The Zombie Girl!

Maxwell handled this zombie in the same manner.

After letting the mutated zombie subdue him, he directly stored him in his spatial dimension. This guy was relatively higher level, displaying a number 8 in the upper right corner of the grid.

An 8th level zombie, implying that the previously awakened one must have been at least level 8, but more likely level 9 or 10.

Maxwell already had an 8th level male zombie in his space. He directly dragged this new one into his space and fused them together.

As for the woman who was the last to transform, she was also collected by Maxwell into his space.

To Maxwell's surprise, this woman turned out to be a 9th level zombie.

This indicated that she was likely the most formidable of the trio.

However, awakeners are just awakeners, and when compared to evolvers, they fall significantly short. Even a 10th level awakener has no chance against a first tier evolver or a first tier zombie.

But this 9th level female zombie came just in time.

Now in his space, there was already a 9th level female zombie.

Maxwell decisively dragged this 9th level female zombie into the grid with the previous zombie.

He immediately obtained a 10th level female zombie.

Until this moment, those three scoundrels had completely disappeared from the world.

From the moment they encountered each other to now, there had been no direct communication between them. The three scoundrels had never looked Maxwell in the eye, and Maxwell didn't care about their attitude towards him.

They considered Maxwell an insignificant ant, and Maxwell had smacked them with reality.

To Maxwell, they were the true ants!

Maxwell patted Eva's little head and then called her back into his space.

Then, Maxwell dragged the newly acquired level 10 female zombie into the grid where Eva was located.

The corner digit in Eva's upper right corner immediately changed, and it had now become 11!

Eva had leveled up to 11!

She had finally reached the first tier!

Seeing Eva's successful upgrade, Maxwell immediately released her.

But Maxwell noticed that there was no sparkle in Eva's eyes!

"What's going on? Eva has advanced to the first tier, why hasn't she grown an energy crystal?"

Maxwell was somewhat puzzled and carefully examined Eva again, noticing that the color of her eyes seemed to have deepened considerably.

He seemed to understand, could it be that the energy crystal growing in Eva's brain was black?

The color of energy crystals is not fixed, and they are usually small spherical shapes.

When a zombie upgrades to the first tier, the surface of the energy crystal grows a sharp point. At the second tier, this point becomes two. The number of points on the energy crystal also corresponds to the number of small light spots in the zombie's eyes. If the energy crystal has many points, many small light spots will appear in the zombie's eyes.

Since Eva's energy crystal color was black, the light spots would not be visible in her eyes.

"Logically speaking, a first-tier mutated zombie should already possess basic consciousness. So, Eva, can you understand what I'm saying?"

Maxwell spoke to Eva with a smile.

However, after listening, Eva still showed no response.

Well, it's probably still because of her low level; it seems Eva didn't understand.

Maxwell felt somewhat disheartened.

Meanwhile, the young female evolver also completed her transformation into a zombie. She began to move slowly, her throat emitting a hissing roar.

Just moments ago, she was a beautiful and strong evolver, but in just a few minutes, she had turned into the fierce and terrifying zombie she was now.

In this apocalyptic world, nothing is certain, and no one knows what the next moment holds.

"Eva, go hold her down. She's just completed her transformation and is still very weak; she's no match for you!" Maxwell said.

With Eva's help, Maxwell finally managed to collect the zombie girl Carline into his space.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the grid where Carline was located, noting a number 11 in the upper right corner.

Both Eva and Carline were level 11, but Maxwell had no plans to merge them.

Maxwell looked at Carline in the grid and said, "From now on, you'll continue to be called Carline."

"Ding! The system has detected that the zombie has been actively named by the host. The host currently has two unused exclusive grids. Would you like to use one to place zombie Carline to avoid accidentally deleting this zombie in the future?"

The cold mechanical voice rang in his ears again.

Without hesitation, Maxwell chose the option "Yes."

Within the Fusion space, Carline was instantly moved into an exclusive grid, positioned next to Eva, and the border turned red.

Zombies in exclusive grids cannot be dragged around; only ordinary grid zombies can be moved into their exclusive grids for merging. This provides a protective measure for special zombies.

After placing Carline in her exclusive grid, Maxwell released her.

The current Carline looked far more terrifying than Eva, her face much more gruesome than the other zombies.

If it were not for Maxwell's vivid memory of Carline's appearance before her transformation, if he were seeing Carline for the first time now, he would decisively refuse to keep her and quickly fuse her away.

"Appearances can be gradually restored. Don't panic." Maxwell thought to himself.

By upgrading Carline, her appearance would surely improve gradually, but he wondered whether her consciousness could be restored.

According to the beginner's guide, the fusion and elimination of zombies is a merger at the energy, life, and mental levels. If both zombies have consciousness, then after the fusion, there is no impact on their consciousness; the system selectively protects the zombie that was not dragged.

"I hope Carline can regain her consciousness in the future." Maxwell mused, looking thoughtfully at her for a long while before tentatively asking, "Carline, can you understand what I'm saying?"

Carline turned her head expressionlessly towards Maxwell.

"Not bad, a bit better than Eva," Maxwell thought.

However, when Maxwell turned his head back, he found Eva staring at him.

Maxwell couldn't help but smile, waved at Eva, and said, "Hey Eva, do you recognize me?"

Eva just faced him, her dark eye sockets showing no sign of emotion.

"Alright then."

Maxwell was actually somewhat used to this and didn't feel too disappointed.

The noise outside was gradually increasing, likely people from the base city coming out to clean up the bodies. After all, if these bodies weren't processed, they would turn into new zombies.