My Girlfriend is a Zombie - Chapter 1079: Thirty-Meter Duel

As the minute approached, the man took a deep breath and suddenly shouted, “I know you’re here for the granary! But inside the granary, it’s already full of Spiders! If we want, we can contaminate all the food! Believe it or not, it’s up to you!”

After shouting, his body couldn’t help but start trembling… Would they really not kill him? If they weren’t here for the granary at all, then he was doomed…

Upon hearing the man’s words, everyone behind the door couldn’t help but freeze for a moment. Was the other side… threatening them?

“Did everyone hear that? What should we do now?” Mu Chen thought for a moment and hesitantly spoke. After all, that was their main objective. With food becoming increasingly scarce and their complete split from Falcon, Miracle Base urgently needed this batch of food to sustain itself and stabilize morale. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be acting so urgently.

“In my opinion, they’re just testing us,” Yuwen Xuan said.

Black Silk stroked her chin with an air of maturity but spoke in a very childish voice, “So there’s no need to overthink it, just kill that person. They’ve managed to survive in this barren place because of that granary. Unless they’re at death’s door, how could they possibly do something so self-destructive?” “I think that’s their real purpose, to make us as apprehensive as they are,” Zhang Xincheng, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.

Hearing this, Ling Mo nodded in agreement, “That’s right, and I’ve considered such concerns as well. But I think those capable of doing such a thing aren’t these people. Otherwise, I can’t speak for others, but at least before that captive dies, he would have enough time to do it. Another reason that leads me to think this way is that the distance these parasites and Spiders can maintain is limited. Think about it, where is that granary located on the map?”

Everyone was stunned. Yuwen Xuan immediately opened the map, glanced at it, and exclaimed in surprise, “It’s actually quite far! But geographically speaking, Dawn Town is the closest town to the granary. It’s normal for them to gather some things here and conduct surveillance. But if you really think about it, it’s not a distance that can be covered in just a few minutes.” “So, does that mean the person outside is lying?” Ye Kai asked.

Ling Mo shook his head, “No, quite the opposite, he’s definitely telling the truth. Although these parasites and Spiders need to maintain a certain distance, didn’t that captive say before he died? Those Male Spiders have a sensing connection with the Mother Spider. In other words, only the connection between the Mother Spider and the Spiders can be successfully established between Dawn Town and the granary. It’s the only one capable of doing this.”

“In other words, the person outside who brought us this message is the most troublesome. And the greatest threat to us is the Mother Spider. No wonder it doesn’t show itself; they rely on having this biggest trump card,” Ling Mo concluded coldly.

Everyone suddenly understood, silently thinking how close they had come to being fooled. Now that they knew the opponent’s real trump card, it was much easier to deal with…

“This means we have to lure that hiding Spider out, right?” Black Silk guessed incorrectly, feeling quite displeased as she clenched her fists.

Ling Mo couldn’t help but pat her on the head. The reason she guessed wrong was due to a lack of intelligence… He then nodded, “Yes, that’s the best outcome. And then… don’t give them any chance. The captive said something very true, that in their current state, they are very difficult to face others, and they can’t meet Zombies. Especially the Mother Spider, if it really wants to leave here, survival would become very difficult.”

The people around were curious, staring at him, but Ling Mo continued calmly, “So, unless absolutely necessary, it won’t give up. And we just need to take it down before it gives up. Honestly, I really can’t trust it if we were to negotiate…”

How could one negotiate with such a big Spider! The behavior of the Underground Progenitor had already set a good example for Ling Mo. It seemed that apart from Zombies, which were most likely to evolve human-like emotions, the rest of the Monsters were likely complete aberrations… Although it’s not impossible that some among them are extremely intelligent and have varied personalities, this Mother Spider clearly wasn’t among them. This was evident from the behavior of the humans under its control.

Being able to control these Spiders to eat one of their own kind clean shows that they already see the rest of their kind as complete competitors and food. The only thing they have over Monsters is that they fear death…

“So what do we do now?” Zhang Xincheng showed a hint of contemplation and then asked.

Ye Kai and the others supported killing that person, while Ling Mo was deep in thought…

“Silent for more than ten seconds…” The man muttered shakily, then summoned his courage and shouted again, “I know you don’t trust me! I’m not here to make peace, either! But we can negotiate! Because besides the granary, there’s something else I need to tell you. That person who was taken down by Lu Ren-he’s actually not dead!”

As soon as these words passed through the door, everyone was shocked once again. Mu Chen reacted first. He glanced at Ling Mo, then cursed angrily, “Fuck! They’re not done yet! Are they messing with us? Zhang She is already dead, the captive admitted it himself! If he’s lying, the captain would be able to tell!”

The man’s voice was loud, almost hysterical. In fact, not only Ling Mo’s group but also the others lurking in various corners could hear him, including the Pilot hiding in the control room. He stood up almost immediately and asked Gu Shuangshuang, “What did that guy shout? Did he say Zhang She isn’t dead? No… I want to go listen…”

“Don’t get agitated.” Gu Shuangshuang hurriedly blocked the doorway. “The captain will handle it.”

Skinny Monkey also whispered, “You’ll only make things worse if you go out. Just stay put.”

The Pilot paced back and forth anxiously for a few steps, finally clutching his head and squatting on the spot.

Meanwhile, outside the door, Ye Kai’s expression had turned extremely ugly. He was already the most guilt-ridden of them all; when the other side had thrown over the corpse, he’d almost lost control. Now, after bottling it up for a while, he suddenly cursed fiercely, “Fuck your ancestors!” Then, he kicked a piece of equipment nearby and slammed his fist down on it with all his strength.

Mu Chen hurried over to restrain him, saying, “Calm down! They’re saying this just to mess with us! If you act like this, you’re falling into their trap! Don’t you trust the captain?”

“I do! But holding it in like this… I just can’t!” Ye Kai looked like he wanted to volunteer for action. In the end, though, he forced himself to hold back. But in his agitated state, he started pounding on the equipment again and again, even drawing blood without realizing it.

And it wasn’t just him. Zhang Xincheng’s brows were tightly furrowed, his fists clenched so hard that his knuckles were cracking. Even Yuwen Xuan’s expression had grown cold and grim, because at this moment, the shouting from outside continued…

“Are you too scared to save him, so you lie to yourselves that he’s already dead? Have you even seen the corpse? Have you found it?” The man himself was scared out of his wits, but he didn’t dare to forget a single word Sun Xu had told him-nor did he dare to lower his voice. He might not trust Sun Xu, but from the moment he shouted the first sentence, he felt as if he’d lost control of himself. Sure enough, everyone wants to live, even if there’s only a sliver of hope… He didn’t want to die yet…

“Hahaha! Cowards, all of you! I’m right here, if you’ve got the guts, come kill me!” After tremblingly shouting this, the man’s legs started to shake violently… Sun Xu’s requirement was for him to move forward ten meters… Ten meters wasn’t far, but it meant he’d be much closer to the other side, and much farther from Sun Xu and his people.

But Sun Xu had already said: if you don’t do it, you die…

So, in utter terror, the man began inching forward…

At that moment, behind the door, Ling Mo suddenly reached out toward it.

“Their plan is to make us hesitate, and at the same time, to enrage us until we lose control. If that’s the case…”

A dozen seconds later, as the man finally finished moving ten meters, the factory’s main door suddenly creaked open a narrow, pitch-black gap…

“It’s open? Why is it suddenly… Didn’t they say it wouldn’t open!” The man froze instantly. The moment the door cracked open, he felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

Meanwhile, forty meters away, Sun Xu, who’d been watching the door the whole time, suddenly lit up, a faint smile tugging at his lips. “Just as I thought… If they kill him the same way and throw the body back, they could strike back at me ruthlessly, but as long as it’s a team and not a single person, there will always be different opinions. To keep things stable, some cold-blooded methods are hard to use. But I already realized this from the way they reacted the first time.”

Sun Xu was talking to himself, but the people behind him felt a chill go down their spines. He was clearly saying the other side wasn’t ruthless enough, couldn’t ignore others, but he himself was cold enough-and he didn’t bother to hide it from them! And when he mentioned “different hearts,” they all felt, perhaps not by mistake, that Sun Xu was hinting at something…

The most terrifying thing was that Sun Xu’s plan turned out to be just an experiment… From beginning to end, it was nothing more than that!

Now, no one was thinking about rewards anymore. Just as that man had said, every single one of them was deeply shaken…

“He’s going up there… for what…” He Zhen stammered.

Sun Xu seemed to smile and said, “Who knows? I’m looking forward to it myself.”

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