222: Corpse II

The two carefully ascended the stairs, and the sound grew clearer, indeed it was a baby's cry. When they reached the second floor, the sound was already close at hand. They followed the sound to a room with a half-open door, and a strong smell of blood permeated the room.

Tian Ming motioned for Lisa to stay outside. He gently pushed open the door and immediately looked around vigilantly. The room was a mess, furniture was broken, and bloodstains were everywhere on the walls and floor.

In a corner of the room, a woman in tattered clothes, covered in blood, sat on the ground, holding a crying baby in her arms.

The woman was dying, her eyes sunken, her body shriveled, and she was emaciated. On the woman's chest, there was a gash, the blood on it had already dried, and there were still crimson bloodstains on the crying baby's mouth.

Tian Ming only felt his scalp tingle. It was clear that the woman's appearance indicated she had been drained by the child in her arms.

This baby was probably no longer a normal baby. Tian Ming approached step by step. The woman seemed to notice him and tried to lift her head, her eyes filled with a desperate plea for help.

"Save...save him...my...child." The woman's breath was weak. After expending her last bit of strength to say this, her head tilted, and she became silent.

At this moment, the baby opened its mouth again, revealing two bloody front teeth, and let out a roar towards Tian Ming. Although it was still a baby, the sound was filled with the savagery and bloodlust of a zombie.

Tian Ming did not hesitate. With a raise of his hand, the baby was lifted into the air. The baby's eyes were blood-red, and it cried out with a "wah."

At this moment, Lisa rushed in, as if possessed, and walked towards the baby.

"Good baby, come, are you hungry?" Lisa opened her mouth, bit her finger, and crimson blood flowed out. She extended her finger towards the crying baby.

"Are you crazy!" Tian Ming grabbed Lisa's hand and pulled her aside. Tian Ming created a vacuum layer around the baby, and the baby's crying stopped. Lisa also immediately sobered up.

This zombie baby was able to hypnotize human females by mimicking a baby's cry, making them voluntarily feed it. This was terrifying.

Lisa felt a chill down her spine. If she had really put her finger into the baby's mouth just now, she would probably have been drained. She was a Superpower User, but she would still have fallen for it. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been completely defenseless.

She looked at Tian Ming, her eyes full of gratitude: "Thank you!"

Tian Ming's face was cold. The air in front of him instantly heated up, and the baby turned crimson all over. In a moment, it turned into a black pile of ashes. A white Red Crystal Core floated in the air.

Tian Ming beckoned, and the Red Crystal Core flew into his hand. He hesitated for a moment but decided to absorb this white Red Crystal Core.

This time, the absorbed Red Crystal Core was very different from the previous blue Red Crystal Core. That blue Red Crystal Core only increased his control range and elemental control, but this time, the absorbed white Red Crystal Core gave him a completely different feeling.

His consciousness seemed to merge with the power in the Red Crystal Core. It was a wonderful feeling, as if every cell in his body had integrated into this power.

He could clearly feel that the whole world was different. Ordinary people's vision can only perceive the visible light spectrum, but after absorbing the white Red Crystal Core, Tian Ming could receive information from at least five or six kilometers around him. This information would be converted into images in his mind, like a human radar.

"Let's go, leave here." Tian Ming turned and left first, with Lisa following closely.

The two walked towards the hovercar. Tian Ming closed his eyes as he walked. The newly acquired ability gave him a complete understanding of everything happening around him.

There were other zombies in the town, but there was no Corpse King. Tian Ming was too lazy to kill those ordinary zombies. These zombies had no Red Crystal Core, and if he were to kill them, he would never finish.

Speaking of human radar, it was actually too weak. A detection range of five or six kilometers was blurry beyond that, making it impossible to detect clearly. Any random radar has a detection range starting at a hundred kilometers. Although it cannot be compared to a machine, for Tian Ming, it was already a very powerful existence.

"Get in!" Tian Ming pulled open the car door and got right in.

Lisa nodded slightly and sat down in the car.

The hovercar slowly ascended and flew towards the Alliance's Dongshan Base. After landing at the base, several heavily armed soldiers approached.

A man who looked like a military officer stepped forward and saluted Tian Ming.

"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Commander Liu Ziyang of the Patrol Brigade. The base is strictly checking for mutated individuals, and the entire area is under martial law, so entry is temporarily prohibited. Please return!"

Tian Ming frowned: "Mutated individuals? How can such a large base of yours have zombies enter?"

General Liu Ziyang said: "Mr. Lu, we are only following orders. Please understand. Currently, some zombies can disguise themselves, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false."

"Since you know my name, you must know that our East Sea City Shelter is also one of the Alliance members. As the supreme leader of the Shelter, you should grant me passage. Perhaps I can help you investigate the disguised mutated individuals hidden among the crowd."

General Liu Ziyang pondered for a moment: "Mr. Lu, please wait a moment, I will ask for instructions from above."

After speaking, General Liu Ziyang walked aside, picked up the communicator, and explained the situation.

A moment later, General Liu Ziyang returned, with a slight smile on his face: "Mr. Lu, I am truly sorry for keeping you waiting. We received orders to strictly check all personnel entering and exiting. Please understand, Mr. Lu. However, since Mr. Lu has personally visited, the person next to you needs to be checked."

Tian Ming nodded, understanding that the base's strict measures were for overall safety, and had no objections. He turned to Lisa and said, "Lisa, please cooperate with the base's inspection."

Lisa also had no objections. After the two passed the inspection, they were then escorted by a dedicated person into the base.

The Underground City was completely under martial law at this moment, with only key departments still operating. Heavily armed personnel were everywhere, conducting house-to-house inspections. They carried energy detectors and blood analyzers. Recently, many people had gone missing in the base, and multiple murder cases had occurred.

Tian Ming and Lisa were arranged to wait in a conference room in the base's management area. This was a high-level area within the base, heavily guarded. The base's general manager, Ouyang Jie, had spoken with Tian Ming. Ouyang Jie told them to wait, as he needed to finish his current tasks before he could come over.

Tian Ming and Lisa sat in the conference room, but Tian Ming was somewhat worried. After all, he had come this time to invite the Alliance to jointly deal with the Lawrence Family. Currently, the Dongshan Base was entangled in its own affairs and probably would not participate.

Lisa, beside him, yawned. As a member of the Lawrence Family, she was now both sleepy and hungry. Moreover, the mental control made it difficult for her to be away from Tian Ming for long periods, so even if she was hungry, she could only endure it.