My Girlfriend is a Zombie

Chapter 650: A Path Walked in Darkness

Chapter 650: A Path Walked in Darkness

“However, you still don’t plan on leaving Dongming City immediately, right?” Mu Chen’s realization came quite swiftly this time.

“Showing some progress, I see.” Ling Mo complimented.

“What kind of progress is this!” Mu Chen was left speechless.

Despite that, Mu Chen was quite curious about what Ling Mo planned to do next.

He had imagined more than once what he would do if he were in Ling Mo’s shoes. Probably from the very beginning, he would have chosen to run away without any hesitation…

Of course, there was nothing shameful about that. After struggling so hard to survive until today, who would willingly rush towards death? However, it was Ling Mo’s act of not seeking benefits and avoiding harm in a timely manner that was rare among survivors.

Ling Mo didn’t know what was going through Mu Chen’s mind, but even if he did, he would probably just laugh it off.

The words spoken by Number 0 during her resistance weren’t actually wrong…

Humans and zombies are inherently two incompatible beings.

The future direction of this world is also difficult to predict at the moment.

But no matter how the world changes, as long as Ling Mo’s goal remains the same, then the most prudent method is to become stronger. This applies to him, as well as to the female zombies.

Only by possessing strength can one control their own fate in the waves of the future.

This process will not be easy. For someone like Ling Mo, his mental power enhancement relies almost entirely on consumption. His relentless training can lead to a more skilled mastery of his abilities, but it has little effect on increasing the strength of his mental power. At his current level, it’s hard to achieve a significant increase through training alone.

As for consumption, other mental ability users would actually be the best choice for Ling Mo, but he has never considered this.

After all, he is still human…

However, the appearance of those brain mutants provided Ling Mo with a pleasant surprise, and it was one of the reasons he was quite interested in the original infection source.

Those zombies with strong mental power were basically moving energy stores!

But these energy stores were not to be taken at will; each of them posed a significant danger.

While Ye Lian and the others followed by his side, they couldn’t fight for evolution through killing like their wild zombies did every day.

Even though they consumed gel daily, they didn’t have much of an advantage over their wild peers.

So, if they wanted to become stronger, how could they achieve it by simply avoiding danger?

The sheer power of Number 0 had made Ling Mo fully realize that not only were there many powerful beings in this world, but new monsters could be born every day.

In this arena where the only goals were evolution and survival, winning required the courage to fight.

The punch that knocked out Ai Feng also shattered the last of Ling Mo’s hesitations.

What did it matter if this path led into darkness!

“Ling Mo.”

Just as he reached the second floor’s stairwell corner, a deliberately lowered voice suddenly spoke up, followed by a figure emerging from the shadows.

Despite having seen this happen many times, Mu Chen’s heart still felt like it had been tightly squeezed when someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

“Senior Sister.” Ling Mo, however, was quite calm, “Where’s the girl?”

“She’s waiting over there. Both the front and back doors are blocked,” Li Ya Lin reported.

Ling Mo nodded and then sensed the locations of Yu Shiran and Xiao Bai.

They had already made it outside the building and run into a safe alley. However, that bizarre route was not suitable for Mu Chen and Xu Shuhan.

Humans couldn’t compare to zombies in stealth abilities. Without a reliable method, it was best to save it for last.

“How many people at the front door?” Ling Mo asked.

Li Ya Lin counted carefully and answered, “Three. But more arrived as I was coming over.”

“That was quick!” Ling Mo frowned.

The delay caused by consuming Number 0 and having to take care of two injured had resulted in them not being able to escape before their pursuers arrived.

However, Ling Mo was prepared for such a situation; it just meant a bit more effort was needed…

A minute later, they had quietly reached a corridor near the entrance.

Ye Lian was silently pressed against the wall. Upon seeing Ling Mo and the others arrive, the female zombie gave a vacant smile and then made way for Ling Mo.

“Girl,” Ling Mo whispered, and then he edged closer to the wall, peering out for a glimpse.

The glass door, lit by the flickering firelight outside, revealed two figures moving back and forth.

Further down the street, five or six people were scattered, each wielding various weapons. They seemed to be standing quite casually, but they were effectively blocking both ends of the street.

At first glance, this scene puzzled Ling Mo.

Even if they were unaware that their comrades inside the building had been completely wiped out, they couldn’t afford to wait outside so leisurely, could they?

“Who are these people?” Ling Mo turned his head and asked.

Mu Chen leaned against the wall and peeked out, then said with a frown, “I don’t know… I don’t recognize everyone from the branch.”

“What good are you…” Ling Mo rolled his eyes at him.

“Hey!” Mu Chen squinted and took another look, speaking with some uncertainty, “It seems like some of them are not from the branch…”

“What do you mean, they’re from headquarters?” Ling Mo’s interest was piqued, but since the situation was unclear, he decided to keep observing.

He looked around and moved slightly forward, finding an angle that allowed him to see them all more clearly.

But just as he found a good position, a whistle suddenly sounded from outside.

His heart skipped a beat, thinking he had been discovered, but upon closer inspection, it turned out that a female zombie had suddenly appeared at the street corner.

The zombie, in tattered clothes, barefoot, with long hair in complete disarray, staggered a bit before suddenly accelerating towards the nearest two individuals like a mother leopard.

However, the two men didn’t panic; instead, they exchanged a smile and stood still, waiting for the zombie to approach.

This obvious show-off caught Mu Chen off guard, and he couldn’t help but hiss, “These two are definitely not from the branch.”

As the female zombie closed in, one of the men suddenly swayed, dodging in a bizarre angle.

Simultaneously, the steel rod in his hand quickly tapped the knee of the female zombie.

To onlookers, the moment they brushed past each other, the female zombie suddenly lost her balance and fell forward, crashing directly into a derelict car ahead.

The other person seized the opportunity, swiftly moving behind the zombie, and brought the steel rod down with force.

The zombie, just about to get up, was hammered down again, her head striking the trunk with a dull “thud.”

“Ha ha ha!”

“See that? The headbutt sounded good, didn’t it?”

The two burst into laughter, which sounded particularly grating in the empty street.

The others looked on as if watching a show, neither intervening nor offering to help.

“Ow!”

The female zombie, propping herself up with her arms, rose again. Under the blood-soaked hair, her expressionless face was barely visible, but those bloodshot eyes were filled with ferocity as she turned and lunged again.

“Yo, look, she’s getting angry!”

“Come on, this way, try to catch me! Ha ha ha…”

The men dodged left and right, taunting non-stop.

After circling the abandoned car twice, the female zombie suddenly leapt onto the roof and pounced on one of them.

This sudden twist made two or three of the men straighten up, but before they could act, the man who was about to be attacked swiftly stepped back, just right to slam the female zombie appearing midair in front of him back to the ground.

“Nice move, but isn’t that showing off a bit too much?” Mu Chen muttered.

Ling Mo remained silent, although his brows furrowed slightly.

The female zombie, still forceful, was smashed down again and immediately fell to the ground.

This time, before she could rise, two feet pinned down her arms.

“Ow ow!”

The female zombie struggled fiercely, but she couldn’t break free.

These two were clearly enhancement type psychics, whose strength and stamina were temporarily increased when using their abilities, giving them enough explosive power to subdue ordinary zombies.

In a one-on-one situation, aside from their inherent threat of infection, ordinary zombies aren’t much trouble for an average psychic.

The real terror of zombies lies in their numbers…

“Still trying to run?”

One of them reached out and grabbed the long hair of the zombie, yanking it upward, forcing the female zombie’s neck to arch back.

The female zombie shook her head, emitting a series of threatening growls from her mouth.

“Don’t move.” The psychic holding her hair looked down at the female zombie’s face with a smirk, “You know, this creature actually doesn’t look half bad.”

“Let me see,” another one prodded the female zombie’s face with the steel rod and remarked, “It’s true! Her skin’s still pretty elastic. Not like those I’ve seen in movies, all rotted and muscle-less but still moving, totally ridiculous. And look at this, all muscle, great figure. Must be quite the experience.”

“Baldy, you’re not actually thinking of getting it on with her, are you?” laughed someone who was standing by with arms crossed, enjoying the show.

“Cut it out, not even a steel pipe would keep the virus at bay,” said the psychic holding her hair.

“Shut up!” Baldy snapped back.

His remark set off another round of laughter.

“But you all know, right? These monsters, just like animals, they still look for mates!” the psychic added.

While Baldy was waving the steel rod in front of the female zombie, amused by her angry but futile attempts to charge, only to hit the rod each time, he absentmindedly said, “So what? They’re monsters after all.”

“Heh heh… I do wonder though, how a female zombie does… that stuff, compared to us humans,” the psychic said with a sly grin.

Baldy immediately perked up, “You’ve got some imagination! But… heh heh…”