Chapter 33 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Xia Na fainted a few times during the night and finally became stable in the morning.

Just as Ling Mo guessed, Xia Na indeed turned into a zombie but with some sanity. Compared to before, her “multipersonality” state became much better, but it was only that. Just a little better. Right now, Xia Na was still one step away from a mutated zombie but stronger than normal zombies.

Ling Mo found some patterns in the way Xia Na switched states. As long as her life wasn’t threatened, Xia Na would remain in her normal state. Although she always looked blank and rarely reacted to people, she had basic speaking skills and spoke occasionally. But if she felt like she was in danger, the remaining sanity would disappear as her instincts took over her and she turned into a zombie.

But under Ling Mo’s control, her emotional state became more stable and hence, hostility towards Liu Yuhao and Wang Cheng decreased. Because of the spiritual link with Ling Mo, it looked like she was the most familiar with Ling Mo.

For example, Xia Na was looking at Ling Mo blankly while pulling him tightly with one hand…

“Xia Na, do you recognize me?” He called Xia Na’s name over a hundred times in one night. She became more aware of her name and she would react when she heard it. However, she wasn’t incomprehensible of those words. She was in a blank state and she didn’t know what he was asking at all.

However, Xia Na showed great interest in her own sword. When Xia Na stared at the sword for a while and abruptly pulled it out of the sheath, her aura was even stronger than before.

After that, she refused to let go of the sword. Ling Mo always thought that Xia Na was in the same situation as Ye Lian and he didn’t force her to give the sword back. Having an obsession was better than becoming an insane zombie.

Xia Na’s situation made Ling Mo confident. Zombies were indeed horrifying, but the only thing that was impacting the zombies was the virus. From the current situation, Ling Mo had an idea in mind. As the virus continued to evolve, the zombies became stronger and stronger. At the same time, they grew to become monsters with conscious minds. Xia Na’s situation showed him so! She took in too much of the virus and this happened. Ye Lian also seemed to regain some consciousness after the evolution.

Unlike Liu Yuhao who felt miserable, Ling Mo was full of energy!

“Brother Ling… Xia Na, she…” Liu Yuhao didn’t dare to get too close to Xia Na at all as he could only sit far away from her and observe her actions. It wasn’t hard to tell from his expressions that he was confused and yet felt upset for Xia Na.

No humans want to turn into zombies, even if they didn’t turn into one completely…

Ling Mo looked at him deeply and said, “Rather than letting her die or turn into something like Lu Xin, don’t you think this is the most fortunate end already?”

“But…” Liu Yuhao seemed hesitant but nodded heavily. “Yes. It is better than death… At least she doesn’t show hostility to you.”

Liu Yuhao sounded bitter as he said the last sentence. Ling Mo didn’t tell him about the ability to control zombies and Liu Yuhao thought that Xia Na acted closer to Ling Mo instinctively yet had no memories of the companion that fought alongside her for so long made Liu Yuhao feel extremely gloomy.