Chapter 397 – Is Your Back Pain Forgotten?

No matter how you look at it, harboring two personalities within one body is always a ticking time bomb, even if they’ve reached a consensus and stopped their internal struggle.

For Ling Mo, an unexpected trigger that awakens the secondary personality serves as a stark alarm bell.

Dealing with the simultaneous demands of both personalities was one thing, but if this conflict surfaced in other matters…

Still, it was best to leave things be for now. Any slight misstep in matters of the mind could lead to dire consequences.

Ling Mo had some ideas for a permanent solution, but the timing wasn’t right just yet. For now, he’d put it aside…

“Only after keeping a few female zombies do you realize how tough running a household is. They’re all such a handful…”

Ling Mo helplessly patted his forehead and heaved a long sigh.

“Why that look? We’re also struggling to resist the urge to devour you, you know!” Xia Na retorted with a glare at Ling Mo.

“So, not completely knocking you out last time made you disobedient, huh?” Ling Mo cracked his knuckles and gave Xia Na a once-over.

Instead of dodging his gaze, Xia Na straightened her back and smiled at Ling Mo, “Have you forgotten the pain of a strained back?”

“Damn, I can tolerate back pain, but not kidney failure…” Ling Mo muttered, though he ultimately restrained himself.

Yet, with a fierce, albeit feigned, expression, he left an unspoken threat hanging in the air, “Just you wait!”

“Whatever!”

Xia Na snorted indifferently. Every time Black Na showed up, she felt the effects for a while. In Ling Mo’s words, Xia Na became “unruly,” showing a rebellious streak.

Guessing that Black Silk wouldn’t complete her evolution any time soon, Ling Mo decided to move the large cocoon onto a cushioned spot.

“If anything unusual happens, don’t touch it. I’ll handle it,” he instructed before summoning Ye Lian to sit face-to-face with him on the sofa.

At this moment, a flood of emotions washed over Ling Mo. Once Ye Lian evolved, she might regain many human memories.

Would her personality revert to her human days as well?

Ling Mo was a sentimental man, deeply attached to the past. He hoped that no matter how much Ye Lian evolved in strength, her personality would remain that of the girl in his memories.

“Ling Mo, I have great news! I got into X City University!” Ye Lian announced with excitement.

“Huh, silly girl, with your scores, you should have…”

“I wanted to stay close to home, to be with my parents. And to cook for you, do your laundry, clean your room…”

“That’s what a wife is for…”

“What! No jokes, I’ll get mad, you know. Hehe, I only have one class this afternoon. How about I come over to your place for dinner tonight?”

“Ling Mo, run for it…”

Lost in these thoughts, Ling Mo couldn’t help but zone out.

The memory of that always-smiling, gentle girl overlapped with the Ye Lian who was now sitting still before him.

Upon noticing Ling Mo staring, Ye Lian’s lips curled into a silly, sweet smile.

A thought struck Ling Mo, and he couldn’t help but smile as well. “Perhaps it’s a delusion, but without trying, there isn’t even hope. So… let’s begin.”

He remained silent for a long while before finally taking out the items he had prepared earlier from his inner pocket: two dominant level Virus Nest cores, and two lower quality leader level Virus Nest cores.

These four items were key to helping Ye Lian break through to the leader level.

“Observation shows that dominant level zombies haven’t learned to lie, so we can trust the Yellow-haired eccentric professor’s words,” Ling Mo mused.

He turned to Ye Lian and asked, “Are you ready, girl?”

Ye Lian fixed her gaze on Ling Mo and then slowly nodded. She seemed to guess what was about to happen, her expression turning serious.

Xia Na and Li Ya Lin also sat to the side, their eyes intently following every move Ling Mo and Ye Lian made.

“Then, let’s do this…”

After Ling Mo spoke, Ye Lian’s eyes slowly closed.

When she opened her eyes again, they were a blood-red color, and her delicate face immediately took on a cold, bloodthirsty air.

Her fingers stretched out bit by bit, making a slight “crack” sound. Even without looking, one could feel the formidable power contained within her slender fingers.

At the same time, a terrifying aura burst forth from her.

Ling Mo, sitting opposite her, immediately felt his exposed skin encounter a cold draft, a prickling sensation coming from his pores, and goosebumps rising instantly.

In terms of current strength, Ye Lian, Xia Na, and Li Ya Lin were actually more or less equal.

Xia Na’s evolution was mainly in the mental realm. Although no powerful mental powers were evident yet, once such energy accumulated to a certain extent, an explosive transformation was inevitable. Ling Mo knew this from personal experience.

Li Ya Lin’s virus was impure, and her attack methods were unorthodox and not to be judged by common standards.

Overall, Ye Lian had followed the typical growth path of a common zombie, and her foundation was the most solid.

Ling Mo took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions, while several invisible tentacles danced behind him.

“I’ll start by stimulating you to reach the final breakthrough point before your advancement.”

Under his mental control, the tentacles shot towards Ye Lian with a sudden force.

The physical tentacles slipped through Ye Lian’s collar and sleeves and climbed to her most sensitive physiological areas.

Ye Lian’s body immediately tensed, and her eyes seemed to fill with an even brighter red, becoming so vivid that they were unbearable to look directly at!

She fixed her gaze on Ling Mo, the stimulation surging through her body was sending her to new heights of ecstasy layer upon layer. She couldn’t help but throw her head back and let out a sharp scream, as a wild aura burst forth from her, making the temperature in the room feel like it had dropped several degrees in an instant.

“The psychic waves have also reached a critical point; it’s time…”

Ling Mo, who felt a great pleasure as well, still managed to maintain his composure on the outside.

Despite the physical and mental stimulation, this was a crucial moment…

He first picked up the Virus Nest that he had been using to enhance his physique, and then placed it into Ye Lian’s mouth.

Ye Lian’s first instinct was to lean in for a kiss with Ling Mo, but he shook his head, “This time, swallow it, absorb all the residual virus inside.”

“Gulp.”

Without any hesitation, Ye Lian trusted Ling Mo unconditionally and swallowed it, despite the fact that this inferior, defective Virus Nest was also dangerous to her.

Seconds later, Ye Lian’s eyes widened dramatically, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her breathing became heavy.

Her eyes turned so red they seemed as if they could bleed at any moment. The blood vessels appeared alive, continuously contracting towards the center, giving off an exceptionally eerie look.

“Giggle giggle…”

A grinding noise came from Ye Lian’s throat, like the sound of a ravenous beast unable to resist grinding its teeth in the presence of prey.

Ling Mo also felt a momentary chill in Ye Lian’s eyes, but it was just a moment before she closed her eyes, shuddered, and then relaxed her body slowly, as if all her strength had been drained from her.

“Still not enough?”

After waiting five minutes and seeing no significant reaction from Ye Lian, Ling Mo handed over another piece of inferior leader-level Virus Nest.

This piece had been extracted from the brain of an experimental subject, a product of forced growth, and was of very poor quality.

After Ye Lian swallowed it, it indeed did not have much of an effect.

“We can only…”

Ling Mo’s gaze shifted to the two dominant-level Virus Nests. Before he could move, Ye Lian suddenly reached out her hand and, with a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, snatched up one of the Virus Nests and stuffed it into her mouth.

“Ye Lian…”

His heart leapt to his throat, and Ling Mo’s expression became extremely grave.

From the moment she swallowed it, to the dominant-level Virus Nest taking effect, it only took a few seconds.

And it was in these few short seconds that an earth-shattering transformation explosively took place within Ye Lian!