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

Back in the small town.

The first thing Chen Yang had to do was find Guo Miao and confirm the contents of the prophecy with him again.

However, when the two arrived, they found the dessert shop closed.

"Strange? It's only been five days. Didn't Lao Guo say he couldn't leave the shop until the seventh day?"

A sense of foreboding rose in Chen Yang's heart.

"Old Guo! Open the door!"

Chen Yang waited outside the door for a long time, but there was no response.

"There's something fishy!"

The two went around to the back door, and Chen Yang directed Sun Yue to kick open the flimsy wooden door.

The moment they stepped inside, they were stunned by what they saw.

In the very center of the kitchen, Guo Miao lay lifeless on the ground, the pool of blood behind her head already dried.

Above his head was a gaping, dark wound.

His eyes, still wide open, held a deep sense of terror and resentment.

"Lao Guo!"

Chen Yang roared, his heart feeling as if it had been suddenly clenched.

Guo Miao, who was alive and well yesterday, is now dying such a tragic death.

Chen Yang was not too familiar with the wound on Guo Miao's forehead.

On the floor, a pea stained with blood lay rolled.

"Chen Yang! Look at the wall."

Sun Yue shouted, pointing to the wall.

The murderer was extremely arrogant, leaving a line of large characters on the wall using Guo Miao's blood.

Tomorrow night, 11 p.m., at the cemetery.

The red, blood-written words were shocking.

Clearly, it was the attackers from the Dead Spirit Mountains who arrived at the dessert shop before them and brutally murdered Guo Miao.

"Damn it, how did he know Guo Miao's identity?!"

Chen Yang gritted his teeth.

From beginning to end, only he knew Guo Miao's true identity. How did the other party find out?

He didn't understand.

But that's it.

Chen Yang's gaze fell on the line of blood-red words again.

The other party's meaning couldn't be clearer—

They were asked to come to the cemetery at 11 p.m. tomorrow.

"Chen Yang, this is clearly a trap!"

Sun Yue was getting anxious.

Chen Yang suppressed his surging emotions, his face grim.

The enemy's identity remains a mystery, lurking in the shadows.

If we allow the enemy to remain hidden, it's as if a sharp blade is constantly hanging over their necks.

They had no choice; this might be their only chance to expose the other party.

“Yes, it’s a trap… but if we don’t kill him, we’ll be at their mercy.”

Chen Yang said coldly, his mind quickly searching for a solution.

He cannot go there rashly.

The opponent is cunning and treacherous; the bullet-sized peas are extremely lethal. Without Yuumi's support, he would be a sitting duck if exposed to the opponent's line of sight.

But Sun Yue is different. With the help of his talent, he has enough reaction speed to dodge his opponent's sneak attacks.

Chen Yang turned his head and looked at Sun Yue with a serious expression.

"You go tomorrow!"

"I?"

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World Tavern.

The place was bustling with activity, as countless players gathered there.

For ordinary players who don't participate in the competitive matches, relaxing at the World Tavern after the daily zombie attacks has become their best form of entertainment.

Players from all regions meet here, and all kinds of entertainment facilities are available.

But at this moment, most people's attention is focused on the large screen in the air.

Countless screens hang here, displaying live footage from each region.

Although they could only see the visuals and couldn't hear the players' conversations, it didn't dampen the audience's enthusiasm.

"Chen Yang, please be very careful."

Guo Miao was also in the crowd, staring at one of the screens and muttering to herself.

In the scene, Chen Yang and Sun Yue are standing in the kitchen of a dessert shop, staring intently at the blood-stained words on the wall.

The number of people watching in front of this screen was staggering.

The atmosphere was incredibly lively.

"I reckon they're going to be in trouble. This zombie faction is too cunning."

"Impossible! After watching for so many days, I'm certain Chen Yang is at the top level! All four plants he displayed were mutated plants!"

"Hehe, what's the use? The main body still has to eat a pea and it's done for."

"Yes, and don't forget his spikes are also missing."

"Indeed, he was unlucky to run into that old schemer."

Some players' pessimism about Chen Yang is not without reason.

After all, the zombie players are hiding in the shadows and have the means to launch surprise attacks, so their advantage is too great.

Suddenly, a deafening cheer came from not far away, attracting the attention of a large number of players.

Although the space was already noisy, it was quite rare to see cheers of this scale.

Countless players crowded in front of a giant screen, excitedly watching the figures on it.

The number of players in front of this screen has been drastically higher since day one.

The reason is simple: the figure on the screen is far too famous among players.

He was dressed in white, with an elegant and graceful demeanor.

He is the man who, with just a single lantern grass, overpowered a host of mutated plants and climbed to second place on the combat power ranking!

He was also the captain of the team that finished second in the preliminary rounds of the competition!

The first person to clear the 20th wave of Endless Mode!

Zhao Changming!

On the screen at that moment, a street lamp flower bloomed with endless golden light behind him.

Wherever the golden light reached, the zombies were reduced to dust!

Under the golden light, he stood still as a mountain, like a banished immortal.

"Brother Changming actually went into the zombie lair on his own initiative!"

"A miracle! This is a miracle!"

"Will he be the first one to finish the game?!"

"So many Tier 2 zombies!"

"That five-meter-tall zombie must be at least level three..."

"Look, all the zombies are disappearing!"

Under the golden light, all the zombies turned to ashes.

Even that zombie, which was over five meters tall and suspected to be a third-tier zombie, was no exception!

The enormous figure gradually blurred and finally disappeared into the air.

No zombie could resist.

The golden light that illuminated the entire battlefield slowly faded away.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, no one would believe that such devastating power came from a seemingly ordinary street lamp.

Off-screen, the audience was already in an uproar.

"That's awesome! They wiped out a Tier 3 zombie in no time!"

"Is this what a level 5 street lamp flower looks like! I thought the level 3 plants next door were already pretty much invincible, but I didn't expect the level 5 plants to be even more outrageous, completely dominating everything else."

"Dave's shop just released Tier 2 upgrade cards, right? How did he get to Tier 5?!"

"He must have a special talent..."

"I think this match is a foregone conclusion; Zhao Changming has no chance of losing."

"I think so too. Those who are on the same team as him are really lucky to easily snag a spot for ascension."

"envious..."

Once all the zombies die, the screen cuts off.

Zhao Changming ended the game early, causing an uproar.

This man has once again proven his terrifying strength.

From now on, he will add another title: the first person to destroy a zombie nest and end the competition ahead of schedule.

"Damn, while the other players are still outsmarting each other, Zhao Changming has already stormed straight into the zombie lair."

"Pfft, I see a group of players over there trying to persuade the patrolmen to join them in killing zombies, but they were treated like mental patients and locked up in jail."

"I saw several teams go straight to the zombie nest at the start of the game, only to be wiped out. The zombie team basically won by doing nothing."

A small group of players noticed the anomaly.

"By the way, have you guys noticed that all the players enter slightly different spaces?"

Some players descended into towns, some into villages, and some even into tribes.

Each player faces a different environment.

But the only thing they had in common was that each of these human settlements had a zombie lair nearby.

“Indeed, each one feels like a living, breathing town, not something that was created out of thin air.”

"Do you think it's possible that these are actually real places?"

"You're obsessed. How could such a place exist in reality? It's all fiction."

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