Chapter 1168: The Original Host Body

Dark creatures…

Ling Mo silently repeated the words in his heart, and couldn’t help but nod to himself.

Indeed… those Hellforged Monsters came from the darkness, so calling them this is truly fitting…

However, their level of threat is indeed hellish…

In terms of combat power, they’re actually a bit stronger than Zombies-of course, that’s speaking of the group as a whole.

And the reason Ling Mo thinks so is because these dark creatures are even more collective in nature.

On the other hand, Progenitors among Zombies are still rare. It’s just that in certain buildings, the chances of encountering them have increased a lot… but wandering the streets, it’s still mostly “small teams” of Zombies…

“Looks like you really do know something. How about this, why don’t you share your thoughts? I’m quite curious to know, just how much can a human like you understand?” Liu Yang suddenly said.

“Heh… actually, you’re just trying to get information out of me…” Ling Mo immediately understood the Spider’s intention… It seems that after not seeing each other for so long, this Spider has indeed gotten a lot smarter, knowing how to expand its intelligence reserves in this way…

“Fine… If I don’t speak, it surely won’t either. Besides… it doesn’t seem to be in a hurry, which means it doesn’t care at all whether Xia Na and the others will catch up. To have such confidence, it must have something to rely on… No matter what… it’s better to be cautious…” Ling Mo was far less confident dealing with Liu Yang than with the Niepan captain… After thinking it through, he said, “I’m just speculating…”

“No problem, let’s hear it. You humans may be weak, but your powers of observation and imagination are quite impressive,” Liu Yang said.

“…Fine, I’ll take that as a compliment… Actually, the answer is already clear in what you just said. Compared to humans, the common flaw you and the dark creatures share is your thinking. I’m not saying your intelligence isn’t enough… At your level, your intelligence is probably higher than many ordinary people, because not only has your intelligence returned to average, you’ve also awakened all your memories… all of them, right?” Ling Mo asked with some anticipation.

Liu Yang, not suspecting anything, nodded and said, “All of them. Truly all, to a degree unimaginable for you humans. I’ve also dealt with some humans…”

“When you say ‘dealt with’… do you mean in this way?” Ling Mo was referring to this kind of bodily takeover.

Liu Yang naturally understood, but didn’t care at all about the sarcasm in Ling Mo’s tone. He continued calmly, “Yes. What I do is actually a form of parasitism. And to be honest, it’s a rather low-level kind.”

This is low-level? Ling Mo frowned. Although he felt no sympathy for these enemies, as a human himself, he still felt a chill in his heart. From what he’d seen… these people really were nothing but shells…

“These Host Bodies themselves have no self-awareness, but are under my control. After entering a human body, they frantically begin to devour the host’s cells, replacing the original human brain and becoming the new control center. You can think of these shells as retaining mobility, but having lost the ability to think. In other words, they’re truly the walking dead. And unlike ordinary walking corpses, their bodies will undergo a certain degree of modification after a period of time. But how much they can be modified varies from person to person. Some can be made stronger, some fail to satisfy me. This ability of mine actually comes from the basic principles of Zombie mutation. So, you should be able to understand what I’m saying.”

Listening to Liu Yang speak so calmly, Ling Mo’s heart skipped a beat again. Does this mean… he could also lose control of his body? At that point… these people are already dead… 𝙧𝓪Νộ𝐁ΕṢ

“But these Host Bodies are very low-level, and the modification is quite violent. So at most, they can last about a month. The cells inside will keep dying. The end… is slow decay.” Liu Yang, as if knowing Ling Mo’s thoughts, suddenly added.

“A month? So the thing in my body… isn’t this kind of Host Body…” Ling Mo didn’t feel relieved at all… If it’s not this kind, then it’s probably an even more advanced one…

“This isn’t even the lowest level… The lowest-level Host Bodies are just for me to deal with food…” Liu Yang added.

Food… either Zombies or humans… Ling Mo thought to himself.

“Alright, back to what we were talking about… and stop trying to fish for information from me at every turn.”

Liu Yang suddenly said, and Ling Mo snorted, “Fine, I get it now. What you mean by ‘dealing with’ is the memories you obtain during the process of taking over these humans’ brains, right?”

“Yes. Strange, you don’t even criticize me,” Liu Yang said.

“You’re a Zombie, what’s so surprising about you doing this? In your eyes, humans probably aren’t much different from pure meat,” Ling Mo rolled his eyes and said.

“Heh…” Liu Yang actually laughed for once, but quickly returned to his previous expression. “Actually, you’re not entirely right. It’s only recently that we’ve discovered humans might have greater uses beyond being food. As you just said, our flaw is in our thinking-you’re right about that… It’s strange, though, that you can observe these things. The Zombies around you probably haven’t reached this level yet, have they?”

Ling Mo just chuckled and didn’t intend to answer.

Trying to get information? At least don’t be so obvious about it…

“Not talking? Humans really are cunning…” Liu Yang frowned, then continued, “Fine, I promised to tell you. I don’t know how you learned so much… but yes, some Senior Zombies have realized this, and some dark creatures probably know too. So instead of simply eating humans, we’ve started to develop more new uses for them.”

Ling Mo nodded at first, then suddenly felt his scalp tingle…

“So, about me…”

“Yes, I’ve been tracking you for a long time. But don’t worry, even now, I have no intention of killing you directly. But you are indeed very important to me… Unlike other humans, you carry an original seed of mine… that is, the very first, most advanced Host Body…” Liu Yang-or rather, the Spider Queen-said slowly…

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