Chapter 466 – How to Use the Broadsword

The Smoking Man nudged the Round-faced Girl, who was sleeping, and asked, “Quick question, what’s the tallest hotel around here?”

The still-groggy Round-faced Girl woke up almost instantly. She thought for a moment, then pointed out the window. “That lonely tall building you see over there. Don’t worry, I have a mental map of everything on this street.”

“That far?! Where did you sleepwalk to, anyway? Hey!”

The Smoking Man shouted, frustrated, and threw down his walkie-talkie. “It’s off again! This thing is supposed to be for communication, not just to notify us one-way!”

“Don’t be mad. Consider the previous situation as a warm-up. Now is when we’re really needed. Didn’t Captain Li tell you the Broadsword is useful? This is its use,” Yuanyuan said, blinking her eyes.

“How is causing trouble useful?” the Smoking Man grumbled.

Yuanyuan smiled slightly, rubbed her cheeks, and said, “The Broadsword’s superpower is to let the body be entirely controlled by instinct. This superpower works even better during sleep. Plus, he has sleepwalking. Combined with Yin Jie’s superpower, they make the perfect, strongest bait… the vanguard.” Yuanyuan covered her mouth as if she had said too much. “Anyway, it means he should have found those people by now, right? There isn’t a soldier more obedient than him. Unlike us, who wouldn’t keep working into the night.”

“Does it really have to be like this?” the Smoking Man frowned. “We can take our time, there’s no rush.”

“This is how you use the Broadsword… Besides, no matter how well we coordinate, can we be better than the Broadsword and Yin Jie together? You should know, Yin Jie’s superpower is the most effective for the Broadsword… Sometimes superpowers need to be used in combination to be more powerful.”

Yuanyuan said cheerfully…

Shorty had already absent-mindedly put the walkie-talkie back in his pocket. A voice in his head told him that this thing couldn’t stay on all the time; it could get someone killed.

For example, an unaware teammate suddenly shouting while the holder is sneaking past a horde of zombies… That’s how tragedies in some movies happen.

He glanced back and muttered, “Lure… lure him away… bring back a cabbage…”

“Bang!”

Shorty suddenly swung the Broadsword, slashing it fiercely against the wall.

In the dead of night, the dull thud was incredibly loud!

Standing in the middle of the street, Xiao Bai was immediately startled.

At this moment, Ling Mo’s main body had just stepped out of the room and came face-to-face with Lucy, who was also opening her door across the hall.

Lucy seemed to have just woken up. Her clothes were not properly worn; her neckline was askew, revealing her chest to Ling Mo’s view.

Seeing Ling Mo come out, she didn’t seem surprised and asked, “You’re up too? Did you hear the noise downstairs?”

Oh no! I can’t let her find Xiao Bai!

Hand bones could barely be explained away, but that unforgettable mutation panda would be impossible to dismiss!

“Probably nothing. Maybe it was just a zombie…”

As he hesitated, Xiao Bai was already drawn to the sound.

Although it seemed troublesome, Xiao Bai had a certain level of intelligence now. Forcing control might cause unnecessary harm to it.

“Really? But…”

“Seriously, it’s nothing… I have probing abilities, remember.”

“Well… okay then…”

Lucy, distressed by her own body’s mutation and just having been startled awake, still seemed a bit dazed.

Seeing Ling Mo so insistent, she retreated into her room, intending to close the door.

But at that moment, Ling Mo called out, “Wait.”

“What?” Lucy looked at him, puzzled.

Ling Mo stared into Lucy’s eyes for a while, until she started to feel extremely uncomfortable. Then he suddenly flashed a meaningful smile.

Lucy glanced down at herself, suddenly realizing something. She quickly covered her neckline and then slammed the door shut with a “bang”:

“Pervert!”

“What did I do to be called a pervert?”

Ling Mo muttered in confusion, his attention quickly shifting back to what he had just discovered.

Lucy’s eyes had a similar look to Shorty’s…

“Wait, he didn’t seem like he was asleep, nor did he seem fully awake. If what he said wasn’t just nonsense, does that mean he’s… Sleepwalking?!”

Ling Mo had heard of sleepwalking but had never seen it himself.

For example, a girl who suddenly sits up in the middle of the night, walks around the dormitory, touching everyone’s heads, drooling, and muttering, “One watermelon, two watermelons…”

Even in the cases Ling Mo had heard of, none were like Shortie, who could launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night and actually be capable of fighting back…

Moreover, after such an intense battle, with his scalp scratched by claws, he should have woken up…

“Right, he didn’t react to pain, and during the fight, he seemed to be relying purely on instinct… It’s certain he’s a superhuman, but that shouldn’t affect his mental state…”

Ling Mo wasn’t great at analyzing, but when he switched his vision to Xiao Bai, he suddenly felt a chill!

Just as his consciousness hid within Xiao Bai’s body, could there be some external psychic fluctuation influencing this Sleepwalker’s mind?

Once the thought occurred to him, it wouldn’t go away…

Combining this with the faint psychic fluctuation he sensed earlier, Ling Mo became more convinced that his guess might be correct!

“If there is an external consciousness, could it be like how I control zombies? But even I can’t control humans. How is the other party doing it? Is it because this superhuman is in a sleepwalking state?”

When fighting superhumans, understanding their abilities is crucial to determining the outcome.

Without knowing the opponent’s abilities, it’s hard to respond correctly.

“But many superhumans who have fallen to me didn’t expect me to control zombies… Whether someone is controlling this Sleepwalker or not, I need to treat the opponent as if there are two people.”

Now looking at the Sleepwalker’s movements, it seemed like he was running away, but in reality, he wasn’t trying his hardest.

In a city filled with alleys and buildings, losing a giant mutation panda, who clearly had no self-awareness, shouldn’t be difficult at all.

Ling Mo could come up with many ways quickly…

Although in the eyes of this Sleepwalker, Xiao Bai might not be seen as a panda but rather as a bald, muscular super monk…

“Just in case…”

Passing through an area with zombies, Ling Mo separated two tentacles from the mutation panda Xiao Bai’s mind and controlled two of the zombies.

These two zombies hid on the side, closely following Xiao Bai and the sleepwalking Shorty.

Under Ling Mo’s control, one of the zombies quickly dashed in front of the Sleepwalker and then suddenly leaped out.

As it jumped, Ling Mo cut off the psychic link.

“Cabbage…”

The Sleepwalker shouted, slashing the zombie with one swing and even made a motion to retrieve the body…

Although he stopped quickly, Ling Mo clearly saw the momentary hesitation.

“As expected, it’s not complete control, but something is influencing his actions. And even though he’s sleepwalking, he can find Xiao Bai hiding inside a building. That consciousness also has some probing abilities.

So, as long as it’s a living being, he’ll see it as a target ‘cabbage’? This guy has no judgment ability; he’s just out to chop cabbages!” Ling Mo thought. “The one making judgments is the consciousness hidden in his mind, but it definitely can’t share vision like I do. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have lured Xiao Bai away. What’s the point of luring Xiao Bai away?”

“Probably their logic is… anything that can be quickly killed is either a zombie or an insignificant person. Anyone who can resist is their true target…”

At this thought, Ling Mo felt a chill down his spine.

If there were other survivors nearby, wouldn’t they become innocent victims?

“What a grand scheme… Such a powerful superhuman is just bait… But since he has no judgment ability, let me give you a nice gift.”