Chapter 638 – Random Throwing Always Leads to Problems
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Ling Mo fiddled with his cell phone for a moment and quickly found the built-in offline map pack.
“There’s no marking on this…” Ling Mo muttered as he flipped through the maps.
“Here, let me see,” Shana said, taking the phone from him, “Haven’t you used this kind of app before?”
Ling Mo felt a bit embarra.s.sed. “I haven’t changed my phone in years.”
“Phones with offline maps typically come with a navigation system. Although they won’t have the latest traffic updates, getting a general sense of the route isn’t a problem,” Shana explained, “Look, once you open the navigation, you can see the records…”
“You handle it.” Ling Mo scratched his head.
Shana looked up at him and shook her head, “You really are a homebody…”
“It’s for work!” Ling Mo insisted.
“Alright,” Shana ignored his explanation and handed the phone back to him, “You can see that before reaching Dongming City, he pa.s.sed through Xinlan Town, Heishui City…”
“Wait, Xinlan?” Ling Mo quickly looked at the phone screen and pointed to a black dot near Xinlan Town, “Isn’t that Cuihu City?”
“Yes, Xinlan is a town under the jurisdiction of Cuihu City,” Shana confirmed.
“Heishui…isn’t that out of the province?” Ling Mo continued to trace the points on the map.
“Yes, that’s in the central provinces, densely populated, surrounded by bustling neighboring provinces, unlike the mountainous areas here,” Shana described.
Ling Mo stared at the map for a moment, genuinely feeling fortunate.
It was good to have such a knowledgeable person by his side, who also remembered everything…
“How’s it going?” Mu Chen’s voice came from outside the door; he couldn’t wait any longer.
Ling Mo quickly tucked away the Virus Nest and waved to Li Ya Lin and the others.
The female zombies understood and immediately dug out the Virus Gel from Number 1, then dragged the corpse to the side.
As the smell of blood emerged, Xu Shuhan’s breathing became rapid again.
Shana, holding the corpse, thought for a moment and decided to throw it out of the window.
With a splash, it hit the ground.
The sound of the corpse hitting the ground carried from afar, startling Ling Mo.
“Hey!” Ling Mo exclaimed.
Shana nudged Xu Shuhan with her mouth, “Isn’t there a new variety zombie that can’t control itself? It’s currently in heat for human flesh.”
“What do you mean ‘in heat’…” Ling Mo began to retort only to see Xu Shuhan biting her lip in agitation, her body squirming and struggling under the restraint of the tentacle, hands scratching wildly on the sofa.
“It really is…” Ling Mo nodded and then realized something was off.
This suggested that Xu Shuhan had gone into heat for him?
“What am I thinking…” Ling Mo snapped back to reality and reached out to adjust Xu Shuhan’s jacket.
An urgent knocking came from the door: “Hurry up, will you!”
“Just a sec,” Ling Mo called out, but Mu Chen, unable to wait, pushed the door open, his face etched with urgency: “Hurry! Niepan’s here!”
“How did they find us?” Ling Mo was startled and suddenly thought of something. He rushed to the window to look down.
What he saw left him speechless.
Number 1’s corpse was lying on the ground, and next to it stood a group of people, one of whom was looking up.
That person must have had good eyesight because as soon as Ling Mo appeared, he immediately pointed upwards.
“Let’s go,” Ling Mo quickly turned around and called out.
Pa.s.sing by Shana, he playfully sc.r.a.ped her nose: “Remember this lesson!”
“I know… I won’t throw things randomly anymore,” Shana said, pouting her lips.
“Never mind, it’s not like we could have hidden forever,” Ling Mo helped Xu Shuhan to her feet, then looked around and said, “This way.”
It was only a matter of time before the people from Niepan, who were deliberately searching, would find them.
Logically, after killing Shen Le, they should have gotten as far away as possible, but because of Xu Shuhan, they had to stay nearby temporarily.
The location was not far from the scene and just outside the fire zone, making it a natural place to be thoroughly searched.
“Who are the people coming?” Ling Mo led the group towards the stairwell, asking as they ran.
Mu Chen clutched his stomach and hurriedly followed, quickly replying, “I don’t know, I just saw a few familiar faces, they’ve already caught up to us. Ai Feng is still down there.”
“Ai Feng?” Ling Mo remembered the name Mu Chen had mentioned before, and also thought of the man downstairs.
“The head of the branch, basically…,” Mu Chen said, “And those other guys, they’re all pretty strong.”
“So much for cooperation…” Ling Mo sighed.
Mu Chen rolled his eyes, “You’re still thinking about cooperation! You handled that kid pretty smoothly just now, didn’t you?”
“Isn’t this kind of thing usually just laughed off for you guys?” Ling Mo said.
“He wasn’t some irrelevant Level nine member!” Mu Chen shouted, “That was someone from headquarters, and you also killed an important experimental product.”
“I see… then there’s nothing we can do,” Ling Mo sighed again.
But Mu Chen felt that, although Ling Mo seemed regretful in his words, his tone didn’t seem to carry any real sorrow.
He thought about it and then exclaimed in realization, “You never had good intentions from the start, did you!”
Seeing that Ling Mo didn’t respond, Mu Chen had to move on from the topic. He glanced at Xu Shuhan and asked anxiously, “How is she doing?”
“Not completely clear yet, but at least she won’t rot right away,” Ling Mo said.
“Well, that’s good. But how did you do it? What exactly are you?” Mu Chen followed, full of confusion.
The place they were in was also a shopping mall, with three sets of stairs aside from the non-functioning elevators.
Ling Mo was using his mental detection to monitor the situation ahead while leading them through the mall in a winding path.
At the moment, Mu Chen was injured and had lost his combat ability, and Xu Shuhan was an unstable factor; Ling Mo definitely did not want to have a direct confrontation with them under these circ.u.mstances.
But running non-stop was certainly not the solution. This was Niepan Branch’s turf; they had the advantage in both terrain and numbers.
“Let’s a.s.sess the situation first,” Ling Mo said as he tied up Xu Shuhan once more.
“I’m guessing the exits are blocked,” Mu Chen said, “It would be bad if they start a fire.”
“Fire isn’t something to worry about,” Ling Mo thought for a moment before suddenly asking, “But do you have any way to delay them? Like…making use of the residual heat from your days as a member of Niepan?”
Mu Chen’s eyes widened in response…
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“Did you guys see that man just now?” Downstairs, a man s.h.i.+fted his gaze from above and asked.
Under the moonlight, the scar on his face looked particularly ferocious, resembling a writhing centipede.
The people around him shook their heads: “Didn’t notice…”
“It might have been him…” Scarface Ai Feng lowered his head, glancing once more at the corpse at his feet.
Number 1 had fallen from the sky, and although it was some distance from him, it had indeed given him quite a fright.
When he got close and saw it, he felt like he was about to run headfirst into a wall.
Even though he despised this monster, the fact that an experimental product was killed on his turf was alarming!
Not to mention getting any credit for this, headquarters might even demand he take the fall for it!
Compared to a successful experimental product, what was a senior branch member like him worth?
The issue with Number 0 being injured wasn’t resolved yet, and now a treasure had been lost under his watch…
“Go, you all chase as well! Block all the exits! We must catch this person! Dead or alive, it doesn’t matter!” Ai Feng clenched his fists and roared.
The people looked at each other, nodded, and then hurriedly ran towards the building.
Ai Feng, catching his breath in haste, then coldly lifted his head towards the window from before.
Although it was just a fleeting glance, the young man’s face was now firmly etched in his memory.
“Wait, come back.”
Ai Feng called one of the men back and said darkly, “Inform headquarters to send reinforcements. And… get Number 0 involved in the action. If I can’t catch him, preserving it is pointless. It’s time it did something for me.”
The man looked at Ai Feng in surprise, then rapidly nodded: “Oh, right away.”
Ai Feng watched the member leave, then pulled out a s.h.i.+ny knife from his waist: “This time it’s truly a fight to the death.”
With that, he held the knife and approached the building, slipping into the pitch-dark doorway.
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“Click.”
In the darkness, a beam of flashlight light swung in, accompanied by a faint sound.
The member was startled at first, but then looked down at his feet.
After moving his foot away, a piece of plastic that had been stepped on and cracked appeared before his eyes.
After letting out a slight sigh of relief, he vigilantly turned the flashlight left and right, scanning the area ahead.
It seemed to be a jewelry counter up front, the flashlight’s beam catching glimmers of gold.
But he was more concerned with the dark corners and the unseen s.p.a.ces behind the counters.
With a firm grip on the sharp steel rod in his hand, he slowly moved forward, step by step.
“Bang.”
A sudden noise from the shadows made the member’s hair stand on end, and almost instinctively, he turned off the flashlight and darted to the side, pressing himself against the wall.
As his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, the surroundings faintly emerged from the shadows.
With wide eyes, he inched along the wall towards the source of the sound, steel rod raised and ready.
“Bang.”
Another sound, this time accompanied by the heavy breathing of someone else.
In the silence, the sound was both clear and creepy.
The member held his breath, silently inching closer.
Closer and closer…
He slowly moved behind a counter, then carefully poked his head out to take a peek.
The moment he saw a head, he didn’t hesitate to “Bang” smash down.
Accompanied by the sound of shattering gla.s.s, the head wobbled and then “thud” fell to the floor.
The member quickly turned on his flashlight, s.h.i.+ning it behind the counter.
However, what the pale light revealed was a plastic mannequin with a dented head, staring back at him with hollow eyes.
Meanwhile, a dark shadow was lunging at him from behind…