Chapter 874: Mo Ling's Speculation

Aren't you going back to your own room?

Late at night, nearing dawn.

Lin An looked helplessly at Mo Ling sitting on his lap.

Little Mo Ling clung tightly to his collar, stubbornly refusing to get down.

Having finished asking all the questions, he had Zhang Tie watch over Lianglong, then planned to enter the Heiyu again at dawn.

According to Lianglong's description, the danger level in the Heiyu decreases somewhat during the day.

Of course, perhaps it's just a psychological effect.

But to be safe, Lin An still decided to wait until morning.

"No!"

"This is comfortable!"

"Bang bang bang!"

One hand clung on, the other repeatedly pounded Lin An's chest; Mo Ling raised her head, gave a soft hum, her eyes clearly showing displeasure.

"You used to let me!"

"Lin An, you've changed!"

On the chair, the two were locked in a stalemate.

Lin An looked at her, speechless, not knowing what to say.

To be honest, he didn't care about others' gazes, and no one was worth his attention.

But having a little loli cling to him all day long just didn't look good; it was really... too strange.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that Mo Ling had become even more reclusive during his absence.

This also caused him, upon returning, to find Little Mo Ling unwilling to part from him, wanting to stick together all day.

As for the reason, Lin An could somewhat understand.

She had no friends, couldn't blend into the Survivors, and her ability even made many Awakened Ones uneasy.

Even her own relatives feared her; long-term dealings with Zombies made Mo Ling live like a special monster, alone.

Apart from the Savior Team being open to accepting her, many people subconsciously avoided her.

And everyone was busy... the only similar case, AnXia, had a personality completely opposite to hers.

Not only that.

Before, he didn't know why Mo Ling called him a monster and liked to get close to him.

But after the mutation in the trial, Lin An also understood the essential reason.

Mo Ling put it bluntly: she was a Mutant, and later became an even more special existence.

As for him, it's hard to say exactly what his true form is.

Between them, like Mutants and Zombies, they instinctively generate attraction, a similarity in the essence of life.

Thus, Mo Ling, whose personality is completely different from ordinary people, ended up behaving this way.

According to Mo Ling, Lin An is like a Spiritual Energy Node, always wanting her to stay by his side.

Even sometimes, she just wants to take a bite...

Sighing, Lin An didn't say much more; he also didn't know how to handle this situation.

Suppressing the thought, he couldn't help but glance at the sudden mission countdown in the Savior System.

13 hours left...

The pressure was huge, and anxiety and urgency grew stronger.

He had wondered if the danger came from the Yingshan Safe Zone, which is why he kept most of his strength in reserve when facing the Awakened Ones' legion, staying on guard.

But in the end, aside from Yuan Feng who escaped, there was no danger in Yingshan.

Moreover, Lin An didn't think that the person who fled would be the dangerous entity mentioned in the mission.

As for the Heiyu, he had long since ruled it out.

Although the time is close, the Heiyu trip had been decided before the mission was announced, and he could easily wait a bit longer before going.

So even if there were problems inside the Heiyu, they wouldn't trigger an emergency mission.

It must be some sudden situation from outside.

But after thinking it over, Lin An couldn't find the source of the crisis.

"Lin An, what are you thinking?"

Saying she wanted to sleep, she was actually twisting in his embrace; Mo Ling curiously lifted her head, looking at Lin An, whose brows often furrowed.

This feeling of exclusive possession is really great.

For some reason, she felt Lin An was getting more fragrant; his aura was like a Zombie facing fresh flesh, making her constantly want to take a bite.

"Nothing."

Like petting a cat, he stroked Little Mo Ling's head, then gazed entranced at the blood-red high heels on the table before him.

"I'm just wondering what the Heiyu actually is..."

"Why does something like a Weird Entity exist?"

"Moreover, the Yingshan Safe Zone once brought out food from inside, and that food came from various scenarios."

"How can a virtual scenario produce real existence?"

After Lianglong brought food taken from the Heiyu, Lin An used the Judgment Eye to obtain a large amount of information.

All products from the Heiyu lack system characteristics.

This shows it wasn't spawned by the system out of nothing.

Even a Weird Entity, which looks extremely like a Prop, is essentially not a Prop.

He didn't understand its meaning.

No longer pondering the source of the danger, Lin An continually simulated in his mind the distribution of events within the Heiyu.

According to Lianglong, special events lie at the Heiyu's core, the Meme in the middle, and the supernatural on the outside.

Of course, the situation isn't fixed; most Awakened Ones who have entered Yingshan before did so by following a few explored routes.

Different routes encounter different situations.

Overall, the outer periphery poses the least danger.

Because supernatural events usually have omens, whereas the Meme may cause a death crisis immediately upon encounter.

After a brief thought, Mo Ling voiced her idea:

Lin An, I think—could the Heiyu's interior possibly be an area stitched together from different teleport points?

Being able to manifest different scenes and bring objects out of them shows that the Heiyu's various scenes might actually be real.

He speculated.

Unlike Lin An, who usually starts from the system and thinks about tasks, Mo Ling quickly began to speculate based on her own ability.

He lowered his gaze, they exchanged a glance; Lin An didn't refute, but felt Mo Ling's words weren't without reason.

It's possible..

If the Heiyu is a patchwork of scenes stitched together by teleport points, then these scenes truly exist in the real world.

That would indeed explain why non-system supplies exist, and why, after leaving the range, entities inside the region cannot be pursued out.

But...

These scenes are also like dungeons, appearing as scenes from different time periods.

For example, the data mentions that someone even entered a scene before the Apocalypse outbreak—how would that be explained?

Silence.

Mo Ling furrowed her brows, seeing Lin An's worry.

Although she wanted to help, before entering the Heiyu, all speculation could only go this far.

Information is still insufficient; Lianglong—including the info from the Yingshan Safe Zone—is too fragmented, lacking the real key.

Yuan Feng's escape is definitely problematic.

After suppressing his doubts, Lin An didn't think further.

Crackle-pop.

In the fireplace, charcoal burst, spraying sparks.

Looking at the blood-red high heels on the table, Lin An felt somewhat uncomfortable and intended to put them away.

After looking at them for a while, even he would feel a faint fear rise in his heart, as if the shoe would move on its own.

Just as he was putting them away, he seemed to think of something and asked Mo Ling:

Mo Ling, you can control supernatural entities, right? Does this shoe make you feel anything special inside?

Can you use your mental power to draw out what's inside?

Thinking that Mo Ling seems immune to the cost of touching, Lin An quickly realized that perhaps Mo Ling could absorb what's inside.

That power which erodes vitality is clearly also a form of energy.

He turned his head; Mo Ling instinctively followed his gaze to the shoe.

She sat up straight, turned and sat properly, recalling the feeling just now; her mental power slowly extended.

After a few seconds, Mo Ling's eyes flickered; a sensation completely different from the pain after contact came from her mental power.

It was like her mental power touching a red-hot iron brand.

Her brows slightly furrowed, she hesitated and replied:

Yes, and it's strong.

While speaking, she subtly shifted back without showing it, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.