Topaz was beginning to question her life.
Just a moment ago, she was having a sweet dream that could absolutely never come true in her lifetime.
She dreamed that all employees within the Corporation were united in purpose, spreading the majesty of the Amber Lord throughout the entire universe.
Although it was very fake, the enjoyable sweet dream made Topaz uncontrollably immerse herself in it.
But then the dream shattered because she saw Pei Guang.
Seeing Pei Guang was actually fine, as he didn't do anything. The one who really did something was Aventurine wearing a Master Chief suit.
Anyway, it was a dreamscape, plus her work was long finished, and playing along with Pei Guang was indeed interesting.
So after discovering this was Topaz's dreamscape, the first thing they did was eliminate the Director of the Strategic Investment Department, and then Topaz woke up from her dream.
"You... why are you here? And who is he?"
Topaz, who had just sobered up, hadn't quite figured out the situation yet, but seeing Pei Guang standing in front of her made her feel somewhat at ease.
"Him? Just an ordinary Helldiver, codename Master Chief.
"Miss Topaz, do you want to join the Helldivers and fight for freedom, democracy, and everyone's happiness together?
"We need your strength now."
Topaz believed Pei Guang's words, but for some reason, looking at Aventurine in armor beside Pei Guang, she always had a familiar feeling.
Feeling Topaz's gaze, Aventurine froze completely.
Aventurine didn't speak; instead, Topaz spoke first: "This person, why does he give me a familiar feeling?"
Pei Guang: "Familiar? It's right to feel familiar, because like him, you have the talent to become a Helldiver and save the world. Let me introduce him, his codename is Master Chief. Think of a codename for yourself!"
Topaz: "..."
"I haven't agreed yet..."
Pei Guang: "No difference. If you don't know what to think of, how about I think of one for you? Hmm, you always bring your Piggi Hero with you, so let's call you GG Bond? Special title, GG Bond."
Topaz: "..."
Topaz was speechless.
This was a dreamscape: playing with Pei Guang and farming his favorability was fine. Even if one day Pei Guang really went to blow up the Corporation for fun, with this relationship, the Strategic Investment Department would probably be fine.
Because of this, Topaz planned to seriously play with Pei Guang in this dreamscape or even in Penacony, treating it as relaxation.
But who could have thought he would give her this name?
Just as Topaz wanted to refuse, Pei Guang took out a transformation device that looked like a lollipop and handed it to her: "Here! This is the Super Lollipop. With this, you are GG Bond. When encountering enemies, shout 'Super Lollipop', maybe you'll instantly become very strong!"
"I... forget it. It's a dreamscape anyway, doesn't matter. But let me say this first, if it's not fun, I'll be angry."
Pei Guang: "No no no! This isn't just for fun, but a big matter of saving the entire universe! The Corporation? The Corporation is like that, only thinking about how to make money. But as a player, I have a lot more to consider."
Topaz: "Why does that sentence make me feel like beating you up?"
Pei Guang: "I didn't lie~"
Pei Guang looked at the system. Just when Topaz agreed to join, Pei Guang noticed a prompt pop up on the system.
[Congratulations player for obtaining 10% unit recognition of Penacony. One policy slot unlocked. You can add a new policy for Penacony to obtain higher recognition.]
[When recognition reaches 51%, you will become the Mayor of Penacony.]
Regarding this prompt, Pei Guang really had no energy to retort.
He woke these people up to fight the boss better. As for letting them be Helldivers? It was completely on a whim, starting recruitment in the dreamscape.
As a result, this recruitment actually recruited one-tenth of the market for him? No, if 51% counts as success, then that's one-fifth of a mayor?
Since the prompt appeared, Pei Guang prepared to take a careful look.
[Policy Bar: The player can edit the policy bar freely. The policy takes effect immediately after editing, only effective for recognized player units. The specific effect depends on the player's own resources and the characteristics of the environment. One year after the policy takes effect, the player can modify it once. If recognition drops below a certain value, the policy will be canceled.]
Looking at this "edit freely" option, Pei Guang rubbed his chin and started thinking.
Previously, policy bars gave ready-made options for him to choose. Now it let him make one up on the spot? Make up what?
"Hmm? Got it!"
Pei Guang's eyes lit up, and he immediately knew what to do.
[Policy 1: All units resurrect immediately after death]
[All dead units can choose to resurrect near friendly units. If there are no friendly units, they will resurrect at the spawn point. All statuses are reset after death.]
After drafting these words on the policy bar, Pei Guang excitedly clicked the confirm button.
For this new function, Pei Guang had already caught the keywords: "depends on the player's own resources and environmental characteristics."
What is Penacony's characteristic? Dreamscape.
And what impressed Pei Guang the most was that the Family in Penacony promoted "no death".
Since Penacony is a dreamscape and has no death mechanism, then rounding it up to resurrection is very reasonable, right?
With the resurrection function, Pei Guang felt the possibility of defeating the Dreammaster would be greater!
The moment he clicked the confirm button, the system didn't give any messy prompts, only a simple [Policy in effect: All friendly units in the dreamscape will enjoy this policy effect].
Pei Guang noticed the key information of this policy.
"Looks like even if I set it up, there are restrictions due to world characteristics? Only effective in the dreamscape? Meaning ineffective in reality."
The instant the policy took effect, all of Pei Guang's player teammates in Penacony who had been duped into the team and were in the dreamscape had a wondrous feeling.
This feeling told them they could resurrect after death!
This was a very marvelous feeling. Unlike the "no death" promoted by the Family, this feeling was like instinct.
As long as they recognized Pei Guang's existence in the dreamscape, at this moment they felt they could come back to life after dying.
Ordinary people wouldn't know what this situation was, but Topaz and Aventurine had some understanding of Pei Guang. The moment this feeling arose, both of them fixed their gazes on Pei Guang.
Topaz: "You..."
Aventurine: "What did you do?"
Pei Guang turned his head to look at the two: "Didn't do anything? I just opened a policy, added a new policy so friendly forces can resurrect after death, that's all."
Both of them were silent.
Penacony not having true death was one thing, but what the hell was this resurrection after death?
Feeling the puzzled gazes of the two, Pei Guang put his hands on his hips and said as a matter of course: "What's wrong? How reasonable is it to be able to resurrect after dying in a dreamscape? This is a dreamscape; if here you can't do things that are impossible in reality, then what kind of dreamscape is it?"
These words left the two of them silent.
And it wasn't just these two who were silent. Within Penacony, the Dreammaster also felt a discordant sound.
"What is going on? Why has disordered noise appeared?"
If it were just simple disordered noise, the Dreammaster wouldn't panic. The power of two Emanator levels gave him immense control over Penacony.
But here came the problem: he discovered that the noise appearing in Penacony wasn't from other Paths, but from Order?
"Huh?"