Chapter 685 – Look, We’ve Played Too Much

With a crack, a slightly deformed sign, engulfed in thick black smoke, tumbled down from above, plummeting straight toward the large-headed figure standing below.

“Whoosh…”

Under the looming shadow, the figure suddenly opened their tightly shut eyes.

“Clang!” A loud noise followed immediately.

But as the black smoke dissipated, only the swinging sign and a charred corpse lying nearby remained in the narrow alley.

The large-headed figure flashed deeper into the darkness: “What an interesting human… truly interesting… hahaha…”

“Boom!”

A burst of flame broke through the ground floor window, engulfing half of the alley in rolling heat waves.

And the large-headed figure vanished entirely…

“Ah, finally…” In the hotel room, Xia Na released her crossed arms and collapsed to the floor, exhausted. “It’s finally stopped…”

“You…” Ye Lian stared at Xia Na with wide eyes, looking surprised.

“I’m fine,” Xia Na smiled at Ye Lian, then raised a hand to wipe across her face.

When she put her hand down, a pair of deep black eyes were revealed.

She cunningly blinked, then repeated the motion with her hand.

This time, her eyes were a clear red and white.

“Ah!” Ye Lian covered her mouth in shock.

“There’s more…”

Xia Na giggled and did it a third time.

When she opened her fingers, the eyes peeking through were mismatched: one red and one black!

“Wow!” Ye Lian’s eyes widened as she stared unblinkingly.

“Don’t blink…” Xia Na said ominously, fixing her gaze on Ye Lian.

A red glimmer began to appear in Ye Lian’s vision, emerging gradually from Xia Na’s body.

Although she had seen it before, this time felt different.

Unlike the previous complete separation, the spiritual body now appeared behind the physical body.

It looked like two persons, yet they were vaguely connected.

Black and red hair intertwined, and the eyes of both figures were mismatched: one red, one black.

The physical body in front was filled with a coldness that belonged to the color black, while the spiritual body tightly attached behind her carried a sense of lightness.

That faint red glow enveloped her entire being, adding a hint of bloodthirstiness to her ethereal nature.

But this stark contrast, instead, gave her a unique beauty that blended purity with blood.

Both “Xia Na” figures simultaneously closed their eyes, and when they opened them again, their appearance remained unchanged, but their aura was entirely different.

The physical body’s sly, cold gaze suddenly became calm, and her mischievous expression turned almost indistinguishable from a normal girl’s, with a hint of resilience.

Meanwhile, the spiritual body behind her slightly curled its lips and squinted its eyes, looking both dangerous and terrifying.

“Interesting, isn’t it?” Xia Na lowered her hand and smiled.

“Ch- changing face…” Ye Lian looked like she was struggling to comprehend.

“Hehe, like a face-changing act?” Xia Na prompted.

Ye Lian nodded happily, “Yes!”

“It’s pretty good this way, right? But each time there’s an enhancement, the two versions of me still argue. Ye Lian, tell me…” Xia Na’s expression suddenly turned mysterious, and she lowered her voice, “If Nana becomes the sole winner, will I turn back into a human?”

Ye Lian was bewildered; how could she answer that question?

She understood every single word when taken apart, but not what they meant together.

Her evolution in Intelligence was focused on understanding Ling Mo’s actions; it didn’t apply much here.

Seeing Ye Lian not answer, Xia Na smiled and answered her own question, “Probably impossible, right? After all, my brain has mutated; how could it reverse? So we’ll just keep arguing… In the past, it was just internal conflicts, doing things I didn’t want to do. But when it comes down to it, it’s such a troublesome situation when it really gets serious…”

After Ye Lian quietly listened, she suddenly reached out and patted Xia Na on the head.

Xia Na was stunned for a second, then silently shifted her gaze to Ye Lian’s collarbone.

“I’m definitely never going to grow taller… so much for evolution!”

“Whoosh!” A large mass of cotton and shredded fabric was suddenly flung away, and then a tall figure struggled to stand up.

Li Yalin took a long breath, blowing away the cotton stuck to her lips. Dazed, she looked around before stopping her gaze on Ye Lian and Xia Na.

A hint of a smile appeared on her strikingly sculpted face, and with a swift movement, she was suddenly standing right in front of them.

Xia Na waved away the cotton floating around her face and looked up at Li Yalin. “Yalin, you finished too?”

“Yes,” Li Yalin smiled, pinching Xia Na’s cheek playfully, ignoring Xia Na’s momentarily frozen expression, and twisted her waist, “I feel even more flexible.”

Before the words had fully left her mouth, Xia Na and Ye Lian felt their vision blur again.

Then Ye Lian felt a sudden cool breeze behind her ear.

Li Yalin buried her face in Ye Lian’s long hair, taking a deep breath. “Such a lovely scent…”

“A more advanced scent,” Xia Na added.

“Hehe…” A flash of amber flitted across Li Yalin’s eyes, for a moment, it seemed like the shadow of a venomous snake was reflected in them. “Where’s Ling Mo? I feel like I could give birth to a dozen kids at any time now. Maybe I’ll break through after childbirth!”

“That’s not possible…” Xia Na rolled her eyes.

Creak—

The door suddenly opened, and Ling Mo appeared, carrying Xu Shuhan over his shoulder. He looked pale and glanced at the three female zombies inside the room. “Can someone give me a hand?”

Xia Na and Li Yalin had completed their evolution, but since Black Silk and Yu Shiran were still in their cocoons, Ling Mo was still under considerable strain.

After handing Xu Shuhan to Li Yalin, Ling Mo, dizzy and disoriented, looked around briefly before deciding to sit on a nearby cocoon.

It wasn’t very stable, but it felt quite springy…

“Hey, Xia Na, what’s with you…?” Ling Mo immediately noticed something unusual about Xia Na; he almost thought she had mutated.

But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an evolution of sorts, fundamentally unchanged.

As for what kind of mutations Xia Na might experience in the future, there was no indication at all.

“Where’s Yalin?” Ling Mo barely got the words out when he suddenly felt a weight on his lap, and a mesmerizing young woman appeared before him.

Li Yalin wrapped her arms around Ling Mo’s neck, her supple waist swaying back and forth. “Ling Mo…”

Her voice had no hint of pretense, but it was full of allure, enough to soften anyone’s resolve.

However, in Ling Mo’s eyes, the swaying Li Yalin looked like overlapping shadows, and her voice sounded as if it was drifting from a great distance.

The double vision was beautiful yet dizzying…

“Yalin, be careful not to crush this cocoon…” Ling Mo advised.

“I’m being careful…” Li Yalin flipped her hair, adding a touch of wildness to her demeanor.

“That doesn’t look like being careful…” Ling Mo said, speechless.

The two of them swayed back and forth on the cocoon like no one was around, causing it to bounce and tremble beneath them.

Ling Mo didn’t really push Li Yalin away. He felt utterly drained and lacking the strength to do so…

Moreover, the cocoon’s quality had been tested; it wasn’t that fragile…

Li Yalin didn’t make any further moves, seemingly content just being close to Ling Mo.

Meanwhile, Xia Na and Ye Lian had shifted their attention to Xu Shuhan. The two female zombies surrounded her expressionless form, one appearing thoughtful while the other absentmindedly poked Xu Shuhan’s body with her finger.

Creak…

At the sound of a slight crack, the entire room fell silent.

Ling Mo stared at Li Yalin, feeling cold sweat break out on his forehead in an instant.

“We messed up…” Ling Mo didn’t dare to move a muscle. He could feel the inside of the cocoon writhing.

And that tiny crack was slowly widening…

“Does this count as a premature birth…” Xia Na watched the crack on the cocoon, muttering to herself.

Li Yalin and Ling Mo exchanged a glance, and in an instant, they were both at the other end of the room.

Ling Mo’s eyes widened. Maintaining his sitting posture, he growled quietly, “Pretending this has nothing to do with us is useless now, alright? Since I’m stuck like this… might as well find some solace in holding a girl! Plus…”

His expression suddenly became conflicted. “The weight got lighter!”

Click, click, click…

A series of cracking sounds erupted from beneath Ling Mo. The circular cocoon split open at a speed visible to the naked eye and then “pop,” it shattered entirely into two halves.

Throughout this, Ling Mo’s face remained blank, and his position unchanged.

He was utterly stunned. He had done all sorts of things on this cocoon without incident, and today it actually cracked just from sitting!

This doesn’t make sense! He was just talking before!

As the cocoon broke apart, a curled-up figure emerged.

The figure’s eyes were gently closed, long, delicate eyelashes slightly quivering. Her porcelain-like skin had a faint pink hue, and she hugged her knees, resembling a sleeping fetus.

At first glance, she even looked like a beautifully crafted mascot freshly produced in an art factory.

Swish!

The girl’s eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing a pair of crimson irises, with the whites of her eyes accentuating the red pupils, making them even more eerie.

She slowly turned her head, her gaze moving upward.

“Ahhh!”

The girl’s piercing scream instantly pierced through the door, echoing into the deep corridor outside.

Mu Chen, who was searching a different floor below with a distressed look, shuddered and looked up in astonishment. “What… a soprano’s child voice?”