“Then how did you get here?” Wang Jun asked in surprise.
“I have my own ride.”
As he spoke, the Aye-aye reappeared before everyone’s astonished eyes.
This day had already shattered the thirty people’s perception of reality.
“Damn, what kind of monster is this again?” Old Li exclaimed upon hearing a bird’s cry and turning to look.
“My Aye-aye, my exclusive ride. Let me show you its greatest form.”
The Aye-aye nodded its large head and ambled away from the airplane. It knew that these airplanes were useful flying machines for humans and didn’t want to damage them during its demonstration.
“Wow, it can understand you?” Xiao Su, holding the glass bottle, looked at the Aye-aye, completely ignoring the little mouse inside. The little mouse seemed on the verge of collapse. If Lu Heng hadn’t given it a few drops of ancient well water earlier, Lu Heng would probably have to revive it again.
Eagles were natural predators of mice. That kind of racial deterrence was too intense for a tiny mouse.
“If you get any closer, you’ll have to perform CPR on your mouse.”
“Why would a mouse need CPR? How disgusting. Oh? Little Mouse, why are you shaking? Oh no, Little Mouse, are you rolling your eyes?”
“This is not a creature from this world.”
Continuously changing its size, gradually reaching the size of a small airplane, the Aye-aye finally stopped transforming.
As expected of the old leader, he indeed had some insight, immediately pointing out that the Aye-aye did not belong to Blue Star.
“There are many things I cannot tell you one by one. I have spent too much time here. When you reach Nameless City, someone will brief you.”
“So, Nameless City is your city? Where is it located?”
“In a moment, I will take you back. Otherwise, you will be shot down before you can even approach my city.
Also, I hope that when Commander Sun arrives at Nameless City, you can recall where there are large quantities of military supplies. This is very important for the people in the apocalypse.”
“No problem, I will do my best.” Commander Sun nodded, asked no further questions, and turned to walk towards the airplane.
Seeing Commander Sun board the plane, the remaining people orderly followed suit.
Lu Heng nodded in approval. This was why he liked soldiers – principled, disciplined, and obedient.
Watching the pairs of eyes peeking through the airplane windows, Lu Heng smiled and leaped onto the back of the Aye-aye, which was as tall as a small airplane.
“Follow me!” Lu Heng maneuvered the Aye-aye to the side of the cockpit and then, to everyone’s astonishment, soared into the sky.
As it took off, the Aye-aye let out a loud cry towards the airplane, as if issuing a challenge to its steel rival.
“Rumble…”
The Aye-aye circled in the air, waiting for the airplane below to take off. With the sound of rotating propellers, the airplane carrying the thirty people finally lifted off, gradually reaching the same altitude as the Aye-aye.
Lu Heng raised his right hand and made a forward gesture towards the airplane. These were military hand signals taught to him by Zhao Kai and others, which only military personnel could understand before.
“Damn, he really knows people in the military, he even knows these gestures,” Old Li said in amazement, looking at the familiar gestures.
“Yes, no matter what, we cannot make an enemy of this person. I can feel that this person will bring us more surprises in the future,” Commander Sun said, looking at the figure on the giant bird not far away.
“Damn, where did he get that bird? I want one too. It can fly so fast,” someone on the way said enviously, watching the bird leading the way.
“I feel like that bird hasn’t reached its full speed yet. It’s probably accommodating our plane, otherwise, it could be faster.”
As if responding to the person’s words, the Aye-aye suddenly increased its speed and flew forward with its wings flapping. Within two breaths, the bird’s figure disappeared.
“Damn, what do we do? Where did the bird go?”
“Fly in this direction.”
Since the direction hadn’t changed for so long, Commander Sun was certain that this flight path was correct. As long as the direction didn’t change, the person would probably return soon.
In fact, Lu Heng was just flying out of boredom and wanted to tease them, while also refreshing their understanding of this new world of the apocalypse.
After circling for a while, Lu Heng and the proud Aye-aye reappeared on the right side of the airplane.
“It really came back.”
“At such a high altitude, he’s not wearing any helmet. Isn’t he cold?”
“Didn’t you see what he’s drinking? I feel like it’s more comfortable up there than in the plane.”
“Look at this. At such a high altitude, his clothes and hair are not moving at all. The air seems to be still around him, as if he were sitting indoors.”
“Let me see.” Xiao Su snatched the binoculars from others.
“Huh, it’s true. His long hair isn’t being blown by the wind at all, hanging down smoothly.”
“Xiao Su, you’re so observant, hahaha, ‘smoothly,’ tsk tsk tsk, growing up too fast.” Old Li laughed heartily from the side.
“No way, here, I don’t want to look anymore. My little mouse is better.” Xiao Su placed the binoculars in others’ hands and began to fiddle with the glass bottle somewhat self-consciously.
After flying for nearly an hour, Lu Heng and his companions finally approached Nameless City.
During this time, after leaving the mountains where the missile base was located, the people on the plane also saw the outside world.
However, the city could no longer be called a city. The altitude at which they were flying was calculated by Lu Heng, ensuring they would not be attacked by zombies from the ground and could clearly see the general situation of the city.
For example, the collapsed and abandoned cities everywhere, the rampant vegetation within the cities, and the shadows flickering in the ruins of the cities – those were the zombies.
The roads between the cities were all broken. The entrances and exits of the roads were piled with scrapped cars. The roads in the middle were not spared. Without human maintenance, the roads were covered by plants spreading from the sides. Only some exposed guardrails on the roads could indicate that they were original roads. The entire world seemed to have entered a state of paralysis.
“What kind of tragic events have happened out there in the past six months?” Xiao Su murmured.
“Probably the end of the world, these damned zombies!”
“Zombies themselves were once humans. It’s not the zombies that should die, but the virus that turned humans into this state.”
“It was the virus that turned humans into this? Then it might have broken out globally. I saw that the few places we passed through were all in this state.”
“Then how can we explain this phenomenon?” The people on the plane fell into silence.