Chapter 778 – It’s Not That We’re Too Weak, It’s That the Enemy Is Too Strong

 

“Bang!”

 

The gunfire from the Medical University finally started to ring out just as the sky had completely brightened.

 

At that moment, Ling Mo and his group were already on their way.

 

Hearing the shots from two streets away, Ling Mo turned to look in that direction for a moment before turning back to say, “We managed to get through last night. As for what’s going to happen next, to be honest, I can’t say for sure. But we should be able to hold out for a few more hours. Let’s take advantage of this time to leave Heishui City.”

 

Xia Na, walking beside him, turned around and started walking backward easily while holding her Mobile Phone. She said to Ling Mo, “The route is almost set, but at this pace, it might take a week to reach our destination. Sigh…”

 

Ling Mo tapped her forehead lightly and said, “What’s with the sigh? Old Lan is quite a weirdo, but don’t always imply that he’s a burden; that’s pretty hurtful…”

 

“The really hurtful things always come out of your mouth! You called him both a weirdo and a burden!”

 

Old Lan, having just shifted his attention away from the mutation koi fish, heard this and immediately started shouting.

 

“Hehe…” Xia Na chuckled nonchalantly, momentarily displaying a bit of pure girl-like innocence.

 

But in the next instant, she turned with a playful smile towards Mu Chen, who was dragging the sunglasses man: “Is dragging people fun?”

 

“…”

 

Mu Chen silently quickened his pace…

 

“By ‘a few hours’… do you mean they couldn’t locate that residential building?” Lan Lan asked, unable to suppress a yawn.

 

“Oh, they definitely can,” Ling Mo casually responded, then suddenly looked at Lan Lan with some suspicion, “Didn’t you sleep last night?”

 

The girl’s eyes were bloodshot, and she looked a bit haggard, walking beside Ye Lian with her head bowed. This made her look even shorter in comparison…

 

Lan Lan rubbed her eyes again and said, “Kind of…” She lifted her eyelids to glance at Ling Mo and added, “It was too noisy.”

 

Ling Mo’s face immediately showed a trace of embarrassment. The commotion had lasted nearly two hours last night, and when they met today, Mu Chen walked past him with a sullen expression, while Old Lan eagerly approached, patting Ling Mo on the lower back and looking at him with immense admiration.

 

“It’s not really…” Ling Mo tried to explain.

 

“I get it; I was young once too, hahaha…” Old Lan nodded understandingly.

 

“…What exactly do you get?”

 

On the other hand, the sunglasses man, who had been in the bathroom, was completely unaware of last night’s events. When Mu Chen gave him a somewhat pitying look, the sunglasses man was bewildered for a moment.

 

What’s going on? Did Ling Mo finally decide to make a move?

 

Thinking of this, the sunglasses man got a bit excited, only to be kicked hard by Mu Chen again.

 

“Are you crazy!” Mu Chen cursed.

 

The sunglasses man felt wronged, thinking he’d been beaten for no reason again.

 

However, this situation was within Ling Mo’s expectations.

 

Controlled by the master ball, the sunglasses man couldn’t even control his own body, and his response to external stimuli was naturally dulled. He might have heard the sounds, but his brain couldn’t process them. By the time he became aware, only vague memories remained.

 

If this continued, he would eventually turn into an idiot.

 

But for now, the mental damage caused by the master ball wasn’t too severe, at least not affecting his core abilities.

 

“Zombies devour flesh, but the master ball devours psychic power. This variation zombie’s head growing this is probably a more advanced form of evolution…” Ling Mo thought, defining it in his mind, “It’s a kind of overall development…”

 

“Though its appearance is a bit strange… like having a UFO on its head…”

 

“Anyway… take it easy,” Lan Lan said, but her peripheral vision was directed at Li Yalin, with a somewhat odd expression.

 

Following her gaze, Ling Mo looked over and almost coughed.

 

Senior Sister was casually carrying Xu Shuhan on her back, while Xu Shuhan’s eyes were tightly closed, looking very exhausted.

 

She occasionally mumbled, but it was mostly through gritted teeth: “Ling Mo…”

 

“Listen to me…” Ling Mo started to speak.

 

“Hmph! You lied and said it was three!” Lan Lan gave him a hard glare and walked past him with her head held high, quickly reaching Xia Na’s side.

 

By now, Lan Lan and Xia Na had gotten quite familiar with each other. She kept calling Xia Na warmly, and the two girls, who were close in age, were whispering and giggling about something.

 

However, what Lan Lan didn’t notice, Ling Mo saw clearly. Occasionally, a trace of blood-red color would flash in Xia Na’s eyes during their conversation…

 

“Ignorance is bliss…” Ling Mo couldn’t help but sigh.

 

He then turned his gaze to Xu Shuhan, looking somewhat worried.

 

Although Xu Shuhan’s process of absorbing the Progenitor’s blood had gone relatively smoothly, the intense stimulation she had received might have been overwhelming. This female host had fallen asleep while cursing at him…

 

As a result, Ling Mo couldn’t be entirely sure if the procedure had been successful.

 

But since her psychic fluctuations were still relatively normal and she could still speak, it at least indicated that the situation wasn’t worse than it had been the night before…

 

But… was this really necessary?!

 

“Who knew you’d have such a strong reaction to mockery… Is she really that fragile?” Ling Mo couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

 

Xu Shuhan’s body stirred slightly, and she furrowed her brows: “I’ll… eat you…”

 

“I was doing this for your own good!” Ling Mo’s scalp went numb instantly.

 

Yet, in her sleep-talking, Xu Shuhan suddenly smiled: “Eat…”

 

However, Ling Mo missed this detail as his gaze shifted towards the Medical University.

 

“Move aside, we all know each other, so why the checks?”

 

Outside the Barbed Wire at the Niepan headquarters, a dozen people were crowded around an opening. Two of them were being carried, their hair drenched in sweat as if they had just been pulled out of the water.

 

Behind them, another ten or so guards were supporting each other, appearing to have weak legs.

 

“We’re just being cautious… but what’s with you all…” The guard at the opening was startled and quickly asked.

 

“Try being tied up for a few hours!”

 

“I was hanging!”

 

“I was tied up too! And with this idiot!”

 

“Who are you calling an idiot?!”

 

“I’m calling you an idiot! You peed on me!”

 

“People have emergencies, you know…”

 

Amidst the weak bickering, a softer voice suddenly emerged.

 

As soon as this person spoke, the surroundings immediately fell silent.

 

The guard looked in the direction of the voice, discovering it came from one of the men being carried.

 

This person was trembling uncontrollably, his legs twitching violently, as if he had held a bizarre posture all night long.

 

He was holding a gun, his lips quivering: “Take… take me to see… the Big Boss…”

 

“The Big Boss has gone back.” The guard raised his hand and pointed to the buildings behind. Although one of them was half-charred, three buildings at the back had been mostly spared. However, black smoke was still billowing from the windows, and the grounds were littered with corpses…

 

Niepan now looked more like a refugee camp, but order had mostly been restored.

 

“I’ll go get Captain Song…”

 

The guard had just finished speaking when the man yelled: “No!”

 

He paused for a second, then shouted: “Go call him, and hurry!”

 

“Alright, wait here…” The guard gave him a puzzled look before turning and walking away.

 

The man stiffened his neck to look around for a moment before weakly collapsing back down.

 

“He’s figured out I don’t have the authority to see the Big Boss directly, hasn’t he? Well, it’s also a way to buy time…” he muttered under his breath.

 

This man was the trapped Interim Captain. He and Xiao Pan had persevered for hours before finally pulling the trigger.

 

By the time the sentries along the road came to investigate the sound, the Interim Captain had already been on the verge of collapse from exhaustion.

 

He didn’t even have the strength left to curse Ling Mo. His mind was consumed by only one thought: report as quickly as possible and then watch as Ling Mo gets hunted down to his death!

 

When Ling Mo had initially said those words, the Interim Captain was still scheming in his mind.

 

Relay the message? That depends on the content!

 

The words sounded suicidal, and he wasn’t about to go seeking death.

 

But Ling Mo seemed unconcerned and simply added, “You’ll definitely tell them because these words will make me a target.”

 

“You’re already hated enough…” was what the Interim Captain thought at the time.

 

Hours later, he realized how naive he had been!

 

Enough? Far from enough! In those few hours, the hatred towards this man had only escalated!

 

It wasn’t just him gnashing his teeth in rage; even the usually stoic Xiao Pan wore a constipated expression, looking like he wanted to curse but didn’t know where to start…

 

“Come to think of it, he is pretty impressive…” Xiao Pan finally managed to squeeze out these words after a long while.

 

“No, it’s not impressive; it’s downright insane…” the Interim Captain countered.

 

…

 

“That lunatic…” he continued muttering.

 

The person carrying him couldn’t help but ask, “You’re not seriously considering hunting him down yourself, are you? I advise you to think twice…”

 

As soon as he asked, everyone turned to look at the Interim Captain.

 

“No way!”

 

“But it would be understandable if he did…”

 

“Go ahead and catch him, just make sure to tie him up and hang a piece of bread above his head so he has to do pull-ups to eat it!”

 

However, the Interim Captain’s voice fell silent. A few seconds later, he turned his head with a mix of frustration and resignation, attempting to leave a melancholic and weary silhouette for them.

 

“It’s not that our side is too weak; it’s that the enemy is just too strong…”

 

Xiao Pan sighed as well and said, “If he really did go, the one doing pull-ups to eat the bread… would definitely be him.”