Upon seeing the mutant zombie's body fall, Ye Lian immediately rushed over and scooped out its brain gel.
With Ye Lian's current speed, she could even extract the brain gel without a drop of blood spilling out. It was only after she let go that the mutant zombie's brain, which had been scooped out, slowly oozed a mixture of red and white.
What surprised Ling Mo was that the brain gel of the mutant zombie was completely different from that of a regular zombie. The brain gel of a regular zombie was only slightly red, but the gel extracted from the mutant zombie's brain was completely covered by red veins, resembling a magnificent red gem.
After instructing Ye Lian to wait for a moment, Ling Mo took the gel from her and carefully examined it. He had previously speculated that this gel should be an infected lesion, similar to a stone in the body, but softer. Perhaps it was because the lesion was in the brain that the infected person lost their sanity and became a zombie.
Consuming the lesion would make the virus in Ye Lian's body purer, and her influence by the virus would gradually deepen. This might be a way of using poison to fight poison...
As he sniffed it, a very faint but very pungent smell rushed in, causing Ling Mo to immediately frown, almost being choked unconscious. However, this thing that normal people couldn't stand was the ultimate delicacy in Ye Lian's eyes.
Judging from the appearance of the gel, the purity of the virus it contained was definitely much higher than that of a regular zombie. Considering the previous incidents, Ling Mo decided to let Ye Lian consume the gel when they found a suitable place to rest. Otherwise, if she fainted on the spot, even Ling Mo would lose the ability to act. By then, any ordinary zombie could easily finish him off.
After passing the mutant zombie's body, Ling Mo frowned and stepped into the workshop, which was almost like a slaughterhouse. He left Ye Lian outside to prevent the smell of blood from attracting zombies.
The floor seemed to be covered with a layer of flesh and blood, and the feeling of stepping on it was quite strange. The strong stench of decay was enough to make one's head ache.
Just the thought that Wang Lin might be among these flesh and bones made Ling Mo wish he could drag the mutant zombie's body back and beat it up.
There were many finished or semi-finished knives and swords in the workshop, but none of them were what Ling Mo wanted. After searching for a while, he found a box from under a sleeve that was half-covered in blood.
When he opened the box, he found several daggers and short knives. When he pulled one out, it gleamed with a cold light. The blade looked very sharp when opened, and the quality was quite good. It was much better than those heavy kitchen knives and was also easy to carry.
After carefully testing the feel, Ling Mo selected a short knife and hung it from his waist, and then chose a handy dagger. With these two things, he should be able to help a little on the way to the main city area...
Although Ye Lian was strong, the increasing number of zombies as they approached the city area made it impossible for her to handle them all.
And precisely because he was with Ye Lian, Ling Mo always had a subtle psychological feeling. He hoped to be stronger than Ye Lian, rather than relying on her to barely survive, so that when Ye Lian regained her sanity one day, he could face her with his head held high...
After establishing a mental connection with Ye Lian, being able to evolve together with her gave Ling Mo a chance to become stronger. However, it was not enough to just evolve together. As a mutant zombie, Ye Lian's physical strength was much higher than Ling Mo's, and Ling Mo's advantage lay in learning and constantly exploring combat skills.
During these days of fighting with Ye Lian, Ling Mo had indeed learned a lot from actual combat. This was evident from his recent battle with the mutant zombie.
But this was still not enough... Ling Mo walked out of the workshop, looking at Ye Lian's back with a complicated expression.
It had been confirmed that there were indeed mutant zombies like Ye Lian, and from Ye Lian's amazing growth rate, it was likely that they would soon encounter even stronger beings than mutant zombies. Especially in the densely populated city area, there were probably quite a few mutant zombies... It seemed that he was not becoming stronger fast enough.
"Let's go."
Seeing that there was nothing else in the store, Ling Mo left with Ye Lian. Although for Ye Lian, she received only mental commands from Ling Mo, in Ling Mo's eyes, she was still the same lovely girl who used to act coquettishly with him, and he couldn't help but talk to her.
What Ling Mo didn't know was that after they left, in a two-story building opposite the store, a slender, fair hand suddenly pulled open the heavy curtains, and a pair of clear eyes watched Ling Mo and Ye Lian disappear at the intersection through the narrow gap.
"Wang Lin, what's wrong?" A man's voice came from inside the room, sounding puzzled.
The girl, Wang Lin, immediately put down the curtain and turned to look at the dimly lit room, her well-defined delicate face showing no expression, looking even more fragile in the low light.
"The mutant zombie was killed, and the best short sword inside was taken."
The man walked out of the shadows, surprised. "That's impossible! How did they kill it?"
"They confronted it head on." Wang Lin's expression also seemed complicated.
"I originally planned to find a suitable way to deal with it, considering that it was a relative of my family, but I didn't expect someone to be able to confront a mutant zombie face to face... When they came, I noticed them. One was a girl with no combat power, and the other looked familiar, but I couldn't remember who they were. They didn't seem particularly special..."
"Amazing! We thought of so many ways, but we were unexpectedly beaten to it." The man showed a look of extreme shock, but more of it was frustration.
At this point, Wang Lin suddenly grunted in dissatisfaction. "The key is the sword! I spent half a year making it, and it was taken away! If it weren't for the sword, I wouldn't have bothered to come back."
"Just forget about it..." The man was at a loss for words, and then asked carefully, "The sword is gone, what do we do now? Can we only go to your cousin's store to see if anyone survived?"
"I wish they're all dead!" Wang Lin's face showed a look of disgust, muttering in dissatisfaction.
But after a moment of silence, she nodded helplessly.
"There's nothing we can do. That family has inherited the true skills of our grandfather, and the swords they make are not bad. Let's go and see. If it weren't for the sword, I wouldn't bother going. Speaking of which, the man just now, the more I think about it, the more familiar he seems..."
"In a small place like this, it's not surprising to see people you've seen before. Don't think about it. Get ready and then go to your cousin's house."
Compared to Wang Lin's indifference, the man was extremely excited. Seeing the man's reaction, Wang Lin grunted in dissatisfaction.
"I really hope they're all dead! Especially the one just now, who took my sword. I hope he dies soon! "
At this moment, Ling Mo, who was rushing to the temporary resting place, suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, and cold air rushed up from the soles of his feet.
He turned back but saw nothing, only a few zombies that had just been killed down.
"What was that, an illusion?"
Ling Mo looked around suspiciously and finally shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at Ye Lian and hurriedly left.