During this time, Wendy awakened her mind-reading superpower, inadvertently learning many details about Matthew''s past, his abilities, and some of his nefarious thoughts.


    She wanted to leave but didn''t dare, fearing she couldn''t survive alone in the apocalyptic world.


    One day, while Matthew was out scavenging for supplies, he stumbled upon a nt that caused a reaction in Kylie.


    He brought the nt back and gave it to Kylie.


    To his astonishment, after eating the nt, Kylie awakened an ability and gained a certain level of consciousness, especially showing a strong reaction towards her daughter Olivia.


    This excited Matthew immensely.


    While ying with the submissive Kylie was enjoyable, what Matthew truly desired was the real, living Kylie, with her noble and elegant aura, capable of normal interaction.


    The discovery of this nt gave Matthew hope that continued feeding might restore Kylie''s memory.


    He also suspected that this nt might be beneficial for humans, possibly even awakening abilities in them.


    Thus, he began searching for more of these nts.


    Not long after, Matthew found another nt. He secretly hypnotized Nathan and had him eat the nt as an experiment.


    Nathan awakened the ability to turn invisible, which delighted Matthew, prompting him to search even harder for these nts.


    After obtaining another one, he decided to consume it himself, which enhanced his abilities, advancing him to a second-tier ability user with the power to mimic others'' abilities.


    It was during this time that Matthew discovered Wendy also had an ability—mind reading.


    He didn''t know when she had awakened it, but he knew she must have read his thoughts.


    This revtion shocked and angered him.


    Though he had always looked out for Wendy, seeing her as arade from the samepany who had once warned him during a crisis, he now felt betrayed and vited.


    Matthew''s anger was tempered by the fact that Wendy, influenced by his hypnosis, had not acted against him.


    However, he couldn''t tolerate having someone so close knowing all his secrets.


    Using Kylie''s Mind stun ability, Matthew kept Wendy in a state of fear and confusion, repeatedly hypnotizing and conditioning her until she became apliant and promiscuous puppet who obeyed his everymand.


    Matthew then used Wendy''s mind-reading ability to monitor those who joined him, discovering a secret in one of their minds: eating zombie flesh could also awaken abilities.


    This revtion led Matthew to secretly experiment with this new method.


    The results were promising, with some participants indeed awakening abilities.


    As these people''s abilities emerged, Matthew''s repertoire of abilities to mimic expanded, and his own power grew stronger.


    The most significant breakthrough was with Kylie, who advanced to a second-tier ability user and regained some of her memories, enabling simplemunication and cooperation.


    No longer a lifeless corpse, she could now interact with Matthew, especially after being carefully groomed to resemble her former self.


    Matthew''s excitement grew as he began to nurture more awakened individuals on arger scale, realizing that their flesh provided better results without the risk of zombification.


    Everything seemed to be progressing smoothly, and Matthew felt on the brink of another advancement.


    But then, someone appeared...


    Wendy knew all too well how formidable Matthew was, especially after he had deliberately nurtured a defensive ability user to the second tier.


    By mimicking this ability, Matthew had achieved an almost invulnerable state.


    Coupled with passive boosts from mimicking other abilities, his body had no apparent weaknesses.


    Most importantly, Matthew was extremely cautious, always keeping his defensive ability active to protect himself.


    In Wendy''s subconscious, she firmly believed that no one could defeat Matthew.


    But the scene before her shattered her entire worldview.


    Matthew had been effortlessly defeated by the man standing before her, without even having a chance to fight back.


    This realization caused cracks to form in the deep-rooted hypnotic suggestions imnted in her mind.


    For someone to defeat the seemingly invincible Matthew, how powerful must this man be?


    Wendy thought instinctively.


    It wasn''t until she saw Elijah controlling Kylie as easily as Matthew once did, that she understood.


    This man had the same ability as Matthew, but was evidently much stronger.


    Matthew was on the brink of advancing to the third tier, so did that mean this man was already a third-tier powerhouse?


    Matthew had spent over half a month consuming the flesh of awakened individuals just to barely reach the peak of the second tier, yet he still hadn''t found the opportunity to break through to the third tier.


    How had this man achieved it? Did he also consume human flesh?


    Human flesh? Why would anyone eat human flesh?


    How could anyone eat human flesh? Wendy was stunned.


    The next moment, the hypnotic suggestions Matthew had imnted in her mind crumbled.


    Scenes from the past half month shed rapidly in Wendy''s mind: Wendy voraciously eating zombie flesh, guiding neers to eat zombie flesh, eavesdropping on people''s thoughts and reporting them to Matthew, and shamelessly seducing others, indulging in debauchery.


    Back then, Wendy hadn''t found anything wrong with these actions.


    But now, she found them utterly repulsive, to the point where she wanted to strangle her former self. "Ugh..." Wendy couldn''t help but crouch down and retch, as if trying to expel her past memories and her former self.


    Elijah, who was about to nt his Seed of Consciousness in Wendy, was utterly baffled.


    But then, something even more confusing happened.


    After retching for a while, Wendy lifted her head, her eyes filled with blood—not the crimson of a zombie, but the kind of bloodshot look humans get when they are extremely angry.


    Wendy then let out a low growl, "Matthew, I''m going to kill you!"


    With that, Wendy exploded with a speed that even impressed Elijah, darting over to the limp, broken-limbed, unconscious Matthew.


    She opened her mouth and bit down hard on Matthew''s neck.


    A spurt of blood shot out, sttering all over Wendy''s face, transforming her once alluring face into a terrifying visage.


    Combined with her current expression, she looked like a devil incarnate.


    "Damn, what''s going on?" Elijah was startled.


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    Logically, Matthew should have hypnotized Wendy to prevent her from ever harming him.


    But now, Wendy''s actionspletely overturned Elijah''s understanding.


    For this to happen, there was only one possibility: Matthew''s hypnotic suggestions had failed.


    "What the hell kind of hypnotic suggestions did Matthew imnt? Such deep hatred, such immense resentment!"