You promised it would be a free game, but now your screen is full of in-app purchase prompts?

"Spiky okra, holy crap!"

"My Water Drop Shooter! My Fiery Triple Shooter!"

"What?! It's this thing?!"

After seeing the results, Bao Ge was completely stunned.

When this thing was first revealed on the game's official website, no one paid any attention to it because the spiky okra is a melee weapon.

In everyone's opinion, there are only two types of high-level offensive plants!

One type is the noble control system.

Or it's the kind of god-tier character that ignores defense, like the Water Drop Shooter.

It can ignore the shields of defensive zombies, such as the door panels of the door zombie, which are completely ineffective against the attacks of the water droplet shooter.

This thing is absolutely the best in the current version; its slow attack speed is a negligible flaw.

I only need to make one move, and you'll fall. What's the point of attack speed?

The only difference is that the Water Drop Shooter is slightly weaker when fighting bosses, but it is absolutely the god of the current version when facing hordes of zombies.

Secondly, there are other remotely fused plants.

Regardless, this thing is a ranged attacker, and even with all sorts of shortcomings, it's still much stronger than ordinary plants.

But this spiky okra...

As a melee fighter, you have to wait until the zombie is right in front of you before you can start attacking.

What good is it if you have a strong attack?

"Holy crap..."

"Spiky okra...this thing..."

"Should we raise it or not?"

Normally speaking, with Bao Ge's spending-heavy gameplay, he would eventually get all the fusion plants.

But this is the only one he can use right now.

To get the second fusion plant, we have to wait until the next stage, which is tomorrow at the earliest.

He had worked so hard to progress through the levels to get here, all for the sake of unlocking advanced plants.

But now, giving him a spiky okra is really making Brother Bao a little overwhelmed.

I even felt that my dream of topping all three lists was about to be shattered.

That damn random system really played a huge joke on him...

[Hahahaha! This is hilarious! What's with the spiky okra?!]

Who would play with this piece of junk?

To be fair, it's still a fusion of plants, so it definitely has some strength.

[That's true, it's a bit stronger than ordinary plants, but people will laugh at Bao Ge for growing this, hahaha!]

[I can't hold it in anymore! Look at the big monkey's expression, it's so painful, hahaha!]

[Brother Bao, nobody's made this stuff before, so nobody's used it either. The data you saw on the official website might not be accurate. Let's try it out and see how it goes!]

[Yeah! Let's play a round of the newly opened Endless Mode first and see how it goes.]

[If it doesn't work, just leave it in the warehouse to gather dust. At worst, you can try cultivating a second fusion plant tomorrow. A day's delay is fine, but don't waste resources. If you cultivate the wrong one, your account might be ruined.]

[Indeed! Let's try it out first, what if it's really strong?]

……

In the live stream, seeing Bao Ge's constipated expression, a group of viewers started offering suggestions.

Although most people have seen some data analysis before, they generally believe that the Spiky Okra is not a good melee type.

However, some people believe that data is just data and is useless; you have to look at real-world examples.

All of these people advised Bao Ge to give it a try first.

"well……"

Now that things have come to this, Brother Bao has no choice but to accept it.

I waited two days, and this is what I got in return...

Who would feel good in that situation?

"Alright guys, I'm not going to upgrade it for now. I'll use the blank one to play a round of Endless Mode. If it's really useless, I'll just leave it in the warehouse to collect dust."

"It's just a day's progress. At worst, I'll just recharge my account tomorrow and buy silver coins, then use money to overwhelm them."

"Don't worry, everyone! I said I'd get first place on all three lists, and I'm going to do it! No matter how much money it costs, I'll achieve this goal! I absolutely won't let you down!"

Although Bao Ge was upset, there was nothing he could do since the deed had already been done.

With a helpless expression, Bao Ge clicked to enter the endless mode interface.

Then I randomly matched a set of plants, explaining as I went:

"Brothers, although this is my first time playing Endless Mode, I've studied it carefully for a long time beforehand."

"Endless mode is different from the regular main story levels. In this mode, the zombie stats will increase as the game progresses, and there will be more and more types of zombies."

"Therefore, we cannot use the conventional lineup; we must consider single-target burst damage in the later stages as much as possible."

"Sunflowers are a must-have in any game mode, no explanation needed, you have to bring them no matter what kind of player you are."

"With one high-nut, this front row is still very tough. Before the front row is integrated, this is the toughest front row."

"Bring the rapid-fire Peashooter too. Although it's available early on, based on my experience playing it on the test server, it's still very powerful even in the mid-to-late game. Most importantly, it's cost-effective!"

"Among plants that reliably output 200 sun, there's none with a better cost-performance ratio!"

"Now for the main event: we'll add the only fusion implant, the spiky okra, and the rest will be single-target explosions!"

"Cherry bomb, squash, fire pepper, forget it, doom-shroom, although it has a huge attack power, it destroys the tile, and you can't plant on that tile for a long time after it explodes, so I'll give up on it."

"Let's use another pumpkin cover as the front row."

[Hey Bao, Bao, don't you want the free Spore Mushrooms? They're really useful in the early game!]

Where is my noble little Puff-shroom? It's the only free plant in the entire game!

"The little mushroom is a fart!"

Seeing the comments in the live chat, Bao Ge rolled his eyes and immediately started cursing:

"You're already playing endless mode, and you're still thinking about your little pufferfish?"

"This thing is only slightly useful in the early game. In this mode, it's practically useless in the late game. I'm not worried about not being able to hold out in the early game with my team composition, so I don't need this thing at all."

Your attitude chills me to the bone!

[I remember when this kid first started playing this game, he said the free Puff-shrooms were his gods. How long has it been and he's already forgotten his roots?]

[Indeed! Human nature is utterly ungrateful!]

[Little Mushroom: Did I ultimately misplace my trust?]

[This big monkey perfectly embodies what it means for a man to have a heartless face, hahaha!]

The little mushroom has fallen out of favor!

[Brother Bao is right, the little mushroom is indeed completely useless in Endless Mode.]

……

Looking at the comments, Bao Ge thought about it carefully.

It seems that when he first started playing this game, he did say that the little mushroom was a god.

He didn't feel embarrassed at the moment, nor did he offer any explanation.

Just kidding, the Puff-shroom is really strong in the early stages of the game!

But at this stage, what use are the little mushrooms anymore?

Bringing a Puff-shroom in this mode is a waste of a slot.

"Alright guys, all eight slots are filled! Let's get started!"

After confirming that his lineup was fine, Bao Ge decisively started the first map of Endless Mode, which is also the only map in Endless Mode at present.

Later, Endless Mode will gradually add water pool maps, rooftop maps, and wilderness maps.

However, all of this will happen after the main storyline progresses to a dozen or twenty major levels.

Entering Endless Mode, at first glance, it feels the same as a regular main story level.

They're all maps of my own yard.

The only difference is that the zombie horde in endless mode never ends.

Moreover, as time goes on, the zombies will become stronger and more diverse.

The longer you can last, the higher your combat effectiveness.

"Guys, same old routine! Let's start with a row of sunflowers!"

"No! In endless mode, let's try to plant two rows of sunflowers."

"The pressure isn't too great in the early stages, so we can just tough it out. But if there's not enough sunshine, things will get very difficult later on."

"By the way! Just a side note, you can't use Super Kinkora in Endless Mode. You can only increase your survival time by relying on your own game understanding and the strength of your plant group. You can't use any boosters."

"Therefore, how you operate the business in the early and mid-stages is crucial!"

While Bao Ge was explaining the gameplay of Endless Mode to his viewers in the live stream, he had already started planting his third sunflower.

Even though zombies had started appearing on the opposing side in the early stages, Bao Ge didn't panic at all when faced with just one or two scattered zombies.

She patiently cultivates her sunflowers.

It wasn't until a lone zombie on the line had reached the sunflower and was about to start eating it that Bao Ge finally reluctantly bought a squash worth 50 suns.

This move made the viewers in the live stream grimac in disbelief.

[Holy crap! I thought it was some advanced technique? This is it?]

Using a one-time-use plant that costs 50 sun to fight the earliest-stage regular zombies? Isn't that a waste of sun?

[Holy crap, I can't watch this anymore! Do you even know how to play?!]

Did you mean to buy the rapid-fire Peashooter, but your hand slipped and you clicked the wrong button?

……

"Shut up!"

"I have my own way of thinking!"

Despite the numerous questions from viewers in the live stream, Bao Ge showed no regret for making a mistake and maintained a confident expression.

"Don't try to save those 50 suns in the early game; it's pointless. You won't lack those 50 suns later on."

"I'm currently saving up 600 suns to plant spiky okra!"

As they were talking, Brother Bao had already spent another 50 suns to buy a second Squash, and dealt with a regular zombie that was about to rush towards his face on another line.

After a while, with the second row of sunflowers already appearing, I finally managed to accumulate 600 suns.

Without the slightest hesitation, Bao Ge took the huge sum of money and bought a spiky okra plant, which he then planted on the third lane in the middle.

Considering the spiky okra's melee-oriented nature, Bao Ge chose to plant it in the middle of the map.

Not too far back, not too far forward, it's a reasonable position for melee attack plants.