Chapter 355 – A Powerful Alliance – Combined Technique

Black Silk didn’t immediately follow Ling Mo’s command. Instead, she squatted down in front of Yu Shiran, her eyes conveying a hint of longing, and began to gesture anxiously towards Ling Mo: “Whimper whimper…”

Ling Mo stared at her blankly for a few seconds, then shook his head helplessly: “I can’t understand at all.”

“Whimper!”

Black Silk was getting anxious. She thought hard for a moment, then suddenly her body stiffened, and a dozen silver strands shot out from the back of her head.

Although Ling Mo had seen it a few times before, he still felt a chill run up from the soles of his feet.

While abilities like control and parasitism were inherently violent, witnessing them in reality as opposed to just in the mind was a whole different story.

Ling Mo even worried it might have a negative impact on Xia Na’s perception, fearing she might feel she was being controlled in the same manner.

However, when Ling Mo looked at Xia Na with concern, he realized she was staring at Black Silk with red eyes, her excitement palpable.

“Look, Black Silk seems different!”

After shedding from the parasite, what seemed like an ordinary scarf-like entity, Black Silk’s true form, inflated in mid-air like a balloon.

By the time it landed, a miniature silver puppy had appeared.

Following another evolution, Black Silk’s size had reduced even further, barely the size of a palm, much like the once-popular teacup dogs.

But in terms of appearance, Black Silk was clearly much more exquisite. Her round body, fluffy little head, and a short tail that trembled like a little pom-pom were complemented by her semi-translucent, luxuriant silver fur. Her eyes, still red, shone with an unusual brightness.

Perhaps because she no longer fed through her host, Black Silk seemed less bloodthirsty than before.

If a girl who loved cute things saw her, she would undoubtedly be unable to resist.

Yet, the two girls present were zombies, and their view on living things was consistent and simple: edible or inedible.

Suddenly, Black Silk shivered like she had sneezed, and the silver strands on her body stood up instantly.

“What’s she planning to do?” Ling Mo asked, puzzled.

Xia Na also squatted down curiously, holding down Yu Shiran’s head, who was struggling: “I don’t know, but it looks interesting.”

“Uh… interesting is not good enough, she better not be planning to do something to my captive…”

As soon as Ling Mo’s words fell, he saw Black Silk suddenly leap onto Yu Shiran’s neck.

Before Ling Mo could react, Yu Shiran’s half-opened eyes widened dramatically.

“It’s all over, my captive…”

Ling Mo was startled, then a wave of frustration washed over him…

It was too late to pull her off now.

And by looking at the maid girl’s situation, one could tell that once parasitized, all consciousness was likely erased…

To Ling Mo’s surprise, however, just a few seconds later, Yu Shiran’s expression returned to normal, and the after-effects of Mental Strangulation seemed to have been completely cleared, as she opened her eyes wide and looked towards Ling Mo.

Moments after their eyes met, Ling Mo slapped her on the head in annoyance. “You never listen! I get you want a Leader Class symbiote, but could you at least wait until I’ve finished questioning…?”

“You… you hit me? Human! I’ll bite you to death!”

Yu Shiran was so stunned by the slap that it took her a moment to regain her senses. As soon as she did, she lunged at him with bared teeth and claws.

But her attack abruptly turned into a confused roll on the ground, all the while she screamed, “What’s happening? What did you do to me, human!”

“I’m the one who wants to know!” Ling Mo stared, dumbfounded, at the spectacle unfolding before him.

At first, he thought Black Silk had started talking, but the tone and style were unmistakably Yu Shiran’s…

Yet the true body of Black Silk was coiled around her neck, and her rolling motions on the ground were eerily similar to Black Silk’s.

Suddenly, the body of Black Silk twitched, and a small dog’s head popped out.

Although Black Silk was mostly dormant, it did move occasionally.

Still, seeing a little dog’s head emerge from Yu Shiran’s neck was a bizarre sight for Ling Mo.

The small, bean-like eyes of Black Silk’s true form fixed on Ling Mo with a look that seemed to be seeking approval, perhaps even a bit of credit.

“I don’t even know what you did, and you expect praise from me?” Ling Mo sighed in exasperation, then a thought struck him, “Right, after your Mental power increased, things did get weird. I sensed something earlier…”

He quickly began to probe Yu Shiran, and after a minute or two, his expression turned peculiar.

“It’s similar to my mental link, but different. The connection is weak, yet it can disrupt her actions… it’s like a semi-control center? In this case, Yu Shiran is more a symbiote than a parasite.”

Indeed, after realizing something was amiss, Yu Shiran didn’t try to pull Black Silk off.

Since they were symbiotes, harm to one would inevitably affect the other.

Black Silk’s integration with Yu Shiran effectively elevated its own survival rate to a higher class.

But every gain comes with a risk, and symbiosis was the risk she had to bear.

Compared to her gains, however, this risk was negligible!

This was a Leader Class Zombie, after all!

Moreover, Black Silk could actually leave Yu Shiran voluntarily if it chose to, a fact Ling Mo deduced from their tenuous mental link.

As a wielder of control abilities, he had switched mental links countless times before.

The difference was, Black Silk and its control subject were physically merged, nothing more.

But even so, unless a stronger zombie came along, Black Silk would surely be reluctant to leave voluntarily.

“He really knows how to seize an opportunity…” Ling Mo mused to himself.

Since Black Silk could control Yu Shiran’s movements, her level of danger instantly dropped to zero.

But her thought processes were entirely unaffected, making the situation at hand strangely peculiar.

“Weak humans, I will bite you to death! Bite you to death!”

Yu Shiran cursed angrily while clinging to Ling Mo’s leg, rubbing her face against it…

“Hey.”

Ling Mo crouched down to look at Yu Shiran, or more accurately, at Black Silk: “You have a mental connection with me, so that means this little zombie also has an indirect connection with me, right? Try not controlling her movements.”

“Ling Mo…” Xia Na quickly spoke up with some concern.

“It’s okay, she probably won’t attack,” Ling Mo said lightly, a confident smile playing at the corner of his mouth.

However, the reality was that dozens of mental Tentacles had already tightly wrapped around Yu Shiran!

Twenty mental Tentacles were moving back and forth on Yu Shiran’s Mental Sphere, ready at a moment’s notice!

Ling Mo’s face was calm, but he was fully prepared to respond.

Black Silk blinked her eyes, and without any visible action from her, Yu Shiran suddenly leaped up and bit towards a vulnerable spot on Ling Mo.

Xia Na’s eyes sharpened, and the scythe in her hand flashed with a cold light.

But she didn’t bring it down…

Yu Shiran opened her mouth wide but didn’t actually bite down.

She looked up at Ling Mo, then a look of defeat appeared on her face, and she plopped down on the ground: “Tch…humans.”

“Phew!”

Ling Mo let out a long sigh of relief and released his palm, which was covered in cold sweat.

He was just a moment away from using Mental Strangulation…

In fact, this wasn’t entirely a risk—Li Ya Lin and Black Silk were living examples. After being controlled by Ling Mo, they didn’t immediately become friendly, but they definitely wouldn’t attack each other.

Although Black Silk’s case was somewhat special, the principle was essentially the same.

The final outcome also proved Ling Mo’s thoughts were correct.

The key point was that Ling Mo discovered he could completely infiltrate Yu Shiran’s mind with mental Tentacles through Black Silk!

During that extremely tense moment, Ling Mo felt his mental power influence Yu Shiran through Black Silk as a conduit.

This was the safest method of control! Although it might take some time, during this period, Yu Shiran could be indirectly under his control.