Li Li was just one of the people upgraded to seventh tier. Those chosen by Lu Heng to be upgraded to eighth tier were selected after Lu Heng listened to their inner thoughts.
At that time, Li Li did not seem to have any particularly special inner thoughts, so Lu Heng only upgraded her to seventh tier.
However, these people had already completed their upgrades, and Lu Heng did not plan to make any further changes.
"Let them leave first. It's so late, they should rest."
"Then, then what about Xiao Qin and I..." Li Qiang asked awkwardly, looking at Lu Heng who had already collected all the magic crystals.
Just now, Lu Heng had told those people that they still belonged to this small town and were part of his team, Li Qiang's team. But now, all of them had been upgraded, while he and Qin Ye were only at sixth tier. Lu Heng seemed to have forgotten to upgrade the two of them.
However, Qin Ye had no emotional fluctuations. He had not expected Lu Heng to upgrade him, and he knew what he was lacking.
Lu Heng heard Li Qiang's anxious inner thoughts, but he dared not be too forceful. He had not forgotten to upgrade them; as for Li Qiang, he just wanted to tease him a little.
"What level do you plan to reach?"
"Heh heh, reaching eighth tier is fine." Li Qiang was not sure, but he could not be too shameless. He had seen earlier that Lu Heng had taken out quite a lot of magic crystals to upgrade fifty people.
Moreover, he was not sure if Lu Heng had anything that could upgrade them to higher levels.
"If I upgrade you to eighth tier, aren't you afraid that your subordinates will surpass you and take your position?"
"No, before this, many of them were also at sixth tier, on par with me. No one had such thoughts. Being a leader is actually not a good job; there are many problems to think about every day, and many things to worry about..."
"Then I'll upgrade you to ninth tier. However, I also want to upgrade Qin Ye to ninth tier. This child is pure and kind; he won't have any other thoughts."
"Ninth, ninth tier? Then, there are even higher-level magic crystals?" Li Qiang was somewhat incredulous.
"Otherwise, what do you think I use for upgrades?"
"Then that's great, great, hahaha, thank you, Brother Lu. You seem younger than me, so it's not appropriate for me to call you Brother Lu, but I dare not be presumptuous, so I'll call you Brother Lu, okay?"
"It doesn't matter, come on. After I finish upgrading you, I'll go rest too. Find me a quiet room later."
"Okay, okay, no problem. Later, you and Qin Ye can stay together. He has two rooms in his apartment; he lives alone." Li Qiang rubbed his hands and looked at Lu Heng.
"Here, upgrade yourself. Then I'll let Qin Ye take me back."
Lu Heng handed Li Qiang a box and instructed him on the order of using the magic crystals.
"I'll take Qin Ye away tomorrow."
"Leaving so soon?" Li Qiang held the box in his hand, somewhat surprised. Lu Heng had been busy since he arrived, and he had helped them a lot today. He had planned to have someone prepare a good meal to entertain him tomorrow, but he had been too busy today and forgot to entertain Lu Heng.
"Uh, I'll have someone prepare some food and send it to Qin Ye's room later."
"No need, I brought food."
Thinking of the storage ring Lu Heng had taken out, Li Qiang knew that Lu Heng must also have a ring that could store items, so it was not surprising that he had brought some food.
"Oh, then please rest well tonight. The town's safety is still guaranteed."
Without the wall built by Lu Heng, their town's safety was still guaranteed. They had almost cleared out all the zombies in the surrounding areas on a daily basis.
Walking out of the gym, Lu Heng summoned the Roc and the Golden Eagle with his mind. Soon, two birds of similar size flew to Lu Heng.
"Brother Lu, are these birds the offspring of that mount?"
"No, this is that bird, but it can change its body size. Convenient, right?"
Qin Ye nodded, "This way, they can enter the room."
"No need." With a wave of his hand, Lu Heng put the two birds into his space. "Let's go."
Blinking his eyes, Qin Ye felt that everything he had seen and heard today was too fantastical. The two birds that were just in front of him had disappeared.
"I put them away."
"Can our ring also store these animals?"
"Dead ones can."
"Uh..." Qin Ye was speechless.
The next morning, Lu Heng came out of his space and saw that the mark he had made on the door was still there.
Although these houses had locks, Lu Heng did not know if others had keys. He wanted to rest in his space at night, so he pasted a thin piece of paper on the door. As long as the door was opened, the paper would be torn.
"Brother Lu, let's have breakfast. I cooked some noodles, but there are only some cabbage I forced to grow."
Seeing Lu Heng come out, Qin Ye, who was preparing breakfast outside, immediately said.
"How are your town's supplies usually distributed?"
"More work, more gain, but everyone works hard, so everyone's things are about the same. However, our supplies are not very abundant, and everyone mainly focuses on killing zombies."
"Mm. Then, let's have some steamed buns and pickles."
Lu Heng waved his hand, and two steaming baskets of xiaolongbao appeared on the table, along with a portion of pickles.
It was not that Lu Heng did not want to take out other food, but he preferred to eat lightly in the morning.
"Wow, these steamed buns are still warm. Is everything in that ring kept in this state?"
"Mm, items in the ring, whatever state they are in when you put them in, they will be in that state when you take them out. The preservation effect is very good."
Lu Heng, who had already washed up in his space, picked up a steamed bun and started eating.
Qin Ye quickly brought Lu Heng a bowl of plain boiled noodles with two pieces of lettuce floating on top, which looked very bland.
However, Lu Heng was not picky. People who had lived through the apocalypse would not waste food if it was already prepared.
After finishing breakfast quickly, Lu Heng watched Qin Ye tidy up the bowls and chopsticks and wash them clean.
Qin Ye wiped his hands and walked to Lu Heng, untying his apron.
"Brother Lu, let's go. I guess Brother Qiang and the others are already waiting for us."
"Mm."
...
An hour later, Lu Heng brought Qin Ye back to Wuming City.
Seeing Lu Heng return again, the people in the base were already accustomed to it.
However, every time Lu Heng returned, Lin Yu would know immediately. The reason was simple: Lu Heng always left the Director in the city.
Lu Heng and his contracted animals had a connection. Especially since the Director was a mental ability user, she could sense Lu Heng's proximity to Wuming City.
"Brother Lu, who is this?"
Lin Yu looked at the young man who was around her age and wondered where Lu Heng had picked him up from. However, looking at Qin Ye's appearance, he did not seem to have suffered any hardship.