Chapter 332 – Provoked

These two individuals arrived quickly, and quite abruptly!

Ling Mo hadn’t detected them in advance, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t react in time.

In fact, thanks to their combined enhancements, Ling Mo and the three female zombies could react far faster than ordinary people.

Ling Mo’s advantage was, naturally, his Psychic Power.

His neural response speed was incredibly fast. Combined with his mental ability, he could either attack or defend with just a thought.

When facing a formidable opponent, Ling Mo’s continually improving physical abilities ensured he could barely keep up with his neural response speed.

Although he couldn’t achieve perfect synchronization, it wasn’t so off that he would fail to dodge an attack he had already seen coming.

The three female zombies had reaction speeds that far exceeded that of ordinary humans, and even many superhumans.

Moreover, they fought entirely on instinct, bypassing the need for neural responses altogether…

The evolution of zombies was essentially a process of perfecting the fragile human body, transforming it into a combat machine.

Humans have many vulnerabilities: emotions, excessive thinking, hesitation…

From a physical standpoint, humans often lack stamina, flexibility, and are not as adept as predatory animals. Not to mention the innate hunting instincts.

At least from Ling Mo’s current understanding, whether in reality or in films, one could see all kinds of people.

But those who were born to kill, like machines, were exceedingly rare.

Zombies, on the other hand, were different. Ordinary zombies were frenzied, collective grinding machines, while Senior Zombies were individual killing machines with extremely strong combat abilities.

Even if they regained intelligence, what they awakened wasn’t humanity, but their cruel and cunning side.

However, Ling Mo always felt that such descriptions were entirely from a human perspective.

From a completely objective viewpoint, weren’t humans just as cruel and cunning towards their prey?

Setting traps, making snares—these were seen as hunting wisdom by humans, but to the animals, it was bloodcurdling and terrifying.

This theory applied equally to the relationship between zombies and humans.

At this moment, the figure that appeared in front of Zhang Yu was none other than Ye Lian, who had reached the peak state of an Advanced Zombie.

As soon as they appeared, Ye Lian took a couple of light steps and then leaped onto the roof of the car ahead.

With her incredible jumping ability, she directly blocked Zhang Yu’s path.

And just as she faced him, the Tang Sword in her hand slashed down without hesitation.

It all happened in an instant. Although Zhang Yu had successfully launched a sneak attack, he didn’t even have the chance to strike first.

Beside Yuwen Xuan, another figure appeared. This silhouette emerged eerily, as if it had been hiding in that space all along, waiting to attack the moment he arrived.

The crescent-shaped blade, like a deadly Snake Kiss, glinted coldly as it sliced towards Yuwen Xuan’s neck.

“Ahahaha…”

Under the shadow of death, Yuwen Xuan burst into laughter, provoked by the danger.

In mid-air, he twisted his body, and the cold light skimmed past his face.

At the same time, a fireball appeared above Li Yalin’s head.

But just as the fireball materialized, Yuwen Xuan clearly saw Li Yalin’s face.

“Huh?”

As he let out a cry of surprise, Zhang Yu grunted and fell heavily to the ground.

“Swish!”

As he attempted to get up, the tip of the Tang Sword was already pressed against his throat.

Ye Lian didn’t say a word, but the sudden coldness in her eyes was more effective than any threat.

Yuwen Xuan was also kicked to the ground, and the fireball silently disappeared in mid-air.

“Ya Lin!”

Yuwen Xuan’s shout left everyone present stunned.

Li Yalin had intended to press the attack, but Ling Mo stopped her.

The man had just conjured a fireball, startling Ling Mo. He was ready to use his Tentacle to deal with him, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly ceased resisting.

Hearing him shout “Ya Lin,” Ling Mo felt an extremely odd sensation.

At this moment, Zhang Yu was too frightened to move. Seeing that Ling Mo and the others had halted their attack, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

“Ahahahaha! Ya Lin! I knew it! Zhang Yu, why were you so insistent on following us? Turns out you found my cousin. You idiot, why didn’t you just say so?”

Yuwen Xuan, completely ignoring the footprint on his face, excitedly struggled to get up.

“Who’s the idiot here! I mainly wanted to confirm whether they had learned anything from that Intelligence Team member…”

Zhang Yu shot him a glance and thought.

“As for your sister… I only had a slight sense of her presence. I didn’t expect her to actually be here. But what’s strange is, the person I sensed wasn’t her, but…”

He turned his gaze to Ling Mo, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes. “And those two Zombies, could they have encountered him as well? I can’t make sense of it…”

At this moment, Ling Mo also recognized Yuwen Xuan. In recent battles, this man was arguably the most desperate superhuman from Falcon Camp.

Later, when Ling Mo went to steal Mutation Beast Gel, his Zombie Puppet had also been pursued by these two.

However, for Ling Mo, aside from losing a Zombie Puppet, he didn’t face any real danger. He managed to retrieve the Mutation Beast Virus Gel afterward.

Hearing him repeatedly call out “Ya Lin,” Ling Mo scrutinized him more closely.

He had always found Yuwen Xuan somewhat familiar, but couldn’t quite place him. Now, looking at his pronounced features, there was indeed a slight resemblance to Li Yalin.

In fact, the resemblance wasn’t that striking.

But having spent so much time with Li Yalin, even the slightest similarity caught Ling Mo’s attention.

“My dear Yalin, this is great. I knew you were alive. Isn’t it interesting? As soon as I entered X City, I had this feeling. Meeting here today proves our sibling bond is truly deep…”

Watching Yuwen Xuan scramble to grab Li Yalin’s ankle, Ling Mo hesitated for a moment but ultimately stepped in front of him.

This man had been too dangerous during the war to be trusted so easily.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

Yuwen Xuan was staring at Li Yalin’s foot when suddenly, a pair of military boots appeared in his view.

“Now what do you want to do?”

With Yuwen Xuan’s bright eyes fixed on him, Ling Mo felt a chill run down his spine.

This guy was definitely crazy…

He glanced back at Li Yalin and saw her frowning at Yuwen Xuan.

Her Psychic Activity was intense, suggesting she was sifting through her scrambled memories for information about this person.

Yuwen Xuan scrutinized Ling Mo for a couple of seconds, then asked Li Yalin, “Yalin, who is he to you?”

Though still confused, Li Yalin responded, “My boyfriend.”

“Boy… boyfriend…”

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Xuan froze.

His hand stayed suspended in midair, his usually wild eyes widened, his mouth slightly open, showing an expression of shock.

Seconds later, his body convulsed, and he dropped to the ground.

“What’s wrong with him?!”

Ling Mo was startled and quickly asked.

Zhang Yu cast a complex glance at Ling Mo and then said, “Probably too much of a shock, he fainted…”

“…”

“By the way, can you let me go first? You can see we mean no harm.”

Zhang Yu said with a wry smile.

Ling Mo assessed the combat strength of both sides and concluded that he currently held an absolute advantage.

Moreover, given the unclear situation, there was no need to escalate things unnecessarily, so he pulled Ye Lian over.

In reality, despite appearing the least combative, Ling Mo had his Tentacle firmly wrapped around the Psychic Light Clusters of both Zhang Yu and Yuwen Xuan.

Zhang Yu, with his highly developed sensing ability as a superhuman, couldn’t see anything but could still feel the immense threat hanging over him.

This made his expression even more complicated, and he chose his words more carefully.

After confirming that Yuwen Xuan had indeed just fainted, he briefly explained the background of the situation.

When he mentioned the two Zombies, Ling Mo calmly replied, “Oh, maybe we crossed paths. I don’t remember; Zombies all look the same.”

Naturally, Zhang Yu was skeptical, but no matter how imaginative his thinking, he couldn’t possibly suspect that Ling Mo had the ability to Control Zombies.