"Had enough of a look? Do you find my appearance frightening?"
Lu Xin stared venomously at Ling Mo and the rest, screaming madly, "Ling Mo, it's all your damn fault! If you hadn't abandoned me to die, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"
As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of his own face, peeling off a chunk of flesh and rotten skin, sending shivers down the spines of everyone present.
"See that? This is all your damn fault! You could've saved me first, but what the hell did you do!"
"Did you really think the world revolves around your mother? I can't be bothered to argue with you. I'm here now, where's Xia Na?" Ling Mo snorted coldly, asking sharply.
Lu Xin laughed crazy: "Xia Na... You want to see her, right? Fine! First chop off the hand you used to slap me with. Whichever hand it was, chop it off for me!"
Hearing this, Ling Mo couldn't help but roll his eyes.
This Lu Xin really was an idiot! Not to mention his relationship with Xia Na was not at the stage where he would chop off his hand for her, the sheer absurdity of his statement was laughable! This kid must have watched too many movies, thinking he's all-powerful!
However, concern causes chaos. Liu Yuhao suddenly looked at Ling Mo with alarm, then turned towards Lu Xin, shouting in haste, "How can you be like this, Lu Xin? If it weren't for Ling, we would have been wiped out long ago!"
"None of my damn business!" Lu Xin spat out a mouthful of blood maliciously, "If it weren't for you and Xia Na meddling, inviting that surname Ling into our group, insisting on going back to school to find those people, how could things have turned out this way! Don't think for a second I don't resent you too, you're the ones who left me behind!"
Liu Yuhao was taken aback, and with gritted teeth, he suddenly raised the kitchen knife in his hand, "Can I chop off my hand instead?!"
As he was about to swing the knife down, Ling Mo grabbed him, and by the time Liu Yuhao realized it, Ling Mo had already swiftly charged towards Lu Xin.
They were only a little more than ten meters apart, and at Ling Mo's current speed, in the span of a breath, he was right in front of Lu Xin.
Lu Xin only felt a shadow assault him in an instant, followed by a flash of cold light before his eyes.
Being in the midst of mutation, his reaction was not slow, and his speed was also impressive. He managed to tilt his head at the crucial moment. Nonetheless, his right shoulder was still split open, the force almost buckling his knees and nearly dropping him to the ground.
Ling Mo slashed at Lu Xin's shoulder without any intention of stopping. Instead, he swept the knife across, aiming straight for Lu Xin's neck.
An intense shadow of death loomed over Lu Xin, but driven by instinct, he retreated just in time to avoid the lethal blow. Still, the knife tip grazed his neck, spraying blood from the wound.
Lu Xin's eyes reddened more and more. Injured and enraged, he charged directly at Ling Mo.
But at the end of the day, he was just an ordinary person, how could he compare to Ling Mo who had faced countless life-and-death battles? Seeing his desperate posture, Ling Mo simply leaned forward and surged ahead, lifting the short knife as they closed in, and a cloud of blood mist erupted.
The sharp knife had torn a large gash in Lu Xin's abdomen, and Ling Mo followed by kicking him down. Just as he tried to struggle, Ling Mo stepped on him.
"Looks like you don't feel any pain, do you?" Ling Mo looked down at Lu Xin with interest, and asked.
His skin was almost entirely rotting and peeling off, and now it has been scratched up like this. Adding in the two slashes I gave him, Lu Xin showed not a hint of pain. Clearly, he's not some tough guy, the only explanation is that he can't feel the pain.
Lu Xin gritted his teeth and stared at Ling Mo hatefully. Although he couldn't feel the pain, his abdomen had been sliced open, his intestines spilling out, he wouldn't live much longer.
"Keeping Xia Na isolated and still daring to threaten me in my face? You're really overestimating yourself!" Ling Mo scoffed coldly.
"Oh, you think I'm an idiot?" A strange look flashed across Lu Xin's eyes, and he burst into maniacal laughter, "You really think I'm a fucking idiot! I know I'm a goner, but I won't make it easy for you guys. Even if I didn't kill you, it's worth it for me! Hahaha... You abandoned me, right? I just want you to get a taste of this, to see what the fuck it feels like when the same thing happens to you! Hahaha…"
As he laughed, blood continued to spew from his mouth. Together with his disgusting face, he was the very image of a madman.
But Ling Mo had an extremely ominous premonition. With one swing of his knife, he decapitated Lu Xin, silencing his grating laughter, and then turned to look at the dozen or so dormitories behind him.
Xia Na should be in one of the dormitories, but for some reason, Ling Mo felt increasingly uneasy.
Liu Yuhao didn't overthink things. Seeing that Ling Mo had disposed of Lu Xin in a matter of seconds, he rushed over, frantically searching the dormitories.
Wang Cheng followed with a frown, glancing at Lu Xin's corpse with an ugly expression, then started searching alongside Liu Yuhao. However, this guy was quite cunning; he seemed very concerned about Xia Na's safety, but in reality, he stayed close behind Liu Yuhao, avoiding the doors to the dormitories. Few people would notice such opportunistic maneuvers during an emergency.
Ling Mo, along with Ye Lian, also began searching along the corridor. However, the dormitories they passed were full of remains; Xia Na was nowhere to be found.
Soon Liu Yuhao's voice echoed from one of the dorms: "She's here! Xia Na is over here!"
Ling Mo felt a shiver in his heart and hurried over.
Upon reaching the door, he saw Xia Na bound simply to the leg of a bed with what appeared to be a clothesline, her head buried, seemingly unharmed. But recalling the words Lu Xin had just uttered, Ling Mo sensed that something must have happened to Xia Na.
"Xia Na, are you alright?"
As Liu Yuhao nervously began to untie Xia Na, Ling Mo caught a glimpse of her palm and felt a chill in his heart.
He yanked up Xia Na's left hand, and Liu Yuhao turned his puzzled gaze over. Needless to say, Wang Cheng, standing aside, also got a clear view immediately.
Silence fell, and except for the expressionless Ye Lian, the faces of the other three went blank.
Ling Mo glanced at the pale-faced Xia Na and swore through gritted teeth, "Lu Xin, you're really not fucking human!"
On Xia Na's left hand was a fresh wound, clear to see, and after cutting her left hand, Lu Xin had clearly pressed his own hand covered in plasma and rotten flesh hard against Xia Na's... The blood stains and visible chunks of flesh on her palm clearly indicated this.
And amidst the horrified stares of the onlookers, Xia Na slowly lifted her head, her resolute eyes now filled with desperation: "I've been infected..."