Underlying Code Conflict

"What you said was obvious, wasn't it?" Landfall's face darkened.

Li Miao shook his head. "That wasn't obvious... [Illuminating an enemy] and [having thoughts] are two separate conditions."

"Think back. What was that Meteorite Fall doing after it reverted to one?"

After thinking it over, Landfall immediately understood. "...It was shining on my Wax Ash!"

"Right." Li Miao nodded. "Because it wasn't very intelligent, once it sensed an enemy attacking it, it instinctively returned to its original form and prepared to reveal the enemy so it could respond."

"That target enemy was your Wax Ash."

"But you were already dead, and Wax Ash has no thoughts."

"So..."

"...So its ability got no feedback from the Wax Ash, which was why it kept standing there blankly until Dragon Starfall killed it?!"

Landfall's eyes lit up as he grasped the crucial reason and slammed a fist into his palm.

"Fuck! I was wondering why it was just standing there like it was being punished. I thought it was taunting me... Stupid-ass boss, turns out its underlying code conflicted!"

"No wonder it died so weirdly! Hahahahahaha—snort!"

Landfall immediately broke into pig-like laughter.

Underlying code conflict was an unexpectedly fitting description. After all, the Meteorite Fall had seemed to operate on nothing but instinct throughout the battle.

"Right. Since it couldn't get any feedback from its ability, it could only remain in its original state. And in its original state, this monster was probably a glass cannon, so one hit from Dragon Starfall finished it off."

Li Miao spread his hands.

The Meteorite Fall's ability was undoubtedly extremely powerful. Its mind-affecting power could feed back onto itself and make changes, and at the start of the battle, it had practically pinned the two of them down.

The ability itself was also somewhat deceptive, making