In the early morning, Ling Mo suddenly felt a slight movement, which startled him awake.
As he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Lian, who had been sitting in the corner all along.
Cleaned and dressed in fresh clothes, Ye Lian looked no different from before... the only difference was the eerie red glow in her eyes...
The abnormal feeling Ling Mo had just experienced came from Ye Lian's instinctive desire. If Ye Lian could speak, her first words would probably be, "I'm hungry.".
And the food she needed was the special gel found in the brains of zombies.
From Ye Lian's behavior, it was clear that this special gel could cause further mutation of the virus in her body, and the effects were significant. Since she had a craving, Ling Mo naturally had to satisfy it.
It was quite a complex feeling. While ordinary survivors barely had time to avoid zombies, he had to actively seek trouble with them. Most importantly, he had a mutated zombie by his side.
After preparing some food, Ling Mo took out a new sharp knife from his backpack. His bone-cutting knife had worn out and would affect him in battle, so it was no longer usable.
He tried to feed Ye Lian a sausage, but she showed no interest. It seemed that she only needed that specific gel.
"Let's go. I'll take you out to find something to eat." After pulling Ye Lian up, Ling Mo took her downstairs.
The city was completely lifeless, lacking everything except for zombies. However, gathering in places with many zombies was very dangerous for Ling Mo. He could only take Ye Lian to find the 'lone' ones.
As he carefully searched, Ling Mo couldn't help but think about a question. For the zombies roaming outside, their only food source was the survivors who risked their lives to find food. Even if most survivors could barely find enough food, they could still manage to stay alive.
So, would these zombies, like Ye Lian, start attacking each other when they couldn't find food? Perhaps there were already zombies like Ye Lian, who had discovered mutations, in some places.
This was the last thing survivors needed...
After the mental connection was strengthened, controlling Ye Lian was much easier than the day before. After a night of trial and error, Ling Mo had also learned the tricks to control her.
Unlike ordinary zombies, Ye Lian not only had strong instincts, but also a strong desire to attack, and could convey her needs to Ling Mo. With her considerable strength, completely controlling her would restrict her performance and provoke her resistance. So, Ling Mo only maintained the mental connection with Ye Lian, ensuring that she wouldn't attack him, and didn't restrict her freedom of movement.
Because of the mental connection, even though Ye Lian could act on her own, she never left Ling Mo's sight and even followed him closely.
Fortunately, this was the suburbs, and the population was not dense. Ling Mo quickly found several zombies wandering at an intersection.
As soon as she saw the zombies, Ye Lian rushed forward, attacking them quickly and fiercely. Ling Mo, after a moment of hesitation, also charged forward with his sharp knife.
Just a minute later, these zombies were taken care of, and Ye Lian's eyes became even more lively after eating the gel from their brains.
At the same time, Ling Mo felt that his mental power had become stronger, and his strength had increased. Although the change was not obvious, it was a happy progress for Ling Mo.
After hunting with Ye Lian for a whole morning, they had killed dozens of zombies, and her needs were finally satisfied.
However, Ling Mo was surprised to find that after eating dozens of zombies' brain gels, Ye Lian seemed very tired and her emotions became very unstable. If it weren't for the increasingly close mental connection between them, she might have broken free from his control.
Seeing the situation, Ling Mo quickly found a residential building and took Ye Lian to an uninhabited room.
At this point, Ye Lian was very agitated and had clenched her fists, but her body seemed to be unable to exert any force, and she completely collapsed. Ling Mo put her on the bed and felt that her body seemed to be on the verge of burning up, and her body temperature was dangerously high.
Could it be that the virus had become unstable due to eating too much at once?
Just as Ling Mo worried, a sense of frenzy suddenly overwhelmed him, and everything he saw seemed to be covered in a layer of blood.
Clearly, the change in the virus in Ye Lian's body had also affected him through the mental connection.
It was so painful... If he broke the mental connection now, he could free himself from this frenzy, but Ye Lian, who had lost control, would inevitably attack him. Ling Mo could only grit his teeth and endure it.
His body felt hotter and hotter, and he was covered in cold sweat. He felt like he was about to explode. Especially the feeling of swelling in his head, as if something was about to burst out from inside.
If it weren't for the fact that he had been controlling the zombie puppet recently, his willpower would have been extremely firm, and he might not have been able to endure it and would have fainted.
Ye Lian was panting rapidly, and her originally pale cheeks had turned an unusually light red. Her eyes were becoming brighter and brighter, and under Ling Mo's gaze, she finally closed her eyes and fell onto the bed without a sound.
Ling Mo was first surprised, but then he calmed down. He had no understanding of this special virus, let alone its mutations. Even if he was anxious, he couldn't help her.
At least through the mental connection between him and Ye Lian, he could feel that her vital signs were still normal, and that she had only fainted temporarily because she couldn't bear the power brewing in her body. It was a self-protection mechanism.
As he waited for Ye Lian to wake up, Ling Mo endured the torment in his body...
It wasn't until several hours later that Ling Mo finally felt the heat subside and then calm down. The power that remained in his body seemed to have permeated every cell, making him feel refreshed.
Ling Mo clenched his fists and felt that his strength had increased significantly. As for other changes, he would probably only be able to experience them in battle.
At this point, Ye Lian slowly opened her eyes. But what stunned Ling Mo was that after this mutation, Ye Lian's eyes had actually returned to the appearance of a normal person!
To be precise, they had changed from the eerie blood-red color to a clear black. Not only were they deeper, but they also made her look even colder. However, the dangerous aura was hidden.
If it weren't for someone who knew her strength, they would probably think she was just an ordinary survivor girl, and would never have thought that she was a mutated zombie!
The virus mutation that had occurred in her body was more like the evolution of the virus! Evolution obtained by devouring the same kind!