If Elijah weren't restraining them, letting the two women unleash their true nature, few here would survive.
Since everyone knew each other, it made interactions much easier.
Abigail was quite pleased with her new little sister, the intelligent Kylie, who was much more interesting than the mindless zombies.
Wendy stayed for a while before heading out to arrange dinner.
Seeing this, Nora quickly took out the spirit plants she was tasked to look after and ran to Elijah.
Despite her young age, she had a keen eye and knew the spirit plants were important to Elijah.
She waited until Wendy left to proudly show how well she had cared for them. Elijah praised her thoroughly before taking the spirit plants.
After two days of growth, the spirit plants, which Elijah didn't recognize, had changed slightly.
The remaining leaves had grown a bit larger, but no new sprouts had appeared.
"It seems that first-tier corpse cores have limited effect. It makes sense; to attract the attention of a third-tier zombie, it must be at least at the level of Crystal Grass!"
Recently, he had acquired quite a few corpse cores.
Elijah took out several second-tier corpse cores and buried them at the roots of the spirit plants before putting them away.
Wendy soon returned with dinner.
Since everyone was somewhat resistant to cooked food, the dinner consisted of pre-packaged meals.
Elijah and his group's meal was relatively abundant, including some canned sausages, fresh lettuce, and cucumbers.
In the early days of the apocalypse, fresh leafy vegetables were scarce. Elijah had found this curious yesterday and couldn't help but ask, "Do we have vegetable cultivation here?"
Wendy, who had stayed to eat with them, explained, "Originally, we didn't, but then someone awakened with plant-related abilities that promote plant growth. Matthew had people start cultivating vegetables. These were initially reserved only for the management."
"Wait, I remember you saying only the awakened could enjoy them?"
"That was to reassure you. Those were originally my share, but you didn't eat any of it!"
Wendy gave Elijah a resentful look.
"I was just being cautious, haha..."
Elijah laughed it off but thought that the ability sounded similar to Katherine's. If that were the case, they could cultivate some Red Fruit No. 2 to stabilize the group's morale.
Although YLK had undergone a purge, if Elijah couldn't deliver on his promises and provide a way for everyone to continue strengthening, those who awakened and advanced through cannibalism might develop other ideas over time.
The focus would now be on body training techniques and spirit plants.
Elijah fully experienced the subtle differences between zombies and humans, thinking, "No wonder that bastard Matthew started having zombies entertain guests... once the safety issue is resolved, the experience is quite something...!"
Elijah muttered a few words, then gradually calmed his mind and focused on his training.
After finishing his practice and having breakfast, Elijah asked Wendy to gather the remaining members of the YLK group.
After a whole afternoon and evening of adjustments, everyone seemed much more spirited.
Hayden, especially, had shaved and cleaned up, transforming into a handsome young man.
Elijah stood in front of the group, looking at the thirty-plus people who were either eagerly or complexly looking at him.
Clearing his throat, he said, "Yesterday is gone. Today marks a new beginning. To help you gain more strength in this dangerous apocalypse, I will teach you a set of body training techniques today.
I won't elaborate on the effects of these techniques. Those who have already awakened will feel the benefits after practicing it twice. For those who haven't awakened, the effects won't be as obvious, but if you persist, your bodies will grow stronger day by day. When you do get the chance to awaken, it will be much easier for you."
After speaking, he didn't care whether they believed him or not and appointed Theodore, Ian, Hayden, and Finn as team leaders.
With so many people, even if Elijah wanted to take care of everyone, he couldn't. Initially, he would focus on guiding these team leaders, along with Wendy, Lillian, Nora, and Kylie.
Yes, little Nora eagerly joined in upon hearing it was about training the body, saying she wanted to grow up quickly!
As for Kylie, Abigail insisted on it.
Ever since advancing to the third tier, Abigail had also started practicing the body training technique, finding it somewhat effective.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked Kylie to practice it too.
Why didn't she teach it herself? Abigail had mostly observed Daisy and the others practice and was somewhat of an amateur.
This time, she wanted to learn properly from Elijah again.
Once the team leaders organized the people and lined them up, Elijah began demonstrating the moves one by one.
Those who could see and keep up followed along. Those who couldn't see clearly or keep up just tried to mimic as best as they could.
After finishing a set of movements, Elijah focused on guiding the team leaders.
By the end of the morning, Elijah had taught the entire set of body training techniques.
Those who had been serious and perceptive found that their physical condition had indeed improved significantly.
Other awakened individuals also made some progress.
When Elijah announced the lunch break, everyone was reluctant to stop and started enthusiastically discussing the techniques.
The shadow that had once loomed over them had been completely dispelled!