Chapter 266 – The Flame-Throwing Girl

As soon as dawn broke, Ling Mo headed out with Ye Lian and the three girls.

Black Silk was sent off to find that Stray Dog. With its keen sense of smell, it shouldn’t take long to track it down.

Sure enough, when Ling Mo controlled a few Zombies and sent them out to search for Building B17, Black Silk emerged from the nearby greenery.

Trailing behind was the Stray Dog, visibly trembling, clearly intimidated into following.

“I thought you’d drag it back by biting it, but I didn’t expect you to use such a sophisticated method… Uh, no need to roll over, I’m praising you.”

Ling Mo glanced at the Stray Dog, then crouched down and pulled a Pocket Knife from his pocket.

“Don’t be afraid, I just need your help.”

As he spoke, he quickly ran his finger along the blade.

A cut immediately appeared, and a few drops of blood fell to the ground.

The Stray Dog’s eyes locked onto Ling Mo’s finger, emitting low growls.

Not just the dog, but Ye Lian and the three girls, along with Black Silk, all focused on Ling Mo’s finger.

“Can you stop looking at me like I’m breakfast? But why can’t I smell if my blood has any peculiar scent… Don’t just stand there, hurry up and lick it… oh crap, I meant the blood on the ground!”

Ling Mo applied a band-aid to the wound and watched the Stray Dog that was now licking his blood off the ground.

“Ling-Ge, did you do this just to feed the dog?” Xia Na asked curiously.

“I wanted to test the current concentration of the Virus in my body,” Ling Mo explained.

Soon, the dog had licked the blood clean, then looked longingly at Ling Mo.

It seemed to have a strong desire to attack, but the presence of the three female Zombies and Black Silk by Ling Mo’s side exerted immense pressure on it.

Two or three minutes later, just as Ling Mo was starting to lose patience, the Stray Dog finally showed some changes.

Its eyes suddenly turned even redder, then rolled back, and it opened its mouth to vomit a mouthful of black blood.

“What’s going on…” Ling Mo frowned and took two steps back.

The Stray Dog began to convulse, and soon collapsed to the ground.

It didn’t die, but after twitching for a while, it shook its head and stood up, looking even more energetic than before. Its eyes returned to their normal state.

“It seems… full…” Xia Na walked over and examined the dog closely.

“So that means…” Ling Mo’s expression turned peculiar as he glanced at his finger. “My blood doesn’t contain the Virus, but instead has developed some sort of antibodies? Uh, it doesn’t quite seem like antibodies either.”

Li Yalin climbed onto Ling Mo’s shoulder from behind and said, “Does this mean if I bite you, you won’t mutate?”

“No way, didn’t you see the dog isn’t completely fine either? It’s still in a partially infected state, with very little Virus in its body. I doubt I could resist even an ordinary Zombie’s Virus.”

Although Ling Mo spoke nonchalantly, he was inwardly thrilled.

Constantly absorbing saliva had unknowingly transformed Ling Mo’s body, and after last night, it seemed like his body had become more… cooperative with the Virus?

If it were antibodies, he wouldn’t benefit from the Virus’s effects.

It seemed that he was now immune to some of the Virus’s negative effects, such as Psychic Disorder and loss of consciousness…

But the beneficial modifications brought by the Virus were fully received by Ling Mo’s body.

“I’m in a good mood, so I won’t kill you. Get lost.”

Ling Mo waved his hand, and the Stray Dog immediately tucked its tail and ran off as fast as it could, likely trying to get as far away from the neighborhood as possible.

For the next twenty minutes or so, Ling Mo and the others wandered around the large, upscale residential area.

The extensive greenery, occasional Gardens, pavilions, and buildings caused Ling Mo and his group to waste a lot of time.

In comparison, the obstacles posed by the Zombies were almost negligible.

“Building B17… should be just behind this,” Ling Mo said.

Ling Mo glanced up and said, “It’s close to the back door now, and once we go through it, we’ll be on a shopping street.”

Although Zhang Teng’s son might not still be at home, Ling Mo had Black Silk hide to the side in advance.

When Ling Mo reached the entrance of Building B17, his initially indifferent expression changed.

“Huh… looks like Zhang Teng isn’t blindly confident after all…”

Ling Mo observed the smooth, clean doorknob and smiled.

Whether or not Zhang Teng’s son was still alive, there were definitely Survivors in this building.

As soon as he opened the door and stepped inside, Ling Mo immediately took a step back. A small blue spark flashed above his head.

“An electrified trap? Interesting…”

The entrance had a simple trap device that triggered upon opening the door, which could affect both Zombies and Survivors.

The electric current was only strong enough to cause temporary paralysis, not death.

Had Ling Mo not been observant and agile, he wouldn’t have avoided a shock.

“This is quite interesting.” Xia Na reached out and ripped the small device from the door, then squeezed it.

She moved so quickly that Ling Mo didn’t have time to stop her.

A spark appeared instantly, but Xia Na was unfazed.

She silently tossed the device to the ground and turned to Ling Mo, saying, “It felt like you pinched me…”

“Ah… that means it’s pretty stimulating,” Ling Mo replied with a wry smile.

The curiosity of Zombies is truly frightening…

“Don’t touch dangerous things randomly!”

“Mm!” The only one who seriously answered and nodded vigorously was, of course, Ye Lian.

As soon as they reached the stairwell, Ling Mo was stunned.

There was a trap specifically designed for Zombies here, and it was a particularly simple one…

A chunk of unidentifiable meat hung from the circular ceiling light, within easy reach of a Zombie’s grasp.

“I bet if you pull it, the light will fall, and then there must be… Senior Sister, I told you not to pull it…”

Ling Mo rubbed his forehead helplessly as a pile of nails fell from the circular light.

However, Li Yalin moved quickly and twisted her waist slightly, completely avoiding them.

But for an average Zombie, stepping on those nails, even if they didn’t feel pain, would inevitably slow them down.

“Humans are quite interesting,” Li Yalin said with a smile.

“Yeah, the Survivors here… are indeed interesting.”

After climbing a few more floors, Ling Mo and the others found several traps.

However, possibly due to limited resources, these traps were relatively simple.

For example, every few steps, there would be transparent oil smeared on the stairs. Anyone unfamiliar with the area would likely take a nasty fall.

Unconscious Zombies would probably be delayed here for quite some time…

But for Ye Lian and the others… Ling Mo watched with a headache as they deliberately stepped on the oily stairs, only to nimbly leap up just before slipping.

Just as Ling Mo turned his head, a flame shot directly towards the back of his head.

Fortunately, Ling Mo had already sensed the presence of someone, so he dodged in time.

Li Yalin’s figure blurred and she appeared behind the attacker in an instant.

“Gah…”

The attacker’s eyes widened in terror as she stared at Ling Mo.

Standing behind her was Li Yalin, the cold blade of Snake Kiss pressed against her carotid artery.

Ling Mo rubbed the back of his head, relieved that he hadn’t been hit…

The attacker had emerged from behind a door, and from her angle, she could only see Ling Mo’s back.

Ling Mo had noticed her the moment she appeared, and his Psychic Tentacle had already wrapped around her Psychic Light Cluster.

However, Ling Mo hadn’t expected her to use a ranged attack…

The girl, wearing glasses and sporting a long braid, held a makeshift Steel Fork in one hand and had a contraption resembling a pesticide sprayer strapped to her back. Her other hand gripped a clearly modified nozzle.

“I… I’m sorry… I thought… you were a Zombie…”