After resting well in the room, Lu Heng summoned Lin Xue to his room.
Sitting on the sofa, Lu Heng carefully examined Lin Xue, who was sitting opposite him.
Lin Xue's skin seemed to have a bit of a rosy hue, no longer so pale, but still somewhat different from human skin.
The color of her eyes, only the black pupil part, looked somewhat eerie.
"Lin Xue, can you make sounds? I mean, can you speak like me?"
"Ah ah ah ah..." Lin Xue made a few single syllables.
Still unable to speak?
"You come out with me, I'll find someone to examine you."
Lu Heng got up and took Lin Xue away from the space. After getting dressed, Lu Heng specially put a pair of sunglasses on Lin Xue. Therefore, from the outside, Lin Xue looked like a sickly girl who rarely went outdoors and was seldom exposed to sunlight.
Such people were common in the apocalypse. Due to certain reasons, they were persecuted by others and became pets for others to toy with, especially little girls like Lin Xue who looked this way.
"Is Chen Dong here?" Walking outside the research center, Lu Heng asked the guard.
"Yes, Professor Chen usually doesn't go out."
"Mm."
Entering the courtyard with Lin Xue, Lin Xue did not look around. She probably couldn't see clearly yet and was unable to distinguish objects.
"City Lord Lu, you're here, please have a seat." Seeing Lu Heng personally arrive, Chen Dong quickly got up from a pile of experimental reports.
"Mm, how is the zombie virus research going?"
"Alas, it's the same as always."
That meant there was no progress.
"I've brought you a 'person', help it examine its body."
Lu Heng pulled Lin Xue over and made her walk a few steps forward.
"Examine its body? Does this child have some kind of problem? Hmm, it seems like she doesn't get much sun, her skin is too pale. Why didn't you go to the infirmary to get it checked? Huh? Her body temperature is also very low. Let Uncle have a look..." Chen Dong said, getting up and taking Lin Xue's arm.
Lin Xue's temperature was much lower than that of a normal human. Due to her ability to self-repair, her skin was only slightly softer than that of a dead person.
When Chen Dong got up to take Lin Xue for examination, Lu Heng had already closed the door to Chen Dong's office and locked it.
This was to prevent Chen Dong from being too surprised and making any strange noises later.
"Ah ah ah ah, damn, City Lord Lu, this child, is this child dead? Or a zombie?"
As expected, when Chen Dong removed Lin Xue's sunglasses, he began to speak incoherently.
"Zombie."
"Crash... Crackle..."
No wonder Chen Dong was so panicked. For a pure researcher with not much combat power, if he hadn't had a group of people protecting him, he would have probably died at the hands of zombies long ago.
He had never been this close to a zombie before. Although he had studied them, it was mostly their organs. Having such a complete living specimen standing before him, and having touched it just now, this was the first time.
He was not a qualified mad scientist; he had not yet conducted research on live zombie specimens.
"Don't be so nervous, I can control it."
Seeing that Chen Dong was still somewhat frightened, Lu Heng walked over and pulled Lin Xue back to his side.
"You, I mean, City Lord Lu, can you guarantee that this zombie won't scratch me? Our research hasn't made any headway, and we don't have any antibodies to deal with zombies. If I get scratched, I'll turn into a zombie too, I..."
"Don't be nervous, it's really fine. After staying here for so long, has it developed any malicious intent towards you?"
"Well, no, it hasn't."
"Get up and talk, isn't it cold sitting on the ground?"
"Oh, okay."
"Lin Xue, you sit here for now."
Lin Xue nodded obediently.
"It can understand what you're saying?"
"Yes."
"What do you want me to examine it for?"
"Aren't you doing research? I've brought you a special living specimen, you should seize this opportunity."
"What special living specimen? Currently, it just seems quieter than other zombies, and it also listens to you."
"That's already very unusual. Most zombies are irritable and aggressive, they get agitated easily, and will be attracted by sounds. Look how well it controls itself."
"Indeed."
"However, its current appearance is a bit different from when I first controlled it. I don't know if it has changed after leveling up, so I brought it for you to examine, and also to give you some samples."
"It leveled up? What level is it?"
Chen Dong knew that zombies were classified by levels.
"It should be an eighteen-level zombie."
"Eigh-eighteen levels, City Lord Lu, are you joking? That would make it a corpse king!" Chen Dong sat back into his pile of documents, looking warily at Lin Xue opposite him, afraid of missing anything, lest Lin Xue pounce on him. 138 Reading Network
"More or less. I let it control the zombies outside, and it can indeed do it, especially low-level zombies. They find it hard to resist the suppression of levels."
"Mm, what else is special about it? Its skin felt quite smooth when I touched it earlier, and it wasn't particularly cold."
"It can self-repair. For example, if it gets a wound, it will recover immediately."
"Ah? This, this kind of physique? I'll find a test tube to draw some blood."
Upon hearing about such an incredible situation, Chen Dong seemed to have recovered. His medical research heart once again overcame his fear, and he began to rummage around the room.
"Oh dear, there's none in this room. I'll go to the laboratory outside to get some materials. Or perhaps we should take it directly there?"
Chen Dong wanted to get some other things, like muscle tissue. He couldn't just take a small knife and cut it here in the room, could he?
"Okay, I'll go with you. I'm afraid it might lose control if it's away from me. Also, you should clear out the other people later. I don't want anyone else to know about Lin Xue. To the outside world, you can just say you found a zombie sample."
"Mm-hmm, I understand, let's go."
Chen Dong opened the door and walked out, and the three of them quickly arrived at the nearby laboratory.
"Hey, Wang Tian, put down what you're holding, I'll be using this place for a while. You guys pack up and get out."
Wang Tian and the others were looking at some cell tissues, discussing them from time to time. They didn't expect Chen Dong to tell them to leave immediately upon arrival. However, as the leader of this experiment, they had no objections. Chen Dong would sometimes do this when he wanted to research something privately.
Closing the laboratory door again, Chen Dong seemed to have forgotten his fear of Lin Xue. He grabbed Lin Xue's arm and walked to a chair.
"I'll examine its body first, and then draw blood later."
"Mm, low-level zombies' eyes should not be able to see objects. Look at Lin Xue's eyes, the eyeballs have changed from a completely gray and white color to black now. And when moving from a dark place to a bright place, she instinctively uses her arm to shield her eyes from the sun."