My Girlfriend is a Zombie - Chapter 1256: Mysterious Numbers

Ling Mo didn’t make Fang Zhou wait too long. But even so, when all of them moved to the doorway, Fang Zhou still showed an extremely impatient expression. Standing here, he was clearly hesitant, afraid something might suddenly happen behind him.

“What’s the situation inside?” Ling Mo pressed himself against the doorway and asked.

Xia Na and the other Zombies imitated him by crouching down, but judging by their lightly twitching noses, it was obvious they were using scent to assess the situation inside. Ye Lian, however, followed closely behind Ling Mo, looking utterly confused.

As Ling Mo asked, he turned his head to glance at them. But the Zombies all shook their heads. He sniffed himself and faintly caught a strange odor wafting out from inside. And this was just at the doorway-if they went in, the smell would probably be even stronger.

No wonder they couldn’t smell anything else. If this scent wasn’t naturally occurring, then the Zombies inside must have deliberately created it to mask their own positions. If it’s the latter, it means their opponent’s intelligence is not to be underestimated.

In Ling Mo’s view, the latter was clearly more likely. If the other side could use such tactics to drive them here, they’d naturally have the ability to create such cover.

The Zombies inside had been here for a long time, perhaps already familiar with this scent, and could even distinguish Ling Mo and the others’ scent from it. In this way, Ling Mo and his group were already at a disadvantage before even entering.

“Truly troublesome,” he thought to himself.

Fang Zhou, however, had no idea that Ling Mo had already reached a conclusion in such a short time. Lowering his voice, he said, “I don’t even know how to describe it… inside… inside seems to have nothing at all.”

What’s that supposed to mean?

Seeing Ling Mo frown, Fang Zhou hurriedly waved his hand and said, “It’s not that I was slacking off… I went all the way up to the second floor and still didn’t see a single person. By rights, if I came in alone and there were Zombies waiting to eat, they should have jumped out, right?”

Ling Mo stared at him for a moment before saying, “Maybe the other side already knows our numbers… so when you went in alone, they stayed put. Think about it, all those Zombies disappeared, they know this place better than us, can run and jump, maybe they’ve already circled around to here. It’s possible that among those Zombies using the ‘scratch and sniff’ battle plan, there’s a high-level intelligent Zombie in charge. If that’s the case, it should have already entered this place from another entrance.”

“Yeah!” Fang Zhou nodded repeatedly, wiping cold sweat from his brow.

Yuwen Xuan at the side couldn’t help but show a strange expression… After hearing Ling Mo say all that, then listening to his conversation with Fang Zhou, Yuwen Xuan felt Ling Mo was deliberately playing him…

Thinking carefully, Fang Zhou didn’t seem to be lying, but he hadn’t mentioned any details. So even if he did something extra, Ling Mo couldn’t tell from his demeanor, let alone Sensing anything.

But strangely, Ling Mo didn’t seem interested in asking. Yuwen Xuan thought for a moment, then understood. He’s probably doing this because of the “rescue” he mentioned… If that’s the case, then there’s really no need to alert anyone.

“But since you didn’t see anything, that points to two possibilities. One, there really aren’t a lot of Zombies here, and the danger lies in the building’s environment. Two, the Zombies are all hiding in unexpected places, and once we go in, we’ll face their ambush.” Ling Mo continued to analyze.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Indeed, these two possibilities were the most likely. But whichever it was, it clearly wasn’t the situation Fang Zhou wanted to face. However, seeing Ling Mo’s determined look, he could only sigh and ask, “Could there be a third possibility?”

“The third possibility is… there are only a few extremely powerful Zombies inside, and they’re confident they can take us out. But I’m more inclined to believe they’re highly intelligent…” Ling Mo said.

Fang Zhou frowned and asked, “Why?”

After all, high Intelligence could be even more troublesome than high strength…

But so far, aside from a sense of weirdness, he hadn’t noticed anything that showed the other side was highly intelligent.

So this time, his question was genuinely puzzled.

Unexpectedly, Ling Mo’s gaze fell on him, and with deep meaning, he said, “Look… even though you went in alone and the numbers didn’t match, if they lacked Intelligence, maybe they’d have taken you hostage… or killed you to force us to come in and investigate…”

Fang Zhou shivered instantly.

Damn! That’s true!

But hearing Ling Mo say this so casually, Fang Zhou couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

This guy actually treats him as a decoy so nonchalantly…

“Um… Captain Ling, I really will do my best to cooperate with you all…” Fang Zhou said stiffly.

“I only just thought of it myself,” Ling Mo smiled.

“Like hell you did!” Fang Zhou moved his lips, but in the end could only force out a reluctant smile.

Ling Mo’s eyes grew colder at this scene, and Yuwen Xuan, watching coldly, vaguely guessed something. Most likely… Ling Mo said that on purpose…

And Fang Zhou, even at this point, still acted so tolerant… Whether there’s something wrong here is hard to say. Normally, at least some anger would be expected… But since this guy isn’t normal, just reading his expression doesn’t reveal much.

“Chief of Staff Wang chose him, that’s probably part of the reason too…” Yuwen Xuan glanced at Ling Mo, only to find Ling Mo giving him a meaningful look.

The madman immediately understood, turned to Fang Zhou and said, “This time I’ll go behind you, let’s go in.”

Fang Zhou glanced at Ling Mo with a pale face, not knowing what this arrangement meant, but could only nod, “That’s for the best.”

As soon as the two entered, Li Yalin smiled and followed. At the same time, shielded by Yuwen Xuan, she instantly entered Zombie mode, her eyes turning into vertical pupils like a venomous snake.

“This way…”

With Yuwen Xuan behind him, Fang Zhou could only lead the way without looking back. He moved much faster than when he first came in, quickly leading the group into the lobby and pointing to the staircase not far away, “That’s where I went up.”

“Is that so?” Ling Mo responded while glancing at Li Yalin.

At this moment, Senior Sister had already followed Fang Zhou to a spot not far from the staircase. Suddenly, her pupils contracted and she turned to look at a counter diagonally behind her.

That was the sanatorium’s old information desk, crescent-shaped, with a decent space behind it. But since you could see at a glance whether anyone was inside, even someone as cautious as Ling Mo would only glance at it before moving on.

Seeing Li Yalin look that way, Ling Mo immediately showed a “just as expected” expression, and gave Fang Zhou ahead a deep look.

“So, should we go up?” Fang Zhou asked.

“Let’s go.” As Ling Mo replied, Li Yalin’s figure flickered, and in the next moment, she silently appeared behind the counter.

She quickly scanned the floor, and Ling Mo’s perspective shifted over.

Turns out there were several cabinets behind the information desk, and one drawer was open, with a piece of paper lying on top. Li Yalin didn’t move, but Ling Mo had already seen the writing on the paper through her eyes.

“4, 1.” The writing was fresh, clearly just put there.

Immediately after, Li Yalin turned to look at the pillar behind her. With sharp eyes, Ling Mo saw a mark carved into the pillar through her gaze.

It was a lightly etched mark…

“From here, it’s a wider lobby upstairs…” Fang Zhou had just turned the corner on the stairs when he caught sight of Li Yalin behind Ling Mo. He discreetly scanned everyone, then glanced at the information desk out of the corner of his eye…

Then, in a way no one noticed, he quietly let out a breath, and the fear in his eyes was replaced by a hint of smugness…