In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

"Penny, how should we conduct this investigation?"

Walking on the streets of Hesse County, Nora asked Penny curiously.

"I don't know. Let's take it one step at a time. This is our first time in Hessen County City, and our understanding of this place is still too shallow."

Penny shook her head, indicating that the investigation would not go as smoothly as she had imagined.

The two women are now located on the main road in the central urban area of ​​Hesse County.

Unlike the Vodkagrad region, which has vast land, a large area can be set aside for the construction of an industrial zone.

As an industrial city, Hesse does not have enough land to build a single factory.

The decision to expand the urban area has already led to massive deforestation of the Black Forest surrounding Hesse County City. The current severe environmental problems will not allow the Black Forest to suffer any further losses.

Therefore, these industrial factories are very "evenly" distributed throughout the Hesse County city.

Factories are close to residential areas, so pollution naturally leads to the spread of diseases.

As Penny and Nora walked along, they found that except for the central city area and the aristocratic area, the environment in other places was simply horrible.

The wires are tangled together and the electrical equipment is covered with rust.

Littered garbage can be seen everywhere, even blocking several sewers and roads.

The water in the city’s rivers even turned into turbid and dirty mud and could no longer flow.

The environment is already so bad, so people living in this environment naturally have a hard time.

Workers returning home from work walked on the streets hunched over, dragging their exhausted bodies.

Some are alone, some are in groups of two or three.

The workers, with yellow and gloomy faces, walked towards their cold homes or noisy beer halls.

There has been a wave of unemployment in Hesse County recently, and a large number of homeless vagrants have emerged.

They either sat slumped or curled up on the side of the street, their stomachs empty and they were almost heartbroken with hunger.

Many of these vagrants once had a job and could barely make a living.

Now that they have lost their jobs and have no money left to pay the expensive rent, they have been kicked out of their small rental homes by their landlords and are left to fend for themselves.

Not to mention that there are now a large number of refugees from the suburbs entering Hesse County, which has greatly increased the burden on Hesse County.

From time to time, you could hear the roar of a security agent from somewhere, or see riot police passing by in a hurry.

The machines in the factories would not stop running, and the clamorous noise was loud in every neighborhood.

This made Penny and Nora, who had just arrived, feel very uncomfortable. They felt their ears were buzzing and they could hardly tell east from west.

Of course, these scenes can only be seen in the civilian areas of Hesse County.

The aristocratic district located in the south of Hesse County City forms a sharp contrast with the civilian area.

A transparent resin glass barrier separates the civilian area from the aristocratic area, which not only isolates pollution but also divides the classes.

The sky there is not pitch black, but a more pleasing gray.

The air purifier runs 24 hours a day without interruption, releasing fresh air that the people of Hesse County City dream of breathing.

Exquisite villas and small houses stand among them, and green plants planted in high-grade culture medium can be seen everywhere.

Those who live here are all nobles or upper-class people from Hesse County.

They don't need to work hard every day like the workers, nor do they need to rack their brains to calculate expenses.

To describe it with an old saying of Long An is actually true.

"While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone."

You know what, who knows how many more bodies will freeze to death on the streets in Hesse County this winter.

"It's hard for me to imagine how much more darkness there is beyond our sight..."

What Nora saw and heard along the way made her a little frightened.

She seemed to want to say something, but couldn't.

Although Nora, who was born in the Glorious Noah region, is just a civilian, Glorious Noah, as the birthplace and headquarters of the Cult of the Sun, which is also a territory under the jurisdiction of the Federation, is far superior to Hesse County in all aspects of people's livelihood.

"Darkness? It's everywhere."

Penny sighed and answered Nora's question.

As a hero bearing the name of "Green Surfer", Penny is now unable to act according to the principles of her ancestor (the first Green Surfer).

Even though we are in the shadows, we must fight the darkness.

In Penny's eyes, the serious gap between the rich and the poor that has led to people's miserable lives is also a kind of darkness.

The current Green Shadow is no longer the chivalrous leader who founded the "Wood Ranger" organization hundreds of years ago and robbed the rich to help the poor and enforced justice in his own way.

Today, the Green Shadow is just a pawn restricted by the various rules and regulations of the Federal Plant Spirit Hero Association and can only move in accordance with federal orders.

The hero has lost his former chivalrous spirit.

How can someone who serves a huge bureaucracy be a free-spirited knight?

"Nora, let's split up. You go find the officials in Hesse County City and learn about the food shortage."

"What about you, Penny?"

"I'm going to investigate the current market in Hessen County City and see if I can follow the clues and find out the reason why the people are holding a demonstration."

"it is good."

Penny and Nora parted at the next intersection, and both women set a goal for themselves.

Passing by a cemetery in the city, Penny slowed down slightly.

She saw two tombstone moss spirits in charge of collecting corpses pushing a small cart covered with white cloth into the crematorium of the cemetery.

The white cloth did not completely cover the body on the cart, revealing a swollen little hand hanging beside the cart.

It was a dead child, who died of hunger. Through the outline of the white cloth, one could vaguely see his emaciated body.

The tombstone moss spirit pushing the cart had a blank expression on its face, as if it was used to it.

Penny silently wrapped herself in her cloak, feeling a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but quicken her pace.

There was a sudden noise ahead. A large group of civilians crowded in front of a shop, seemingly fighting over something.

Curious Penny immediately walked forward to see what was going on.

She suddenly smelled a fragrance, which seemed to be fresh bread just out of the oven.

This is a large bakery, and those gathered at the door are hungry civilians who want to buy bread.

They crowded and shoved each other, eager to wait until the bakery opened so that they could be the first to rush in and buy.

With such a crowd, a stampede was very likely to occur, but there was not even a security officer around to maintain order.

The door of the bakery was suddenly pushed open, and dozens of tall plant spirits walked out, most of them were nut plant spirits or squash plant spirits.

Wearing a black suit and black sunglasses, he looked like a bodyguard hired by the bakery owner.

They formed a solid human wall to stop the civilians who were constantly crowding forward and prevent them from entering the bakery.

A garden gnome wearing a top hat and a suit walked out of the bakery. The short man stepped on the shoulders of two bodyguards and coughed lightly at the crowded crowd.

Then, the garden gnome showed a cunning smile, picked up the loud speaker and said, "We sell black bread. One pound costs five thousand world points!"

When the garden goblin said this, there was an uproar.

"Five thousand worlds a pound, and it's black bread, why don't you go and rob it!"

An angry voice was heard, followed by a barrage of curses.

But the garden goblin still smiled and said, "It's simple. Right now, my store is the only one in the entire Black County City that can operate normally.

I'm selling 5,000 world points per pound. The quantity is limited, first come first served.

It's up to you whether you want it or not. If you don't want it, there are plenty of people who want it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the garden gnome returned to the bakery and ordered the bodyguards to make way for a passage that only one person could pass through.

The powder keg was set off by the garden gnome's words, and the scene fell into chaos.

Some civilians have been hungry for a long time and they don't care how many world points a pound of black bread is.

They put all their strength into squeezing through the only gap in the wall of bodyguards.

Penny looked pale in the crowd. Such a crowded situation would definitely cause unexpected casualties.

Just as Penny expected, an accident happened.