During dinner, Lu Heng brought out the various roasted monster meats sold in the taverns of his other world. This was the first time Lu Heng had given this kind of meat to Lin Yu.
Now that life was more normal and stable, they had also moved into a new home, and the construction and development of Nameless City in the apocalypse were also progressing positively, with many things worth celebrating.
While Nameless City couldn't claim to be number one in the entire apocalypse, Lu Heng was certain that no other base or organization had so many high-level ability user teams within less than a year of the apocalypse.
The third floor of the small building was used as their dining area. When Lin Yu saw the plates of roasted meat Lu Heng brought out, he was a little stunned.
These roasted meats were still steaming, and the aroma of the roasted meat was so strong that even with the door closed, the few mutated animals outside were drawn by the scent.
"Master is eating alone inside, why does this meat smell so good?" Fatty Hu opened his mouth wide, unaware that saliva was dripping onto the ground.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't Lin Yu inside too?" The Siberian tiger stepped on Fatty Hu's paw.
"But I want to eat that meat too..." Fatty Hu extended his paw and slapped the wooden door, making a "bang" sound.
Lu Heng looked at the door. These two had run over not long after he brought out the first plate of meat. Fortunately, he had the foresight to close the door.
This guy really had no self-awareness, even knocking on the door with his paw when it was closed.
With a thought, Lu Heng recalled Fatty Hu and the others waiting outside the door into the spatial city. The animals inside wouldn't bother him anymore. After he and Lin Yu finished eating, he would feed them some raw monster meat later.
"Lu Ge, what kind of animal meat are these? They smell good, and when were they roasted?"
Lin Yu believed that if Lu Heng had roasted this meat within the city, the smell would have spread outside, and people would definitely be discussing it.
"This is all monster meat from another world. Some low-level monsters are easy to catch, and people there eat this meat. Moreover, this meat contains some energy. After eating it, not only will you feel full, but it will also replenish lost energy in your body."
Lin Yu was also attracted by the aroma of the meat and picked up a piece to put in his mouth.
"Mmm, it's indeed delicious and tender, and I can also feel that there is indeed some energy within. If this meat were sold in the market, it would be very popular."
In fact, it wasn't just this monster meat that would be popular. Edible meat in the apocalypse was already very rare. Apart from some capturable mutated animals, many people hadn't eaten meat since the apocalypse began.
With the social order in the apocalypse in disarray and cities without power, the meat stored in various cold storage warehouses and freezers had long since rotted.
As for the live animals, after the apocalypse, like humans, they either mutated into zombies or mutated animals, or were bitten by zombies and turned into zombie animals.
Animals, being low-intelligence species, had no idea how to avoid zombies in the early stages. Even those that didn't mutate eventually became part of the zombie horde.
"Indeed, look at the frozen meat our base is selling now. Even though the price isn't low, it's very popular in the trading market. As soon as it appears, it's acquired by people from several major bases."
Most people had very poor living conditions in the apocalypse, but this didn't mean that the high-ranking personnel of certain teams didn't have their own ideas. After obtaining enough resources, they would also want to obtain various rare materials after the apocalypse, such as cigarettes, alcohol, and meat.
As long as there were people who could obtain these things in the apocalypse, they would exchange them for crystals. After all, crystals could be obtained by killing zombies, but the non-renewable resources before the apocalypse were rare.
The non-essential civilian supplies sold in Nameless City were sold in limited quantities, partly to conceal the problem of a continuous supply of resources and partly as a good scarcity marketing strategy to prevent others from buying and hoarding these supplies in large quantities.
Nameless City, relying on Lu Heng, a twelve-tier multi-elemental ability user city lord, Lin Yu, a ten-tier multi-elemental ability user, plus several mutated animals rumored to be level twelve, and hundreds of sixth-tier ability user teams, had also deterred those who wanted to snatch resources.
Who would dare to provoke a city that had risen so rapidly and assembled such a powerful team in less than a year of the apocalypse?
Lu Heng didn't occupy their shelters, and they should be grateful. After all, Lu Heng had single-handedly taken down the notorious Fallen City.
Therefore, Lu Heng and his Nameless City were well-known among the bandit circles that primarily engaged in looting. Those bandits dared not gain too much notoriety in the circles, with Fallen City serving as a cautionary tale.
After a hearty meal, both of them finished several plates of meat. After being promoted to ability users, their appetite increased significantly with each meal, so leftovers were almost non-existent.
Lin Yu was cleaning up the tableware, planning to wash them later. Lu Heng glanced at him and said, "Should we hire a cook here? Later, let the cook prepare this monster meat according to our taste. Those people there only know how to barbecue this meat, and eating too much will get tiresome."
"Were those meats prepared by people from the other world just now?"
"Yes, otherwise you, do you think I would have the time to roast meat?"
Lin Yu smiled sheepishly. He had indeed thought that Lu Heng had roasted the meat himself just now and had even praised Lu Heng's cooking skills.
"There are people who can cook, those who worked in the mess hall of the army. I'll find a couple of them later."
"You'd better look for those who have worked in hotels or proper restaurants, especially those who can cook various types of meat. I also have seafood here, so you can find a cook who knows how to prepare seafood."
Lu Heng felt that there was no need to find retired personnel for this specialized cooking role. Every profession had its specialists, and professional cooks were much better than those who cooked large batches of food.
There were already hundreds of thousands of people in the city, so finding a cook should not be a problem.
In the following days, Lin Yu became busy again. After selecting a batch of middle management personnel, he also brought them to see Lu Heng. This was also to let these middle managers meet the legendary city lord, as it didn't matter if the lower-level individuals didn't know Lu Heng, but these heads of departments within the city had to know him.
The personnel who were originally responsible for the major departments in the city remained unchanged. These were the earliest people to enter the city, and they had worked in important places like the trading market and mission hall for some time, so they were very familiar with the internal processes and there was no need to replace them.
And Lu Heng was least worried about these people having ulterior motives, as he, who could read minds, and the director could effectively identify those people.