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

I can't hold it in anymore, I really can't hold it in...

Why does everyone want to be on the leaderboard these days?

……

Upon seeing a comment from a viewer, Bao Ge couldn't hold back any longer.

"You even made the leaderboard, bro! Can you stop bragging?"

"Do you know how many big spenders are spending money like crazy right now? I reckon I'm not the only one who's spent 100,000 yuan today!"

"That Dave fangirl is probably a hardcore player who's maxed out her 100,000 points, but I don't know if she was lucky or unlucky. She got a Sunflower Queen and couldn't hold on..."

"But even excluding her, I'm still not entirely confident that I can get first place."

"The main problem is that I had some bad luck with the upgrades. If I had been luckier, I might have been able to get it to Tier 4 +10 with 100,000 yuan."

"The differences between these ten stages are still quite significant!"

Brother Bao is right.

He has indeed failed far too many times.

For example, if the success rate is 10%, then succeeding once out of ten times is considered very unlucky.

Of course, probability can't be calculated like that, but that's roughly the idea.

However, Bao Ge had to try and get through more than ten times with only a 10% chance of success, which was truly due to his extremely bad luck.

So anyone who's willing to spend 100,000 a day, regardless of cost or cost-effectiveness, to buy silver coins would be a different story.

It's easy to surpass him in terms of enhancement and forging!

[I'm starting to lose control...]

[Holy crap, these zombies probably have at least 100,000 HP by now, right? A Tier 4 Spiked Okra with 190 base attack and 8.0 attack speed can't even scratch it?]

[I just calculated that Bao Ge's Tier 4 Spiked Okra can deal 3000-4000 damage per second. The exact amount depends on the frequency of the special effect attack triggering. If you're lucky enough to trigger this probability-based effect a few more times, the damage output can be even higher.]

[One enemy costs over 3,000, and there are two in a row, which means a base DPS of around 7000. Add to that the explosion damage from the two adjacent rows of area-of-effect damage, and the DPS is at least 8000! I can't keep up, damn it!]

[This is only wave 42. I thought I could easily get to wave 50.]

[There's no way around it, the intensity of each wave after wave 30 increases insanely. The zombies have more and more health, especially that ice car zombie. Damn, it ignores the High Nut's defense and just pushes through. We almost wiped out twice just now.]

Fortunately, this thing moves extremely slowly, and Bao Ge kept using three types of one-time explosive plants to deal damage, otherwise it would have been really difficult to deal with, to the point that we almost didn't survive the 40th wave...

The Ice Car Zombie is indeed a bit overpowered. Once its health spikes, it's practically unstoppable if you can't kill it quickly. The main problem is that it ignores the front-line defense, which is really annoying.

……

As the conversation continued, the viewers in the live stream gradually realized that something was wrong.

Even with the fourth-tier Flame Form Spiked Okra, Bao Ge could no longer take it down.

The zombies that spawned afterward were as tough as ghosts; it took more than ten seconds to kill one with 8000 DPS.

At this stage, the high-nut and pumpkin cover can no longer be sustained.

Even with plenty of sunlight, there is a cooldown period when growing a single plant.

Even though Bao Ge kept using one-time explosive plants, squash, cherry bombs, and chili peppers to frantically replenish damage and save the day, he still couldn't avoid the outcome of all five lanes being destroyed.

After struggling through the 42nd wave, Bao Ge's formation was completely breached, and ten spiky okra fell one after another. Even though there was still sunlight to replenish one or two, it was too late to turn the tide.

However, thanks to the small carts on the five lines, as well as Bao Ge's clear thinking and ability to adapt to changing circumstances, they managed to survive the 43rd wave.

In the end, he fell on the 44th wave, the last straw that broke the camel's back.

No one expected that the first thing to break through the garden's defenses and enter Bao Ge's house would be a tiny zombie thrown out by Gargantuar...

[The zombie ate your brain!!!]

As a line of bloody text appeared, Bao Ge, a wealthy player who had been spending money since the test server and had never experienced such terror before, jumped up in fright.

"Holy shit! Holy shit!!!"

"You scared your dad to death!"

"That zombie was eating my head! That was terrifying, holy crap!!!"

As the computer screen showed a scene of zombies pinning Bao Ge's game character to the ground and tearing him apart, Bao Ge scrambled to remove the AR helmet from his head.

At this moment, he didn't even care about the high price of the thing, or the fact that he would need it later, and simply threw the helmet away.

It was easy to tell from his terrified expression that this guy was really scared.

But to be fair, after playing for so long, this is the first time this guy has experienced this kind of terror, which is enough to prove the power of spending money.

The vast majority of ordinary players have already become desensitized and accustomed to it...

[Hahahaha! It must feel awful to have your brain eaten by a zombie!]

[I originally thought that with Bao Ge's spending habits, he might never experience this scene in his entire life.]

[Your money was well spent! Hahaha! You got just as much in-game experience as we did, you really hit the jackpot!]

……

Ultimately, Bao Ge's account, which had been in-game purchased with 100,000 yuan, finished with a score of 43 waves on the first day of Endless Mode.

Although it was a bit worse than expected, considering how terrifyingly powerful the zombies' health and attack had become, Bao Ge felt it was still a pretty good result.

He also speculated that for ordinary players, and those who only spend a few hundred or a thousand yuan, they could probably only manage seventeen or eighteen waves at most, and twenty waves would be the absolute maximum.

During wave 20, he was capable of annihilating opponents instantly.

This also shows that his 100,000 yuan was not wasted.

After recovering from the shock of having his brain eaten by a zombie, Bao Ge gave him a wink.

Then Da Binzi, who was standing next to him, got up and picked up the AR helmet for him.

At this moment, the game's results screen had already appeared on the computer screen.

Reaching wave 43, I was rewarded with over 300 silver coins and a tiny bit of random materials.

To be honest, the rewards in this game are a bit stingy.

He spent 100,000 yuan and played 43 rounds, and that's all the reward he got. It's hard to imagine how long it would take for ordinary players to save up some silver coins.

However, in Endless Mode, you can receive a level reward every five waves you complete.

Bao Ge, who had reached wave 43, played this round and could collect all eight sets of rewards from wave 5 to wave 40 in one go.

These rewards added up to more than three thousand silver coins for him, which was a huge fortune.

If you're going to spend real money, it'll cost over 300 yuan worth of resources, not even counting other miscellaneous materials.

"Alright, guys, that should be about it for today."

"I still have two more chances to get rewards today, I'll go play some more in a bit."

"But the last wave was actually a perfect execution, if I played it again, I'd probably get stuck at wave 43."

As he spoke, Bao Ge did not choose to put the AR helmet back on this time, perhaps because he was still a little shaken.

He directly controlled the game with the mouse and opened the leaderboard for the endless mode levels.

Because it took some time to build, many big spenders have already completed the 4-10 main story level and unlocked endless mode.

Some whales have already played the endless mode once.

Even so, Bao Ge's ranking as the number one in Endless Mode levels remains as solid as ever!

[Endless Mode Level Rankings.]

[First Place: Baby Monkey, 43 waves.]

[Second Place: Deyunshe Xiaoxiao, 26 waves.]

[Third place: Wang Sicong, 25 rounds.]

……

There were several more recorded cases afterward, but none of them were of high quality, far inferior to Bao Ge's, and clearly none of them were well-developed.

According to Bao Ge's guess, the guys who fought more than twenty waves behind him should all be players who had upgraded their fused plants to the second tier.

Although he progressed quickly and was willing to spend money, his understanding of the game was still somewhat lacking compared to him.

However, at this moment, perhaps because Brother Bao had already finished the tense and exciting Endless Mode.

This gives viewers in the live stream time to look at this messy data.

Several newly posted comments on the screen immediately caught Bao Ge's attention.

[Holy crap! Big monkey, look at the power rankings! You've been overtaken!]

[More than one person overtook you, holy crap! Are these people all ghosts?]

How lucky are these dogs to win?

[Incredible! Absolutely incredible! I originally thought that DaMaHou was just spending 100,000 yuan a day because he's a streamer and was doing it for the sake of the show, but it turns out there are other experts out there!]

……

Upon seeing these comments, Bao Ge's heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong.

His worst fears came true.

He had originally hoped that other whales would have the same luck as him, spending 100,000 yuan to keep failing to upgrade, or even worse, not even reaching the fourth tier.

But judging from what these guys are saying now, it seems like something big has happened...

Without the slightest hesitation, Bao Ge immediately opened the battle power rankings upon seeing these comments.

After seeing the current combat power rankings, he was completely devastated and so angry that he almost punched the computer screen in front of him and smashed it.

"Holy crap! I'll trap you, you monkey!"

"You bunch of bastards are all dogs! A bunch of shills!"

"Damn shill!!!"

At this moment, Bao Ge completely broke down.

[Power Ranking]

[Fourth Place: Baby Monkey, with the following plant combination: Spiky Okra (Tier 4) +0, total combat power 1530...]

[Third Place: Dave's Little Fangirl, deployed with Fusion Plant, Sunflower Queen (Tier 4) +7, total combat power 1763...]

[Second Place: Si Cong, with Fusion Plant in the lineup, Water Drop Shooter (Tier 4) +12, total combat power 1985...]

……

Looking at this power ranking, Bao Ge didn't have time to think about why this guy named Si Cong only managed 25 waves with a +12 Tier 4 Water Drop Shooter. It couldn't be because he was bad at the game, could it? Maybe the Water Drop Shooter is actually pretty bad?

But none of that matters now.

The most incredible one is the number one on the combat power ranking.

When Bao Ge saw this guy, he almost fainted from shock...

[First Place: Xiao Chen, who loves playing games, used a fusion plant, True Ice Dragon Grass (5th Tier Awakening), with a total combat power of 3140...]

The noble god of control, fifth-order awakening "True" state!

I'm playing with my mom!!!!

After seeing the fusion plants created by "Xiao Chen, who loves playing games," Bao Ge couldn't stand it anymore.

On what grounds?

Just how lucky is this guy to be able to spend 100,000 yuan to bring the fusion plant to its perfect state?