Plants vs. Zombies for All: I Can Add Passives to Plants

Zhao Lei squeezed his eyes shut, not daring to look.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

One minute...

There was no impact.

No warning that durability had dropped.

No noise of Zombie claws scraping against the hull. He was still alive!!!

Something was wrong.

Zhao Lei first cracked open his left eye, then his right, before both eyes widened to the absolute limit allowed by human facial muscles.

Outside the submarine, six enormous black magician's top hats were slowly fading away.

Each top hat corresponded to one row. The submarine had six rows, with one hat in each, arranged perfectly neatly, as though someone had drawn a dotted line of top hats before the submarine's bow.

The black smoke left behind by the fading hats churned through the seawater. A row of Zombies stood amid the smoke—one in each row, six in total—arrayed neatly in front of the submarine, their backs to it and their faces turned toward the Zombie horde outside.

The top hat in the third row was the largest, and it faded the slowest.

When the hat vanished, Zhao Lei saw a Gargantuar.

"Gargantuar!!!"

Golden armor, a gigantic wooden shield, a thick stone pillar—it was exactly the same kind of Gargantuar.

The six Zombies—including the Gargantuar—moved at once.

They... turned in unison toward the Zombie horde outside and let out provocative roars.

The Gargantuar charged out first. Its stone pillar swept across the battlefield, and not a single Zombie could withstand even one move from it.

The other five Zombies summoned by the Magic-shrooms also pounced on their nearest enemies, tearing into the outside Zombie horde with teeth and claws.

The Zombies that had originally surrounded Zhao Lei's submarine had no idea what was happening.

They had suddenly been bitten by their own comrades, and those comrades were going all fucking out.

Zhao Lei's mouth formed a perfect O. Who could have expected this?

Magic-shrooms could actually summon Gargantuars... Was this thing based on luck?

The First Federation... Was the person who conducted that test just incredibly unlucky?

(Zhao Lei: Sister Bai... what exactly is your talent?)

(Lin Yue chose the Magic-shroom... It was definitely because of your intel talent.)

Zhao Lei stood blankly before the control console, watching the battle outside through the observation window.

The summoned Zombies formed a temporary defensive line around the submarine, mowing down the surrounding Zombie horde with astonishing efficiency.

The Gargantuar was unquestionably the main damage dealer. One swing of its pillar turned at least one Zombie into a sea pancake;

the other five were no slouches either. They served as meat shields up front, ensuring the plants aboard the submarine could keep firing.

Three minutes later, all the Zombies around Zhao Lei's submarine had been cleared out.

Those six Zombies... or rather, the sole surviving Gargantuar, continued forward into the waters ahead without looking back.

[Rice Dumpling +4]

Although he could not see it, the system notification made it obvious that the Gargantuar was still there.

Zhao Lei... stared at the empty seafloor outside, his mind filled with life's dramatic ups and downs.

He lowered his head... and looked at his Magic-shroom.

The Magic-shroom crouched in its planting slot, its top hat tilted to one side, its vines crossed over its chest. The entire mushroom radiated an aura that said, "Now do you know how fucking awesome mushrooms are?"

The mushroom... shot Zhao Lei a sidelong glance. Its smug little face clearly said three words.

Magic-shroom: ?(???).?... Call me Daddy.

[The fourth day of the Underwater World has ended]

[You have successfully survived for 96 hours]

[You may choose to continue exploring—or leave the event]

[Warning: Starting from the fifth day, super-giant marine creatures will appear in the Deep-Sea Ecosystem. Today's tip—beware of Blue Whales.]

When Lin Yue heard the words "Blue Whale," he froze for three seconds.

"Blue Whale?"

His tone was flat, but if one listened closely, the end of it rose slightly—not with curiosity, but with the kind of upward inflection that said, You're joking with me, right?

Blue Whales.

Even without game mechanics... their sheer size and weight would be troublesome enough.

Lin Yue imagined the scene: an enormous creature several times larger than the submarine swimming overhead. It was enough to trigger thalassophobia.

Not to mention this was an event.

The system would never make a "Blue Whale" into nothing more than scenery.

As for how much trouble it would cause, Lin Yue did not dare think about it.

Lin Yue... took a deep breath, trying to dig out some good news from the bad to comfort himself.

The good news was—the event's Rice Dumplings had finally accumulated enough.

Not merely enough to get by, but enough.

Enough that even if he left the event right now, this trip would still have been worth it.

He opened the panel and glanced at the number of Rice Dumplings. That figure slightly calmed his restless heart.

(Although Bai Qingfeng had said... that I would leave the event on the sixth day.)

(But... do I really have to follow her talent?)

But at that moment... Lin Yue stared at the words "Blue Whale" on the screen and felt that the sixth day was simply too far away.

There were Blue Whales on the fifth day. What would there be on the sixth?

Blue Whale's dad?

Lin Yue had learned the art of staying alive from his parents since childhood.

"Little Bai said I'd leave on the sixth day. Can't I leave on the fifth? I'm leaving in a moment."

Lin Yue spoke to the air, as though giving himself a pep talk.

When Cattail Cat heard the words "Blue Whale," its ears twitched, but it soon calmed down—Kitty had no concept of "whales." In Kitty's worldview, fish were fish, big fish were just slightly bigger fish, and how big could they possibly get?

Cattail Cat lightly tapped the submarine with its tail, expressing an attitude of, "Whatever. Kitty will follow you anyway."

(Seaweed Guard: We want to go with you too.)

However, Lin Yue first had to spend the Rice Dumplings he had saved up. Rice Dumplings left on the panel were merely a string of numbers; only spending them made them resources.

Pea Military Merit Helmet. Army green, World War II style, with a slightly upturned brim and a Pea silhouette printed on the side. Price: 1,000 Undersea Zongzi.

Every time he had seen that price before, his eyebrow had twitched. It had seemed like outright robbery.

But now that his Rice Dumpling count had exceeded four digits, 1,000 suddenly did not hurt quite so much.

Purchase. Confirm. Equip.

An army-green helmet appeared atop the Peashooter's head.

The helmet was neither too big nor too small, fitting perfectly over the Peashooter's round head. The brim cast a small shadow above its eyes.

The Peashooter froze for a moment, then turned its cannon-like mouth from side to side, seemingly getting used to the feeling of having something on its head.

Then it saw its reflection in the observation window—a Pea wearing a military helmet. Green paired with green, yet it somehow looked remarkably heroic.

Peashooter: ( ﹡^o^﹡ )

(From today onward, please call me Captain Pea.)

Lin Yue chuckled at the Peashooter's vain display, then continued spending the remaining 224 Rice Dumplings.

His finger tapped the Starfruit exchange icon. After two confirmations, two more Starfruits appeared in the submarine.

Together with the previous two, there were now four in total.

The four Starfruits appeared in the submarine together, their golden radiance reflecting off one another.

Lin Yue placed... two Starfruits in the second row, second column and second row, third column—the four stars lined up neatly into a small square formation.

An inexplicable excitement passed among them—there were four now, enough to make up a table.

Starfruits: ☆(≧?≦)☆

(Mahjong! Mahjong! Mahjong! The first all-member Underwater Mahjong Convention begins now!)

Seaweed Guard... Tatta-kai!

Lin Yue watched the four Starfruits signal to each other, his finger already hovering over the button to leave the event.

As long as he pressed it, this Deep-Sea event would end.

Lin Yue... would take four Starfruits, one Seaweed Guard—if it could be taken away—and the other newly acquired plants back to his backyard.

"Then—"

Before Lin Yue could finish, a collision suddenly sounded from the direction of the Seaweed Guard family.

"Bang!"

A deafening crash... exploded.

It was not a system notification, nor was it an illusion. It was a real, tangible impact.

How loud was it?

The submarine was affected by the current, and its hull rocked violently.

The five Puff-shrooms all staggered together.

Lin Yue braced himself against the submarine wall and looked ahead through the observation window.

A massive figure had appeared before the Kelp Defense Line.

Not one, but many.

They slowly emerged from the dark deep sea. The first things to appear were the blowholes atop their heads, jets of water forming curtains of white mist in the searchlights' beams.

Then came their broad backs—grayish blue, dotted with pale spots, like enormous rocks weathered by seawater for thousands of years.

Their backs kept rising, expanding, until they filled the entire observation window.

Blue Whales... three Blue Whales.

They were so enormous... that they inspired a physical sense of oppression.

The Blue Whales moved with extreme slowness and weight. Every sweep of their tail flukes stirred up a massive wave on the seafloor. When the currents crashed against the Kelp Defense Line, the entire line shook violently.

But... these Blue Whales were not here for a stroll.

Surrounded by Zombies... they repeatedly rammed the defensive net woven by the Seaweed Guards.

The first Blue Whale slammed into the net wall, its entire body pressing against the mesh woven from seaweed leaves. The green netting stretched to its limit, making a teeth-grinding creak.

Several Seaweed Guards drove their roots deep into the seafloor sediment, desperately pulling backward with their leaves. Their stalks bent into bow-like arcs, while quite a few broken strands of seaweed... drifted through the water.

The net did not break.

But... the Seaweed Guards were trembling.

Lin Yue saw that several players at the front of the defensive line were still holding on.

Their submarines fought side by side with the Seaweed Guards. Peas continuously fired at the Zombies or drove off the Blue Whales, trying to ease the pressure on the Kelp Defense Line.