Hearing Pei Guang's explanation, Tutu was dumbfounded. "You're saying… nothing in there could actually kill me? I scared myself? So I… freaked out over nothing?"
In that instant, Tutu felt relieved. She had been wondering how a clown in a map could actually devour her. If anyone could eat her, wouldn't that mean she, a Heliobus, was pretty pathetic? But then she quickly realized something else.
She felt… stronger? The kind of power-up equivalent to ten years of hard work in a factory serving one hundred thousand people.
Just moments ago, the very thought of that masked figure had terrified her. But now that she noticed her power-up, she suddenly felt cocky.
Seeing Tutu puff herself up out of nowhere, Pei Guang was a little speechless; Heliobus really had an interesting personality.
If a simple custom dungeon scared her this much, would she actually frighten herself to death if he had really added more horror elements?
But Pei Guang figured that was unlikely. After all, he had added a healing trait to the dungeon. He had used a specially processed Ambrosial Arbor Fruit as a base to add a total recovery trait—not just physical healing, but spiritual and even soul-level recovery.
If it could be healed, it would be.
The only exception would be if an Aeon or an Emanator of that level came to interfere: or someone attacked the dungeon from the outside. Otherwise, nothing should go wrong.
But honestly, the dungeon he made was only scary to normal people. Not to brag, but if someone like Jing Yuan, at the level of an Emanator, walked in, he'd probably breeze through it singing karaoke while eating hotpot.
Thinking this, Pei Guang turned to Tutu and said, "Alright, alright. I really don't get what a Heliobus is so afraid of. I've already tossed the others into the dungeon. They're all normal people: those folks you lured in with your Foxian Beauty account.
Your task is simple: make them understand what a 'honeypot scam' really is. And scare them enough that even if they get your messages again, they won't fall for it. Think you can do that? They're the ones running. You're the one chasing. I trust that as a Heliobus, you know how to chase someone down. And remember: they're all just ordinary people."
Hearing Pei Guang's instructions, Tutu got excited. "No problem. Just chasing people, right? I already have tons of experience being chased. This time, let me be the one doing the chasing! I've been through it once: now I won't be scared again!"
Pei Guang said, "Perfect! In you go!" And with that, he sent Tutu back into the dungeon—this time, to the Dead by Daylight map.
The moment Tutu entered the instance world, she immediately swelled with confidence. As the pursuer now, she was determined to learn from the clown who had chased her earlier and make everyone here experience real suffering.
"Jiejiejie! Let me show you all the technique this Heliobus just learned!"
As a Heliobus, Tutu was very eager to learn, and now she planned to unleash everything she had just picked up on these ordinary people.
However, just as she was about to take action, she suddenly realized something was off. She seemed to be inside a destructible house, and the four people who had entered before her were still unconscious.
But in the distance, she saw something that made her feel as if her flames were about to go out.
By the whetstone not far away, a well-built foxian "girl" was sharpening a blade, while beside her, a masked man was lying on the ground.
If it had only been a foxian girl sharpening a knife, Tutu wouldn't have been scared at all. What really got to her was the mask on the foxian's face.
Sensing Tutu's gaze, the masked foxian turned to her and smiled, "Hehehe~ Heliobus, long time no see. Oh wait~ we just met, didn't we? How was the last game? Fun? This time, we'll play something even more exciting~ You run, and I'll chase~ And if I catch you… well, you'll let me hehehe~"
Just as the "foxian" wearing a clown mask started laughing, the four people Pei Guang had thrown in earlier finally woke up. When they saw the fox spirit lady, they were thrilled: they thought something special was about to happen with her.
But as they opened their eyes and saw the foxian lady wearing the mask, they witnessed a scene that chilled them to the bone. That foxian calmly dug out a heart from the person lying beside her with her blade.
During the process, they heard the masked man on the ground scream in agony—so real, so deeply pained. From that agonizing scream alone, it was clear: she wasn't using any anesthesia to dig out that heart.
The four of them, along with Tutu the Heliobus, were all trembling as they watched. Feeling their terrified gazes, the foxian girl stuffed the heart into the mouth of the mask.
Then, as if the mask itself smiled, she turned to face them. "Delicious. Now then, you're next~"
At that moment, the four men finally snapped out of it. They suddenly realized: this so-called fox spirit lady was actually a honeypot scam! She wasn't any kind of mystical foxian: she was a heart-eating demon who didn't even use anesthetics!
As for whether she actually ate the heart? Of course not. It was all fake—edited effects and props. As a connoisseur of entertainment, It didn't take pleasure in eating people. But if putting on a show like this could make the next "dessert" more delicious, It didn't mind the extra trouble at all.
Just look at these terrified people: it made It so very pleased.
Now it was time to enjoy the thrill. They would run, and It would chase. And It'd make sure these people had an unforgettable experience.
Watching Pei Guang work together with Fuli had made It jealous. But now, seeing Pei Guang create this instance, It was delighted.
Because this was a playground It could roam freely in, undisturbed by any other Aeon. As for what the playground would look like? As long as Pei Guang didn't notice, It could transform it into whatever It pleased.
From today on, this place would be called the "Park of Elation"~ What? It belongs to Pei Guang? Not a problem: when Pei Guang's not around, this place belongs to It, Aha~
Not only would It play with the people inside: It also wanted to play with Pei Guang. It was really curious: just how long would it take Pei Guang to realize Its mask was playing around here?