I'm a Mushroom. I Don't Cheat... =(??? ?)
Spikes and star projectiles intertwined beneath the seawater, forming a dense web of firepower. Golden trajectories and white trails of spikes flashed across one another.
"Tok, clang—"
"Whoosh—" (Magic-shroom was still drawing cards...)
The thruster on the back of the Swordfish Zombie was struck head-on by a star projectile, and its red light began flashing wildly.
A second later, it exploded.
"Boom!!!"
Light burst forth, and the shock wave pushed the Conehead Zombie backward.
The Swordfish Zombie was blown to pieces, turning into fish food on the seafloor.
Half of the Conehead Zombie's arm had been blown off, but it did not sink. It struggled toward the zombies in the distance that were still approaching.
(Conehead Zombie: Help!!!)
Toadstool's face showed the satisfaction of being full and content. Its cheeks slowly deflated, returning to their usual size.
[+12 Rice Dumplings] [+40 Life]
Kitty's tail swayed once from side to side.
Starfruit's pentagonal body rotated slightly, as if deciding whether to attack the Conehead Zombie.
Magic-shroom: Shakes its head
The top hat on its cap tilted to one side, and its face wore an expression that said, "What's there to make such a fuss about?"
Lin Yue noticed that its stalk was trembling slightly—not from fear, but because it was holding back laughter.
This hammy mushroom was clearly thrilled, yet it still had to pretend to be calm and unconcerned.
"Magic-shroom... you're awesome!"
Lin Yue said those five words in a tone of solemn respect.
There was no teasing in his voice. He genuinely admired it.
Of course, he was admiring himself... Without me, Lin Yue, how could you have your moment, Magic-shroom?
Still, Magic-shroom's ability really was beyond reproach.
Not only could it summon one zombie to bite another and make them slaughter each other, it could also serve as a Wall-nut.
Magic-shroom: (o???)
Magic-shroom was not acting tsundere.
It merely raised its cap slightly, making the black top hat spin another turn beneath the light, while its red bow tie fluttered with even more rhythm.
Lin Yue... clearly saw its stalk secretly keeping time, looking every bit as tsundere as if to say, "Did you really need to tell me that?"
"Ho gah, ho oo..."
The sound of continued chewing came from the deep sea in the distance.
(Conehead Zombie: My whole life... has been like walking on thin ice.)
The Conehead Zombie... had clearly found a new target—two zombies were passionately kissing each other in the seawater.
Lin Yue looked over there... and saw that the other zombies had also begun approaching the submarine from all directions.
Those three Swordfish Zombies had merely been an appetizer. Now, the real main force was on the move.
Deep-Diving Zombies, Conehead Zombies, Buckethead Zombies, and ordinary Zombies were being pushed along by the current and jostled by one another's bodies as they slowly pressed toward the submarine.
There were a lot of them...
"They're here." Lin Yue said it quietly, while signaling his plants to attack.
Starfruit was the first to respond.
The two... five-pointed stars simultaneously increased their spinning speed. Golden projectiles stirred up ring after ring of ripples in front of the submarine.
Their rotation grew faster and faster, until they became two blurry golden spheres of light, emitting a deep "hummm" underwater.
Starfruit: ☆ω☆
(Spin! Spin! Let these zombies taste what a golden Acania rainstorm is!)
Cattail Cat shook its tail, remained at its station, narrowed one eye, and took aim at the Buckethead Zombie approaching at the very front.
Cattail Cat: (??????? )+?
(Enough rest. Time to work.)
"Tok, clang—"
"Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~"
The seafloor instantly turned into a sea of golden light...
Starfruit's... five points simultaneously shot out golden star projectiles. Each star was the size of a fist, and their attack power was no joke.
Just how dense was the barrage?
Looking out through the observation window, all Lin Yue could see were golden stars. He could not even make out the nearby submarine or the Seaweed Guard colony behind it.
Kitty's tail spikes threaded through the star barrage. The red spikes drew straight, fine lines through the water, moving faster than the star projectiles and following more curved trajectories.
(Lin Yue: They can even turn...)
The star barrage and tail spikes intertwined, pouring down over the zombie horde from all sides.
The heads of the zombies in the foremost row dropped all at once. Some were riddled with star projectiles, while others had their heads knocked off by the tail spikes.
The zombie horde's advance was forcibly halted. The fallen zombies in front became obstacles for those behind, and the corpses that had not yet sunk to the seafloor... even helped Lin Yue.
But such fierce firepower also had a downside.
Quite a few golden projectiles struck the spawn zones of other submarines... and began stealing their zombie kills.
A Buckethead Zombie was being slowly peppered by a Peashooter from the neighboring submarine. Its helmet already had three dents and was about to be knocked off.
Four golden stars flew in from the side with a series of "tok tok tok tok" sounds, directly knocking the Buckethead Zombie's head off.
The fourth pea that the Peashooter had charged up struck empty space and flew into the deep water in the distance.
The people in the nearby submarine abruptly raised their heads and glared toward Lin Yue's direction through the observation window... but could only see a dazzling sea of golden light.
(Nearby person: What's going on?)
(Nearby person: They're even stealing kills—)
The person opened and closed their mouth, wanting to say something.
In the end, they swallowed the words... That kind of firepower clearly meant some bigshot had come to blow up the fishpond. It was safer to follow the bigshot and pick up the scraps.
They could not compete, and they could not afford to provoke him. They might as well tag along.
"Pfft—"
On the left side of the third row, a gigantic green pea blasted out from the Peashooter's cannon.
It struck the exact center of a Buckethead Zombie's helmet.
The Buckethead Zombie wore a gray-brown wooden bucket on its head, which looked as if it had been dug out from somewhere.
Yet the instant the pea collided with it, the bucket gave off a crisp, thunderous "clang—".
A deep, fist-sized dent appeared in the very center of the bucket, filling with cracks.
Another shot!
The Buckethead Zombie revealed its bald head.
It froze for a second, seemingly not yet realizing that its helmet was gone. Then the Peashooter's third pea had already arrived.
Without the protection of its helmet, the zombie's head was as fragile before the pea as a fully ripened watermelon.
"Thud~"
The zombie fell.
At the instant the Buckethead Zombie's body sank, it seemed to bump into something.
That thing moved incredibly fast, and its target was the Peashooter.
Lin Yue... did not have time to see what it was. He only saw a blurry streak of pink shoot straight toward the third row.
"Dodge!"
Lin Yue's voice exploded through the submarine.
But the Peashooter had no feet. Its roots were planted in the planting plot, so all it could do was sway its stem to keep the marine creature from striking its head.
A wall of emerald green blocked its front.
The Seaweed Guard... spread its verdant seaweed arms and intercepted the marine creature flying toward it like a dart.
Chapter 64 This mushroom doesn't... come out... = (??? ?)
Seaweed Guard: ???--???
(You want to launch a sneak attack? Huh? Try moving.)
Only then did Lin Yue see clearly what was wrapped in the seaweed leaves.
A Starfish.
The Starfish looked pink and fluffy, but its body was covered in a layer of rough, calcareous granules, coarse as sandpaper.
A round mouth sat in the very center. The ring of tube feet around its edge was still writhing, trying to bite through the seaweed leaves.
Its body twisted, contracted, and expanded incessantly within the leaves. Its arms squeezed through the gaps, struggling like five red snakes.
"Starfish!!!" Lin Yue's voice was filled with surprise. It had appeared far too suddenly.
Although he had long guessed that they would encounter something like this, seeing one in person still made his scalp prickle.
In the marine life compendium, Starfish were already among the easiest creatures to deal with—compared to those disgusting things that silenced plants at the slightest touch, Starfish had relatively simple abilities.
After being touched by a zombie or another object, they would spring away and damage the foremost plant in the same row.
"Thank goodness we have the Seaweed Guards... They're amazing." Lin Yue let out a long breath, his palms slick with sweat.
Seaweed Guard: (o~'o)--(o~'o)
Upon hearing the praise, the Seaweed Guard that had been struck by the Starfish immediately straightened its stem. It shook the leaves wrapped around the Starfish nonchalantly, as if saying, "This is nothing."
A stern and composed expression appeared on that... green seaweed face. Its leaves spread out again in front of the Peashooter, forming an impenetrable defensive stance.
It seemed to be saying—no harm done, standard procedure, nothing worth mentioning.
Watching them put on such a solemn, profound act, Lin Yue felt even more at ease.
A top-tier support unit obtained for free like this was impossible to find even with a lantern.
"Hahaha... good babies—"
Lin Yue laughed happily, his voice filled with genuine affection.
He had decided that he wanted these two green, big, dumb brutes.
When the event ended, no matter what method he had to use—whether persuasion or trickery—
He would definitely bring these two Seaweed Guards home.
Bodyguards of this caliber would be planted in the Plant Garden. If the school organized an expedition to resist the front lines later, they could even be useful in the ocean.
The Seaweed Guards seemed completely unaware of Lin Yue's "sinister intentions" and continued dutifully guarding both sides of the submarine.
Under their protection, the plants throughout the submarine seemed to have collectively swallowed a reassurance pill, each of them putting all their strength into attacking outward.
The most conspicuous was Cattail Cat.
Kitty had now entered a complete combat state—its pupils had narrowed into two thin slits, its ears were pressed so low they nearly lay flat against its head, and its tail had begun twitching in a bizarre, spasmodic fashion from attacking too quickly.
Kitty's attack speed was fully unleashed. The frequency of its tail-spike attacks was so fast they nearly formed a single afterimage.
One spike had just left its tail when the next was already nocked, and the one after that was being loaded—the spikes flew through the seawater in a straight line, like a string of red fishing line.