Stepping out from the area surrounded by equipment, the frail figure finally revealed himself to Lu Heng.
The man's face was pale blue, a color utterly unnatural for human skin.
However, Lin Xue had just sensed that besides Sun Qiang, there were no other zombies here.
As Lu Heng's attention was drawn to the man opposite him, Lin Xue relayed the information she had obtained from Sun Qiang to Lu Heng.
It turned out that Sun Qiang had come to this city with the intention of, as he had done several times before, manipulating the zombies within the city to fight each other, thereby creating some zombie subordinates for himself.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving here, he had been lured in by a "human."
Having not smelled the scent of fresh human blood for a long time, Sun Qiang, upon arriving here, suddenly sensed the presence of a great deal of human blood.
Driven by instinct, it had found its way here, only to be captured by that frail human.
This "human" was researching zombies here, and for some unknown reason, the zombies in this area did not attack this "human" proactively.
The reason Sun Qiang was captured was that it did not sense any human aura from this person.
What attracted it was a bathtub filled with blood, the blood still in a liquid state. Blood held an irresistible allure for zombies.
Therefore, Sun Qiang, caught off guard, was captured by the "human."
"What did that girl do to it? How did it become conscious?"
The sharp, high-pitched voice from across the way interrupted Lu Heng's thoughts.
As Lu Heng watched the approaching figure, a thick vine bound the person opposite him.
"You, let me go."
The person struggled, twisting continuously.
"You cannot harm humans."
"Heh, really? I've never seen anyone like you before."
"I, I am just sick, but I am not a zombie. You cannot kill humans."
The person's voice was high-pitched, but now it trembled slightly.
Lu Heng was certain that this person's research on zombies here was definitely not about researching antibodies to resist the zombie virus.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to live in a place full of zombies.
Sun Qiang had just told Lin Xue that there had been many zombies wandering in this basement before.
Those zombies had passed by the person without harming him.
Only the dead were ignored by zombies.
Therefore, this "person" still speaking to Lu Heng was not alive.
Or rather, he was a living dead.
—Hah! This is interesting.
This was another new species Lu Heng had discovered in this world.
Looking at the "person" bound by vines opposite him, Lu Heng walked with a smile towards the pair of equipment placed in the basement.
Many zombie limbs were placed here, and in many bottles, there were liquids of unknown origin.
However, these liquids and limbs, without exception, emitted a foul stench.
On another table, many test tubes were displayed. The test tubes were sealed, and the liquid inside was clear, though its color was strange, a kind of brownish hue.
"Don't touch my things." The high-pitched voice rang out as Lu Heng picked up the test tube containing the brown liquid.
Lu Heng frowned and collected all the items here into his spatial storage.
Instantly, the garage was emptied again. Apart from the scattered abandoned cars not far away, only Lu Heng and his companions remained.
"Where are my things? Where are my things..."
The bound person struggled again, twisting his head uncomfortably, looking at the empty space behind him.
His equipment, which he had brought here, was now gone.
He turned his head and roared at Lu Heng.
"It was you, you took my things. Where did you take my things?
You... you are not human!?
How could you make so many things disappear!?
...You, you can use magic, right?"
"Then tell me, are you still human, or rather, how did you turn yourself into someone who even zombies find uninteresting? Then I'll answer your question."
Lu Heng turned around and looked at the "person" staring at him.
"I, why should I tell you? Let me go quickly and return my things to me."
Lu Heng stopped wasting words with this person. Since the person refused to speak, Lu Heng didn't mind taking him back to Wuming City.
Perhaps this person could also be of help in researching the zombie virus.
"Looks like I have to go back again."
Lu Heng controlled the vines to drag both Sun Qiang and the person out of the basement.
The midday sun outside was dazzling. The moment Sun Qiang came into contact with the sunlight, its body trembled slightly.
It had been trapped underground by that person for several days. Although zombies of its level were no longer afraid of sunlight, the sudden shift from darkness to light still caused some reaction.
However, the "person" dragged out with it showed no reaction. Standing in the midday sun, apart from a pale complexion like a zombie, there was no other reaction.
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow, looking at the "person." This person was truly not a zombie.
He instinctively reached out to touch the person, but his hand felt cold, as if touching a corpse.
This "person" had the same temperature as Lin Xue and the others.
Upon returning to the surface, Lu Heng's contracted beasts also gathered around.
When he had gone down, Lu Heng had not brought them with him, instructing them to survey the surrounding area and kill any wandering zombies.
"Master, I've collected those crystals for you."
The antelopes and the others had already collected the crystals from the last wave of zombies they had killed and were dragging them over on a large leaf.
"Mm." Lu Heng responded with his thoughts and then waved his hand, storing those crystals along with these animals into his spatial storage.
The matter here was temporarily concluded. Lu Heng needed to take this human and Sun Qiang back to Wuming City first.
He also wanted to check the progress of their research on zombie antibodies.
The person dragged up by Lu Heng had been struggling continuously, trying to break free from the vine's restraint.
But the moment he came into contact with the sunlight, he was stunned by everything around him.
Throughout the city, there were zombie corpses everywhere, but not a single living zombie.
The person had initially thought that Lu Heng had managed to reach the ground by killing many zombies to get there.
He never expected that Lu Heng had annihilated all the zombies in the city and then walked into the basement with impunity.
Then, witnessing the actions of Lu Heng's contracted beasts, and seeing Lu Heng make a large number of crystals, along with those animals, disappear into thin air, he was struck as if by lightning, staring blankly at Lu Heng, unable to utter a word.
A fear he hadn't felt in a long time surged in his heart.
He opened his mouth wide, revealing a set of strange gums, but no sound came out.