Pokémon, but cultural invasion

"If we could turn Yuhong City into the largest plant market, plant lovers from all over the region would come to Yuhong to take a look when they pass by."

What an interesting proposal to attract all plant lovers in the world!

Lijia thought to herself.

With Plants vs. Zombies attracting ordinary people, merchants migrating with the crowds might come running, and there might actually be a chance.

Chapter 42 You Win

They exchanged navigators with Lijia and boarded the train home.

As dusk settled, the train, like a silver serpent adorned with LED strips, traversed the inky black fields.

Outside the train window, the signal lights beside the railway tracks flickered, briefly illuminating the patches of pasture along the roadbed.

The flock of Kenteros were startled by the train and roared at it from a distance.

The spring tree leaned against the windowsill, and Eevee slept soundly in its arms.

The top box contained some local specialties brought back from Yuhong City.

He opened Qishu's live stream. This guy was quick and was about to reach Dr. Zombie King with the added ingredients.

Qi Shu stared at the unfolding letter on the screen; the zombies in this game were as polite as ever.

To the homeowner:

You have not accepted our reasonable demands. Please reconsider. If you continue to refuse to cooperate, we will take extreme measures.

Please don't hesitate to hand over your brains and your home to us.

Sincerely, Dr. Nampo Edgar

"That's a ridiculously reasonable request!"

Muttering to himself, Qi Shu decisively moved on to the next level.

The heavy, powerful piano and electric guitar, interspersed with bright drumbeats, exploded together on the rooftop under the crescent moon and stars.

A few seconds later, an orchestral piece dominated by bassoons enters, its rhythm tight and full of dynamism.

The moment the execution song for the Zombie King began, a barrage of comments surged forth like a tsunami.

"It's on fire!"

"Everyone stand up! Let the battle song begin!"

"We've just arrived at the pool, and the streamer is already about to finish the game."

"I've been playing all day, it's so much fun!"

"kksk!"

The towering mech, so large it couldn't fit on the screen, stood on the right, with only two legs of the mech visible under the moonlight.

A mechanical grinding sound rang out as the mech bent down, revealing a dense network of cables at its joints, and reached out to place a roadblock zombie.

"This level doesn't need sunlight."

The strange tree dragged the Mini-Fou pitcher that was rolling over the plant fence. After it fell, the Mini-Fou immediately threw the olives above its head, which hit the zombie.

"Zizzi-"

The Zombie King frequently deployed high-quality zombies, forcing the Strange Tree to use explosive plants to escape.

The pepper and Foretus appear with unusually high frequency.

After playing for a while, Qishu gradually realized the author's idea: the key to this level was not difficulty, but fun.

Having gained enlightenment, the strange tree no longer hesitated to use explosives, throwing them one by one onto the zombie-infested road.

A dense horde of zombies surged forward with overwhelming force. The Zombie King Mech sometimes ducked to take hits, and sometimes used its fingers to dangle the flying thief zombies and launch sneak attacks.

Countless flying plant fruits shattered on the screen, and the towering flames from the exploding chili peppers illuminated the strange tree's pinkish-blue pupils.

A smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

"Fighting is fun!"

"Why are tower defense games this exciting?"

"I had a blast playing against the streamer these past two days."

The battered and bruised Dr. Zombie King was at his last gasp; he abandoned a motorhome.

The two-dimensional foil RV instantly crushed six plants.

"It's just a death throes."

Qi Shu quickly added the accumulated potted plants and other plants.

After a long and fierce battle, the massive mech disintegrated and collapsed with a series of explosions.

Dr. Zombie King and his mecha head crashed onto the roof together, and a white flag rose from the darkened control panel.

Survival Mode is now unlocked.

A silver sunflower award and a letter fell out.

To the Strange Tree:

alright, you win.

We're not going to eat brains anymore; all we want to do now is make a music video with you.

Respectfully yours, Zombie.

Is it worth going to such lengths for a brain?

Qi Shu chuckled silently.

......

Ibrahimovic woke up at some point and walked along the country road, looking radiant.

"Boy!"

She jogged along, urging Quanshu to catch up quickly.

"Cuckoo-"

The hooting of a night owl echoed through the dark mountain forest; some unlucky mouse must have been caught.

With the creaking iron gate and the moss-covered walls, Quanshu began to consider when to renovate and expand the welfare home.

There have been quite a few more Pokémon at the orphanage lately.

A warm yellow lantern shone in front of the house, and a curly-eared dog munched on a carrot.

The girl carrying the lantern turned around, and the light from the lantern also circled halfway around, illuminating her hair, which hung over her shoulders, in a soft amber color.

"Welcome back."

"Juanjuan'er was hungry, so I made her some midnight snack."

Quanshu was a little surprised to hear this, as Lanxing in the past would generally not have offered explanations.

He carried the local specialties into the house and sat down at the table.

"These are Yuhong's bay leaf grape cream flavored sandwich cookies, and the online reviews are quite good."

"What is this bag of black beans?"

"The moonflower seeds given by the head of Yuhong Dojo are said to attract three bees especially easily after they bloom."

"I'll plant it next to the house sometime later."

Lanxing took out a printed report from the drawer.

"The other Pokémon species from the Goldenrod City welfare homes are all here. Also, the police returned a few Pokémon to the reserve this afternoon."

"Tsk, they're quick on the uptake. I hope they don't send my lead actor away."

The spring tree clicked its tongue in amazement.

As soon as she sat down, Lanxing took out her work documents. Well, she wasn't one to chat idly.

He flipped through a few pages and asked in surprise, "Are there other orphanages with Ditto?"

"That belongs to the Nekosaki Breeding House next door. The Hunter's attack destroyed the building, and it will take time to rebuild."

"Hearing that we were looking for different Pokémon, the owner of the breeding center volunteered to let Ditto work for us."

Quanshu slapped his forehead.

I almost forgot about convenient Pokémon like Ditto, which can transform into anything.

......

After washing up, Quanshu sent the split files to Lengjing.

He paid his salary for the month in advance to show his sincerity and to urge the couple to make their trip together.

I'm not sure if it's just my imagination, but the speed at which I calmly calculate the return code seems to have slowed down considerably.

It lacks the sense of surprise and delight of "opening your eyes to find the code automatically written" that it used to offer.

Are they slacking off as soon as they start working? Quanshu suspects these guys have learned how to be lazy.

But he wasn't in a hurry. He figured it was fine to touch it; as long as the finished product was of good quality, it didn't matter.

Quanshu then informed Ache of the news that they would be going to Yuhong City to film tomorrow.

Ache returned a hand-drawn movie poster by Tutu Dog to him.

Unlike games, movies are often overlooked, no matter how good a movie is, if it doesn't have a proper promotional campaign.

Even with enthusiastic praise from netizens and film critics, information cocoons will still trap most people.

So Quanshu decided to generate some buzz in advance.

He posted posters and slogans on the forum provided by Qishu: A fantasy world where humans don't exist, a city where Pokémon live in harmony.

When a rabbit falls in love with a fox, love and dreams can overcome everything, even the mountain of prejudice.

With a few half-hearted, inspirational slogans mixed in, Quanshu has created a hodgepodge that ensures everyone has something to pay attention to.

As one of the gathering places for Crystallizers in the Garden Village, the Stardew Valley forum quickly saw people sharing the poster.

Free publicity is awesome.

Quanshu stretched.

Hating idols, understanding idols, becoming idols—humans are truly complex.

?

"Humans are so complicated."

On a street in Changqing City, a figure wearing a cloak stands outside a shop window.

The shop owner sat on the sofa inside the shop, scrolling through his phone.

A poster was reflected in the purplish-black, ferocious pupils beneath the cloak.

"A world where humans do not exist..."