“Bang!”
That Dark Shadow rely flickered above Ling Mo’s head before it was suddenly sent flying backward. Judging by the sound, it must have crashed into the wall opposite the stairway.
Xia Na darted up from behind and asked, “Ling-Ge, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Ling Mo shook his head, his expression a bit grim. If not for his fast ntal reflexes, his head would definitely be gone just now. He hadn’t expected that Dark Shadow to be so fast. And it had hidden there without even Xia Na and the others noticing.
Fortunately, compared to its speed and stealth, its actual strength wasn’t that great. Otherwise, Ling Mo’s hurried counterattack might not have been enough to block its ambush so smoothly.
That intense sense of crisis in an instant also served as a wake-up call for Ling Mo… Just because he had Zombies with him didn’t an he could truly ignore the threat they posed. In reality, he was just like these Zombies-seemingly powerful, but with very obvious weaknesses.
This Zombie chose to ambush him precisely because he recklessly walked at the very front.
“My mind is too chaotic…” Ling Mo thought to himself as he exhaled lightly, forcing himself to calm down. At the sa ti, he raised his flashlight and shone it toward where the Zombie had landed.
But as soon as the beam swept over, Yuwen Xuan and the others who had rushed up behind imdiately changed their expressions.
“Hmm?” Ling Mo was also stunned for a mont, then quickly pointed the Flashlight around.
“It’s really gone.” Ling Mo said with a gloomy expression.
As he spoke, he discreetly released a Tentacle, slowly extending it around.
There were obvious friction marks left where the other had hit the wall. But what caught Ling Mo’s attention was that he didn’t see any fresh blood on the wall or floor.
This ant there must be sothing strange about this Zombie… If that was the case, it was very likely still nearby.
“Could it be the controlling Zombie?” Xu Shuhan asked in a low voice.
“Hard to say, but at least it’s not very likely.” Xia Na explained to Xu Shuhan, “Judging by how it directed those Zombies, its main goal is to keep us away from it. In that case, how likely do you think it is that it would actively hide here and ambush us?”
“But… maybe that’s its plan, maybe it wants to use those Zombies to drive us here?” Xu Shuhan nodded, then offered another guess.
“That’s why I said it’s hard to say. But I actually hope it is.” Xia Na said.
“Why?” Xu Shuhan had just shown a hint of surprise when a sudden “clang” sounded from above. She jumped in fright and turned to see that it was Ling Mo who had acted. He was now raising his hand, his finger pointing in that direction.
“Did you hit it?” Xia Na asked, her expression unchanged.
Xu Shuhan, after realizing what happened, suddenly shivered… So while she was talking, that Zombie had already crept above her head!
But looking closer, the Zombie’s target seed to be Yuwen Xuan, who was standing on her other side. She just happened to be standing between them.
Even so, Xu Shuhan couldn’t control her wildly pounding heart.
“It’s very quick to react,” Ling Mo said. The Zombies here are very sensitive to changes in energy; as soon as the Tentacle approached, it sensed it. “But unless sothing unexpected happened, I should have hit it.”
He was prepared for this kind of situation. The mont the other sensed the Tentacle, he split it into several strands. Although the change was noticed, Ling Mo had already locked onto it at the sa ti. No matter how fast it was, it couldn’t dodge all the Tentacles when they were right in front of it.
“But even if you hit it, it’s still alive…”
Xu Shuhan had just muttered softly when she suddenly felt a burning sensation on her forehead. She instinctively touched it, then looked at her hand.
It was a transparent Liquid, but strangely, it was warm. She imdiately looked up… Suddenly, she realized what was happening and let out a sharp “ah!”
“It’s… it’s right nearby!”
Xia Na rushed over, grabbed her hand, sniffed it, then turned and said, “Ling-Ge, it’s its blood!”
“Blood? How could blood be transparent?” Xu Shuhan was still in disbelief. She had guessed it was so kind of saliva or other Liquid.
“Why not? There are even blue-blooded humans, so a colorless blood Zombie isn’t that strange.” Xia Na looked up at the Ceiling, “I know how it’s hiding now. It wasn’t hiding at all-we just couldn’t see it.”
When Ling Mo heard this, he quickly called out, “Senior Sister!”
“Mm!” Li Yalin nodded calmly, then twisted her waist and walked behind Ling Mo. She leaned her head out from one side of Ling Mo’s shoulder, a movent that both avoided the others’ line of sight and naturally brought her close to Ling Mo.
Ling Mo felt her breath gently brush across his cheek and neck, and for a mont, he was a bit helpless. This Senior Sister’s instinct wasn’t actually evolution, but to have children with him!
Though, that’s not so bad either…
At this mont, Li Yalin had already entered her Zombie state. Aside from Xu Shuhan shivering slightly in response, Yuwen Xuan didn’t notice anything at all.
Ling Mo extended a few more Tentacles, and together with Li Yalin’s Sensing, they began searching the surroundings.
“Found it!”
As soon as Ling Mo uttered a low shout, Li Yalin suddenly lunged forward. Although she had just been behind Ling Mo, when she leaped out, Ling Mo didn’t even sense a thing.
“Bang bang bang!”
As the sound of Tentacles striking the wall echoed, Li Yalin twisted her body and reached out her hand. Her movents were slow at first, but when the fifth strike sounded, her speed suddenly increased.
“Whoosh!”
Her hand, adorned with Snake Kiss, shot out like a real viper, fully extending in less than a second. Then, with a muffled “thud,” her figure had already appeared in front of the wall.
Judging by the position of her hand, she was clearly pressing sothing against the wall.
As Li Yalin’s wrist slowly pressed closer to the wall, a tooth-aching creak suddenly rang out.
She’s cut to the bone!
In the ensuing silence, Yuwen Xuan shrank his neck and pointed at the blade in Li Yalin’s hand, asking, “It’s here?”
Xia Na curled her lips and said, “We’ll be able to see what it looks like soon.”
A few seconds later, a blurry figure gradually appeared on the wall.
At a glance, the figure was completely naked, and it was a female. Its Hair and skin were almost transparent, only the bones casting shadows under the light.
Xu Shuhan was stunned for a mont, then reacted with a chill running through her body… So what Xia Na ant by “being able to see” was actually bleeding it out… When a large amount of blood is lost, then shining a Flashlight on it…
Seeing how seamlessly Ling Mo’s group worked together, it was clear they didn’t even need to discuss such things. Looking at the constantly writhing transparent body, Xu Shuhan imdiately felt a bone-chilling sense of crisis. Compared to Ling Mo and the others, she was still far behind… In front of these Zombies-no, her own kind-only by constantly adapting could she ensure her survival?
anwhile, Yuwen Xuan was already clicking his tongue in amazent: “Didn’t expect there’d really be such a Creature. Isn’t this basically invisible? A real-life invisible man!”
“Is that a person?!” Ling Mo glared at him.
“Then it’s an Invisible Zombie! Tsk, I only knew insects like this existed, but it’s my first ti seeing this happen to a humanoid Creature. As expected of the new era of evolution for all, my worldview is refreshed faster than taking a dump.” Yuwen Xuan wanted to get a closer look, but Li Yalin suddenly exerted force, and with a crisp “crack,” she completely severed the Zombie’s neck. She moved so fast that by the ti the Zombie fell to the ground, its head had already separated from its neck.
“Are you saying your worldview is like crap?” Ling Mo said.
“Ah!” Xu Shuhan suddenly scread. There was now an invisible head here! What if she accidentally stepped on it while walking? The scariest part was that it was still rolling when it ca off!
But Xia Na and the others seed unfazed, and Ling Mo’s expression returned to seriousness as he said solemnly, “Now we know what kind of Creature it is. Theoretically, there can’t be only one here, so the main threat we’ll face for a while should co from them. They’ll stop at nothing to keep us from reaching the ‘Fish Belly.’”
“Wait…” Xia Na suddenly frowned and said, “I think I’ve found sothing else.”
“What?” Xu Shuhan had just carefully lifted her foot, but froze and asked nervously. She thought, don’t tell she found the head…
But Xia Na’s answer was even weirder than a head. She blinked and suddenly asked in a strange tone, “Have you noticed that, except for the young ones, all the Zombies we’ve encountered since entering here have been Female Zombies?”
“Have we?” Yuwen Xuan retorted.
Ling Mo shook his head. “Those shadows… I didn’t really pay attention. Judging by their figures, it’s hard to tell male from female…”
“They just have really flat chests!” Xia Na said.
But coming from her, that sounded a bit odd…
She seed to realize it herself, puffed out her chest, and continued, “If I’m not mistaken, the Zombies surrounding the outside must be the opposite of those inside. They’re all male.”
“What do you think that ans?” Xia Na asked with a sly smile.
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