Chapter 157
Chapter 157
Thorn-covered brambles wrapped viciously around a Player’s arm, sending thin streams of blood winding down it.
No one had expected these seemingly harmless plants to be so brutal.
Even Su Gou had gained several new wounds, and his clothes had been slashed into tatters.
Of course, the Players were not easy targets either.
One grenade sent countless plants flying.
Chunks of severed plant limbs littered the ground, and shredded pieces of vegetation filled the air.
Shamate swallowed nervously.
“Why don’t we move somewhere else? This place doesn’t look very safe.”
The other two cowards immediately nodded.
Red-haired Trendy Guy even found a solemn excuse for them.
“We’re not scared. This is a strategic retreat.”
Yun Youyou said, “Exactly. We’re avoiding pointless sacrifices.”
Only these three cowards from the Ghost Realm could make running away sound so noble and refined.
The three plants quickly hunched over and prepared to sneak away.
None of them had imagined the battlefield would shift so quickly.
The three ghosts had barely taken a few steps when the fighting arrived right in front of them.
In the middle of the chaos, Su Gou glanced back and saw the three sneaking plants had reached the space behind him.
In his innocent naïveté, Su Gou thought the three plants had come to help.
He gave Yun Youyou a helpless look. “Didn’t I tell you to stay over there? Were you that worried about me?”
Yun Youyou: …Buddy, you may be reading a little too much into this.
Su Gou pulled a grenade from his pocket and tossed it to Yun Youyou.
“Take this and run. Find somewhere safe to hide.”
Su Gou quickly threw himself back into the battle.
Yun Youyou took the grenade and hurried to flee as well.
But the field was only so large, and all the humans and plants were packed together.
Before long, the three ghosts were surrounded.
The outer ring fought fiercely, while the inner ring scrambled to escape.
Yun Youyou turned and crashed into a cycad spirit in the middle of a fight.
The cycad spirit turned impatiently, assuming an enemy had come up behind him.
Instead, he found himself face-to-face with a huge yellow face.
A silly-looking Sunflower was crouched forward in a rather suspicious pose, frozen awkwardly in mid-motion. No one could tell what she was doing.
The cycad spirit: ???
Every spirit in the plant world knew that delicate flowers were only good for looking pretty. In reality, they were completely useless, with combat strength barely above zero.
The cycad spirit glared at Yun Youyou and waved her away impatiently.
“Shoo, shoo. Go wait off to the side. Don’t get in the way.”
Yun Youyou quickly changed direction.
But nearly everyone was locked in combat. Without realizing it, Yun Youyou found herself trapped at the very center. The only way out was to squeeze through the gaps between everyone.
That inevitably meant bumping into both sides while they fought.
If someone had been standing on a mountaintop at that moment, they would have seen a Sunflower stumbling around the middle of the battlefield, completely disoriented and occasionally crashing into someone.
Complaints rose one after another from the crowd.
“Where did this Sunflower come from? Go over there!”
“Why did you run into me again?”
“Forget it. Wait over there. Once I finish these people off, I’ll take you out.”
Yun Youyou wandered around the inner ring for ages without finding her way out.
For some reason, everyone seemed to love fighting right beside her.
Even Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy made it out, but Yun Youyou was still trapped inside.
In the end, Yun Youyou simply squatted down and refused to move.
She was tired of walking and could not be bothered to move anymore.
And so, a bright yellow, chubby Sunflower lay down in the exact center of the murderous battlefield.
Both the Players and plants were absorbed in the carnage, automatically avoiding Yun Youyou as she lay in the middle.
Everyone around her fought and killed. Yun Youyou alone rested in perfect peace, lying flat and gazing at the sky.
Let the bullets fly even harder.
Shamate grew bored outside the fighting and even made a sign, which he planted beside Yun Youyou.
In crooked marker, it read: “Trample a Sunflower today, and tomorrow a Sunflower will grow on your grave. Do not step on the flowers or grass. Violators will be fined five hundred thousand.”
Yun Youyou: …My life is worth a surprising amount.
After a while, the plant war still had not ended.
Red-haired Trendy Guy found a video camera somewhere and hoisted it onto his shoulder, pretending to be a war correspondent.
He aimed the lens at Shamate.
Shamate truly deserved to be his partner in crime. He immediately tidied his appearance and cleared his throat at the camera.
“Hello, everyone. I’m your correspondent for today, Peashooter. As you can see, the fighting ahead is extremely intense. The two sides are completely tangled together, locked in a bitter struggle, and refusing to yield even an inch.”
As he spoke, he walked over to a money-tree spirit who was in the middle of a fight.
Shamate picked up a twig and held it to the money tree’s mouth.
“Hello. I’d like to interview you. What insight do you have into the current situation?”
The money-tree spirit was busy beating someone up.
He replied impatiently, “I don’t have any insight into the situation, but I’ve got an opinion about you.”
Shamate gasped.
Had he already become that famous?
He quickly asked, “And what is your opinion of me?”
The money-tree spirit said, “That you’re a cheap bastard.”
Before Shamate even had time to feel hurt, a fist suddenly slammed into him from the side.
It had come from a pennywort spirit fighting nearby, who hit him by accident.
Shamate dragged his battered body aside and drew circles on the ground, a gloomy cloud hovering over his head.
“Boo-hoo… I’m drawing circles to curse all of you.”
Red-haired Trendy Guy shook with laughter behind the camera.
“Our correspondent at the front has run into a minor problem. Let’s find another war correspondent.”
Carrying the camera, he dodged left and right until he successfully reached Yun Youyou.
“Next, Correspondent Yun will bring you her report.”
Yun Youyou found the idea amusing and took the camera Red-haired Trendy Guy offered her.
She lay comfortably on the ground, with the camera lens pointed toward the sky as well.
The sky was a deep, heavy black, dotted with stars.
Yun Youyou’s clear voice was recorded by the camera.
“This is Correspondent Yun with your report. As everyone can see, there are very few clouds in the sky, but plenty of stars. Tomorrow will certainly be a bright, sunny day. Meditating beneath such a peaceful night sky from time to time can help relieve stress.”
At that moment, a bullet traced an arc across the sky.
Yun Youyou explained calmly, “Look. There are even fireflies out tonight.”
Another grenade exploded on the ground. A dazzling white flash burst outward, and the detonation shook the earth.
Yun Youyou remained perfectly composed. “No need to worry, everyone. That’s simply the Plus version of a firefly.”
Red-haired Trendy Guy gave Yun Youyou a thumbs-up for lying through her teeth without even blinking.
As expected of Correspondent Yun. No one could match her talent for talking complete nonsense.