Chapter 835: Chapter 599: Zombie Factory

Although Ling Mo spoke lightly, he was inwardly shocked.

The mental power shielding was already quite limiting, and he hadn’t expected to encounter such a powerful mental attack.

Thanks to his quick reaction, he had not suffered any substantive damage, but the situation forced him to be even more cautious and careful.

What exactly had attacked him?

Since the enemy could detect his mental fluctuations, had they also discovered Yu Shiran and Black Silk?

Under these circumstances, Ling Mo could no longer recklessly switch perspectives.

However, just as Yu Shiran had turned around, Ling Mo had managed to catch a glimpse of something through Black Silk’s perspective.

Two elevator doors, and a passage…

“No wonder this place is so big; it seems to be connected to an underground mall,” Ling Mo mused thoughtfully.

In City X, where people abound and space is scarce, underground malls are quite common.

Stumbling upon one in such a situation added more trouble for Ling Mo and his companions.

But despite the inconvenience, it gave Ling Mo a clue.

“There should be some exit signs around here…” Ling Mo said as he grabbed Ye Lian and started searching along the wall.

Although the walls were mostly obscured by mucus and watery corpses, after some searching, Ling Mo successfully found the main evacuation route’s fire safety sign… under the wide-open mouth of a watery corpse.

“This stuff plastered on it… must have come from its mouth, right?” Ling Mo looked at the sign with disgust for a while before he could finally make out the direction indicated by the arrow.

“This way,” he pointed.

The trio, accompanied by three corpses, quickened their pace, moving swiftly through the dark underground parking lot.

The deeper they went, the more obstacles they encountered. Apart from the increasingly thick layers of mucus, the main obstacles were the watery corpses.

Not only did these zombies appear on the walls and on top of cars, but some were even hanging from the ceiling.

Had Ling Mo not dodged in time, he might have had a “close encounter” with a pair of dangling feet, an experience that was nightmarish even in thought.

“Ling Mo, tell me, why are there so many murky corpses here?” Li Ya Lin asked curiously, following behind.

“How would I know…” Ling Mo replied.

Shana stretched out her words: “But… usually, mutated zombies don’t appear in such large numbers of the same kind, right? Each type of zombie mutates in a different direction, don’t they? With different genes, how could they all become the same? It’s like with humans; although everyone has arms and legs, how many look exactly alike? Even twins have different hobbies and interests, right?”

“Eh… that’s true!” Ling Mo suddenly paused, then in confusion said, “But, top student, do you have any insight into this situation?”

Shana giggled, “Insight is a bit much to claim. But I did think of another possibility…”

“What possibility?” Ling Mo and Li Ya Lin asked curiously at the same time.

Even Ye Lian turned to look at Shana, and at that moment, Ling Mo caught a glimpse of the sly smile playing at the corner of her mouth.

“Hehe, equivalent exchange…” Shana was indeed starting to trick him…

Ling Mo sighed and asked, “What do you want to bet on this time?”

“Hehe… I’ll tell you after I win, how about that?” Shana said with a chuckle, hugging her arms as she nimbly leaped over a watery corpse.

“Again?” Ling Mo felt helpless; there was really no way to deal with this clever and mischievous girl.

…

As Ling Mo and his group advanced deeper, subtle changes were also occurring quietly within the underground parking lot.

In a dark corner, a “clicking” sound could be heard, like that of an eggshell cracking as something was about to emerge.

And on the ceiling, a large mass of mucus that had been hanging there was continuously writhing.

The red light that had been spying on Ling Mo in the darkness suddenly flashed by…

“Hehehe…”

A light laugh suddenly came from the mucus, accompanied by a crack that split open, revealing a pair of hands with talons on the edges of the fissure.

The hands looked moist, as if they had just emerged from water.

A little bit of translucent liquid was slowly dripping down the sharp, blade-like fingernails.

Under the overly white skin, the bulging veins were subtly throbbing…

It was as if a hibernating beast had been awakened by the intrusion of outsiders…

“Zila!”

As the crack was violently torn open, a figure with a red glow suddenly leaped out, nimbly landing on the ground.

Under the swaying disheveled hair, those eyes swiftly turned in a certain direction, towards where Ling Mo and his group were quickly moving…

“Hehehe…”

The sound of a tongue licking lips came through, and the red light darted forward, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye…

…

“We must be close now,” Ling Mo said, assessing the surroundings.

Not far ahead was the elevator door Ling Mo had seen before, and he continued searching in the direction Yu Shiran and the others had left.

Although the perspective-switching time was not long, Ling Mo had made the most of it, earnestly searching for features in the surroundings.

The biggest obstacle with perspective switching was that Ling Mo couldn’t control the direction of the other person’s gaze.

Of course, if it was a Zombie Puppet completely under his control, there would be no such problem.

But since finding the location of Yu Shiran and her companions, another two minutes had passed, and Ling Mo was becoming more and more anxious.

“Could it be around here?” Li Ya Lin took a deep sniff and then shook her head, “No, it’s not working. The smell here is too strong; I can’t find them.”

“We’ll just have to keep looking.” Ling Mo reminded himself to stay calm; getting anxious wouldn’t help in this situation.

However, at that moment, a muffled sound suddenly came from not too far away.

“Boom!”

Ling Mo’s heart stirred immediately: “Did you hear that?”

“Mhm!” Shana nodded.

“Let’s go!” Ling Mo waved his hand, leading the three female zombies towards the direction of the sound.

Despite the urgency in his heart, Ling Mo slowed down as he approached the source of the noise, heightening his alertness.

In this pitch-dark environment, the sound they heard might not necessarily be from Yu Shiran and her group…

But even with mental preparation, they were still taken aback when they rounded a wall and came between two rows of cars.

Red lines of sight revealed watery corpses lying everywhere, with fresh murky fluid splattered on the ground and walls. A body that had been torn to shreds lay on the hood of one of the cars, likely the source of the noise they had heard.

“What’s going on here…” Ling Mo was somewhat stunned.

“Quick, look at this.” Shana jumped onto the car and dragged the body down.

Thud!

The mutilated body was tossed at Ling Mo’s feet like a broken sack. Covering his nose, he looked down and noticed something unusual.

“This isn’t a watery corpse,” Ling Mo exclaimed in surprise.

“Yeah, don’t you think this body looks a lot like the ones we just encountered?” Shana said.

“Like who?… Wait a minute!”

Ling Mo reflexively asked a question, then a lightbulb went off in his head.

Like who?! The Berserker they had just encountered above!

Only, this zombie’s mutation wasn’t in its hands but in its feet.

A pair of extraordinarily large feet that looked like they could adapt to any terrain…

But in other respects, he was like that Berserker, not much different from other zombies.

However, unlike the Berserker, this zombie’s level of evolution was much lower.

“A prototype?” Ling Mo blankly looked around.

He suddenly realized that this place might very well be…

“A mutated zombie factory,” Shana said, following up.

“Uh-huh…” Ling Mo nodded gravely, suddenly understanding why Yu Shiran and her group were interested in this place.

If it were him, he’d be interested too!

He had thought that only beings like the Spider Queen could rapidly create more mutated zombies, but now he had stumbled upon this situation…

“But… what’s the principle behind this production?” Ling Mo asked curiously.

If they could grasp the method of mutation… could they also try to control the direction of mutation in their Zombie Puppets?

At least then they wouldn’t wake up one day to find the girls beside them suddenly sprouting some new appendage or something…