My Girlfriend is a Zombie - Chapter 1053: Back to Reality
Just as the “little girl” had said, this was Skinny Monkey’s dreamscape, and everything here was dictated by his Subconscious. If Ling Mo wanted to resist, he’d have to destroy-at its root, it was a contest of psychic power…
If Skinny Monkey, who wasn’t even a mental ability user, went up against Ling Mo, he’d probably collapse in a single move… For Ling Mo, this was a dilemma with no easy solution.
“Die, then. If I chop you once here, I wonder how much psychic power it’ll cost me… I’m really looking forward to it! Heehee… hee…”
However, before the little girl could finish, she suddenly fell silent.
“You… what are you trying to do?”
Ling Mo wiped the corner of his mouth, slowly stood up, and said, “Didn’t I already tell you before? The fact that I can expose you means I already have a way to deal with you…”
He was speaking to Skinny Monkey, whose hands were seized from behind by a shadowy Avatar…
Skinny Monkey was still struggling in vain, but the shadow had already locked him firmly in place…
Even without destruction, Ling Mo could use a gentle method to temporarily restrain Skinny Monkey, though only for a short while… If Skinny Monkey struggled any further, their confrontation would likely escalate into outright conflict…
“You want to kill him? Heeheehee… Go on, kill him. Maybe I’m inside him, you know… Didn’t you witness it with your own eyes before? Deep down, you’ve long suspected as much, haven’t you?”
“Stop laughing. I admit what you said is highly misleading… But you can fool my thoughts, not my eyes. Especially when… I have two pairs of eyes.” Ling Mo walked straight up to Skinny Monkey, sneering coldly.
“Two pairs? Which two…”
The little girl started to ask, but suddenly froze. At the same time, Skinny Monkey slowly turned his head to look at the shadow behind him.
“Crap…”
Unexpectedly… while it was misleading and hinting at Ling Mo, Ling Mo had been doing the same in return…
The moment that Avatar appeared, its appearance drew all of its attention. But looking closely now, this shadow… wasn’t even fully formed! Other than the eyes and hands, the rest was nothing but true “mist”!
In the end, the little girl had been fooled by this prop that so closely resembled herself. She couldn’t wait to take new action…
“Things already chewed up aren’t so easily put back together… Besides, even if it’s a new ability, it’s only in its infancy… You took an infant in an apron for a chainsaw killer-clearly, you left your brain behind when you split off…” Ling Mo raised his head, smiling sinisterly.
“You!… Heehee, so what if you see through me… You think you can do anything? You saw I’m in this body, but what can you do?” The little girl still sneered, though her tone now carried a hint of guilt. In her mind, she still had one last layer of protection…
“Do what? Of course… I’ll pull you out!”
Ling Mo suddenly reached out and grabbed the axe in Skinny Monkey’s hand.
The instant he tore it free, the axe emitted a shrill, miserable scream…
“Saying you’re inside his body was just another of your misleading details! Only a fool would believe you!”
Ling Mo gripped the axe tightly, and as he did, it began to morph.
Before long, what he held was no longer an axe, but the little girl herself.
Compared to the main body, she was clearly smaller, though her clothes and appearance were identical…
She struggled desperately, glaring at Ling Mo with hatred.
Freed from her grasp, Skinny Monkey immediately stopped struggling, standing blankly in place, motionless.
“Want to know how I found out?” Ling Mo fixed his gaze on the little girl.
“If you’re going to kill me, just do it…” she spat bitterly.
“It’s simple…”
“I don’t want to hear it!”
“…With Skinny Monkey’s psychic power, how could he possibly conjure such a powerful axe? He’s a coward who needs cheats even to kill in his own dreams! Since you couldn’t be found anywhere in the psychic realm, then the only place with a strong psychic fluctuation had to be the last possibility, right?”
“You were just betting that I wouldn’t dare attack Skinny Monkey. But you didn’t consider that as long as he had an independent psychic realm, he couldn’t have been completely under your control. So you could only hide outside his spiritual body. I was just wondering why Skinny Monkey ‘revived’ so quickly, yet faded away so eerily slow. Turns out it was your doing… And when I startled you just now, you couldn’t help but materialize yourself… Just in time for Xiao Hei to get a good look.”
Ling Mo explained in detail.
“So it was because you underestimated him… that you slipped up?” The little girl laughed.
“No way…” Ling Mo shot her a contemptuous glance. “The fact he wasn’t devoured by you is already impressive… I’ve said all this and haven’t sensed any abnormal fluctuations elsewhere. Looks like you don’t have a No.2 Avatar… In that case… die.”
The Avatar behind him suddenly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the little girl whole.
In that instant, her expression twisted violently and quickly turned into a wisp of black smoke…
Burp…
The shadow let out a satisfied belch. Though the spiritual energy making up the little girl wasn’t much, it was pure…
And with that swallow, the Avatar’s body became even more solid, its long, flame-like tail gradually growing to match its Arm…
“Huh… an unexpected bonus.”
Ling Mo was briefly stunned.
He then looked at Skinny Monkey. As the little girl was devoured, Skinny Monkey’s spiritual body rapidly began to collapse, while the Corridors on either side of Ling Mo sped up as if frantically receding.
As Skinny Monkey faded away, Ling Mo found himself retreating to the original room.
Bang!
The door shut again, and Ling Mo returned to the bed…
Huff!
Ling Mo’s eyes snapped open as he sat up violently.
“Ling-Ge?”
Ye Lian’s voice came from nearby. She was holding a glass of water, looking at him with wide eyes.
At the same time, there was a “thud” from outside the door.
“What’s wrong?” Ye Lian turned toward the door, only to see Ling Mo already jumping out of bed.
When he opened the door, Gu Shuangshuang had already run out from the room on the other side.
“Skinny Monkey’s gone… huh? Why is he…”
Gu Shuangshuang stared at Ling Mo in surprise as he helped Skinny Monkey up from the ground and checked his condition.
“It’s fine… he just fainted,” Ling Mo said after a quick look.
“Captain, you… you’re awake?” Gu Shuangshuang quickly caught on and ran over, excited.
Ye Lian came up as well, draping a coat over Ling Mo’s shoulders and helping him lift Skinny Monkey.
“Mm… just woke up,” Ling Mo nodded.
What he saw now was almost identical to the Corridors from the dreamscape, the only difference being the light… It was clearly daytime, and the oppressive feeling of the dream was gone. For a moment, Ling Mo felt disoriented, then couldn’t help but smile bitterly to himself.
Who would have thought, before even opening his eyes, he’d already wandered this building once…
But when Ling Mo looked at Gu Shuangshuang, the girl froze again.
“Your… your eyes…” she said in shock.
“My eyes? What about them?” Ling Mo asked, puzzled.
“Just now… I think I saw… another pair of eyes…” Gu Shuangshuang covered her mouth, as if she couldn’t believe what she’d seen.
But that pair of eyes had appeared and vanished quickly; looking again, Ling Mo’s gaze was back to normal.
“Is that so…” Ling Mo covered one eye with his hand, the corners of his lips curling up faintly.
At least the appearance of Xiao Hei wasn’t a dream…
“How did Skinny Monkey… end up here…”
“I don’t know either… Maybe he just couldn’t wait to talk to the captain? I remember he said he had something to tell you… And every time he wakes up, he always asks about you…”
Ling Mo just smiled and interrupted them, “Alright… whatever he needed to say, he’s already said. Let’s get him to rest…”
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