Chapter 284 – Memory Reading – Shattered Dreams

Ling Mo’s Psychic Tentacle was tightly wrapped around the Spider Queen’s Psychic Light Cluster.

Every time she reached the peak of pleasure, Ling Mo would immediately activate the psychic strangulation.

Using this ability when the Spider Queen’s mind was vacant proved to be very effective.

However, Ling Mo also began to see some images flashing before his eyes.

Whenever her mind was vacant, Ling Mo would feel a bout of dizziness, and then those images would appear like a slideshow…

After Ling Mo and his team’s Off-road Vehicle disappeared around the corner, a car that had initially driven away reversed back.

Stella jumped out of the car and fished out that vial of potion from her pocket.

She cast her gaze towards the Biological Research Institute, then clenched the vial tightly and resolutely walked inside.

No longer wanting to be abandoned, she desired her own strength…

She would take these potions, then produce more, transforming herself step by step into a rational monster.

Perhaps she would no longer be human, and perhaps not a Zombie either, but whatever she became, it would be enough to rid her of her current weakness.

She needed strength, she needed to survive.

In this foreign land, in this world ravaged by a great disaster, she still wanted to go on living.

“If I have the power, I can do anything I want. I will gain a new life.”

When Stella returned to B3, slowly approaching the Spider Queen’s corpse, she made a cross on her chest: “Merciful God, please forgive me…”

Nervously, she slowly moved closer to the cocoon-like corpse, stepping on those tentacles.

However, she didn’t notice that each tentacle she stepped on began to tremble slowly.

“I will slowly transfer all your blood into my body, and then I will become a rational monster.”

Stella trembled as she reached out, trying bit by bit to pull apart those tentacles.

In an instant, many memories flashed in her mind, including her parents whose fate was unknown in a foreign land, and the moment she boarded the plane, her heart filled with hope for a bright future.

“Stella, you will become a remarkable woman. I am truly proud of you.”

“Maybe you will be the next Marie Curie. Oh… your research is different, but I know your dream is the same as hers. She is your role model, isn’t she?”

But in the moment the great disaster erupted, all dreams turned into illusions.

“Ah!” She ran out of the Laboratory frantically, followed by her suddenly mutated mentor.

That kind, amiable old man who loved to speak in classical Chinese suddenly lunged at her with a ferocious expression. Reflexively, Stella threw everything she could grab at him and then fled.

The entire Biological Research Institute was in chaos, with gunshots ringing out and blood and crazed colleagues everywhere.

Stella clutched her head and screamed, running aimlessly.

She didn’t even know how she survived. If hell really existed, then the world she was in now was truly hell.

“I will never become a great woman…”

Tears streaming down her face, Stella pushed aside the last few Tentacles, revealing the Spider Queen’s face, as if she were merely asleep.

But at that very moment, the Spider Queen suddenly opened her eyes.

“Ah!”

Stella only had time to let out a scream before the Tentacles completely enveloped her.

Another large cocoon appeared, not a drop of blood spilled…

“Are these Stella’s memories?” Ling Mo shook his head, feeling a bit dizzy.

Intense fighting sounds echoed from the tunnel; it was Ye Lian and the others battling the variation zombies lured by the Spider Queen.

Another wave of intense pleasure surged, causing the Spider Queen to tense up again, and Ling Mo saw more images flash before his eyes once more…

As the layers of the cocoon peeled away, the person inside had already transformed.

She slowly stood up, like a newborn, completely unclothed.

The scene shifted, and she was now standing at the entrance of the Biological Research Institute. The car was still there.

Tentacles extended out, effortlessly ripping the car door off. She walked over somewhat dazedly, rummaged through a backpack inside the car, and pulled out a dress to put on.

“Where… where should I go? So hungry, so lonely…”

She wiped the dust off the car window with her hand, staring at her blurry reflection: “Who am I? So confused…”

After a long while, she slowly walked along the road towards X City…

“Did I just read her memories?”

Ling Mo felt as if he had briefly possessed the Spider Queen, experiencing her past events.

The sensation was incredibly real, and before he could snap back to reality, Ling Mo felt a moment of disorientation.

After learning about the Spider Queen’s past, Ling Mo suddenly had a peculiar feeling.

Besides Ye Lian and the three girls, the other Zombies were also living beings. As they evolved, it was like starting a new life.

This was another form of evolution. In their evolutionary process, humans were being eliminated, falling from the top of the food chain.

The evolution of Zombies was built on the destruction of humanity…

“Thinking too much is useless. I just hope that Ye Lian and the others can survive. I don’t want to lose her again.”

The confusion in Ling Mo’s eyes disappeared instantly. Having experienced loss before, he understood the value of cherishing what he had, even if she was a Zombie. Ling Mo’s feelings would not change.

“Swish!”

Ling Mo finally pulled out the hand that had been pinned behind him, gripping his Tang Sword tightly, and slashed forcefully at the Spider Queen.

But a Tentacle suddenly wrapped around his wrist, flinging him away with great force.

“Damn it!”

The height of the subway tunnel was several stories high, about equivalent to falling straight from the third floor.

Before Ling Mo could even react, he felt himself about to make intimate contact with the ground.

The tip of his Tang Sword was covered in blood, indicating that he had dealt a significant blow to the Spider Queen, but now it was his turn to suffer severe injuries, possibly even dying from the fall.

The height wasn’t extremely high, but he had been thrown out forcefully, and below him were the tracks.

Leader-Level zombies were indeed incredibly challenging to deal with, especially in such a confined space.

In terms of combat ability alone, the Spider Queen was undoubtedly the strongest he had ever encountered. Not to mention, she had also acquired Stella’s human knowledge and Intelligence.

She was a perfect combat machine, and it was Stella who had made her that way. Perhaps this was Stella’s wish fulfilled…

“Ah!”

Just as Ling Mo was about to hit the ground, his Psychic Power suddenly reached an intensely focused state.

Everything around him became sticky in his eyes, as if the air had turned into a very dense, semi-solid liquid. At the same time, the sounds around him became extremely clear.

The falling concrete debris, Ye Lian lunging towards him, a variation zombie being decapitated by Xia Na, and even the splattering blood—all these details became vividly clear to Ling Mo, as if his eyes had turned into a slow-motion camera.

But simultaneously, Ling Mo felt as if his head was about to split open.

In those brief moments, his Psychic Power had been rapidly depleted and replenished multiple times, as if he had touched his limit countless times.

As Ling Mo was about to hit the ground, a dozen Psychic Tentacles grabbed onto the track.

It was a peculiar sensation; what was originally intangible Psychic Power could actually make physical contact with objects and bear the immense force of his fall.

Ling Mo’s descent slowed down immediately. When he was less than a meter from the ground, a sharp pain shot through his head. He blacked out and fell.

A soft embrace caught him at once, and Ling Mo felt his head bump into something soft and very bouncy…

“Ling-Ge… are you… are you okay?”

Ye Lian’s big, worried eyes scanned Ling Mo up and down.

“I’m… I’m fine…”

Ling Mo’s eyelids grew heavier and heavier. He struggled to keep his eyes open, but his head felt as if it were being drained, the pain excruciating.

“It’s okay, Ling-Ge… it’s okay now…”

Ye Lian’s soft voice brought a sense of calm to Ling Mo amidst the pain. His head grew heavier, and finally, his eyelids slowly closed.