With Ling Mo's help, the two of them quickly broke through the zombie horde. By now, dozens of zombies had gathered in front of the supermarket, and they couldn't stay a second longer.
"Bro, follow me," the boy said gratefully to Ling Mo with a smile, then immediately turned and ran into a small alley.
Ling Mo looked back at the street full of zombies and could only bring Ye Lian to follow along. As for the girl, she walked calmly at the back, occasionally knocking down any zombies that got too close.
Seeing the girl fight up close made Ling Mo notice not only her extremely fast attack speed, but also the long knife in her hand. It was extremely sharp and felt very weighty, he didn't know how she could swing it so quickly and easily with her slender arms.
What was most striking was her expression and eyes when killing zombies, too calm, even a little creepy…
The boy led Ling Mo and Ye Lian through the small alleys for over ten minutes, then directly into a small building, finally managing to shake off the large horde of zombies.
As the boy stopped to catch his breath, Ling Mo had already noticed signs that this building had been cleared by someone. It was very likely their shelter.
"Bro… brother… thanks so much," the boy's face was completely flushed red after the mad dash for ten-plus minutes, even his hair was drenched in sweat. He put a hand on Ling Mo's shoulder, speaking intermittently, "Really… thanks…"
Seeing the boy's state, Ling Mo wanted to tell him not to push himself, but his expression was very sincere, so Ling Mo could only awkwardly nod.
"You're so awesome…" Having finally caught his breath, the boy immediately said admiringly, "And your girlfriend, running so fast without even changing expression… were you athletes before or something? But you don't look very muscular… as good as our Shana!"
"Liu Yuhao, are you annoying or what!" The silent Shana suddenly frowned and interrupted him, looking a little unhappy, "Who is yours!"
"Hey, we were classmates after all!" Liu Yuhao said with a laugh, then turned to smile at Ling Mo again, "Thanks so much today, how about coming upstairs to sit a while?" As he spoke, he patted the backpack behind him, "There's beer!"
Ling Mo looked back at Ye Lian. Luckily after evolving, her appearance was no different than an ordinary person, and from Shana and Liu Yuhao's reactions, they didn't seem to notice anything off. But for Ye Lian's sake, he felt it was better to interact less with survivors.
So after thinking for a second, Ling Mo decisively shook his head: "We have other things to do."
"Huh? What could be more important, come hang out with us!" Liu Yuhao was stunned for a moment. In his eyes, meeting other survivors in the apocalypse was clearly something to be happy about. Even if they didn't stay together, exchanging information would be good. Moreover, someone as capable as Ling Mo must know a lot of things they didn't, it would be a huge help if he stayed.
What else could be more important than surviving in the apocalypse?
Shana was a little impatient: "Since they don't want to, stop forcing them… Huh?" She stopped mid-sentence, suddenly looking at the short knife in Ling Mo's hand in surprise. After a brief stunned pause, she suddenly reached for Ling Mo's waist, so fast he barely had time to react.
Ling Mo didn't expect her to make such a sudden move, but when her fingers touched the knife hilt, he still reacted swiftly.
He just slightly shifted his body at a subtle angle, neatly causing Shana's move to miss.
Shana paused in surprise, while Liu Yuhao also opened his mouth in shock: "Shana, what are you doing?"
The failure of her move caused Shana's gaze at Ling Mo to change slightly, but her tone was still unfriendly: "Where did you get that short knife?"
"None of your business." Being interrogated like this, plus her rash move, also made Ling Mo frown slightly as he bluntly replied.
Though unintended, he had saved them after all, they should still have some manners. From how carefully Liu Yuhao treated her, he knew she usually acted arrogantly relying on her combat strength, but Ling Mo wouldn't stand for it.
"You!" Shana glared at Ling Mo angrily for a moment. But from how she kept glancing at the short knife, she clearly cared a lot about it. After a few seconds of silence, she adjusted her tone slightly and asked again, "Where did you get this short knife, can you tell me?"
It was rare for a girl like her to back down so quickly, Liu Yuhao's surprised expression said it all.
Since there was no need to hide it, Ling Mo simply told her about going to the knife shop to search for weapons, only making some small changes about the mutated zombies, like the red gel…
Hearing about mutated zombies, neither of them showed any surprise at all, confirming Ling Mo's speculation. As expected, mutated zombies were already common in the city…
"It was the Wang family's shop, right?" Shana suddenly asked.
"How did you know?" The knife was a finished product, but there were no engravings on the sheath or blade, how did she recognize it? Come to think of it, the Wang family hand-forged blades were quite famous in the city, probably not too hard to guess…
Shana looked at the short knife somewhat complicatedly: "So everyone in the shop is dead… Forget it, it's nothing."
"Since it's nothing, could you stop staring at me…" Being stared at like that made Ling Mo feel very strange, he awkwardly said.
Shana paused in surprise, then lightly laughed: "What's there to be afraid of, your girlfriend doesn't mind at all, right?" As she spoke, she pointed at Ye Lian standing behind Ling Mo, "Right, miss?"
"I do mind…" Ling Mo was instantly speechless. Shana looked at most 17 or 18, how could she talk like this? But hearing her speak to Ye Lian, Ling Mo quickly said, "Um, sorry, she can't speak…"
"Ah? Such a pretty miss is actually mute? Uh, sorry Miss, don't mind me…" Liu Yuhao first exclaimed, then hurriedly smiled awkwardly to apologize.
Ling Mo didn't know how to explain either, so he could only force a smile and nod.
Unexpectedly, after deeply looking at Ye Lian, Shana suddenly grabbed her wrist. If Ling Mo hadn't immediately stopped Ye Lian's urge to attack, Shana probably would have been torn to shreds in that instant.
From her expression, she clearly didn't realize how dangerous that was: "Miss, come rest at our place, you don't look well."
Her tone contained a hint of sympathy, and after speaking she also looked at Ling Mo much more gently: "You're very decent, come up for a drink, it's on me."
Misunderstanding!
Just as Ling Mo was about to decline, Shana had already pulled Ye Lian upstairs, and Liu Yuhao walked behind Ling Mo, pushing his back and urging: "Let's go, we rarely see living people…"