Chapter 497 – The Assault

The Regimental Commander’s face turned ashen in an instant, while Ling Mo threw the corpse aside.

As Ling Mo’s right foot kicked out with a “whoosh,” the Regimental Commander darted into the cubicle, slamming the door shut.

Bracing the door tightly, the Regimental Commander hastily pulled out his Walkie-Talkie.

His reaction was quick, as the situation allowed no room for delay—

Li Hao dragged a corpse inside, his eyes filled with murderous intent. If he couldn’t sense something was wrong in this situation, he might as well shove his head into the toilet.

The reason for his initial reaction to hide… was twofold.

Bighead, although seemingly only notable for his large head, was actually a reasonably strong superhuman.

Yet, he had died cleanly, without any signs of a desperate struggle.

Secondly…

Ling Mo’s pockets were visibly bulging, likely carrying a gun, whereas the unlucky Regimental Commander…

He had only come out to use the restroom and was unarmed!

Fortunately, he had kept his Walkie-Talkie on his belt, which was now coming in handy…

Though he didn’t know what Li Hao’s intentions were, now was the time for self-preservation, not questioning motives.

However, just as he pulled out the Walkie-Talkie, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

It was as if someone had punched him in the back of the head, and his vision twisted.

His hand, which was about to activate the Walkie-Talkie, went limp, and with a “plop”—

“Damn it!”

Despite biting his tongue to regain consciousness, the Walkie-Talkie had already completed its irreversible arc, landing in the toilet…

“No worries, if I just fish it out now…”

“Sizzle!”

A spark emerged, announcing the Walkie-Talkie’s total destruction.

“Didn’t they say it was waterproof and shockproof! Su Qianrou, how dare your Falcon provide me with a defective product!”

The Regimental Commander stared crazily at the Walkie-Talkie for a moment, then braced the cubicle door even tighter.

The restroom wasn’t completely enclosed; there was a gap of about twenty centimeters at the top on either side.

If Li Hao were to stand on the neighboring toilet, he could poke his head over…

But if he did that, the Regimental Commander wouldn’t need to be so tense.

Moreover, it would take quite a bit of effort to break through this place in a short time.

The main issue was that doing so would inevitably create a lot of loud, continuous noise, which would be the worst-case scenario for Li Hao, who had stealthily dragged a corpse inside.

The Regimental Commander wanted to make some noise to attract the attention of those outside, but what if he pushed this guy too far?

“Li Hao! What do you want?” he shouted angrily through the restroom door.

In any other place, his shout would have been enough to make an ordinary soldier tremble with fear.

But here, the Regimental Commander’s fury seemed somewhat lacking in confidence…

“Oh, your Walkie-Talkie fell. I have another one; do you want it?”

The voice was emotionless, the tone flat, but it made the Regimental Commander grit his teeth in anger.

So it was this guy’s doing! Why didn’t he know about his superpower before?

“You murdered a comrade…”

The Regimental Commander had just started when the person outside cheerfully admitted, “Yeah, you saw it, didn’t you? Do you want me to tell you about the ones you didn’t see?”

“What?!”

The Regimental Commander almost jumped up but quickly remembered he was still holding the door.

Although this lunatic hadn’t tried to force his way in yet, he couldn’t afford to be careless…

From the moment he made eye contact with Ling Mo, the Regimental Commander instinctively knew this guy was dangerous, terrifying.

He even felt that this was a completely different person from the Li Hao he used to know!

“You killed others too?!”

“Yeah, a total of seventeen. They were all your loyal supporters, right?” came the straightforward reply.

With anyone else, the Regimental Commander would have shouted, “Bullshit!”

But this tone…

Damn it! This guy’s a lunatic!

“What do you want?” the Regimental Commander asked again.

Ling Mo let out a cold laugh, took two slow steps back, and then clenched his fist tightly.

If the Regimental Commander were to turn his head now, he would see the lock he had latched slowly being twisted…

“What do I want…”

“That’s right! What exactly do you want?” The Regimental Commander, sensing a glimmer of hope, quickly asked.

Although he wielded significant power, it had been a long time since he had engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Unlike Falcon, where strength was paramount, the Air Force Corps was more “traditional.”

The remaining soldiers and officers of the old Air Force Corps formed the core of the current power structure of the new Air Force Corps.

The Regimental Commander was a prime example: adept at manipulating power and ruthlessly strategic.

But… none of those skills offered any help in his current predicament!

Damn it, I’m not good at fighting!

However, as long as this guy was still willing to negotiate, there was a chance for him!

The Regimental Commander had prepared a whole bunch of arguments, confident that this young punk would fall step by step into his trap.

“If I tell you that I am Ling Mo, would you understand what I want?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the Regimental Commander showed a hint of confusion: “What?”

But before he could think further, the door suddenly and silently swung open.

The Regimental Commander stumbled and turned around in panic.

What greeted him were a pair of blood-red eyes and a fist like an iron hammer: “I want your life!”

“Bang!”

With a dull thud, a large splash of blood exploded right in front of Ling Mo’s eyes.

As the short, plump body collapsed by the toilet, a stream of blood trickled down his legs, slowly spreading across the floor.

“Didn’t even zip up…”

Ling Mo glanced down, then showed a look of disgust: “Though you hold the position of Regimental Commander, your dick is clearly just at the rookie level…”

“Gurgle…”

The Regimental Commander, eyes rolling back in his head, stared at Li Hao in horror: “You… you are… Ling Mo…”

“Borrowing weapons, borrowing power—no matter how strong the force in your hands, you yourself are pathetically weak…”

A few minutes later, it was no longer the hooded Li Hao who emerged from the cubicle but the “Regimental Commander” with a swollen, red nose.

He twisted his neck, walked stiffly for a few steps, and then turned on the Walkie-Talkie in his hand. “It’s me. What… what’s the situation?”

His voice carried a heavy nasal tone, but with such a swollen nose, no one would suspect anything…

The Air Force Corps had experienced a prolonged period of chaos, during which some zombies had infiltrated the interior.

After a chaotic battle, when the casualties were being cleared, people were shocked to find that many high-ranking officers had died in the turmoil.

Moreover, they all seemed to be the Regimental Commander’s loyal supporters, the arrogant type who usually showed no regard for human life.

Some imaginative individuals immediately thought of certain possibilities, but the person who should have been the most furious, even livid—the Regimental Commander—was unexpectedly silent.

The chaos, which lasted for most of the day, finally ended by dusk, and by then, a report had been placed on the Regimental Commander’s desk.

The Aerial Squad sent out by the Air Force Corps had lost all contact.

“That Spider Queen has evolved again, hasn’t she? She wiped out the entire Aerial Squad. I wonder how she’s doing now?”

The “Regimental Commander” pondered for a moment, then tossed the report onto the desk.

The Air Force Corps was a mess. Although most people’s attention was still on the sudden zombie assault, some had already shifted their focus to the deaths of the high-ranking officers.

This was a power reshuffle opportunity. Some might try to climb the ranks, while others might have different plans…

However, among these people, there wasn’t anyone who could immediately challenge or replace the Regimental Commander.

The primary issue was that the impact of the zombie assault hadn’t yet subsided.

But Ling Mo had no intention of dealing with these boring matters. He even closed the office and pretended to smash several teacups.

This way, no one would dare to provoke or bother the fake Regimental Commander.

“Tonight, they should arrive, right? I’ll leave this kind of thing to them. With most of the high-ranking officers dead, how the remaining ones choose to act will depend on how well they’re persuaded.”