Ling Mo's chosen temporary resting place was a small family inn. The room was relatively clean, and the smell of blood was not too strong. The location was the key. He deliberately poured a few bottles of disinfectant at the door, and almost no zombies noticed the place in this less densely populated area. However, this method might attract the zombies' attention in a densely populated city area...
After having a bit to eat and carefully checking the doors and windows, Ling Mo finally sat down in front of Ye Lian and took out the gel from his pocket.
It seemed that the gel had been exposed to the air for too long. The originally faint pungent smell had become even stronger. As soon as he took it out, it made Ye Lian's eyes red. If it weren't for the strong mental connection between Ling Mo and her, she might have resisted.
However, the smell was torture for Ling Mo. The reason he didn't immediately put it in Ye Lian's mouth was that he found the color of the gel to be extremely strange, just like a real blood clot, and it looked very fresh. He didn't expect the virus to have a preservative effect...
At this point, Ye Lian's instinctive need was very strong. Ling Mo didn't want to further irritate her, so he reached out and put the gel next to her mouth.
Ye Lian's lips were very cold. When she opened her mouth to swallow the gel, her warm tongue gently brushed Ling Mo's fingers, making his heart skip a beat. As he watched Ye Lian gradually calm down, Ling Mo even had the urge to kiss her directly...
However, just as Ling Mo slowly lifted her face, the expressionless Ye Lian suddenly closed her eyes, and her brow furrowed slightly.
This surprised Ling Mo. This was the first time he had seen an expression on Ye Lian's face after her mutation. Although her eyes were tightly closed, the dangerous aura emanating from her made Ling Mo feel like the temperature around him had dropped.
At the same time, a sensation of alternating hot and cold swept over Ling Mo's body. He shuddered all over and then felt a severe pain coming from every pore of his body. His head felt like it was about to explode.
"Ah..."
Unable to help it, Ling Mo let out a painful groan and immediately curled up, while Ye Lian, released by him, fell back and collapsed on the bed.
The indescribable pain spread from every cell in Ling Mo's body. He felt like his body was being torn apart and then reassembled, bit by bit. Just the influence of the mental connection was enough to make him so painful, not to mention what Ye Lian was directly enduring.
With bloodshot eyes, Ling Mo knelt on the bed, his whole body involuntarily trembling, but his eyes were always fixed on Ye Lian.
If Ye Lian could hold on, what couldn't he, a grown man, endure...
It wasn't until half an hour later that the intense pain slowly began to subside, but to Ling Mo, it felt like he had spent three days and nights.
Fortunately, the subsequent feeling of relief greatly alleviated the aftereffects of the intense pain. He could feel the subtle changes he had been accumulating all along, which were now sublimating in this intense pain, as if he had been reborn. The hidden strength in his muscles and the unprecedented clarity of his mind made Ling Mo extremely excited.
Like a mutated zombie, he had also gained some kind of evolution... Although it wasn't visible from the outside, Ling Mo could clearly feel it. Ling Mo felt that, perhaps because he had consciously endured this intense pain, the evolution he had gained in his mental strength was even greater than what he had gained physically.
Whether this was true could only be seen in practice.
Meanwhile, Ye Lian remained unconscious throughout the night, her brow slightly furrowed, trembling from time to time. Ling Mo stayed by her side, feeling both pity and anticipation. After absorbing the brain gel of the mutated zombie, how much would Ye Lian grow...
"I can't believe I fell asleep by accident..."
The extreme fatigue made Ling Mo finally enter the dreamland after staying up all night. However, the special abilities he had developed in the apocalypse allowed Ling Mo to wake up just a few minutes later.
This special way of sleeping was probably mastered by everyone who survived the apocalypse. Almost like an instinctive strong sense of vigilance, even in a dream, it would remind oneself to stay alert. A few minutes of deep sleep was enough to relieve the tense nerves.
However, as a puppeteer, Ling Mo rarely entered deep sleep because he had to maintain the mental connection with the zombie puppets. This was the first time...
After nervously opening his eyes, Ling Mo was shocked to find that Ye Lian was gone!
Had she escaped his control in those few minutes?! However, after calming down, Ling Mo suddenly realized that this was not the case. After his evolution, Ling Mo's mental abilities had become very strong, from deliberate control to effortless manipulation, it was a qualitative change.
Although Ye Lian was not in front of him at the moment, Ling Mo could still clearly feel that their minds were still connected.
But since being controlled by him, except for fighting and going out, Ye Lian hardly ever acted on her own. So why today...
Thinking of this, the puzzled Ling Mo quickly switched his perspective to Ye Lian's point of view...
Fortunately, Ye Lian was still in the inn, but her behavior was a bit strange. Normally, except for attacking and eating, Ye Lian hardly ever made any self-conscious movements. But now she was wandering around the inn.
And from time to time, she would stop in some places and look around quietly.
What was going on? Ling Mo quickly rushed out and soon found Ye Lian in the corridor downstairs.
At the first sight of Ye Lian, Ling Mo almost exclaimed. The morning sun shone through the window, and Ye Lian, standing in the sunlight, turned to look at him, with a hint of confusion on her face. Just this little bit of emotional expression made Ling Mo feel a tremor all over, and he was extremely excited.
"Ye Lian!" Ling Mo hurried to Ye Lian's side, grabbing her shoulders and shouting with great joy.
He didn't expect her to recover so quickly...
No, after shaking Ye Lian a few times, Ling Mo suddenly felt like he was in a cold shower. In Ye Lian's eyes, he only saw occasional flashes of confusion and the same indifference as usual.
Perhaps the evolution of the virus had loosened Ye Lian's imprisoned sanity, but it was far from being fully restored. It was also possible that the virus's evolution had given rise to a new consciousness in Ye Lian, who was still in a blank state...
"Ye Lian?" Ling Mo called a few more times, unwilling to give up, and finally accepted the fact that Ye Lian had not fully recovered.
But at least Ye Lian showed a little emotional expression and started to act on her own. Whether this was a sign of her recovery or a completely new evolution of the virus, at least it meant that Ling Mo's expectations were still hopeful.