Early the next morning, inside this seemingly ordinary small building, everybody immediately started to get busy.
Liu Yuhao divided the food supplies equally per person and distributed them to everyone, including Ling Mo and Ye Lian.
Of course, for Ling Mo, whose backpack was full of food, just two bottles of mineral water and a few packs of snacks were of little use to him. Not to mention Ye Lian, she has no interest in the food that ordinary people eat.
When the others took this meager amount of food and saw Ling Mo's indifferent expression, they couldn't help but feel displeased.
Lan Xin, whose cheeks were still swollen, complained softly to the person next to her, "He doesn't care about us at all; he even took our food!"
"Don't say that. Do you want to get slapped again?" The man with glasses turned back, furrowing his brow.
"It's because you are all cowards!" Lan Xin's face turned red instantly. After muttering angrily in a low voice, he abruptly shut his mouth.
Even though Ling Mo didn't even look at him, when Lu Xin saw Ling Mo walking in, he still controlled his mouth and didn't continue talking.
"What weapons do you all have?" Ling Mo, ignoring Lan Xin, walked straight to Liu Yuhao and inquired.
Liu Yuhao was rummaging through several large backpacks and, upon hearing the question, looked up somewhat embarrassedly and pulled out a kitchen knife, saying, "This is probably the best we have."
In reality, with an ordinary person's strength, it would be quite difficult to chop off a zombie's head with a kitchen knife in one strike. Inflicting a fatal wound or stopping a zombie's movement in one go would also be challenging.
Moreover, close combat, even with a weapon in hand, tests the willpower and reaction speed of ordinary people greatly. If it weren't for the help of the zombie puppet initially, it would have been difficult for Ling Mo to make progress through fighting.
Nevertheless, having a kitchen knife in hand is better than bare-handed combat.
"Try to have everyone armed. A single zombie is just slightly stronger than an ordinary person; with a bit of courage, they won't be completely defenseless. Ultimately, zombies have strength in numbers." Ling Mo said casually.
Facing a single ordinary zombie, a normal person indeed has the strength to fight back. It is precisely because of this that Ling Mo looked down on the room full of able-bodied individuals, full of energy, yet relying on a little girl like a parasite.
"Easy for you to say!"
Although some people murmured dissatisfiedly, everyone still gathered around Liu Yuhao to receive weapons.
Judging by Ling Mo's attitude, even if they were in danger, he probably wouldn't act. In case Xia Na and Liu Yuhao were too occupied to help them later, they couldn't just stand there and wait for death...
Soon, food and weapons were distributed, and Xia Na returned with a blood-stained long knife.
She had gone out early to clear the nearby wandering zombies, paving the way ahead.
"Let's go. We must arrive at No. 3 Middle School before afternoon." Xia Na stood at the door, with a hint of determination on her stubborn and arrogant face.
As Xia Na spoke, the group exchanged glances and followed Liu Yuhao downstairs. Ling Mo and Ye Lian walked at the back.
As soon as the door was opened, two zombie corpses lying outside came into view, and several girls immediately exclaimed.
"Don't make any noise! It will attract zombies!" Xia Na turned around and said with a frown.
The girls quickly covered their mouths, while the boys, though silent, had unpleasant expressions. Observing this scene, Ling Mo shook his head inwardly; when parasites linger for too long, even ordinary survivors pale in comparison. At this point, there probably aren't many survivors who would be scared just by seeing corpses.
"No. 3 Middle School is in this direction. Along the way, we'll pass through three residential areas, two main streets, and a hospital with many zombies en route. You just need to help me when I can't handle it." Xia Na turned to Ling Mo and said.
Ling Mo nodded calmly and held Ye Lian's hand. There were actually many factors involved in agreeing to Xia Na's request.
While he felt sorry for and admired this girl, Ling Mo also wanted to do something for Wang Lin. After all, this short knife was still very useful. But Wang Lin is dead, so he can only help her relatives...
But on the other hand, this is also an opportunity for Ling Mo, not only to learn about the situation in the city but also to hone his puppet manipulation skills in practice and improve his combat experience.
When he and Ye Lian cooperated, and when he tried to control multiple zombies at once yesterday, Ling Mo felt that his puppet control skills were getting more and more proficient, but there was still a layer of obstacles, which should be the bottleneck in the usual sense.
He doesn’t know what kind of state can be achieved after breaking through this bottleneck. The faster his strength improves, the faster he can help Ye Lian evolve, and maybe she can regain consciousness as soon as possible.
Ever since she swallowed the brain gel of a mutated zombie and showed some signs of consciousness, Ye Lian was no longer interested in the brain gel of ordinary zombies, and the effect after consuming them is not that great anymore.
This also meant that he had to bring Ye Lian to find more mutated zombies...
Based on the two experiences of encountering mutated zombies and his own analysis, Ling Mo believed that mutated zombies usually appeared in relatively closed and crowded places.
Regardless of whether it is a hospital, a school, or a full-time boarding school, mutant zombies are very likely to appear!
The moment he promised Xia Na, Ling Mo had already decided that as soon as he reached the school gate, he would act separately from Xia Na and others. They would go and rescue their friends, while he took Ye Lian to look for mutated zombies on campus!
With a large group full of burdens, Xia Na and others did not move forward very fast. However, seeing Xia Na's relaxed expression as she raised her knife to kill zombies, these people's fear was reduced by a large margin.
Although Liu Yuhao's combat capability is not as good as Xia Na's, he is very good at cooperating with Xia Na's attacks. Whenever Xia Na drives back several zombies, he will rush over to kill one or two of them, and immediately retreat behind Xia Na after he succeeds.
On the other hand, the others, even with weapons in hand, were still too afraid to take action.
After passing through the first residential area, the first casualty finally appeared.
As they passed by a store, a hand suddenly reached out from the collapsed shelves and grabbed a male student.
The male student only had time to let out a scream before he was pulled into the shelves with a 'whoosh'.
When Ling Mo, who was closest to him, kicked the shelf away, the boy's throat had already been bitten by the little zombie who was only about seven or eight years old.
His eyes were wide open, blood was coming out of his mouth, unable to speak. In just a few seconds, his neck was torn open, and even his trachea was torn out.
The little zombie raised its head with its mouth full of blood. Through its dirty hair, its red eyes stared at Ling Mo coldly, as if looking at a dead person, and suddenly jumped over.
Dealing with a single zombie was very easy for Ling Mo, especially with the ability to use puppet control to exert instantaneous influence.
The moment he made eye contact with the little zombie, Ling Mo had briefly controlled him. Even the seemingly attacking move towards him was actually controlled by Ling Mo.
Seeing that the little zombie was about to hit him and as the people behind him started screaming, Ling Mo waved the short knife in his hand expressionlessly.
"Puff!"
A stream of blood was thrown to the wall with Ling Mo's movements, and the little zombie fell heavily from mid-air and landed at Ling Mo's feet.
Ling Mo didn't even look at the zombie corpse but turned his head to look at the male student who had fallen into the blood pool, and then said briefly.
"He's dead."
The group of people immediately fell silent. A few seconds later, a girl suddenly cried out, but due to fear of zombies, she quickly covered her mouth with her hand, muffling her cries into muffled sobs.
The other girls looked at the body that was still twitching slightly in horror, their eyes almost red. The boys didn't fare much better either.
Translator Hannaz: If there are any mistakes in the translation please tell me, I'm not that good with Mandarin.