Chapter 358 – My Ideal Is Shamelessness Under One Blanket

However, Yuwen Xuan’s way of doing things was so reckless that Ling Mo remained cautious, carefully observing for a while before gradually easing his concerns.

The situation in the quarantine zone of City A was quite different from what he had envisioned. He had expected to see a bustling scene, but the reality was far from it.

Occasionally a few people would pass by on the street, about half were elderly leading children, and the other half were Falcon Camp members hurrying along.

It made sense, after all. With carloads of people being transported to City X, how many could possibly remain in the quarantine zone of City A?

It seemed that Falcon Camp was putting all its hopes on the battle at City X. Previously, Ling Mo had some doubts about the decisions made by Falcon Camp.

Even if resources in City A were scarce, where else could one find such a natural barrier? After the establishment of the quarantine zone in City X, a massive defensive fortification project would be necessary for protection. What would inevitably follow was a prolonged war of attrition. Survivors would have to fend off zombies while continuing to build defenses.

But after witnessing the combat strength of those zombies, Ling Mo felt that Falcon Camp was showing great courage in this regard!

How long could a wide river contain those zombies? With a mass of humans on the opposite bank attracting them, they were like carrots dangled in front of donkeys, spurring them to evolve continuously.

Perhaps it was better to place the survivors in an extremely dangerous environment, yet one filled with various tempting resources, forcing them to grow alongside the zombies.

“Hey!”

Yuwen Xuan suddenly shouted, snapping Ling Mo out of his reverie.

A middle-aged man, who had been hurrying across the street, turned his head toward the sound and then jogged over to Yuwen Xuan.

“What are you doing?” Ling Mo asked in a low voice, frowning.

“This guy is from the lab; I’m just asking about the situation. Don’t always assume I’m going to mess things up, okay? Show a little trust,” Yuwen Xuan replied with a look of feigned hurt, which almost made Ling Mo want to punch him.

Ling Mo sensed that Black Silk and Yu Shiran were still following behind, their ability to conceal themselves was so good that unless a psychic carefully probed, no one else would be able to detect them.

There’s a saying, “It’s darkest under the lamp.” There must be a large number of psychics in the quarantine zone, but who would bother using their mental power to scan around aimlessly? What if it caused offense and led to conflict?

The middle-aged man looked very tired. After he caught up, he glanced at Ling Mo and his group with a slight surprise, “Captain Yuwen, when did you get back? And who are these people?”

Wu Pengfei appeared quite composed, but Ronnie’s heartbeat immediately quickened. She looked nervously at Yuwen Xuan and then at Ling Mo, waiting to hear how they would respond.

“Oh… it’s like this, I wanted to ask you, how is the lab doing now? Didn’t they just transport a truckload of Mutated Beast corpses the other day?” Yuwen Xuan asked, scratching his head.

Ignoring his own question completely, the middle-aged man seemed accustomed to it, nodding and replying, “Look at these dark circles under my eyes. Corpses are piling up for autopsy and classification, the lab’s been chaotic for a while now. It’s a shame there are no zombies to study, and I’ve heard that in City X there’s something even worse… mutated zombies!”

“Grab them from across the river,” Yuwen Xuan said seriously.

“Why don’t you go then?” the middle-aged man, grasping at his thinning hair, said in frustration. “I’ve tried to catch them four or five times without any luck, and we’ve lost more than a few people in the process. The only time we caught one, it struggled so violently it died before we got back…”

He rambled on but realized that Yuwen Xuan wasn’t listening at all. Instead, the young man standing next to Yuwen Xuan was listening very intently.

“Are you guys the new survivors Captain Yuwen brought back from City X? Have you registered yet?”

Before the middle-aged man could finish, Yuwen Xuan interrupted, “Are you heading back to the lab now?”

“Ah? Yes, I just got to headquarters to deliver some documents.”

The middle-aged man pointed in the direction he came from, and Ling Mo followed his gesture, seeing an ancient-style building obscured by trees in the distance.

“Oh,” Yuwen Xuan uttered, then asked, “The lab’s crowded now, I guess?”

“Busy as hell, what do you think?”

After the middle-aged man left, Yuwen Xuan turned to Ling Mo and said, “Looks like we’ll have to wait till tonight.”

“Never thought your unreliable nature could actually come in handy at times,” Ling Mo couldn’t help but compliment him.

If it had been anyone else, people would have seen through the deception quickly, but Yuwen Xuan’s unique character probably meant that those who knew him were well aware of his demeanor. His complete avoidance of the topic would likely lead others to simply think he was disinterested and unwilling to answer.

There was still some time until evening, so Yuwen Xuan suggested taking Ling Mo and the others to his place first.

His residence was nearby, and after winding through several streets, they entered an inn decorated in an ancient style.

Such architecture was rare in City X, but City A, being a tourist destination, had buildings mostly in the ancient style.

Having lived in a concrete jungle for twenty years, Ling Mo actually had a fondness for this kind of ancient architecture.

During his teenage years, he had even fantasized about finding a courtyard like this to live with Ye Lian… shamelessly for a… no, for a lifetime…

But he never expected that when he finally stepped into such a place, reality would be so drastically different from his fantasies, to the point of being wildly unpredictable…

“This courtyard is all mine. Feel free to make yourselves at home, use anything you need in the house. Uh… you two, come with me. Let’s get you registered while we’re free, or I might forget,” Yuwen Xuan, after leading Ling Mo and the others into the empty house, said with a grin.

“Not even a chair to sit on, what exactly do you expect us to use? And how could you forget two living people?”

Ling Mo cursed under his breath, then said to Wu Pengfei, “Go with him. Don’t bother with small talk; he’s skilled in fooling people. If you don’t go now, with his character, who knows, he might actually forget you.”

They were different from him after all. Ling Mo was here to steal experimental subjects, but Wu Pengfei and Ronnie were preparing to join.

“Relax, I know how to handle this. We’re just two ordinary people, and they’re too busy to bother with us right now,” Wu Pengfei said, patting his chest.

Ronnie still looked very nervous, which made Ling Mo frown.

“Just take it easy, it’s not like we’re going to fight zombies. Isn’t Yuwen Xuan handling everything?” Ling Mo sighed softly.

Ronnie shuddered, stammering, “I…I just…”

She was somewhat surprised; she hadn’t expected the usually aloof Ling Mo to show concern for her at a time like this.

“What if your nerves end up betraying my brother?” Ling Mo asked.

Ronnie’s face turned bright red, and she glared at Ling Mo: “You… Ah! You’re infuriating!”

“That’s right, get angry but don’t be nervous. You look guilty,” Ling Mo said, touching his nose and nodding.

As soon as Yuwen Xuan took them away, Ling Mo quickly made sure the courtyard gate was securely closed.

When he turned to look at the rooms, he suddenly noticed that every door was open.

Ye Lian soon ran out of one room, waving a can at Ling Mo: “Ling…Ling Mo, look what I found…”

Ling Mo paused, then showed an encouraging smile: “Good job. Let’s take this opportunity to clean out his place. He did say we could use anything.”

Li Ya Lin was not shy, quickly grabbing a Crossbow Arrow and darting out of another room: “Check this out, it would be great for little sister Ye Lian, right? And he has so many Collectibles.”

Ling Mo’s interest piqued, he hurried to that room.

The room was filled with a chaotic assortment of weapons, guns hanging on the wall, a box of bullets piled in the corner, and a bunch of kitchen knives scattered on the bed. In addition to these, various other blades were strewn all over the place.

“Yuwen’s stash is more abundant than I expected!” Ling Mo exclaimed.

This just went to show the difference between the camp members and someone like him, a lone wolf. The resources amassed in one place were far more than what Ling Mo could gather on his own.

And with the position of the team leader, there were definitely many privileges. In these times when firearms and ammunition were in short supply, he had a dozen spare guns lying around.

“What a gold mine…” Ling Mo rubbed his hands together, revealing a sly smile, “Senior sister, faced with your cousin’s treasure room, what should we do?”

“He did say we could use anything,” Li Ya Lin said with a smile.