Chapter 645 – The More, The Merrier

“You better be useful to me, or else…”

After making a few idle threats towards the “Jellyfish,” Ling Mo took a deep breath and held it up in front of him.

This wasn’t for some interspecies conscious communication, even though Ling Mo did extend a psychic tentacle…

As soon as the tentacle reached the “Jellyfish,” it jerked as if electrocuted, then began to pulse happily.

With its “breathing,” the mental energy from Ling Mo was immediately absorbed into its body.

Following this, the white dots within its body gradually took on a faint red hue…

“Just as I thought, the mental energy absorbed into its body becomes purified, but even purified, mine retains a Zombie attribute,” Ling Mo muttered to himself, somewhat troubled.

It seemed that although his thoughts were still human, his hardware had been permanently marked with the Zombie imprint… there was no saving him.

The “Jellyfish” was happily absorbing the energy, but suddenly felt its body being squeezed by those hands.

Ling Mo’s gaze was fixed on it, and then he exerted force with both hands-

Squish!

It was like a transparent water-filled rubber ball being squeezed; the light dots within the “Jellyfish” shot out from its body.

At this moment, it looked like a small whale, and each squeeze from Ling Mo caused a stream of light dots to spray out…

“Don’t resist; a little squeeze is good for you.”

The soft “squishing” sounds accompanied Ling Mo’s actions, each squeeze producing a sound…

“Where did you go!”

Ai Feng was running down the stairs when he suddenly heard the sound of shattering glass.

He immediately halted, a hint of a strange smile on his face, and rushed into the Mall on that floor: “Here, right?”

As soon as he entered, a pitch-black, shadowy space presented itself before him.

Debris everywhere, randomly placed shelves…

Ai Feng’s frenzied eyes darted around, one foot cautiously lifted and then slowly set down after a short step.

“Disappeared?”

Ai Feng paused for a moment, his expression somewhat strange.

Those eyes of his stared ahead, seemingly seeing nothing. However, with his other set of “eyes,” he saw a completely different scene.

It was the same dark Mall, but many dots of light were intermittently floating around inside.

Through these “eyes,” the mental energy he saw was colorless but varied in intensity.

But these light dots were almost identical…

Ling Mo hadn’t disappeared; he was everywhere!

Ai Feng stood there, stunned. Which one of these was Ling Mo?

…

“This should buy some time,” thought Ling Mo, hiding in a corner and trying his best to control his psychic activity.

He casually put the deflated “Jellyfish” back into his bag, his eyes peering through the gap in the shelf in front of him, staring at the dark Mall.

Opportunity… at a time like this, all he could do was wait for an opportunity…

“Hiss!”

Just then, an icy sensation suddenly came from the back of Ling Mo’s neck.

He shivered instantly, his eyes widening.

“What’s that?”

Ling Mo slowly turned his eyes to the left, catching a glimpse of a shadow.

He had just managed to control his psychic activity, and in the blink of an eye, someone had sneaked up on him. But then again, his focus had been elsewhere.

The shadow was clinging to a floor-to-ceiling window, hair blowing in the wind. Considering they were high up in a building…

“What are you doing here!”

Ling Mo mouthed angrily at the figure sticking to the window.

The person outside tilted their head, moved closer, and pressed completely against the glass.

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Mu-mum-mum!”

The moment Yu Shiran opened her mouth, her voice was drowned out by the wind.

But she still curiously stuck to the window, looking at Ling Mo, who was crouching in the corner and waving his hands at her.

“What is this human doing now?” Yu Shiran thought with great interest.

“I… Forget it!” Ling Mo didn’t expect this little zombie to understand his lip movements. He reached back and accurately grabbed an almost invisible silver thread in midair.

With a flick of his wrist, a faint silver light flashed in the darkness.

Ling Mo yanked the silver thread forward, and with a soft “thud,” the zombie Loli outside was plastered against the window.

“Mm-mm!”

With her face and chest squished against the glass, Yu Shiran let out a few muffled sounds and knocked on the glass with difficulty.

Several silver threads extended silently from the “scarf” around her neck and cut the glass.

As Yu Shiran fell into the room, Ling Mo quickly caught the entire glass pane that had been cut out and gently placed it aside.

Although the Mall was quite large, making any disturbance could ruin all the arrangements he had made.

“What were you doing up in the air?” Ling Mo asked softly.

“…Reporting…” Yu Shiran said, brushing away her windblown hair.

Hearing this gave Ling Mo a headache. This timing…

“Wait… hold on.” Ling Mo suddenly paused and looked at Yu Shiran with a different expression.

Yu Shiran pushed aside the hair in front of her face and stared back, asking, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Heh, right, why didn’t I think of that! You and I don’t have a direct psychic link!” Ling Mo said abruptly.

Yu Shiran looked utterly confused, having no idea what he was talking about!

“Come here… Hey, why are you so heavy now?” Ling Mo grabbed Yu Shiran’s thin arm and almost toppled over himself, then looked behind her in confusion.

When he poked his head outside, his expression turned extremely conflicted…

Below the window, a giant grayish-white furball was clawing at the glass. When Ling Mo poked his head out, the furry head immediately lifted, and the red eyes beneath the dark circles were filled with joy and pleading: “MeGu!”

“…”

Ling Mo calmly pulled his head back inside and tugged on the silver thread, asking, “This doesn’t hinder your movement, does it?”

“It doesn’t hinder…” Yu Shiran nodded.

But in her mind, she was wondering why this human was asking her that.

“MeGu!”

The Mutation Panda outside the window kept flailing its short legs, but its calls were completely drowned out by the wind…

“You stay hidden here. If someone comes, run.”

Ling Mo instructed Yu Shiran, then pushed the zombie Loli down by her shoulders.

“Wh-why?” Yu Shiran struggled and asked.

“Shh!” Ling Mo quickly covered her mouth with his hand and said, “Be good, and I’ll give you an extra three Gels as a reward!”

Yu Shiran widened her eyes and then shook her head: “Mm-mmm!”

“Alright then…” Ling Mo said with a pained expression, “Two, no more!”

“Mm…”

“One!” Ling Mo patted Yu Shiran’s shoulder, “That’s final. Remember, no noise!”

The little zombie obediently crouched in the corner, looking up at Ling Mo.

She felt that something had been off just now, but once Ling Mo covered her mouth and her tongue touched that delicious human taste, she forgot everything…

Ling Mo then quickly darted into the darkness, giving her an “ok” gesture before disappearing.

Yu Shiran mimicked the gesture, raising her hand.

But her mimic wasn’t quite accurate; her small hand just seemed to be clenching into a ball.

“Tch, boring human,” the zombie Loli muttered, giving up after a few attempts, shaking her hand in annoyance.

She couldn’t resist licking her lips again, then covered her mouth with her hands, taking a deep, satisfied breath: “Meat…”

“Crack.”

A foot stepped on a broken Toy, making a sharp, clear sound. In the darkness, it sounded particularly jarring.

Yu Shiran, who had been lost in her delicious memories, immediately lifted her head, shrinking back in caution. She slowly poked her head out.

Through the gap in front of her, she could only see a small patch of open space ahead.

“Crack!”

Another sharp sound, this time closer to her.

Yu Shiran immediately held her breath. The silver threads behind her trembled slightly, then silently retracted around her.

“Crack!”

A shard of broken glass in her line of sight was suddenly stepped on, and at less than a few meters away, Yu Shiran felt she could be discovered at any moment.

“There is indeed something different here…”

A man’s voice muttered to himself, and Yu Shiran almost couldn’t resist moving.

But Ling Mo had said, “If someone comes, run,” not “If someone comes, attack,” so Yu Shiran continued to endure.

As a zombie, her ability to hide was far better than Ling Mo’s. However, due to the connection between Black Silk and Ling Mo, Ai Feng’s attention was inevitably drawn.

But Black Silk was also a creature with immense psychic power and great concealment abilities, so Ai Feng only noticed something was off. For the time being, he couldn’t pinpoint the exact location of his target.

“It’s around here, isn’t it? Heh heh heh, how long can you hide? Wouldn’t it be better to become one with me, to grow stronger? Instead of struggling endlessly, why not become a monster that can crush others, to be feared by people? Heh heh heh…”

Ai Feng’s eyes were cold as he looked around, his voice dripping with a sinister laugh.

“Come out!”

“Hehe, come out.”

“Come out now!”

Although the voice came from Ai Feng’s mouth, its pitch kept changing. Sometimes it was a crying male voice, sometimes a shrill female laugh, and occasionally it had a sobbing sound like a baby’s cry.

Hearing such voices in a place like this sent a chill down one’s spine.

But Yu Shiran was merely curious, staring at the human through the gap, her eyes full of wonder.

A silver thread lightly trembled next to her cheek, as if engaging in a silent conversation with her.

Meanwhile, behind a cabinet behind Ai Feng, a pair of eyes also coldly watched him through the obstacles.