Chapter 302: Wails of the Ghost Infant

Mo Ling took the iron box whose interior was all mirrors, and froze for a moment.

After a moment she came to, unable to resist rolling her eyes.

Although I don't know why, Lin An guessed he wanted to use the ghost infant's teleportation to instantly transport us back to the base.

That's just pitiful for me.

She helplessly sighed, then took the long sword and placed it directly against her own neck.

Lin An then flung open the off‑road vehicle's trunk, and directly lifted the bound Mo Yu, waiting for the transfer.

Before Fan Bing could recover from her fright,

All that could be seen was Mo Ling swinging her long sword, expressionlessly cutting off her own head.

Like a prank.

The headless body caught its own head in one hand, and the little loli turned to the terrified Fan Bing and gave a cold laugh:

"Actually we're all ghosts."

"Bang!"

As the words fell, Zhang Tie beside her abruptly vanished from Fan Bing's sight.

Immediately after, Gao Tian and Lin An disappeared together.

In just two seconds, only Mo Ling and Fan Bing remained beside the off‑road vehicle.

Her throat felt as if stuffed with cotton, Fan Bing's face turned pale, almost about to scream.

No matter how deep‑minded she might be, she was still just an ordinary person.

Completely unaware of the ghost infant's existence, she felt everything before her defied logic and her worldview.

"Ghost!?"

"Lin An and them are ghosts!?"

"The wilderness, the head‑holding girl, the vanished crowd."

Piled together, they reminded her of the horror film she had once filmed.

"Unable to comprehend, unable to think."

In her terrified, near‑collapsing gaze, Mo Ling curled her lips.

"I was just kidding you."

"Only I am."

"Bang!"

"Like a bubble popping."

Mo Ling's head in her hand tilted slightly, her ear twitched.

"Huh?"

"Looks like someone's chasing us?"

In the distance, several extremely fast mountain motorcycles hurriedly followed the tire tracks, the sixteen Awakened Ones aboard wary, staring fixedly at the speck that was Mo Ling in the field of view.

"Their vehicle stopped there! Someone even got out!"

"Chase quickly!"

However.

In the blurred vision, Mo Ling expressionlessly placed her head into the iron box, and her headless body clumsily closed the box.

"Thud~"

Two minutes later, the hastily arriving Awakened Ones team wore looks of having seen a ghost, staring at the empty off‑road vehicle.

"Where are the people!?"

"Where are his people!?"

There were no footprints on the ground, and the few people in the vehicle seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Long'an Base.

Spiritual Energy Core Fortress.

Chu An stood with his back to the newly reappeared crowd, silent, merely carefully suturing the ghost infant's skull.

The infant's cries came in waves, different from the ghost infant's earlier wails; this time the crying was somewhat special.

Lin An gazed thoughtfully, feeling it somewhat familiar.

As an Undead Body, Mo Ling's wounds could heal themselves, posing no serious problem.

Zhang Tie, meanwhile, looked around with a sigh, clicking his tongue in amazement:

"Damn, this is really damn convenient..."

The alloy black walls were arranged into a windowless operating room, which appeared to have been newly constructed by Chu An at Zhuan Xu's behest.

Mo Ling sat on the ground, having settled her head for a long while, expressionless.

In the corner of the operating room, Fan Bing curled up on the ground, looking around in shock.

She had already received the prompt to join Long'an Base, and thus also knew exactly where this was.

But in the dimly lit operating room flashing red light, it looked too eerie.

The mysterious man with his back to us was mending the infant's skull, while the freshly beheaded Mo Ling was installing her head.

Especially Mo Ling's threatening line truly frightened her badly.

Beside her, the bound zombie Mo Yu kept struggling and thrashing from time to time.

Lin An helplessly glanced at Mo Ling, then casually offered a few comforting words in a low voice.

If Mo Ling scared her any further, Fan Bing might fall ill...

After a brief explanation of a few sentences, Fan Bing barely grasped what was going on.

I remained startled.

Could it be that Long'an Base no longer appears on the chat channel because this base is too strange?

Directly appearing inside the base, she looked at the sealed operating room and couldn't help but let her mind wander.

Is this the Safe Zone? It's nothing like I imagined.

Ka-cha

The door unlocked.

The metal door slid open to both sides.

Only to see An Jing Tian standing behind Wen Ya, his face lit with surprise as he looked at the suddenly returning Lin An.

Lin An!

Brother Lin!

Although they hadn't been out long, both were still unusually happy.

However, Wen Ya, being observant, keenly noticed Fan Bing curled up in the corner.

Her beautiful eyes shifted, she walked thoughtfully to Lin An's side, then intentionally and affectionately grabbed his arm:

Who is this?

She looks like a celebrity.

Following her gaze, Lin An somewhat amusedly noticed the fleeting expression in Wen Ya's eyes.

Nothing much, I hired her for publicity.

Publicity?

Wen Ya moved a bit closer, like a lioness displaying that Lin An is her 'territory'.

She's very pretty, so you want to use her image for publicity, right?

Wen Ya knew what Chu An was going to do, and even Chu An had told her some details.

She glanced at Fan Bing with some displeasure.

Her figure is excellent, comparable to mine, even a bit more charming.

She is also good-looking; after becoming an Awakened One, the charm bonus in Fan Bing's talent makes her beauty somewhat breathtaking.

Nothing should have happened, right?

Wen Ya's eyes flickered slightly as she leaned close to Lin An's ear and whispered:

Am I pretty, is she pretty?

There's a perfume scent!?

She smelled the fragrance on Lin An's body, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Although Lin An has always shown no interest in anyone, just in case.

Although her jealousy seems inexplicable, deep down she already considers Lin An as hers.

The two women unconsciously glanced at each other.

Fan Bing couldn't help but wryly smile, she understood the hostility in Wen Ya's eyes.

Really feeling wronged.

I wanted to do it, but I couldn't manage it...

Looks like the woman beside Lin An is the 'main wife'?

Lin An oddly felt the tension between them, his mind elsewhere.

He turned his head, waiting for Chu An to finish suturing before speaking directly:

I have something I want to ask you.

Finally, he added.

Many.

Colonel Chu lowered the suturing thread in his hand, calmly adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses frame, and forced a stiff smile:

I also have something important to tell you.

Footsteps sounded.

Before Lin An took Chu An out, he directly threw a vial of medicine to An Jing Tian:

Inject Mo Yu with the medicine, check the effect after half the dose.

If there's any abnormality, notify me immediately.

If not...

Then inject it fully.

Mo Ling, with her head healed, silently watched her struggling sister on the ground, wondering what she was thinking.

Passing through the core area, Lin An looked somewhat surprised at the newly renovated core fortress.

The entire fortress core, originally a meeting room, was remodeled into the likeness of a military region command center.

With the assistance of the rule-bound land, only needing to input commands to alter the core architecture, it's also convenient.

Opening an alloy meeting room, the two sat opposite each other.

Under the diesel generator's power, the lighting in the small meeting room was somewhat dim.

Lin An lowered his head in thought for a moment, then took something out of the ring.

"Chu An."

The voice carried doubt.

On the black conference table, the gold-thread eyeglasses taken from the ring were placed before Chu An.

Lin An raised his head to look at the expressionless Chu An, after a moment of silence he slowly spoke:

I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation.

Not only that.

When I first entered the hospital, I once heard a baby's crying in the underground parking lot.

I originally thought it was a special mutant, or some other existence.

Until just now...

Lin An gave a light chuckle, his gaze complex as he looked into Chu An's eyes:

I carefully compared my memories; the crying I first heard...

Is it the crying of the ghost infant during transmission, right?