One night of good sleep.
After getting up, Lu Heng first went to see the Siberian tigers. Looking at the two tigers snuggled together, Lu Heng felt even happier.
He turned to leave and then looked at the lives of the other animals. Most of them were huddled together watching television programs, while Lu Bai had transformed into human form and was occasionally serving the animals.
The hibernating black bear had also woken up. It no longer needed Lu Heng's help and was enjoying its leisure time, sitting in a corner, engrossed in a can of honey.
Lin Xue was arranged separately. Although she no longer consumed fresh blood and flesh, Lu Heng did not intend to let her live with other animals. After all, the zombie virus had not yet been studied and solved by humans. Even with a one-in-ten-thousand risk, Lu Heng had to proceed with caution.
However, Lin Xue's separate room was fully equipped, with a television playing some programs that Lu Heng had screened.
Leaving the space, Lu Heng went to find Lin Yu.
"I'm going to borrow transport planes from Pingcheng and Longcheng shortly. You can arrange for people to go out and kill zombies then."
"Make sure you borrow the pilots along with the planes. I'm afraid our people won't know how to fly them."
"Alright. Why don't you start by taking a census to see how many people can fly planes, especially military aircraft? We should be able to find some among the special forces."
"That's right! How could I forget them? I'll go and ask."
Soon after, Lin Yu compiled the data. Wuming City indeed had people who could fly planes, and quite a number of them. There were those who could fly civilian aircraft and those who could fly military aircraft.
A larger population base was beneficial for finding people with special skills.
However, Lu Heng did not intend for these people to pilot the planes. To fly a plane proficiently required some acclimatization, and these individuals had not flown for quite some time.
These planes were only to be borrowed temporarily. It would be more convenient to borrow the planes along with the pilots from the other two bases.
"Reassign the personnel who can operate aircraft and organize a flying squadron. We will organize our own flying squadron later."
With planes, the speed of travel to various places could be increased. As for the source of the planes, they could be searched for at airports or military bases before the apocalypse.
These large machines had not yet attracted the attention of survivors, and Lu Heng had space to store them, so acquiring them was not difficult at all.
"Clear out an area at the edge of the inner city for an airfield, and we'll need to create runways for the planes to take off and land."
After giving these instructions again, Lu Heng left the room and found an open space to sit on the vulture and depart.
Returning to Pingcheng, Lu Heng looked at the city, which had basically restored order, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Good. Pingcheng is in a much better state than Longcheng. However, this zombie siege has also exposed some problems with your bases. I believe Commander Zhao has also realized this."
Zhao Kai, who was following Lu Heng, smiled politely. "Hahaha, this is all thanks to Mr. Lu. If you hadn't stayed at our base for a while and motivated our awakened individuals to upgrade desperately, we probably wouldn't have held on until your arrival for support during this siege."
He was not flattering; he was stating the facts.
"Yes, but you are still too weak. Have you seen the team from Wuming City? Apart from ordinary people who cannot mutate into awakened individuals, everyone in Wuming City is at least a sixth-tier awakened individual. The captains of each team are around the eighth tier."
As soon as he said this, some of the Pingcheng management personnel following behind were in an uproar. Everyone was astonished and began to discuss in hushed tones.
"No wonder those zombies outside were eliminated so quickly by those people."
"I can't tell their levels, but I didn't expect ordinary awakened individuals to be at the sixth tier."
"Yes, hundreds of them are all sixth-tier. The zombies outside are like ants to them."
"I remember going to Wuming City before winter, and those people were at about the same level as us. How did they all break through to the sixth tier all of a sudden?"
"I don't know, but with a peak expert like Mr. Lu, it's probably not a problem for the entire city's population to improve their levels."
"But so many people! I remember Wuming City has over 100,000 people. To upgrade everyone to the sixth tier, how many crystals would that require? How many zombies have they killed?"
"......"
Hearing the discussions behind him, Lu Heng twitched the corner of his mouth. He hadn't killed that many zombies before, but with the combat effectiveness of the entire population improved, it was hard to say how many zombies they would kill in the future.
In any case, dealing with the zombies outside was now a one-sided crushing affair for the people of Wuming City, as their levels were higher than ordinary zombies. Killing zombies was merely a matter of practice.
"I wonder if Mr. Lu has any further advice for us during this visit to Pingcheng?" Zhao Kai led Lu Heng into the military camp near the city gate and headed towards the conference room.
"I won't be going to the conference room. I'm here to borrow some supplies." Seeing Zhao Kai leading him towards the conference room, Lu Heng stopped.
"Mr. Lu is joking. What do we have here that you would be interested in? I think you don't lack anything we have."
Zhao Kai gave an awkward smile. He thought that he still had to exchange supplies with Wuming City, including various fuels and those novel equipment. He really didn't know what Lu Heng was interested in here.
"Let me take a look at your airport. I remember you have quite a few military aircraft here."
Hearing Lu Heng's words, Zhao Kai seemed to understand something. He made a gesture of invitation to Lu Heng and led him towards the place where the planes were parked.
"We do have some planes, but our fuel is also insufficient. Moreover, some planes cannot be used due to a lack of parts, and only a few are airworthy."
This was indeed the actual situation. Since the apocalypse, the old military factories had stopped production, and it was difficult to obtain new specialized parts. They had been cannibalizing parts from one plane to fix another, making do.
Lu Heng was well aware of this situation. It seemed that the matter of searching for military supplies outside also needed to be put into action.
Walking to the parked aircraft, Lu Heng looked at the planes parked there and said to Zhao Kai, "I want some models that can carry a large number of people, those old cargo planes."
"We have those, but only two are still airworthy. Some indeed lack aircraft parts and are unusable."
"Alright, arrange for these two to be sent to Wuming City. I also want to borrow the pilots along with the planes. As for gasoline, I don't lack it, so I won't be borrowing it from you."
"Okay, then you can see which day you'd like them delivered?" Zhao Kai did not hesitate. Having a capable backer was very important. This time, the benefits of the zombie siege were evident.