In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

"Alright, thank you for your autograph, Major Siegfried. We'll treasure this autograph, Nia, you agree, right?"

Mo Chen stuffed the autographed document into his pocket, then gave Fakhagenia a wink.

"Ah, uh, yes!"

Coming to her senses, Fakatenya nodded hastily, forcing a slightly stiff, awkward smile.

"Well then, welcome to Courtyard 5905. I am also honored to be able to fight alongside a group champion in the future."

Mo Chen took a deep breath and formally expressed his welcome to Ziegfried.

"Understood. From this day forward, I will fight for you, homeowner!"

An excited Siegfried clenched his fist and punched his chest, producing a dull but powerful sound.

Mo Chen could clearly sense that this group champion wasn't just saying polite words, but genuinely regarded courtyard number 5905 as his home.

"Me... cough cough, the same goes for me!"

Seemingly infected by Siegfried's excitement, Fakadenia also involuntarily straightened her back.

She subconsciously imitated the former's action, clumsily and unusually forcefully tapping her chest with her clothes.

Although not nearly as famous as Siegfried, it carries the stubbornness and determination unique to this blonde, haughty young lady.

"Yes, I know."

Seeing the two equally excited plant spirit warriors, Mo Chen smiled and nodded.

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After handing the keys to their respective residences to Fakatenia and Siegfried and watching them leave, Mo Chen planned to visit the new members who had recently joined his War Court.

However, before that, he had to deal with a very important matter.

A moment later, at the Scarlet Rabbit Mechanical House.

"Excuse me for bothering you, is Claura here?"

Hearing the doorbell and Mo Chen's inquiry ringing one after the other, Claura, who was busy at her workbench, immediately jumped up from the pile of clockwork gears and mechanical parts like a little rabbit, and immediately called the little Titan who was in charge of guarding the door to go and greet her.

"Brother Mo Chen! (?＞?＜?)?"

Mo Chen casually touched the smooth head shell of the little Titan, indicating that it felt good.

But before he could even step into the entrance hall, the cute and reliable Scarlet Rabbit lady rushed straight into Mo Chen's arms for a hug.

"Didn't little Clarissa attend basic military training?"

Mo Chen held Chola in his arms, ruffled her bunny ear hood, and asked softly.

"I'd like to too, but the mechanical shop received a big order recently, and I probably won't have time to attend training until it's finished tomorrow. ╮(╯▽╰)╭"

Claudia sighed softly, pointing to her messy workbench, her tone filled with helplessness.

"Oh, I see... By the way, little Clarissa, is the expansion of the basement of the Mechanical House finished? I remember you said before that the Mechanical House wasn't big enough?"

Suddenly remembering the expansion application that Claura had submitted to him, Mo Chen looked around, trying to find the entrance to the basement.

Everywhere you look, there are piles of clutter and blueprints, making it impossible to even step on the floor.

"It's done, Brother Mo Chen, it's just... um... mmm..."

Claudia suddenly became hesitant. She buried her head in Mo Chen's chest, and after a while, she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "The entrance to the basement is blocked by too much stuff I piled up..."

"Is it blocked?"

Mo Chen looked down at Claura in his arms, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"I...I didn't mean to...The new Tim screws and hardened bearings that arrived a few days ago are taking up a lot of space. There's only room left above the basement entrance. I was planning to have the little Titans move these parts after I finished my current orders...?(′;w;｀)?："

As she spoke, Claudia pointed to a small mountain of parts boxes in a certain part of the machine house, and a staircase leading underground could be vaguely seen behind it.

Is there any space below?

Yes, there are quite a few places!

"Then why not store the new parts in the basement?"

[Yes, why? ]

Claudia blinked, and suddenly, as if a switch had been flipped, her already flushed cheeks turned bright red.

She hesitated for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a reason that was clearly an excuse: "Because...because...it's too dark in the basement..."

Are mushroom-like plant spirits afraid of the dark? That's interesting.

Upon hearing this, Mo Chen couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. After thinking about it seriously for a while, he decided not to expose Claudia's absurd excuse.

"Since the entrance is blocked, let me help little Chola move it."

"No need, no need, Brother Mo Chen, let the little Titans do it, they are strong!"

Several small Titans that were originally idle in the corner of the machine room received the order and immediately turned on and started to move.

They were indeed very strong, and in no time at all, they had cleared the passage leading to the basement.

Mo Chen carried Chola down the stairs and into the basement of the mechanical house.

The space here is very spacious, clean, and dry; apart from the lack of lighting, it has virtually no drawbacks.

It's clear that Claudia has been too busy lately and has completely forgotten that there's such a large basement under her mechanical house.

"Wow, that should be enough to hold all the good stuff I brought you."

Mo Chen looked around and revealed a satisfied expression.

"nice one?"

Claudia tilted her head, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, an old-fashioned tank."

Mo Chen waved his hand, opening the secret realm space, and a tank from the old era appeared out of thin air in front of him and Chloe.

"Wow!"

Claudia was stunned and stared in disbelief at the enormous vehicle in front of her.

"Apart from the engine being completely damaged, all other systems of this tank are intact."

Mo Chen put Claura down, then patted the tank's steel plate: "I think perhaps we can find a new way to give this tank a new lease on life in this era."

"Perhaps, all we need is to create a mechanical device that can replace a damaged engine..."

After circling the tank in front of her a few times, Claudia gradually had an idea.

"Just adapt it to other systems, and I won't have to spend time studying the old, damaged engines."

She rubbed her little hands together excitedly, her scarlet eyes instantly lighting up.

"Then this tank is yours, little Clarice. If it's not enough, come and ask me for more. We obtained a total of fifteen tanks on this expedition, and I can give you a maximum of ten for research."

Fourteen vehicles?

Claudia's pupils dilated instantly, and even her breathing became more rapid. She turned her head sharply to look at Mo Chen, her eyes flashing with an almost fanatical light.

"Brother Mo Chen, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, why would I lie to little Clarla?"

"Brother Mo Chen is amazing!"

Unable to contain her excitement any longer, Claura jumped up, wrapped her arms around Mo Chen's neck, and planted a kiss on his cheek.

Mo Chen was startled, then coughed a few times, hurriedly said goodbye to Claura, and left the machine house.

[This little girl... is way too excited... thankfully Titan didn't see her...]