Chapter 555 – A Rash Act of Hooliganism
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Ling Mo was completely taken aback by the turn of events!
He had always been curious about why Lucy got infected, but no matter how much he speculated, he never imagined that he himself would be involved.
…Which normal human would even think such a thing could happen to them?
Although Ling Mo was already far from normal… in his mind, he hadn’t reached this level of absurdity yet!
Once he realized this, Ling Mo felt a chill run down his spine!
It was terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!
“I’ve Mutated to the point where I can infect others?! d.a.m.n! It was just a drop of blood! One drop!”
Ling Mo’s face stiffened while his mind screamed in turmoil: “And it’s not even the same as with ordinary zombies. I’ve actually created a new way of infection! What am I now? A type of new varieties zombie? A combination of a Psychic and a zombie, like a mutated zombie mixed with ordinary zombies? Even the perfect beings of Niepan don’t have the capacity to infect others, right?”
“Does this mean… that in the future, when I interact with humans, I have to be careful not to infect them? d.a.m.n it all!!”
It felt like someone who always considered themselves normal suddenly discovers they’re a human-shaped bomb, and they’ve accidentally killed a comrade with a sneeze…
This was a complete disaster!
If it weren’t for Lucy staring at him with wide eyes, Ling Mo would have gone crazy on the spot.
“Phew!”
When Ling Mo finally managed to calm down, he suddenly found himself awkwardly wondering how to face Lucy.
How should he confront her?
Honestly tell this Iceberg woman and be hated to the point where she grinds her teeth in rage, while also witnessing the horror of her transformation into a female tyrant?
No way… Ling Mo s.h.i.+vered and quickly dismissed this plan in his mind.
“The main reason isn’t that, the key here is that it’s my secret…” Ling Mo justified to himself internally.
That reason wasn’t wrong. Apart from Ye Lian and the others, Ling Mo wouldn’t reveal this secret to anyone.
Even if the other person could accept this terrifying fact and was willing to keep it a secret for him, Ling Mo was capable of extracting the information he wanted from someone’s mind through unconventional means. Who’s to say others couldn’t do the same?
So for Ling Mo, some secrets once spoken, would be a disaster for both parties.
However, Lucy clearly hadn’t thought that far. From her abnormal reaction just now, it seemed she was out of options, which is why she had come to Ling Mo for help.
Even so, she hesitated for a long time and didn’t disclose what was bothering her…
After Ling Mo pointed it out directly, she suddenly stopped caring about herself and focused all her attention on him.
“What are you trying to say? Can you just finish what you’re saying!” Lucy urged Ling Mo in frustration.
“Oh… I’m just organizing my thoughts…” Ling Mo suddenly snapped back to reality, thinking and speaking slowly, “Think about it. If you were infected with the regular zombie virus, you probably would have Mutated by now, right? How could you have waited until…”
“You know when I got infected?” Lucy suddenly became sharp at this point.
“d.a.m.n!” Ling Mo cursed in his heart, then said, “It’s simple. If it weren’t for a long delay, you wouldn’t have come to tell me proactively.”
Lucy watched him for a while, sensing his heartbeat, and her expression seemed to ease a bit: “Continue.”
“Anyway… you don’t need to worry, you’re in good shape, and your mind won’t get infected no matter what. But…” Ling Mo scratched his head and smiled, “Can you give me some blood?”
“For what?”
Lucy immediately stepped back, looking at Ling Mo guardedly.
Although what Ling Mo said seemed very reasonable, Lucy wasn’t so quick to accept it; she needed time to digest it.
Ling Mo understood this because he was also digesting the heavy news…
“It’s nothing… I’ll do a detailed test for you.” Ling Mo shook the booklet in his hand.
Lucy had glanced through it and knew roughly what it recorded, so she didn’t doubt Ling Mo’s words.
Besides, sensing the heartbeat was pretty normal…
What she didn’t know was that although Ling Mo was telling the truth, he used a very simple language to mislead.
The meaning he conveyed and the meaning she understood were actually two different things…
Swoos.h.!.+
Lucy pulled out a small dagger from behind her waist, twirled it in her hand, and asked, “Where should I cut?”
“Uh… you don’t have to be so heroic…”
Ling Mo was visibly uneasy, then he dug out a disposable syringe from his backpack.
After struggling in the disaster for so long, anyone would have acquired some medical knowledge, and Ling Mo was no exception.
Having her arm held by Ling Mo, watching him concentrate on drawing blood from less than half a foot away, even gently blowing on the spot and asking her if it hurt or how she felt… as the blood was drawn, Lucy felt as if something was being pulled from her heart as well.
“Okay, press here. Oh, you don’t need to, you’re not bleeding anymore. Your coagulation is very strong…”
Ling Mo had just capped the needle when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
“Why are you looking at me like that… Ah!”
Before he could finish, Lucy suddenly pounced on him, knocking Ling Mo to the ground with a “bang.”
His head hit the ground, causing a wave of dizziness, and before he could react, his mouth was already blocked by a soft touch.
Lucy clumsily grasped at Ling Mo, pressing her lips against his, while her other hand pushed down on his shoulders.
She didn’t know what came over her, perhaps it was when she saw Ling Mo drawing blood that she realized she was really okay.
This man seemed indifferent to her, but he had been observing her all along.
Even if he wouldn’t say how he figured it out… what does it matter how he found out? The point was he was paying attention to her!
Lucy was excited, thrilled with a sense of surviving a catastrophe.
And this feeling, along with an irresistible emotion, led to her impulsive act.
However, after kissing Ling Mo for less than two seconds, Lucy stiffened all over.
“Ah! Lulu, what are you doing? You’re not a hooligan!”
Lucy quickly let go of Ling Mo, trying to get up.
Meanwhile, Ling Mo was gradually recovering from seeing stars: “You’re too fierce… Ah! My head… Huh? What were you just doing to me?”
Just as Ling Mo was raising his head, he saw Lucy’s face suddenly enlarge before his eyes.
“Thump!”
Their foreheads collided with a dull sound, and Ling Mo’s vision went dark again, and he staggered before falling back down.
“Huff! Huff!”
Lucy gasped for breath, looking at Ling Mo lying on the ground.
He hadn’t pa.s.sed out completely, but as an Enhancement type Psychic who had been strengthened by mutation, b.u.mping him like that was no different than a regular person hitting him with a hammer.
The fact that he wasn’t bleeding from a cracked head only meant his skin had good defensive strength…
Lucy realized she had used too much force and quickly shook Ling Mo: “Hey! Hey! Are you okay? I was just… I was just too nervous! Are you alright?”
“Gurgle gurgle…” Ling Mo uttered a few indecipherable syllables.
“It’s good if you’re okay.” Lucy looked at Ling Mo with a conflicted gaze, then lifted him up and dragged him to the bed.
After throwing Ling Mo onto the bed, Lucy thought for two minutes and decided to disguise him a bit.
Whoos.h.!.+
The belt was pulled off.
“Gurgle gurgle…”
Amidst Ling Mo’s unconscious mutterings, his T-s.h.i.+rt was also removed.
After messing up Ling Mo’s hair, Lucy covered him with a blanket, creating the illusion that he was sleeping.
“He doesn’t have pecs or abs, and his face isn’t stunning enough to shock the heavens and make ghosts weep. With his eyes closed, he looks utterly unremarkable…” Lucy stood by the bed, critiquing Ling Mo, then touched her own lips and shook her head, “Why do I like him! Why, why! Ah!”
After stomping her feet in frustration, Lucy placed the syringe that had fallen on the ground onto the table, then hurriedly left.
However, she didn’t notice that in one of Ling Mo’s hands, he was holding a small piece of a chain.
And on one end of the chain, there hung a small cross…
She also failed to notice that in the building opposite the window, in the large hole created by Ling Mo’s gunfire, a shadowy figure was standing.
Those eyes were staring right at Ling Mo laying on the bed…