Chapter 216: Undead

On the asphalt road, the convoy sped forward under the night sky.

A cool breeze blew, dispelling the heaviness after the rain.

After every heavy rain, the weather becomes much better.

On the armored vehicle's roof, the skylight was opened.

Lin An, Wen Ya, Mo Ling, and Chu An sat on the armored top.

Lin An and the others were a bit lax, casually leaning against the armor plate chatting.

Chu An, however, sat upright, his body as if nailed to the roof, utterly still.

What a weirdo...

Mo Ling glanced curiously at Chu An, muttering to herself.

Just...

If Chu An had normal emotions, he'd probably think the same of her.

"Lin An, are we going straight to the equipment testing facility on this trip?"

Wen Ya held a black notebook, scribbling and drawing, filled with important information.

Perhaps it's a habit formed from college.

Even though she could remember it by memory, she still liked to write it down.

"Yes, Chu An just told me."

Lin An enjoyed the breeze, leaning against the machine-gun mount:

"There's a large amount of weapons and equipment there, not less than the military region's stockpile."

"Moreover, there's a lot of experimental equipment."

Chu An nodded upon hearing and added:

"According to Lin An's request, I've provided six military regions, two of which are not marked on any map."

"But given our current conditions, going straight to the equipment testing facility is the most efficient."

Military regions either have garrisons or are overrun with large numbers of zombies and mutants.

Therefore, a concealed manufacturing facility with few personnel before the apocalypse is the best destination.

Moreover, the equipment quality at the manufacturing facility far surpasses that of ordinary soldiers' gear, all being new-style weapons.

After Chu An finished speaking, nobody spoke.

They remained silent, enjoying the rare tranquility.

Lin An emptied his mind; after consecutive intense thinking, he was truly exhausted.

Now, while on the road with nothing to do, it's better to rest a bit.

As for Chu An's talent, there's currently no way to check it.

Just like Mo Ling.

Both are in the stage of spiritual embodiment.

Chu An replaced the organs of a female corpse, while Mo Ling replaced the body of a ghost infant.

Speaking of which, the two could be considered the same kind of monster...

Yun Tian and Yun Lin were thrown onto another armored vehicle, guarded by Huang Haitao.

Although after this incident, Yun Lin's hostility toward him has lessened considerably.

But for Lin An, such a saintly figure is better off disappearing unless useful.

As for the ghost infant, Lin An threw it into the space ring.

It's quite strange.

A headless ghost infant can't be stuffed in, but one with a head can be thrown in.

Perhaps in the space ring's judgment, a headless ghost infant counts as a spiritual anomaly and cannot be placed inside the ring.

While a headed ghost infant belongs to a sealed state of death; although it can crawl and cry, it is indeed a special corpse.

Such things truly defy logic and common sense.

But in Chu An's words, memes and spiritual anomalies are merely special monsters, with logic behind them.

But to everyone, this logic is really hard to grasp.

The vehicle shook, and through the skylight one could hear Xiong Hanzi blasting explosive music.

Head bobbing, feet beside an empty can.

The endless road stretches ahead unseen, fields on either side flashing by rapidly.

On the roof, Mo Ling suddenly sprang up from the armor, her gaze solemn:

"Lin An!"

"Look at me!"

Half-asleep, half-awake, Lin An slightly opened his eyes, looking at Mo Ling with furrowed brows.

Only to see the little loli's body become faintly visible; without close inspection, it almost blends into the night.

Lin An instinctively spoke:

"Open the talent panel."

"Did you look it over yourself?"

Mo Ling shook her head, indicating she didn't understand.

Beside him, Chu An had not slept, his bespectacled expression calm, unperturbed:

"I'm also about to finish spiritual embodiment fusion."

"You can try sharing it with us both to look at; I can help analyze it."

Mo Ling nodded, darted to Lin An's side, somewhat worried, and opened their own talent panel.

Undead Body First Level Talent: Undead Affinity (You can freely walk among any dead creatures; attacking breaks this effect.)

Note: This effect is ineffective against high-level.

Undead Body First Level Talent: Dead Summoning (You can consume spirit power to summon the nearby dead gathering, with a chance to summon a first-level mutant. Continuously consumes spirit power per second.)

Note: The summoned first-level mutant will not actively attack you, but if you cause damage to it, this effect disappears.

New Effect 【Supernatural Restoration】: You can actively trigger a supernatural incident during the summoning process, and have a chance to turn zombies into undead.

Undead Lord First Level: You can command your summoned creatures. However, it continuously consumes spirit power, and if spirit power is insufficient, it consumes life force.

Note: When life force is completely exhausted, you will fully transform into an undead.

Undead: An existence between zombie and supernatural entity. When attacking, it ignores defense; when moving, it ignores space; it cannot be harmed by conventional means.

Note: The undead lacks intellect, retaining only the desire to slaughter any life.

Chu An looked and then slowly spoke to Lin An:

You can first share your thoughts, and I will fill in the gaps.

Lin An pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:

Mo Ling, judging solely by the talent effects, you should have become stronger.

Before, you could only ignore zombies, but now it seems...

Any monster that has died and been resurrected will not attack you.

For example, supernatural incidents, wandering souls, resurrected demonic beasts, and so on...

And the newly added Undead Lord makes up for your lack of offensive means.

The key point lies in 【Supernatural Restoration】; according to the description, it should mean you can artificially create a supernatural incident? And turn zombies into supernatural entities.

If combined with the effect of the Undead Lord, you would be equivalent to being able to command ghost infants to fight.

The only drawback is that it consumes spirit power.

Insufficient spirit power consumes life force, which is quite a trouble.

But the problem shouldn't be big; just use it carefully.

Lin An imagined Mo Ling leading a horde of zombies, commanding ghost infants to fight, with three flesh puppets flanking her.

Tsk.

That scene is not too exaggerated; it's practically a high-level mutant, or even a corpse king.

Those who don't know her might mistake her for a high-level mutant.

Undead Lord, is this Mo Ling's future path of advancement?

It looks far stronger than a symbiote.

Mo Ling nodded satisfactorily after hearing this, and didn't mind her body becoming somewhat translucent.

Just then, the next second.

Chu An's voice suddenly rang out:

It's not that wonderful.

If Mo Ling were to die accidentally, have you considered how to deal with the undead she would become?

Undead, according to the description, is almost equivalent to a newly born ghost infant.

Such an existence can easily slaughter an entire city with just one.

Moreover.

Have you thought about it?

Just how much life force does Mo Ling currently have?

If spirit power is carelessly depleted, even if only a bit of life force is consumed, she would have only a sliver left!

In that case,

A terrifying existence comparable to a moving natural disaster, a million-strong corpse tide, is thus born!

Rather than saying she is an undead body...

Better to say, she is a potential undead, a reserve of the death god.