Chapter 334
Chapter 334 The Drunkard’s Intent
Xia Xinyan naturally couldn’t see through Ling Mo’s thoughts.
She hadn’t been able to guess for a long time.
So after staring at Ling Mo for a while, she concluded that he had changed his ways.
That’s not too bad, right? It’s good to strive for improvement; after all, being a hands-off manager isn’t something to be proud of.
If Ling Mo wants to take control of the Chicks, that’s fine too. Even as the leader, he needs to have more credibility to command respect from his subordinates.
In that respect, she was still content to be relaxed because she genuinely didn’t want to manage the organization. It felt completely daunting.
—At this moment, completely unaware that she was gradually falling into an inescapable trap, Xia Xinyan was actually quite happy.
However, her happiness didn’t last long because there were still serious matters to attend to.
But it wasn’t Ling Mo who suggested they set off; rather, it was the sounds coming from several directions in the distance—
“Collecting—old phones! Collecting—old refrigerators! Collecting—old color TVs! Old phones in exchange for kitchen knives, scissors, and bowls!”
“Collecting—hair! Collecting—long hair!”
“High prices for old refrigerators! Color TVs! Televisions!”
……
In this town filled with danger and death, such modern proclamations suddenly broke the tense atmosphere, catching Xia Xinyan off guard.
She quietly glanced at Ling Mo.
Ling Mo chuckled, “My ability requires the manifested items to have more specific functions. Having a visual reference reduces manifestation costs, so I just copied those street hawker announcers I saw when I was little.”
Then he infused those hawking sounds into the air as well.
Fortunately, though those announcers had fallen out of fashion, the people of the new era could still manage them. After a moment of confusion, those hawking sounds shifted to shouts from Tiger Ba Tian and others: “Are there any living brothers here?! If so, find a way to the rooftop! We will rescue you! Or if you can, head to the outskirts of the town! Something more dangerous is about to happen here! Move quickly if you hear this!”
Seeing this, Ling Mo released a breath: “Let’s get moving; we need to resolve this quickly.”
Xia Xinyan nodded: “Yeah.”
While the announcements attracted the zombies in that area, there was no guarantee that the Source of Invasion wouldn’t notice the commotion and send those zombies back to deal with them, so this decapitation operation naturally had to be swift.
As they approached the central area, they also observed the situation on the streets, using the movement patterns of zombies to gauge their distance from the Source of Invasion—this was the most intuitive method.
Then… upon reaching a new street, Xia Xinyan spotted a massive… grotesque, bulging mass covered in veins at the intersection not far away, on which various indescribable objects were growing.
Like something straight out of a fantasy world, it was clear that this mass was most likely the Source of Invasion.
“Tsk, this time it’s actually outdoors,” Xia Xinyan clicked her tongue, then began assessing the situation around her.
There weren’t many zombies on the street, but she could clearly feel them beginning to rush towards this way.
At the same time, the radio crackled with messages from Tiger Ba Tian and other rescue teams, indicating that the gathered zombies had begun to disperse and head towards the central area, urging them to prepare.
After the call ended… loud explosions erupted in the surrounding area, signaling that Ling Mo’s explosive devices were at play, completely shattering the quiet facade of the town.
Ling Mo didn’t pay attention to the explosions; instead, he focused on manifesting a precision-guided destructive missile, hoisting it on his shoulder and aiming for the mass: “Quite brave of it; I’ll give it a big present.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the trigger, but the missile exploded before it reached the mass, and its power had diminished significantly.
Ling Mo paused, conjured another destructive missile, but once again, the result was the same.
Seeing this, Xia Xinyan stopped him, pulling out a machine gun loaded with tracer rounds and attempted to spray the mass—only to find that all the bullets lost momentum at that distance, as if there were an invisible barrier.
Yet the zombies below rushed in and out without any hindrance.
Xia Xinyan put away the machine gun: “Looks like that’s the Source of Invasion’s ability. We can’t use ranged weapons; we’ll have to handle this up close.”
Ling Mo raised an eyebrow and asked, “What if we used a nuclear bomb…”
“Are you trying to blow up the entire town? This is the Tiger Hall’s stronghold,” Xia Xinyan shot him a glare. “Can you tone down those explosive ideas? Being an explosion maniac isn’t charming—and you’ve said before that you wouldn’t casually use a nuclear bomb again.”
Right, she didn’t want to keep pretending anymore; if she went on, she’d really lose her temper, and when Ling Mo took control, she’d have nowhere to cry.
From now on, she would return to her true nature and let Ling Mo know she had thorns to her.
Forget her character setup.
Ling Mo chuckled awkwardly: “I was just joking. If Xinyan doesn’t like it, I’ll be more careful next time.”
The difficulty of manifesting a nuclear bomb isn’t that high; the challenge lies in accurately controlling the explosion radius. With the weakening effect here, he couldn’t even be sure he could master the explosion area, so he was merely joking.
After all, he’d encountered monsters that could weaken ranged weapons several times before… but they had never withstood a nuclear bomb.
But… does Xinyan not like explosion maniacs?
Then he needed to change.
Xia Xinyan didn’t notice his expression and continued, “That area should be the active skill release zone of the Source of Invasion. Just like the last mist, we need to be careful when going in.”
“Will it separate us?” Ling Mo inquired.
“It might,” Xia Xinyan nodded. “The Source of Invasion’s abilities can produce any kind of situation.”
“Then let’s play it safe,” saying this, Ling Mo’s battle armor suddenly dissipated, then he turned and hugged her seriously, “Xinyan, hold on to me.”
Xia Xinyan: “???”
She didn’t react immediately.
What’s this guy trying to do? Is he going to take her inside with him?
If the Source of Invasion really wanted to separate them, no matter what they did, it would be useless!
But seeing his serious demeanor, it didn’t seem like he was trying to take advantage…
After being conflicted for a moment, she somewhat awkwardly wrapped her arms around him: “What’s your plan?”
In the next moment, Ling Mo’s battle armor reappeared, but this time it only covered the vital parts of both of them, and then—Ling Mo’s armor suddenly extended chains that locked her armored legs, forcibly pulling her legs around him, in a rather embarrassing position that pressed them completely together.
Xia Xinyan: “…”
She started to suspect whether Ling Mo was doing this on purpose.
However, Ling Mo still maintained a serious look: “Get ready, Xinyan, I’m going in!”
Then he charged straight towards the Source of Invasion while holding her.
