Underworld Player

spin, but don ’t rush to spin again, either! Follow my lead…
and pray it ’s not Version 95.*** ”

As the seconds counted down, Bai Zhi had no choice but to speak bluntly.

”Also, if any of you roll a [Sunflower], lock it in immediately— ” Bai Zhi ’s brows went up upon seeing that the result of his first spin turned out to be the Sunflower, and he frowned as he quickly accepted the result.
”Well, I guess I got that covered. ”

Following in his footsteps, the other party members also spun the reels for their own plants.

”[Doom-shroom] …Shall I accept this? ”

Late Night Kitty ’s eyes lit up when she saw the result of her first spin.

”It sounds really strong, based on the description.
’Destroys zombies in a wide area ’…
Hmm? What ’s this about sleeping during the day? Why would a mushroom need to sleep? ”

”…No mushrooms, ” said Bai Zhi after a moment ’s thought.

”Oh…
well, how about [Cob Cannon]? It says here that it shoots homing corn missiles, and…
’can explode whole areas of zombies with a single corn launch ’.
Sounds even stronger than the Doom-shroom! ”

”…Fingers crossed you get something more normal on your third spin. ”

———

It took a total of about seven spins between the three other party members, but with Bai Zhi ’s advice, they settled on their starting lineup of plants.

Bai Zhi had his [Sunflower], while Mustachio and Nine-Tailed Fox got the [Starfruit] and [Peashooter] respectively.
Late Night Kitty ended up getting…
the [Fume-shroom].

Bai Zhi could not help making a derisive smirk as he saw what Late Night Kitty ’s final spin produced.

”Whatever, at least it doesn ’t consume Sun, and in a pinch, it could be useful as cannon fodder…
It ’s better than the first two, at least. ”

In a way, these four plants were adequate for surviving the first wave of zombies, but the possibility that the zombies could come from the lawn, the pool or even the roof complicated things greatly.

”We start with fifty Sun, and it ’s a shared resource, so all of you—except Late Night Kitty, because her Fume-shroom doesn ’t consume any Sun—please don ’t spend it rashly.
Kitty can plant her shrooms anywhere, though. ”

Bai Zhi weighed each of their strengths and soon assigned them their respective tasks.

”Nine-Tailed Fox, you take the roof.
If any zombies try to break in from there, you take them out with physical attacks, got it? ”

After thoughtfully considering the implications, Fox said, ”…No problem. ”

Turning to Mustachio, Bai Zhi said, ”Good.
Mustachio, you guard the pool, but first, lay down a row of Starfruits on the front lawn.
Then, you should plant one Starfruit on either side of the pool.
Finally, swap places with Fox so he can plant some Peashooters.

Feeling slightly frustrated at being ignored, Late Night Kitty raised a hand.
”What about me? ”

”You… ”

Bai Zhi hummed to himself briefly.
Finally, he nodded and said, ”Go nuts, plant your Fume-shrooms everywhere, as fast as the cooldown will allow, and as close to the frontline as possible.
Do your best to slow down the zombies and buy time for your teammates with your sacrifice! We will never forget you, Fume-shroom. ”

Late Night Kitty fixed Bai Zhi with an incredulous stare.

* Content Warning! Crazy person who streamed himself tasting feces in a toilet.

** A character from the TVB drama 巾帼枭雄之义海豪情 (No Regrets in English, lit.
The Passionate Saga of an Iron Lady in a Sea of Righteousness).
Apparently notable for a line of dialogue where he gets told to ”eat shit ”.
Source (in Chinese)

*** Extremely difficult, modified version of PvZ.