Chapter 623 – Whack-A-Mole

Mu Chen deeply regretted his actions, cursing himself repeatedly for his stupidity.

How could he not have seen this coming? Or perhaps he had underestimated the complexity of the situation…

The biggest obstacle in this matter was not just the trust between them, but also the schemes of those around them.

The feeling of being betrayed and manipulated enraged Mu Chen beyond measure. This fury went far beyond the feeling of being used as a hostage and bargaining chip by Ling Mo.

By now, if he still couldn’t figure out what Xia Zhi was plotting, his brain might as well be infected by a virus.

Xia Zhi not only wanted to escape but also aimed to gain some benefits in the process, such as removing him as an obstacle.

“Hehe… I actually took it as a joke!”

If not for the searing pain in his stomach, Mu Chen would have punched himself in the head.

Knowing full well that Xia Zhi coveted his position, how had he not taken it seriously?

But now it was clear: what seemed trivial to him held entirely different significance for Xia Zhi.

Recalling the look of contempt and smugness in Xia Zhi’s eyes, along with that victory gesture…

“Damn it!”

Mu Chen struggled to the edge of the staircase, gripping the handrail to pull himself up.

He glanced at the knife, painfully straightening his back.

Chase after Xia Zhi? It was too late; given his current condition, he couldn’t catch up.

Then… go back to save Xu Shuhan? Mu Chen looked back up the stairs.

He hadn’t seen what Xu Shuhan did, but he gleaned some clues from Xia Zhi’s words.

Clearly, Xia Zhi not only used them but also intended to use them as decoys to delay Ling Mo.

Without a doubt, they couldn’t hold off Ling Mo, and they would eventually be eliminated by him.

And the method to enrage Ling Mo to the point of losing his sanity…

“Harming his girlfriend…” the most probable answer flashed in Mu Chen’s mind, and a chill immediately ran up from his feet.

Xia Zhi’s move was indeed ruthless!

Knowing that his girlfriend was Ling Mo’s most significant weak point, Xia Zhi explicitly targeted this aspect to use Xu Shuhan against him.

With this move, Xu Shuhan was as good as dead, the injured Mu Chen wouldn’t survive either, and only Xia Zhi could escape.

The best way to prevent this was to make Ling Mo, in his fury, believe that Mu Chen was innocent…

But in that situation, could he really stay calm and listen to such a complicated explanation?

The moment he started with, “Yes, we did plan to escape,” he would probably be dead already.

The other option was to rescue Xu Shuhan and use the ensuing chaos as an opportunity to escape.

Turning back and running away first would be less efficient than committing suicide outright.

“Xia Zhi!”

Mu Chen looked up at the stairs and snarled through clenched teeth, “If I survive, you can count on me feeding you to the zombies!”

Then he gripped the knife handle tightly, let out a loud yell, and charged upstairs with all his might…

“Phew!”

Under the moonlight, a figure quickly darted into an alley and pressed against the wall, breathing heavily.

He looked up at a nearby small building.

On the third-floor balcony, a terrifying gigantic zombie was still pounding the walls and leaping like a monkey, dodging attacks from inside.

The continuous thuds from within indicated the chaos inside.

When an exaggerated shout from a man was abruptly cut off by a scream, a faint smile appeared on the previously expressionless face of the figure.

“Thanks,” he muttered softly.

After glancing at the gun in his hand, Xia Zhi looked around warily.

“If we’re playing, let’s play big…” Xia Zhi muttered to himself, “Right?”

He took one more look at the window, then swiftly turned and vanished into the alley…

…

“Ah!”

With a scream, Mu Chen fell heavily to the ground, clutching his stomach.

But his eyes were fixed ahead, his mouth wide enough to fit an egg: “Wh-why?”

“Sorry…” Xu Shuhan stood before Mu Chen, looking apologetic even as she wielded the gun handle with which she had just struck him.

Inside the house, the sounds of battle were even more intense than before…

These two dominant level zombies were indeed challenging. Not only were they massive, but they also had numerous advantages over ordinary zombies.

However, their mutual restraint gave Ling Mo an opportunity. He quickly devised a strategy to hunt them down.

“Focus on one first. When we’ve hurt one enough, the other will go berserk. Then we’ll switch to the berserk one. Essentially, we attack whichever one goes crazy, like whack-a-mole, but we can control which one pops up,” Ling Mo shouted while dodging the attacks of the female giant zombie.

“Sounds kind of twisted…”

“But you like it, don’t you?” Ling Mo quickly interrupted Xia Na, grinning as he spoke.

Xia Na smiled faintly and answered with her actions. Raising her Scythe high, she slashed at the female giant zombie’s back: “Hello, zombie lady!”

“Roar!”

Sensing the threat behind her, the female giant zombie turned swiftly, swiping at Xia Na with her huge hand.

But Xia Na laughed and, with a sudden leap, clung to the ceiling.

“You’re not the only couple here!” Ling Mo yelled, stretching out his hand and yanking hard.

The female giant zombie was caught off balance, her footing disrupted.

Seizing the moment, Xia Na leaped down and struck the female giant zombie’s shoulder with her Scythe, causing blood to spray everywhere.

The injured female giant zombie let out a piercing scream, which immediately triggered the male giant zombie still at the window.

“Watch out!” Ling Mo shouted in warning.

“Roar!”

The male giant zombie roared and grabbed the window frame. The continuous “click click” sound of breaking masonry filled the air, and cracks began appearing in the walls.

Having been confined outside, the male giant zombie finally snapped upon hearing the continuous cries of pain from the female.

With his immense strength, another few pulls might truly bring the wall down.

But after hearing Ling Mo’s shout, several figures quickly appeared in front of the male giant zombie, drawing its attention.

Li Yalin’s Blossoming Chaos was extremely effective at disrupting the enemy. As the male giant zombie shifted his focus towards her, Li Yalin’s figure flickered and reappeared several meters away, evading his frenzied attack.

In his fury, the male giant zombie failed to notice a dark gun barrel aimed directly at his head.

“Bang!”

The bullet ripped through flesh, and a large burst of blood exploded. The male giant zombie’s upper body snapped back, but before he could topple over, a figure flashed above the window.

Li Yalin hung upside down in the window, her Snake Kiss slicing through the male giant zombie’s neck.

Amidst the spraying blood, she grabbed his hair and, with a backflip, slammed him heavily into the room.

Despite his body convulsing from the repeated heavy injuries, it was only a matter of time before the male giant zombie breathed his last.

As Li Yalin crouched down swiftly and stabbed the male giant zombie’s hindbrain, the female giant zombie let out an agonizing scream.

“Roar!”

In a swift movement, she flipped up from the ground and tore off her nearly severed, cumbersome arm.

Blood spurted wildly, reddening half of her body, but this only made her blood-red eyes even more intense.

However, instead of attacking them in her frenzy, the female giant zombie lunged towards the male giant zombie’s body.

Li Yalin swiftly retreated, already clutching a piece of the viral hive in her hand.

Watching the female giant zombie charge like a tank, Ling Mo was momentarily stunned.

He suddenly felt a twinge of emotion, and his attack stopped. Maybe these monsters hadn’t completely lost all their feelings…

“Roar!”

The female giant zombie grabbed the male giant zombie’s body and lifted it high into the air.

“Huh?” Ling Mo instinctively sensed danger and widened his eyes at the female giant zombie, “Hey, hey, hey…”

“Rip!”

Both arms of the male giant zombie were forcefully torn off, and the remaining body was flung rapidly towards Ling Mo and the others.

“Shit!”