My vampire princess wants to repay a debt of gratitude.

The two locked eyes, and this cliché hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario from an idol drama actually materialized! And it happened to Lin Mo!

Lin Mo was caught off guard! Damn it, did they pick up the wrong script? Shouldn't this be the female lead's script?

Ye Zimo was always aloof, her face showing no change in expression. She was as beautiful as an ice sculpture, exuding the aura of a domineering CEO.

Lin Mo was gently placed on the ground, his feet touching the reinforced concrete surface. His soul, which had almost left his body in fright, slowly returned, regaining a sense of security and stability.

Lin Mo looked himself up and down, and after confirming that he was not missing any parts, but had lost a bicycle that had been with him for 4 years, he was still heartbroken.

Wait, there's also cat food. I just bought it for my cat, Snowball. It cost 80 yuan, which is really expensive.

"Assi."

Lin Mo immediately used a popular Korean comedian's witty remark to express his feelings, then looked at his benefactor beside him.

"Didn't you go back?"

"Ah."

Ye Zimo said expressionlessly, "Actually, I wanted to follow Lin Mo home to see him draw comics, but how could a vampire princess possibly ask for that?"

"You weren't following me, were you?"

Lin Mo asked curiously.

"No."

Ye Zimo tilted her head arrogantly, refusing to look at Lin Mo.

So it really was stalking... For the first time, Lin Mo felt so safe being followed.

"Okay, anyway, thank you."

Lin Mo scratched his head, preparing to go to the scene of the incident to see if the bicycle could be salvaged, or to retrieve the cat food and, incidentally, to have the driver compensate him for his losses.

Unexpectedly, the driver, still harboring malicious intentions, drove his truck and rammed into them again.

This was not an accident at all; it was premeditated murder!

Lin Mo was shocked. When did he offend such a desperate criminal?

At 1:30 a.m., most shops were closed, there were no pedestrians on the streets, and there were no surveillance cameras on the old road.

On a dark and stormy night, this truck driver seized the opportunity to commit the crime.

The truck sped towards us with its headlights on, and the driver's eyes were bloodshot.

Ye Zimo remained calm as she extended her right hand, as if an invisible barrier had risen from it, blocking the truck that was accelerating to 160 horsepower.

The truck seemed to have crashed into a wall. Due to the excessive speed, the force was amplified, the front of the truck deformed, and it was thrown off.

With a loud bang, the truck, which had spun 360 degrees in the air, overturned and crashed to the ground.

Lin Mo swallowed hard and saw the truck driver push open the door and stumble out.

This was the guy who had robbed him a while ago and was taken to the police station; Lin Mo remembered him.

Because his robbery attempt failed, he was given a lecture by the police and then released.

"How could it be him?"

Lin Mo frowned, but he could tell from the robber's walking posture that something was off about him.

The way he walks is very similar to, very similar to, a zombie!

It wasn't until he reached Lin Mo and Ye Zimo that Lin Mo could see, through the dim light of the streetlamp, that his skin was rotting, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body reeked of a foul stench.

He's dead, and he's been dead for more than a day!

Lin Mo looked at Ye Zimo in horror: "Him?"

"not me."

Ye Zimo knew that Lin Mo suspected her, but she disdained to transform such a person, much less turn him into a zombie. He must have encountered someone else.

The zombie robber tried to twist his neck, but with a snap, his neck broke and his head fell to the ground.

Lin Mo was completely bewildered, feeling both fear and a sense of helplessness.

My inner voice screamed "Holy crap!"

Does this work too?

Was this zombie's death a suicide?

Ye Zimo walked up to the zombie, put on white gloves, squatted down, and prepared to check on his condition.

Lin Mo mustered up his courage and walked over.

If you don't watch this kind of scene, you're simply not a cartoonist!

Suddenly, a tadpole-shaped monster covered in a viscous blue liquid emerged from the zombie's neck. Just as it was about to escape, Ye Zimo picked it up.

Lin Mo was speechless with surprise, not because the little monster was too scary, but because it looked exactly like the one-eyed worm in his comic.

His comic, "The Yokai Callbook," was inspired by a notebook he found while cleaning up a warehouse in his rural hometown when he was a child. It was written in ancient Chinese characters but had many modern annotations, which is why Lin Mo was able to understand its strange contents.

Among them is a record of this monster—the Corpse-Controlling Worm.

These worms parasitize the dead, controlling their corpses and making them move like zombies. The corpse-controlling worms act according to the deceased's last grievances.

Ye Zimo frowned slightly. She hated these disgusting insects the most and slapped them to death with one hand.

Then, Xiaoju, who arrived late, began to deal with the scene.

Lin Mo didn't pay attention to what Xiao Ju was doing; instead, he fell into deep thought.

Are the monsters recorded in the Lich's Communications real?

Lin Mo simply couldn't imagine that if these monsters were real, then this seemingly peaceful world was actually fraught with danger!

Lin Mo suppressed his nausea, squatted down, and examined the robber's corpse. He discovered that the body not only smelled of decay but also of sewers.

His left little finger was cut off.

It's hard to determine the exact time of death, but it must have been at least three or four days ago.

He also had injuries of varying degrees on his body, which were in different places than when Ye Zimo had hit him before, proving that they were new injuries sustained later.

Because these injuries all had marks and obvious bruises on his skin, Lin Mo could tell that he had been beaten up once before he died.

As a cartoonist who knows a little bit about everything, Lin Mo began to calmly think and reconstruct the case.

He had previously suspected that this guy was a drug addict, and that he might have incurred a debt because of drug use.

He tried to rob a convenience store to pay off his debts, but ended up encountering himself and a vampire, and ended up in the police station instead.

After he got out, he encountered debt collectors who not only chopped off his fingers but also beat him up and may have even thrown him into the sewer.

Perhaps it was because his injuries were not treated in time that he died.

His resentment after death attracted corpse-controlling worms, which parasitized his body and began indiscriminate revenge.

The primary target should be those people demanding repayment; the secondary target should be yourself.

Lin Mo felt that the best way to verify his conjecture was to check the recent car accidents.

Corpse-controlling worms are not very intelligent and usually only take one form of revenge. If they would kill themselves by causing a car accident, then they would definitely do the same to kill the others.

Lin Mo reached out and searched the corpse's pockets.

Xiaoju looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Chapter 28 The Pet Shop at Dawn

Lin Mo found the robber's wallet in his pocket.

The wallet contained an ID card and various small cards, including pink cards and business cards from various loan companies.

Lin Mo felt he had grasped the key to the matter, so he took out his phone and photographed everything.

Xiaoju picked up the wallet and the small cards, wiped away Lin Mo's fingerprints one by one, and then put them back into the robber's pocket.

After cleaning up the traces left by Ye Zimo at the scene, she did not dispose of the body or the truck; she left those matters for the police to investigate and handle themselves.

"Let's go."

Ye Zimo turned around and glanced at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo snapped out of his daze and asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go buy cat food."

Ye Zimo said calmly, as if nothing had just happened.

Since she had read Lin Mo's comics, she assumed Lin Mo should know about the existence of monsters, so she didn't offer any further explanation.

Little did anyone know that Lin Mo was completely ignorant of the monster world; he was using his phone to search for recent traffic accidents.

News from nearby locations is easier to find. Lin Mo limited the area to Weicheng and used the keywords "debt collection companies" to find a news article.

This morning at 9:00 AM, a truck accident occurred in Weicheng, resulting in the deaths of five individuals, all of whom were from Mingyuan Co., Ltd., a debt collection company. The driver fled the scene after the accident, and an investigation has been launched. The truck driver's license plate number is *****.

Sure enough! It was exactly as Lin Mo had guessed.

Snapped.

Lin Mo's phone fell directly to the ground.

Lin Mo was startled after his guess was confirmed.

Ye Zimo picked up his phone and handed it to him; his reaction was understandable.

Compared to other ordinary humans, Lin Mo is already considered a very calm and high-quality human.

As Ye Zimo thought this, the two of them arrived at a pet store called "Cat House".

This is a nationally renowned chain pet accessory store. Except for the pets themselves, it sells all other pet accessories, including cat houses, cat food, cat toys, cat clothes, and canned cat food.

Most importantly, it's a 24-hour pet store, which is very friendly to people who work night shifts.

"This one will do."

Ye Zimo also keeps cats, which are usually taken care of by Xiaoju, so she doesn't know the specific price of cat food and only looks at whether the food looks familiar or not.

Lin Mo's face turned green: "Wait."