesn't dare approach Pei Guang.
They were still hiding out in Dewlight Pavilion because of a special target. Otherwise, the moment Something Unto Death sensed Pei Guang nearby, it would have run off and disappeared.
Pei Guang hadn't even gotten close to Something Unto Death, and it was already trembling and waiting nervously.
Directly revealing the situation? Impossible.
How could one say to Pei Guang, "I'm sending you to another world," and then have Something Unto Death stab him?
Then the world would lose Clockie Boy as soon as that happened!
Based on Pei Guang's previous performance, he can probably reach the true Penacony with his abilities.
Even if there are problems, it'll likely only be at the last step, and they can rely on Clockie Boy to appear as a "setting supplement" to give some guidance.
For now, they watch and wait: if no setting supplement is needed, Clockie Boy can just be a quiet and silent Clockie Boy.