Chapter 1224: The Advancing Heart

“So you’re saying… Ling-Ge, inside your body right now…”

Outside the granary, Ling Mo and the others were checking the condition of the car. When the Falcon Team Members drove it over, it was already filled with gasoline, so for Ling Mo’s group, having a car meant they could give up walking, of course. Taking advantage of this moment alone with the Zombies, Ling Mo briefly recounted everything that had happened before, including Ye Lian devouring the Host Body and then feeding it to him when he was completely unprepared.

As expected, after hearing this, Xia Na and the others looked quite surprised. Black Silk even directly extended her silver thread, wrapping it around Ling Mo’s chest. After a moment, her expression changed, and she said in shock, “It’s true! Right now, I still can’t directly sense its existence, but once it fully matures…” At this, she glanced at Xia Na and the others. The latter immediately showed a complicated expression…

“What does that mean?” Ling Mo quickly frowned and asked. Could it be that the day the Host Body matures is the day he becomes a target? If that’s the case… Well, honestly, it’s already pretty much like that now…

“It means that, for now, no Zombie will discover the existence of the Host Body inside you, but they can sense that your heartbeat is different from that of ordinary humans. In other words, in the eyes of other Zombies, you should be considered prey with stronger vitality. Do you know what that means?” Before Ling Mo could answer, Black Silk continued muttering to herself, “Tender, elastic flesh… a bite full of resilience…”

“Wipe your drool.” Ling Mo interrupted her. “This is at most in the category of ‘too many debts to worry about’… So what about after it matures?”

“After it matures…” Xia Na pinched her chin, speaking thoughtfully, “That’s hard to say… What is certain is, if you use it, then the Zombies facing you will definitely sense it. Another possibility is… there might be some side effects that persist twenty-four hours a day.”

“Like what?” Ling Mo pressed.

Xia Na shook her head. “We don’t know yet. After all, none of us are familiar with this, even though it exists in our bodies, it’s probably hard to figure out in a short time, let alone for you as a human. I think even if you ask Ban Yue, she wouldn’t be able to give you an answer. However… Ye Lian didn’t do anything wrong. Because no matter how many problems this Host Body has, the benefits it brings you are irreplaceable.” She stared at Ling Mo’s chest. “First… you don’t have to worry about becoming a Puppet anymore… This Host Body has actually become a part of your body, and it’s completely influenced by your consciousness. That means, if you want to use it, you can control it yourself. It’s just that the process of getting used to it might take some time…”

Ling Mo nodded to show he understood. Even if his own limbs hadn’t been used for a while, there would be an adaptation period when controlling them again, let alone such a foreign, additional organ…

“But even so, the Spider Queen probably won’t give up easily. It’s just that, when facing her, Ling-Ge, you now have an extra layer of protection… Besides, it also has some Zombie instincts, one of which is its own emergency response. That is, if your heart suddenly starts beating at a high frequency, or stops abruptly, even if you don’t want it to, it will automatically start acting.” Xia Na continued.

“Mm… And the second?” Ling Mo asked.

“Think about how it was awakened? This is a type of variation Creature, its growth and evolution… require devouring to complete.” Xia Na looked at Ling Mo, her expression a bit strange.

Ling Mo was stunned for a moment, then sighed, holding his forehead, “Oh come on…”

Having something like this extra in his heart already made Ling Mo feel like he was an ‘alien’… And now he had to devour?!

“Wait! You’re not asking me to devour Zombies, right?” Ling Mo suddenly reacted.

Xia Na shot him a look. “Of course not… Although devouring Zombies can also get virus, that’s not what you need. What you need is the special virus produced after variation, only then can it evolve without affecting other parts of your body.”

“So… I need to devour Host Bodies?” Ling Mo’s expression didn’t improve much… Damn, all these things are inside people’s bodies!

“That’s right. But not those that have already been parasitized, swallowing those probably won’t have much effect. What we need is… fresh Host Bodies,” Xia Na said.

“Fresh… from the Spider Queen?” Ling Mo thought of this immediately.

Black Silk shook her head like a rattle next to him. “No, no… Didn’t master say all those Niepan Members have been parasitized? Especially the one who mutated right in front of you?”

“Hmm?”

“That’s the one we need,” said Black Silk.

Xia Na added, “Yes, these Host Bodies must have been brought by the Puppet tracking you. If we can find these Puppets, and take those Host Bodies before they are placed into other humans or Zombies, that’ll do. As for the Spider Queen… Of course we’ll have to go there eventually, but…”

“Be prepared, I understand.” Ling Mo glanced at Ye Lian, who was following by his side… Looking for the Spider Queen was not just for him, but also for Ye Lian…

“Mm… Besides removing the worries about the Puppet, this Host Body brings you a second benefit, Ling-Ge, which you already know. What I want to say is, as it continues to grow, this benefit will become more and more obvious…” Xia Na looked at Ling Mo and said, “You will become stronger and stronger. Besides evolving in Superpower, you will also evolve physically like a Zombie…”

What Xia Na said was basically the respective strengths and weaknesses of human superhumans and Zombies…

Human superhumans evolve their Superpowers quickly, but their bodies can’t keep up, so they can’t unleash the full destructive power of their abilities… ℞Ãℕő฿ΕS

Zombies’ advantage is concentrated in their bodies, and the evolved Superpowers become auxiliary, just like the human body.

And Ling Mo at the moment…

“After long-term modification by trace amounts of virus, my body now, in terms of endurance, physical strength, agility, and reaction speed, should be about the same as a special forces soldier among humans… As for the heart… the heart will completely become a Zombie’s… No, should I say a mutated heart?”

Ling Mo quietly sensed for a moment… At this moment, his heart was still beating steadily… thump, thump…

“Ling Mo…”

Li Yalin’s head suddenly poked out from behind the car, her big eyes wide open as she said, “Um… the madman wants to talk to you.”

…

Two figures squatted by the roadside, smoking…

In a moment of silence, the youth with messy hair finally broke the quiet: “The wind is a bit noisy today…”

“…”

“The birds are chirping a bit too loudly…”

“…”

“You seem to have something on your mind…”

“Enough already, if you want to ask something, just ask.” Ling Mo couldn’t help but snap.

“Alright…” Yuwen Xuan’s expression immediately turned serious, “Today’s events are really strange, Brother-in-law. Even though you avoided answering, everyone thinks it’s strange, Brother-in-law, especially me-I’m full of doubts, Brother-in-law…”

“If you say that one more time, I’m leaving!” Ling Mo shouted.

“Alright… sigh, actually I just want to ask…” Yuwen Xuan sat up straight and said, “Is something about to happen?”

“What is it?” Ling Mo’s heart stirred, but on the surface he still asked calmly.

“Those two Zombies looked like you took them out… But thinking carefully, you used a method to capture them alive. Even though they’re both dead now, before they died, you must have learned something from them, right? What could make you care so much? And… those people here… what’s their situation? I believe before they came… they weren’t like this, otherwise why drive?” Yuwen Xuan finished in one breath, then turned to look at Ling Mo, “Is there anything you can tell me?”

Ling Mo fell silent… This… was really hard to say…

“Something might be about to happen…” Ling Mo thought for a moment, and only said this.

“Can I help?” Yuwen Xuan asked again, then smiled, “I asked so much, but I just wanted to ask this one thing. So, what do you think?”

“Aren’t you…”

“Yeah, I have my own plans. But I feel like I have nowhere to start… And, whether you believe it or not, when I saw that Zombie still recognized you… I suddenly had some clues…” Yuwen Xuan patted Ling Mo’s shoulder, “From now on, I’m not just helping you, I’m helping myself too.”

“Good!”

“Brother-in-law, you’re really straightforward, Brother-in-law…”

“Are you done yet!”

…

Night fell.

The Town was shrouded in darkness, not a sound could be heard on the streets…

Suddenly, the sound of an engine approached from afar, breaking the silence. At the same time, the headlights cast light, exposing part of the street and buildings. These things, which looked like dark beasts in the night, when illuminated, not only didn’t lose any of their eerie feeling, but seemed even more desolate. The windows remained pitch black, and the dark red plasma turned deep black under the lights.

“Stop the car.” A voice came from inside the vehicle.

The car slowly came to a halt… but immediately after, the buildings that had been illuminated gradually sank back into darkness…

“Something… feels off…”

Behind the windshield, Ling Mo was staring at the street ahead, speaking.

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