Chapter 557 – Surely the Dog Girl Has a Higher Embarrassment Level

After carefully sensing their surroundings, both Xia Na and Ye Lian confirmed one fact.

The distance between them and Ling Mo was indeed getting farther.

As Zombie Puppets, they couldn’t sense his exact location like Ling Mo could, but they could vaguely guess the general direction and distance.

“What’s wrong?” Li Ya Lin struggled out from under Xiao Bai’s belly, where she had taken a “Panda Fall” that had been deliberately weakened so as not to injure her.

Ye Lian, still with wide-open eyes, stared in one direction and after a few seconds of stupor said, “According to our current… our current speed of movement…”

“Approximately in ten minutes, our mental connection with Ling Mo will be severed,” Xia Na continued.

If Ye Lian were to say this, it would probably take her a full minute of stuttering, and the impatient Xia Na couldn’t wait that long.

After taking over the conversation, Xia Na immediately turned to Ye Lian with a coquettish smile.

Ye Lian paused for a moment, then also managed to squeeze out a smile that probably meant “It’s okay.”

This was when the difference between pure zombies and those with human traits became apparent. Xia Na’s expressions were quite natural, while Ye Lian seemed to be forcibly imitating based on memory, and not very successfully at that…

“Ah…” Li Ya Lin didn’t quite understand; she neither had the strong mental power like Xia Na nor the deep mental connection with Ling Mo like Ye Lian did. Most importantly, although she was the most evolved among the three female zombies, her intelligence was actually about the same as Ye Lian’s.

On the other hand, Yu Shiran, who was lying on Xiao Bai, reacted strongly. After being stunned for two seconds, the zombie loli suddenly asked in confusion, “Does this mean… that in ten minutes, this Sausage Human will no longer be able to stop me from doing anything?”

“Mm.” Zombies’ linear thinking ensured they wouldn’t lie, but if you were to ask who was the most honest among them, it would definitely be Ye Lian, who was nodding at the moment.

They might not lie, but they could still choose not to answer…

“Wow wow…” Yu Shiran took a few more seconds to digest this answer, then cheered, “This is great! So great, so great!”

“No… this is terrible,” Xia Na corrected her.

“That’s for you, not for me,” Yu Shiran retorted with pride, lifting her head high, “And besides, do you really willingly bind yourselves to a human? He’s just prey… If you were human, would you not feel ashamed to be yoked to a cat?”

“Huh… to think you’d use a metaphor…”

“Of course, I’ve practiced,” Yu Shiran continued proudly, “How about it, while we have the chance, let’s kill this human, eat him, and bury this humiliating past in our stomachs once and for all. Then you can join me in finding Ban Yue, and we can cleanse both Team F and Falcon’s camps!”

“You really have practiced…” Li Ya Lin said.

Had humans heard the zombie loli’s words, they would have felt a chill, downright hair-raising.

Despite the calm expressions on the three female zombies’ faces, the only thing that surprised them a bit was Yu Shiran’s “deep planning.”

“How about it? How about it?” Yu Shiran was brimming with excitement.

“No way,” Ye Lian was the first to shake her head, “Ling Mo… he’s not prey.”

“Right, and your description is all wrong. Although we are different species, at least our appearances are the same,” Xia Na added.

“Don’t be silly! He’s just a human! Even though he is an interesting human… he’s still just human. And we are zombies! Look, he made me and Xiao Bai run under that metal bird, kept us stationed outside, and didn’t dare let us meet people.”

Yu Shiran’s words had obviously been brewing in her little head for a long time: “He also doesn’t dare let you practice in front of humans, right? Sooner or later, he still belongs to the human race, and one day he will abandon you to return to the human community. Of course, you can’t blame him, because we zombies would do the same. If my own kind saw me with a human… how embarrassing that would be!”

After saying this, Yu Shiran raised her head again, a sly smile playing on her lips.

“It’s still not okay…” Ye Lian continued to shake her head.

“You…” Yu Shiran wanted to find a word to scold Ye Lian, but was it “stubborn” or “obtuse”? Neither seemed quite right…

“That’s right, it’s not okay. Ling Mo is doing it to protect us, understand?” Xia Na also smiled and said.

Li Ya Lin turned her body to look in the direction where Ling Mo was located: “Hmm… no, it’s not okay.”

Yu Shiran felt deflated but was still somewhat unwilling: “Why not!”

“Because…” Ye Lian looked at her somewhat blankly, then slowly shook her head again, “I don’t know…”

“Ha ha, you insist on it even without knowing the reason…” Yu Shiran started to mock, but then her mouth fell shut, and her expression fell flat.

Although Ye Lian couldn’t articulate why, her expression was very serious, not at all like she was joking.

Deep down in her subconscious, she was very clear about the reason for her actions. But this reason had become an instinct, something taken for granted, which is why she couldn’t explain it.

“Alright then, you go ahead, I’m leaving,” Yu Shiran said, laying down on Xiao Bai.

“Mhm, go on, go on,” Xia Na waved her hand, then remembered something, and continued, “Ah… wait a second. I remember Ling Mo saying that you and Black Silk are symbiotes, right?”

“Yeah…” Yu Shiran nodded blankly. What was the point of bringing this up now?

“Hehe… the one who has a mental connection with Ling Mo is Black Silk, not you. This means if you intentionally increase the distance, causing the mental connection to break, you will be completely controlled by Black Silk,” Xia Na said with a sinister smile.

“What does that mean?” Yu Shiran instinctively felt something was amiss and quickly pressed for an answer.

Xia Na slightly bowed her head, with a faint red glint in her eyes: “The reason you still retain most of your sanity is that Ling Mo is restraining Black Silk. Once Black Silk becomes a wild horse… oh, a wild bitch, do you think you’ll still be able to walk on two legs?”

As she spoke, Xia Na slightly crouched down, her hands forming fists held in front of her chest, and gently barked, “Woof!”

She gave Yu Shiran, who stood there dazed, a meaningful glance and turned away with a hop: “Woof! I wonder whether it’s more embarrassing to be with humans or to become a complete fool… What do you guys think?”

The three female zombies jumped down together, swiftly disappearing into the ruins with their superior leaping abilities.

A few seconds later, a white shadow followed, accompanied by the zombie loli’s indignant roar: “Ahh! Humans! I won’t let this go! You must have schemed against me on purpose! Cunning and sneaky humans!”

“What’s wrong with her…?” Ye Lian turned her head for a glance and asked.

“She’s just a mischievous kid; leave her be,” Xia Na frowned and replied. “This is too strange. Ling Mo clearly knew we were coming out to practice new techniques. He would definitely stay with Team F, ready to assist us at any moment.”

“Could it be that he wasn’t willing?” Li Ya Lin asked.

Even with straightforward thinking, the question wasn’t hard to figure out.

“Niepan? No, that’s not right. The people from Niepan don’t know Ling Mo, and his original plan was to wait for them to expose themselves. Even if there was a mishap with the plan, he should be bringing those people to meet up with us by now.” The more Xia Na analyzed, the deeper her frown became.

“So what do we do?” Li Ya Lin also grew a bit nervous.

“I’ll follow… behind you,” Ye Lian suddenly said.

“Okay, Ye Lian will assist from the back. I’ll attack from the left and the senior from the right; we will definitely catch up to Ling Mo!”

After saying that, Xia Na immediately sped up, with the cold light of her scythe flashing, she quickly moved to the front.

Li Ya Lin didn’t completely understand, but that didn’t stop her from following the plan. Almost in a flash, Li Ya Lin’s figure completely vanished.

However, if you paid close attention to the front, you could discern a faint shadow near some obstacles, which was Li Ya Lin slowing down briefly to reveal her form.

Bringing up the rear were Xiao Bai, Yu Shiran, and Black Silk.

In the blink of an eye, only a few shadows could be seen flitting through this city of ruins.