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

A beam of light split open in the air, and a portal quietly took shape.

Chen Yang and Ling Qi stepped out of the portal, and as soon as their feet touched the ground, an eerie, deathly atmosphere enveloped them.

They were standing in Section 31, outside Garden One.

There was no sound around; even the wind seemed to freeze.

The setting sun shone on me, but it couldn't dispel the chill in the air.

This unnatural atmosphere made me feel uneasy.

Chen Yang frowned, his eyes scanning his surroundings warily. He whispered to Ling Qi, "You go back first. I'll go check the situation by myself."

Ling Qi hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Be careful, contact me anytime if there are any problems."

After watching Ling Qi leave, Chen Yang crouched down, crouched low, and crept forward through the bushes beside the main road.

Yumi followed closely behind him.

A protective shield, shimmering with light, appeared and disappeared around Chen Yang.

Chen Yang's eyes were sharp as he walked forward, keeping an eye on his surroundings.

However, the further he went, the more uneasy he felt.

The entire area seemed devoid of players, utterly lifeless.

He walked from Garden No. 1, past more than 300 gardens, without encountering any other players.

Not even a single plant was seen.

"Isek moved so fast?"

Chen Yang frowned.

He stopped, opened the panel, and prepared to check the world channel to see if any players from District 31 had sent messages.

Just then, a pea-shaped bullet suddenly appeared from nowhere.

"boom!"

The bullet struck the shield with a crisp impact, and the shield's shimmering light rippled slightly, but it did not break.

Chen Yang reacted instantly and looked up in the direction from which the bullet had come.

Isaac slowly walked out into a garden ahead.

His body was covered in mottled bloodstains, and his clothes were soaked in bright red.

He held a miniature magnetic mushroom in his hand, which trembled slightly and pointed precisely in Chen Yang's direction.

Isaac raised his head, his gaze as cold as a knife, a chilling smile playing on his lips.

"Since you're already here, why are you hiding?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yang immediately summoned Yuumi to launch an attack.

Yuumi's five tail spikes pierced the air in an instant, shooting towards Isaac with a sharp, cold glint.

Isaac seemed to have been prepared.

A tall, nut-bearing cauliflower suddenly blocked his way.

However, the five tail spikes suddenly changed course in mid-air, bypassing the obstacles like serpents, and pierced straight into Isaac's chest.

His chest was pierced.

Isaac's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked down at the blood seeping from his chest, his eyes widening as if he couldn't believe that it had all happened so suddenly.

Chen Yang, however, did not let his guard down.

His intuition told him that things weren't that simple.

Sure enough, the next moment, a thick cloud of gray smoke suddenly billowed from Isaac's body.

When the smoke cleared, what lay on the ground was no longer Isaac, but a plant with a hole in it.

Imitator.

How did you get to this area?

Isaac's voice came from all directions, mocking and laughing.

"A shield? A Tier 5 plant? Heh... Looks like you guys reaped quite a bit of benefits from the Ascension Tournament."

Chen Yang did not respond, his gaze sharp as he looked around.

"Where are your friends? Where's that big oaf? I want to see his panicked look again, hahaha..."

Isaac's laughter, tinged with a morbid excitement, pierced the eardrums like needles.

The other party used some method that made it impossible for Chen Yang to pinpoint the source of the sound.

Yuumi reinforced her shield and then cautiously flew into the air.

"Save me! Save me!"

Suddenly, in another garden, a player staggered out.

He lowered his head, his steps were hurried, and he ran straight towards Chen Yang.

"Chen Yang! Help me! Isaac is right here!"

Chen Yang's pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately sensed something was wrong.

"do not come!"

Chen Yang issued a loud warning.

But the player seemed not to hear him, still with his head down, charging towards him like a madman.

The distance is constantly decreasing.

"Stand there! I'll help you!"

Chen Yang's warning was ignored once again.

With only twenty meters left, a ruthless glint flashed in Chen Yang's eyes. He gritted his teeth and gave the order, and Yumi's tail spike shot out without mercy.

The moment the player's thigh was pierced, he raised his head with a ferocious expression and let out a painful roar.

Chen Yang saw his eyes clearly—

The pupils were no longer the normal black and white, but instead appeared as eerie pink circles.

Those are the eyes of a bewitched zombie.

"Grass……"

Chen Yang cursed under his breath.

This player has clearly been controlled by the Enchantress.

Even though he had lost the ability to move, he was still on the ground, crawling towards Chen Yang with difficulty.

Even more terrifying, a long antenna was protruding from the player's back, its tip flashing a scarlet light.

Potato mines!

This is actually a potato mine that's parasitizing the player!

Without a doubt, a normal potato mine cannot be planted on a player... This can only be a plant mutated from Isaac.

The tail spike pierced the player's neck, and he collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

"What a beast..."

Chen Yang's gaze grew increasingly cold, his face expressionless, only a deep killing intent burning in his eyes.

"How could you do that, Chen Yang! That's a fellow countryman!"

Isaac's voice came again from all directions, his tone flippant and full of sarcasm.

Yumi observed from high above, and this time, it was no longer disturbed by the sounds from all directions, quickly locking onto its direction.

"Meow!"

The source of the sound is in the garden where the player came out!

Isaac is hiding in the cottage in the garden!

Without hesitation, Yuumi leaped forward, its tail spikes shooting towards the hut like a storm.

The tail spike pierced through the wooden planks and penetrated the interior of the hut.

The wooden wall was quickly riddled with holes, revealing a row of tall nuts behind it.

These are not ordinary high-nut varieties.

One nut has a steely sheen, another nut shines with gold, and yet another large nut has a small nut on top of it.

Their surfaces all shimmered with a pale green light.

They clearly used energy beans, which temporarily boosted their levels.

Yuumi manipulated her tail spikes, trying to bypass the Nut, but was completely sucked in by the magnetic field emitted by the Steel Nut.

The attack could not penetrate this city wall.

And from behind the wall of nuts, Isaac's voice came again.

"Don't be so violent... Why do you want to kill someone over a mere disagreement?"

Before he could finish speaking, a pea-shaped armor-piercing bullet shot out from the crack in the nut and flew straight toward Chen Yang.