After being inactive for a long time and having his legs subjected to repeated bloodletting and cutting, Hayden's legs were almost unusable.
However, walking is an instinctive human action, and after almost stumbling during his first attempts, he managed to steady himself. Stay connected through m-v l|e'-novelhall.net
Supporting himself with the cage, he began to take small steps, gradually finding his balance, and was able to walk slowly without support.
"Hmm, it looks like the recovery is going well. I'll arrange a room for you to wash up later. You're back in action!" Elijah said.
"Thank you very much. I, Hayden, have no way to repay you, but I'm willing to work like a mule and a horse, ready to serve you!" Hayden said seriously, looking at Elijah.
"No need to work like a mule or a horse. What's important is that we work together to manage this place well, make sure everyone is fed and has enough to drink, and avoid hunger," Elijah patted Hayden's shoulder, then continued, "Alright, you can go rest for now. I'll go treat the newcomer!"
"Let's go together. I've talked quite a bit with that kid and we've become somewhat acquainted!" Hayden sighed.
Whenever new people arrived, he would talk to them, but unfortunately, few of them lasted long before becoming either mad or foolish.
"That Finn is also unlucky. His ability is X-ray vision. Yesterday, when he arrived at the hotel, he inadvertently saw what was going on in the basement. I found out and, after an unproductive exchange, threw him down here," Wendy explained as she opened Finn's cage.
"Indeed, he's quite unfortunate," Elijah nodded. He peered into the cage and noticed that Finn, who had been sleeping heavily, was still undisturbed by the noise of the door opening.
It seemed that the recovery of his legs might have made him feel less discomfort.
"Finn, wake up!" Wendy tapped his face.
Finn moaned in pain and then opened his groggy eyes. When he saw Wendy, he was immediately startled into full alertness!
"Ugh... What... what are you going to do now?"
Finn, while speaking, involuntarily recalled his experiences from yesterday.
After seeing the horrifying state of the people in the basement, it was this woman who, with a smile, had questioned him.
Then, a chubby man who always looked kind and smiling appeared, using some unknown ability on him, which caused panic and fear, leaving him blank-headed.
Elijah then had Wendy free the remaining dozen or so people and arrange for their care.
He would gradually treat them. Physical injuries were easier to heal, but psychological wounds were harder to address.
However, he would help as many as possible, and for those who couldn't be restored, Elijah would still provide them with a "merciful" end.
As for the zombies that had been used as food, Elijah killed them all and collected their cores.
The corpse cores, or "corpse cores," had been discovered by Matthew and his group long ago.
After learning that consuming zombie flesh could potentially awaken people, Matthew had crazily fed a batch of people corpse cores, but all of them turned into zombies, becoming food for others.
Eventually, Matthew discovered that zombies could become stronger from consuming these cores.
Kylie also liked eating corpse cores, so they consciously began to collect them.
However, Matthew was wary of feeding too many to the zombies, fearing they would become too strong to control.
So, although they had collected a lot, they had used very little. Now, these cores had become Elijah's gain.
After a quick inventory, there were over 1,000 first-tier corpse cores and about 20 second-tier cores, most of which came from zombies Matthew had fed and then had their flesh eaten by others, leaving behind only the cores.
Seeing Kylie's eager expression, Elijah picked up a second-tier corpse core and asked, "Do you want to eat this one?"
"Yes, I want to!" Kylie responded.
"Does Matthew usually let you eat these?"
"He gives me the white ones but not the orange ones. I want to eat the orange ones!"
The white ones are first-tier corpse cores, while the orange ones are second-tier.
It seems Matthew knew that letting Kylie consume second-tier corpse cores could potentially advance her to the third tier, making her uncontrollable.
In fact, Kylie already possesses the ability to defy a second-tier Matthew, but for some unknown reason, she hasn't resisted his control.