In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Even though five years have passed, Dell still remembers the scene vividly.

In his clear narration, a picture that was like hell on earth vividly appeared in the minds of Mo Chen and Sophia.

Mo Chen was silent, not missing any details.

Sophia still kept her head down, so the other two could not see her face clearly.

But what Mo Chen could be sure of was that the child was also listening carefully to Dale's story.

From her trembling hands, it can be seen that Sophia is not calm at this moment.

At this moment, Mo Chen's portable terminal suddenly lit up. It was a message from Prometheus.

Not long ago, in order to help Clara crack the information storage device left by her parents, Mo Chen released Prometheus into the community tree.

Although Prometheus only stayed in the community tree system for less than ten minutes, she still found an opportunity to leave a backdoor.

With this backdoor, Prometheus can roam freely in the community tree system without being discovered by Xiaoda, and access information and intelligence in various databases.

At this moment, the message she sent to Mo Chen was a federal military investigation report on a caffeine crime that occurred at a federal outpost in North America five years ago (at the end of the Second Garden War).

The report details the causes, processes and consequences of the caffeine crime, along with a list of victims and witnesses.

Investigations have shown that those so-called special drugs are essentially coffee powder carefully packaged as psychotherapeutic drugs.

The caffeine in each packet of special medicine (coffee powder) exceeds the prescribed amount of caffeine by 300 percent.

Every word in that list of victims is filled with bloody and tragic facts.

A total of sixteen plant spirit warriors died from an overdose of caffeine.

Eight more plant spirit warriors died in a fight over caffeine.

There are 31 plant spirit warriors who have become severe caffeine addicts and can only receive painful addiction treatment in the hospital for the rest of their lives. So far, no one has recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

The name Dale Norenson stood out in the list of witnesses.

This also proves from the side that there is not a single fabricated word in the story told by Dell.

The hidden identity of the psychiatrist, who was a coffee bean plant spirit and provided special medicines to the plant spirit warriors at the outpost, was soon uncovered by the federal military.

During his service, he was developed into a cadre by the notorious Fallen Paradise.

With the help of the organization, he, together with many equally corrupted coffee bean plant spirits, delivered large amounts of caffeine to the front lines of the Garden War.

While seeking huge profits, it seems that he was also instructed by the imperial personnel to corrupt the Federation Army both physically and mentally.

This was the second climax in the history of caffeine crime in the modern world, and it also attracted the attention of the federal government in a very short period of time.

It was just a small outpost, but such a serious caffeine crime broke out.

How much evil is hidden in those other places that have not yet been discovered?

Unlike the sluggish federal government, the federal military launched thundering sanctions at the first opportunity.

Soon, caffeine criminals and caffeine addicts in the Federal Army were captured and processed in droves.

The federal military even teamed up with the Law Enforcement Special Branch and the Plant Spirit Heroes Association to launch an "ice-breaking operation", which destroyed the paradise of the fallen who dared to extend their black hands to the federal army, forcing them to retreat into the shadows underground and live a miserable life.

Unfortunately, the psychiatrist who was sent to serve at the outpost has not been arrested yet, which makes it difficult for Dell and his comrades who were witnesses to let it go.

After gaining a deeper understanding of the complicated relationship between Dell and caffeine, Mo Chen could only sigh helplessly.

But now, what he has to do is to deal with this caffeine crime that happened in his own manor as soon as possible.

"Although I don't know whether Doctor Sophia is a member of 'Fallen Heaven', I witnessed with my own eyes that she secretly took away the espresso placed at the caravan station.

Considering that her race is a coffee bean plant spirit and she is a psychologist, I directly define Sophia as a caffeine criminal.

Out of hatred for the caffeine criminals, I attacked Sophia when she was alone."

Dell said everything he wanted to say without missing a word, and even felt a lot better in his heart.

Some things stay in your heart for too long and become a disease that is difficult to heal.

Releasing all these things is like cutting out the pain in my heart with a knife, and I have no worries at all.

“Now, I just have one question, and it’s about Dr. Sophia.

Dale's dark golden eyes first looked at Mo Chen, then turned his gaze to Sophia.

He hoped that someone could give him an answer.

“Is she a caffeine criminal?”

Mo Chen was about to speak to explain the complicated situation regarding Sophia and what he had discussed with Law Enforcement Officer Chi Yuan.

Sophia, who had been lowering her head for a long time, suddenly raised her head.

"Yes, I am indeed a caffeine criminal and a member of Fallen Heaven."

Sophia's tone was very calm. She took off her white coat, revealing her arms wrapped in layers of bandages.

Then, Sophia reached out and forcefully tore off the layers of bandages on her arm.

As the shattered yellow and white strips of cloth fell one after another, Sophia revealed her tender arms.

There are so many needle holes caused by injections that people with trypophobia would want to die immediately after seeing them.

"No wonder you always cover your arms..."

Thinking of Sophia's previous abnormality, Dale suddenly realized.

He thought Sophia was just a caffeine criminal, but he didn't realize that she was also a caffeine addict.

“I’m sorry, I can’t control my body, it’s craving caffeine all the time, but my fragile will is not enough to fight this addiction.

I once tried my best to control myself, but every time the drug addiction came, I felt that life was worse than death.

After one of my attacks, they noticed me and tried to lure me into joining them by offering me caffeine and world points.

At first, I didn't want to agree, after all, I knew that excessive caffeine is not a good thing.

But when they saw that bribery didn't work, they started threatening me with exposing their identities.

Once my identity as a caffeine addict was exposed, I would be completely devastated.

The Federation will not accept caffeine criminals, and the Empire is the same. A despicable existence like me can only survive in the cracks.

And my body surrenders immediately when it comes into contact with the caffeine.

There is no cure for caffeine addiction in the modern world, and even if there is, it is not accessible to people like me.

There has never been a caffeine addict who has managed to come out alive from the federal government’s so-called addiction treatment hospitals.

This special physical condition will only slowly lead us to death, and only by continuously injecting caffeine can we prolong our lives.

In the end, I chose to succumb to them and became an unforgivable 'sinner'."

Crystal tears ran down Sophia's cheeks. She raised her head, trying hard not to let them fall.

But in the end, Sophia was still in tears.

"I don't want to die... I still want to live..."