Chapter 435 – The Night Attack’s Shadow

Exploring this entire building thoroughly would likely take the whole night.

So after Ling Mo merely cleared out some remaining Zombies on the way, he found a clean office inside the building.

Winter nights were quite cold, and even Lucy, with her six-pack abs, shivered from the chill.

“Anyway, there are still a few other girls. I’m just huddling with them for warmth; it has nothing to do with Ling Mo…”

With this thought, Lucy barely convinced herself and sat down among Ling Mo and his group.

Ling Mo pulled a blanket out of his backpack and handed one corner to Lucy. “Cover yourself with this.”

“Thanks…”

Even though it was just a corner, Lucy was still somewhat grateful.

But when she looked back, she saw Ling Mo already comfortably lying on Ye Lian and Xia Na’s laps, seemingly not hearing what she said at all…

Holding the corner of the blanket, Lucy swallowed the words she had intended to say.

“Someone as carefree and self-indulgent as you shouldn’t join us in the Fire team! You’ll get eaten by Zombies sooner or later!”

She muttered, not caring whether Ling Mo heard her or not, clenched the blanket corner tightly, and leaned sullenly against the desk behind her.

Yu Shiran, who was lying on Ling Mo’s lap, twitched her ear and opened her eyes to sneak a glance at Lucy, a slight smile appearing on her lips:

“This human girl isn’t bad. Hmph, even she knows that Sausage Humans will eventually become my food. This means my plan will definitely succeed. Before Ban Yue comes to get me, I’ll surely be able to eat him!”

The Zombie Loli showed an expectant smile, stretched out her pink tongue to lick the drool from the corner of her mouth, and slightly moved her arms that were hugging Ling Mo’s leg. Her abnormally developed chest pressed tightly against Ling Mo’s leg. “Hehe… Sausage…”

…

Under the night sky, Century City seemed eerily silent. Occasionally, Zombies could be seen wandering in from a distance below.

Their blood-red eyes were particularly striking in the darkness, but without a hunting target, they quickly drifted away aimlessly.

From time to time, a howl echoed from afar, and faint chewing sounds emanated from the shadows, as if the night wind carried an indelible scent of blood.

At the end of the street, a figure suddenly appeared behind an abandoned car.

On the other side of the car, a regular Zombie was slowly swaying, but as soon as this figure appeared, it let out a low growl.

The figure slowly walked over and reached out to stroke the top of the Zombie’s head.

“Clack…clack…”

The strange sound from its throat instinctively instilled a bit of fear into the regular Zombie.

The figure cast its gaze towards Century City, then opened its other arm and took a deep breath.

“Haah…”

In the sound of breathing, the figure seemed to be enjoying itself…

The hand on the Zombie’s head suddenly tightened like a meat grinder.

“Bang!”

The head exploded like a watermelon, and the splattering Liquid instantly painted the scene blood red…

The sound of gnashing teeth followed…

Ling Mo, who had just closed his eyes for a moment, suddenly opened them again and looked towards the hazy window.

“What’s wrong?”

Lucy, with her keen senses, noticed the change in Ling Mo’s breathing and asked in a low voice.

Ling Mo stared at the window for a while, but in reality, his Tentacle was probing outside, quickly scanning the building up and down.

After more than a minute, he slowly replied, “Nothing, maybe it’s just the nature of the night. It always feels like something is watching us…”

“This is the seventeenth floor…” Lucy said, “You’re probably just being overly sensitive. It’s a common issue for mental ability superhumans…”

“Don’t take this opportunity to attack me personally. If you think you can call me neurotic in a roundabout way without me noticing, you’re wrong…” Ling Mo frowned.

“See, you’re being sensitive again.”

Lucy shifted her stiff body and said, “Though I did ask you to play bodyguard for a bit, there’s no need to be so tense. Nighttime is always chaotic; no Zombies will find us here.”

“True…”

Ling Mo glanced at the window a few more times before slowly lying back down, once again holding Ye Lian’s soft little hand…

“Clack…clack…”

Several minutes later, the figure silently emerged from behind the abandoned car again.

The figure kept its eyes fixed on the direction where Ling Mo and his group were, then suddenly leaped forward.

Like a ghost, the figure appeared several meters away in an instant. After a few more flashes, it disappeared at the entrance of Century City…

“Clack…clack…”

In the dark hallway on the seventeenth floor, a shadow suddenly appeared.

It was as if the figure had crossed several meters in an instant; it took only a few seconds for the figure to move from the stairway to the room where Ling Mo and his group were.

A pale, bloodstained hand grabbed the doorknob and slowly began to turn it.

“Crack…crack…”

The faint sound of the doorknob turning was exceptionally clear in the silent night.

Creak…

As the door slowly opened a crack, one of the figure’s feet stepped inside without a sound…

“Clack!”

The door was pushed open, and the figure squeezed through the gap.

Standing at the doorway, the figure’s throat made another noise, but this time, the tone sounded a bit angry…

In the dim night light coming through the window, it was clear that the room was completely empty…

“Bang!”

The door behind suddenly slammed shut, and at the same time, the figure’s limbs were entangled by invisible Tentacles.

“Gotcha!”

On the eighteenth floor, in a room directly above, Ling Mo threw off the blanket and jumped up excitedly.

“Haha, I knew my uneasiness was due to my intuition sensing danger!”

After his psychic power increased, Ling Mo had a stronger sense of potential threats.

When Lucy said he was overly tense and sensitive, Ling Mo had believed her.

But that feeling persisted, which made Ling Mo more attentive.

Following the principle of “better safe than sorry,” Ling Mo insisted on relocating despite Lucy’s disdainful look…

The room they had previously occupied was left with a psychic tentacle by Ling Mo.

Like a makeshift telephone, it would notify Ling Mo in the other room if anyone entered.

Just as Ling Mo was about to go downstairs to investigate, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his temple.

“Ah!” Ling Mo couldn’t help but frown and let out a painful groan.

The psychic tentacle had been forcibly severed, and the released mental energy had been completely dispersed.

Ling Mo’s Main Body was affected, and his face turned pale instantly.

His shout woke Lucy, and his unusual behavior immediately drew Ye Lian and the others to his side, concerned.

“What happened…”

“Are you okay?”

“Ling-Ge…”

Seeing that Ling Mo was fine, Xia Na sniffed hard, suddenly grabbed her Scythe, and dashed out.

“Wait… never mind, Yu Shiran and Lulu, stay here.”

Ling Mo quickly made arrangements, then took Ye Lian and Li Yalin and ran after Xia Na.

Lucy looked bewildered. Although she heard Ling Mo shout, “Gotcha,” she had no idea what was happening downstairs.

“What’s going on…”

She turned to Yu Shiran and tentatively asked, “Do you know?”

“…” Yu Shiran tried to open her mouth, but unfortunately, when she was alone with others, Black Silk would follow Ling Mo’s instructions and silence her…

“Don’t want to talk to me? How about… we go take a look?” Lucy suggested.

Yu Shiran gave her a glance, made a zipping motion across her mouth, and shook her head.

“Um… then I’ll go check.”

Lucy gave Yu Shiran a suspicious look, glanced towards the door, pulled out her pistol, and slowly walked out…

Once away from the room, Xia Na’s speed increased instantly, and her pupils turned blood red.

Everything in her sight took on a crimson hue.

She leapt down the stairs and landed on the next floor in one swift motion.

Chasing after her, Ling Mo felt a headache seeing Xia Na’s speed:

“She’s becoming more disobedient… This Ambusher is not ordinary…”