Since the zombies outside were madly upgrading, although those zombies were individuals and not all of them were upgrading, Lu Heng did not want his Nameless City to be in a passive state. Since he had the ability to do so, why not build an invincible army?
"Brother Lu, if we all upgrade to Tier Six, the zombies outside will probably be trembling," Lin Yu murmured, looking at the human ruins in the distance. 138 Reading Network
"It's time to eliminate them and restore human life to what it was before. Even if we can never return to our past lives, we won't be led by the nose by those disgusting zombies anymore."
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Inner City of Nameless City.
"Brother Lu, I'm already level twelve, and I still need to upgrade?"
Lin Yu looked at the pile of magic crystals Lu Heng pushed over again, and couldn't help but click his tongue.
He really didn't know why Lu Heng had so many magic crystals. He was very curious about how many magical beasts Lu Heng could kill in that other world to make magic crystals seem like they were picked up on the street.
"Those management personnel will all be promoted to Tier Ten later, so you must also be promoted to Tier Thirteen. As for these magic crystals, don't worry. The number of magical beasts in that other world is not small. These magical beasts are not like zombies; they can reproduce and multiply generation after generation."
"Is that so? That's good. I was afraid you'd use up all your inventory, hahaha." Lin Yu grabbed a magic crystal, looked at it, then threw it into his mouth to continue absorbing it.
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Five days later, the expedition team finally returned.
After a period of statistics, there was indeed a considerable loss in personnel numbers. However, even so, the remaining number of people in the city was counted to be 180,000.
After counting the ability attributes of all personnel, and excluding the elderly and young children who could not evolve, there were still 170,000 people who needed to upgrade.
After prioritizing the upgrade of all management personnel and those maintaining order in the city, Lu Heng then had Lin Yu gather all the personnel who needed to upgrade in a large square within the city.
At this time, even though they were standing shoulder to shoulder, after several cooperative battles, these survivors, who were originally like loose sand, were neatly arranged.
Lu Heng stood on a high platform, looking at the crowd below, and nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, loudspeakers were installed on several tall pillars around the square, and Lu Heng's voice was transmitted from them, clearly reaching everyone's ears.
"Your performance in this battle was excellent. Through several rounds of organized combat, those who still cannot adapt to the apocalypse have been eliminated.
Speaking of this, everyone might feel some resentment. Perhaps among the deceased are your relatives, friends, or familiar comrades, but you must realize the environment you are currently in.
We are no longer in a safe world. Outside our city, there are many zombies. Those things were also once among us, but they are all dead, turned into these monstrous things.
And if we are injured by these things, we will also become one of them. I believe none of you want to become like that.
For human survivors to live in this world, they must adapt to everything that happens in this world. If you don't kill zombies, zombies will sooner or later harm you or those around you.
I can tell you clearly now that my current ability level is fifteen."
After speaking, amidst the uproar from below, Lu Heng used his wind ability to gather the surrounding clouds, and instantly the entire Nameless City was covered by thick clouds, blocking out the sunlight and making it gloomy.
Immediately after, he waved his hand, dispersing the clouds in the sky, exposing the crowd in the square to the sunlight again.
The warm spring sun shone on the square, and the previously cold atmosphere disappeared instantly. However, the brief warmth quickly vanished, and the ground beneath the feet of the crowd instantly froze into ice.
A hint of coldness surged from under everyone's feet, and the ice showed no signs of melting under the sunlight overhead.
Flipping his palm, the ice beneath everyone's feet disappeared again, turning back into solid ground, and the coldness was instantly dispelled with the disappearance of the ice.
"I have simply demonstrated three abilities, and of course, I can do more than just these.
There are also many multi-element ability users among you. Although these people are not weak, it is not easy for them to upgrade.
I want to build an army that can contend with the zombies outside, an army that can truly eliminate zombies.
You should have seen it this time when you went out. Zombies are not without continuous evolution. We originally thought that after zombies upgraded to Tier Four, not many zombies would continue to evolve, and we thought that the emergence of higher-level zombies would only be a minority.
But before you swept through that city this time, many zombies above Tier Six had already evolved within it, and there was even one that had evolved to Tier Eight by devouring its own kind.
Therefore, for humans to kill the zombies outside, they must keep pace with the zombies' evolution.
I need you to kill the zombies outside and completely eliminate them. Of course, this is not impossible for humans.
Among you, besides the existing management personnel selected by me, most people are at similar levels. The highest among you is between Tier Three and Tier Four. I can now upgrade all of you to Tier Six."
At this point, the crowd below began to boil again. They looked at each other. Although they could not see everyone's numbers from their high vantage point, they could roughly estimate the number of combat personnel currently in Nameless City.
The reason for their excitement was the same as Lin Yu's shock. Lu Heng said he would promote everyone in the city to Tier Six, which was an unimaginable concept.
"You don't need to question whether there are enough crystals to guarantee your upgrade. You only need to know now that if you upgrade to Tier Six this time, you must unconditionally obey the management of Nameless City from now on. You will no longer be a scattered force; you will be true soldiers, warriors who can defeat zombies.
But if there are traitors among those who upgrade this time, I will let him experience all the damage from his abilities, and deeply experience a feeling worse than death.
If you cannot obey the management, you can leave Nameless City now. I will not obstruct your pursuit of freedom.
For those who stay, do not try to hold onto any侥幸心理. If a traitor appears, I will be able to sense it immediately. This is also one of my abilities."
Silence. The crowd in the square fell silent after hearing Lu Heng's last words. They had never encountered such an ability that could understand people's inner thoughts. If this were true, they couldn't help but feel a sense of inexplicable fear at this moment.