In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

In the year 2002 of the Zombie Calendar (eleven years before the main plot), a federal research institute somewhere near War Zone 59.

In a laboratory with the highest level of confidentiality, two magnetic mushroom spirits in white coats are busy.

They are all mechanics working for the Federation, and their level has reached the highest level of "alloy".

At the same time, the two are a couple who have been married for less than two years.

The husband's name is Claros, he is 29 years old and is a legendary mechanic from the federal city of Screw Castle.

He showed extraordinary talent in mechanics since he was a child. At the age of three, he independently designed an engineering machine. After it was put into use, it was able to improve engineering efficiency by a full five times.

At the age of five, Claros began to participate in the annual Screw Creative Competition held in his hometown, and won the gold medal for almost eight consecutive years.

Screw Castle is the Federation's famous "City of Machinery and Inventions", providing the Federation with countless talented mechanics.

The original intention of the Screw Creative Competition is to encourage people to invent and create, and at the same time select outstanding mechanic seeds to contribute to the construction of the Federation.

Claros, who won eight consecutive gold medals, had achieved more at the age of thirteen than countless mechanics in the modern world.

As expected, this genius entered the New Dawn Engineering College after graduating from high school, and created the myth of getting full marks in every subject in the college.

After graduation, Claros was highly valued by the federal top brass. While serving as the federal minister of engineering, he made further progress on the path of mechanics.

At a young age, he became an alloy mechanic and designed many practical and efficient mechanical creations.

Not long ago, at the invitation of the federal military, Claros resigned from his position as Minister of Engineering and came to a secret research institute near War Zone 59.

Here he will continue to design and develop new technologies in preparation for a possible second "Garden War".

Claros' wife is named Cladasha, 27 years old, from New Dawn, the capital of the Federation.

The two met at the New Dawn Engineering College, where she was also Claros's junior.

During this period, Claddasha served as Claros' assistant, helping him design and create many mechanical creations.

During the long time they spent together, the feelings between the young man and woman who were just beginning to fall in love continued to grow.

A year and a half ago, Kladasha took the lead in confessing her love to her senior, but to the surprise of everyone present at the time, Claros also prepared a ring for proposal.

The two people who fell in love with each other finally got married, and six months later, Claros and Cladash had the fruit of their love.

Ten months later, Kladasha successfully gave birth to a lovely daughter in the Federal Military Hospital.

Soon after, Claros and Cladasha returned to their work and made new progress.

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It was late at night, but the lights in the laboratory were still on.

Claros sat at the table, constantly writing and drawing on paper.

After a brief pause, some quick calculations and thinking, he picked up his pen and wrote a lot of words.

This manuscript may look ordinary, but it is actually full of professional terms and confidential data, and is therefore extremely valuable.

"Are you tired? Have some tea and take a rest."

Cladasha came over and handed a cup of warm tea to Claros.

"Okay, take a break first."

Hearing what his wife said, Claros nodded, took the teacup from Cladasha, put it to his lips and took a sip.

"The tea tastes delicious, Dasha. Did you make it yourself?"

Claddasha smiled and looked at her husband with tenderness in her eyes.

"We still need to take a proper rest and stay in the best condition, which will help our thinking and design."

"Of course, I understand that this is the end of the project and we still have to work harder."

Claros looked at the manuscript on the table, his fingers gently running over the paper, muttering to himself.

This was the result of a whole year's hard work by him and Claddasha, and it had extremely high strategic value and significance.

In recent years, the friction between the Federation and the Empire has become increasingly intense, and the Federation military must be adequately prepared before the Garden War arrives.

This is the job of Claros and Cladasha. As alloy mechanics, they designed a powerful mechanical creation for the Federation.

In their imagination, this mechanical creation could even rival the giant humanoid mecha driven by Dr. Zombie King himself.

The giant humanoid mecha known as the "Dreadnought" dealt a devastating blow to the Federation during the First Garden War.

The mechanical creation designed by Claros and Cladasha is even more powerful than the Dreadnought.

Just as the two were discussing their next design ideas, a cry broke the silence of the laboratory.

Hearing the crying, Kaladasha immediately turned around and walked towards a crib in the corner of the laboratory.

She gently extended her hand and then skillfully comforted the infant girl in her arms.

Claros also walked to his wife and looked at his daughter, Clara, who was about to turn one year old.

The delicate and beautiful silver-haired baby girl opened her scarlet eyes and looked at her parents while eating her own hands.

"Clora is so cute. She has inherited our genes perfectly."

Claros teased his daughter, the pride in his words evident.

"Senior, you are still so narcissistic."

Claddasha chuckled, looking at Korra with eyes full of love and doting.

"I remember that Clara will be one year old soon. How about we hold a grand birthday party for her?"

"That's a great idea, Senior. Let's ask for leave from the military and go back to Screw Castle to celebrate Clara's birthday."

"Okay, there's still a month left, so we have to work harder and finish the project at hand as soon as possible."

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The laboratory was still warm and cozy, but outside the institute, a group of uninvited guests arrived.

A plant spirit warrior standing on the watchtower had his neck broken before he could react.

The plant spirit warrior at the entrance of the research institute also had his throat cut by a knife and fell to the ground, losing his breath.

Wearing silver-white masks and special combat uniforms, the zombies sneaked into the research institute and killed the plant spirit warriors stationed there one by one.

They are from the Empire's ZIA Secret Service, and are all well-trained zombie agents.

The ZIA agents acted quickly and eliminated all the plant spirit warriors in the outer ring of the institute within just a few minutes.

Their target was clear: the deepest laboratory in the institute, where Claros and Kladasha were.

But soon, the ZIA agents met their opponents - six special forces from the Blue Ice Special Forces.

There was a heavy knock on the door of the laboratory. Puzzled, Claros went forward to open the door, and two Blue Ice Special Forces soldiers came into view.

The Ice Watermelon Pitcher Plant Spirit named Assyria said seriously: "Mr. Claros and Ms. Cladasha, please evacuate as soon as possible."

Claros was slightly stunned: "Mr. Ashu, what is the situation?"

Ashu is an instructor of the Blue Ice Special Forces and is also the person in charge of the team sent by Blue Ice to protect the couple.

After spending a long time together, Claros and Kaladasha have come to regard Assyria as a good friend.

He told Claros everything about the attack on the institute and once again urged the two to speed up.

"I understand."

Claros informed Kaladasha of the situation and asked her to take care of her daughter while he imported the important information into the computer.

He prepared the information storage device and stored the data in it.

After a while, Claros finished saving, started the Recycle Bin, and pulled out the information storage device from the computer.

After soothing Chlora to sleep, Cladasha picked up her daughter and prepared to evacuate.

Just as the two men had packed up and walked out of the laboratory, a bullet shot from a distance hit Claros' feet.

The ZIA agents have already eliminated all the Blue Ice Special Forces who were blocking them, and have now arrived at the corridor where the laboratory is located.

"Mr. Claros, Ms. Cladasha, please leave quickly. Leave this to me!"

Upon seeing this, Ashur immediately winked at the ice mushroom spirit beside him, then raised the howitzer in his hand and fired at the pursuing ZIA agents.

Cladasha, who was holding Kolora, was shocked and said, "But Mr. Ashur!"

"Let's go!"

Under Ashur's urging, Claros and Kaladasha had to move quickly towards the safe passage under the cover of the ice mushroom spirits.

After watching them go away, Ashu raised his howitzer again and fired at the ZIA agents in front of him.

But he was soon surrounded as he was fighting alone, and countless bullets flew at him and hit Ashur one after another.

The sturdy armor was pierced by the special bullets, and Ashu was shot in many places all over his body.

But his tall body always guarded the corridor in front of the laboratory door, and he never took a step back until his death.

It was not until the howitzers in their hands stopped firing and the ZIA agents surrounded him that they discovered that the breathing of this plant spirit elite had completely stopped and he had turned into a standing blood-red monument.

The blood flowing from Ashur's body had frozen into ice, covering his entire body.

In the end, the blue ice instructor died heroically, buying a moment for Claros and Kaladasha.