Chapter 356 – The High-Fidelity Harmony Doll

“The situation is what it is, now we need to think about a solution… The priority is to ensure that Yuwen Xuan and the others don’t notice anything unusual.”

Ling Mo sighed and said, “Black Silk, keep a close eye on your new companion, follow behind us, and make sure not to be detected. You can control whether she can speak at critical moments, right? You might not understand complex commands… So, unless I’m talking to her, she’s not allowed to speak, lest she ends up betraying me too.”

Black Silk’s tiny head wobbled, and then Ling Mo felt a surge of mental energy coming from her direction.

“Huh? This is a novel way to communicate.”

Mental power isn’t an all-powerful translation software, but it can convey Black Silk’s emotions.

The sentiment she just conveyed was “happiness,” considering her emotions are usually not that rich, “happiness” could mean a lot of things. But here, it probably meant “acknowledged.”

It seems that after Black Silk switched to a new symbiote, her latent potential is finally starting to emerge. Like installing a more powerful engine.

“So, how should we deal with this parasite…”

He turned his head towards the maid girl with the vacant gaze. After losing the control of Black Silk, her eyes had returned to blood-red.

“Can’t deny, she really does resemble a high-fidelity blow-up doll…” Ling Mo realized what he’d said only after the words had unconsciously slipped out.

Xia Na looked at him with a somewhat eerie gaze, a quirky smile on her face: “Oh? It seems you’ve received similar parcels before?”

“Misunderstanding, I’ve only seen them on shopping sites…”

“And why would you be browsing such items?” Xia Na pressed on relentlessly. Her expressions and tone were full of anthropomorphism, just like a jealous little girl.

“It was just out of curiosity, a teenager’s curiosity…”

“Are teenagers such beings? Apologize to teenagers all over the world.”

“Black Na, save me…”

Yu Shiran licked her lips and said, “Whatever the doll… it sounds quite delicious. Human, since I can’t kill you right now, I’ll reluctantly settle for eating this inferior good…”

No sooner had she finished speaking than she pounced towards the maid girl.

“Thud!”

She excitedly leaped into the air, and just as her hands were about to touch the maid girl’s collar, she suddenly plummeted to the ground. Needless to say, this was definitely Black Silk’s handiwork.

“It looks like this parasite is still of use to Black Silk. But actually, I’m still useful too… Otherwise, what would I say to Yuwen and the others later? ‘Went out for a walk and lost a person’?” Ling Mo massaged his temples and said.

Yu Shiran quickly got up, ready to explode with anger, but then she noticed Ling Mo’s attention was focused on the maid girl.

“Great chance, hand over the sausage, human!”

“Thud!” The number of falls multiplied by three.

“Give it up. When I have time, I’ll teach you how to be obedient.”

Ling Mo casually patted Yu Shiran on the head, then, with the maid girl firmly under his control, headed towards the interior of the furniture store.

“Where did you catch this big guy from?”

Standing in front of the rotund man, Ling Mo looked up at him and asked.

Yu Shiran replied, “We caught him while he was wandering around.”

“That’s as good as saying nothing.”

Ling Mo said, as his mental tentacles whipped out, slicing through the ropes.

However, his mental tentacles were always aimed at the mental sphere as a target, which not only allowed for high accuracy but also enabled headshots. So when cutting the rope, the tentacles passed right by the fat man’s scalp. Although the captive didn’t know how Ling Mo did it, he felt a numbness on his head and immediately let out a whimpering sound.

He then felt his body drop sharply, crashing heavily to the ground.

After the dust settled, Ling Mo crouched down and tore off the cloth gagging the fat man’s mouth.

Deep indentations had been left on his chubby face from the tight gag, and his mouth seemed numb. After coughing for a while, he finally opened his mouth and started to scream loudly.

“Hey.” Ling Mo, seeing him looking at Yu Shiran in terror, quickly waved his hand at her.

With the interference of the Black Silk, Yu Shiran, though reluctant, turned away.

“Are we good now?”

No sooner had Ling Mo asked than the fat man started to scream again.

“Enough already, I’m human, okay?” Ling Mo frowned.

Xia Na said, “He’s terrified out of his wits. Just hearing you talk won’t calm him down. And…”

She kicked the fat man onto his side and used the blade of her scythe to part his sweaty hair.

Without understanding, Ling Mo leaned in for a closer look and instantly felt a chill run down his spine.

“Yu Shiran! Come here.” Ling Mo hurriedly called the zombie loli back and pointed at the back of the fat man’s gory head, “What happened here?”

After a glance, Yu Shiran said, “Can’t you tell? He’s a human with special abilities, probably someone who uses his head to exert power. Damaging his head would cause him to lose his abilities…”

“Alright, enough with the nonsense.” Ling Mo quickly interrupted her.

Xia Na placed her index finger on her chin, translating for Yu Shiran, “She means this human is a mental ability user like you. I guess it’s probably the person Yuwen Xuan mentioned, right? The psychic responsible for guard duty here. Am I correct?”

She asked gently. However, the scythe that stopped abruptly in front of the fat man’s face seemed less than friendly.

The threat of death jolted the fat man back to focus, and with a shudder, he slowly nodded, his voice trembling, “Yes… save…”

“As for destroying his head to strip him of his abilities, I find that improbable. But it certainly caused dizziness and a rapid decline in both physical and mental power, which… I guess, has the effect of draining his abilities,” Xia Na continued.

Ling Mo looked at her with surprise and nodded, “Indeed, worthy of a top student. Destroying the head… even a zombie’s linear thinking can be surprisingly effective.”

“Plus, this guy is not far from death. His desperate struggle just now was the last straw that broke him,” added Xia Na.

Seeing his gaze begin to scatter again, Ling Mo guessed as much.

And those wounds… Even if he had immediately dropped the hefty man, he was doomed.

“This guy died quite innocently,” Ling Mo said, glaring at Yu Shiran with some annoyance.

But Yu Shiran just grunted, “Why are you looking at me like that? I didn’t do this, neither did Ban Yue. Besides, when you humans hang livestock up and bleed them slowly, how is that different from what we do? This method even spares him from feeling pain.”

“I don’t care about that. Now that you’ve become a symbiote with Black Silk, you better not think about touching human flesh anymore.”

Ling Mo felt irritable for a moment and waved his hand dismissively as he spoke.

The hefty man died quickly, just as Xia Na had said, his last bit of strength drained by his final struggle.

But until his last breath, his eyes were wide open, and a word was stuck in his throat: “Save… save…”

“Ah, bad luck,” Ling Mo thought, and still, he pulled down the curtains to cover the body.

After leaving the furniture store, Xia Na suddenly kicked against a crumbling wall.

“Boom!”

With a muffled sound, the wall collapsed, burying the hefty man completely underneath.

“Is this to lay him to rest in peace?” Ling Mo asked, somewhat relieved.

Xia Na looked at him blankly: “Isn’t it to destroy the evidence? We don’t know how long we’ll have to hide here. If his body is discovered, it could trigger a massive search that would be dangerous for us.”

“I hadn’t thought of that. I’ve been negligent as a boyfriend… sorry, my mind is a bit of a mess,” Ling Mo sighed.

On their way back, Xia Na suddenly asked in a low voice, “Ling Mo, why did you get so angry all of a sudden? Death is something you should be used to by now. Even if it makes you uncomfortable, it shouldn’t provoke such a big reaction. You were never like this before.”