Chapter 280 – Sounds Impressive, Even More Impressive in Action

The inside of the carriage resembled a giant meat grinder, with the walls smeared in dark black blood.

Debris was scattered everywhere, leaving no place to step without treading on it.

One could imagine that when the disaster broke out, the train had just arrived at the station, leading to a tragic scene.

Fresh corpses lay sprawled across the aisle, both ordinary zombies and variation zombies among them.

Ling Mo also found two members of Team Tom, both dead in horrific ways, one of them with half his head missing.

A team member searched their bodies and sighed, “These two together have less than twenty bullets left. Team Tom is in bad shape.”

“We didn’t carry much ammunition to begin with. It’s tough to fight such a hard battle. If we were in the Camp, we wouldn’t be at such a disadvantage,” another team member said worriedly.

“I wonder which carriage this is… Chen Youdong, in which direction did you sense the psychic shield?”

Xia Zhining asked, waving her flashlight back and forth.

Chen Youdong rubbed his eyes and replied, “Up ahead… My psychic power hasn’t recovered yet, so I can’t sense the exact distance.”

Unlike Ling Mo, who could draw on zombie saliva to replenish his psychic power, Chen Youdong had to rest to recover his depleted energy.

Xia Zhining nodded and led the way with her flashlight.

The ventilation here was decent, though the smell was unbearable, but at least there were no breathing issues.

The group moved cautiously, with only the faint sounds of footsteps and breathing breaking the silence.

“Walking in a place like this really tests your guts!”

The reinforced windows had been smashed, and the tunnel was pitch black, giving the eerie feeling that something monstrous was lurking in the darkness, watching them.

“Thud!”

They hadn’t gone far when a dark figure suddenly leaped in from outside the window, lunging directly at Xia Zhining, who was at the front.

Holding the flashlight made her an obvious target, as if she had an attraction beacon on her, naturally becoming the priority for any attack.

“Damn!” a team member growled, raising his gun instantly, but his shot missed entirely.

The variation zombie leaped up, clinging to the ceiling like a gecko, then sprang down again, reaching Xia Zhining’s head in an instant.

Thanks to the team member’s interference, Xia Zhining had already prepared herself. She swiftly raised her arm.

Her dagger sliced through the zombie’s neck with a swift motion, and a ghostly blue flame flickered along the blade.

The zombie collapsed to the ground immediately. Its severed neck was thoroughly scorched, and not a drop of blood flowed out.

Ling Mo thought of the bodies he had seen in the International Building. It seemed they hadn’t been without external injuries; their wounds had been scorched, making them difficult to notice.

If she could make flames appear on her blade, she could certainly apply them to bullets as well.

“What kind of power does your captain have?” Ling Mo asked Lin Tianxiang, who was just ahead of him.

He answered in a low voice, “Captain Xia can freely control the temperature of objects. We haven’t seen her use the highest temperature yet. She calls this ability Scorching Flame.”

“Sounds impressive.”

“Even more impressive in action.”

Ling Mo nodded thoughtfully. This was the first time he had seen a superhuman with this type of ability.

Reflecting on the superhumans he had encountered so far, each one had unique powers.

“So we can conclude that superpowers are unique, with no two superhumans having the same ability…” Ling Mo thought to himself.

“Her ability is extremely offensive,” Lin Tianxiang continued. “Unlike mine, which is purely about taking hits.”

“Making yourself untouchable is a talent in itself,” Ling Mo laughed.

“That makes me feel rather pathetic…”

The further they advanced, the stronger the oppressive feeling became. Soon, they saw a forcibly opened carriage door.

A figure lay there. Xia Zhining shone her flashlight on it and walked over to turn the person over.

To their surprise, the figure let out a faint groan.

“Still alive!”

The others quickly gathered around, but their faces darkened when they saw her condition.

Half of her abdomen had been gouged out, intestines spilling out, and her eyes were slightly red, indicating the process of infection and mutation.

Ling Mo leaned in for a closer look and was momentarily stunned.

The woman was none other than the starlet, Yang Ying.

Xia Zhining grabbed her and anxiously asked, “Who are you? Where are the rest of Team Tom?”

Yang Ying half-opened her eyes, dazedly looking around, and then she spotted Ling Mo among the group.

Her eyes lit up briefly, and she weakly called out, “Help… help me…”

“She’s in such a bad state, how can we help her…”

Ling Mo squatted down and softly asked, “What’s the situation with Team Tom? Where are they?”

Yang Ying stared at Ling Mo, struggling to reach out her hand toward him.

After a moment’s hesitation, Ling Mo grasped her hand.

“Help me…”

“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. Where are Tom and the others?” Ling Mo asked gently.

“Who… who cares about them… they… they left me behind…”

What else could they have done in her condition? They likely assumed Yang Ying had already died.

“Alright, alright, you’ll be okay. How many zombies are there?” Ling Mo patiently asked.

“I… I don’t know! It’s all… because of them… no, because of you!”

Yang Ying gasped for breath, her eyes suddenly filled with hatred, and a red hue quickly spread. “If you had agreed to help us, I wouldn’t have… ah!”

Her expression twisted in pain, and she clutched Ling Mo’s hand tightly, her upper body jerking upright as her eyes turned completely red.

Before she could fully mutate, Xia Zhining swiftly stabbed her.

“It’s so frustrating to finally find a survivor, only to have them turn so quickly,” a team member said, exasperated.

“Forget it, asking her wouldn’t have changed anything,” another team member remarked.

Lin Tianxiang adjusted his glasses and said, “She got very agitated just now, which sped up her blood flow. The near-death state triggered the virus to rapidly invade.”

“I didn’t realize you knew so much about the virus,” Ling Mo replied, prying Yang Ying’s fingers off him. He noticed the red marks she had left on his hand and added, somewhat annoyed.

“This pretentious guy is probably just guessing,” Zhou Guocheng sneered, then curiously asked Ling Mo, “Do you have a grudge against this woman?”

Ling Mo briefly explained the situation. Xia Zhining, who rarely spoke, snorted coldly after listening and said, “Some people think the whole world owes them something. It’s bad enough that they’re selfish, but they also expect others to agree with them and help them. If not, they see you as an enemy. There were plenty of people like that before, and they’re disgusting!”

“Is your Captain Xia always this…” Ling Mo asked curiously in a low voice.

Lin Tianxiang chuckled awkwardly and said, “Are you trying to say righteous or cynical? She’s a mix of both, I guess. Otherwise, with her abilities, she wouldn’t just be a captain… pretend I didn’t say that.”

Chen Youdong examined the ground carefully and said, “They probably went into the tunnel. There’s blood here.”

“This place is like hell down there…”

A team member muttered and quickly jumped out.

Ling Mo glanced towards the direction of the train’s front and followed them into the tunnel.

In the pitch-black tunnel, the end of the train was faintly visible, with some bodies lying ahead and signs of an explosion near the front.

Ye Lian and the three girls also jumped down gracefully, following closely behind Ling Mo.

In the underground of X City, the occasional sound of dripping water echoed, but other than that, it was silent.

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from a distance, making Ling Mo and the others immediately alert.

“Up ahead!”

After quickening their pace, they rounded the train within a few minutes and reached a bend in the tunnel.

A faint light flickered in the distance, and through his Infrared Night Vision Goggles, Ling Mo could see some figures far ahead.

Judging by their unusual body structures, it was clear they were all variation zombies.

He carefully observed and didn’t spot the boss zombie.

“About twenty or so,” Chen Youdong said after watching for a while, quickly making an assessment.

He turned to look at Lin Tianxiang and asked, “How are you feeling?”

“Not bad,” Lin Tianxiang nodded.

“Alright then, we’ll retreat into the train and try to draw some of the zombies over. The windows won’t hold them off, so we’ll rely on you for the second line of defense,” Chen Youdong instructed. “Ling Mo, you and your girlfriend take care of the area near the door. We’ll try to draw their attention, but be prepared in case a few zombies manage to get around the door.”

Ling Mo had no objections to this plan. He nodded, “No problem.”