The reason the zombie's eyes were a grayish-white was due to their complete degeneration. After mutating into zombies, they evolved their sense of smell and hearing, relying on these two abilities to perceive humans and other living creatures.
Before being contracted by Lu Heng, it had already evolved intelligence, regaining the intellect of a seven or eight-year-old child, so communication with people was relatively normal.
However, at this moment, having just evolved intelligence, it didn't know that zombies needed to wear clothes.
Standing in the garage, holding a piece of clothing, the zombie looked at Lu Heng's direction with a lost expression, its eyes vacant.
"Sigh."
Lu Heng waited for a long time but heard no movement from the zombie. With a sigh, he forcefully turned his head to look at the zombie.
I only see a zombie, not a child.
He chanted to himself in his mind, snatched the nightgown, and put it over the little zombie's head.
This zombie's skin was truly cold, feeling like touching a dead person. As he helped the little zombie put on the sleeves, Lu Heng finally adjusted his mindset.
This little zombie was already dead. Although its previous form was a little girl, touching the cold corpse now, Lu Heng could no longer feel any shyness.
"From now on, you will be called Lin Xue, taking your brother's surname."
"Brother? Aren't you my master?"
"Not me, him." Lu Heng pointed to Lin Yu beside him, then remembered that the zombie couldn't see people, so he put his hand down.
"From now on, without my command, you are not allowed to feed on human blood or harm humans."
"Then what do I eat?"
"You feel hungry?" Lu Heng knew that if this zombie didn't eat or drink, it wouldn't die. Their current form was completely that of walking dead.
Tearing into humans and consuming their blood and flesh was purely instinctual, an instinct from the zombie virus.
Lin Xue shook its head. It didn't feel hungry, but when it smelled blood and the scent of humans, its body would become restless, only wanting to tear those people apart, suck their blood, and eat their flesh.
"Lin Yu, this will be your sister from now on, Lin Xue. Talk to her more often, so she gets used to your voice and scent."
"But it's..." Even though Lin Yu didn't want to question Lu Heng's decision, he had just witnessed several things that puzzled him.
First, this little zombie could understand human speech, then it suddenly disappeared and reappeared, and now it called Lu Heng master.
And Lu Heng not only had close contact with the zombie but also made the zombie call him brother.
These things were too bizarre; he couldn't understand them at all.
"I'll explain later." Lu Heng looked at Lin Yu. He knew what Lin Yu was thinking, but for now, they had to leave this place.
The horde of zombies outside seemed to have calmed down. Pang Hu and the others had killed all the zombies around the building, and no more zombies were surging towards them.
They returned to the first floor. As they walked out the main door, Lin Yu was still shocked by the mountain of zombie corpses piled outside. Since he started training with Lu Heng, he hadn't encountered such a large-scale, concentrated attack from zombies.
Lu Heng controlled the wood-elemental vines, piercing the heads of the dead zombies, and then with a wave of his hand, collected the crystals into his spatial storage.
Many of these crystals showed signs of breaking through to level four. Lu Heng believed that if he hadn't come this time, it wouldn't be long before all those zombies evolved into level five zombies again.
"Why did all these zombies gather just now?" Lu Heng asked Lin Xue.
"Master, they were all summoned by me earlier."
"You can control these zombies?" Lu Heng raised an eyebrow. After contracting the little zombie, he had gained the ability to recover from injuries.
However, he hadn't felt the ability to control zombies.
"I can sense their location now, but I can't control them anymore."
After contracting with Lu Heng, the little zombie Lin Xue had also felt her level increase, but her zombie level only remained at ten.
This might be why Lu Heng's level advancement in the apocalypse through crystals only reached tier ten. To advance to higher levels, he would need to find corresponding magic crystals in another world.
Just as Lin Xue was about to try and drive these zombies again to prove it to her master, she felt that she could no longer control them.
"Then will you feel pain if I kill these zombies?" Lu Heng asked Lin Xue.
Since these zombies could sense each other, in a sense, there should be some connection in their minds.
Although the contracted zombie would never betray him, with this connection still existing between them, Lu Heng didn't mind killing this contracted zombie.
Lin Xue shook its head, "No."
It seemed that after the contract, some connection between them as zombies had been severed.
Lu Heng looked at Lin Xue beside him. She was a bit dirty. Although the stench of decay wasn't very strong, the smell of someone who hadn't bathed in a long time was quite noticeable.
Moreover, in her current state, anyone could tell at a glance that she was a zombie.
"We'll kill this many today. Let's return to [Fallen City] to rest and recuperate."
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[Fallen City].
Lu Heng, along with Lin Yu and the others, successfully returned to [Fallen City]. Golden Eagle and the others reported the recent situation outside the city.
Lu Heng felt that he needed to recruit more people soon. Relying solely on these mutated animals for patrols, such a large city meant they were very tired from taking turns.
When Lu Heng contracted the little zombie, they, who also had a contractual relationship with Lu Heng, felt it immediately. However, those who stayed in the city to guard had never seen their new companion.
Lu Heng had them change shifts and called over the new companions to meet Lin Xue.
"Wow, she looks a bit like those outside," Golden Eagle said, circling Lin Xue with some surprise.
The Director, who remained in the small building, nodded in agreement. "Yes, I was startled the first time I saw her. I thought the master's place had also been overrun by zombies."
Lin Yu stared at Lin Xue's eyes and asked, "What about her eyes? How should we handle them?"
On the way back, Lu Heng had already taken Lin Xue to his spatial storage to take a bath. Since Lin Xue was blind and had mutated into a zombie before, she had no understanding of the human world, and bathing was something she wouldn't do. Lu Heng had to personally help her.
After cleaning her up and changing her into a regular tracksuit, Lu Heng shaved off her dry, lusterless hair and put on a wig.
"It's nothing with the eyes. Some blind people also have grayish-white eyes."
Lin Xue could communicate now, but she had forgotten about human life. She still needed to learn, and fortunately, these animals were quite talkative, so that wasn't a concern.
It was just her skin. Although the touch was still soft and smooth, the temperature was too low.