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

Chen Yang sat quietly on the high stool, his back to the commotion.

The glass was gently swirled, and the ice cubes made a crisp clinking sound.

Hey.

What a waste of such a fine wine.

Chen Yang raised his hand and drank the remaining strong liquor at the bottom of the glass in one gulp.

He was also a man who had spent a night among a pile of zombies.

Compared to those rotting, terrifying monsters, the infighting among ordinary people no longer stirred his emotions.

Or rather, Chen Yang just thought the scarred-face man looked like a clown.

Don't bother.

"Brother Aotian, let's go."

"Of course I will not hand over my life to others."

"I can produce plants."

"We can win the match."

"As for you..."

Chen Yang stood up, his cold gaze sweeping over the bald man, his eyes revealing an unfathomable chill.

At a glance.

Scarface suddenly felt a chill down his spine and couldn't help but shrink back.

Damn it.

Why does this kid have such a strange look in his eyes?

It seems like I have seen it somewhere.

Scarface is a character who has been navigating the social world for over a decade. The reason he hasn't had a major setback all these years is because of his exceptional ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

The main focus is on stability!

He immediately realized that Chen Yang must have some kind of confidence, otherwise he wouldn't have acted this way.

Let's not cause him any trouble today.

Find out his hand before making any plans.

Scarface secretly plotted in his mind.

No one spoke.

The air seemed to freeze, and the tavern fell into a brief, deathly silence.

Huang Aotian stood up, patted Chen Yang on the shoulder, and spoke to the scarred man with a hint of threat in his tone.

"Since Chen Yang has spoken, don't be ungrateful."

Scarface tried to remain calm and forced out a cold smile.

"Sure, since Chen Yang is willing to participate, we naturally welcome him."

No further words were said.

Chen Yang and Huang Aotian walked side by side through the crowd and straight out of the tavern.

A cool breeze blew into the tavern's main hall from outside, dispelling the lingering tension in the air.

Scarface sat down, his eyes dark and unfathomable, his fingertips tapping lightly on the table, making a slow, rhythmic sound.

Where exactly did I see it?

That familiar look...

"Brother Dao, are we just going to let them go like this?"

The henchman behind him quietly took a step closer and asked in a low voice.

Scarface's fingers suddenly stopped.

He didn't speak, but simply waved his hand to dismiss his underlings.

No one knew that his shirt was soaked with cold sweat.

He remembered.

He remembered seeing Chen Yang's eyes somewhere before.

That was the look he had to face every day.

A monotonous, yet chilling gaze.

Every time you make eye contact with it, it triggers the most primal fear in the human heart.

That's the look a zombie has!

Thankfully, I didn't run into him...

Who exactly is Chen Yang?!

On the other side, Chen Yang and Huang Aotian entered a new space.

"Holy crap! How did you turn into a zombie?"

"Holy crap! I've turned into a zombie too!"

Exclamations of surprise echoed from within the forest.

Chen Yang looked at the screaming zombie in front of him and was speechless.

"Brother Aotian, calm down."

"Holy crap, Chen Yang, look, you could gouge my eyeballs out..."

This is the space for regional competitions.

It just opened today, and everyone can enter this virtual space through the player panel.

Similar to the endless mode, only projections of the player and plants enter this space, and death within this space is unrelated to the real world.

"Chen Yang, if we exclude the player who mysteriously disappeared at noon and the plant grower, there are only ninety players in our area who can be zombies."

"There are a full 235 zombies on the other side, twice as many as we do."

"Although we can respawn indefinitely, our attack speed is still far behind theirs."

That's right, in this battle, the zombies will be played by the players.

Aside from one player responsible for planting the garden plants, this player acts as the garden owner.

The remaining players must transform into zombies and attack the courtyard of the opposing area.

In this world, every zombie that dies will resurrect in the forest opposite the garden, with unlimited opportunities to attack.

The side that first obtains the brain of the other's garden owner wins.

Plant growers are selected by regional players through a vote, with the one receiving the most votes being elected.

Each player can submit their own plants to the preparation area for plant growers to choose from.

The planter elected in Chen Yang's area was the man with the scar.

I don't know what this guy was up to, but he used all sorts of coercion and enticement to put me in the position of a grower.

Although Chen Yang was displeased, there was nothing he could do.

He still submitted his own Flowerpot Wizard and Lava Nut.

After all, it was a matter of life and death, and he dared not be careless.

Dawn Garlic's main function is to produce sunlight, while Void Burrowing Spike excels in its agility.

Clearly, they had no opportunity to shine in the competition.

"Chen Yang? Chen Yang, are you listening?"

"I think we should buy some equipment; we can't just rely on sheer numbers to win."

"equipment?"

Chen Yang was a little confused. He had just entered this virtual world and didn't quite understand it yet.

"The announcement said there are zombie dealers in the forest, selling all kinds of equipment, roadblocks, iron barrels and all sorts of things."

Chen Yang felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.

Isn't this arena structured the same as the real world?

The same forest.

Same zombie dealers.

The same road.

The same garden.

Aside from the difference in the number of gardens, Chen Yang couldn't find any other differences.

This virtual world has only two gardens: one is the garden of District One, and the other is the garden of their rival, District Four Hundred and Twenty-Six.

Before the competition even began, an invisible barrier stood at the edge of the forest, preventing them from making their way out.

Looking across the road, you can already see a woman busy in one of the gardens.

The lawn is now completely covered with plants.

The front row is full of defensive plants, while the back row has all kinds of offensive plants.

Chen Yang glanced at them briefly and found that, apart from a strangely shaped cabbage pitcher, the other plants were all fairly normal.

However, it would be quite difficult to break through this defense line with just physical strength.

"Let's go see what equipment we have."

The two walked deeper into the forest.

Along the way, we encountered many other zombies, all of which looked roughly the same.

But Chen Yang noticed that the zombie wearing a blue tie was looking at them with extremely hostile eyes.

"These blue-tie zombies are from District 426..."

Huang Aotian explained in a low voice.

Chen Yang looked down at his chest, where a wrinkled red tie was tied around his neck.

Upon arriving in this world, everyone except the planters is transformed into a zombie.

They couldn't recognize who the other person was at all.

Red and blue ties are how they distinguish between the zombie factions.