Chapter 1128: Im Single Too

That night after the battle, Mu Chen and the others set up tents on a patch of relatively clean ground. Although there were plenty of ready-made places to stay inside the granary, as soon as they saw those omnipresent Spiderwebs, no one wanted to stay inside any longer.

So, except for Ye Lian and the others who were still inside searching for loot while checking for potential dangers, everyone else sat in front of the tents, using the pots, bowls, and gas stove they’d brought out from the granary to make dinner.

After lying in the tent and resting for a while, the unconscious Skinny Monkey and Gu Shuangshuang also woke up one after another. But unlike Skinny Monkey, who couldn’t help but scream as soon as he woke up, Gu Shuangshuang opened her eyes, held her head, and groggily crawled out to ask, “My head is spinning… Does anyone know what happened?”

Ye Kai and the others exchanged glances and all shook their heads, saying, “No idea…”

“Really… Oh right… I remember I found Skinny Monkey, I was… But judging by the situation, it looks like you all rescued us… What about that Zombie? Is it dead?” Gu Shuangshuang’s thoughts were still a bit muddled.

“Someone explain to her what happened.” Ling Mo broke the awkward silence, then turned to Skinny Monkey and asked, “Can you tell us what happened back then? You looked… not so good.”

By now, Skinny Monkey had calmed down under Mu Chen’s comfort and explanation, but his forehead was still covered in cold sweat, and his body was trembling slightly. Hearing Ling Mo’s question, he was stunned for a moment, then replied, “I’m fine, I’m okay now… About that time, I have to start from when Gu Shuangshuang and I were moving forward in the passage…”

Then, he recounted how he and Gu Shuangshuang heard abnormal footsteps and saw a shadowy figure. When he got to the part where the figure left, and he carefully crawled out from the corpse wall only to be suddenly grabbed, Skinny Monkey’s face turned ugly again, and his voice unconsciously softened, as if he was still shaken.

“At that moment, I had just crawled out, thinking there wouldn’t be any danger for a while, when suddenly I felt my arm grabbed by a hand. My first reaction was to call for help. But as soon as I shouted twice, it felt like something smashed my head hard, and I got dizzy all of a sudden. It was strange, because I knew I wasn’t physically injured, but my body just wouldn’t listen to me, even my tongue wouldn’t work right. After that person attacked me, he threw me aside. I vaguely saw Gu Shuangshuang come out, but she seemed completely unable to see me, just looking around in fear… I tried to warn her, but she couldn’t hear my weak voice… Then, I was dragged by that person into another passage. Gu Shuangshuang followed soon after.”

“All the way, I watched Gu Shuangshuang follow behind me and the attacker, and saw her leave marks for you. I kept trying to get her to go back, not to keep going forward, but in the end I could only watch helplessly as she walked into danger with me, and I could only wait powerlessly as I dragged you all into danger, becoming the decoy that led you there… Even just now when I woke up, I was still thinking about it. Knowing a series of bad things were about to happen, but being completely unable to stop it-that feeling is just… too awful…” Skinny Monkey couldn’t help but bury his head in his hands and said in a muffled voice, “Sorry… I’m too weak, I became a burden…”

Everyone listened in silence. For a while, only the bubbling sound of porridge cooking in the pot could be heard. Ling Mo pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and patted Skinny Monkey’s shoulder, saying, “Alright, isn’t everyone alive and well? Everyone’s abilities have their own uses. The other side chose you simply because you’re not good at fighting. Actually, this was my mistake, sending you and Gu Shuangshuang, the two scouts, out without assigning anyone to protect you.”

“Captain, don’t say that. After all, no one knew that woman was a problem. Now that I think about it, Captain, you kept Sensing that Progenitor Zombie watching you-maybe that was just a cover tactic.” Mu Chen quickly said.

Yuwen Xuan nodded in agreement and said, “There’s no way we can foresee every danger, so all we can do is deal with it as best we can when it appears. In that regard, we did very well. Ling Mo, you deserve a lot of credit.”

“Yeah…” Skinny Monkey also looked up, gratefully at Ling Mo, and said, “I’m already really grateful you don’t blame me… If you say that, then I…”

“Alright, we’re all in the same team, so let’s not say such distant things. Skinny Monkey, it sounds like you passed out halfway through?” Ling Mo asked.

Gu Shuangshuang had just finished listening to Ye Kai’s account, and she interjected, “But… I saw you…”

“No… I was already unconscious by then… The attacker knocked me out halfway, I don’t know what happened after that.” Skinny Monkey shook his head.

“I see… That woman knocked out Skinny Monkey, then hypnotized Gu Shuangshuang, making her think she found Skinny Monkey herself… So, she picked us off one by one. I think the reason she didn’t choose Gu Shuangshuang as her first target is because Gu Shuangshuang is a mental ability superhuman, and not so easy to hypnotize. But what if she waited until Gu Shuangshuang was anxious about her captured companion? At that moment, her psychological weakness would be much more obvious…” Ling Mo analyzed.

Everyone pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement. Zhang Xincheng stirred the pot with a spoon, then suddenly asked, “So, captain, about our next move…”

“Oh… Speaking of that, I was just about to inform everyone. Although this time was a close call, everyone is a bit worn out. Also, what happened here is a lesson for us. Clearly, besides the Niepan Survivor organization that controls these warehouse locations, there are also some ‘locals’ around… They could be our kind, or Zombies, or some other unknown Monster. Although we don’t know if every warehouse will have this kind of situation, I’ve decided that for the next location, we’ll wait until we’ve rested up. At the very least, we’ll wait until everyone is back in top shape before we go.” Ling Mo announced.

After hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, then all expressed no objections. Mu Chen even forced a laugh and joked, “I think… maybe it’s because you’ve been out of action too long, captain, and want to take some time to get fired up again…”

“Hahaha…”

“It’s fine, we understand, we understand!”

“What are you laughing at, what do you understand! Can’t you guys be serious for once!” Gu Shuangshuang didn’t quite get it at first, but when she saw the mischievous smiles on the men’s faces, she immediately caught on, blushed, and spat, “The captain isn’t like you guys at all…”

But what Ling Mo said next made her blush even deeper…

Ling Mo glanced at them sideways and said calmly, “Who told you I’ve been out of action for too long? I hand in my ‘public grain’ every two days, okay?” ȓåꞐŐ𝖇ĘS

Seeing everyone speechless, even Gu Shuangshuang staring wide-eyed at him, Ling Mo patted himself and stood up, yawning, “Don’t pry into the captain’s private life anymore. I’m going to the granary to check on Ye Lian and the others.”

Until Ling Mo’s figure disappeared into the grass, the people sitting by the pot still looked like they hadn’t recovered. After a while, Gu Shuangshuang suddenly let out an “ah,” covered her burning face, and ran back to the tent. Mu Chen looked around at the others, then suddenly raised a question.

“Did anyone ever hear anything?”

“No… But I feel like he just showed off right in front of us…”

“I don’t really care…”

As soon as Yuwen Xuan finished speaking, everyone stared at him: “That’s why we call you a madman…”

“Hey, hey, why is this suddenly turning into a personal attack on me! It’s not my fault you’re all single, I’m single too…”

Ling Mo hadn’t walked far into the grass when he suddenly heard a rustling sound around him. Before he could stop, a huge figure suddenly leapt out from behind and lunged straight at him.

Ling Mo quickly glanced back, and his body twisted to the side in a strange way, just dodging the figure.

Bang!

The figure missed and crashed heavily to the ground, flattening a large patch of wild grass and leaving a big hole in the ground. But clearly, this kind of heavy fall didn’t hurt the figure at all. It shook its head in confusion, then reached out toward Ling Mo’s leg.

Seeing such a huge, ferocious head coming at him, Ling Mo just bent down with a smile and patted it on the head, then let it nuzzle against his leg.

“Want to lead the way?” Ling Mo asked.

“MeGu!” Xiao Bai struggled to lift its head and called out excitedly.

Ling Mo smiled slightly, then jumped on. Xiao Bai carried him, leaping forward, and in the next moment appeared several meters away. Ahead of them was the seemingly lifeless granary…

As they moved forward, Ling Mo thoughtfully took a sphere out of his backpack and examined it carefully. This ball, which looked like a red Jellyfish curled up, was the master ball that had Devoured a lot of Progenitor Zombie psychic power. Although it succeeded thanks to Ling Mo’s cooperation, it still played a big role in that battle.

“That Zombie said it was one with me… What does that even mean…” Ling Mo weighed the master ball in his hand. After Absorbing the psychic power, it had fallen into slumber again, but as Ling Mo held it, he could feel it beating like a heart…

“I just don’t get it…”

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