Chapter 584 – Inside the Digestive Organs

Lucy appeared more like she was fleeing…

Watching her hurriedly disappear around the corner, Ling Mo stood still, couldn’t help but glance down at his hand.

The soft warmth seemed to linger in his palm…

“Be responsible for me…” Ling Mo muttered to himself, then couldn’t help but chuckle.

This Lucy…

…

The next morning, on the side of the provincial TV Station, an old Iron Door creaked open slowly.

A head poked out first, scanned the surroundings carefully, and then the person cautiously stepped outside.

“Come out,” Xia Na said without turning her head, her eyes fixed on the entrance to the Alley not far away.

Several figures followed, each carrying large backpacks and holding a variety of weapons.

“You all look like thieves,” Mu Chen grumbled while helping Ling Mo carry a huge bag. Most of the stuff was actually taken from him, and he was currently quite annoyed. Seeing Ling Mo’s unusually cautious demeanor, he couldn’t resist making a sarcastic comment.

Ling Mo glanced at him and snorted, “You don’t understand…”

This side door led to a narrow Alley, with the TV Station on one side and a high fence on the other. The Alley was only about two or three meters wide.

The Alley was filled with all kinds of bicycles and electric scooters, which had long turned into heaps of scrap metal under the elements.

Some old blood stains were still visible on the walls, but no Zombies were in sight.

The place was so desolate that even the Zombies seemed to disdain it…

Despite it being spring with temperatures rapidly rising, standing here still felt eerily cold.

Gusts of cold wind swept through the Alley, making Xu Shuhan tighten her collar.

She curiously glanced at the three girls standing beside Ling Mo. They appeared delicate, dressed lightly, and yet did not seem to fear the cold. Carrying so much, they still seemed relaxed…

What intrigued her more was Ling Mo. Where did he find these powerful girls, and how did he manage to keep them around?

Xu Shuhan was looking forward to this cooperation. She liked investigating unknown things more than performing tasks.

Professional habit, Xu Shuhan thought.

“Let’s go this way,” Ling Mo pointed to the other end of the Alley. He was determined to avoid the front gate and slip away unnoticed.

Mu Chen finally had an epiphany: “Oh… I get it. Dodging romantic entanglements, huh…”

He deliberately elongated the last word, his tone particularly annoying.

“I’m not interested in melodramatic goodbyes,” Ling Mo shot him a glare and shook his head.

“True…” Mu Chen thought for a moment and agreed.

At this point, farewells felt like delivering last words; neither side knew if they’d live to see each other again.

Not only did Ling Mo dislike such scenes, but Mu Chen also didn’t want to witness them.

However, thinking further, Ling Mo still had these opportunities, but what about him, Mu Chen…

This thought darkened Mu Chen’s gaze for a moment.

He had joined the branch of Niepan soon after it was established, but until now, he had no one who worried about his life or death…

What had all this struggle achieved? Was it just survival…?

Although he didn’t want to admit it, Mu Chen suddenly felt envious of Ling Mo.

He had friends, brothers, and a way out… Most importantly, he had lovers, and three of them!

So envious and jealous!

Mu Chen ground his teeth and then internally wailed, “This is so unfair! Aaaaghhh…”

Xia Zhi, standing nearby, looked at Mu Chen curiously. He couldn’t help it; Mu Chen’s facial expressions were so vivid that they were hard to ignore.

“Why are you looking at me! Your gaze just makes me more depressed!” Mu Chen snapped at Xia Zhi and continued to wail, “Even my companions are coveting my position. Could I be any more unfortunate!”

…

Ling Mo was unaware that Mu Chen was behind him, drowning in self-pity. He was currently walking and using his psychic link to locate Yu Shiran and the others.

Speaking of this poor Zombie Loli, ever since Xiao Bai came along, she had become a full-time caretaker, spending all her time with the mutation panda.

To be honest, this mutation panda was remarkably… normal, unlike Black Silk with its peculiar evolution path.

Black Silk kept shrinking, to the point where its presence was almost negligible. Xiao Bai, on the other hand, kept getting fatter, with fur becoming fluffier than before. Its color also improved, no longer as vibrant red but more suited for urban camouflage, similar to some animals’ protective coloration, though not as versatile as a chameleon’s.

Ling Mo was quite satisfied with Xiao Bai’s size. While it couldn’t always accompany him when others were around, it could easily clear paths ahead.

He placed items he didn’t need immediately on Xiao Bai.

Encountering someone who could snatch items from a Leader-Level Zombie and two Advanced mutation beasts would be quite rare…

After sensing for a while, Ling Mo finally detected them over two thousand meters away.

Though the distance was considerable, Ling Mo wasn’t surprised at all.

The Zombie Loli was always plotting her escape. Given any opportunity, the connection distance between them would stretch to its maximum, a situation Ling Mo was well accustomed to…

When Ling Mo found her, the Zombie Loli was out hunting with Xiao Bai.

Ling Mo initially didn’t think much of it, but as he switched his vision to Black Silk, he gasped.

“What is this?!”

At the moment of switching, Ling Mo first saw a dim corridor covered in spider webs. But when the angle shifted slightly—when Yu Shiran straightened her chest—he realized those weren’t spider webs at all, but semi-solid mucus.

This mucus hung from the Ceiling, resembling spider webs, but with a faint hint of blood.

The floor was also coated with mucus and scattered with bones, making Ling Mo feel like he had suddenly been transported into some animal’s stomach.

Indeed, it looked very much like digestive organs…

“What the heck have you all been up to these days…?” Ling Mo muttered.

Lately, he had been busy and had only occasionally used his Sensing ability to check in on Xiao Bai and the others. The main issue was that his body had been experiencing some abnormal Interference, making it hard to divert his attention.

Plus, he assumed that the three of them just caused minor trouble for some Zombies. But this situation in front of him…

“I didn’t expect such a bizarre problem…”

Using Black Silk’s point of view, Ling Mo glanced around and then sent a questioning signal through their link.

While Black Silk could understand simple queries, her reply made no sense to Ling Mo…

“Hehehe…”

“…Alright, I’ll see for myself.”

As Ling Mo focused on Sensing their precise location, he also watched through Black Silk’s vision as they continued moving forward.

Despite the eerie appearance of the gooey place, no danger seemed to present itself. Ling Mo saw the walls speeding past on both sides, indicating that the Zombie Loli was running at full tilt.

“What’s going on…?” Ye Lian tilted her head and glanced at Ling Mo, whispering.

“Just a bit of a situation…” Ling Mo was continuously sending signals to Black Silk to tell them to return, but Black Silk kept sending back responses that roughly translated to “okay” while allowing the Zombie Loli to keep running ahead.

This left Ling Mo feeling helpless. As intelligent as Black Silk was, she was still fundamentally a mutation beast.

If he could directly establish a psychic link with Yu Shiran, he could relay the message directly, which would make things easier to understand.

However, Yu Shiran was now Black Silk’s symbiote and resisted Ling Mo’s control. Ling Mo wasn’t ready to exhaust himself by forcibly taking control of her just yet.

Forcible control would always cause some damage, and who knew if it would hurt Black Silk as well?

It might be better to let Black Silk slowly erode her psychic light cluster over time…

But at this moment, none of this mattered. What Ling Mo wanted most right now was to immediately insert a psychic tentacle into Yu Shiran’s brain and force them to stop!