Chapter 891: Legion Commander

“What?!” Mu Chen immediately jumped up.

Yuwen Xuan quickly grabbed him and made a shushing gesture, saying, “Don’t get so worked up! We don’t want to alert the enemy unnecessarily. Besides…” He nodded in the direction of Ling Mo and said, “He’s busy over there.”

“That’s true…” Mu Chen calmed down quite a bit.

Although he wasn’t sure what Ling Mo was up to, he rarely saw him so focused. And… though he was hesitant to admit it, Ling Mo was indeed one of the top survivors. If even he was acting this way, it meant the situation was definitely tricky! The more critical the situation, the more they couldn’t let anyone disturb him. Who knew if he was at some crucial point?

After thinking it over, Mu Chen cautiously asked, “What should we do then? And did you get a clear look, was it a person or a Zombie?”

His tone was still a bit skeptical. This place… could there really be people here?

It’s hard enough for them to approach, let alone other survivors who would likely avoid it altogether…

“It was definitely a person.” Yuwen Xuan whispered as he crouched down, pulling Mu Chen over to the window. “If it were a Zombie, I wouldn’t have noticed. Besides, there are Zombies all around down there; if they were hiding among them, I wouldn’t have spotted them even if I did see someone!”

“That makes sense,” Mu Chen nodded.

Yuwen Xuan carefully pulled the curtain aside to create a small gap, saying, “See that? Over there…”

“I don’t…”

“There! At the alley!”

“I… Oh wow! It really is!”

Mu Chen pressed his face to the gap, staring outside in disbelief.

“Huh? Where did they go? Were they discovered?” Just two seconds later, Mu Chen let the curtain fall back and asked anxiously.

“Not necessarily. Maybe they saw me pull the curtain. But they must have been watching us for a long time. Possibly from the moment we first arrived here,” Yuwen Xuan analyzed.

Mu Chen rubbed his palms together and asked, “Who do you think these people might be? There’s no food here, so they couldn’t be after the lab equipment, right? If that’s the case, could they be from the Falcon group?”

“It’s not that easy to run into them.” Yuwen Xuan smacked his forehead and said, “They’re probably local Survivors, and I have a feeling they’re coming for us.”

“What?” Mu Chen instinctively retorted.

Yuwen Xuan paused, then looked at Mu Chen as if he were an idiot, unable to hold back a chuckle: “You can’t be serious?”

“Just tell me…”

“They’re probably eyeing our supplies,” Yuwen Xuan explained logically. “You’ve seen the conditions here; survival is really tough. When people are starving, do you think there’s much difference between them and Zombies?” ŔἈꞐ𝘖ВΕş

Mu Chen froze for a second and then nodded, “There’s a difference… They won’t eat us.”

“That’s not a given…”

“Could you stop saying such disgusting things so cheerfully?” Mu Chen glared at Yuwen Xuan and then added, “I just didn’t think of it right away…”

“No need to explain…”

Yuwen Xuan raised his hand to interrupt him, then said, “Since they’re still watching us, let’s remain still for now. Hopefully, they’ll choose to back off before we make a move.”

Mu Chen thought about it and agreed, “That makes sense…”

…

In an Alley a hundred meters away, a short figure in a Camouflage Outfit slipped silently towards the back.

Not too far in, the person ducked into a nearby Iron Door and nervously shut the door behind them.

“How did it go?”

Behind the door was a cramped space with low walls, an abandoned power room, and weeds sprouting all over from the cracks in the tiles.

A few people sat cautiously behind the door, one holding a dirty bottle of mineral water.

Seeing the return of the Camouflage Outfit, the person quickly set down the bottle and asked urgently.

“There are quite a few of them… and they have guns,” the one in the Camouflage Outfit panted heavily.

“Do they look formidable?” another person eagerly questioned.

The person in the Camouflage Outfit waved a hand and wiped off Sweat, answering, “Maybe, but I didn’t see them fighting any Zombies.”

“How did you…”

“There was psychic fluctuation over there!” the Camouflage Outfit explained. “Getting too close would have exposed me. I didn’t dare to probe further. In any case, they have a lot of people, well-equipped, and most importantly, they’re the first group we’ve noticed in months…”

“Could they be from a Camp?” asked the person who had been holding the water, now showing a hint of concern.

The Camouflage Outfit was silent for a moment before slowly saying, “I’m not sure…”

A Youth who had remained silent adjusted his glasses and said coldly, “We shouldn’t worry too much about that… Whether they’re from a Camp or not, if they’re after that thing… we’ll have to eliminate them.”

“Hmm…” The Camouflage Outfit nodded, and then said somewhat oddly, “I’ve already been exposed.”

“Perfect,” the Youth smirked, pushing up his glasses again, “Now, we wait…”

…

Meanwhile, inside the Rosen Company building.

Ling Mo was unaware of the silent developments outside; he was currently in a standoff with a Zombie hostage…

“You mentioned a Ranch… What does that mean? Isn’t this the infant room?” Ling Mo asked in surprise.

The female Zombie gave him a chilling look and let out a raspy laugh, “You seem to have strong evolutionary Intelligence, yet you don’t understand such a simple concept…”

“Slap!”

As a crisp sound came from the little Zombie’s behind again, the female Zombie immediately stopped her eerie laugh and continued as if nothing had happened, “A Ranch… is for raising suitable Soldiers… and some of the food…”

“Soldiers?” Ling Mo caught on to another key term.

“Yes… for example, the one you’re holding, Xiao Yue Er, is a legion commander…” the female Zombie said slowly, then belatedly covered her mouth, “Ah…”

“Legion commander…” Ling Mo looked at the little Zombie oddly.

This is like an ant nest!

As for the Soldiers and food… those are likely what the gestation pods are for.

With this thought, a rather disturbing question immediately popped into Ling Mo’s mind…

What is the incubation period for those Infants?

“Whimper whimper!” The little Zombie glared at Ling Mo intensely. Unfortunately, looks are hardly lethal…

“So… that ‘sister’ is the queen here, right?” Ling Mo ignored the little Zombie and asked again.

The female Zombie immediately shook her head.

“My mistake… let me ask differently. Is she the most powerful here? And do you all have to obey her?” Ling Mo inquired further.

The female Zombie hesitated, first shaking her head and then nodding: “We don’t call her the queen… we call her… sister.”

This revelation sent a chill through Ling Mo. It seems there’s more than one ranch owner here!

Although this Xiao Yue Er’s abilities seem pretty average, that butcher’s power is downright terrifying! As a ranch owner, she would have to be stronger than the butcher, right? Plus, with all these gestation pods crawling around, getting the equipment from these Monsters and finding a way to get it to the top floor is going to be incredibly difficult.

If this could be entirely achieved with the Zombie Puppet, it wouldn’t be an issue, but even the puppets are being watched by these creatures…

Wait a minute…

“If I manage to Control the ranch owner, wouldn’t this task become much easier?” Ling Mo’s eyes lit up. From the female Zombie’s description, this place operates like a hierarchical ant colony. As the ranch owner, the Zombie is akin to a queen ant, commanding all the Zombies to her will. Controlling her under these circumstances would be exceptionally valuable.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, but he didn’t forget to ask, “Back to that question, what exactly does Xiao Yue Er want from me?”

“I don’t know…” The female Zombie shook her head vigorously.

“Seriously…” Ling Mo rolled his eyes in exasperation. He then changed the subject, “So… what about the sister?”

“You want… you want to know where sister is?” The female Zombie’s body trembled slightly as she asked in a muffled voice.

Ling Mo nodded, though his scalp tingled involuntarily.

“Why do you want to know…” The female Zombie continued to ask in a chilling tone.

Her neck suddenly jerked back, revealing a neck full of bulging veins.

Accompanied by a series of “click click click” sounds, she slowly twisted her head to face forward. It was an extremely pale and gaunt face; one eye was still entirely red, while the other had its redness retracted into the pupil. As she moved her head, the red seemed to flow eerily into the other eye, making it look like the two eyes were constantly exchanging colors.

But the most shocking feature was her mouth… The corners of her mouth stretched bizarrely wide and turned upward, resembling a laughing mask. Her face and eyelids were embedded with Barbed Wire, making her entire visage look both bizarre and terrifying…

“Why… ask about sister…” The female Zombie’s body shook more violently as she stared fixedly at Ling Mo.

“Is it too late to take back my question?” Ling Mo thought wide-eyed.

“Whimper whimper… you’re… doomed… Huahua is angry…” Xiao Yue Er struggled to say incoherently. “Huahua hates when other Zombies set their sights on sister…” She seemed to want to laugh, but Ling Mo had already hoisted her onto his shoulder.

“Ah!”

With a shrill scream, Huahua suddenly raised the weapon in her hands.

“Whoa! That’s a huge pair of scissors!”

As soon as Ling Mo commented, he suddenly felt a gust of wind rushing towards him. In an instant, a cold gleam appeared silently before him, splitting into two and heading straight for his head…

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