Chapter 242: Settlement of the Lost Sunflower |
[Main Quest completed. You will be teleported to the Community after the story concludes.]
After relying on the balloons to reach Crazy Dave's house alongside Mighty Dave, this Script was considered complete.
A flash of white light enveloped his vision, and Bai Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
The overall progression of this C-rank Adventure Script was relatively short, taking only about half a day. Having most of his skills and equipment sealed left him feeling somewhat uncomfortable, but he had successfully finished it nonetheless.
Crazy Dave enthusiastically hugged Bai Mu and Mighty Dave. He then took away the potted Sunflower and brought out a potted Three-Leaf Clover.
"With the Sunflower here, the Three-Leaf Clover will finally have the energy to work!" Crazy Dave declared with absolute confidence.
He placed the inconspicuous, fan-like Three-Leaf Clover on the roof. The plant immediately began to spin, unleashing a powerful hurricane-force gale.
The dense fog surrounding the house was swiftly blown away. As the mist dispersed, the true scale of the threat was revealed: an army of Zombies glaring fiercely from the streets outside, and the true form of the massive silhouette looming behind them.
It was a gigantic, monstrous robot. Inside the machine's head sat a Zombie wearing a white lab coat, its brain abnormally enlarged. "Dr. Zomboss, I knew it was him!" Crazy Dave exclaimed indignantly.
[Script "Dave's Backyard" completed. Calculating rewards.]
[Script "The Lost Sunflower" completed. Calculating rewards.]
[Hidden Quest "Mighty Dave" detected as completed. Rating increased. Reward: Roulette Draw x1.]
[Hidden Quest "Zombie Killer" detected as completed. Rating increased. Reward: Roulette Draw x1.]
[Side Quest "The Missing Mighty Dave" detected as completed. Reward: "Mighty Dave's Bandana" x1.]
[Current Script Completion Rate: 100%]
[Items/Equipment Obtained: "Crazy Dave's Invitation" x1, "Mighty Dave's Bandana" x1.]
[Skills Obtained: None.]
[Bloodline Obtained: None.]
[Title Obtained: Zombie Killer.]
[Your overall Script rating is: S. Please claim your corresponding rating rewards in the Adventure Script Store later.]
[Settlement complete.]
Bai Mu returned to his room in the Community. The invitation from Dave served as the admission ticket to the next stage of the Adventure Script.
It seemed that ever since he earned Dave's approval in the first stage and agreed to fight the Zombies alongside him, all he needed to do was clear each stage to obtain the corresponding entry ticket for the next.
The next stage was titled "Dr. Zomboss's Invasion," and its hazard level had risen to B-rank. Since he had no idea what a B-rank Script would entail, he tossed the invitation into his storage for now and headed straight to the Script Store to claim his items.
The rating rewards for the Script were, once again, Garden Plant Cards.
The variety offered this time was much wider. The S-rank reward was a Plant Card of his choice, while the A-rank and B-rank rewards were a Squash Card and a Three-Leaf Clover Card, respectively. He had just witnessed the effects of the Three-Leaf Clover during the Script.
The Squash Card, on the other hand, functioned more like a trigger-based trap. According to its description, it dealt massive damage. Moreover, against enemies physically smaller than the squash itself, it could instantly inflict an amount of damage equal to their entire maximum Health in a single strike.
This damage could be mitigated by defense and armor, but against an unshielded enemy, it was fully capable of an instant kill. It served as an excellent trump card among the Garden Plants.
As for the physical size of the squash, the Plant Card interface provided detailed specifications. It was larger than he had anticipated, measuring roughly 1.2 meters tall. It would prove exceptionally useful when dealing with certain specific enemies.
Unfortunately, this single-use plant could not be cultivated in a Flower Pot like the Cherry Bomb.
As for the elective Plant Card, it offered five choices: Cherry Bomb, Jalapeno, Sunflower, Peashooter, and Corn Pult. The Cherry Bomb and Jalapeno had similar destructive effects. The Sunflower was a recovery-type plant that restored Health and status conditions; once summoned, it would continuously heal surrounding units and produce "Sunlight" as a single-use consumable item.
Regarding the Peashooter, Bai Mu still had an unused one in his inventory. After careful consideration, he chose the Corn Pult for his elective card.
The base damage of the Corn Pult was comparable to the Peashooter, but it possessed an additional special effect.
[When the Corn Pult hurls corn kernels, there is a low probability of it throwing a block of "Butter."]
Yes, it was the exact same Butter he had previously used to paralyze the Mountain Evil God for a single second. It was a rule-based item—as long as it struck the target's head, it would completely immobilize anything for one second.
He had selected the Corn Pult specifically because he had his eye on that special effect. After sorting through his Plant Cards, he retrieved Mighty Dave's Bandana. [Name: Mighty Dave's Bandana]
[Category: Special Item]
[Grade: Rare]
[Effect: Upon use, you can transform into Mighty Dave for 10 minutes. While transformed, your Health and stamina will be calculated separately. All your skills will be temporarily replaced with "Mighty Dave's Special Skills," and all your equipment will be swapped for the "Mighty Dave Set." You will automatically revert to your original form once the transformed Health pool is depleted or the duration expires. This item can only be used once per Script. You can also manually remove the bandana to cancel the transformation early.]
[Current Uses: 0.]
[Note: Mighty Dave originally wore this bandana to imitate his brother, who walks around all day with a frying pan on his head. Over time, he grew so accustomed to the feeling that losing the bandana made him feel like a piece of his own flesh was missing.]
An active item that allowed Players to transform. This was the Side Quest reward for successfully rescuing Mighty Dave. All things considered, the difficulty of that particular task had been quite high.
He had needed to locate Mighty Dave before the man collapsed from exhaustion under the relentless siege of Zombies, and then escort him safely out of Dr. Zomboss's encirclement. Given the intense effort required, an item of this caliber was a perfectly reasonable reward.
This essentially granted the player a free opportunity to completely restore their Health, as the two Health bars were calculated entirely separately. Mighty Dave's various attributes were undeniably higher than those of a normal player. Even if Bai Mu wasn't operating under restricted conditions, he still doubted his own base stats could match up to Mighty Dave's.
The guy's stats were at least on the level of a minor elite boss. As for the exact effects of his skills and equipment set, Bai Mu would only find out once he actually transformed.
Bai Mu was highly satisfied with this item. It made the immense effort of dragging Mighty Dave out from the encirclement of giant Zombies completely worth it.
Although it could only be used once per Script, it practically gave him a second life. The only slight drawback was that the transformed "Mighty Dave" state lacked any growth potential; the attributes, equipment, and skills were entirely fixed. Still, it would undoubtedly be more than enough to handle the Scripts Bai Mu was currently facing.