Meanwhile, on the other side, Firefly looked at Stelle in admiration after hearing her explanation: "That's amazing, you even guessed that right?"
Stelle put her hands on her hips: "Of course, I know Ah Guang better than anyone!"
Firefly: "Then what about next? Can you guess that?"
Stelle lifted her chin proudly: "Nope!"
The two chatted as they watched expectantly. But when they saw Pei Guang step out of the room inside the dream, Firefly was shocked by the scene outside.
At that moment, inside the Dream Bubble, Pei Guang walked out of the room holding the beginner's wand. The moment he stepped outside, he saw garbage cans.
Outside was the familiar Belobog street, but lining the street weren't people, but garbage cans with arms and legs.
Some of the cans were standing, some sitting. Some gave off a golden glow, while others bore the marks of age.
The scene left Firefly silent. For the first time, she felt her brain tremble, her worldview collapsing.
The garbage cans had grown limbs!!!
Unlike Firefly, whose mind was shaking, Stelle pressed her forehead against the Dream Bubble.
"LET ME IN! Let me in, I need to go in!!!!"
Stelle cried out in pain.
There were so many, so many garbage cans inside the Dream Bubble, and yet she could only watch as Pei Guang enjoyed them while she could do nothing.
Agony. It was pure agony.
Realizing she couldn't enter the Dream Bubble, Stelle clutched her chest and crouched down.
Seeing her suddenly break down, Firefly nervously asked: "Are you okay?"
Stelle: "I am not okay, wuwuwu! Trash cans, my trash cans…"
Firefly: "Ah…"
Compared to Firefly's incomprehension of this absurdity, it was Sparkle who felt lost watching what Pei Guang was doing in the dream.
In Pei Guang's eyes, the garbage cans were gathered in groups of two or three, and one garbage can named Shatana approached him when he appeared.
This garbage can greeted him. Though it made strange "dabu dabu" noises, Pei Guang understood its meaning.
"Hello, outsider of the Dream Bubble. My name is Shatana."
This garbage can named Shatana sat down on the ground. As it did, a pile of burning trash appeared on the floor.
Shatana crossed her arms, sitting with an irreverent and devil-may-care air as she looked at Pei Guang. "I am the garbage-sorting can who will guide you to become King of Trash. I can transform scattered garbage bags into your strength. Let me help you ascend to the throne!"
Faced with the unruly trash can in front of him, Pei Guang silently pulled out a bag of his own stash.
Shatana saw Pei Guang pull out a whole bag of trash and immediately took it. She opened her lid and tossed the trash into her body.
Then she stood up and reached out her hand toward Pei Guang, and what he saw was a panel—a stat enhancement panel.
Looking at this panel, Pei Guang's expression grew serious.
[Attribute Panel: A panel that allows stat enhancements. This panel belongs to the virtual world; enhancements here will not directly affect the real body, but only increase attributes within the virtual world.]
"So that means the boosts I get here don't affect reality, only my stats in Penacony, the memory worlds, or Simulated Universe? Fine, I'll take it!"
Even if it didn't affect his real body, if it improved his experience in those long-term activities, Pei Guang was happy to take it.
But he didn't just add points blindly. Instead, he looked at the wand he had obtained in this dream bubble.
"If it's a wand, that means I'm on the mage route. Then how should I add points? Got it: max out strength, stamina, and endurance!"
Pei Guang pulled out the trash bags and started raising his stats, but as he did, he realized just how much of a scam this enhancement system was.
The first stat upgrade cost one trash bag, the second cost two, the third four. Each upgrade required double the number of bags as the previous one.
Looking at the number of trash bags left in his hand, Pei Guang sucked in a sharp breath.
"With this many bags, I can only upgrade nine times? Damn, I thought I could balance my stats. Since I can only upgrade ten times, I'll just dump them all into Strength."
Without hesitation, Pei Guang raised his Strength stat to 9. Each enhancement increased it by one-tenth of his base, so after nine boosts, his strength was nearly doubled.
Feeling the surge of power, Pei Guang felt unstoppable.
"Damn it, though… I'm broke now…"
He looked at the few trash bags left and his heart ached.
Even if the boost was only in a non-real world, doubling his strength came at the cost of burning through all the bags he'd worked so hard to collect.
Still, the pain didn't last long.
Feeling stronger, Pei Guang was ready to go test his power on a few mobs.
Just as he was about to explore, Shatana handed him a miniature trash can.
Shatana: "This is my child. When you face a powerful enemy, throw it to the ground, and we will fight alongside you…"
Pei Guang stared at the tiny trash can in his hand, question marks popping up in his head.
It wasn't summoning trash cans to fight that confused him, but the fact that he was holding the child of the trash can in front of him.
If he took this away, wouldn't that count as trafficking?
While thinking about it, he decided to try something bold. He casually placed the small trash can into the shared storage space.
Outside the dream bubble, Stelle noticed something new appear in the storage space. Inside, Pei Guang was sending her their special coded signal, hinting that she should try using the new item.
Originally, Sparkle had been calmly watching Pei Guang mess around inside. His presence had changed the contents of the dream bubble, but it was still within reason.
But then Stelle's actions made Sparkle feel like her brain was being shredded again. She clearly saw Pei Guang store away the tiny trash can, and right after, Stelle pulled it out.
Pulling it out was one thing—but then Stelle slammed it onto the ground. And suddenly, a trash can identical to the one inside the dream bubble appeared before her eyes.
"What? Wha—?!"
Sparkle's heart was screaming.
She had seen Dr. Edward make this dream bubble with her own eyes, yet something from inside could be taken out?
What Sparkle didn't know was that if it could be pulled out of storage, then it meant it could also be used in reality… to summon a trash can in the real world.
She just hadn't realized it yet.
If she did, her expression would probably be even more interesting.