Chapter 604 – The Blood-Colored Hell of Memory

As expected, under Ling Mo’s relentless onslaught, the Dark Shadow was successfully held back.

Previously, the Dark Shadow hadn’t taken this human seriously and had even used him as a breakthrough point. But now, it had no choice but to focus its attention on Ling Mo.

However, after only a few seconds of standoff, Ling Mo noticed that the opponent was becoming anxious.

“Squeak!”

The Zombie Infant weakly struggled in Xia Na’s hands, opening its mouth to shout while the half-embedded Straw in its mouth trembled and retracted.

Upon hearing the noise, the Dark Shadow involuntarily glanced back, causing a slight lapse in its psychic fluctuation.

“Good opportunity!”

Although it was just a brief moment, Ling Mo keenly seized it.

Under his control, several Tentacles surged forward, directly piercing into the weak spot of the Dark Shadow’s psychic light cluster.

With his psychic power restricted, both Materialization and psychic interference were incredibly ineffective.

Therefore, Ling Mo’s attack method could be summed up in one word: Devour!

As soon as the Tentacles formed, they began to rapidly dissipate. But as Ling Mo directed them to cling tightly to the opponent’s psychic light cluster like locusts and start greedily absorbing it, the tides turned in his favor, and Ling Mo gained the upper hand!

Surprisingly, this zombie’s psychic power was quite strong!

However, this unexpected discovery did not make Ling Mo feel pressured. On the contrary, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement!

After all, he hadn’t found a suitable target to Devour for a long time!

While staying with the F Team, even though there were often mental ability superhumans around, he couldn’t just leap at them and Absorb their power! He wasn’t a homicidal maniac…

And the zombies he encountered generally didn’t have strong psychic power; the amount of mental energy he could absorb from them was less than what he expended attacking and Devouring them.

But this variation zombie standing before him was completely different!

Ling Mo could feel that the opponent’s brain had definitely undergone some mutation. The amount of mental energy it possessed was almost on par with Xia Na!

“What kind of species is this…”

After his initial excitement, Ling Mo couldn’t help but be curious.

The zombie, writhing in extreme pain from being Devoured, suddenly opened its mouth and let out a roar, lunging at Ling Mo.

“Heh, bring it on,” Ling Mo chuckled.

The Dark Shadow seemed to understand the provocation. It tried to halt midway but found itself surrounded by two more female zombies.

“Squeak!”

The Zombie Infant cried out anxiously, possibly worried for the Dark Shadow or perhaps calling for help.

Its cries undoubtedly caused significant Interference to the Dark Shadow’s actions. The Dark Shadow, which initially had a chance to hold out for a while, was now entirely outmatched due to the Zombie Infant’s Interference.

In terms of psychic power, the Dark Shadow was closely monitored by Ling Mo, leaving it with no opportunity to attack Ye Lian and Li Yalin.

In fact, when it came to utilizing its psychic power, the Dark Shadow was rather monotonous, relying solely on Psychic Shock…

As for Ling Mo, although the environment was not in his favor, his various tricks left the opponent defenseless.

Once he overcame the initial disadvantage, Ling Mo found himself becoming more adept.

He even thought this place was a good training ground for him, helping him better grasp the nuances of his Superpower.

If it weren’t unsuitable to stay here for long, he would have liked to practice more.

Once its main attack methods lost their effect, relying solely on speed and strength, the Dark Shadow was no match for Ye Lian and Li Yalin’s pincer attack.

Ye Lian’s occasional gunshots inflicted severe injuries, while Li Yalin moved like a Phantom, elusive and striking from extraordinarily cunning angles, much like a poisonous Snake slithering through the grass.

It didn’t take long before Ye Lian pinned the Dark Shadow with a shot to its abdomen, creating a gory, bloody hole with a horrific scream.

“Wait! Let it live!” Ling Mo quickly shouted.

The Dark Shadow flew backward, only to be caught up by Ling Mo.

The still-breathing Dark Shadow twitched for a moment before collapsing to the ground, eyes vacant.

As Ling Mo Devoured its psychic power, certain images inevitably appeared before his eyes…

Judging from the fragmented images that appeared intermittently, this zombie wasn’t the initial primary infection source but was among the first batch of variation zombies “produced.”

Just as Ling Mo had guessed, their main mutated organ was neither their hands nor their feet, but their brain.

This not only made them significantly smarter than regular zombies but also endowed them with powerful psychic power.

Take, for instance, the Berserker they encountered earlier, whose primary mutation was in its hands, with only a minor change to its brain. Although its IQ increased, it didn’t develop strong psychic power and could be considered a defective product.

Strictly speaking, the one Ling Mo had just Devoured was still far inferior to the primary infection source.

The most critical point was that, unlike human superhumans with mental abilities who could enhance their psychic power through training, these zombies needed much longer recovery times after using their powers.

Their method of recovery was to turn themselves into a “cocoon” again.

These mucus layers could Shield mental energy and also Absorb it in small amounts, effectively acting like a two-way plug.

This was why the Berserker had left, but this Brain Mutant had stayed behind.

This place was essentially their nest. As Senior Zombies, they had the trait of going out to hunt and bringing their prey back.

The mucus layers served to conceal them excellently. As for why Yu Shiran and the others managed to discover them, that question could only be answered after finding the Zombie Loli.

What intrigued Ling Mo the most at this moment was a sudden vision that appeared among those fragmented images.

In the depths of darkness, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly flashed before him…

Like the monsters lurking in the dark, abrupt and terrifying, yet distinctly different.

Those red eyes were immensely profound, like two bottomless pools of blood.

Just one glance, and it felt as though one could be completely sucked into them…

Primary infection source!

The term immediately popped into Ling Mo’s mind.

Only that primary infection source would possess such eyes…

This phenomenon occurred only when one’s psychic power reached an unimaginable level, where just a glance could cause Psychic Interference to those with weak willpower.

However, there weren’t many weak-willed individuals left to survive until now.

As for the zombies… before they could lock eyes, the zombies would have already lunged forward, making that gaze’s significance rather limited.

“Whew!”

Ling Mo steadied himself abruptly and shook his Head.

“What’s wrong?” Li Yalin asked.

Those eyes still lingered in Ling Mo’s mind. “I think I discovered a zombie…” He paused, then continued with a complex tone, “A zombie that very likely possesses the strongest psychic power.”

“Where?” Xia Na immediately looked around warily.

“Not here,” Ling Mo shook his head. “And… it’s been gone for a long time.”

In the images, those red eyes had appeared only once, and this zombie was one of the first batch of “products.”

If there were no more memories of the primary infection source in his mind, it could only mean that it had already left, right after creating them.

This factory was then controlled by these “products,” and they kept cycling through the production process.

Theoretically, the chances of subsequent “products” possessing strong mental abilities became lower and lower, which explained why most of the variation zombies Ling Mo and his team encountered here had limb mutations.

“Ah, I see…” Upon hearing Ling Mo’s response, Xia Na reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

“Yeah…” Ling Mo replied, while holding his head and standing up.

He was somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that after Devouring this variation zombie, most of his depleted psychic power had indeed been restored.

Moreover, some of the energy was being slowly Absorbed, and once completed, his total psychic power would see a slight increase.

Yet, the total psychic power of this zombie might not even be a tenth of that primary infection source…

“No rush, no rush…” Ling Mo quickly cut off his train of thought and said, “We still need to find Yu Shiran. We’ve been down here for over ten minutes. If we delay any longer, Mu Chen and the others might come looking for us.”

“But who knows where Yu Shiran and her group are…” Li Yalin said, brushing her Hair back.

Ling Mo glanced at the Zombie Infant in Xia Na’s hand with a mischievous smile. “Don’t we still have this?”