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

Broken iron buckets, bent support poles, and rusty iron doors were scattered all over the ground.

The goods on the shelves were also in a mess.

"This guy ran away in a hurry, abandoning all his belongings."

Chen Yang stood in front of the stall, his eyes scanning the goods.

"Hehe, if nobody wants it, I'll just pick it up."

A wicked smile crept across his lips as he stepped over piles of metal barrels on the ground and headed straight for the bottom shelf.

He didn't bother to even glance at the scattered, low-end armor.

But he remembered that the Y-type zombie serum sold by the zombie dealers was taken from a hidden box under the shelf.

The real treasures are in that box.

"At this!"

Chen Yang's eyes lit up. He squatted down, brushed away the dust at the bottom of the shelf, and sure enough, he saw the wooden box covered in stains and dust.

A large, rusty padlock, seemingly dilapidated, hung on the box, yet remained stubbornly fastened to it.

"Yumi!"

Chen Yang turned around and called out.

Yuumi swung her tail spike, sending a gust of wind whistling past, and struck the lock precisely.

"Snapped!"

The padlock snapped, scattering metal fragments across the ground.

Chen Yang raised his hand and pushed open the lid of the box. An indescribable damp and foul smell wafted out, as if a rotten swamp had been suddenly turned over.

"mouth area..."

Chen Yang covered his nose, his face instantly turning black, and he involuntarily took two steps back.

A damp, foul odor permeated the air, like a mixture of rotting corpses and old mold, so strong it made one's scalp crawl.

"These zombie traffickers, the places they hide their stuff are disgusting!"

Chen Yang frowned, half disgusted and half curious, and approached again, opening the box completely.

The damp, foul odor grew stronger, but then the contents of the box came into view—

Three bottles of potion gleaming with a dark purple light, a bottle of blood-red reagent, and a yellowed parchment scroll lay quietly at the bottom of the box.

"That's kind of interesting."

Chen Yang squinted, pinched his nose, and reached into the box to take out the items one by one, beginning to examine them carefully.

Three bottles of dark purple potion, each marked with the letter 'Z'.

Chen Yang knew that these were probably Z-type zombie drugs.

Although the paper on top of the blood-red reagent was blurry, Chen Yang was very familiar with it.

This is the Y-type zombie reagent.

Chen Yang stuffed the four bottles of medicine into his pocket and unfolded the yellowed parchment scroll.

The paper has become brittle, and the edges are covered with traces of time's erosion.

The pattern on it looks simple, but it's still fairly clear.

On the left is a creature, with rough lines and even some crookedness.

Nevertheless, Chen Yang immediately recognized the classic plant image: Pea Shooter.

In the middle is a bottle of medicine.

The shape of this vial is similar to the zombie serum that Chen Yang is holding, which emits a dark purple light.

The two are connected by a plus sign, which makes the meaning clear.

The right side of the medicine label is an equal sign.

The equals sign connects to another Peashooter.

At first glance, the outline of this Peashooter is almost identical to that on the left.

But unlike others, its body was painted gray.

The overall drawing is not refined; in fact, it could be described as quite casual.

Chen Yang stared at the pattern, his brows furrowed slightly.

He could deduce that the medicine in the middle was zombie serum.

"The pea's color has changed. Does that mean plants will also change after using zombie serum?"

He murmured to himself, his gaze unconsciously falling back to the serum bottle in his hand. The dark purple liquid swayed slowly inside, gleaming with an eerie light.

Although the patterns on the parchment are as simple as a child's scribbles, the implications are powerful enough to be shocking.

Chen Yang ran his fingers along the edge of the scroll, and a possibility began to form in his mind.

What would plants look like if they could actually use zombie serum?

Chen Yang rerolled the parchment scroll and put it into his pocket.

He searched the shelves again, even turning over every corner, but found nothing but rusty ironware and old junk.

After confirming that nothing was missing, he got up and left the empty zombie-infested area.

The contents of the parchment scroll piqued his interest; he was quite curious about the recipe.

Can plants really use zombie serum?

On the way back, Chen Yang was already planning how to conduct the experiment.

Upon returning to the garden, he immediately opened the player chat channel.

The channel was constantly buzzing with messages, with many players requesting to add Chen Yang as a friend. Most of the verification messages were about buying and selling pumpkin heads.

Previously, in order to protect the fragile little mage, Chen Yang posted information about buying pumpkin heads.

Pumpkin heads, as protected plants, have recently seen a surge in demand, to the point that supply cannot meet demand.

But in Chen Yang's chat channel, thousands of players' pumpkin heads were available for him to choose from.

Chen Yang browsed through the information and selected a player selling a Tier 1 pumpkin head. After agreeing on the price, the transaction was quickly completed.

Having obtained the pumpkin head, Chen Yang temporarily set it aside.

He began searching for another key ingredient in the recipe.

A very ordinary pea shooter.

Chen Yang then searched the chat channel and, sure enough, the price of low-tier Peashooters was extremely cheap.

Most players pursue powerful plants, not to mention that the ordinary Peashooter has a perfect superior alternative: the Twin Shooter.

Almost no one wants to waste an upgrade card on the basic Peashooter.

He casually spent 50,000 suns to buy a Tier 1 Peashooter from an ordinary player.

Holding the pea card, Chen Yang smiled slightly.

The ingredients for the recipe are all available.

Chen Yang planted a Tier 1 Peashooter on the lawn.

The green pea shooter swayed gently in the breeze, standing there completely unsuspecting.

This ordinary plant was unaware of the fate that awaited it.

Chen Yang held the Z-type zombie potion in his hand up to his eyes. The liquid shimmered with a faint purple luster in the sunlight, like an unpolished amethyst.

He did not choose to use the precious Y-type drug.

After all, there's only one bottle of the Y-type drug.

However, when he got to the Peashooter, he froze.

The parchment scroll only has a simple plus sign on it, without any instructions on how to use it.

"Should we pour it directly on it, or pry open its mouth and force it down its throat?"

Chen Yang frowned and stared at the round, bean-shaped head for a long time, completely clueless.

He rubbed his hair and then waved his hand.

"Never mind, there are three bottles, let's try pouring it on ourselves first."

As he spoke, he uncorked the medicine bottle and gently tilted it.

A pale purple liquid slowly flowed out, and crystal-clear droplets slid down, landing on the Peashooter's head.

The moment the liquid came into contact with the peas, it made a faint sizzling sound, as if some kind of chemical reaction was taking place.

Chen Yang stared intently, watching as the purple liquid gradually seeped into the leaves and stems.

The Peashooter's originally bright green body began to slowly develop a gray halo under the influence of the potion.

"Is there a response?"

He muttered to himself, feeling both excited and nervous, and unconsciously gripped the reagent tightly.

The reagent solution was quickly exhausted.

The Peashooter stopped changing.

It remained standing there, its body emitting a faint gray halo, but otherwise showing no further abnormalities.

Chen Yang frowned and muttered to himself.

“There are changes, but simply pouring it on your body has limited effect... We need to try other methods.”

He looked up at the quiet, harmless pea shooter, his gaze gradually shifting to its mouth.

"...Maybe we should try pouring it in directly?"