The leading soldier found a soldier, preparing to have someone show Lu Heng around the base. He was determined to keep Lu Heng at his base, as it would provide an extra layer of security.
He needed to report this information to his superiors immediately, as it was a major event for the base.
Lu Heng looked at the soldiers around him, who were all looking at him with respect. He could also read their thoughts.
"Wow, this is amazing, another fifth-order, we absolutely cannot let him leave, he's a main force."
"Today is really lucky, I'm actually the first to receive a fifth-order ability user."
"Ah, I'm so excited, I have to tell the brothers later, our base has a new big shot."
Lu Heng rubbed his nose. In fact, he had been seventh-order for over a month, and counting his contracted combat pets, he had eight seventh-order beings.
He was still concealing his strength. If they knew, they would probably carry him in and worship him.
In the past month, Lu Heng had collected quite a few more crystals.
However, he had only been collecting crystals and traveling recently, and hadn't had the time to absorb them.
After all, absorbing a special crystal provided twice the energy of a normal crystal, and he could absorb special crystals of many elements, so his progression was much faster than that of ordinary people.
The leader handed Lu Heng a map and pointed to a soldier beside him, smiling as he said to Lu Heng, "Ha, this is a map of our base. Follow Li Lei around later, and if you have any questions, you can ask him."
Then he flipped the map over and pointed to the back, saying, "This map on the back is a distribution map of the area around our base. If you have any questions, you can also ask Li Lei. If anything happens in the base, you can come to the command post to find me.
Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhang Bing."
"Then thank you. I was also planning to find a place to stay first." Lu Heng could tell from their thoughts that these people had no ill intentions towards him, so he gladly accepted their kindness.
"Alright, let Li Lei take you around the inner city. There are quite a few villas that are empty, see if you find one you like."
Under everyone's gaze, Lu Heng drove behind Li Lei, who was leading the way on a police motorcycle.
Li Lei first took Lu Heng around the outer city. Since many parts of the base were still under construction, some areas were quite spacious, and the infrastructure was not very complete.
The base had developed a planting area in the outer city, planning to grow improved crops there in the future. After all, many plants had mutated in the apocalypse, and the farmland outside was affected by zombies, making it impossible to send people to cultivate it.
Besides the garrison, the base could accommodate over a million survivors. A month after the apocalypse began, the base had been organizing personnel to build and reinforce the outer walls while dispatching helicopters to search for survivors in the surrounding major cities.
Therefore, a considerable number of survivors were rescued initially. However, with the accelerated evolution of zombies, they had also developed abilities, and many helicopters searching for survivors were attacked by zombies with abilities, and the rescue personnel were also killed by zombies.
As a result, the military no longer dispatched helicopters to search for survivors. After all, military production had largely stopped, and for every helicopter damaged, there was one less.
The administrative building in the outer city was converted into the base's management office after the apocalypse. The first floor was set up as a mission hall, where ability users in the base could accept missions. Based on the completion of different missions, they could earn corresponding points, which could be exchanged for supplies at the management office.
Lu Heng did not get out of the car to visit, he planned to confirm his accommodation first, and then visit each place in detail. Anyway, he lacked nothing now, and the crystals in his space were piled up like small mountains.
Afterward, Li Lei took Lu Heng around the outer city to get acquainted with the area before taking him to the inner city.
Along the way, many survivors in the base were observing Lu Heng and his vehicles, as RVs and off-road vehicles like these were very rare in the apocalypse.
In the eyes of ordinary survivors, people who could drive such vehicles were all powerful ability users.
If it weren't for the military personnel leading Lu Heng's vehicle, the onlookers would probably have gathered around, as people's curiosity was always present.
However, as Lu Heng had anticipated, all the car windows were tinted, so people outside could not see the drivers or the situation inside the car.
Upon entering the inner city, people from various factions within the inner city also noticed Lu Heng's vehicle. Many followed alongside the car, as anyone being led by the military must have significant backing, but they were unfamiliar with Lu Heng's car.
"Which team is this from? Why haven't I seen them before?"
"How would I know? But I heard from people at the base entrance that a fifth-order ability user arrived at the base today, it can't be someone from here, right?"
"Holy crap, another fifth-order? I'm only third-order, and I haven't even touched fourth-order yet."
"Yeah, this is too monstrous. I really want to know how they all reached fifth-order."
"How else can you level up? Get more crystals, and you'll level up faster. Keep at it!"
"Damn it! I'm going out tomorrow morning and I won't come back until I get a hundred crystals."
"......"
Li Lei rode his motorcycle and took Lu Heng to the villa area, where there were still a few villas vacant.
The houses in the inner city were all for sale. As long as one could pay enough crystals or use enough points, they could purchase houses in the inner city. Of course, the number of crystals required for purchase was staggering, and only those who proved sufficient strength could reside in the inner city.
The outer city had houses for sale and rent. Since ordinary survivors or low-order ability users generally resided there, they usually couldn't afford too many crystals. Many people relied on accepting missions in the mission hall to earn points, or by bringing in supplies from outside the base to exchange for points, and then using those points to obtain residency rights in outer city houses.
The inner city had a dedicated place for handling house sales. Lu Heng chose a three-story villa with a large courtyard.
A larger courtyard allowed for a clear view of the surroundings, and it also provided some distance from other residents, allowing for better privacy.
Because this courtyard occupied a large area and was in a good location, Lu Heng spent quite a few crystals to purchase this property.
Fortunately, he had plenty of crystals, and the base could now use first-level crystals as currency. Those first-level crystals were already piled up to the side, and he didn't even bother to pack or organize them.