Chapter 259 – Not a Simple Choice Between Two Options

Tom had just recovered from one shock, only to be plunged into an even greater one.

It was astonishing enough that Xia Na had dealt with him so swiftly, but how could these four people all be so terrifyingly capable?

The building they considered highly dangerous had not only been swiftly navigated by Ling Mo and his companions, but they had also completed their mission without a scratch!

As for Ling Mo’s pale complexion… Could a pale face even be considered an injury?!

For a moment, Tom even felt the urge to rush into the building and check it out.

Maybe all the zombies inside the building had been drawn out!

Or perhaps, their previous assessments had been entirely wrong!

If that were the case, then Ling Mo’s group had indeed taken a huge advantage…

Just as Tom had this thought, a light noise caught his attention. Suddenly, a figure flipped out of a small window on the second floor of the building and landed on the ground with a thud.

The zombie landed right between Tom and Ling Mo’s group.

And as soon as it hit the ground, the zombie sprang up and charged directly at Ling Mo.

“Zombie!” Xiao Wang and Old Iron shouted simultaneously, raising their guns.

But Xia Na was quicker. With a swift motion of her Scythe, she decapitated the zombie, dropping it to the ground.

At this moment, the zombie was less than two meters away from Ling Mo. Although his expression remained calm, his face seemed even paler.

“That was close…” Ling Mo said urgently. “This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s get out of here first.”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Tom snapped back to reality. If there were still zombies inside, it meant the building was indeed quite dangerous.

In that brief moment, what surged in Tom’s heart was actually a sense of unwillingness.

Not only Tom, but Xiao Wang and Old Iron also felt this way.

A task they had deemed very dangerous had been completed so easily by someone else…

Even if that person was a superhuman, it was hard for them to accept this reality immediately!

But the appearance of this zombie had thoroughly shattered their thoughts.

“Are you alright?”

Xiao Wang even felt a bit embarrassed. As he took the box Ye Lian was carrying, he asked Ling Mo.

Ling Mo shook his head with a wry smile.

Rubbing his temples, he glanced back at the zombie’s corpse and thought to himself, “You ran all the way here just to jump to your death. Thank you for your hard work…”

If Tom and his group hadn’t come to meet them, Ling Mo hadn’t planned on reuniting with them so soon.

He knew that such a short time might easily arouse various suspicions among these people.

But on second thought, as long as things weren’t brought up directly, when they recalled this incident later, it would only make them more wary of him.

As an individual, his power was far inferior to that of the military camp. To ensure fair dealings in the future, some intimidating measures were necessary.

Old Iron also walked over and took the box from Li Yalin’s hands, saying softly, “I admire you all.”

“It’s just a transaction.”

Old Iron looked up at him and said, “We save people to survive ourselves. Our motives are the same.”

“Uh… you’re right.” Ling Mo nodded, thinking that this man was quite straightforward.

Old Iron then spat on the zombie’s corpse and cursed under his breath, “I’ll kill all of you sooner or later! Monsters! A bunch of dead monsters!”

After saying this, he turned and walked past Li Yalin.

However, he didn’t notice that behind him, a faint amber hue flickered in Li Yalin’s eyes, though her hand was quickly grabbed by Ling Mo.

“Senior Sister, don’t get worked up,” Ling Mo said in a low voice.

Fortunately, Li Yalin soon relaxed, the slight variation in her eyes completely disappearing without anyone noticing.

She turned to Ling Mo, giving him a small smile. “I suddenly felt my blood rush, and I wanted to tear everything apart. Is this what humans call anger?”

“It’s probably a zombie’s frenzy… Reduce that feeling by about eighty percent, and you’ll get something close to normal anger,” Ling Mo explained.

“It sounds complicated…”

Li Yalin suddenly said, “But the reason I got angry just now… is because I suddenly got very worried about you.”

“Worried about me?” Ling Mo was taken aback.

Wasn’t it because of Old Iron’s curses towards the zombies?

“Yes.” Li Yalin nodded. “I can’t explain it, but it’s a kind of worry. My mind is filled with so many things, making me very agitated…”

As she said this, she couldn’t help but raise her hand to scratch the back of her head.

Ling Mo quickly reached out and grabbed her arm. “Don’t think about it. When you can figure it out, tell me then.”

Li Yalin stared at Ling Mo and suddenly asked, “Ling Mo, you’re human. Do you resent zombies like that human does? What do you think of us? What if all humans resent us, what will you do then?”

“Uh…” Ling Mo’s expression gradually turned serious.

He hadn’t expected Senior Sister to ask such a question…

Resentment… he certainly had felt it before.

There were times, especially when it was just Ye Lian, that he thought more than once that if it weren’t for the virus, Ye Lian wouldn’t have turned out this way…

But the thought of not being able to abandon Ye Lian had driven Ling Mo to constantly seek ways to help her recover her memories…

During this process, Ling Mo had actually come to accept the fact that they were zombies.

The possibility of them fully returning to being human was extremely slim.

But no matter what, Ling Mo still hoped they could recover all their past memories. Only then would they be complete individuals.

As for whether other humans would be hostile towards them, Ling Mo had thought about this countless times.

The answer was simple: anyone who tried to harm them, whether zombie or human, would be his enemy.

As long as he adhered to this principle, it was enough.

“How I treat you now is how I’ll treat you in the future…”

After thinking for a moment, Ling Mo said seriously.

While Ling Mo and Li Yalin were talking, Xia Na, who was walking ahead, showed a trace of contemplation.

She looked down at her palm and thought, “Human…”

Flipping her wrist, Xia Na looked at the back of her hand. “Zombie… It’s really hard to choose…”

At this moment, Sun Zeya and her group had already crossed the long street, while Ling Mo and his group lagged behind.

“Hurry up!”

Tom stood at the street corner, waving vigorously and mouthing words to Ling Mo.

Back at their hideout, everyone except the team members still guarding the windows swarmed around them.

“So many medicines…”

“Did those few people bring all this back? Amazing…”

These people were not familiar with Ling Mo and his group, so they could only whisper among themselves.

Ling Mo quickly spotted Yang Ying crouching in the distance. However, when she looked at him, her gaze was somewhat evasive.

“Without her backer, she’s just an ordinary survivor. As long as she doesn’t provoke Sun Zeya, with Sun Zeya’s personality, she wouldn’t give her any trouble,” Ling Mo thought to himself, shaking his head slightly as he looked away.

Several team members, along with Tom, were excitedly counting the medicines.

“Here, these are the three types of medicine not found in the warehouse. For the rest, I brought back three sets each.”

Ling Mo handed the list to Sun Zeya.

She took it excitedly, then put her arm around Ling Mo’s shoulder and whispered, “Tell me, how much did you stash for yourself?”

“That’s my business…” Ling Mo rolled his eyes at her.

Sun Zeya laughed, “But you brought back three sets, it surely wasn’t a buy-one-get-two-free deal, right?”

“Of course not. I don’t need grenades, but I want a silenced pistol…” Ling Mo said, frowning.

“We don’t have one,” Sun Zeya shook her head immediately. “Do you think we have a whole armory? It’s precisely because resources are scarce that we need to head to X City. How about this, I’ll give you a bulletproof vest, which I’ve also modified.”

“Three… alright, two…”

“Only one!” Sun Zeya jumped up, staring at Ling Mo with wide eyes. “And you’re already draining my stock dry!”

“You’re young, you won’t run dry so easily…” Ling Mo retorted nonchalantly.

“What does my youth have to do with this…”

Sun Zeya was momentarily stunned, then her face suddenly flushed with a touch of redness.

Ling Mo immediately flashed a triumphant smile. “Why are you standing there? Go get it.”

Finally, he managed to tease her back…

He had to admit, Sun Zeya’s face when she blushed was quite charming.

Her beauty and temperament had long been overshadowed by her strange personality…