Chapter 1109: The Progenitor We Missed All Those Years
āBut why did it take Skinny Monkey? What does it want to do?ā Gu Shuangshuang swung her Flashlight toward the depths of the passage, but all she saw ahead was darkness. The opponentās speed was clearly astonishing; from grabbing Skinny Monkey to vanishing, it took less than a second.
Could she really catch up to such an enemy?
āNo time to think. If I donāt go now, no one willā¦ If something really happens to Skinny Monkey, Iāll be the one who watched him die without helping. Iād rather die than be that personā¦ā Gu Shuangshuang bit her lip and charged inā¦ āAhā¦ Skinny Monkey, you canāt die! Please donāt die! Iā¦ I wonāt die eitherā¦ The captain will come save usā¦ā
Gu Shuangshuang shouted desperately in her heart, while droplets kept falling from her faceā¦ But even she couldnāt tell whether it was Sweat or tearsā¦
āCaptain, do you see anyone?ā Ye Kai asked impatiently.
He was actually asking about Ling Moās psychic sensing, though he didnāt know that Ling Mo was really just using his eyesā¦ After hearing the question, Ling Mo paused, then frowned and shook his head, āNot yetā¦ā
āBut when we heard the sound just nowā¦ the distance seemed about the same as what weāve run so farā¦ā Xu Shuhan, following behind Ling Mo, suddenly said. Her average speed couldnāt match those Senior Zombies, so after occasionally darting forward, sheād continue at a steady paceā¦ At this moment, Yuwen Xuan also pointed ahead and said, āRight. Up ahead is where we found the corpse wallā¦ā
Ye Lian and the others had already rushed near the corpse wall. But what Xia Na noticed first wasnāt the strip of cloth, but something even more shockingā¦
āLookā¦ā Xia Na widened her eyes and pointed at a dark hole not far from the corpse wall, āThat tunnel entranceā¦ was it there before?ā
Ye Lian thought for a moment, then shook her head and replied, āNoā¦ it wasnātā¦ā
āThis tunnel entranceā¦ā Li Yalin rushed over and examined the edge carefully, then looked up and said, āWell, this was definitely just dug outā¦ Judging by the state of it, probably not long after we passed byā¦ Hmmā¦ā
She sounded quite certain, and with a Zombieās eyesight, it was indeed hard to make a mistake about such things.
āDug? Didnāt Ling-Ge say the problem was that woman? Could she dig this out?ā Xia Na was skeptical. This kind of thing was fine for Zombies to do; not to mention just a hole, even an entire passage could be dug out bare-handedā¦ But that woman, in every sense, looked just like a humanā¦ āSo we shouldāve killed her back then!ā Li Yalin said.
āHow could we? At the time, aside from suspecting she wanted to use us to kill someone for her, there was nothing else wrong. If we killed her just for that, Ling-Ge would be no different from a senseless killerā¦ Thatās what Nana said.ā Xia Na replied.
āBut that was already senseless killingā¦ā
While Xia Na and Li Yalin were talking, Ye Lian had already walked a few steps into the new passage and found that strip of torn clothā¦
āThisā¦ seems to beā¦ from that human called Skinny Monkeyā¦ā Ye Lian said softly.
Her voice was quiet, but it immediately drew Xia Na and Li Yalinās attention.
āYeah, it really isā¦ā Xia Na took it and glanced at it, confirming.
At that moment, Li Yalin also found a mark by the corpse wallā¦
āThisā¦ do you think it looks like someone was dragged out?ā She pointed at a scratch on the ground.
Xia Na glanced at it, frowned, and said, āHmmā¦ Deep at the front, shallow at the back, probably left by the toes while being dragged. He struggled at first, but hereā¦ at the next moment, he suddenly lost the ability to resistā¦ So the mark gets lighter, and finally disappears completelyā¦ā
The three Female Zombies exchanged glances, then turned their eyes toward the newly dug passageā¦
āGo!ā
With Xia Naās soft command, the three figures instantly vanished into the tunnel entrance. Right after, Ling Moās group arrived. But Ling Mo didnāt hesitate at all, leading the group straight in. į¹šš½OĶš±ĆÅ
āThis isā¦ā
āHow did another passage suddenly appearā¦ā
āIt mustāve been dug earlier, then blocked off. That woman followed after we left; sheās more familiar with the terrain than we are. She even knows about passages hidden behind walls,ā Ling Mo answered.
āRightā¦ā Mu Chen suddenly shuddered and said, āI did feel it beforeā¦ like someone was watching meā¦ but when I turned around, there was nothing there. Andā¦ it was right around hereā¦ā
āThat must have been her,ā Ling Mo nodded.
āThisā¦ā Mu Chen immediately showed a hint of guilt. If only he had brought it up back thenā¦
āDonāt get any strange ideas. There are already plenty of eyes in this place, no one would suddenly think of that. Besides, that woman really was knocked out at the time, so she wasnāt even on our watch listā¦ā Ling Mo said.
āSo that meansā¦ Gu Shuangshuang and the others, along with that woman, all went this wayā¦ā Yuwen Xuan said as he ran, glancing ahead.
They hadnāt paid much attention when they rushed in, but now they noticed that this really was an abandoned passage. Not only was it covered in all kinds of Spider Silk, but the air also felt rather stagnantā¦
āAt least this tells us one thingā¦ā Ling Mo said, āthis passage isnāt short.ā
Sure enough, after several seconds, Ling Mo and his group finally reached the first ācrossroadsāā¦
āDid that big Spider hollow out the whole underground here?ā Mu Chen glanced into the new passage and said.
āYou all saw it, it just loves digging holes, and it has the timeā¦ā These words came out of Yuwen Xuanās mouth in all seriousness, but for some reason, they still left everyone speechlessā¦
Normally, Ling Mo would have made fun of him, but he wasnāt in the mood nowā¦ He looked around, and soon locked onto a hastily drawn circle on the ground: āThis way. This is probably left for us by Gu Shuangshuang. We just need to follow the marks.ā
In fact, Xia Na and the others who had passed through earlier had already confirmed that these were drawn by Gu Shuangshuangā¦ And at this moment, they had already gone deep into this passageā¦ With their speed and strength, not only did they have a chance to catch up with Gu Shuangshuang and the others, they could also ensure their own safety and that of Gu Shuangshuangās groupā¦
āSo that meansā¦ Gu Shuangshuang isnāt in danger for now? But she ran all the way to a place like thisā¦ā Mu Chen said with a frown.
Ling Mo sighed, āBecause something happened to Skinny Monkeyā¦ thatās the only explanation that makes sense. And Gu Shuangshuang is well aware of the gap in strength between herself and the enemy, so she left us marks, hoping we could catch up to them as soon as possibleā¦ā
As he spoke, Ling Mo also sped up again. He vaguely felt that the reason that woman did all this was to lure them to a certain placeā¦ And at the end of that place, he might just see that Zombieā¦
āSince youāve gone to all this trouble to meet me, letās have that meeting thenā¦ā In Ling Moās mind, Xiao Heiās āheartā couldnāt help but appear againā¦ The mental zombie created by fusing it with the big Spider already contained so much psychic energy, so what about that Zombie itself? If he devoured itā¦
Just then, Ling Mo suddenly felt a jolt in his heartā¦
He knew where he had seen that kind of Zombie beforeā¦ No wonder it always felt so familiarā¦
āXia Na, do you all remember that kind of Zombie? The ones wrapped in Spider Silk, constantly rottingā¦ I remember there was an Infantā¦ and an Infection Sourceā¦ which is the Progenitor, rightā¦ But when we got there, the Progenitor was already gone.ā Ling Mo asked in his mind.
āBe more specificā¦ā
Ling Mo couldnāt help but touch his backpack and said, āmaster ballā¦ā
āHmm? You mean that thing thatās been silent ever since it turned into a ball? I thought it really had evolved into a master ballā¦ Only good for throwing at people nowā¦ā As soon as Xia Na spoke, she completely roasted that spherical objectā¦
But Ling Mo had to admit, that really was the current state of the master ball. In fact, even he himself wasnāt sure what this earliest āstorage batteryā would eventually become, or when it would be useful againā¦
But now that he remembered what kind of Zombie it was, he suddenly had a strong feeling that it was time to throw out this master ballā¦
āSo, are these Zombies related to the master ball? Orā¦ are they the same type as those variation zombies?ā Xia Na quickly caught on.
āI canāt be sure, but I have that feeling. Maybe, this Zombie now is the Progenitor we missed back thenā¦ a mental ability variation zombie Progenitorā¦ā Ling Mo said slowly.
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