Chapter 455 – The Trap is Set for You

Staring at the constantly shifting water surface, Ling Mo’s expression gradually grew more complex.

Ten seconds passed…

A minute passed…

Yet, the bodies of the mutation panda and the mutation python still did not float up.

The intention of this mutation panda was obvious earlier; it definitely wanted to glide directly across the dozen meters of water to reach Huxin Island.

Unfortunately, reality dealt a heavy blow to its plans due to its weight, it crashed heavily into the water mid-air.

But even if it was smashed to the bottom of the lake in one breath, it should have floated up quickly…

“Could it be… this panda can hold its breath?”

Ling Mo frowned, cautiously walking from Huxin Island towards the shore, looking into the artificial lake.

Although the water surface gradually calmed down, there was clearly some danger brewing in the green lake water.

Ling Mo and his group were in the open, while the panda was hidden…

The narrow corridor lay isolated over the water, with Ye Lian and the others still standing at the other end.

“To cross this corridor to reach Huxin Island, even at the fastest speed, would take at least five seconds, right? And during that time… what if the panda suddenly jumps out from underwater and attacks? On this corridor, there’s nowhere to hide…”

Lucy calculated as she spoke, “The mutation panda can easily toss around the body of the mutation python. Its strength is not something we can confront head-on…”

“Hmph, three seconds is enough. No matter how strong it is, it’s just a panda. What’s there to fear?”

Xia Na stepped forward, her short skirt fluttering in the wind.

She carried the Scythe, her eyes scanning the lake surface. Meanwhile, Nana gradually emerged from her shadow.

This mutation panda was hiding underwater, rendering its sight and smell temporarily useless.

No one knew how long it could hold its breath…

“Hey, don’t take risks… how about waiting for it to come out on its own when it can’t hold its breath anymore?”

Lucy had just shouted and instinctively reached out to grab Xia Na’s arm when she suddenly felt a chill down her back. Her movement froze.

Only Xia Na was in front of her; Ye Lian, Li Yalin, and Yu Shiran were all standing behind Lucy.

But in that instant, she clearly felt another gaze directed at her from the front.

It was as if something invisible was hidden in the void…

“Our opponent is just a big dumb panda. Why should we follow its rhythm?”

Xia Na snorted coldly, saying, “Dragging it out of the water and giving it real panda eyes is more my style!”

“There’s nothing to be proud of in your style… By the way, was that just now an illusion?”

Lucy looked at Xia Na with doubt, nodding to herself, “Yes, it must be an illusion. I’ve seen too many snakes today, so I’m a bit on edge… Yeah, that must be it…”

Compared to the guess that “an invisible person is standing in front,” the explanation of “illusion” was much easier to accept…

Across the corridor, Ling Mo could barely see the expression on Xia Na’s face.

“Huh? Why is she suddenly waving? And why did she suddenly bring Nana out?”

He squinted, observing every move on the other side.

The spiritual body Nana had already stepped onto the corridor when Black Na waved her hand.

“Is it okay for Nana to walk out so casually? Oh… right… the panda is at the bottom of the lake and can only judge if there’s someone above through hearing or sensing…”

But whether it was Ling Mo or the female zombies, even Lucy, they could all easily move silently.

Deliberately minimizing any noise made was a survival skill every survivor had mastered.

And zombies, for the sake of hunting, had perfected this skill to the extreme.

“Hearing doesn’t help much… So… oh, the panda found me the first time by sensing me, didn’t it?”

Ling Mo suddenly realized, no wonder Xia Na acted so decisively; it seemed this zombie girl had already noticed this.

“Could it be that after splitting, her observation skills have doubled?” Ling Mo couldn’t help but be stunned.

After the spiritual body Nana moved seven or eight meters forward, Black Na curled her lips into a smile and said, “Well, here I go.”

She followed closely behind Nana, her movements extremely light.

However, if one listened carefully, they would find that she didn’t make a single footstep sound, not even the sound of breathing.

The innate ability of a Zombie: Stealth…

If you weren’t watching her with your eyes locked on, you might think Black Na was nothing more than a shadow.

“So this is how Zombies can sneak up on their prey… By holding their breath, tensing their bodies, slowing their heartbeat, and relaxing their footsteps, they significantly reduce their presence to approach their prey silently. Even sensory perception can be fooled in this state. Truly born hunters…”

At this moment, even Ling Mo had the illusion that if he looked away, he would lose track of Black Na, not to mention the mutation panda…

Meanwhile, underwater…

The light penetrating several meters deep into the lake had already become very dim.

But a massive shadow suddenly darted by, and blood-red eyes could be vaguely seen even in the faint light.

And because it was in the darkness, it looked even more terrifying.

If someone were underwater at this moment, they would probably be scared to death by this shadow suddenly passing in front of them.

“Gulu…”

Suddenly, the hidden shadow in the depths began to slowly approach the surface.

The blood-red eyes opened underwater, following the faint light, seemingly looking up to the surface.

“Boom!”

The water surface next to the corridor suddenly exploded, and a massive shadow, accompanied by a fountain-like water column, leapt up.

“MeGu!”

The mutation panda jumped into the air, holding the mutation python in its hands, swinging it forcefully towards the corridor.

But where it landed, there was no one!

“MeGu?”

The mutation panda’s eyes widened, its round cheeks puffing up even more.

Even though it was just a furry face, if it could speak human language, it would undoubtedly exclaim:

“This is a trap for me!”

The mutation panda’s attention was completely captured by the spiritual body Nana. As the mutation panda emerged from the water, Black Na was already leaping high, swinging her Scythe, and Ling Mo’s psychic tentacle shot out simultaneously.

On the shore, Ye Lian completed the sequence of aiming and shooting with her Sniper Rifle within a fraction of a second!

“Bang!”

At such close range, the Sniper Rifle’s power was immense.

The mutation panda spun in mid-air, wrapping the mutation python around itself like a towel.

Thick blood exploded, and the unfortunate panda, along with the mangled corpse of the mutation python, crashed heavily into the water.

The vast stretch of the lake was immediately stained red, and a large cluster of bubbles emerged with a “Gulu” sound, but the panda did not resurface.

Instead, the mutation python’s corpse floated back up after a few seconds, showing a large hole blasted by the sniper bullet, along with marks from Ling Mo’s psychic tentacle and Xia Na’s slashes.

From the marks alone, it was clear that the mutation panda did not escape unscathed…

“It’s not dead yet…”

A triple attack like that would have shredded any ordinary mutation beast to pieces.

However, as Ling Mo’s psychic tentacle tracked through the lake, it detected a psychic light cluster rapidly fleeing into the distance.

In the cold, deep water, the injured mutation panda was desperately swimming forward.

With its keen Sensing Ability, it could naturally determine the direction of the water flow and know where the exit was.

This artificial lake wasn’t stagnant; it was connected to a large lake by the Amusement Park through an underground waterway.

Of course, the mutation panda didn’t understand all this, but its survival instinct drove it to make the most correct choice at the moment.

“Damn, it managed to escape even under these conditions…”

Ling Mo frowned, preparing to pursue and intercept it, but suddenly noticed that the psychic light cluster had abruptly come to a halt at a certain spot…