Chapter 287 – I’ve Given Up on Treatment

“It’s the first time I’ve felt so great standing on the ground!”

Wang Heng exclaimed, taking a deep breath as he walked out of the Subway Station.

“It’s a pity we couldn’t wipe out all those variation zombies… Who knows how many new variation zombies we’ll face when we get to X City…”

Chen Youdong was deeply concerned. According to Ling Mo, the source of the variation zombies might be the Biological Research Institute.

The first time Falcon Camp received news about variation zombies was from a report by a scouting team in the Gaoxin Development Zone.

When they encountered variation zombies again, it was already in the city center.

Over such a long distance, some variation zombies must have been separated, becoming new sources of infection.

Their behavior patterns were noticeably different from regular zombies; they kept moving instead of staying in one place.

Not to mention the variation zombies scattered in the subway tunnels. Once they traverse the interconnected tunnels to every corner of the city, more variation zombies will soon appear in this city.

The overall enhancement of zombies has already made life very difficult for survivors. But overall, the number of zombies had at least decreased, with some areas even becoming vacuums, allowing human survivors to barely cling to life.

But now, besides the surge in the number of mutation zombies, a new type of variation zombie has appeared.

They resemble a combination of regular zombies and mutation beasts, with their evolution progressing from simple physical enhancements to changes in their appearance.

“I suspect that the virus might be able to rewrite their genetic segments, but who really knows?”

Lin Tianxiang adjusted his glasses and took a small bag of flesh from his pocket, handing it to Ling Mo. “This was cut from a variation zombie. I’ll take it back to our virus Laboratory, hoping to find a better way to deal with them. By the way, I heard you’re not planning to join us. Have you really thought it through? If you’re not a member of the camp, you won’t be allowed into the quarantine zone.”

Zhou Guocheng also patted Ling Mo on the back, saying, “You should reconsider. The outside world is too dangerous.”

“You have a Virus Laboratory?” Ling Mo’s eyes lit up with keen interest. As for their invitation, Ling Mo chose to ignore it selectively.

Lin Tianxiang nodded and said, “Yes, it’s a pity I’m not a specialist in that field… In A City, there’s a large pharmaceutical research company where a few Survivors managed to survive, and they are experts in this area. After establishing the quarantine zone, we also had the equipment and Laboratory set up, so the Virus Laboratory was immediately established.”

He adjusted his glasses excitedly and said, “It’s said that we already have some research results. Once we develop a vaccine that can resist infection, we’ll contact the Survivor settlements nationwide through the Air Force Corps. Then, humanity… at least the Survivors in our country, will be thoroughly united.”

“Cough, cough…” Zhou Guocheng pretended to cough on the side.

“Do you have tuberculosis? Or are you in the late stages of lung cancer and could die at any moment?” Lin Tianxiang rolled his eyes and asked.

Chen Youdong waved his hand with a smile and said, “There’s nothing to hide about these things. Ling Mo has cooperated with us twice in a short time. Just now, if he hadn’t lured away that leading Zombie, we might all be dead.”

Lin Tianxiang glared at Zhou Guocheng again before continuing, “In the end, we’re all human beings; there’s no need to hide these things. The truth is, we lack many materials, and the vaccine research has only proposed some hypotheses. To truly start production and move to clinical trials will take a long time. By then, we might need Ling Mo’s help.”

“You… haven’t included curing Zombies in your research?” Ling Mo asked nervously.

As superhumans, Lin Tianxiang and his team had access to much more information than the average team members, information that even Sun Zeya and Tom didn’t know.

Ling Mo felt a bit grateful that they brought up these topics voluntarily. Being far from human settlements, his biggest problem was the lack of information.

He was quite uninformed.

But on the other hand, his understanding of Zombies was unmatched by others.

Regarding the vaccine research… Ling Mo was somewhat skeptical.

They understood too little about the Virus, whereas Ling Mo had been ingesting small amounts of the Virus, even using it as a healing agent.

Ling Mo didn’t know the essence of the Virus, but he knew that it was constantly evolving and mutating, and its evolution speed was something human research could not keep up with.

If a vaccine could be developed so easily, this Virus, which nearly destroyed all of humanity, wouldn’t live up to its reputation.

Chen Youdong’s expression immediately became somewhat peculiar. He glanced at Ling Mo and said, “Those monsters… we can no longer consider curing them. There are too many of them, and the research costs are too high. We can only think about normal humans.”

These words made Ling Mo feel a bit heavy-hearted.

Although he had anticipated this answer when he asked the question, hearing it was still very uncomfortable.

A small hand quietly reached over and clasped Ling Mo’s palm. He turned around to see Ye Lian’s somewhat vacant, somewhat cold eyes staring at him, eyes that made him feel incredibly reassured.

“It’s… it’s okay.” She gently tightened her fingers, her mouth curving into a slight, sweet smile.

The gloom in Ling Mo’s heart instantly vanished. “Yeah.”

His question was a bit odd, but Chen Youdong and the others didn’t think much of it.

Many of them had relatives and friends who had mutated, but after witnessing the evolution and horror of Zombies, they had long given up on the idea of curing them.

People like Ling Mo, who still held onto such thoughts, were rare indeed.

Xia Na also smiled at Ling Mo. After seeing Chen Youdong and the others walk ahead, she whispered, “Actually, Ling-Ge, we don’t really want to be cured. At least I’ve given up on treatment. Even if I could become human again, would I lose my strength? I don’t want to risk my life just to kill a regular Zombie, nor do I want to become a burden to you. I hope we can survive together.”

“Silly Na…” Ling Mo couldn’t help but reach out and ruffle her hair.

Li Yalin also nodded in agreement. “I don’t want to either. I think being a Zombie is pretty good. After all, we only met after I became a Zombie.”

As she spoke, she pinched Ling Mo’s chin, leaned in suddenly, and kissed him hard on the lips. “Right, Ling Mo?”

“Hey, why doesn’t anyone call me ‘husband’?” Ling Mo spread his hands helplessly and asked.

With the path to a cure cut off, Ling Mo’s thoughts shifted. He could now focus on helping them recover their Intelligence and evolve.

Of course, the main priority right now was Xia Na’s complete enhancement and Ling Mo’s own mastery of his Psychic Power.

Xia Zhining and her group found a very noticeable five-star hotel and moved in. They would contact the Falcon Camp to fetch Ling Mo’s reward.

In the meantime, Ling Mo and his group had to stay with them temporarily, which was also a good opportunity to rest and recuperate.

This made Sun Zeya very excited. Ling Mo couldn’t help but think maliciously, if she knew that Black Silk was following less than 500 meters away, would she jump like her tail had been stepped on?

After clearing out the Zombies from the hotel, Xia Zhining and her group settled on the fourth floor, while Ling Mo’s group took the sixth floor.

They found an unopened bag of vacuum-sealed rice and dug out a gas cylinder, cooking a decent dinner.

Since there were canned meats on the dinner table, Ye Lian and the three girls rarely joined Ling Mo for the meal.

“Only eating meat?” Ling Mo glanced at Ye Lian, who was busily devouring a can of meat, and asked softly.

Ye Lian looked up at him, swallowed, and then shifted her gaze to Ling Mo’s backpack, her pink tongue licking her lips.

“No, the blood I’ve collected won’t do. Just eat the canned meat,” Ling Mo quickly covered his backpack and then handed his own can of meat to Ye Lian.

At that moment, Ling Mo felt four pairs of eyes locking onto him. He rubbed his forehead, then reluctantly looked at the last two cans of meat and handed them to Xia Na and Li Yalin.

“Actually, I want to eat meat too!”

“Then I’ll catch a Zombie for you tomorrow. You can choose to roast it!”

“Good girl! But that’s not necessary…”