Chapter 690 – Rampaging Uncle

“Quick! Quick!” Mu Chen constantly urged.

Running through these narrow gaps, they had to deal with the zombies emerging ahead while staying wary of the large horde chasing behind, making it easy to lose their sense of direction.

However, with Ye Lian around, this wasn’t a problem.

As long as they headed towards where the zombies congregated, they were inevitably moving closer to the center of Cuihu.

In this regard, Xia Na and Li Yalin were a bit inferior compared to Ye Lian. After breaking through to the dominant level, Ye Lian’s sense of smell had also reached another level.

With every breath, the surrounding situation was transmitted through scents – where there were zombies and where there were more zombies could all be judged through her smell.

With Ye Lian leading the way, Ling Mo didn’t have to divide his attention.

“Owooo!”

The group of zombies trailing from far back began howling from time to time, drawing more zombies to appear from all directions.

Mu Chen anxiously asked, “What do we do now?”

“Don’t panic…” Before Ling Mo could finish his sentence, Ye Lian had already turned around while running, raised her gun, and a wretched howl was heard from the Big Guy following behind.

“Oww!”

The Big Guy’s massive body staggered backward a few steps after being shot. A new blood-soaked wound appeared on his already injured leg.

This time, his entire leg was likely broken, but the Big Guy didn’t fall. Instead, he swung his arm fiercely, slamming his pincer into a nearby wall. With a loud “thud,” he opened his mouth in a ferocious roar, “Oww!”

This made Mu Chen frown unwittingly, and Xu Shuhan covered her ears screaming, “Ah!”

Several zombies had just emerged from the side, close to the Big Guy.

Stimulated by the strong scent of blood, they lunged forward, clawing at the walls with hands and feet.

The zombies further back seemed eager too, but since they were still far away, they didn’t rush forward immediately.

A zombie leaped up, landing directly on the Big Guy, its hands grabbing his head. Its long nails dug into the Big Guy’s scalp, and as blood spurted out, the zombie furiously twisted its arms, attempting to tear the Big Guy’s head clean off his thick neck.

Two other zombies also latched on, biting down immediately.

“Owww!”

With bloodshot eyes, the Big Guy roared and slammed his body towards the wall.

The zombie hanging onto his arm was crushed in between, coughing up a mouthful of blood instantly.

Another one was pulled off and thrown to the ground, where the Big Guy stomped on it fiercely.

With a “crack” sound, ribs shattered, and bloody froth continuously bubbled from its mouth.

The zombie clinging to his scalp was also yanked off, only to be pressed against the wall and bitten on the neck by the Big Guy.

As a large piece of flesh was torn away by the Big Guy’s ferocious bite, blood spurted out like a fountain.

The Big Guy turned his head, his mouth dripping with blood, and roared at Ling Mo’s group, “Owww! Humans…”

“Shh! It spoke!” Mu Chen’s scalp tingled as he yelled out.

“Zombies at this level have already regained the ability to speak. Most of them just don’t have the need to speak human language when mingling with other zombies, hence they fall out of the habit. Even when encountering humans, they usually stay silent,” Ling Mo explained.

“Thanks for the info, but why are you so calm… Run!” Mu Chen lowly growled and turned to run.

“Looks like I underestimated him. The severe injury has pushed him to the late advanced stage. Although he’s still a bit away from Leader-Level, his natural size advantage is quite formidable,” Ling Mo analyzed as he ran.

“Who cares about that monster…” Mu Chen said, feeling conflicted. How did Ling Mo develop such a strong interest in zombies? For most people, knowing zombies are humanity’s mortal enemies is enough!

“But the zombies here are clearly different from the ones we’ve encountered before. They’re not only troublesome but also significantly stronger. Do you remember that we’ve run into a similar situation before? Back then, it was just a small group, but here it seems to be more widespread…” Ling Mo continued, blatantly ignoring Mu Chen.

Xia Na swung her Scythe, taking down two zombies that appeared in front of them, then turned her head and said, “We can’t be sure just yet.”

“Yeah. But I have a feeling there’s something in Cuihu…”

This feeling Ling Mo had wasn’t just a mere guess. Ever since entering here, he had felt a vague sense of unease.

This feeling was very similar to when he entered the underground Parking Lot, as if his instincts were Sensing some dangerous and powerful Creature.

“What about you all? Do you feel something is off here?” Ling Mo asked in a low voice.

“No,” Li Yalin shook her head.

“I see…” Ling Mo nodded thoughtfully.

This meant that what set off the alarm inside him wasn’t the Virus, but his psychic power…

But what could it be that would make even him feel uneasy?

Thinking back to the Air Force Corps, what did they encounter that led them to classify this area as a high-risk level?

An exploration team flying in the sky—no matter what they saw, it shouldn’t pose too much of a threat to them, right?

As long as they didn’t fly too low, what could the zombies do to them…

Even that Bird Zombie from before could only glide at best; it was far from true flight…

“Could this place have something to do with Niepan?” Ling Mo suddenly thought of a possibility and asked.

“How would I know? The branch I’m in is basically like a cold palace…” Mu Chen rolled his eyes and added, “And in that cold palace, I’m just sitting on the sidelines. I don’t know a damn thing!”

“True…” Ling Mo nodded.

After Mu Chen spoke, he suddenly felt something was off…

It’s rare to get an affirmation from Ling Mo, but why did that make him feel even more frustrated…

“Oww ow!”

The Big Guy continued to follow closely behind, with most of the zombies trailing far behind him.

After displaying strength that far exceeded that of a common zombie, the Big Guy’s wounds were still bleeding, but no other zombies dared to approach him recklessly.

Occasionally, a zombie would appear between Ling Mo’s group and him, only to be swiftly dealt with by the Big Guy.

His eyes were now completely red, and anything that dared block his path was asking to die.

Any zombies in front were swiftly handled by Ye Lian and the others, one after another, eliminating any immediate threat.

The chase through the buildings had unexpectedly put Ling Mo’s group in the lead.

“This way.”

Ling Mo turned a corner with the group, and Ye Lian turned, raising her gun once more.

This time, however, she aimed directly at the Big Guy’s head…

The Big Guy, seeing the black muzzle for the third time, finally wised up. But just as he tried to dodge, he felt an invisible rope tighten around his neck.

Splat!

Blood mixed with other substances sprayed from his hindbrain. The Big Guy’s eyes bulged, and his mouth was a mess of flesh and blood.

A piece of red gel was expelled along with the spray and was caught mid-air.

“Mu Chen,” Xia Na called out.

“Uh?”

Mu Chen turned his head just in time to see the gel arc through the air and land in the plastic bag Ling Mo had pulled out.

Xu Shuhan stood in stunned silence, watching Ling Mo pocket the gel. Remembering his adept movements, she was completely shocked.

“As expected, that state earlier was him advancing due to the stimulation, even the purity of the gel improved significantly… But its appearance is similar to that of a normal zombie’s gel…”

Ling Mo thought to himself but then noticed Xu Shuhan staring at him with a look of astonishment.

He coughed lightly and patted Xu Shuhan on the shoulder, “You’ll get used to it.”

“Get used to it…”

Xu Shuhan was in a state of shock. What exactly was she supposed to get used to?

“Nothing much,” Xia Na glanced at the now handled Ling Mo, then at Mu Chen, who was waiting anxiously for her next word, and said nonchalantly.

“I thought I was going to be screwed over again…” Mu Chen said, wiping the sweat off his forehead in relief.

After the Big Guy fell, Ye Lian fired several more shots, taking down some mutation zombies among the horde.

The strong scent of blood, especially from the Big Guy’s corpse, immediately triggered a frenzy among the zombies.

Just as Ling Mo had said, they could ignore the common zombies, but there was no way they’d miss the corpse of an Advanced Zombie…

Some zombies were still sniffing hard, trying to locate the faint whiff of gel that had momentarily disappeared.

However, Ling Mo was experienced and had already wrapped the plastic bag multiple times in his pocket, completely sealing off the scent.

For a moment, except for a few zombies, almost all of them gathered around those corpses.

“Let’s go!”

With a wave of his hand, Ling Mo led the group into the greenery ahead.

According to the road signs, once they passed through this area, they would reach the central district of Cuihu.

What could be hidden in this small city…

“Roar…”

A blood-soaked zombie crawled up from the ground, its mouth completely stained with fresh blood, and a hint of mania flashed in its eyes.

Around it, more zombies were tearing at the ground.

In the pools of blood were fragments of bodies that had long been unrecognizable…

At this moment, behind the horde of zombies, a figure stood silently in the shadows.

“They actually came here. This could be troublesome… but it’s also an opportunity…”

The figure let out a cold laugh, and the self-muttering voice immediately caught the attention of the zombie.

It whipped its head around to look at the shadowy figure.

“Roar…”

The howl was slightly trembling, more an expression of fear than a threat.

“Shh.”

The figure raised a hand, placing a finger on his lips.

In the dim light, those eyes, purple-red with a chilling gleam, stared out coldly.

The zombie froze in place, not daring to move.

“Perfect, I’ll use you.”

As soon as the figure finished speaking, the zombie suddenly lurched forward, staggering as it walked into the shadows…