In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

"If you want to find officials from the Hesse County government to learn about the famine... then you should go to the city hall in the central city."

Nora, who was acting separately from Penny, walked quickly on the streets of Hesse County, thinking about her next itinerary.

But the commotion and chaos coming from both sides of the street from time to time made Nora unable to concentrate at all.

It is impossible for her to be kind enough to help everyone in need.

The reason is simple: there are so many people who need help.

In the county town of Hesse, lower-class people suffering from hunger can be seen almost everywhere.

After losing their jobs and world points, they were left with nothing.

In order to complete the task assigned to her by Penny, all Nora can do now is to rush to the City Hall as soon as possible and talk to the officials of the Hesse County Government.

If the problem is not solved from the root, then the problem will be endless and can never be completely solved.

But as she moved forward, the scenes she saw still made Nora quite distressed.

The unemployed plant workers held up flags and banners, shouted weak slogans, and marched forward along the streets.

At the end of the street, there are steel walls made up of riot shields and shotguns loaded with tear gas.

The riot police, mainly composed of three-line pea shooter plant spirits and high-nut plant spirits, traveled through this industrial city affected by pollution, unswervingly carrying out orders from the top.

But the thugs that the military and police are trying to suppress this time are the people they once swore to protect.

Even if there are blood relatives among the people participating in the marches and demonstrations.

The military and police must also be ruthless and treat their relatives as "thugs" and suppress them.

Faced with the approaching crowd, the military and police had no way to retreat and had no choice but to pull the trigger.

Gunshots rang out, chaos followed, and the situation immediately became out of control.

Screams and wails were heard one after another, and some people were even pushed to the ground. The result was self-evident...

At the street corner, a very vicious fight was taking place.

Under normal circumstances, security officers responsible for maintaining order in the city would step forward to stop it.

But now in Hesse County, the security agents are all busy and have no time to deal with these trivial matters.

Therefore, this also gave many evildoers an opportunity to take advantage.

Several plant-spirit thugs who still had enough energy to maintain their vital signs had ferocious faces as they punched and kicked a plant-spirit civilian lying on the ground.

"Give me the food you have in your arms!"

"If you don't give it to us, we will beat you to death!"

The thugs hurled crude insults, accompanied by punches and kicks, at the fallen civilians.

Their intention was obvious: it was the hard piece of black bread in the civilian's arms.

"Bad bone, give it to me."

A thug forcibly pried open the civilian's hands that were tightly grasping the black bread and snatched the food into his own hands.

He stood up with a look of disgust and spat at the civilian who was lying on the ground, half beaten to death and no longer moving.

But before the thug could put the bread into his mouth, the thugs who had just stood on the same front with him suddenly changed their targets and punched the thug who got the black bread in the face...

Passing by an intersection, Nora saw a skinny weed spirit lying at the entrance of a sewer, with its cheek pressed tightly against the stained iron railing.

His eyes revealed a greedy look and saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth, drop by drop into the sewer.

The prey that this weed spirit was eyeing was an equally skinny rat in the sewer.

The weed spirit suddenly moved. He tried to squeeze his arms into the gaps in the iron bars, as if he wanted to catch the mouse and eat it alive.

And this unfortunate guy didn't notice at all that he was on the verge of death.

The public facilities in Hesse County are very old, and even the extremely important sewage system has hardly ever received effective and regular maintenance.

The rotten iron railings could no longer bear the weight of the weed spirits and broke with a few snaps.

The unfortunate weed plant spirit fell into the sewer, into the sewage below the city, and never lived again...

Nora shuddered when she witnessed all this. Even though she was a flare flower with power comparable to that of the sun, she couldn't help but feel the chill at this moment.

"The people are suffering so much, why are the top leaders of the Federation still doing nothing..."

She muttered to herself and had to quicken her pace.

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"Is... is there anyone here? Can... can you give me something to eat? Just a little... just a little bit..."

While crossing an alley, Nora couldn't help but stop.

The faint cry for help coming from deep in the alley really touched Nora's most fragile heartstrings.

This cry for help...seems to come from a child.

Nora was about to take a step, but in an instant she felt her feet were as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

She stood there silently, looking down at the golden medal on her chest, and kept playing a game in her mind.

Should I go help the child? Or should I go to City Hall to find the officials?

As a hero, shouldn't he protect the people? How could he turn a blind eye to the people who were asking for help?

If you want to protect more people, you just need to make choices and exchange some insignificant sacrifices for ultimate success.

But then again, can those officials in City Hall really give me a solution to the problem?

Nora's mind went blank. She lost her composure for a moment, becoming anxious and nervous.

"What to do? What to do? What to do?"

She shook her head, trying to find a clear solution in her confused thoughts.

"If it were any other hero...what would they do?"

Nora took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.

The restless fire-attributed spiritual power in her body was also being constantly suppressed by her.

"Hey, just follow your initial thoughts and trust your first judgment."

That voice, as clear as the breeze, sounded beside Nora's ears at the right time.

"Just follow your original idea..."

Nora murmured to herself, and light appeared in her confused eyes again.

She no longer hesitated and turned to run towards the direction where the cry for help came from.

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"Thank you...thank you, sister..."

The young blonde girl took the pastries from Nora's hand and gobbled them up.

"Eat slowly, don't rush."

Nora ruffled her messy blonde hair and wiped the stains off her face with her handkerchief.

"Haven't you eaten in a long time?"

"Well, the land in the village can't grow food, so my parents had to take me to the city."

Listening to the girl's story, Nora was slightly startled: "The land can't grow food? Why can't it grow anything?"

"The land turns green, but it always has a bad smell. If you plant seeds, they die right in the ground."

The land has turned green and has a bad smell. Could it be polluted?

Nora secretly wrote down the girl's answer. It sounded like very important information and might be useful later.

But now, what troubles this plant spirit hero is how to settle the child in front of him?