Chapter 105 – A qualitative leap!!

Even an Advanced Zombie with a certain level of intelligence couldn’t withstand Ling Mo’s covert tactics.

With Xia Na and Ye Lian’s combined sneak attack, the Advanced Zombie was sliced in half the moment it turned its head.

Fortunately, the two mutated female zombies dodged quickly enough to avoid being splattered with blood.

Ling Mo stood at the door, feeling an excruciating headache but also a surge of joy!

If they had confronted these two Advanced Zombies head-on, Ling Mo and his group wouldn’t have stood a chance. Even if they won, it would have been a pyrrhic victory!

Although he could have left some half-finished zombies behind and used them to ambush the two Advanced Zombies, Ling Mo knew from previous encounters that those zombies were mere cannon fodder in front of them.

But sending Ye Lian and Xia Na to engage directly would have been too risky. For instance, the White Zombie was much faster than Ye Lian. In terms of strength, none of them could match the other Advanced Zombie.

Rather than fighting hard, it was better to use their wits!

By sacrificing just one Zombie Puppet, Ling Mo broke their previous delicate balance. Then, by quietly adding fuel to the fire, he managed to obtain two pieces of pure gel, as red as rubies.

This deal was absolutely worth it!

Including the recent defective items, this harvest was enormous!

After taking several deep breaths, Ling Mo finally calmed down from his excitement.

This was enough. With these virus gels, Ye Lian could advance to the level of an Advanced Zombie!

Coming to X City University was definitely worthwhile!

Once the virus gels were extracted, the corpses of the Advanced Zombies were useless. Ling Mo glanced out the window and saw some bloodstains on the ledge, likely left when he dragged the bodies back.

Did the White Zombie have a habit of hoarding food? Ling Mo found this hard to believe. Weren’t zombies supposed to eat on the spot?

Curious, Ling Mo hurried to check the fresher corpses. To his surprise, one of the bodies’ brains hadn’t been excavated. The wide-open red eyes indicated that it belonged to a zombie…

It seemed that the White Zombie indeed had a habit of hoarding food. However, if his intelligence were just a bit higher, he would understand that it’s more convenient to bring back brains or virus gels rather than entire bodies…

If allowed to grow for a while longer, once this White Zombie gained enough power to crush another Advanced Zombie, he would likely become more aggressive.

But there weren’t many bodies piled up here, suggesting that the White Zombie didn’t have a big appetite. Most of these bodies were ordinary zombies, indicating that Advanced Zombies have a significantly reduced need for virus gels.

With this in mind, Ling Mo began to form a vague idea.

Could it be that Advanced Zombies already had the ability to grow on their own? Besides developing self-awareness, they might also recover some memories, like the White Zombie’s murky utterance of “Otto.”

Originally, Ling Mo thought this place wasn’t suitable for enhancement. But as soon as he stepped out of the Dressing Room with the virus gel, Ye Lian came over, her eyes showing a hint of longing.

It was rare to see Ye Lian express any emotion other than closeness. Ling Mo made a decisive choice and handed the gel to Ye Lian.

If she wanted it, it meant this was something she urgently needed. Perhaps consuming one piece could directly advance her?

For safety, he decided to proceed in stages. After Ye Lian’s enhancement, he would let Xia Na consume the gel.

Before the consumption, he led Ye Lian and Xia Na to the adjacent rest room and barricaded the door with furniture. Only then did he feel safe enough to let Ye Lian consume the virus gel.

Upon ingestion, Ye Lian’s eyes immediately began to redden, and her entire demeanor became more bloodthirsty and frenzied. This was Ye Lian fully entering the Mutation Zombie state, with her instincts completely unleashed.

At this moment, her presence alone felt like a beast ready to devour anyone, exerting an invisible frenzy pressure on those around her. This pressure grew stronger, eventually becoming nearly indistinguishable from that of the two Advanced Zombies.

Simultaneously, Ling Mo felt an unprecedented wave of madness sweeping over his mind. If he hadn’t gritted his teeth and held on, he might have instantly plunged into a frenzy himself.

The torrent of psychic power washing over Ling Mo nearly made him lose control multiple times. He knew that if he entered a frenzy, he would essentially become another type of zombie. After all, his psychic power was identical to that of the zombies.

Ye Lian didn’t seem to be having an easy time either. The virus gel’s substantial virus content was spreading throughout her body, converging in her hindbrain, and ultimately enhancing the quality of the virus gel in her brain.

This process felt like it lasted for days to Ling Mo, but it was actually just one or two hours. When Ye Lian’s eyes finally returned to normal, she immediately collapsed into Ling Mo’s arms. The two of them fell onto the couch together.

Both Ling Mo and Ye Lian were drenched in cold sweat, their clothes sticking to their bodies, their foreheads beaded with perspiration. They clung to each other tightly, gasping for breath.

Xia Na had been quietly watching from the side. Seeing that Ye Lian had calmed down, she used her sleeve to wipe the sweat off Ye Lian and Ling Mo. Although her movements were a bit clumsy, they still brought a smile to Ling Mo’s face.

Ye Lian lay limp in Ling Mo’s arms, her breathing slightly faster than usual. Her eyes had a faint tinge of red but were much better than when she was in a frenzy.

Ling Mo had shared in the experience of the enhancement and knew that Ye Lian had transcended the Mutation Zombie category, becoming a truly intelligent Advanced Zombie. However, she hadn’t fully recovered yet. This was not a simple enhancement but a qualitative leap!

Seeing that Ye Lian had calmed down, Ling Mo didn’t play favorites. He handed the other piece of virus gel to Xia Na.

Compared to Ye Lian, Xia Na’s devouring process was much calmer. After giving Ling Mo a look, she promptly fainted. For some reason, Xia Na’s enhancement had a much smaller impact on Ling Mo, especially physically, but his psychic power saw a significant boost. The consecutive enhancements of the two female zombies had a massive impact on Ling Mo. While waiting for them to recover, Ling Mo carefully examined his own changes.

First, the strength of his psychic tentacles was noticeably greater than before, meaning his control and influence had significantly improved. But what delighted Ling Mo the most was the increased impact on objects.

Previously, he could only make a leaf move slightly, but now he could make a chair wobble using his psychic tentacles.

Although he was still far from being able to control objects to the point of causing harm or using psychic tentacles to injure directly, it was a significant improvement.

After the joy came the exhaustion. Ling Mo brought Xia Na over to his side as well, and the three of them fell asleep, huddled together.