Chapter 485 – The Best Shows Are Usually at the End

Li Hao now just wanted to buy more time, hoping that his possibly still-alive companions would come and join him, or at least give himself a moment to catch his breath!

“A good bait needs to lure the prey completely into the nest. If it dies right at the beginning, what fun is there?”

Old Tang, seemingly unaffected by any pain, leaned against a container, his squinted eyes mocking Li Hao: “Oh, by the way, here’s a free piece of news for you. Your two teammates… they’re dead. No matter how long you wait, no one will come to save you.”

“You! Damn it!”

The veins on Li Hao’s forehead throbbed instantly, erasing his last sliver of hope.

Those noises just now were indeed…

But only a few minutes had passed! Was the power difference between the two sides really this vast?

“Hehe, there’s no need for you to be so arrogant. The feeling of losing companions, I bet it’s harder for you to bear than for me.”

Li Hao sneered while desperately thinking of a solution.

But no matter how he racked his brain, he, now a lone soldier, could only fight to the death. What else could he do?

Even if he wanted to escape, Ling Mo wouldn’t give him the chance…

“Huh?”

Contrary to what Li Hao expected, Ling Mo was surprisingly astonished: “What do you mean? Oh…” He elongated his tone, blinking his ludicrously squinted eyes, “You might have misunderstood? Sorry for making you guys feel smug for so long…”

Though he said “sorry,” his arrogant tone made Li Hao want to blow his brains out!

Li Hao had realized that if Old Tang could become such a flesh puppet, then the so-called “dead companion” of Ling Mo was probably the same!

They had been completely played!

From beginning to end, they hadn’t even touched a hair on Ling Mo’s group!

“Don’t be so smug! After all you’ve done, how much psychic power do you have left? Your main body hasn’t shown up, isn’t that because you’re wary of me?”

Li Hao tried to discern something from Ling Mo’s reaction, but the other just laughed: “No no no… because there’s still another show to come.”

“What show? Haha… don’t think I’m like them. Killing me won’t be that easy!” Li Hao roared ferociously.

Ling Mo, even more surprised, retorted: “Really? But isn’t it already a success?”

“What!”

The hairs on Li Hao’s body stood on end. He nervously sensed the changes around him.

At that moment, Old Tang’s eyes suddenly widened, and a trace of red blood vessels appeared.

To Li Hao’s horror, those eyes, which had looked perfectly normal a moment ago, gradually turned blood-red, just like those of a zombie!

Through his night vision goggles, the scene was incredibly eerie!

“Such an obvious fact doesn’t need me to explain any further, does it? Unless you’re an idiot.”

“Old Tang,” with his blood-red eyes wide open, mocked.

Li Hao’s mouth gaped open in disbelief.

After a while, a chill surged up from his feet, instantly freezing him to the core!

His injured hand began to tremble uncontrollably…

Old Tang had turned into a zombie, which meant that he, who had been wounded by Old Tang…

“Ahhhhh!”

Li Hao’s whole body started to shake violently. He stared at his wrist, his mind going blank!

From the moment the zombie’s blood touched his wound, the virus would frantically invade his body.

In no time, these terrifying things would parasitize his cells and rapidly multiply!

This process could be very short, or it could take over twenty minutes, depending on the individual.

But regardless of the process, the result was the same.

He was infected and would irreversibly turn into a zombie!

Ling Mo was right; he was already dead.

Without realizing it, he had been played to death.

With bloodshot eyes, he pulled the trigger: “Die! Just die already!”

“Roar!”

With a sudden, frenzied look, Old Tang extended his arm, but a bullet instantly sent him crashing to the ground.

At that moment, Li Hao sensed a psychic fluctuation leaving Old Tang.

“Over there!”

Li Hao immediately sprinted in the direction the psychic fluctuation had gone. That was where Ling Mo’s main body was located.

He couldn’t let this guy, who had played him and his entire squad like fools, get away!

“Huff! Huff!”

Li Hao desperately chased forward. With his blood circulation accelerating, he could feel himself mutating.

If it weren’t for Ling Mo’s bizarre control abilities, he might still hold onto a sliver of hope:

Even if he mutated, he would kill Ling Mo and his group!

But now… if he mutated, he might die a hundred times more miserably than now!

However, at this moment, his abilities had become a burden.

Psychic fluctuations seemed to be everywhere, occasionally “whooshing” past his eyes.

“Where are you! Come out and face me!”

Li Hao’s furious roars echoed in the underground layer.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, Li Hao’s body froze as a psychic tentacle broke through his psychic light cluster.

As a mental ability superhuman, his psychic light cluster should have been impenetrable.

But in his terror, rage, and frantic pursuit, he had gradually lost his sanity.

A massive amount of psychic power flowed through the psychic tentacle into Ling Mo’s mind. In front of Li Hao, a lean figure gradually emerged from the darkness.

In extreme pain, Li Hao stubbornly widened his eyes, trying to make out the man’s features.

His hand, gripping the gun, trembled violently, but as his psychic power was drained, he also lost control over his body.

He no longer had the strength to pull the trigger…

“Clang!”

The handgun fell to the ground, and Ling Mo finally stood in front of Li Hao.

This man, who had wiped out three of his squads and two groups of people, completely ruining his once-promising future, looked barely over twenty, with bright eyes and a relaxed smile at the corner of his mouth.

In this broken world, such an expression seemed so out of place…

Didn’t he feel the pain of losing all his family and friends, even seeing them turn into zombies?

That feeling could push many to the brink of collapse. Even if they wore a smile, their hearts could be in extreme agony.

Having experienced pain, they would become twisted…

Especially for an ordinary survivor like him. Without a face full of hatred and bitterness, could he still be considered a normal person?

Life out here was much harsher than in the Air Force Corps!

“That smile… it’s really infuriating…”

Li Hao swayed, placing a hand on Ling Mo’s shoulder.

He could only barely hold himself up but couldn’t even move a finger of Ling Mo’s.

“You…”

With eyes gradually turning blood-red and consciousness becoming fuzzy, Li Hao squeezed out a sentence: “You… will eventually die… by our hands.”

Ling Mo glanced at Li Hao and suddenly leaned in to whisper in his ear: “Heh heh… Actually, I’ll use your hand to tear apart your Air Force Corps. How does that sound? Exciting, isn’t it?”

“You!”

Li Hao’s pupils shrank sharply. He grabbed Ling Mo’s clothes, but only managed to produce a “choking” sound.

That relaxed smile was etched into his eyes, along with his mutating body and rapidly devoured psychic power, forever remaining in his memory…

Once Li Hao’s psychic power was entirely consumed, his body turned into a zombie.

But just as he completed his transformation, Ling Mo had already controlled him.

With the previous experience of controlling the duckbill cap, Ling Mo skillfully manipulated this freshly made zombie puppet, lifting its hand to pinch its stiff and twisted face.

“Luckily, you always have that deadpan face, so there’s no need to worry about being exposed even if you get beaten up. But those eyes…”

Ling Mo rubbed his chin for a moment, then clenched his fist, flexing his wrist: “A bit of makeup should do. Ready… one… three!”

“Bang!”

“Bang bang bang bang!”