Buddhist player

Chapter 118 The Dust Settles

I hate waiting—waiting for the rain to stop, waiting for your message, waiting for the movie to start. I hate waiting, yet I keep waiting.

"—What do you mean it's over?"

Looking at Bai Chen leaning against the wall, drinking a can of cola, Qin Feng's face darkened.

Just before that, he had experienced some of the most agonizing hours of his life. At first, it was alright. Although they couldn't monitor the games playing inside the villa, he was able to get a general idea of ​​the situation from the other side via walkie-talkie.

But ten minutes ago, the communication suddenly stopped, and an extremely terrifying aura emanated from the villa in front of them. Under the influence of that aura, their "reason" plummeted, and some of the lower-level members even experienced visual and auditory hallucinations and fell into extreme madness.

Left with no other choice, they had to evacuate the community immediately.

If even those outside were affected by that aura, then what terrifying thing were those people inside the villa facing?

Qin Feng didn't dare to think about it in detail.

But then, things took a turn for the worse. Just as he was frantically trying to request backup from above, the aura suddenly vanished. Afterward, the person casually remarked that everything was over and they could call it a day and head back.

It would be strange if his face wasn't dark.

"Literally, we have resolved this disaster."

Bai Chen shrugged.

"If nothing unexpected happens, all of Nongmei in the world should have disappeared, and this thing will never appear again."

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"What are the details?"

Unconsciously, Qin Feng frowned.

"And what exactly happened to you in those ten minutes? Why did it happen—"

"Hey, hey, hey, I just finished dealing with a disaster, and you're already interrogating me like a criminal? That doesn't seem quite right, does it?"

While picking his ear with his little finger, Bai Chen interrupted the other person's words with some impatience.

"After that battle that lasted for several hours, we're all exhausted. What we need now is rest, not some irrelevant information inquiry, understand?"

"----Feel sorry."

Looking at the person in front of him who seemed to be in excellent spirits and energy, not like someone who had just finished a few hours of fighting, but rather someone who had taken a comfortable nap and had a spa treatment, Qin Feng forced out two words with a dark expression.

"Alright, that's all for now. Let's talk about it another time. See you later."

After saying this, Bai Chen casually tossed the empty can into a nearby trash can, turned around, and went back into the villa—closing the door behind him.

Qin Feng:

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"I wonder when they'll wake up—"

In the living room, looking at the people he had painstakingly carried off and lying on the sofa and floor, Bai Chen scratched his head with a slight worry.

Although the pharmacopoeia indicated that none of them were seriously injured, it remained uncertain when they would wake up.

However, compared to all of that, what he was more distressed about right now was the strange plant that had vanished into thin air in the stairwell. The plant's support abilities were simply too powerful. Within the range of moonlight, he not only recovered his physical strength and energy, but even his depleted spiritual energy was rapidly restored under the moonlight. Its formidable performance goes without saying.

—Unfortunately, it's gone now.

And besides that—

Opening his personal attribute panel, Bai Chen looked at his talent section.

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At this moment, in addition to his original soul talent [Retrogression] and the [Pharmacopoeia] obtained from picking up corpses, a brand new talent has appeared out of nowhere in the talent bar.

[Talent Name: Plant Master]

Current status: Unable to grow

[Effect 1: Affinity. You have an innate affinity for plants, making it easy to gain their trust and dependence.]

[Effect 2: Gardener. You can modify and upgrade plants to create entirely new plants.]

[Note: Because the original owner of this talent has died, it has fallen to its initial form and can no longer grow.]

That's right, this new talent was the result of him picking up a corpse from that "Dave".

Like him, not only was "Dave" a player, but even the girl who was transformed into the Zombie King was also a player. However, perhaps because she had been severely corrupted, he was unable to acquire her talent.

Bai Chen didn't regret this point. What he truly lamented was the drop in the level of the talent called "Plant Master".

If his talent hadn't regressed to its initial form, he might have been able to find a way to name that flower "Moonlight Flower."

The plants that were preserved are already so powerful, it's hard to imagine what the offensive plants cultivated with this talent would be like.

"What a pity—"

Shaking his head slightly, Bai Chen closed his talent interface again and took the golden seed out of his pocket.

To be honest, his greatest gain was not the talent he acquired from picking up a corpse, but this golden seed.

【Item Name: Seed of Prayer】

[Type: Curious Item]

Quality: None

【Effect 1: Tree of Wisdom. After planting the seed in a chosen location, it will grow into a Tree of Wisdom through nurturing.】

[Effect 2: Plants vs. Zombies. "Plants vs. Zombies" will be unlocked after the Wisdom Tree has fully grown.]

[Effect 3: Wisdom. Under the protection of the Wisdom Tree, completing the trials it presents will improve your attributes.]

【Effect 4: Immortality. This artifact cannot be destroyed; when the Tree of Wisdom is destroyed, it will automatically revert to a seed.】

【Effect 5: ? ? ?. To be developed.】

【Conditions for use: None】

[Note: This item has already been used and is linked to the game "Plants vs. Zombies". Further functionality is pending development by the user.]

This was the first time Bai Chen had ever seen the term "strange object".

However, compared to this, the information revealed in the description of this strange object itself is even more intriguing.

As expected, this strange item should belong to "Dave". Given his talent, choosing to anchor himself in the game "Plants vs. Zombies" is indeed a good choice.

But the question is—how did the other party anchor themselves?

In the current world, this game does not exist. Since the other party has set their sights on this game, it means that the other party knows about this game. However, before he died in a plane crash in his previous life, he had never heard of the existence of any players.

Judging from the methods the opponent displayed at the end, they must have been quite strong, but even such a powerful player was reduced to such a miserable state.

"—Never mind, I don't want to think about it anymore, my head hurts."

After thinking for a while without any results, Bai Chen pressed his forehead and put the seed back into his pocket. It wasn't that he didn't want to put it in his backpack or seal it in a card, but mainly because this thing couldn't be stored in his backpack, just like the teacup.

As for the planting of this seed, and the development of the new talent [Plant Master], he hasn't figured it out yet—there's no rush at the moment anyway.

The most urgent thing is to get something to eat to fill our stomachs first.

Bai Chen looked up and glanced out the window.

Outside the window, the setting sun was casting its last rays, bathing the world in a golden glow.

—Like a golden sea.