32: Chapter 32 includes the Plants vs. Zombies hybrid version!

Sunflower, Peashooter, Wall-nut...

Over fifty types of plants, with every attribute, cooldown time, attack method, and even upgrade effect for each one, all became incredibly clear in an instant, as if they had been engraved in her mind since birth.

usually Zombie, Screen Door Zombie, Buckethead Zombie, Pole Vaulting Zombie...

Over thirty types of zombies, with every detail—their health, speed, special abilities, and exactly when they should appear—perfectly accurate.

Day, Night, Pool, Fog, Roof.

Five scenarios, over fifty levels; the monster configuration, spawn rhythm, and difficulty curve of each level were all clearly remembered.

To be honest, even if the Producer of the original Plants vs. Zombies world came here now, they might not remember it more clearly than she does.

Oh right, there are also Puzzle Mode, Survival Mode, Endless Mode...

Jiang Yuan lay on the sofa with her eyes closed, digesting for a very long time before she finally completely relieved the impact of that massive surge of memory fragments.

When she opened her eyes again, she was about to close the store when she suddenly caught a glimpse of an inconspicuous category tag.

[Player Fan-Creation · Special Edition]

She froze for a moment, then, as if remembering something, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly clicked in.

There was only one piece of information at the top of the page:

[plants vs. zombies hybrid edition] — 15,000 points

Introduction: Created based on the genetic fusion of the original plants and zombies, with plant-to-plant hybridization and zombie-to-zombie fusion, birthing brand-new combat units and strategic dimensions. It was once a massive hit that swept the world based on the original version!

Jiang Yuan's fingers paused.

Hybrid edition?

She had heard of this in her previous life, but she had been too busy with work at the time to play it.

It was rumored to be a fan-made modded version where different plant functions were fused together to create all sorts of outrageous new units. There was a hybrid of Peashooter and Sunflower that could produce sunlight while also attacking zombies, and a hybrid of Wall-nut and Potato Mine that would explode instantly when a zombie took a bite.

This thing was insanely popular at the time.

Since it was such a good thing, she definitely had to redeem it as well.

Jiang Yuan glanced at her point balance: 4,000.

Not enough.

She had no choice but to spend another 50,000.

[Recharge successful, received 500 draw chances]

Her luck was pretty good this time; the five hundred draws yielded 13,000 points.

Adding the remainder, it was exactly 18,000. After redeeming this, she would still have 3,000 left to exchange for other things, like art enhancement packs or numerical enhancement packs, to flesh out her capabilities.

Redeem.

[Confirm redemption of full information for "plants vs. zombies hybrid edition", consume 15,000 points?]

Confirm.

The next second, another incredibly massive stream of information flooded her mind.

[Hybrid Plant System]

Pea Sunflower: A fusion of Peashooter and Sunflower; it can both fire peas to attack zombies and produce 25 sunlight every 24 seconds. It combines offense and defense, completely relieving tile pressure.

Ice Cattail: A hybrid of Snow Pea and Cattail; it fires homing ice spikes, can attack zombies on multiple lanes simultaneously, and adds a slowing effect.

Sun Bean: A combination of Sunflower and Puff-shroom; it produces sunlight during the day and automatically fires bullets at night, suitable for both day and night.

Flame Flower Queen: An advanced form of Jalapeno and Flower Pot; releases a large-area flame shockwave when planted, then remains on the field to continuously spray flames, dealing burn damage to an entire row of zombies in front of it.

...

Hundreds of hybrid plants, each with detailed fusion recipes, attribute parameters, and animation effects.

[Hybrid Zombie System]

Armed Disco Zombie: A fusion of Newspaper Zombie and Disco Zombie; summons a random zombie every 8 seconds, is immune to damage while summoning, and throws newspaper fragments to interfere with plants while dancing.

Zamboni Gargantuar: A combination of Gargantuar and Zamboni Zombie; pushes a Zamboni forward. After the Zamboni is destroyed, the Gargantuar continues on foot. The Zamboni has independent health, and upon destruction, it leaves behind an ice trail that slows down all plants on it.

Dark-skinned Football Zombie: An enhanced version of Football Zombie with high health and high movement speed; it dashes every 5 seconds and is immune to control during the dash. It is jokingly nicknamed "Dark-skinned Athlete" by countless players.

...

Dozens of hybrid zombies, each fusing the characteristics of two or more original zombies.

[Special Modes]

Lucky Box Endless Mode: Similar to Roguelike gameplay; after each wave, you can obtain a random "blind box," which, when opened, grants a random plant, sunlight, or special item. The uncertainty is extremely high, and the streaming effect is explosive.

Fusion Laboratory: Players can consume sunlight to fuse two plants and randomly generate a hybrid plant. The more sunlight consumed, the higher the probability of obtaining a rare plant.

Random Challenge Mode: Imitater transformation is completely random, even allowing it to turn into a zombie; the experience of every game is different.

Genetic Mutation: During battle, zombies have a chance to mutate into hybrid zombies, with the mutation probability increasing with each wave.

When Jiang Yuan opened her eyes, it was completely dark outside the window, and the lights of thousands of homes illuminated the night sky.

She stood there for a long time before she finally recovered from the impact of receiving two massive streams of memory in succession.

After recovering, Jiang Yuan didn't idle; instead, she sat down at the computer and opened a new document.

First, she set a title: "Plants vs. Zombies" — Initial Development Plan.

Below that, she started a new line: Spin-off: "plants vs. zombies hybrid edition" — Future DLC Backup.

After setting the title, Jiang Yuan immediately unleashed her peak typing speed, clattering away at the keyboard as she wrote down most of the basic settings she had just acquired.

After finishing, she stared at the thing for a while before closing the document and heading off to take a shower in a pleasant mood.

Starting from the next day.

The office completely shed the cheerful and relaxed atmosphere that had lingered since the great success of Slay the Spire, and officially entered work mode.

Zhou Ming and Wang Hao began to take charge of the initial program framework, while Lin Zhengtao supplemented the technical details on the side.

As for Su Meng, she had already started taking the half-newcomer Fang Qingqing to draw sketches. The initial design of the Sunflower was revised three times, from realistic to cartoon, and finally, under Jiang Yuan's suggestion, it was settled on a version that "looked like it was smiling."

Chen Yu was responsible for organizing documents, recording the content discussed in the two meetings one by one.

As for Jiang Yuan, she was responsible for continuing to slowly move the game content settings out of her mind bit by bit, laying the foundation for the third new house whose foundation hadn't even been built yet.

During lunch, Zhou Ming brought his boxed meal over to Jiang Yuan's side.

"Boss, I have a question."

Jiang Yuan gave a soft acknowledgement.

Zhou Ming said: "How much do we plan to sell this game for?"

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said: "We'll see when the time comes."

Zhou Ming waited for a few seconds, but when no further explanation came, he couldn't help but ask again: "What about the development cycle?"

"Tentatively about three months."

Zhou Ming was stunned: "That fast?"

Jiang Yuan said softly: "We'll do the basic version first. Although it looks like there's a lot of content, it should actually be simpler to make than Slay the Spire."

Zhou Ming thought about it and nodded thoughtfully.

Chen Yu leaned over: "Boss, when does the promotion for the new game start?"

Jiang Yuan glanced at him: "The game isn't even made yet, what is there to promote?"

Chen Yu was choked up and awkwardly scurried away.

Su Meng, watching from the side, couldn't help but laugh, and her laughter brought others around her to laugh as well.