Chapter 1271: Lin Xiaoling's Sudden Arrival

Ning Chen was very confident in his abilities; he confirmed that the infected had moved forward quite a bit, so he called Xiao Han over to ask about the situation.

"Those infected have moved forward a lot."

Hearing Ning Chen's words, Xiao Han clearly frowned; he didn't quite understand what Ning Chen meant.

However, Xiao Han didn't say anything and instead directly activated his ability to check the situation.

This time, he also felt the infected suddenly approaching from all around, but just a moment ago, he had clearly felt nothing—what was going on?

Seeing that Xiao Han's expression wasn't good, Ning Chen understood that he truly hadn't detected the infected's movements.

He focused all his attention on his ability, following it to examine the infected, wanting to see their situation clearly.

And this time, Ning Chen did discover something: he found that the infected weren't stationary; they were moving very slowly.

It's just that the speed of their movement was so slow that when someone stared at them continuously, they couldn't feel the movement at all.

Because people gradually adapt to their movement; this is adaptation.

If it weren't for him and Ning Chen taking turns on watch, after a short while, even if the infected reached their surroundings, they might not have felt it.

"What is going on?" Xiao Han asked, somewhat puzzled.

Hearing the two's conversation, Lin Yi shouted, "These infected actually understand psychology! If they come to our side and suddenly attack us, that would be disastrous."

Lin Yi's words were very useful; they immediately woke Ning Chen up. Ordinary infected naturally wouldn't understand psychology, but those thinking infected who were also high-level like Xu Chenchen might.

Moreover, hadn't Xu Chenchen mentioned a King of the infected before?

Ning Chen instinctively felt that this situation must be closely related to that King; they might be about to meet the other party.

Now that he had discovered something was wrong, Ning Chen didn't intend to sit idly by. He and Xiao Han combined their efforts to eliminate all the infected they sensed around them, at least denying those infected any chance to launch a surprise attack.

After that, an inexplicable period of peace returned, and a long stretch of stability began again.

Suddenly, Ning Chen sensed a vehicle approaching from not far away.

The aura of the person in the car belonged to someone they all knew.

Ning Chen didn't stop the car from coming.

The car stopped in front of everyone. From the driver's seat, Lin Xiaoling jumped down, looking at everyone anxiously.

"Xiaoling, why are you here?!" Mu Xinruan rushed over, then looked at the other person with surprise.

"I saw the anomaly in the sky was near the research institute. I... I was afraid something might happen to you, so..."

Lin Xiaoling lowered her head, afraid to look at everyone.

Mu Xinruan sighed. Lin Xiaoling betraying her was something she couldn't forgive, but after all, they had been friends for so long; seeing Lin Xiaoling rush over regardless of the consequences, she was still deeply moved.