Chapter 299: Penguin Circle of Friends

"Isn't it just Plants vs. Zombies!" Fang Qi opened the shop for her. "Did you buy a computer?"

"I bought one..." After a period of diligent vegetable farming, Su Tianji had transformed from the penniless pauper who would throw a fit for half a day when Boss Fang stole a single radish into a well-off lady who could afford a computer.

However, after purchasing it, she realized she still needed to buy other related items to play, so she hadn't started yet.

"It's good that you bought it." Fang Qi clicked open the shop and pointed it out to her. "On the third page, purchase the Plants vs. Zombies game disc, and then I'll teach you how to install it."

Soon, under Boss Fang's guidance, a game icon featuring a hand reaching out from the soil to grab a small flower appeared on the screen of Su Tianji's computer. The game was installed.

"Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong..."

Along with a deeply familiar background track, the game opened.

Aside from becoming more chibi and adorable, the graphics hadn't changed much, which made it relatively cheap.

"Fenghua, look, is that a zombie? It looks so silly and dumb, hehehe..." Yuexin laughed from behind.

"That sunflower is so cute!" Fenghua smiled. "How can there be a game like this?"

"Look at that walnut next to it, hahaha, its eyes are bulging out, it looks so ridiculous!"

Clearly, this game was quite appealing to these girls.

In the center of the screen, there was a rectangular box: Click to Start.

After clicking, she saw a red farm brick house in the distance under a blue sky and white clouds, with lush green grass. On the slope before her eyes, a slightly chibi tombstone stood on the right, and for now, there was only one choice available: Start Adventure Mode.

As Su Tianji clicked it open, the iconic, raspy laughter of the zombies drifted out, and a dark green arm burst forth from the ground. The game began!

The game started with a novice tutorial. Su Tianji followed the instructions and placed down a Peashooter first. Soon, she saw a zombie approaching from the opposite side.

The Peashooter fired peas one after another, smashing into the zombie's body.

"Hehehe... so silly!" Fenghua burst into laughter as she watched from behind. "Both of them look so silly! How can there be such a silly zombie, hahaha!"

"This pea is so cute! I want to play too..."

"Such a simple game is just too foolish!" Su Tianji sneered as she played. "You just place peas and then watch them fight zombies?"

Su Tianji waved her hand dismissively, bored. "Alright, I know how to play now. Go do your own things."

She muttered under her breath, "What's the fun in this? It's too monotonous!"

Fang Qi, who was just walking out the door, twitched his face. "Don't play it if you have the ability."

"If it weren't required to unlock something later, I wouldn't bother playing!" Su Tianji huffed coldly. "Disciples, see the guest out!"

With that, she busied herself planting Peashooters. After beating the first level, she quickly received a Wall-nut card.

"Oh? Now I can plant two types of plants?" Su Tianji clicked to pick up the card and started the second level.

As she picked up more and more items, the pace of the game gradually quickened. This game was clearly slightly more difficult than the original version. Su Tianji's fingers flew across the screen, clicking wildly...

Before she knew it: Wonderful! Congratulations on passing the fifth level. You rank first among your friends. Would you like to share this to your Penguin Friend Circle?

Agree!

Su Tianji felt a slight sense of accomplishment. Sharing it a little shouldn't hurt, right?

Boss Fang had already gone back to grinding in Legend.

Suddenly, a notification popped up on Penguin Communication: Your friend Immortal Yuji is playing "Plants vs. Zombies" and has passed the fifth level. Currently ranking first among friends, come take a look.

"What on earth?!" He almost slipped and smashed his Moon Well sword into Jiang Xiaoyue's head next to him.

"Boss, what are you trying to do?" Jiang Xiaoyue hopped away like a rabbit, then looked surprised. "What is Plants vs. Zombies?!"

Clearly, she had received the Friend Circle notification as well.

Her small face was filled with curiosity.

After a while, another message popped up on Penguin Communication: Your friend Immortal Yuji is playing "Plants vs. Zombies" and has passed the tenth level. Currently ranking first among friends, come take a look.

"Sister Su, what are you playing?"

"What is Plants vs. Zombies?"

"How did you get first place in the friend rankings?"

"(Thumbs up) Amazing!"

"Master... can you let us play for a bit..." Fenghua and Yuexin watched eagerly from behind.

"Uh... let Master pass two more levels!"

Su Tianji's Penguin Communication kept buzzing with more and more replies, and she quickly received a mountain of messages.

"A Friend Circle message can be seen by this many people?" Su Tianji was somewhat dazed and replied to the people she knew well. "It's just a mini-game inside 'My Space'."

"It seems quite impressive."

"Is it fun?"

"Can we see how it's played?"

Su Tianji quickly received more replies.

"Your friend Immortal Yuji invites you to enter her Space."

Nalan Mingxue, Dong Qingli, Xu Zixin, Ye Xiaoye, and a large group of other girls were invited in, crowding around to watch Su Tianji play Plants vs. Zombies.

Naturally, as the master of the Liuyun Daoist Palace, Xue Daolv was also invited.

Ye Songtao and the others were no exception.

A large crowd gathered behind her. They watched as Su Tianji executed rapid operations, placing Wall-nuts in front and Sunflowers in the back, her fingers flying as various Peashooters filled the screen.

The group of grandmasters watching from behind looked utterly blank.

What kind of ghostly thing was this?!

"This is Plants vs. Zombies?!" Xue Daolv felt rather awkward, thinking to himself that he usually dealt with hundreds of spirit crystals per minute, yet he was here watching this?!

Ye Songtao: "Um... this seat still has matters to attend to, so I shall take my leave first!"

Nalan Hongwu: "This old man is going to farm Mephisto first."

Meanwhile, the reactions of the girls were clearly rather different.

"Sister Su, how do you get this game? It's so cute!"

"Is this required to unlock the plants later?" Dong Qingli said. "I remember that a few special plant seeds earlier also needed this to unlock?"

"Hahaha, look at the expression on this Squash, it's hilarious!"

Nalan Mingxue: "It does seem quite cute. Maybe I'll play it too when the time comes?"

"Boss." Jiang Xiaoyue looked at Fang Qi longingly. "Can you lend me your computer to use... I want to play too..."

Fang Qi's face darkened. "Don't you farm vegetables every day? Where is your money?"

Even Su Tianji could afford a computer, yet this girl couldn't?!

"Those oranges and radishes tasted pretty good, so I just ate them as I grew them..." Jiang Xiaoyue said awkwardly. "And they didn't even fill my stomach..."

Fang Qi: "..."

So this girl ate them all!

Boss Fang expressed: Can't afford it, simply can't afford it!

The only piece of good news was that, upon glancing at the task list at this moment, the player count for the "My Space" mini-game had reached 32,200, and it was still climbing.

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