Chapter 451 – Be Careful Where You Crawl

“Hiss!”

The mutation python’s mouth was forcibly pried open, and a psychic tentacle immediately thrust inside.

Soon, the mutation python began to thrash about wildly.

When such a massive body starts moving, it creates quite a spectacle.

Weeds were flattened, fake mountains shattered, and even large rocks were sent flying.

“It’s like watching several train cars rolling over!”

Ling Mo watched in astonishment, but he had to focus his psychic power.

The python’s struggles made controlling and attacking it extremely difficult. Any slight wavering in concentration could lead to a collapse of his psychic power, resulting in failure.

“You’re rolling around so energetically; your spirit seems quite strong…”

Ling Mo sneered and suddenly narrowed his eyes, “Watch me drain you!”

The psychic tentacle that had been lodged in the mutation python’s throat suddenly became intangible at Ling Mo’s command.

Freed from its materialized form, the tentacle silently extended further, penetrating the flat head of the mutation python.

Although the mutation python wasn’t a sentient creature and had limited psychic power, draining even this capacity in such a chaotic state was a daunting task.

The animal’s instincts sensed danger, prompting the mutation python to struggle even more violently, its gaping maw lunging at Ling Mo like a derailed train.

“Ah!!! Run! The snake is coming!”

Lucy, pale-faced, clung to Ling Mo’s neck, her legs wrapped around his waist, screaming.

“I… I’m trying…”

Ling Mo’s face turned red as he mustered his strength to roll away with Lucy.

Throughout the tumble, Lucy maintained her grip, not loosening even a bit.

Achieving this level of coordination was a skill in itself.

Clearly, the giant snake had given her quite a scare…

Lucy’s entire body was pressed tightly against Ling Mo, and with her wearing a tight leather suit, the sensation was anything but ordinary…

However, in such a chaotic and dangerous situation, Ling Mo could hardly feel anything but the “weight.”

Even when he accidentally used Lucy’s chest as a cushion while rolling, Ling Mo didn’t realize it at all.

“Boom!”

The mutation python’s head grazed past Ling Mo and crashed into the wall behind them.

With a loud bang, dust flew up, and a large hole appeared in the wall.

Seizing the moment while the mutation python was still stuck, Ling Mo immediately controlled the psychic tentacle to start the devour process.

The devour ability, after all, was merely an auxiliary function extended from the tentacle.

It could only be executed through the medium of the tentacle, and the devouring speed was certainly limited.

It’s like using a straw; the liquid still needs to go through the straw.

Moreover, once the devour process begins, the recipient would feel as if something was about to crawl out of their ear.

This immense sense of panic would cause the target to resist even more fiercely. And such resistance would make Ling Mo’s devouring even more challenging.

This snake was no exception. Its body and tail thrashed violently, turning everything around it into rubble.

Loud crashes echoed continuously in Ling Mo’s ears, and the gusts of wind from the thrashing made his skin ache.

In this state, Ling Mo could hardly spare any psychic power to maintain the psychic tentacle.

“Who said multitasking was easy?!”

Ling Mo squinted, feeling the debris hitting him, and shouted.

Luckily, the more the mutation python struggled, the more its triangular head got stuck.

Not to mention, Ling Mo’s tentacle was holding it firmly…

“Easy to get in, hard to get out. Did you think I’d let you come out so easily?” Ling Mo cursed, veins popping on his forehead.

“Hiss—!”

The mutation python’s head was trapped on the other side of the wall, and no matter how much its body thrashed, it only managed to smash the adjacent wall sections without causing the entire structure to collapse.

“Good thing this zoo is well-built, not a shoddy project, but a solid one…”

Ling Mo’s eyes were bloodshot. On one hand, he had to dodge the ubiquitous mutation pythons, and on the other, he had to fend off this frenzied snake, all while concentrating his psychic power to devour it…

In such a state, the consumption of psychic power was far greater than usual.

Fortunately, the psychic power he was devouring was continuously merging into his psychic light cluster. And being a snake, it didn’t have many memories to interfere with Ling Mo.

Only a few eerie fragments occasionally floated through Ling Mo’s mind, making him shiver involuntarily.

However, this also helped him understand how this nest of snakes came to be.

“So, these are the offspring of that previous mutation python… It died but still managed to reproduce! No wonder this nest seems to recognize me. But I don’t know you all! Your parents weren’t even the same species, were they? What’s with these indistinguishable patterns… the scales are completely different…”

Despite their different appearances, one memory confirmed that these snakes were indeed left behind by that mutation python.

After they were born, the first unusual scent they remembered was Ling Mo’s, which is why they stayed in this area.

Ling Mo had long understood the strong instinct for revenge in mutation snakes.

Had he not left quickly and stayed away, this nest of snakes would have found him for revenge long ago.

The progenitor, killed by Ling Mo and his group, became their first meal after they were born.

Since the progenitor was an advanced mutation beast, their evolution speed and strength were greater than the first-generation mutation snakes.

After devouring all the remaining mutation beasts in the zoo, they started feeding on nearby zombies.

Particularly, the amusement park, which had a large gathering of zombies, became their exclusive hunting ground.

When hungry, they would go out to hunt, and when resting, they would return to their nest.

As mutation snakes, they no longer had the habit of hibernating.

But like zombies, who could go a long time without eating, their regular need for food was also minimal.

On the other hand, their reproduction speed was evidently rapid. To produce such a large number in such a short time…

“You must be busy reproducing when you’re not hunting!” Ling Mo couldn’t help but shout.

After more than ten minutes, Ye Lian and the others had nearly finished off the smaller mutation pythons.

Except for a few still writhing around, the rest were either decapitated or hacked into mush.

The ground was littered with snake carcasses, and the stench permeated the air.

Li Yalin, meanwhile, was slashing at snakes while quickly scavenging through the carcasses, extracting any mutation beast gels that hadn’t been retrieved yet.

On the other hand, under Ling Mo’s persistent devour, the struggle of the barrel mutation python began to slow down.

Its movements became more erratic and aimless, heading towards idiocy.

Even if Ling Mo stopped pulling its head, it probably couldn’t pull itself out.

In fact, it was trying even harder to push in, squirming forward continuously. Ling Mo couldn’t help but sneer:

“Hmph, some holes shouldn’t be entered recklessly.”

Ling Mo sped up the devouring process, and the psychic power quickly replenished much of his spent energy.

Seeing the mutation python slow down as if entering hibernation, Ling Mo’s eyes lit up with joy.

“I wonder how big the viral hive will be…”

From his psychic probe, Ling Mo could confirm that this was an advanced mutation beast that had transformed from virus gel into a viral hive.

But, like zombies, the strength of mutation beasts couldn’t be judged by so-called “levels.”

There were too many examples of vastly differing combat abilities at the same evolutionary stage.

If that was the case for zombies, it was even more so for mutation beasts.

The battle between Ling Mo’s group and the mutation pythons was nearing its end.

At this moment, on the artificial lake connecting the amusement park and the zoo, a ripple suddenly appeared on the calm surface.

The ripple quickly approached the direction of the zoo, and under the sunlight, it seemed as if a terrifying red shadow was lurking beneath the water…