Chapter 586 – You’ve Seen the Top, Now Look Below?

The sky was somewhat overcast, and the desolate street was flanked by buildings closely packed together, resembling gaping monsters waiting for prey to wander in.

Luxuriant wild grass was almost everywhere, sprouting from flowerbeds, green belts, and even cracks in the roadway, growing to heights that exceeded a person’s height.

A foul odor constantly permeated the air, a mixture of rot and blood. For the survivors, this was a scent they were all too familiar with.

This once exceedingly prosperous city in the West now resembled a decaying mass rotting in a swamp, appearing extraordinarily desolate in every spot, with hidden lethal dangers lurking everywhere.

On a crooked power line, a few birds perched above suddenly flared their wings and took to the sky. A few seconds later, several figures emerged from a nearby alley, standing directly beneath the power line.

“I swear, you’ve circled this place every which way…” a man in the group suddenly grumbled.

This man had a bitter melon face and was carrying a huge backpack, making him stand out in the crowd.

His words were directed at a young man holding a mobile phone, checking the map.

Hearing the man’s complaint, the young man looked up, somewhat confused, and asked, “Huh?”

“Whoosh!”

At that moment, a zombie suddenly lunged at them from the side, charging directly at the man.

Before the zombie could get close, a woman swiftly turned around, her silenced submachine gun firing off two quick shots.

“Thud! Thud!”

Two bullets hit the zombie in the head accurately, and it fell to the ground just five meters away from the man.

“Holy crap!” the man exclaimed exaggeratedly, then turned to the young man and demanded, “Ling Mo, you could’ve sensed that, right? You crazy backstabber!”

“There are zombies everywhere. What’s the point of sensing them? And who told you to have that taunting face?” Ling Mo responded nonchalantly.

“You are so heartless…” The man was none other than Mu Chen. He adjusted his backpack strap and angrily said, “And whose fault is it that I have such a high taunt factor?”

“Don’t blame your parents for how you look.” Ling Mo replied.

“Damn it!!” Mu Chen looked furious but was also helpless.

Fight? He couldn’t win. Argue? He couldn’t outtalk him.

The thought that this guy was still their partner and he couldn’t just blow up made Mu Chen even more frustrated.

However, whether the cooperation he proposed would work out still depended on Ai Feng.

“Look.”

Just as Mu Chen snapped out of it, he noticed Ling Mo squatting next to the zombie’s corpse. Not just him, but those three strange-looking girls were gathered around it as well.

“What’s so interesting about a corpse…” Mu Chen rolled his eyes and said uninterestedly, silently complaining that birds of a feather flock together. Ling Mo being a psycho was one thing, but those three girls, despite being drop-dead gorgeous, actually enjoyed gawking at a corpse…

But no sooner had he finished speaking than Xu Shuhan and Xia Zhi also joined them.

“Whose side are you guys on?!”

Mu Chen freaked out, lowly growling as he reluctantly shuffled his feet over.

Peering over Ling Mo’s head, Mu Chen could clearly see the zombie’s corpse.

Ling Mo had already turned the corpse over, and now it lay face-up. On its slightly chubby face, a pair of lifeless blood-red eyes were wide open, staring straight at Mu Chen, bringing their gazes to meet.

“Ugh…” Mu Chen couldn’t help but get goosebumps. Looking at Ling Mo, he saw him calmly poking around the corpse with a tactical knife as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

“What are you doing? Are you a necrophiliac or something?” Mu Chen taunted.

Without looking up, Ling Mo’s tactical knife had already sliced open the corpse’s upper garments.

“Damn!”

Before Mu Chen could intervene, he saw a pair of breasts pop out.

Fortunately, the zombie still wore its undergarments.

“Look at this…” Ling Mo motioned with the knife.

“Just look on your own. Why do you always have to call people over to gawk? What kind of person are you!” Mu Chen said with a disgusted expression.

As soon as Mu Chen finished speaking, he noticed everyone turning their heads simultaneously, all wearing the same expression of annoyance and anger.

Frowning, glaring, clearly ticked off…

Only Ling Mo seemed to be unfazed, continuing as if he hadn’t heard anything, “Her bones have mutated, similar to that mutant species I encountered last time.”

“How can you tell?” The question came from Xu Shuhan, her recorder clearly already running.

“Here…” Ling Mo gestured above the two breast mounds with his knife.

“Can you be more specific?” Xu Shuhan looked puzzled.

Ling Mo scratched his forehead and said, “The position is off… These are too high up.”

Xu Shuhan was momentarily stunned, then reflexively looked down…

Not just her, but Ye Lian and the three girls also followed suit, glancing at their own chests…

“Ah… That’s right,” Xia Na nodded in sudden realization.

Xu Shuhan also caught on, but her expression turned somewhat awkward, “You’ve really observed quite closely, haven’t you…”

“Heh.” Ling Mo accepted it with a chuckle.

Xia Zhi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had a gleam in his eyes and extended his hand.

“What’s up?” Ling Mo asked.

He hadn’t had many conversations with Xia Zhi, and the latter was always so quiet that Ling Mo almost forgot he was even there.

To everyone’s shock, Xia Zhi suddenly made a move, and Ling Mo became curious about what he was trying to convey.

Mu Chen and Xu Shuhan were startled; knowing Xia Zhi for so long, they could count the times he initiated a conversation on one hand.

With everyone’s attention on him, Xia Zhi slowly waved his arm, his finger tracing from the zombie’s chest, down its belly, finally stopping at a particular point below.

Xia Zhi stared intently at the dirt-covered crotch, his gaze subtly lighting up.

“…”

“…”

Everyone fell silent, and Mu Chen slapped his forehead and sighed deeply, “You sneaky perv!”

Out of caution, Ling Mo still poked around with the knife, confirming that this zombie hadn’t evolved to the level of the previous mutant species.

She hadn’t grown a tail… nothing significant front or back.

But no one noticed that as Ling Mo examined the corpse, a fleeting smile of success crossed his eyes…

The mutation of this zombie was indeed interesting, but it wasn’t enough to hold Ling Mo’s attention for this long.

He had seen far more extreme cases; this early-stage pseudo-mutation species was worth a quick look, but why examine it so meticulously?

During his inspection, however, the bullet holes leaking blood had drowned the zombie’s hindbrain in a puddle of its own blood.

The thick stench of blood began to spread, carrying an enticing scent that quickly wafted around with the wind.

“Ssss~!”

A zombie clawed at the wall and suddenly appeared at a corner.

With its emergence, more zombies began to appear in the surroundings. They leaped from dark corners and crawled out from their hiding places in buildings, emerging under the slightly overcast sunlight.

Their pale skin bore various filthy marks, and their blood-red eyes gleamed with the bloodlust of rabid wolves, albeit even more savage.

The tattered and dirty fragments of clothing concealed bodies that were powerful and driven by the frenzy of the virus.

Although they looked nearly human, every person knew the truth.

These monsters… they were the real terrifying beasts dressed in human skin.

Unlike the zombies that first appeared, these repeatedly evolved and mutated zombies were more cautious and far more brutal.

When they silently appeared around the humans, they didn’t immediately rush forward but instead stared intently from a distance.

The corpse of one of their kind lay among these humans, the smell of blood drawing them in, but it also served as a warning.

These humans were not prey that could be easily torn apart… Such a simple judgment was well within their current level of intelligence.

The female zombie that had just failed in its ambush was clearly slightly weaker than this group of zombies.

By the time Ling Mo stood up, everyone had realized they were surrounded by zombies.

More and more zombies appeared nearby; merely seconds later, the number had grown to over thirty.

“Bang!”

A shadow suddenly descended from above, landing lightly on the concrete ground.