Chapter 586 – After Looking Above, Why Not Look Below?
Chapter 586 – After Looking Above, Why Not Look Below?: Resurrection
Chapter 586 – After Looking Above, Why Not Look Below?
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The sky was somewhat overcast, and the desolate streets were flanked by towering buildings, each one like the gaping maw of a monstrous beast waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander inside.
Overgrown weeds, astonishing in their vigor, were visible everywhere, sprouting from flower beds, green strips, and even the cracks in the pavement, some reaching over a person’s height.
A strange odor, a mix of decay and blood, lingered constantly in the air. For the survivors, this scent was all too familiar.
This once bustling western city now resembled a rotting mess in a swamp, desolate at every turn, with lethal dangers lurking in every corner.
Suddenly, a group of birds perched on a crooked power line took flight, flapping their wings towards the sky. Seconds later, several figures emerged from a nearby alley and stood beneath the power line.
“I’m saying, we’ve been wandering around forever…” a man in the group plained discontentedly.
This man, with a Bitter Melon Face and a huge backpack slung over his shoulders, stood out among the crowd.
He was speaking to a young man who was holding a cell phone and checking the map.
Hearing the plaint, the young man looked up, somewhat bewildered, and asked, “Huh?”
“Whoosh!”
At that moment, a zombie lunged from the side, heading straight for the man.
Before the zombie got close, a woman swiftly turned around, her Suppressed Submachine Gun in hand, and fired twice.
“Pop pop!”
The bullets hit the zombie’s head with precision, and it fell down less than five meters from the man.
“Holy crap!” the man exclaimed dramatically, then turned and accused the young man, “Ling Mo, you could’ve sensed it ing, right? You’re insane, betraying your own team!”
“There are zombies everywhere, do I need to sense them? It’s your own fault for having a taunting face,” Ling Mo replied nonchalantly.
“You’re heartless…” The man was Mu Chen, who adjusted his backpack strap in anger, “And whose fault do you think it is that I have such a high taunt level?”
“Don’t blame your parents,” Ling Mo answered.
“Darn it!!” Mu Chen looked furious but was helpless.
He couldn’t beat Ling Mo in a fight or in an argument…
The thought that this guy was still their partner and they couldn’t just turn their backs on him made Mu Chen even more frustrated.
However, whether the cooperation he proposed would work out still depended on Ai Feng’s decision.
“Look over here.”
Mu Chen had just snapped back to reality when he saw Ling Mo crouching next to the zombie corpse. Not just him, three quirky girls had also gathered around.
“What’s so interesting about a corpse…” Mu Chen rolled his eyes, uninterested, and muttered to himself about how birds of a feather flock together. It was bad enough that Ling Mo was a weirdo, but those three beautiful girls were also into gawking at corpses…
But as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed Xu Shuhan and Xia Zhi were also heading over.
“Whose side are you guys on, anyway!”
Mu Chen was going crazy, muttering angrily under his breath as he reluctantly moved his feet.
From above Ling Mo’s head, he could clearly see the zombie corpse.
Ling Mo had flipped the body over, now facing upwards. Its slightly chubby face had a pair of lifeless blood-red eyes wide open, staring right back at Mu Chen.
“Ugh…” Mu Chen shuddered, noticing how Ling Mo was casually poking around the corpse with a tactical knife as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.
“What are you doing? Got a thing for abusing corpses?” Mu Chen sneered.
Ling Mo didn’t look up, his tactical knife now slicing through the corpse’s shirt.
“Damn!”
Before Mu Chen could intervene, he saw two lumps bounce out.
Fortunately… the zombie still had its underwear on.
“Look…” Ling Mo gestured with his knife.
“You can look for yourself, no need to call an audience, what kind of person are you!” Mu Chen said with a disgusted look on his face.
But as soon as he spoke, he noticed everyone had turned their heads, their expressions surprisingly uniform.
Frowning, angry eyes, clearly annoyed with him…
Only Ling Mo wasn’t looking at him, continuing as if he hadn’t heard anything, “Her bones have mutated, very similar to that mutated type I encountered before.”
“How can you tell?” asked Xu Shuhan, her recorder obviously on by now.
“Right here…” Ling Mo waved the knife just above the lumps.
“Can you be more specific…” Xu Shuhan was somewhat bewildered.
Ling Mo scratched his brow, saying, “The position is off, they’ve grown too high up…”
Xu Shuhan was initially stunned, then reflexively looked down…
Not just her, Ye Lian and the other girls also quickly looked down at themselves…
“Ah… so it is.” Shana nodded in sudden realization.
Xu Shuhan also caught on, but her expression turned a bit embarrassed, “You’re very observant…”
“Heh,” Ling Mo acknowledged with a chuckle.
Xia Zhi, who had been silent all this while, suddenly lit up, extending his hand.
“What’s up?” Ling Mo asked.
He had spoken to Xia Zhi quite a few times, but the guy was always silent. Ling Mo had almost fcomotten that Xia Zhi was a living being.
Now that Xia Zhi was making a move, Ling Mo was also curious to find out what he wanted to express.
Mu Chen and Xu Shuhan were shocked; they had known Xia Zhi for a long time, and the number of times he had taken the initiative to speak could be counted on one hand.
With everyone’s attention on him, Xia Zhi slowly swung his arm, his finger tracing from the chest of the zombie corpse down to the belly, finally stopping at a particular area.
Xia Zhi stared intently at the dirtied crotch that was barely recognizable in its original color, a faint gleam in his eyes.
“…”
“…”
Amidst everyone’s speechless gazes, Mu Chen slapped his own forehead and sighed, “You weirdo!”
Out of caution, Ling Mo still used his knife to poke around, making sure this zombie hadn’t evolved to the level of the previous mutated type.
She didn’t grow a tail… neither front nor back.
But unnoticed by everyone, as Ling Mo was inspecting, a hint of a successful smirk flashed across his eyes…
The mutation of this zombie was indeed interesting, but it wasn’t significant enough for Ling Mo to spend so much time on it.
He had seen more exaggerated cases; this was just the beginning signs of a pseudo-mutated type, why observe it so meticulously?
However, during his examination, the bullet hole that was made had already caused the zombie’s brain to be pletely soaked in a puddle of blood.
The thick stench of blood slowly spread, carrying an enticing scent, and quickly dispersed into the surroundings with the wind.
“Zzz~!”
A zombie was scratching at the wall, suddenly appearing in a corner.
Following its appearance, more zombies began to emerge. They leapt out from dark corners and crawled out from the buildings where they were hiding, exposing themselves under the slightly gloomy sunlight.
Their pale skin bore various dirty marks, and their blood-red eyes resembled that of bloodthirsty jackals, yet were even more ferocious.
Under the dirty rags of clothing, there was something pletely different from humans, filled with strength, driven by the virus—a brutal rawness.
Even though they looked almost the same on the outside, every human was very clear.
These monsters… they were the real horrors wearing human skin.
Unlike the zombies that first appeared, these that had evolved and mutated time after time were more cautious and even more brutal than their “ancestors.”
When they silently appeared around, they didn’t rush forward but stared intently at these humans from a distance.
The body of their own kind lying among these humans attracted them, but it also sounded an alarm.
These humans were not prey that could be easily torn apart… Such a simple judgment, with their current level of intelligence, was entirely within their capabilities.
The female zombie that had failed in her sneak attack was clearly a notch below this group of zombies in strength.
When Ling Mo stood up, everyone had already realized that they were surrounded by this group of zombies.
More and more zombies appeared nearby, and in just a few seconds, there were no fewer than thirty zombies surrounding them.
“Bang!”
A shadow suddenly fell from above, landing nimbly on the cement ground.