Chapter 290 – Follow Me Again, and I’ll Strip Your Clothes

North Street is considered a commercial area, so it covers a large area and has a complex environment.

A large shopping mall, numerous high-end shops, and crisscrossing alleys are intertwined within it.

Ling Mo was walking alone down a narrow, desolate street, cautiously eyeing the shops by the roadside.

A few minutes ago, he had just separated from Xia Zhining and the others.

To avoid wasting time on ordinary zombies, Ling Mo briefly used his mental detection ability to bypass a large number of them and ended up in this alley.

“Two hours, plenty of time.”

Ling Mo glanced at the time displayed on his phone, then looked back: “It’s okay, Xia Na will definitely manage. Stay calm… It’s just a matter of letting a female zombie control her nature and play a hunting game…”

Originally, Ling Mo had planned to keep Xia Na by his side, but when the game started, she announced that she wanted to go solo.

Ling Mo also knew this was a rare opportunity for Xia Na to better balance the relationship between her two personalities.

This Hunting Competition not only involved zombies but also humans. How to handle these conflicts was a test for Xia Na and also a learning process.

But Ling Mo couldn’t help but worry… If Black Na took over, it was hard to predict what the situation would become.

Even survivors like Tom and Sun Zeya, who considered seeking peace, would probably find it hard to accept the presence of a Senior Zombie among them.

“Trust Xia Na, her intelligence has recovered the most, she will definitely be able to suppress her zombie nature.”

Even if problems arise, there are still Ye Lian and Li Yalin, as well as the lurking Black Silk.

“Clang!”

Just as Ling Mo was momentarily distracted, a shadow suddenly leaped down from the second floor, directly pouncing towards Ling Mo’s head.

Ling Mo instinctively reached for his knife, while a tentacle immediately blocked in front of him like an arm.

“Bzzz!”

The immense force made Ling Mo feel a sudden dizziness, but the shadowy figure was also sent flying backward, ending up hanging on a lamppost.

“This habit is really hard to break,” Ling Mo muttered, glancing at his empty hands before looking at the shadow.

The figure had exceptionally long arms and legs, making it look like a deformed rubber man stretched out of proportion.

Despite its oddly long limbs, this variation zombie had a round, ball-like body, with its head seemingly sunken into its chest, giving it a highly distorted appearance.

It was so emaciated that Ling Mo could see its internal organs squeezed together under its taut belly through its ribcage.

“All those skinny zombies I saw before have nothing on this one. This is true bone-thin…” Ling Mo stared, wide-eyed, at the bizarre-looking zombie.

With a “thud,” the variation zombie fell to the ground, then used all four limbs to frantically charge at Ling Mo.

This was Ling Mo’s first time using his materialized Psychic Tentacles against an enemy. Watching the variation zombie rush towards him felt like a speeding car barreling straight at him.

The imminent danger triggered Ling Mo into a state of heightened psychic concentration.

A phenomenon he had experienced before reappeared before his eyes.

The variation zombie’s movements seemed to slow down dramatically in Ling Mo’s vision. The sound of its limbs hitting the ground, the dust kicked up, the noise of its muscles contracting and stretching…

Everything around him suddenly became incredibly clear, so clear that it felt like time had slowed down.

Two Psychic Tentacles shot towards the variation zombie. One tentacle directly entered its Psychic Light Cluster, forcibly controlling it and halting its rapid movement.

The other tentacle struck its head like a cannonball.

The moment this was done, the Psychic Tentacles immediately disconnected.

“Bang!”

The variation zombie was sent flying, crashing into a nearby building and leaving a grotesque imprint on it.

Red and white fluids spilled all over the ground…

The variation zombie had been killed in an instant!

When Ling Mo came to his senses, he could hardly believe his eyes.

He stood there, not even moving a finger, and a variation zombie, which could pose a deadly threat to a superhuman, had been completely smashed to death!

This was the true power of a superhuman! For the first time, Ling Mo felt the real strength of his Puppet Control Ability!

He looked down at his hands, his eyes transitioning from bewilderment to burning intensity.

“After the qualitative change in my Psychic Power… it’s become this formidable…”

“Pant! Pant!”

Ling Mo’s chest heaved violently. Just as he felt a hint of excitement, a pulling sensation in his temples brought a wave of pain.

He immediately reached for his backpack, but just as he was about to take out the Zombie Potion, he stopped himself.

“No, this is a critical period for stability. If I use the potion at the slightest discomfort, my foundation won’t be solid. The potion is just an external aid; true strength comes from within.”

Taking a deep breath, Ling Mo sat down to rest for a while, analyzing his performance in the recent battle.

When his Psychic Power was highly concentrated, his mental detection created a slow-motion effect.

This was actually because his nerve reaction speed had reached an astonishing level. His Psychic Power could observe rapid dynamic scenes that the naked eye couldn’t capture.

“The duration is about one second, just one second.” Ling Mo tried to recall the sensation, then quickly closed his eyes.

Moments later, he grabbed a shard of a light bulb and threw it forward.

As he opened his eyes, the shard was about to hit the ground.

At that moment, the scene slowed down again. He clearly saw every detail of the shard’s tumbling descent and its eventual shattering.

“Phew!” Ling Mo quickly rubbed his temples, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. “Great, that’s the feeling. Imagining myself at the brink of life and death, I can freely enter this highly concentrated state. Next is controlling the intensity of my Psychic Power. In other words, it’s about the strength of my willpower. Using the Tentacles as my hands, I need to apply just the right amount of force when necessary.”

Ling Mo’s current situation was like using all his strength to pick up a toothpick—purely a waste of energy.

For instance, to kill this variation zombie, it absolutely shouldn’t have required consuming most of Ling Mo’s Psychic Power.

“In reality, no one’s going to jump out and hand me a secret manual. To fully master my power, I’ve got to practice step by step on my own…”

Shaking his head, Ling Mo rested for a while before walking over to the deformed corpse and taking out his phone.

As he pressed the shutter button, he couldn’t help but comment wryly, “Why didn’t anyone think this act would make me look like a psychotic killer when they suggested it?”

Not long after Ling Mo left the area, a limping figure appeared.

Seeing the corpse and the imprint on the wall, Sun Zeya rubbed her chin in surprise and muttered to herself, “Could he actually be a superhuman with Body Enhancement? No extra signs of a struggle… Could this variation zombie have been instantly killed?”

She rubbed her hands together and examined the corpse, flipping it over: “Long, thin limbs, deformed feet, long and hard fingers, long nails. Small body… meaning it’s hard to aim at? Once we get all the photos from the phones, we’ll be able to make more precise records. This competition is truly… a win-win.”

As she spoke, Sun Zeya’s expression suddenly turned odd.

On the ground, there was a message written in blood: “Follow me again, and I’ll strip you naked.”

Meanwhile, in another building, Xia Na was grabbing the stair railing, jumping down from the second floor, and landing behind a variation zombie.

“Hey, look over here!”

As soon as the variation zombie turned its head, Xia Na’s eyes seemed to glimmer with a strange fluid, causing the zombie to momentarily freeze.

At the same time, Xia Na casually walked forward and raised her hand.

Just as she was about to pierce through its chest, a look of struggle appeared on Xia Na’s face.

Xia Na felt an instinctual craving for blood and violence. She wanted to see blood, wanted to see her prey’s heart being ripped out.

Holding a still-beating heart before the prey dies—that feeling was incredibly thrilling for a zombie!