Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Ling Mo was woken up by a strange sensation pounding in his heart around midnight.

He opened his eyes and saw Ye Lian who had been sitting in the corner all this time.

After having her body and clothes cleaned, she didn’t look that different from before… The only difference was her red eyes that shone eerily…

The strange sensation Ling Mo had felt was Ye Lian’s instinctive desire. If she could speak, then the first thing she would have said right now would be, “I’m hungry.”

The food that she needed was the special gel-like thing in the zombies’ heads.

Judging from her behaviour, it looked like the gel could further mutate the virus in her body, resulting in noticeable effects. Since she was so eager for them, he must of course satisfy her desire.

Ling Mo found it amusing. Ordinary survivors would hide as far as they could from the zombies, yet he had to go search for them himself. The most ridiculous thing was that there was a mutated zombie by his side!

Ling Mo packed some food and then took out a brand new knife from his bag. The cleaver he had been using was already blunt and he didn’t want to keep using it because it would negatively affect him during combat.

He tried to feed Ye Lian a sausage but she wasn’t interested at all. It seemed like the only sustenance she needed was the zombie gel.

“Let’s go find you some food.” Ling Mo got Ye Lian up and took her downstairs.

The city was lifeless and it lacked everything but zombies. However, areas crowded with zombies were still dangerous for Ling Mo so he could only go look for find the zombies that were “alone” with Ye Lian.

As he searched for lone zombies, he began to think of a question. The only food source for the zombies wandering around outside was the survivors who had to risk their lives to find food supplies. The majority of these survivors could keep themselves alive if they were careful enough, even without a lot of supplies.

Would zombies start to kill each other, like Ye Lian had done, if there wasn’t any food available? Perhaps some places had already bred mutated zombies like Ye Lian.

For the survivors, it was one disaster on top of another…

After the spiritual connection between them had strengthened, Ling Mo felt like it was much easier to control Ye Lian than it had been yesterday. After a night of experimentation, he had found the trick to controlling her.

Ye Lian was different from ordinary zombies. In addition to her basic instinct, she had a strong fighting desire and could also convey her needs to Ling Mo. Plus, she was extremely strong; controlling her would only restrict her power and make her rebel against him. Hence, Ling Mo only maintained the spiritual connection with her to ensure that she wouldn’t attack him and didn’t restrain her actions.

Because of the spiritual connection between them, Ye Lian didn’t leave Ling Mo’s field of view even though she was able to roam about freely. She even followed Ling Mo closely.

Luckily, they were in the suburbs which wasn’t too densely populated. Ling Mo soon found a few zombies wandering back and forth at the intersection.

As soon as Ye Lian saw them, she impatiently rushed at the zombies fiercely and quickly. Ling Mo stared for a second before joining the battle with his knife.