"This is impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"
The Cat-girl Leader's expression contorted with utter shock.
Her ever-victorious Mental Chains were disintegrating in the ethereal song.
Not destroyed.
Assimilated, transformed!
The frenzied mental energy was gently soothed by the melody.
The filthy desires were thoroughly cleansed by the song.
The chains shattered mid-air, segment by segment, dissolving into countless pure golden musical notes that chimed with the background music, finally scattering harmlessly like a brilliant rain of light.
Her authority, her faith, wavered violently for the first time.
This was the "Blissful Dream," the sacred domain bestowed by the "Mother of Rebirth"!
Here, she was a god!
Yet, not only had this dreamscape failed to reflect the target's desires, but it had also been forcibly overwritten by his consciousness, transforming into a steel metropolis she couldn't comprehend.
Her power had been usurped!
"Blasphemer!!"
A shrill shriek forced its way from the Cat-girl Leader's throat.
She abandoned her futile mental attacks, turning instead to a more fundamental authority: Flesh Aberration!
"The Mother Goddess's grace is not for you to fathom!"
She slammed her hands into the cold ground beneath her.
A torrential surge of flesh-and-blood energy erupted!
The nearest skyscraper became the outlet for this corrupting power.
The building's neon lights were frantically devoured by dark red flesh, its glass curtain walls transformed into writhing, translucent membranes, and its sturdy steel frame twisted and proliferated into massive, pale white bones!
"ROAR—!!!"
With a deafening roar, a monstrous behemoth over ten meters tall rose from the ground!
Twisted flesh, pale white bones, and flickering remnants of neon tubes formed this blasphemous creation.
Viscous pus dripped from its body, each step leaving enormous, foul-smelling, corrupted footprints on the pristine sci-fi streets.
The city's bustling noise was instantly replaced by overwhelming oppression and terror.
The trio, now in "Sage Mode," immediately began executing the optimal solution.
Data streams flashed rapidly in Su Wan's azure eyes, her voice cold and precise:
"The target was converted from a building. Its core structure retains the original load-bearing column system, but the energy efficiency of the flesh modification is extremely low. This is an insult to excellent architecture. Prioritize attacking its knee joints and lumbar spine; those are its engineering weak points."
"Understood."
Xia Lian had already materialized Karula's Greatbow, its sharp arrowhead glinting with cold light.
Her voice was equally calm, though her brow furrowed slightly.
"Its energy core is in the chest cavity, protected by overgrown bones. We need to break its defense first."
Lin Xiyue stepped forward, slamming her massive tower shield, Blackstone's Protection, onto the ground with a resounding thud, creating a ripple of invisible force.
"I'll draw its fire. You two handle the damage."
The battlefield was on the brink of eruption.
However, just as the Flesh Behemoth raised its massive claws, about to charge...
Lin Qingyue, disguised as "Robin," simply raised her hand and gave an elegant, gentle wave toward her comrades fighting alongside her.
"The Harmony, now in unison!"
Her movements were gentle, as if she weren't in a life-or-death struggle, but conducting an orchestra, about to perform a magnificent symphony.
The BGM's melody soared to its climax at this moment.
"Hands up! The tracks are running!"
As the powerful line was spoken, a brilliant halo of starlight and musical notes expanded from her, enveloping Lin Xiyue, Su Wan, and Xia Lian.
Instantly, the cold light on Xia Lian's arrowhead flared intensely!
The ice crystals condensing before Su Wan doubled in size!
The force field on Lin Xiyue's shield solidified, becoming visible to the naked eye!
A warm, powerful energy surged through their bodies, not only boosting all their stats astonishingly but also making the weak points they had targeted moments ago incredibly clear in their vision!
"ROAR!"
The Flesh Behemoth's aggro instantly locked onto them. Its massive claw, a tangled mass of countless bones and muscles, tore through the air with a vicious gale as it slammed down toward Lin Xiyue
"Bring it on!"
Lin Xiyue advanced instead of retreating, runes on her shield flaring as she met the blow with a precise [Golden Parry]!
"CLANG—!!!"
The deafening crash of metal against bone echoed through the air.
The massive claw was forcefully deflected, while the overwhelming impact was completely absorbed by her stable stance and the shield's force field.
Now!
"Freeze its joints!"
Su Wan's voice was icy as she pointed her staff forward. Dozens of sharp ice spikes instantly formed and precisely bombarded the behemoth's knee joints, which supported its body, causing its movements to falter.
"Reap."
From Xia Lian's position, the giant arrow flew from the bowstring, heading straight for the chest Core Su Wan had indicated!
However, the behemoth's Core pulsed violently, and a viscous shield of flesh instantly solidified around it.
Although the arrow pierced the shield, it was clamped tight just before hitting the Core, failing to inflict a fatal wound.
"Tsk, a bit tough," Xia Lian calmly remarked, quickly drawing a second arrow.
The behemoth roared in pain, abandoning Lin Xiyue and instead smashing its fist into the ground!
BOOM!
The street was blasted into a massive crater as a violent shockwave of rubble and flesh tissue spread out in a fan shape!
Lin Xiyue immediately raised her shield to protect her teammates, but the three were still forced back several steps, their formation slightly disrupted.
The battlefield fell into a temporary stalemate.
Just then, the sound of clanging metal came from the side.
An even stranger scene unfolded
That giant trash can, previously distorted by the Cat-girl Leader's consciousness, then unconsciously altered by Lin Qingyue, and finally standing quietly to the side.
Its lid, with a loud "CLANG," flew open violently!
"SWOOSH!"
The giant trash can performed a flawlessly smooth backflip on the spot, its two sturdy sheet-metal legs landing firmly with a heavy metallic thud.
It first twisted its "waist," flexed its metal arms, and struck a perfect bodybuilder's bicep-flexing pose at the ferocious Flesh Behemoth.
Next, it turned toward Lin Qingyue and, with a gesture blending mechanical stiffness and gentlemanly grace, bowed politely.
The three battling teammates and the distant Cat-girl Leader all stared, dumbfounded.
Lin Xiyue: "...?"
Su Wan: "Logic module analysis failed... Unit defined as: Friendly, Trash Can?"
Xia Lian: "Trap Lore tells me this thing... is definitely a heavyweight."
Lin Qingyue instantly understood.
Holy crap! Penacony's specialty products really do recognize their master!
After this Dreamscape was deeply influenced by her consciousness, its underlying "Dream Logic" had completely shifted to her side.
All "creatures" within the Dreamscape now defaulted to recognizing her, in her "Robin" form, as the owner with the highest authority
This trash can... is now my friendly unit!
A mischievous impulse surged through her.
Lin Qingyue looked at the loyal "guardian" before her, her lips curling into a wicked smile only she could understand.
Maintaining her "Robin" persona's elegant and gentle demeanor, she extended a slender finger toward the majestic trash can and pointed from afar.
The gesture was like a coronation.
Her voice, amplified by the resonance of her song, echoed through the Dreamscape, carrying the weight of a "Law":
"From this moment, you are granted a true name. Go forth, Lordly Trashcan!"
The giant trash can seemed to truly understand the "divine oracle," its body trembling slightly.
It strode forward on its two sturdy sheet-metal legs, making comical "CREAK! CREAK!" sounds, and charged heroically toward the massive Flesh Behemoth with fearless determination!
The battlefield, at this moment, reached the pinnacle of absurdity.
On one side, the Flesh Behemoth, representing chaos, corruption, and madness.
On the other, the trash can, representing sci-fi, order, and... environmental protection.
Two completely opposite aesthetics were about to collide violently.
"ROAR!"
The Flesh Behemoth struck first, its giant claws descending with devastating force toward the charging "Lordly Trashcan"!
Facing this world-destroying blow, the "Lordly Trashcan" neither dodged nor evaded.
Just as the claws were about to touch its body, it suddenly ducked.
Two sturdy mechanical arms grabbed the behemoth's wrists with unparalleled precision!
Twisting its waist with the momentum!
Spinning around!
A clean and decisive shoulder throw!
BOOM!!!
The ten-thousand-ton Flesh Behemoth was effortlessly flipped to the ground by a trash can.
Its massive body slammed onto the metal street, creating an earth-shattering crash that sent countless building fragments flying into the air.
The "Lordly Trashcan" even extended a hand to pat itself down.
The gesture was filled with disdain, as if to say: Don't get me dirty.