Chapter 1133: The word appointment really has deep meaning

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Na suddenly closed her eyes and collapsed powerlessly toward Ling Mo.

Ling Mo held Li Yalin in one arm, with Xia Na leaning against his chest, and a still-buzzing Scythe stuck in the ground beside him…

As for just now…

Was Xia Na’s behavior purely instinctive, or…

Ling Mo glanced down at the quiet Xia Na in his arms, his lips twitching slightly.

He decided not to think about it…

After placing Li Yalin and Xia Na together, Ling Mo also carried Yu Shiran over. Just as he approached the Cocoon, he caught sight of a piece of clothing.

The edge of the garment peeked out from behind a pile of rice sacks, and as soon as Ling Mo saw it, it quickly shrank back with a “whoosh,” as if sensing his gaze.

“Ye Lian…”

Ye Lian hadn’t appeared at all in the past hour.

King level… breaking through must be difficult…

Ling Mo didn’t even have a concept of what it would be like after the breakthrough…

But when Ye Lian quietly hid herself, Ling Mo already knew that something must have silently changed within her. And this change had been accumulating day by day; today might just be a qualitative leap…

Yet up to now, Ye Lian hadn’t made a sound.

This made Ling Mo a bit anxious…

“Thump!”

A silver sphere rolled over, followed closely by a figure.

Ling Mo sat down on the sphere, then turned his head to the side.

Ye Lian was sitting behind the pile of rice sacks, hugging her knees. Upon hearing the sound, she merely looked up at him.

“Hey, beauty,” Ling Mo greeted.

Ye Lian lowered her head, saying nothing.

“Wanna hang out?” Ling Mo asked again.

Ye Lian looked up at him once more, then suddenly smiled.

Though brief, Ling Mo was instantly stunned.

That smile…

It was still a bit stiff, but already faintly revealed a trace of genuine joy!

Ye Lian and the others’ usual smiles were actually just imitations of humans. Others might not notice the difference, but Ling Mo was keenly aware.

Moreover, at that very moment, Ye Lian’s psychic light cluster also fluctuated!

Just a trace! But it left Ling Mo dazed for over a minute, until Ye Lian spoke up…

“What do you… want to hang out for?” Ye Lian asked softly.

“Uh…” Ling Mo still hadn’t fully recovered.

“I was thinking… humans seem to have three kinds of appointments… promises, dates, hookups…” Ye Lian continued.

“The last one barged in, didn’t it… Girls shouldn’t say things like that! If you must, at least phrase it differently… Ugh, why am I teaching you this…” Ling Mo was a bit flustered. 𝙍ÄNŏ𝐛ĘS

Ye Lian stared at him blankly for a while before slowly saying, “You’re sitting on Black Silk…”

“Oh…” Ling Mo patted the “sphere” beneath him and said, “It doesn’t mind.”

After another moment of silence, Ling Mo finally asked, “Ye Lian… how’s your evolution going?”

“I don’t know either…” Ye Lian thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up.

The instant she stood, Ling Mo suddenly felt his vision blur, as if Ye Lian had vanished before his eyes. But when he focused, he found Ye Lian still standing right in front of him.

“This is…” Ling Mo glanced down at the dust beneath her feet. “She never left the ground, so I couldn’t have been seeing things. The only explanation is… her eyes!”

The only thing that could have affected Ling Mo just now was Ye Lian’s eyes… and he had been looking directly into them.

“So… has the Kaleidoscope’s power grown stronger? Not only can she see others’ movement trajectories, but now she can also conceal her own… But… did she break through?” Ling Mo wondered to himself.

After getting up, Ye Lian didn’t make any further moves. She simply exhaled lightly, then glanced back at Ling Mo.

That look made Ling Mo freeze again.

That glance… was very complex…

It seemed to surge with many emotions all at once, yet still felt cold and ruthless…

Her eyes were still red, but much darker…

Compared to a common zombie, the color of these eyes looked even more bloody.

As if countless drops of blood had condensed into a single point to form that color…

Zombie evolution is built upon raw flesh and blood.

And this is vividly reflected in the color of their eyes.

But it wasn’t over yet; Ye Lian… was still changing.

She drew a Short Knife, and the nails on her other hand slowly began to lengthen. This wasn’t like growing, but more like straightening bent fingers bit by bit. Ling Mo was a bit shocked, but he understood that a zombie’s body was vastly different from a human’s. Not to mention just growing nails-if something suddenly sprouted from somewhere else, it would be perfectly normal.

When all five nails had become like curved blades, Ye Lian raised the knife and chopped at her own nails.

“Clang!”

Sparks flew!

Ye Lian dropped the now-cracked Short Knife, but said nothing.

Ling Mo stared at her nails, suddenly struck by a thought…

The past hour, Ye Lian seemed to have only been preparing… Her breakthrough seemed to be happening right now…

Why in front of him?

Why wait?

Ling Mo didn’t have time to ask; at this moment, Ye Lian seemed to have shifted from her previous dazed and innocent state into a completely different one.

She looked like a zombie, but sometimes gave off another feeling…

“What is it exactly? Ah… that’s right…” Ling Mo suddenly realized, “Just like those Progenitors… They can instinctively emit a cruel aura, but at the same time, you can sense that they’re very intelligent…”

Those zombies that act purely on instinct are the lowest level. But those with extremely high Intelligence can use everything at their disposal to maximize their destructive power. Just like the Progenitor zombie they wiped out in the granary-it allied with the Human-headed Spider and destroyed the entire town…

Those are the truly dangerous zombies…

“Ye Lian breaking through in front of me-is she trying to… tell me this?” Ling Mo stared at Ye Lian, his feelings suddenly growing complicated…

Ye Lian’s meaning couldn’t be clearer… If… Ling Mo felt threatened, he could interrupt her at any time…

Maybe that hour she spent preparing was to make this decision. But this decision concerned her future… and… her evolutionary instinct…

Zombies have an intense desire for evolution, yet she… hinted this to Ling Mo. Plus, that earlier smile…

Ling Mo couldn’t help but look up and softly ask, “Ye Lian, did you… remember something?”

Ye Lian’s movements suddenly stopped…

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