Chapter 637 – What do You Mean by Assaulting the Chest? This is Self-Defense!

“Mmm mmm mmm…”

No.1 was still unconscious. After his mouth was pried open, he only instinctively struggled a couple of times before becoming motionless again.

Ling Mo squatted in front of him, first pulling out a semi-transparent red crystal from his pocket, and then taking out a bottle of water.

“Viral hive?” Li Yalin sniffed and her eyes lit up.

“Shh.” Ling Mo glanced back at Xu Shuhan, seeing that her eyes were still closed, he quietly turned back, tossed the crystal into the water, and whispered, “Let’s try this.”

Li Yalin mimicked Ling Mo and snuck a peek before asking sneakily, “Try what?”

Not only her, but Ye Lian and Xia Na also showed curious expressions.

“Watch.”

Ling Mo shook the bottle slowly, then brought it close to his nose for a sniff, “It’s ready.”

Carefully, he aimed the bottle’s opening at No.1’s wide-open mouth and started to slowly pour the water from a height of over ten centimeters.

After about half the bottle was poured, No.1 coughed a few times but seemed to show no other reaction.

Ling Mo patiently waited for another few seconds before pulling out another viral hive crystal.

This time, it was a recent spoils of war obtained from a dominant level zombie.

As soon as the dominant level viral hive was dropped into the water, a wave of viral scent wafted out.

“Try this one.” Ling Mo shook the bottle again and then poured the viral water into No.1’s mouth.

Earlier, he had used a Leader-Level viral hive, but soaking it in water and administering it this way didn’t seem effective.

In fact, in terms of level, No.1 seemed to be somewhere between the mutation-level and Advanced-level.

The primary reason for its strength was largely due to its original superhuman status.

However, in Ling Mo’s view, although it could still use some of its powers, in a state of mental chaos, it couldn’t wield its abilities to their true potential.

But compared to average superhumans, its fearlessness was indeed quite terrifying…

As for the concentration of the virus in its body, it was far inferior to a dominant level zombie and quite a far cry even from Leader-Level.

If Ling Mo had directly shoved that piece of Leader-Level viral hive into its mouth, it would have surely reacted, but that would have been quite wasteful for Ling Mo.

“This time it should work.”

After finishing the administration, Ling Mo began observing No.1’s reaction.

As a Zombie, it responded to the virus much faster than an average human would after being infected.

In just over a minute, No.1, who had been unresponsive, suddenly arched its upper body, its blood-red eyes glaring, and let out a roar.

The muscles on its body seemed to be pulsating, and its bones were making continuous “click” sounds.

“Ah!”

It leaped up abruptly as if it had hit an invisible rope and fell straight to the ground.

Before it could get up, its mouth was forced wide open, and black blood kept gushing out from its throat.

After a few tremors through its entire body, No.1 stopped moving entirely.

“Good thing we were prepared,” Ling Mo exhaled, rubbed his temples, and said.

Ling Mo pulled out another bottle of water, and once again placed the dominant level mother hive into it.

This time, he only shook it twice before quickly retrieving the mother hive and then walked to Xu Shuhan with the water.

“Come on, get up,” he said, helping Xu Shuhan sit up. She only barely opened her eyelids and then weakly nodded.

Her eyes were nearly fully red, and her expression had become dazed.

Within at most three minutes, the virus would completely invade her, and her body would begin to decay rapidly.

During this process, though, she would become extraordinarily lucid.

This was far more terrifying than a typical mutation…

“Drink this,” Ling Mo said, holding the bottle to Xu Shuhan’s mouth. She moved her lips, but after just one gulp, she started coughing violently.

“Are you okay?” Ling Mo asked anxiously.

After finishing her cough, Xu Shuhan weakly fell back into Ling Mo’s arms, shaking her head gently.

Although Ling Mo hadn’t gone through exactly the same process, he had been affected by the virus before.

Xu Shuhan’s body was probably experiencing extreme fluctuations between fire and ice.

On one hand, her blood was boiling inside her, while on the other, she was entirely powerless and unable to control her own body…

It took quite a while before Xu Shuhan finally managed to drink all the water. But just as she swallowed the last mouthful, her eyes suddenly widened.

“Ah…”

She couldn’t help but let out a piercing scream, her hands gripping the sofa tightly, and her body arching up.

Her eyes were filled with blood vessels, and under Ling Mo’s observation, her psychic light cluster was fluctuating wildly.

Mu Chen, who was guarding outside, turned back several times to look but ultimately restrained himself.

In such a situation, there wasn’t much he could do to help…

“What’s happening to her?” Xia Na asked.

Ling Mo kept his eyes fixed on Xu Shuhan and replied, “The viruses are waging war inside her body.”

“War?” Ye Lian echoed in confusion.

“Yes,” Ling Mo nodded. “Do you remember the concept of the Homologous Virus? Right now, she has three different kinds of viruses in her body. Although they share the same origin, they’ve evolved in completely different directions. The virus that turned her into a superhuman clearly can’t withstand the virus from No.1, but then the dominant level virus will suppress No.1’s virus. So essentially, it’s an internal competition… Of course, the mutation direction of the dominant level virus is a bit unusual, but it has been diluted, so it should be okay…”

“That sounds kind of terrible,” Xia Na said, raising an eyebrow. “Wait, so are you trying to achieve some kind of balance between the three viruses?”

Ling Mo glanced at her and said, “Not exactly. I’ve also thought about the concept of a perfect body. The superhuman virus in my body and the Zombie virus have reached a sort of balance. Even if they’re not completely equal, there’s no absolute suppression, which is why I can remain lucid while also gaining enhanced physical abilities. However, this balance was achieved through long-term gradual absorption, which doesn’t apply to her situation.”

“So what exactly are you trying to do?” Li Yalin asked curiously, leaning in.

“If the virus from No.1 can achieve a balance with the dominant level virus, even if it’s a tenuous one, she might be able to temporarily stay in a state somewhere between infection and non-infection,” Ling Mo said, rubbing his chin.

Xia Na thought for a moment and then suddenly realized, “It’s like what happened to me back then…”

“Yeah, something like that,” Ling Mo nodded.

However, back then, his thoughts weren’t as comprehensive, and the process was much more convoluted.

Thinking about this, Ling Mo glanced at Xia Na with a bit of guilt.

Unexpectedly, Xia Na was also looking at him. Their eyes met, and Xia Na was momentarily stunned before she gave a slight smile.

“Ahem…”

Ling Mo turned his attention back to Xu Shuhan. At this point, she obviously couldn’t comprehend what was being said around her, her whole being engulfed in a state of madness.

You could tell just by looking at her deeply embedded nails in the sofa.

However, it was a good sign that her body hadn’t started to show signs of decay yet.

“Ahhhhh!”

She kept screaming, her body twisting continuously as though something inside her was desperately trying to escape.

Ling Mo gave her two more doses of virus water along the way. After struggling for a good five or six minutes, her body finally went limp, and she collapsed onto the sofa.

“Did it work?” Ling Mo carefully leaned in and gently shook Xu Shuhan’s shoulder.

Xu Shuhan, her eyes wide open, was now drenched in sweat, her hair sticking to her cheeks, and her exposed chest covered in fine sweat beads.

The thin shirt under her jacket clung fully to her skin, clearly outlining the shape of her undergarment.

During her recent struggle, her jacket had become disheveled, even slipping off her shoulders.

“Ah…” Xu Shuhan’s lips moved, and a raspy sound escaped her throat.

“Are you conscious?” Ling Mo waved his fingers in front of Xu Shuhan.

Her reddish eyes followed his fingers, then slowly turned to him, “Ah… meat…”

As she spoke, she grabbed Ling Mo’s wrist and yanked him down forcefully.

Although Ling Mo was somewhat prepared, he hadn’t expected her to be this strong. With a loud “ouch,” his face collided with her soft chest.

“Wait!”

Xu Shuhan opened her mouth but couldn’t take a bite, as two psychic tentacles had already restrained her.

Ling Mo quickly struggled to get up, but in the process, his palm accidentally pressed against one of her breasts.

This seemed to trigger a reaction from Xu Shuhan. She screamed reflexively, her red eyes glaring at him as she mumbled, “What… what are you doing!”

“As expected, she’s particularly sensitive to this kind of situation…” Ling Mo raised his hands in a gesture of innocence but couldn’t help commenting.

Behind him, the female zombies’ conversation could be heard –

“What kind of situation?”

“Being groped…”

“Or being touched here and there…”

“It’s neither of those!” Ling Mo turned his head and shouted, “It’s just self-defense!”

However, the stimulation from the accidental touch did seem to divert Xu Shuhan’s attention from viewing Ling Mo as prey. She looked around with wide, confused eyes.

“Is she… fully infected?” Xia Na leaned in for a closer look and asked.

“We’ll know after some time, but even if she isn’t, she won’t hold out for long. Sooner or later, she’ll completely lose her consciousness,” Ling Mo calmly extended a hand to straighten her disheveled jacket.

“So what should we do?” Li Yalin asked curiously.

She wasn’t particularly concerned about Xu Shuhan’s fate; her interest was more in the situation itself.

Xia Na’s reaction, on the other hand, made Ling Mo feel that she might be experiencing a sense of shared plight… though she probably wasn’t aware of it herself.

Ling Mo reached into his pocket and took out the mobile phone he had obtained from Shen Le, pressing the power button as he said, “Didn’t they say the Niepan headquarters has an Experimental Group?”