Chapter 974: Chapter 737: Bound in the Secret Room

The Medical University was shrouded in a deep silence under the night sky, with only the occasional rustling sound emerging from the shrubbery.

From the outside, the tree branches extending from inside the fence resembled a row of black shadows. When the wind blew, they twisted and deformed as if ghosts were struggling to escape from their prison.

“Clack…”

A staggering figure appeared on the empty street. His arms hung weakly at his sides and swayed back and forth. His head was slightly tilted, and his blood-red eyes stared at the swaying shadows on his twisted face.

When he reached the fence, he stared blankly at the branches. Suddenly, something seemed to catch his attention, and he looked up.

“Thud!”

A large white figure descended from the sky, rapidly enlarging in his pupils.

The last thing this Zombie saw was this white figure effortlessly leaping into the bushes as his forehead was stomped on.

He wobbled for a moment before collapsing…

“I didn’t notice earlier, but Xiao Bai, it seems you stepped on something, right?”

Yu Shiran lightly jumped off Xiao Bai’s back in the bushes, whispering.

“MeGu…” Xiao Bai shook his head with a silly expression.

Two other figures were sitting on its back. One was looking around curiously with wide eyes, while the other carried a Scythe and couldn’t hide the excitement on her face.

They were Ye Lian and Xia Na, who had received Ling Mo’s signal a few minutes ago and rushed to the Medical University with Xiao Bai and Yu Shiran.

“Ling-Ge is… over there.” Ye Lian raised her hand, pointing towards the depths of the Medical University.

Xia Na grinned and said, “Hehe, this time we’re acting on our own…”

“Why are you so happy?” Yu Shiran frowned and asked. She couldn’t fathom what was enjoyable about helping the Sausage Humans. It would be more interesting to go hunting or something, even if they couldn’t eat, at least they could watch…

“No, I’m serious.” Xia Na shook her head. “This mission is really important. Don’t take it lightly. Ling-Ge is probably restricted in his movements and can’t search by himself. We need to attack from both inside and outside to get this done… Forget it, you all look like you don’t understand…”

Yu Shiran rolled her eyes and took out a piece of paper from her pocket. Unfolding it with a dissatisfied look, she said, “This is the map he left. These areas have been scouted by Xiao Bai, and he marked the general areas we need to search. Here and here… But even with the map, we still need to be careful as there are patrols inside.”

“Didn’t expect you to get this smart following Black Silk around…” Xia Na complimented.

“Well…” Yu Shiran started to look a bit proud but quickly froze.

Why does that somehow not sound right…

“By the way, where’s the other one?” Yu Shiran referred to Li Yalin.

Xia Na chuckled, “She’s with that half-human, to ensure her safety.”

Yu Shiran paused for a moment, then nodded appreciatively. “She’s truly a Zombie with self-restraint. If it were me… that human would be dead by now.”

Meanwhile, inside the residential building.

Xu Shuhan was curled up in a corner, on the verge of tears, looking at Li Yalin standing in front of her.

Li Yalin’s slender hand was gripping her shoulder. It looked delicate but could easily tear her apart in seconds.

But that wasn’t the most terrifying part. What truly sent chills down Xu Shuhan’s spine was Li Yalin’s intense gaze locked onto her.

“Why are you staring at me like that?” Xu Shuhan bit her lip and asked.

Li Yalin blinked her eerie red and amber eyes, “Xia Na told me to keep an eye on you.”

“…” Xu Shuhan looked at Li Yalin’s strange eyes, almost crying, and asked, “Then why did your eyes change color?”

“Stared too long.” Li Yalin said, extending her pink tongue to lick her lips.

“Ah…” Xu Shuhan immediately turned her head away, trembling all over, and silently screamed, “Help…”

In the bushes, Xia Na snapped out of her thoughts and nodded affirmatively. “Yes, her self-restraint is still trustworthy… I suppose. Alright, let’s start our mission. As Ling-Ge instructed, we mustn’t split up, nor should we do anything dangerous. If we are discovered, we need to immediately signal him, and he will help divert everyone’s attention.”

“How will he divert them?” Yu Shiran asked curiously.

Xia Na pondered for a moment and said, “If all else fails… perhaps something like shouting into the wind could work.”

“Like that… Can I do it?” Yu Shiran continued to ask.

“When Ling-Ge returns, you can ask him to teach you…”

Just as Ye Lian’s group was infiltrating the Medical University, Ling Mo’s controlled Zombie Puppet reached the latter part of the hidden Laboratory.

Following the lead of a variation female Zombie, Ling Mo had already seen several different variation zombies.

Judging by the extent of their bodily mutations, they were all artificially induced after being captured here. Some were like the variation female Zombie, who originally had significant internal risks, while others were clearly injected with some sort of virus, leading to partial mutations.

The mutations of these variation zombies focused primarily on bodily modifications. On the other hand, the initial mutation forms that generally appeared when a regular Zombie evolved to the dominant level were often special abilities derived from the virus.

Ling Mo thought that, except for the Progenitor, most of the mutants seemed to resemble pathological changes, whereas the latter were genuine gene mutations. Some special abilities might seem incredible, but in reality, many similar traits exist in the natural world, so it wasn’t surprising. However, when these traits appeared in Zombies, the feeling was entirely different.

The situation with these variation zombies made Ling Mo think about deeper aspects. What exactly were the variation viruses injected by the Experimental Group, and where did they come from…

“Hmm, there’s another door here…” Turning to see he had reached the end, Ling Mo noticed another door ahead.

But unlike the standard security doors used here, this was a heavy Iron Door…

Ling Mo took out the keyring again and tried several keys until he finally heard a light “click.”

“Creaaak…”

As the door slowly opened, an incredibly strange scent wafted out immediately.

This smell was even more pungent than the others he had encountered, but it contained a faint trace of the virus’s scent.

Hearing the faint sound of Iron Chains being dragged inside, Ling Mo suddenly realized he might have stumbled upon something extraordinary…

“Click, click, click, click…”

The door clearly hadn’t been lubricated in a long time, and it emitted a teeth-grating noise as it finally opened all the way. Concurrently, the interior of the room came into Ling Mo’s view…

Iron Chains-this was Ling Mo’s first impression of the room.

Chains embedded in the Ceiling, secured to the walls on all four sides-thick chains, all converging on a Dark Shadow in the middle of the room.

What required so many chains to restrain wasn’t some exceptionally formidable-looking Zombie but a male Zombie that had lost both arms and was tied up like a mummy. This Zombie’s skin was completely wrinkled, making it hard to determine his age from appearance alone, though his deathly white face looked eerily like a dried corpse that had crawled out of a grave. His killing power was not visible, but his level of terror was extreme.

He was staring at Ling Mo, continuously struggling, causing the heavy chains to rattle ceaselessly.

Seeing him only trembling in place, Ling Mo was momentarily puzzled, then his gaze shifted to the Zombie’s feet.

“That’s brutal…”

Two pieces of Rebar were driven through the Zombie’s heels and bent into a half-circle, effectively pinning him to the ground. This setup made it impossible to escape unless the feet were completely destroyed. With a chain around his neck, he couldn’t bend down, making it impossible even to bite through his own ankles.

Though the Zombie was in a Frenzy, losing almost all capacity for resistance rendered his struggles meaningless.

Ling Mo felt a chill run down his spine. He could tell that this Zombie’s mental state was comparable to Ye Lian’s. Seeing it confined here, Ling Mo’s sense of danger began to rise.

The Zombie gnashed his teeth violently, and a strange glint suddenly flashed in his eyes as he stared at Ling Mo.

Ling Mo keenly caught that glint.

“Hmm? Does this guy have Intelligence?”

Ling Mo remained motionless at the doorway, curiously observing the Zombie for a while.

Seeing the Zombie make no further movements, Ling Mo pondered and then slowly took two steps back.

Sure enough, the Zombie’s expression immediately turned anxious.

He wriggled vigorously a couple of times, baring his teeth at Ling Mo, trying to open his restrained mouth wide and letting out a “mmph mmph” roar.

This reaction made Ling Mo pause again, then a slight smirk appeared on his face.

The Zombie Puppet took two steps forward and then two steps back, waving its hand in the process…

“Mmph mmph mmph…” the Zombie continued to wiggle, eyes wide open, looking as if it wanted to devour someone.

But Ling Mo just grinned and walked nonchalantly closer to the Zombie.

Seeing Ling Mo approach, the Zombie trembled even more violently, but Ling Mo stopped less than two meters away from it.

The Zombie’s expression froze instantly. It stared intensely at Ling Mo, straining its neck forward as far as it could…

“Do you… want to eat me?”

Ling Mo controlled the Zombie Puppet, asking in a labored voice. At the same time, he grinned, squeezing out a rather unsightly smile.

The Zombie’s eyes widened again.

“You’ve been wiggling for a while but didn’t really struggle. All that baring and gnashing of teeth, weren’t you just trying to lure me in?” Ling Mo spoke slowly, but the Zombie clearly understood everything. It wobbled its body, locking its gaze on Ling Mo, and its expression gradually shifted from Frenzy to calm.

It had already realized that this fellow Zombie was not the edible type…