Published at 11th of March 2026 11:01 am

Chapter 1268: The Simplest Way to Use Someone

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As Zhang She involuntarily fell backward, Ling Mo grabbed his collar again, then landed another punch squarely on his face, and then another…

For the next minute, Ling Mo kept silently repeating this action. As Zhang She’s face gradually became unrecognizable, even Yuwen Xuan and the others, who had been furious, slowly quieted down, unable to help but twitch at the corners of their eyes as they watched.

Fang Zhou’s face turned even paler… Right now it was Zhang She getting beaten, but who knew if he’d be next… And the most terrifying thing was, throughout the whole process, Ling Mo’s expression never changed. There was no anger on his face, only calm. In fact… there was even a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

This guy, he’s smiling as he beats someone half to death!

Crack!

With a crisp sound of bone breaking from Zhang She’s nose, he couldn’t help but let out a miserable howl.

Ling Mo glanced at his face, now a mess like mud, then let go of his collar. Zhang She’s body swayed and he collapsed limply to the ground.

Ling Mo pulled out a piece of paper, wiped his bloodied and skinned hand, smiled and said, “You’re overthinking it. I’m not interested at all in those dirty secrets between you and Wang. I just can’t get used to seeing your face… It’s much better now.”

He balled up the bloodstained tissue and tossed it to the ground, then continued, “Besides, this is how it should be said… If you have anything to say, say it now. If it’s still the kind of nonsense that’ll annoy me, you’d better swallow it back. Otherwise, next time, I can’t say which part of you I’ll get tired of seeing.”

“Cough… cough…” At this point, Zhang She couldn’t even speak. He writhed on the ground in pain, letting out muffled groans. And as he coughed up blood, he spat out two bloody broken teeth.

Fang Zhou’s legs went weak at the sight… This isn’t just being “not used to it”! He clearly wants to destroy his face! Now Zhang She wasn’t just disfigured, even half his life had been beaten out of him by Ling Mo. Who knew how a mental ability superhuman like him could have so much strength…

It took more than ten seconds before Zhang She barely managed to catch his breath. He shook his head, his eyes bloodshot, still dazed as he looked at Ling Mo, then forced a crooked smile and slurred, “Why don’t you… just beat me to death?”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let you die so quickly.” Ling Mo replied with a cold smile.

“Heh… heh…” Zhang She laughed twice, but it was obvious he was feeling guilty… Maybe he’d thought Ling Mo might still negotiate with him… as long as he had some leverage. But Ling Mo had just told him with a ruthless beating… he really didn’t care about so-called intelligence!

And in front of Ling Mo, he might not even have the chance to kill himself.

“What do you want me… to say? About… Chief of Staff Wang’s intelligence? Like, who he secretly contacted in the Base?” Zhang She asked.

Ling Mo snorted and shook his head, “I’m not interested in that either. As for Chief of Staff Wang’s personal intelligence, I already know what I need to know. As for what I shouldn’t know, like who he’s sleeping with, I don’t care either. And the people he’s contacted… I don’t care who he’s been in touch with, I only care about those who’ve screwed me over. If those people are just fence-sitters… then soon, they’ll know which side is truly the right one to stand on.”

Among the Survivors, people were mixed, and most of them had a strong sense of insecurity. Even Ling Mo himself was like that… So he knew very well, as long as he could send a large, steady stream of supplies back to the Base, and eliminate the biggest external threats, then his Base would be truly stabilized.

Those warehouses he’d already cleared out were just the first step in these plans. Most importantly, through this move, he’d shown everyone in the Base that he could do things others couldn’t… He could, in places overrun by Zombies, achieve unimaginable gains at minimal cost.

But even at this point, these people might still think Ling Mo was weak and alone, and that what he brought back could be taken from him. In that case, why not secretly cooperate with Ling Mo’s enemies? Maybe they could get even more benefits that way.

This kind of thinking wasn’t something Ling Mo could dispel just by showing off in front of them… What they needed was a bigger shock… and that was for Ling Mo to completely crush Chief of Staff Wang.

That was the objective reason Ling Mo had to kill Chief of Staff Wang. The subjective reason was…

“I’m really interested in this Chief of Staff Wang. He’s gone to such lengths to deal with me, if I don’t return the favor, wouldn’t that be rude?” Ling Mo said.

Zhang She was stunned for a moment: “So… you want to kill him directly?”

Ling Mo neither confirmed nor denied it, saying, “Zhang She, what I want to know is… if you fail, what happens next? This shouldn’t be the last step, right?”

He spoke very softly, but Zhang She heard him clearly. His eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Ling Mo. Then, a trace of wariness appeared on his face as he asked, “What do you mean?”

“You should know very well, shouldn’t you?” Ling Mo glanced at Fang Zhou, who was standing dumbfounded not far away, and continued in a low voice, “Your role is the same as his.”

Zhang She coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood, but said nothing.

Seeing his reaction, Ling Mo knew he’d guessed right.

Zhang She was different from Fang Zhou… Fang Zhou had always been by Chief of Staff Wang’s side, and he was probably a Pawn who’d been guided and groomed for a long time. But Zhang She was someone who lived in Miracle Base. No matter how careful Chief of Staff Wang was, his understanding of Zhang She was limited.

Most importantly, Zhang She was only chosen when Ling Mo’s group set out. This showed that Chief of Staff Wang cast his net skillfully, but also that Zhang She was definitely not his only choice. In that case, the possibility of him fully understanding Zhang She was even lower.

Thinking about it this way… then what kind of personality would be the easiest to see through and control?

If I were Chief of Staff Wang…

Ling Mo fell silent, but in his mind he was simulating Chief of Staff Wang’s way of thinking. At times like this, only by thinking from his perspective could he avoid the next trap, or even use it. Just like Chief of Staff Wang had dug a series of pits for him, Ling Mo’s previous preparations were just a prelude-relying on that alone was definitely not enough.

From what Ling Mo knew of Chief of Staff Wang, he was a meticulous man, skilled at exploiting human nature. From the most ordinary assassins to Fang Zhou, he’d perfectly grasped the weaknesses in their personalities and used them.

In this respect, Chief of Staff Wang was definitely very smart.

But being smart didn’t mean he had no weaknesses.

What Ling Mo valued was precisely his intelligence.

“If I were that Wang, how would I see Zhang She?” Ling Mo thought as he observed Zhang She’s eyes, “This person doesn’t seem troublesome, probably a steady type, so he’d easily gain the trust of those around him. But in reality, he’s very meticulous, and bold. Most importantly, he has desire…”

“That’s it! Desire!” Ling Mo’s eyes suddenly lit up, “If Wang just wanted to find a traitor in Miracle Base, he wouldn’t need to know them at all! Because anyone willing to cooperate with him must be someone with a lot of little schemes. And these people all have one big trait: their desires are strong, and to achieve their goals, they’ll stop at nothing. It’s actually hard to use people like that… But what if… what he really wants them to do is to stop at nothing?”

“Then this whole thing actually becomes simple…”

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