To Mo Bai, both Pang Mian and the Phantom Butterfly were enemies.

What happens to the Observation Group makes it impossible for her to trust unfamiliar members of the Combat Group. Moreover, Pang Mian had previously colluded with the Phantom Butterfly to trick Gu Tiandong away, which spoke volumes about his character.

Now that a rift had formed between Pang Mian's consciousness and the Phantom Butterfly, it was the perfect opportunity for Mo Bai to benefit from the conflict.

In her mind, there was no priority ranking between them. Pang Mian was an enemy, and so was the Phantom Butterfly. The difference was that Pang Mian's abilities and cards remained unknown, while the Phantom Butterfly's hand was already fully exposed to her. Therefore, her immediate goal was to make use of Phantom Butterfly in uncovering Pang Mian's abilities.

Thinking of the heart that the Phantom Butterfly had hidden away, Mo Bai couldn't help but suspect that Pang Mian intentionally remained in the Love Amusement Park.

He had to recover that heart and couldn't allow anyone else to obtain it.

Since Pang Mian's ability could resist mental contamination, he was the most suitable person to stay behind.

No player who had come this far was simple. Only the Phantom Butterfly was both foolish and venomous, a naïve idiot who wasn't even sweet.

Mo Bai found herself feeling sorry for it for a whole second, which the Phantom Butterfly immediately sensed.

Mo Bai was feeling that way about it again.

It really liked Mo Bai. In the Phantom Butterfly's simple yet cruel world, it had never encountered someone like her before.

Resolute.

Powerful.

Radiant.

Wherever she stood became the source of light.

This light would sting its shadowy roots, yet it couldn't help but move towards her.

Like a moth to a flame, it was willing to wrap its life around that fire.

Whether it extinguished the flame or was burned away by it, the moth would accept the outcome willingly.

And now, as Mo Bai plotted against Pang Mian, she was glowing once again.

The Phantom Butterfly couldn't help circling around her like an eager puppy.

It liked reluctantly obeying her orders, being forced and threatened by her, and being looked down upon by her as though she were a queen.

The Phantom Butterfly had seen Gu Tiandong at the Count's Castle and knew that Gu Tiandong was Mo Bai's friend.

It understood that by helping harm Gu Tiandong and the others, it earned Mo Bai's hatred, but that, too, was something it had wanted.

Instance monsters were destined to be killed by players in the end. The Phantom Butterfly had seen countless monsters die at players' hands.

It had also seen monsters kill players and had even personally killed many players.

And it had long accepted that one day, it would die at a player's hands as well.

But if it had to die, it wanted that player to be Mo Bai.

Either killing Mo Bai or being killed by her. That was its fate.

Perhaps this was its wish all along, the ending it had always been waiting for.

At this moment, Mo Bai, the Phantom Butterfly, and Pang Mian stood beneath the towering Ferris wheel.

The Phantom Butterfly tugged on Mo Bai's sleeve and said pitifully,

"Mo Bai, Pang Mian is definitely going to find a way to kill me. Only you can protect me."

Carefully, it placed its trust and its life into Mo Bai's hands and waited for her judgment.

Mo Bai looked at it with an inscrutable expression. Her emotions were extraordinarily steady.

The Phantom Butterfly could detect no emotional fluctuations from her and had no idea what she was thinking.

Mo Bai said, "If I hadn't shown up, Pang Mian wouldn't have exposed himself so quickly. His goal is the heart, and he has to clear all three stages to get it. If his lover dies in the first stage, there's no way to proceed to the next one.

He was probably planning to play the role of your loyal lover and then strike a fatal blow at the final stage.

But then I appeared, and the original two-person challenge became a three-person one. He found me troublesome, so he decided to deal with you first and then deal with me.

If I hadn't given you those 210 Love Value and saved your life, he'd probably be trying to win me over right now. He'd tell me that he was only pretending to be contaminated by you, and his real objective was to obtain the heart.

He'd invite me to clear the instance together with him, break this domain, obtain the heart, and stop the Ultra-Star Rank monster.

Phantom Butterfly, you were supposed to be the tool he used to gain my trust."

Instance monsters were creatures driven by malice and wishes. How could they possibly compare to the complexity of human players?

The Phantom Butterfly possessed S-rank power, but not an S-rank brain, so it was destined to be used by others.

"If I have to die," the Phantom Butterfly said honestly, "I want to die by your hand. The reason I helped them deceive Gu Tiandong was probably that I wanted you to remember me. If I die, you won't forget me, right?"

Mo Bai was currently 172 centimeters tall, over ten centimeters taller than Ye Yatong's original 160-centimeter height.

The height difference between them was unexpectedly well-matched.

She raised a hand, pinched the Phantom Butterfly's chin, and forced it to look up.

Coldly, she said, "I never forget any monster or player I kill."

The Phantom Butterfly's eyes dimmed.

"But among them, you're the most troublesome and the most beautiful."

This time, a trace of tenderness mixed into her cold words.

The Phantom Butterfly's eyes immediately lit up.

Looking directly into hers, it asked, "Then what kind of appearance do you like? I'll become whatever you love most."

"I like all beautiful things," Mo Bai replied.

"You can look however you want. Choose whatever you like."

The Phantom Butterfly thought for a moment.

Suddenly, countless colorful butterflies appeared from nowhere and swirled around it as its form began to change.

Gradually, it grew taller until it stood ten centimeters above Mo Bai.

When the butterflies dispersed, the Phantom Butterfly had transformed once again into Lin Xiafei.

But this time it had made additional adjustments.

Its facial features now incorporated some of Gu Tiandong's characteristics, and its overall demeanor carried a sense of fragility and brokenness.

Its eyes had become even more puppy-like.

Mo Bai: "..."

Wonderful.

The Phantom Butterfly really knew how to target people's preferences. Once again, it had landed squarely within her aesthetic tastes.

Mimicry and emotional perception were truly its greatest weapons.

Pang Mian, whose body was currently not being controlled by the External Brain, still genuinely loved the Phantom Butterfly.

Watching the Phantom Butterfly change from female to male right before his eyes, he pointed at it with a trembling finger.

"Y-you're a man?"

"This time, I want to be male," the Phantom Butterfly replied.

Pang Mian collapsed to his knees in despair.

Tears streamed down his face as he cried, "Then what about the person I loved? What does my love even mean?"

The Phantom Butterfly replied, "So you stop loving me just because I changed my appearance? You only love my body, not my soul? Your love is so shallow, but Mo Bai is different. No matter whether I'm male or female, she doesn't love me. Look how sincere and devoted she is!"

Mo Bai: "..."

She wondered what kind of expression the External Brain, hiding somewhere in the shadows and watching this farce, currently had.

Mo Bai quietly extended her perception and searched the surrounding area, but she still couldn't locate the External Brain.

The Phantom Butterfly could sense emotions, so if the External Brain still experienced emotional fluctuations, there was no way it could completely evade the Phantom Butterfly's detection.

To resist mental contamination, the External Brain had to remain in a state of absolute rationality. It would feel neither disappointment nor frustration. Like a computer, it simply issued instructions based on changing circumstances.

Which meant that within a hundred-meter radius, a rock, a chair, or even a trash can could be serving as the External Brain's temporary residence.

Finding it would be extremely difficult.

Meanwhile, Pang Mian was once again being led around by the nose by the Phantom Butterfly.

He stared at the Phantom Butterfly in a daze for a while and gradually seemed to conclude that Lin Xiafei's appearance was actually quite attractive too.

The Phantom Butterfly was beautiful.

Whether male or female, its appearance never inspired disgust.

Pang Mian nodded and said, "You're right. What I love is your soul. It has nothing to do with gender or species. As long as it's you, I'll love you."

"Good," the Phantom Butterfly said, pulling him to his feet. "Then join our team and play this game of love with me."

Light gradually returned to Pang Mian's eyes.

His love was still there, so he was still going to join this family!

Mo Bai couldn't bear to watch and turned her gaze away.

The world had finally gone insane in a way she could no longer understand.

Inside her mind, Xiao Qi sighed in the sweet voice of a young girl.

"Love really is something an artificial intelligence cannot understand."

"Don't learn from them," Mo Bai immediately corrected it. "Those two aren't exactly a model of healthy romance."

She absolutely couldn't let Xiao Qi learn the wrong lessons.

After reaching an agreement, the three-person romance team submitted a challenge request to the host of the Explosive Love Ferris Wheel.

The host announced, "Excellent! Three more passionate lovers have come to challenge our romance game that transcends life and death! Can their love overcome explosions and deadly poison? Let us wait and see!"

The rules were the same as before.

Mo Bai and Pang Mian would input Love Value for the Phantom Butterfly, while the Phantom Butterfly would input Love Value for Mo Bai and Pang Mian.

Using Lin Xiafei's handsome face, the Phantom Butterfly winked at Mo Bai and said gently, "Don't worry this time. I'll protect you."

Mo Bai nodded, "I trust you. I'll protect you too."

Pang Mian squeezed himself between the two people who were gazing at each other affectionately.

He told the Phantom Butterfly, "I'll protect you with my soul."

Then he turned to Mo Bai and declared, "I won't lose to you!"

Thus, the three deeply devoted lovers entered Love Value for one another.

None of them knew how many points the others had entered.

The Ferris wheel ride lasted five minutes.

Each Love Value delayed the explosion by one second.

At least 300 Love Value were required to save a lover.

After her heart-to-heart conversation with the Phantom Butterfly earlier, the Phantom Butterfly had fallen even deeper for Mo Bai.

Mo Bai's remaining Love Value had risen to 1104.

Adding the 210 she had spent during the Cliffside Love Roller Coaster, the total came to exactly 1314.

The Love Value the Phantom Butterfly had given her had already reached the maximum value possible in the Love Amusement Park; therefore, Mo Bai was not lacking in Love Value.

The three boarded their respective Ferris wheel cabins, and shackles were fastened around their ankles. Inside each shackle was a needle.

Once an explosion occurred, the needle would puncture a blood vessel and inject poison into the wearer.

"We'll definitely walk off this Ferris wheel alive," the Phantom Butterfly said seriously.

The doors slowly closed, and the romantic Ferris wheel began to turn.

When it reached its highest point, three deafening explosions rang out simultaneously.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The three people who constantly proclaimed their love for one another had all failed to input 300 Love Value.

The Phantom Butterfly entered 150 Love Value for Mo Bai.

It wanted Mo Bai to die at the very top of the Ferris wheel, romantic and tragic, perfectly matching the Phantom Butterfly's aesthetic of a beautiful bad ending.

It would cry for her.

The Phantom Butterfly also entered 150 Love Value for Pang Mian. The person it loved and the person who loved it dying at the same moment was romantic in its own way.

Pang Mian entered 30 Love Value for the Phantom Butterfly. He had intended to enter 300, but once again, he couldn't input the final zero.

Mo Bai entered 120 Love Value for the Phantom Butterfly, and her reasoning was the most complicated.

She guessed that Pang Mian would once again fail to enter the final zero, just like during the cliff-jump ride, meaning the Phantom Butterfly would receive only 30 points from him.

She also guessed that the Phantom Butterfly probably wanted her to die at the highest point and would therefore give her 150 points.

Mo Bai was actually rather indulgent toward the Phantom Butterfly.

She thought that if she and the Phantom Butterfly exploded at the same time, the Phantom Butterfly would probably be very happy.

So she entered 120 points to help complete the Phantom Butterfly's total of 150.

Under the calculations of several scheming minds, all three of them ended up facing death simultaneously at the highest point.

The Ferris wheel did not stop after the explosions.

It continued turning slowly, and three hundred seconds later, it finally came to a halt.

With a sorrowful expression, the host announced, "Unfortunately, among the three participants in this romance game, not a single one…"

Before he could finish speaking, the cabin doors opened.

All three emerged completely unharmed, and they looked at one another.

Except for Mo Bai, both of the others appeared awkward.

The Phantom Butterfly spoke first, "Mo Bai, let me explain."

"Mm. I'm listening," Mo Bai replied calmly.

The Phantom Butterfly said, "I wanted us to die together in a lovers' suicide. I just didn't realize the Ferris wheel poison was supplied by me, and I have antibodies in my body, so the toxin can't harm me."

Pang Mian also burst into tears.

"I wanted to give you 300 Love Value! But I missed another zero again! Waaaah!"

The Phantom Butterfly asked, "Then how did you survive?"

Pang Mian replied, "I used a healing card. It's an A-rank card, you know. Since this place is called Disease Town, I naturally brought a healing card for emergencies."

This time, the External Brain did not stop Pang Mian from explaining. After all, he already neutralized the poison.

The fact that he had used a card was obvious, so there was no point wasting energy trying to conceal it.

As for Mo Bai, she had used the Human Enhancement card. Besides increasing speed and strength, the card also boosted metabolism, enhanced poison resistance, and improved detoxification ability.

After the poison was injected, Mo Bai cut her fingertip.

Under the effects of Human Enhancement, the poisoned blood quickly flowed out through the wound.

The three of them truly were harboring different agendas and pulling out every trick they had.

Looking thoroughly embarrassed, the host announced, "Congratulations to these three players for successfully clearing the Explosive Love Ferris Wheel challenge! What does this prove? It proves that their love possesses the power of detoxification! This is the greatness of love! Please stand beneath the Ferris wheel and make heart gestures for a commemorative photo!"

The three took their positions.

Once again, they left behind a group photo in which each person was making their own completely unrelated heart pose.