The room was empty of other people. Lu Heng walked over to the metal cage.
"Come here, I'll examine you."
Lu Heng beckoned to Sun Qiang, who was sitting in the other corner.
Sun Qiang heard him and crawled over on the ground, his upper body slightly raised as he leaned towards Lu Heng, his hand gripping the cage bars.
"Don't move, let me see."
Lu Heng reached out and extended his hand towards Sun Qiang's arm.
The moment he touched its arm, he examined Sun Qiang's entire body.
As expected, Sun Qiang's throat had been bitten through. Although it had repaired some of it by absorbing the ancient well water, there were still many areas that had been necrotic for years and could not be repaired.
Lu Heng controlled his healing ability and began to repair Sun Qiang's neck.
Perhaps due to some different experience during the repair process, Sun Qiang let out a low hum.
A moment later.
"Itchy."
A deep male voice sounded, and Lu Heng withdrew the ability he was releasing.
"You can speak now."
"It's very itchy."
"It's supposed to be itchy, your wounds are healing."
Lu Heng examined Sun Qiang's body again and found that the wounds left by the zombie attack had been mostly healed.
With a little more treatment, all the wounds would be restored.
He activated his healing ability again, and soon all of Sun Qiang's internal and external injuries were completely healed.
Lu Heng withdrew his hand and stood up, looking at Sun Qiang, who was slowly learning to stand upright like Lu Heng.
Sun Qiang was deliberately imitating him. Perhaps due to his physical condition, he could only crawl on all fours.
But the zombie, knowing that its former self was human, was now deliberately imitating human behavior.
Although they had lost much of their memory of their lives as humans, their deeply ingrained minds still yearned to learn to be human.
"Do you still crave blood now?"
"No." Sun Qiang shook his head vigorously. Since regaining his intelligence, he no longer craved flesh and blood.
"Then, if I asked you to go outside and kill zombies, could you do it?"
"Zom...bies..."
Lu Heng stared at Sun Qiang, then released Lin Xue from his space.
Lin Xue's appearance put a lot of pressure on Sun Qiang.
"Now, if I told you to kill it, could you do it?"
They were both zombies, but Lin Xue was many levels higher than Sun Qiang. When Sun Qiang looked at Lin Xue, he instinctively retreated to the other side of the cage.
"It's very strong."
"Just tell me, do you dare to kill it?"
Sun Qiang's intelligence had recovered to that of an adult, but he hadn't spoken for a long time and was not yet accustomed to using his mouth to make sounds.
Sun Qiang stared at Lin Xue without speaking, but in the end, he shook his head, pressing himself against the cage bars.
"Is the zombie level suppression that strong?"
This was purely instinctual.
Lu Heng guessed that if it were humans, there would always be moments of impulsiveness where they would disregard the level suppression and try to kill someone of a higher level.
Lu Heng glanced at Lin Xue. Without his command, Lin Xue made no unnecessary moves.
He put Lin Xue back into his space and looked at Sun Qiang again.
"If I let you out, have you gather zombies, form a zombie team, and then have the zombies fight each other, can you do that?"
Lu Heng had been thinking about this on the way here.
If humans relied solely on killing zombies, the speed would definitely be slower.
Moreover, humans could not sense the location of zombies, and for those lurking in dark corners and never coming out, it was impossible to completely clear them.
What if some zombies were missed in a certain area? Humans, after a period of time, might believe that all zombies had been eliminated.
But in reality, many zombies were still hiding alone somewhere, and when humans began to reproduce, these zombies would counterattack.
Continuing to lead humanity into a new abyss.
Only through these zombies, who could sense their own kind, could the zombies be gathered together.
And then be completely killed.
Lin Xue was his contracted zombie and could not be released casually, so he thought of letting Sun Qiang try.
Sun Qiang thought for a long time. Just as Lu Heng thought Sun Qiang would not agree, Sun Qiang nodded to him.
"I can try."
"Then, if you encounter a stronger zombie than you, will you hesitate again, or will you be killed by other zombies?"
Sun Qiang was stunned for a moment, clearly not having thought of these things.
His current level was entirely due to his original father piling it up for him.
He had no combat experience, nor had he ever ruled other zombies.
He hadn't even tried to kill a zombie before.
After a period of silence, Lu Heng said to Sun Qiang, "I can teach you. You should want no humans to be infected by zombies in this world, right?"
Sun Qiang raised his grayish-white pupils to look at Lu Heng and nodded again.
"Good."
Lu Heng looked at Sun Qiang and smiled slightly.
"First, you must not actively attack humans and restrain your craving for flesh and blood."
Lu Heng called out towards the door, "Chen Dong."
Chen Dong and the guards watching Sun Qiang had been outside. Hearing Lu Heng call his name from inside, he quickly pushed the door open and entered.
"City Lord Lu."
"Yes, arrange for a convertible car to be parked downstairs. I'll take Sun Qiang out for a walk."
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone... What? Who did you just say you're taking out? Where?"
Chen Dong's mind was a bit slow to process. He seemed to have understood Lu Heng's words, but he also doubted if he had heard correctly.
"I'm taking Sun Qiang around the city to see his reaction. Don't worry, I'll go personally."
Chen Dong exchanged a glance with the person beside him, then pinched the other person.
"Does it hurt?"
"Director Chen, why are you pinching me?"
"Then it hurts. It seems I didn't hear wrong."
"Chen Dong, hurry up and arrange it. The people at the city gate will be here soon, and I want to get to the city gate before then."
Lu Heng saw Chen Dong still standing in the room and urged him.
Chen Dong pinched his own face and then turned to leave the room.
He was still in disbelief as he walked outside.
But he had also pinched himself just now, and it was definitely not a hallucination.
Although he didn't understand why Lu Heng wanted to take a level nine zombie around the city, he couldn't question Lu Heng's words and could only arrange for people to prepare.
A moment later, Lu Heng heard the sound of a car downstairs.
He rummaged through his space and found a set of clothes suitable for Sun Qiang, handing them to him.
"Do you know how to wear them?"
Sun Qiang shook his head. Having been a zombie for many years, he had forgotten these basics.
Lu Heng looked at the person who was guarding Sun Qiang and said, "Go help him put them on."
Although that person had interacted with Sun Qiang before, it was through a metal cage, which provided some psychological security.
But to help Sun Qiang put on clothes, he would need to have close contact.
He looked at the clothes in his hand with some hesitation, his hands trembling slightly.
"City Lord Lu, you must guarantee my safety. I have a seventy-year-old mother at home..."
"Hurry up, you won't die."
Lu Heng pushed the person. The moment the person touched the metal cage, the cage seemed to come alive and automatically opened a gap.