It is winter, and it snowed a few days ago. The temperature outside has plummeted, affecting people's outdoor activities and shortening the time they can spend hunting zombies.
This also benefited Lin Yu's work. With people spending more time within the city, more teams could be notified daily.
In a week, Lin Yu had completely reorganized Nameless City.
Contrary to Lu Heng's concerns, no organization refused to cooperate with the restructuring. Not only the smaller organizations within the city but also several larger ones with more people were convinced by Nameless City's strength and development prospects, with everyone applying to join its ranks.
During this period of severe cold, many organizations were short of food and clothing, struggling to survive. Apart from the necessary crystals they submitted to Nameless City, the resources and crystals they obtained from venturing out daily were meager.
Survival was extremely difficult for them this winter, and many doubted if they could make it through the cold season.
However, Nameless City was now willing to integrate and absorb them. Even if they still had to hunt zombies themselves in the future, the integrated teams would include sixth-tier ability users, which would boost their confidence psychologically.
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Lin Yu, holding the report, returned to the inner city to report the integration results to Lu Heng.
The personnel arrangements for the inner and outer cities had also been redone. The teams had been reorganized according to everyone's abilities. Of course, each team now also included many ordinary survivors, who were family members of ability users.
Five hundred people formed a small squad, ten small squads formed a squadron, and ten squadrons formed a brigade. Nameless City had currently established four brigades. Personnel belonging to the city's security and management directly reported to Lin Yu.
The existing system of submitting crystals daily in exchange for points had also been adjusted. These teams, as small squads, could accumulate squad points by completing designated work or approved tasks. These points could then be exchanged for various supplies within the city.
As for the crystals obtained from killing zombies, lower-level crystals could be kept by the squads for their own upgrades. However, crystals of level four and above had to be submitted to Nameless City for unified allocation.
Naturally, submitting crystals also earned points. For ability users who performed exceptionally well and possessed strong combat capabilities, Nameless City would provide upgrade rewards based on their performance.
Large-scale zombie hunting operations required the deployment of squadrons or brigades, depending on the scale of the zombie threat.
Lu Heng listened attentively to Lin Yu's report and pondered for a moment. "Good. This arrangement seems fine for now. However, it's winter, and the zombies seem to have hibernated, not as active as before. So, for now, we should focus on eradicating the zombies around Nameless City. As for the zombies further away, we'll deal with them next spring."
"Yes, that's what I was thinking too," Lin Yu said, putting away his documents and taking a sip of water from the cup on the table.
"Then you can make the specific arrangements. In a few days, when the weather eases up, we can send people out to hunt zombies. There are also many resources in the surrounding cities, like iron plates, which won't spoil. Let them collect some in the spring, and we also need to reinforce the outer city walls."
"Yes, we don't have many heavy weapons or ammunition either; it's all that was left from Fallen City. I'll arrange for people to look for some outside as well."
"How will you find those things? Those were controlled by the military before the apocalypse. You're not military personnel, so where would you get them?"
Lu Heng was right. Although he had firearms in his spatial storage, they were all handguns. The heavy machine guns mounted on the city walls were not among them, as the small city where he previously lived had no military stationed there.
It seemed he had to pay Zhao Kai a visit.
Putting down his tea, Lu Heng glanced at the sky outside. If he took the Shoebill Stork to Zhao Kai's place now, it shouldn't take too long.
"I'm going to Zhao Kai's. You can get back to work," Lu Heng said to Lin Yu as he stood up.
Lin Yu nodded, picked up his documents, and left Lu Heng's room.
Lu Heng had indeed delegated many tasks to him, and Lin Yu knew that Lu Heng intended to train him. After all, Lu Heng was still very young. Although his personal abilities were formidable, when dealing with those who had years of experience in society, he sometimes needed to be cautious in his approach.
Lu Heng watched Lin Yu leave, then stood up and went downstairs. He walked to the open space outside the building and summoned the Shoebill Stork from his spatial storage.
"Master, where are we going?" After spending some time with the other mutated animals, the Shoebill Stork had learned a lot about human interactions and social etiquette from them.
It was well aware that its purpose was to be a mount, specifically for Lu Heng's long-distance travels.
"To see an old acquaintance," Lu Heng said, leaping onto the Shoebill Stork's back. After settling in, Lu Heng took out a helmet and put it on. He had to; although the Shoebill Stork flew silently, when flying at high speeds, without a helmet, Lu Heng felt the wind hitting his face was like knives.
The Shoebill Stork carried Lu Heng into the sky. Lu Heng held the reins, adjusting the direction of the Shoebill Stork's flight.
An hour later, a giant bird arrived near Zhao Kai's base.
He hadn't been here for a long time. Although soldiers from here frequently visited Nameless City to exchange goods, he was no longer familiar with the base's defensive layout.
He guided the Shoebill Stork to stop not far from the main entrance of the base. Lu Heng did not dare to fly directly into the base with the Shoebill Stork. It was daytime, and such a large target might be mistaken for an enemy.
The soldiers on the city walls spotted the Shoebill Stork from a distance. However, since it remained outside their firing range, they could do nothing.
When they saw the Shoebill Stork carrying a person and landing outside the gate, they gradually relaxed. It seemed this animal had been domesticated and was unlikely to attack them rashly.
"Who's there?" a soldier on the city wall asked through a loudspeaker.
It was unavoidable. Even if zombies were attracted, it would be the person outside the city who was unlucky. At such a distance, they couldn't communicate without a loudspeaker.
Lu Heng, although not afraid of attracting zombies, couldn't help but frown. "Make yourself smaller, and then we'll go to the city gate."
"How small?"
"Slap!" Lu Heng smacked the Shoebill Stork. "See if you can fit through the city gate, and also, I don't want to walk in."