Chapter 1286: Forcing You to Be Convinced

Time passed by the minute and second. In the pitch-black town, aside from the occasional roars of Zombies, there was no other movement.

“Xia Na, what are you doing?” Inside the hospital, Li Yalin was curiously watching Xia Na’s actions.

“Borrowing Ye Lian’s ability…” Xia Na spoke as she led Ye Lian to the balcony outside a ward.

“Wait a moment…” After letting go of Ye Lian’s hand, Xia Na fished a mother hive out of her pocket.

The moment she saw this crystal-clear little thing, Ye Lian’s vacant eyes immediately focused. She licked her lips and subconsciously reached out her hand.

“Whew… this was given to me by Ling-Ge.” Xia Na glanced at the mother hive and said.

“Um… would you consider borrowing mine instead?”

“I’ll be more obedient than any of them!”

Two voices suddenly joined in.

Xia Na frowned slightly and said without turning her head, “Who told you two to follow us!”

“Ah!”

Black Silk and Yu Shiran, who were crouched by the door, both shuddered and quickly pulled their heads back outside. “So scary!”

From Xia Na’s body, a blood-red Xia Na emerged, and it was even in a stance as if about to swing a Scythe down on them…

“Hmph…” Xia Na withdrew her spiritual body, and the purely Zombie-like cruel expression on her face disappeared as well. She glanced at Ye Lian and said, “Sorry, Ye Lian, this… I can’t give it to you yet.”

After speaking, she suddenly leaped up, landed directly on the railing, and pressed the mother hive into the upper outer wall.

“Ah…” Ye Lian’s gaze followed the mother hive the whole time. Now that it disappeared from sight, she immediately raised her hand and widened her eyes.

Xia Na jumped back to the ground and apologized to Ye Lian, “Ye Lian, can you guard it until dawn?”

“Mm…” Ye Lian’s gaze slowly withdrew and turned to Xia Na.

It wasn’t until Xia Na repeated herself that Ye Lian returned to her somewhat dazed look.

“I don’t think she listened at all,” Black Silk’s voice drifted in from outside the door.

But Li Yalin turned her head and smiled at the two little zombies hiding by the door. “Really? I actually think Ye Lian will help us. Although Zombies don’t have the concept of helping… By the way, what does helping even mean? I seem to remember it’s something people who are close do, but what kind of posture is being close…”

At this moment, everyone automatically ignored Li Yalin, who had fallen into her own tangled thoughts. Xia Na smiled at Ye Lian and said, “Senior Sister is right. Haven’t you noticed? Ye Lian isn’t moving anymore.”

“It’s true!” Yu Shiran exclaimed in surprise.

Although Ye Lian looked again at where the mother hive was, her arms, which had just been reaching out, had unknowingly dropped down.

But in fact, with the height of that mother hive, Ye Lian could easily get it.

“Well then… Ye Lian, I’ll have to trouble you to stay here for now. When tonight is over, I’ll definitely have Ling-Ge bring you more delicious food!” After Xia Na finished, she walked off the balcony and said to the other three Female Zombies, “Let’s go!”

The empty room was left with only Ye Lian.

She stared blankly upward at the invisible mother hive, gently breathing.

As she continuously inhaled the virus scent, Ye Lian’s eyes gradually turned red…

“Ah!”

Still in the office, Xu Shuhan’s eyes suddenly widened, and her whole body stiffened.

“What’s wrong?” Yuwen Xuan beside her asked in surprise, “Are you cold? Why do you look like you’re shivering?”

Xu Shuhan pressed her hand on the windowsill, looking outside through her mask. After two seconds, she shook her head and said, “I’m fine…”

At the same time, among the Zombies who had just left the ward, Yu Shiran and Black Silk both paused in their steps.

“This is…”

“Ye Lian’s… aura…”

“A strong and chaotic aura…” Xia Na lowered her head and spoke softly, “If this weren’t a town we already know inside out, but somewhere else, I would never dare let Ye Lian release her instincts so freely… Such powerful strength could become a threat, or it could become a temptation…” 𝐑Ａℕ𝖔ᛒĚＳ

“So, you really intend to…” Black Silk turned to ask.

“Mm… Those humans, since they’ve come…” Xia Na suddenly looked up, revealing a blood-red eye as well, “then they shouldn’t think about going back!”

“Then… that mother hive is?” Yu Shiran also asked.

“Hehe… It’s from that previous Progenitor. With this, all the Zombies in the town should slowly be drawn over. But with Ye Lian here, none of them will dare step inside. But that’s enough… As long as those humans enter here, even if some of them manage to escape alive, they’ll despairingly find that even after leaving hell, they’re still faced with a death wall with no gaps… hehehehe…” Xia Na sneered.

Yu Shiran silently exchanged a glance with Black Silk and whispered, “I think Xia Na’s smile is even scarier.”

“Yeah…” Black Silk nodded.

“What are you two whispering about! What I’m talking about is just blocking their escape route, but the best way is to send them straight to their deaths… in this building.” Xia Na curled her lips and said.

As soon as killing was mentioned, Li Yalin immediately snapped back to attention and tilted her head to ask, “What do you want me to do?”

Xia Na smiled slightly but didn’t answer for the moment…

On the rooftop where the marker was.

Creak…

Ling Mo pushed open the rooftop door, and a cold wind immediately rushed in.

But neither of their expressions changed much; Ling Mo looked calm, while Zhang She wore a gloomy face.

The way things had developed was already completely beyond his expectations…

As for Ling Mo… he seemed absent-minded, silently calculating something.

“They’re here!” After waiting for a while, Ling Mo suddenly said.

“Sensing?” Zhang She was stunned for a moment, but quickly dismissed the idea. “No, if he used Sensing, that would be exposing himself! But if that’s not it, then how does he know…”

In an instant, he noticed Ling Mo’s gaze seemed to withdraw from somewhere else, but before he could react, Ling Mo had already turned to look at him: “Go, you know what to do.”

“And you…”

“No tricks.” Ling Mo smiled. “I’ll be right behind you.”

“Behind? You mean behind the door?” Zhang She frowned in confusion.

But soon he had no time to think, because under Ling Mo’s signal, he had already walked toward the center of the rooftop.

The rooftop wasn’t completely empty; there were water tanks and solar panels, but the spot where Zhang She stood happened to be a flat area.

And beneath his feet was a huge red symbol.

The symbol looked very complicated. If Zhang She hadn’t drawn it himself, probably no one could have figured it out.

Thinking about how the code he painstakingly designed was now being used as a decoy, with even himself included, Zhang She couldn’t help but clench his fist as he stood there alone.

“So it was meant to prevent misuse, or as a backup in case something happened… But I didn’t expect Ling Mo to have a built-in lie detector…” Zhang She sighed and glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye.

The Iron Door was already closed, and aside from the sound of the wind, everything was silent. For a moment, he even felt a restless urge inside…

But just then, a faint sound came from the edge of the rooftop.

Zhang She froze for a moment, but soon, a figure appeared within his line of sight…

“You are… Chief of Staff… Chief of Staff Wang…”

Zhang She couldn’t help but swallow… That Ling Mo guy was really spot on!

But the way Chief of Staff Wang made his entrance didn’t seem too promising!

He actually… climbed up bare-handed!

“Been waiting long?” Chief of Staff Wang walked up to Zhang She unhurriedly and asked.

But Zhang She wasn’t really listening to what he said… because along with Chief of Staff Wang, quite a few others had appeared…

A rough count-there were more than twenty…

These people seemed to stand around casually after climbing up, but on closer look, they were all hiding behind obstacles, vaguely forming a circle around the center where he and Chief of Staff Wang stood.

“You even left an emergency signal… But judging by your expression, you don’t look too happy. In fact, you seem a bit surprised.” Chief of Staff Wang said.

His face was a bit flushed, and he wore a smile, but hearing his gentle voice made Zhang She feel a chill in his hands and feet. He thought of Ling Mo’s words… Chief of Staff Wang knows! He’s already confirmed it!

But as a hostage… Zhang She still had to keep acting…

“Haha…” Zhang She forced a laugh, barely managing to keep up his act under Chief of Staff Wang’s gaze. “I thought it was Zombies climbing up. Why didn’t you come by Helicopter? Wasn’t that the plan from the start? I was counting on you to get me out of here.”

“…So that’s how it is.”

Chief of Staff Wang stared at Zhang She with a smile for a while, then suddenly asked, “So, does that mean you’ve caught Ling Mo?”

Zhang She nodded. “Of course.”

“Speaking of which… where’s Fang Zhou?” Chief of Staff Wang asked again.

“There were gunshots recently, and he thought it was you guys, so… he went to look for you.” As Zhang She said this, he felt his palms sweating. This really was… forcing himself to lie! Although it sounded reasonable at first… saying this in front of someone who knows the truth… every word felt like a huge pressure!

But the scariest thing was still Chief of Staff Wang’s “I’m listening carefully” expression…

What on earth… is he thinking?!

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