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"Go, go, go!"

In this life, the only things you should never miss are delicious food and beautiful women.

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That night, Zicomo finally completed his second playthrough of 'Plants vs. Zombies' and finished all the mini-game levels.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully completed the 'Plants vs. Zombies' game.]

[Reward: Zen Garden]

[Zen Garden: Initially has 1000 cubic meters of space, with a time flow ratio of 10:1, meaning one day outside is equivalent to 10 days inside. The space can be expanded by planting special plants, or the time flow can be increased.]

Inside the system space, a golden, antique-looking key appeared.

That is the embodiment of the Zen Garden.

Zicomo can use his mind to view and control everything in the 'Zen Garden', and he can also use a key to open a spatial door and enter it.

Zicomo was very satisfied with the reward for completing the level.

His favorite game is farming games.

The system has now given him a 'Zen Garden,' which is essentially a farming game with a very high degree of freedom.

"It's a pity I don't have any seeds, otherwise I could try out the effects of the 'Zen Garden'."

[System notification: The host can materialize plant cards from the game; the system will convert them into seeds for the host.]

"Hmm, that's a good option."

Zicomo opened the plant encyclopedia in the game and decided to try materializing one first.

His gaze swept over the various plants, finally settling on a small white flower.

"System, this is it. Give me a golden cup flower."

[Conjuration successful, obtained 1 Marigold Seed]

Zicomo: ? ? ?

"System, are you trying to be really stingy? You only gave me one seed?"

Please don't worry, host. After reviewing the seed's description, you'll find it's absolutely worth the price.

Upon hearing this, Zicomo clicked on the introduction to marigold seeds.

Calendula seeds: mature 24 hours after planting, and produce 1 Galleon per day after maturity.

"Holy crap! One Galleon a day! Considering the time flow rate, that's 10 a day. And that number will only increase as the time flow rate increases."

With this, Zikomo will no longer need to sell materials for money; he can keep the materials he saves for alchemy.

Speaking of materials, the dragon corpse of Akiel is still lying in Zikomo's system space.

After all, there's nowhere to put it in real life, and if you take it out in the game, it'll probably just go back to the Gold Tree.

Now we can build an alchemy lab in the Zen Garden. We can throw all sorts of materials in there to experiment.

As the owner of the garden, everything inside is under Zicomo's control.

Even if an explosion occurs, Zicomo can instantly move the explosives away without affecting anything in the vicinity.

Is there any better experimental environment than this?

He had ruined his alchemy tools quite a few times in the post station district because of this, forcing him to go out several times to find materials to redo them.

Zicomo planted the seeds, and within minutes the marigold seedlings sprouted.

The area of ​​the Zen Garden also increased by 1 square meter, but the flow of time remained unchanged.

He stopped paying attention, his consciousness entered the boundary area, and began a new day of sweeping.

Over three weeks, he swept through most of the Sobbing Peninsula.

Fortunately, the terrain of Moen on the Sobbing Peninsula is not complicated; otherwise, it would have been questionable whether Zicomo could have found his way in three weeks.

The map provided by the system was a rough topographical map, with no detailed routes to the castle and catacombs.

He sometimes worried that once he reached the sewers of the royal city of Rodel, he might not be able to find his way out.

Today he arrived at the territory of the big boss, the lion hybrid, at the end of the Weeping Peninsula.

Calling him the big boss isn't entirely accurate; this guy is just fast, agile, and quick in his attacks.

It would be quite difficult for melee classes to fight him, but he is a mage.

As usual, the summoning bell rang and three dogs appeared. Then, the dogs attacked from behind, and were killed in no time.

Zicomo discovered that he could now defeat bosses on his first try, but he died several times in some inconspicuous places.

He had died several times before, all in places where he couldn't summon souls, ambushed and killed by various monsters that suddenly appeared.

Especially in areas of the city where visibility is limited, one or more small monsters may suddenly rush out from behind you from time to time.

It would be one thing if they just killed you outright, but the worst part is that they'll kick you off a high place, causing you to fall to your death.

It will let you feel a wave of malice from Miyazaki.

After defeating the lion hybrid, I received a kill achievement, which increased the number of manifestations by 1.

That's why he didn't head towards Lienia, but instead went in the opposite direction to the Weeping Peninsula.

"No matter how many times I see it, the golden tree is still so breathtaking."

Zicomo sat down to rest at the blessing point, looking up at the golden tree that could be seen from anywhere in the border region.

"Wait! The Golden Tree!"

"Golden seeds! Can these be planted in my Zen Garden?"

Zicomo immediately logged off.

This left Melina, who was secretly observing, with a lot of questions.

I don't know why Zicomo disappeared so early today.

After logging off, Zicomo transferred the Golden Seed from his system inventory to the Zen Garden.

These are the seeds he collected in Moen City.

Staring at the spot in the garden where the seeds were planted, Zicomo asked after a long while, "System, why isn't it responding?"

[System notification: The Golden Tree needs to absorb special energy to grow, and each type of energy absorbed will enhance the Zen Garden.]

"For example?"

For example, the Great Rune in the border region.

"Okay, then display the valuable items in the game."

System: ...Oh no, I was trying to trick him into manifesting the Great Rune separately, but I forgot he had this trick up his sleeve.

[Successfully realized; now integrated with the system inventory]

On a whim, Zicomo moved Grek's Great Rune to the Zen Garden.

He had already activated it at the Ninmungefu Divine Tower.

The moment the Great Rune touched the earth, it shattered, turning into specks of golden light that were absorbed by the Golden Seed.

Soon, the seed sprouted and began to grow upwards, only stopping when it reached the height of a person.

The entire Zen Garden rapidly expanded until its land area increased tenfold before it stopped expanding.

Even the flow of time has increased 20 times.

[Golden Tree Sapling: A tree species originating from the Golden Tree of the Borderlands, it grows by absorbing special energy. For each type of special energy absorbed, the Golden Tree can condense pure droplets corresponding to that energy.]

At that moment, Zicomo noticed a bead the size of a fist among the golden leaves.

Its golden color was hidden among the leaves, and he almost didn't notice it.

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Chapter Twenty: The End of the Eight-Eyed Giant Spider

Zicomo took it off, and the properties of the bead appeared before his eyes.

[Greek's Power Drops: Grants +5 to all attributes upon consumption. Only the first two drops are effective per person. These drops, born from the Golden Tree, produce only one drop every hundred years. They liquefy upon contact with gold.]

Upon seeing the second half of the sentence, Zicomo breathed a sigh of relief.

This bead is the size of an adult's fist. If he were to swallow it whole, he would probably have to use up one of his resurrection attempts.

He pulled out a handful of Galleons, used Transfiguration to transform them into a golden cup, and threw Dettol into it.

The moment the dewdrop touched the gold, it turned into a golden liquid.

Zicomo picked up the glass and drank it down in one gulp.

As the dew entered Zicomo's mouth, it transformed into a warm current that flowed throughout his body.

Zicomo felt that his physical strength, magic, and spirit had all improved to a certain extent, roughly equivalent to that of a half-adult.

"It seems we need to increase the time flow rate of the Zen Garden as soon as possible."