Chrysalis

Chapter 25: Suddenly Struck by Lightning

Translator: Law Editor: Hitesh_

On the other side, Ling Qiao had taken a detour and was running toward the strawberry field. She didn’t know that the little one’s father was in that large troop of people.

At that moment, she was struggling with one difficult issue—how to persuade the little one to eat some strawberries?

Apart from the abnormal color of the strawberry, the little one’s parents had no doubt taught her not to eat things outside. Furthermore, the strawberry had a horrible odor. Although the odor disappeared later on, Lin Qiao didn’t know if that was because of losing its freshness after a while or having been washed with the lake water in her space.

The little one was willing to drink the water that she offered, but Lin Qiao wasn’t sure if she would be willing to eat the strawberries that she provided.

As she mulled this over, Lin Qiao ran faster toward the strawberry field. However, before she could get far, she was held up again.

Looking at the series of steel thorns which suddenly appeared floating in the air while pointing at her, Lin Qiao had no choice but to stop.

“Why is it a zombie?” A confused voice arose behind her.

Lin Qiao silently turned her head and saw two tall men standing no more than five meters behind her. She hadn’t sensed their approach at all.

Lin Qiao’s dark eyes sparkled as she recognized Wu Chengyue. She really wanted to enter her space right now and bring out the little one, then directly throw her to the ground and run away. However, the problem was that she didn’t seem capable of running away under the eyes of these two men. The best she could hope for was enter her space again and hide in there without coming back out.

And once she brought out the little one, these two might directly make their move.

While she was frozen with indecision, on the other side, Xiao Yunlong had already made a direct move.

Ling Qiao sensed a sharp coldness run through her entire body. Before she realized what had happened, her body had instinctively reacted. She suddenly thrust her feet against the ground and nimbly flipped in the air before landing lightly back on the ground after a series of metal thorns stuck into the ground.

‘Damn it! They didn’t even greet, attacking straightaway! There’s no room for negotiation here!’ Lin Qiao cursed silently, her facial expression turning a little ferocious as she got angry.

“Roar!” She bared her teeth and growled at the two men.

Wu Chengyue watched her move with surprise, then said to Xiao Yunlong, “She doesn’t seem like an average level-three intelligent zombie. She reacted quickly, and actually dodged your attack.”

Xiao Yunlong raised his eyebrows and responded, also with a trace of surprise in his eyes, “She’s mad.”

Lin Qiao now realized that she must be looking as strange as a real zombie, so she hurriedly relaxed her expression, but couldn’t help rolling her eyes after hearing Xiao Yunlong’s words.

She twitched her nose toward the two men. They smelled so good! The blood and flesh of high-level superpowered human beings had been washed by energies, and seemed quite pure and delicious.

However, due to the strong vibes that she sensed from these two men, Lin Qiao only dared to sneakily steal a few sniffs.

Wu Chengyue turned his head to look around. His attention wasn’t focused on this zombie in front of him. All he wanted was to locate his daughter as soon as possible.

Xiao Yunlong had been staring at Lin Qiao the whole time, so he clearly saw her roll her eyes. Those eyes were pure black, but he somehow recognized the eye-rolling from her expression. Then, he saw this female zombie sneakily sniff toward him with the unmistakable hunger in the gesture. Xiao Yunlong grasped all these details with his eyes.

He felt that there was something different about this zombie, so he stared at Lin Qiao with interest.

For some reason, Lin Qiao was unable to read the minds of these two men. It was probably because they were way too strong and their powers had blocked her sensation.

She didn’t dare to make any moves, feeling her scalp turn numb as this tall man in front of her kept gazing at her. She was afraid that if she moved even slightly, the two men would directly destroy her. She wasn’t strong enough to defeat them, so she had to stay humble.

She couldn’t bring a person out of her space with just her mind. The only way that she could do this was to go inside and then bring that person back out with her. She thought it might be because her energy level was not high enough yet for achieving that stage of development. However, she believed that when her energy and level had both improved, she should be able to directly control things in her space with her mind.

She could faintly sense this aspect of her powers.

Right at this moment, Meng Yue arrived on the scene.

She looked at Lin Qiao up and down with surprise, then blurted out, “Strange! How can it be a zombie? Brother Yue, she has Ling Ling’s smell!”

On hearing this, Wu Chengyue’s expression changed immediately. Sharp frosty lights shot from his eyes toward Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao was startled by Meng Yue’s words. Before she could figure out how this woman could smell Wu Yueling’s from her body, a strong sense of danger suddenly rose in her heart and shivers raced down her spine.

Boom!

A purple lightning bolt descended from the sky and struck on Lin Qiao’s head within a blink of an eye! At the same time, a scream could also be heard.

“Brother Yue, no!”

Lin Qiao had no time to dodge. By the time she realized what was happening, the lightning bolt had already landed on her head. Her whole body quivered and then she felt it turn numb and stiff. Although she couldn’t feel any pain, she was disabled from moving.

Meanwhile, a strong burnt smell surrounded her body.

Meng Yue angrily grabbed Wu Chengyue’s arm and said, “Brother Yue! What are you doing? How am I supposed to detect Ling Ling’s vibe if you kill her?”

Wu Chengyue smiled at her and said, “Don’t worry. I have my power controlled. I won’t kill her. I just temporarily disabled her.”

Meng Yue sighed in relief. She had been afraid that Wu Chengyue was too emotional and might strike the zombie into ash.

“Roar!” Lin Qiao finally recovered from the numbness and she let out a roar of rage.

Being struck by lightning felt really bad. Fortunately, she had a zombie body. Otherwise, the pain would have killed her, wouldn’t it? Yet, being struck by lightning wasn’t much fun even for a zombie.

She was dazzled and light-headed. Her body didn’t suffer much pain, but was disabled from moving. She had also been sensing waves of dull pain radiating from her chest, restricting her imaginary breath.

This dull pain in her chest seemed to come all the way from her soul, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Damn! All she wanted to do was to give the little one back to this man, but he attacked her with lightning just like that! In that instant, she made up her mind—she wouldn’t give the little one back!

The moment this thought occurred to her, Lin Qiao roared angrily at the three people, then suddenly flashed across the air and disappeared, leaving the three dumbfounded people staring at the spot where she had disappeared from.

“She… Why is she gone?” Meng Yue widened her eyes, staring straight ahead in confusion.

“Space power?” Xiao Yunlong knitted his eyebrows as well.

“She’s a level-four zombie!” Wu Chengyue’s face darkened slightly.

The three of them had actually let a level-four zombie disappear right before their faces. Or rather, the zombie had gotten away from them!

Meng Yue now realized what had happened too. Suddenly, her eyes shone as she said, “So, Ling Ling is actually in her space!”