My Girlfriend is a Zombie

Chapter 835: The Bomb Disposal Prince

Xia Na slowly released Ling Mo’s arm and looked at the scene with some confusion, saying, “This feels… more than twenty meters, right?” She then glanced at the still trembling ground and continued, “It’s probably within the range of twenty-five to thirty meters, judging by the decrease in the vibrations…”

“Only you could switch to a nerd mode in the middle of an escape…” Ling Mo said, pressing his temple. “That person deliberately narrowed the range a bit for safety, which is slightly different from what I expected.”

“But even if he blew up the entire building, it wouldn’t change anything, right?” Xia Na rolled her eyes and said.

“True…” Ling Mo nodded.

At that moment, Li Yalin turned her face to the side, sniffed the air, and said, “Ye Lian is coming…” Then, she licked her lips lightly, revealing a faintly bloodthirsty smile on her face, “And there’s another scent…”

Just as she finished speaking, two figures came rushing out of the alley on the side.

Ye Lian held a gun in one hand and a young man in his twenties in the other. In stark contrast to Ye Lian’s indifferent expression, the youth was pale and trembling uncontrollably. In a blink, Ye Lian reached Ling Mo, tossed the young man at Ling Mo’s feet, and her gaze slowly became unfocused.

“I brought him… out…” Ye Lian said with a sweet smile.

As soon as the youth hit the ground, he quickly struggled to get up. He wobbly glanced at the group, then fixed his gaze on Ling Mo, pleading in a low voice, “Please don’t… don’t kill me! I’ve done everything I was asked to do! You all… you’ve ambushed me twice already, I’m begging you to let me go! This explosion… I really don’t know what happened!”

As he spoke, tears started streaming down his face uncontrollably.

The first time he was ambushed, the attackers knocked him out before he could even finish a sentence. Upon waking up, the first thing he saw was Ye Lian’s gun barrel aimed at him.

Seeing the explosion in the building while Ling Mo and the others stood there unharmed, his heart grew even heavier with despair: “It’s over, I’m the only one left… They promised to let me go after dismantling the bombs, but… but how did it explode here! Although I wasn’t aware of the locations of these explosive points, even if things went wrong…” He glanced at Ye Lian from the corner of his eye, thinking that he couldn’t understand how this girl’s speed and strength were so remarkable, and how she could accurately locate the buried explosives…

If it weren’t for this girl’s assistance, no matter how fast his defusing skills were, it would have been impossible to continuously dismantle two bombs in such a short time… Yet, he dared not place the blame on Ye Lian. Though this girl seemed calm now, he knew all too well that it was just an illusion!

“Earlier, you said you were the team leader of the explosive ordnance disposal team?” Ling Mo asked, staring at him.

The youth was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, “Yes… but this really isn’t my fault. I’m actually part of the second batch sent in, kind of like a reserve force, a reserve team leader! My task was basically to clean up any mess. If there were issues with the bombs previously set up, it would be my job to handle them. If nothing needed my attention, I would then be responsible for retrieving them… But I truly didn’t know the exact locations of those explosive points! At first, I pointed this out to you all just to save my own skin! You have to believe me!”

“Truly cautious…” Ling Mo thought, rubbing his brow.

Ling Mo temporarily set aside the fragments of the glasses man’s memory. With nearly fifty years’ worth of recollections, sifting through them wouldn’t be easy. Furthermore, diving in recklessly could cause mental confusion. Additionally, Ling Mo had a sense that this time the devour process was different; not only was the mental energy obtained distinct from before, but even the memory fragments were more complete than ever…

“What exactly is the method that Falcon has mastered? I wonder if the answer can be found in the glasses man’s memory…” Ling Mo pondered for a moment, then looked down at the youth and asked, “What’s your name?”

“Zhang Chenghui! My name is Zhang Chenghui!” The youth immediately saw a glimmer of hope, responding with a flushed face.

“Were you always doing this kind of work before?” Ling Mo asked again.

“Yes! I’ve blown up buildings, bridges, smashed big stones-you name it, I’ve probably done it at least eighty or a hundred times!” Zhang Chenghui replied eagerly, then gritted his teeth to add, “I’m a retired soldier…”

“Then you should stick with us for now.” Ling Mo thought for a moment and said.

Whether or not this man was exaggerating, his skill in rapid bomb disposal was indeed impressive. Such technical talent was rare, so it would be better to keep him around for the time being…

All the weapons on Zhang Chenghui were stripped off and tossed aside, leaving only a few bomb disposal tools, which Ling Mo kept.

“Take these.” Ling Mo checked them over and casually threw them to Zhang Chenghui.

“Heh… don’t worry, as long as it’s a bomb, I can defuse it. They call me the bomb disposal prince… but if you find me useless, just let me go, I promise I won’t say a word…” Zhang Chenghui muttered as he followed behind Ling Mo, clutching his toolbox.

He didn’t dare to speak to Ye Lian and the three girls, so he aimed his chatter at Ling Mo. He couldn’t understand why Ling Mo would want to keep him around, but even with a lot of courage, he wouldn’t dare think of escaping…

“Just treat me like I’m invisible…” Zhang Chenghui had just begun to murmur when the building ahead suddenly twisted, and four silhouettes unexpectedly tumbled out from the “wall.”

Old Zheng gave Zhang Chenghui a surprised look, then quickly turned to Ling Mo and said, “Falcon’s support team has arrived! It seems like they were delayed a bit on the way here; they don’t look too good, and some are injured… They’re currently trapped in an illusion and are getting quite close.”

“How many are there?” Ling Mo asked, feeling a stir within him.

The support team’s delay was naturally the work of Black Silk and her companions, but the fact that they managed to break free from the interference and get here so quickly made Ling Mo reassess their strength…

“About twenty people, and there’s a very strong mental ability user among them, likely meant to deal with you. With this person present, my illusion won’t hold much longer. Plus, their weapons and equipment are impressive. Engaging them in a place like this would put us at a disadvantage,” Old Zheng continued, looking both anxious and somewhat exhausted.

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“They’re still maneuvering, but with that mental ability user there, they’re in danger… Ah!” Old Zheng suddenly groaned in pain, his body shaking a couple of times, “I can’t hold on much longer…”

“That powerful?” Ling Mo’s expression shifted slightly.

Having personally experienced Old Zheng’s powerful illusions, Ling Mo knew their effectiveness could decrease with more people involved, but more people also meant stronger chain reactions from the illusion. The support team only had one mental ability user, yet they could cover about twenty people simultaneously…

“The other members in the team are impressive too,” Old Zheng remarked with lingering fear, giving Ling Mo a wry smile. “They truly place a lot of importance on you.”

“It’s not me they’re concerned about, it’s that aerial power they’re focused on,” Ling Mo replied calmly.

“No… it’s not just that… I overheard in the illusion that they are also very interested in you personally…” Old Zheng’s eyes grew complicated, but he quickly regained his composure and continued, “Seven… no, six minutes. I can only hold out for six more minutes… There’s no way out; I’ve already gotten involved in this, and even if I wanted to back off, I’d have to wait until we escape. Ling Mo, I hope you don’t drag me down. Whatever you’re planning, do it quickly!”

“That’s enough time,” Ling Mo nodded.

Old Zheng’s hesitation intrigued Ling Mo, but he was even more curious about the seemingly powerful mental ability user…

Ling Mo then shifted his gaze to someone else…

This person had been staring intently at him ever since emerging from the “wall,” but it seemed like Ling Mo had only just noticed him now.

“Big Boss, you don’t look well,” Ling Mo said with a smile.

The sunglasses man froze for a moment.

Not well? That was an understatement!

After parting ways with Ling Mo and the others, he had a faint premonition that something was off, but it was only just now that he confirmed his suspicion…

It wasn’t in-fighting or a betrayal of Falcon; it was that he… wasn’t even part of Falcon!

The sunglasses man was completely dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected someone with no power or territory to dare to break into his Niepan headquarters and abduct Old Lan and his daughter, who he had painstakingly located… Even more shocking was that this person had managed to provoke Falcon as well!

The only connection seemed to be the Second Camp!

“I actually handed over all the intelligence to him…”

Intelligence aside, the sunglasses man didn’t believe Ling Mo could hold onto those resources, but thinking about his main body made him furious enough to spit blood! Imagining his ignorant main body targeting Falcon made the sunglasses man want to rush forward and tear Ling Mo to pieces!

“He had nothing to do with it, but he made sure to frame me with a helicopter to cement the blame! Your ultimate goal was likely this, aside from planning your escape, wasn’t it?” the sunglasses man thought frantically, his gaze toward Ling Mo growing even more furious.