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

Chen Yang fell silent.

Two hours later, this player is probably in grave danger.

Indeed, the relaxed life he'd enjoyed these past few days had made him forget that this was a dangerous world where the strong prey on the weak.

Nearly half of the players have already become zombies.

Other players without talent are constantly struggling at the edge of life and death.

"A moment of silence."

"I don't understand why we have to kill each other!"

"This world has a mechanism that allows players to inherit the loot from killed players..."

"Isn't this encouraging players to kill each other?!"

"I've had a feeling that the guy next door was looking at me strangely for a while now..."

"Ugh, I'm too scared to go out!"

"Staying indoors won't help; the lock on the cabin can be picked."

"I recommend everyone buy a new lock from Dave's shop..."

On this day, the tragic situation in District 32 served as a wake-up call to all players.

The mechanism of inheritance through murder has also been exposed to everyone.

However, some players did not succumb to pessimism.

"Everyone, focus on leveling up. Once we get the Plant Mutation Card, things will be much easier..."

"I've discovered that ordinary plants don't attack humans,"

"However, the mutated plants will have a certain degree of self-awareness and can attack all invaders."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

"Buying mutant cards at high prices!!"

"I have a spare mutation card here. Highest bidder wins..."

"Hurry up and go to Endless Mode, get a mutation card before dark."

...

Chat messages gradually decreased. Regardless of how to deal with the killer, getting through the midday offensive was the most important thing.

Chen Yang looked towards the woods outside the courtyard.

The surging dark shadows were coming towards them, becoming clearer and clearer.

The leader was no longer an ordinary zombie holding a small red flag, but a tall, thin figure.

He was wearing a worn-out sports vest and shorts, and he was holding a long pole tightly in his hand. The end of the pole was worn shiny, and there were still a few patches of mottled tape on the pole.

Pole vaulting zombie!

His movement speed was much faster than the other zombies; he crossed the road in just a few steps and entered Chen Yang's courtyard.

The Lava Nut looked on with curiosity, quite intrigued by this zombie it had never seen before.

As the pole vaulting zombie rapidly approached, Lava Nut reached out to grab it, only to find it had missed its target. It felt a dark shadow sweep past its head.

0.o?

The pole vaulting zombie had already used the rebound force of the pole to leap into the air, drawing an arc in the air and clearing the lava nut.

He glanced back at Nut, who was standing there dumbfounded, and smirked, letting out two strange croaking sounds, as if mocking this naive little potato.

Never seen a 185cm tall bodybuilder before...

This is the power of time and accumulation!

Eh?

How did my glasses fall to the ground...?

Wait, how did my head end up on the ground?

The Flowerpot Wizard retrieves his staff, increasing his spell power by 2.

Chen Yang was somewhat surprised; he felt that this pole vaulting zombie was a bit smarter than the other zombies.

They actually mastered the most basic taunting skills.

By this time, the other zombies had arrived one after another, but zombies of this level no longer posed a threat to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang easily weathered this offensive from his three capable lieutenants.

[Player level increased to level 3]

Reward: Planting limit +1

Talent Card +1

Please check the supply box for your items.

With another wave of rewards, Chen Yang decided to take stock of his supplies.

Picking up the golden shovel that had fallen to the ground, a thought flashed through his mind, and a panel popped up.

[Golden Spatula]

Description: This shovel is imbued with the power of money, transcending the limitations of an ordinary shovel. Any plant you shovel up, regardless of its location, will become a plant card for your use!

Chen Yang pondered to himself that Wang Dahu was using the special effect of this golden shovel to steal plants. No wonder he cherished this shovel so much and was willing to break ties with him.

He brought the golden shovel into the hut and put it away, then opened the supply box.

Aside from the ground spikes he got from Huang Aotian, a talent card, a mutation card, and a gold coin engraved with a zombie head lay quietly in the box.

Talent cards are his upgrade rewards.

Chen Yang was pleasantly surprised when he saw the card art of the talent card.

A gigantic purple beast was coiled within the talent card, seemingly about to burst forth at any moment.

Rek'Sai, the Void Burrower!

This hero and the ground spikes are a perfect match!

Chen Yang was surprised by his good luck. Suppressing his excitement, he looked at the other two items.

Clearly, these two items were inherited after killing Wang Dahu.

It seems that it is impossible to inherit the plants that the other party has already planted.

Chen Yang thought to himself.

Wang Dahu is really poor...

He already had one gold coin, but it wasn't of any use to him yet.

As for mutation cards...

Chen Yang took the card and walked out of the room, attempting to use it on the little wizard in the flowerpot.

This plant cannot mutate.

He continued using the lava nut.

This plant cannot mutate.

have to...

This mutated card also conflicts with my talent.

It seems that plants that have used talent cards cannot continue to mutate.

So Chen Yang decided to sell this mutated card on the World Channel.

After all, mutation cards are currently in high demand and short supply, so I'm sure I can get a high price for them.

He opened the chat channel to check out the market information for mutant cards.

Right now, everyone is basically bartering, since improving one's strength is the primary need, and sunlight doesn't seem to have much effect for the time being.

The most common exchanges are for Tier 1 plant upgrade cards and mutation cards.

Chen Yang also posted a message.

"Selling plant mutation cards. DM me if interested."

Shortly after sending the message, Chen Yang's friend requests skyrocketed to 99+.

Chen Yang was browsing through the names in the application list when his finger paused, and his gaze swept over a familiar name.

Huangfu Qinghe.

Before coming into this world, Chen Yang had a childhood friend in the orphanage whose name was also Huangfu Qinghe.

But on a rainy night when he was twelve, Huangfu Qinghe was taken away by two men and never returned.

It is said that Huangfu Qinghe is a descendant of a prestigious family, whose wealth is comparable to that of a country, and who enjoys a life of luxury that Chen Yang can hardly imagine.

Chen Yang thought he would never have any contact with him again in this life, but he never expected to encounter this name again in the game.

"Huangfu Qinghe? Hope Orphanage?"

"Chen Yang! It really is you!"

Judging from the other party's excited tone, this was his childhood friend, Huangfu Qinghe.

"I saw someone with the ID Chen Yang and tried adding them. There are so many people in the world named Chen Yang, I didn't expect it to actually be you!"

"I never expected to run into you here!"

Chen Yang was also very excited. He had entered this world alone, and this was the first time he had encountered someone he knew.

"Chen Yang, please don't blame me for leaving without saying goodbye back then. Actually, I've always wanted to come back and see you..."

"But there are too many formalities in the family. They stipulate that I cannot leave before I turn eighteen and must learn all sorts of messy things in the family..."

"My original intention was to come find you as soon as I turned eighteen... but then this happened, and we both ended up in this world."

Huangfu Qinghe explained why he hadn't appeared before Chen Yang in the past few years.

"Sigh, I know you must have something you can't say about it."

Chen Yang was quite frank. He knew that Huangfu Qinghe was not a heartless person and must have had his reasons.