I told you to plant peas, and you summon Mordekaiser?

Inside the garden space, a dazzling white light enveloped all the surviving players.

Chen Yang's vision went blank for a brief moment.

A cold, impersonal system notification sounded:

[Number of Ascended:]

[Estimated number of Ascension Tower floors occupied: 2 to 40]

[Estimated completion time: 5 minutes]

For those five minutes, all Chen Yang could see was a vast expanse of white; his senses of touch and smell were completely taken away.

The five-minute wait felt like an endless cycle.

As the light gradually faded, Chen Yang slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a huge circular building.

The dome hangs high overhead, its white metallic surface gleaming with a cold luster.

Surrounded by players, gathered in the center of this circular space, their expressions filled with confusion and shock.

"Where am I? Have I ascended to heaven?"

"Where are my plants? They're all gone?"

The panel has also disappeared...

A young player's voice was filled with anxiety: "Juanjuan! Where are you? Can you hear me?"

Aside from the strange looks from those around him, the player received no response.

Chen Yang glanced around, lost in thought.

Huang Aotian and Liu Yan have disappeared without a trace.

Just moments before their ascension, the three were still together, but now the other two were nowhere to be seen.

"Did they ascend to some other place?"

Before Chen Yang could think any further, a cold, mechanical female voice rang in his ear:

"Players, please remain quiet."

The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

A large door embedded in the wall stands in front of the crowd.

With a buzzing sound, the door slowly opened.

A tall, slender figure gracefully emerged from behind the door.

A mechanical woman with no facial features.

Chen Yang noticed that there were other mechanical women behind the door.

This is probably some kind of elevator-like device, with other mechanical women sitting inside, moving upwards.

"Please collect your wristbands."

The cyborg waved her hand gently, and a low mechanical sound came from the side wall, popping out a row of neat windows.

Above the window, a row of bracelets is neatly arranged, each bracelet gleaming with a cold metallic luster.

"Claim your corresponding wristband according to your player ID."

"The bracelet has anti-theft measures, and it cannot be opened because the player's number is different."

"It contains all your garden supplies."

Amidst whispers, players began lining up to receive their wristbands.

Chen Yang put on the bracelet, and with a slight thought, he sensed the space inside the bracelet.

I was only slightly relieved after confirming that all the plant cards were stored intact.

"There is a document in the bracelet to help you understand the current situation."

Upon hearing this, the players who received the bracelets stayed put and began to peruse the information within them.

This document is exactly the same as the one Zhao Changming had seen before.

Before long, the truth about the Ascension Plan gradually came to light, and the expressions on everyone's faces changed from bewilderment to shock.

"A thousand batches? This world actually has the technology for interdimensional teleportation?"

"But the information says that the advanced space technology has been lost. Can we still go back?"

What will happen to us next?

The crowd began to stir, and the hushed whispers coalesced into a boiling torrent.

At that very moment, a new message popped up on the bracelet screen:

[Nearly 390,000 people ascended this time.]

[Each floor of the Tower of Ascension can accommodate 10,000 players.]

[Due to limited space in the fortress, players on each floor will take turns leaving the Tower of Ascension.]

[You are on the second floor. You can leave after the players on the first floor have left.]

[Estimated waiting time: 20 minutes]

After reading this, Chen Yang understood that Liu Yan and Huang Aotian must have been teleported to different floors than him.

The mechanical woman in the hall stood motionless beside the lifting device, her hands clasped in front of her, like a still statue.

Most players remained calm, discussing their opinions with those around them.

After all they've been through in the past month, they've become very receptive to the new environment.

In just twenty more minutes, they will be able to leave this tower and step into a whole new world.

Just as everyone was waiting patiently, a sudden change occurred.

A streak of red light flashed through the air, flying towards the mechanical woman at an extremely fast speed.

By the time everyone realized what was happening, the mechanical woman had already been blown to pieces.

Players are all too familiar with the sound of this explosion.

It's a cherry bomb!

"Fuck you! You just decide our fate so easily?!"

The voice belonged to a bald, middle-aged man whose face was a mixture of anger and madness, and whose eyes were almost spitting fire.

Clearly, he was the one who threw the cherry bomb.

"My wife and daughter, they all died because of this so-called ascension plan!"

"Damn it! I'm going to kill all the masterminds behind this!"

The man waved his fists, shouting hoarsely.

The surrounding players instinctively distanced themselves from this crazed man.

A few sparks flew from the cyborg woman's remaining head, sending out a distress signal.

Riot detected.

[Request for suppression]

Soon, the sound of the elevator running could be heard.

The middle-aged man squinted and, instead of hiding among the players, walked towards the elevator.

"Step aside!"

He growled, and the crowd parted to make way for him.

A card flashed in his hand, and another Cherry Bomb was in his grasp.

“I know this guy…” someone whispered. “I heard his awakened talent is called something like Bombing Expert. He can only use ash-type plants, but there’s no limit to the number he can use, and the cooldown time for ash plants is extremely short.”

"Ugh, this guy is so reckless. On someone else's turf, isn't he just throwing his life away..."

"Don't drag us into this later. We finally ascended with great difficulty."

"Indeed, stay away from him, don't drag us down with him."

The elevator doors swung open with a loud thud.

The crowd held their breath.

What emerged from within was neither a human figure nor a mechanical being.

A row of green camouflage nuts rolled out of the elevator, wearing green helmets.

These nuts are more than twice the size of regular nuts.

Following closely behind was a line of machine gunners.

The man was also taken aback, but he quickly recovered, sneered, and threw the cherry bomb in his hand.

The level 3 Cherry Bomb hit the front row of nuts squarely, and the explosion instantly engulfed them in flames.

But when the smoke cleared, the row of nuts only had a little bit of their outer skin worn off.

Chen Yang's heart sank when he saw this scene.

This nut has at least a level 5 strength!

The machine gunners in the rear should also be quite capable.

No wonder the other side dared to let more than 10,000 players gather together without fear of player riots.

These two rows of plants alone are enough to intimidate an entire floor of players.

The man in front had clearly also noticed that these nuts were not ordinary nuts.

"Damn it! I'm going to blow you up!"

The man flipped his hand, and a black plant card appeared in his palm, radiating a cold, eerie glow.

Among the crowd were players who knew the man well. They recognized the card and exclaimed, "A Tier 4 Destruction Mushroom!"

The players at the front were thrown into chaos.

"He's insane, using a Tier 4 Destruction Mushroom in a place like this?"

"Holy crap, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you!"

"No, no, no, brother, calm down! Calm down!"

"Back up! Back up! Don't push me!"

Using a fourth-tier Destruction Mushroom in this enclosed space will inevitably lead to predictable consequences.

Whether those level 5 nuts are dead or not is unknown, but most of the players are going to die with this man.

Players closer to the front panicked and shoved each other backward.

The man heard countless panicked shouts and hesitated for a moment.

In that instant of hesitation, a flash of cold light streaked across the sky, and blood splattered everywhere.

His arm was severed at the hilt, and the card in his hand fell to the ground along with it.

Before the man could react, a torrent of peas rained down on him as he stared at the blood-sucking severed arm.

The machine gunners opened fire simultaneously, unleashing a torrent of peas like a rainstorm, the green shells tearing through the air.

"Ah ...

A chorus of wails followed.

More than a dozen players standing at the front were also hit by stray bullets and died.

The artillery fire lasted only a few seconds.

The man's body fell to the ground with a thud and became completely silent.