In the room, the level eight zombie amidst the piles of zombie corpses lifted its head, startled by the loud sound of the door opening. Lu Heng seemed to detect a trace of regret in its grayish-white eyes.
Indeed, there was some regret. If it hadn't encountered the monstrous Lu Heng, this zombie might have been called a Corpse King at this stage.
Seeing the level six zombies, which had already developed intelligence, not dodging but still remaining in the room to be devoured by this zombie, was proof enough of that.
However... what should be killed must be eliminated.
Lu Heng believed that if he hadn't been a variable, the level eight zombie's next plan would have been to command the zombie army to attack the human survivor base.
Without any hesitation, Lu Heng unleashed an ice cone, shooting towards the level eight zombie's head.
That zombie was quite formidable. It instinctively grabbed a nearby level six zombie to shield itself, attempting to prevent Lu Heng from harming it.
However, it still underestimated the gap between itself and Lu Heng. The ice cone pierced through the body of the zombie shielding it and, without losing speed, struck its skull.
Without even looking at the few level six zombies, the cheetah, which had been following Lu Heng without acting, unleashed a chain lightning. The few level six zombies that were trying to escape were instantly blackened by the blast and thoroughly dead.
Lingyang manipulated vines to collect all the collectible zombie crystals in the room and drag them to Lu Heng.
"This is a spiritual crystal?"
Picking up a crystal emitting a colorful glow, Lu Heng, in both his lives combined, had never seen anything like it.
If the zombie just killed was a spiritual type, it would explain why the level six zombies surrounding it didn't flee and willingly allowed themselves to be killed for its upgrade.
After all, zombies with nascent intelligence couldn't be easily controlled.
Without rushing to absorb the crystal, Lu Heng really wanted to see if there were any more of this type. If there was only this one, even a level eight crystal wouldn't be of much use to Lu Heng.
Collecting all the crystals, Lu Heng dispersed the vines covering the windows on this floor.
At this moment, the zombies downstairs, having lost their command, were no longer attacking this building.
And Lu Heng and his companions were all on the top floor, so the zombies below couldn't sense their presence.
Looking at the city, where the zombies were now calmly wandering aimlessly, Lu Heng had no intention of killing them anymore. These were to be left for the human survivors in the city to deal with.
Lu Heng collected all his contracted beasts into his space and then, manipulating vines, leaped directly from the window to the rooftop.
Summoning the Roc, Lu Heng returned directly to Nameless City.
...
In the command building of Nameless City's inner city.
"Brother Lu, you're back." Lin Yu saw Lu Heng, who had just returned, in front of the command building.
"Yes, the high-level zombies there have been eliminated. I also scouted the city again, and there are only zombies below level five, and not many of those are level five either. You can arrange for people to go and kill them."
Lu Heng came specifically to inform Lin Yu. There were no longer any obstacles there, and the remaining zombies were excellent practice targets for these survivors.
"Okay, I'll notify the management to come and deploy shortly."
Carrying the now quite large Director, Lin Yu followed behind Lu Heng and said, "By the way, Brother Lu, those places we marked on the map before the new year, should we start scouting them as well?"
"Yes, but in a few more days. I have a feeling something will happen these days. Do you know, the zombie I killed in that city was a level eight zombie." As he spoke, Lu Heng took out a colorful crystal.
Lin Yu took the crystal and was also very surprised, "This is the first time I've seen this color. What attribute is it?"
"It should be a spiritual crystal. It's my first time discovering one too."
"There are abilities of this attribute?"
"Yes, but it's very rare. Director should be a spiritual type, but I've never seen a crystal like this before."
The Director involuntarily shivered, his eyes fixed on the colorful crystal.
"Is the one in my head this beautiful? No wonder I'm so smart."
Lu Heng...
Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh at the Director's muttering, "Hahaha, yes, Director is much smarter than many humans."
"From now on, if you find any crystals of this type, we will acquire them at a high ratio, regardless of their level."
Lu Heng put the spiritual crystal into his space and instructed Lin Yu.
"Got it."
"Then you go and make arrangements. I'm going back to rest and change clothes. I'll be in the city these days. If anything happens, have Director and the others contact me."
Lu Heng patted the Director in Lin Yu's arms and then said, "Don't always let Lin Yu hold you. You're quite large now."
"But I'm a small beast without weapons. What if..." The Director shrunk back pitifully.
Indeed, the Director was truly a useless creature with no offensive or self-preservation abilities.
Although it could sense people with ill intentions getting close, it had no ability to protect itself from some high-level ability users.
He needed to find a way to get a protective item for the Director, but that would have to be found in another world. Given the chaotic production order in this world, technology had completely stagnated, making it almost impossible to obtain equipment that could resist ability users.
Returning to his room in the inner city, Lu Heng entered his space. He took a good bath in the space and then slept for a while before entering Jinyang City within the space.
The development of Jinyang City changed every so often. Lu Heng knew that these changes were brought about by Wuchenzi's influence.
Perhaps Zhu Di of the Jingning Royal Mansion also contributed to this now. Lu Heng had said before that if he wanted to cooperate with him, he would have to help develop Jinyang City.
Although Jinyang City was within the fiefdom of the King of Lu, Lu Heng believed that Zhu Di, with his modern mindset and the background of his Jingning Royal Mansion, could achieve it.
After walking around Jinyang City in his space, Lu Heng also obtained many high-level magic crystals. He stacked the replicated magic crystals in the space below the apartment building.
At this moment, the first floor of the apartment building had been converted into a storage area for high-level magic crystals.
Looking at the entire floor filled with level six and seven magic crystals of various elements, Lu Heng felt that his life had reached a new peak.
Thinking about it, a level seven magic crystal was very rare in another world, which was why it was put up for auction. Now, through the replication function of his space, he could have as many as he wanted.