In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Mo Chen walked into the sixth warehouse first and looked around.

A group of plant spirit warriors followed closely behind with weapons in hand, always maintaining necessary vigilance.

This warehouse doesn't store too many things, but it seems unusually spacious.

Only by looking towards the corner of the warehouse can you see a dozen metal boxes piled high.

Thick military green moisture-proof cloth covers these metal boxes, making people curious about what is inside.

Ford was curious: "What's in those metal boxes?"

Si Bo Ke shook his head and then changed the subject: "I don't know, but... did you feel it?"

Williams, who only possessed the second-level plant spiritual power, scratched his head: "Feeling?"

Only the two plant spirit warriors, Himiko and Ji Bing, showed surprised expressions after careful perception.

The things in these metal boxes must be extraordinary since they could make the two special forces soldiers so moved.

Nata released her plant spiritual power and explored the metal box.

"Hmm... the outer walls of these metal boxes can actually block the detection of plant spiritual power. Wait, it's not a complete loss."

Nata's expression changed from calm to surprise, and then to disbelief.

Shocked by the results of her investigation, she swallowed hard: "Kind...kind? Why do I feel kindred to the things in these metal boxes?"

As soon as these words came out, Nata instantly became the focus of the whole audience.

Mo Chen blinked and suddenly remembered what he saw and heard in the ecological park.

"Wait... can't it be... can't it really be that..."

He muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the metal boxes under the moisture-proof cloth.

If it is really as Mo Chen expected, this military base may be related to that madman.

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Ford couldn't wait to ask, "Sister Nata, what does 'kind' mean?"

"literal meaning."

It seems like he is thinking about how to explain it, but he can't come up with a reasonable answer.

After a moment, Nata uttered four words.

Anton and Ford looked at each other, and Si Bo Ke seemed to be thinking about something.

Williams scratched his head again, this time even pulling out several strands of hair.

Himiko walked forward and pulled away the moisture-proof cloth covering the metal boxes, displaying all the metal boxes in their entirety in front of everyone.

She turned to face several plant spirit warriors, spread her hands and said, "Nata's meaning is very simple. Let's think about it first. What are we?"

"We? What else can we be?"

"Federal soldiers? Plant-spirit warriors sent to serve in the war yard?"

"What are we? Aren't we just..."

Himiko's question caused a lot of discussion among the plant spirit warriors, but no one gave an answer for a while.

"Plant spirit."

In the end, it was Ji Bing who suddenly spoke up and answered this simple question.

After all, she had also participated in the exploration of the ecological park and saw the wild pea shooter.

At that time, she also felt a similar sense of familiarity with the objects in the owner's hands.

"Xiao Bing is right. We are plant spirits. We are the cornerstone of the life camp."

Himiko snapped her fingers and continued, "So, do you understand what 'kind' means?"

When Ji Bing and Himiko solved the riddle tacitly, all the plant spirit warriors present were shocked.

Si Bo Ke couldn't help but swear: "Oh my god, no wonder there is such a strong breath of life in these boxes."

Williams grabbed his hair and asked, "Could it be... a living thing? A living plant?"

Ford suddenly realized: "Friendly, friendly, so this is the way to be friendly!"

The plant spirit warriors were making a lot of noise until Himiko made a gesture to silence them, and then they quieted down.

Then, everyone turned their eyes to the owner of the house - Mo Chen, who was still immersed in thought.

Nata walked to Mo Chen and asked in a low voice: "Owner, should we open them and see what's inside?"

"Oh, sure, let's open one and see, but be careful."

Mo Chen came back to his senses and nodded, allowing the plant spirit warriors to come forward and open the box.

Himiko activated her spiritual power, grabbed a heavy metal box with one hand, and examined it carefully.

These metal boxes are all silver-white cubes with smooth outer walls, showing no signs of wear and tear due to the passage of time.

Ford and Williams came forward and curiously studied how to open the metal box.

The other plant spirit warriors waited on the side so that they could respond promptly if any emergency occurred.

The three plant spirit warriors in charge of opening the box checked it up and down, and after confirming again and again that the metal box did not have any mechanisms, they were able to proceed to the next step.

Himiko gently put down the metal box, then stepped aside and used her plant spiritual power to form a protective shield.

Ford took out the extension handle, installed it on his engineer shovel, then aimed the shovel blade at the metal box and stretched it over carefully.

When the engineer shovel touched the metal box, nothing happened.

Ford turned around and yelled to Himiko, "Request a violent box opening!"

Himiko nodded and said, "Allowed."

With permission, Ford took a deep breath, walked into the metal box, aimed his engineer shovel at the gap in the metal box, and poked it hard.

There was a clicking sound, and as Ford's expression became increasingly terrified, the blade of the engineer shovel in his hand broke directly.

"God of the Burning Sun! My engineer shovel!!!"

Ford's cries echoed throughout the warehouse, and the misery in them was so tragic that people couldn't help but cover their ears.

Fortunately, Himiko added plant spiritual power to the protection in time for sound insulation, so that the sad wailing did not attract the intelligent machines in the military base.

Ford, with a sad face, held his broken engineer shovel and walked aside with a distraught look on his face.

Anton, feeling ashamed, stepped forward to take his place and came to the metal box.

After pondering for a moment, Anton reached out and gently stroked the outer wall of the metal box.

When his finger moved over a certain spot, a transparent display screen instantly emerged from the outer wall of the metal box, and a virtual keyboard appeared.

It seems that these metal boxes are actually password boxes. You only need to enter the correct password to open the box and take out the things stored inside.

"Password? We don't know the password..."

Anton muttered to himself but was reluctant to type in the password.

He was a little worried that if he entered the wrong password, the password box might be locked automatically.

Williams suddenly had an idea: "Since it's a password box, maybe our landlord will have a way to find it."

After saying that, he turned his expectant gaze towards Mo Chen.

Based on Williams' careful observations along the way, he could conclude that his new boss Mo Chen was hiding many secrets.

Not to mention the previous secret realm, just the fact that he subdued the intelligent machines in those military bases is enough to tell you that Mo Chen is definitely not a simple person.

The existence that can perfectly hack into and seize control of the abandoned city's intelligent machinery must be the work of those legendary holographic plant spirits.

For a homeowner who has gained the loyalty of a holographic plant spirit, cracking a password box would be a piece of cake.

"Password box? Okay, leave it to me."

Mo Chen was not vague either. He walked quickly to the password box and secretly called out to Prometheus who was multitasking.

"Duck, crack the password box."

"clear."

A faint blue light lit up from Mo Chen's terminal and then connected to the display screen of the password box.

As each character was entered, the password box in front of him vibrated slightly.

Then, the lid of the box slowly opened, and everyone present couldn't help but hold their breath.

On the brown flowerpot, a pea shooter was squinting its eyes and sleeping quietly.

Around the pea shooter potted plant, there were many seeds that looked very familiar to Mo Chen, exactly the same as the ones he got from the ecological park.