Chapter 4

Just as he was distracted for a moment, a cold light immediately flashed in Ye Lian's eyes, and at the same time, Ling Mo's head throbbed in pain. Fortunately, he quickly regained his composure and regained control over Ye Lian.

Even a slight lapse in concentration almost caused Ye Lian to break free from his control, which made Ling Mo feel a lingering fear.

Even in front of Ye Lian, the puppets were completely powerless, and Ling Mo himself probably wouldn't fare much better. Moreover, he neither wanted to hurt Ye Lian nor be killed by her. Now that he had found Ye Lian, he couldn't die; he had to find a way to restore her.

They couldn't stay here for long, so Ling Mo quickly controlled Ye Lian and headed in the direction of his residence.

In such a densely populated area, even with the utmost caution, it was inevitable to encounter zombies. However, unlike the arduous battles on the way, with Ye Lian present, the zombies were almost powerless.

Whether in speed or strength, Ye Lian far exceeded ordinary zombies. Originally, Ling Mo was worried about injuring Ye Lian and was unwilling to control her in battle, but when the zombies appeared, the intense desire to attack that Ye Lian conveyed made Ling Mo himself feel a surge of restlessness. The madness he felt when controlling the puppets was now amplified tenfold.

From the moment Ye Lian rushed out, Ling Mo clearly felt that he was already in a semi-control state over her. During her battles, her instincts were maximally stimulated, and with Ling Mo's current puppeteering strength, he could only maintain contact with Ye Lian but couldn't control her fighting process.

"I didn't expect her to be so strong..." Ling Mo felt a sense of crisis. If he didn't quickly improve his strength, it might not be long before Ye Lian would break free from his control. At that point, not only would it be impossible to help her recover, but he might even die at her hands. Even if he managed to escape by chance, finding Ye Lian in this big city would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Thinking of this, Ling Mo gritted his teeth, gripped the bone-removing knife, and rushed to Ye Lian's side.

At this moment, there were four zombies around Ye Lian, and she was just twisting the head off one of them. These zombies didn't actively attack Ye Lian, but when Ling Mo appeared, the other three pounced at him simultaneously.

It was the first time dealing with so many zombies, and Ling Mo was extremely nervous. However, for some reason, the violent aura he sensed from Ye Lian made him feel a strong desire to fight as he raised the bone-removing knife.

With a low growl, Ling Mo rushed into the middle of the three zombies.

The zombies were very strong and didn't move as stiffly as in movies, but as creatures acting purely on instinct, their attack methods were relatively simple.

When one of the zombies reached out to grab Ling Mo, he suddenly sidestepped, dodging the attack while thrusting the bone-removing knife into the abdomen of another zombie.

"Thud!"

The sound of the blade piercing flesh echoed, but Ling Mo didn't have time to look. He kicked the third zombie, sending it flying toward Ye Lian. Before it could get up, Ye Lian scooped out its brain.

At this moment, the zombie Ling Mo had dodged was closing in again, and Ling Mo, who had just regained his balance, was now in real danger.

The knife was still stuck in the zombie, and its blood-soaked hand was reaching toward him. If it grabbed him, it would be almost impossible to break free.

Under the threat of death, Ling Mo remained calm. He pulled the bone-removing knife forward, and as he felt the zombie being dragged along, he nimbly sidestepped.

The two zombies collided, and Ling Mo's bone-removing knife sliced open the belly of one and plunged into the back of the other, twisting it forcefully.

All of this happened in a split second. By the time Ling Mo regained his senses from the madness, only the corpses of the zombies remained.

At this moment, Ling Mo realized that he had not only remained calm but also had a high degree of synchronization between his mental and physical reactions. Although this was largely due to his improved mental and physical fitness, the feeling of madness must have also played a role.

Most importantly, looking at the corpses at his feet and holding the blood-soaked bone-removing knife, Ling Mo's body trembled slightly, not from fear but from excitement...

At this time, Ye Lian had already consumed the gel from the zombies' brains, and her eyes had become brighter and more lively. If it weren't for the eerie blood-red color, she would look almost like an ordinary survivor.

For some reason, when Ye Lian changed, Ling Mo also felt a subtle change in his body.

Although it was very slight, Ling Mo indeed felt that his strength had increased, his stamina had recovered somewhat, and most importantly, his mental connection with Ye Lian had become stronger.

Could it be that because of the mental connection with Ye Lian, he was also affected by her ongoing mutation? Ling Mo couldn't find a better explanation.

Before this, Ling Mo couldn't determine whether these changes were good or bad. But the changes he felt now excited him.

It didn't affect his rationality, and he could grow stronger with Ye Lian! Ling Mo even began to look forward to further changes. However, he knew that rushing things was not wise; if it brought any danger to Ye Lian, he would regret it.

On the way back, Ling Mo found a clean dress and a pair of sandals in a clothing store, intending to change Ye Lian out of the blood-stained clothes she was wearing.

The appearance of the puppets was disgusting, but Ye Lian was always the cleanest person. Even as a zombie, she shouldn't be dressed like this.

But when he returned to the residence and saw Ye Lian sitting quietly in front of him, Ling Mo didn't know how to proceed!

Whether he controlled Ye Lian to undress herself or did it himself, he would inevitably see the body that had appeared countless times in his fantasies...

In the past, due to his own shortcomings, Ling Mo had always liked Ye Lian but never confessed, and he never thought their relationship would change. After all, he was just a struggling otaku with a low income, while Ye Lian was the campus beauty of X City University, surrounded by admirers with excellent conditions in every aspect.

But now, to help her change clothes, he had to see her body...

Even though Ye Lian was currently without reason, Ling Mo still felt his mouth dry.

He glanced at the basin of water at his feet and then at the dirty Ye Lian, hesitating for a long time before slowly reaching out...

As the buttons were undone one by one, Ye Lian's delicate, fair skin gradually revealed itself to Ling Mo.

Ling Mo, feeling a surge of heat, barely suppressed his impulses and began to wipe Ye Lian with a wrung-out towel.

"Calm down, calm down... To take advantage of her in this situation, would that still be human?"

Facing the body of the girl he loved, saying he had no impulses would be a lie, but looking into Ye Lian's emotionless eyes, Ling Mo felt a pang in his heart.

When will Ye Lian regain her reason...

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