With Li Lei's assistance, the procedures for moving into the villa were quickly completed. Afterward, Li Lei enthusiastically led Lu Heng to the base's military camp.
The camp was located not far from the base's main gate. To facilitate the soldiers' resistance against zombies, a camp was established near each of the two city gates. Lu Heng had caught a glimpse of the camp at the entrance when he first arrived. Though it had walls, he hadn't seen the internal layout, but the camp appeared to be of considerable size.
Li Lei was now taking him to the camp at the other gate. During the villa check-in process, senior base officials had sent someone to notify him and specifically instruct him to take Lu Heng to the camp for a tour. Thus, Lu Heng, who rarely had outsiders visit since the apocalypse, was fortunate enough to get a look around the military camp, a place almost inaccessible to civilians post-apocalypse.
After parking the car in the military parking lot, Li Lei accompanied him on foot. The camp was substantial, covering a large area. Beside the parking lot was an airfield for military aircraft, with numerous types of military planes and several vacant parking spots. Li Lei explained that planes operated daily, taking base personnel out to search for supplies.
As the base's construction and population continued to grow, the supplies previously stored by the military were rapidly diminishing. Consequently, the primary mission for the base's soldiers had shifted to resource scavenging. Li Lei also mentioned that their base was the largest among the known bases, which was why the only known fifth-tier ability user had chosen to reside there.
Lu Heng did not inquire about the fifth-tier ability user. Asking directly would make him appear eager to curry favor, and with his current strength, he didn't need to rely on any group. Even now, arriving at the base, his intention was merely to understand the global situation and observe the current state of survivors. He couldn't simply survive alone until the end; if everyone else died and he was the sole survivor, he'd rather be dead. Moreover, he was confident that people would eventually come to him, eager to share the information he sought, so he didn't need to proactively investigate.
A fifth-tier offensive ability user alone was equivalent to a large-scale destructive weapon, capable of eliminating zombies outside with little burden. Although the military also had ability users, they only learned about the possibility of evolving into ability users about half a month after the apocalypse began. When the apocalypse first broke out, they were either assigned to rescue survivors or construct the base, and many didn't know how to evolve. Thus, the ability users in the military were not at high levels. The military also frequently went out to collect supplies, and each team was required to have at least one third-tier ability user soldier; otherwise, they risked annihilation when facing the constantly evolving zombies.
Lu Heng followed Li Lei, listening to his lengthy descriptions of the base and his account of the known zombie situation. Lu Heng felt his decision to come to the base was correct. In his previous life, as a low-level ability user, he had no opportunity to interact with the military or obtain such valuable information. However, in this life, he had awakened his abilities before others, and fate had not failed him, granting him a heaven-defying ability attribute, which would allow him to survive longer and stand taller in the apocalypse.
After a tour, Li Lei escorted Lu Heng to the entrance of the military camp. Lu Heng declined Li Lei's offer to escort him back to the villa. After bidding farewell, he drove back to the inner city alone. Seeing Lu Heng drive into the inner city alone, many factions dispatched their subordinates to follow his car. Some wanted to recruit him, while others harbored intentions of probing him. In short, various factions sent reliable personnel to investigate. Lu Heng ignored them. Due to the difference in levels, he could quickly sense the levels and ability attributes of the ability users around him, making them all transparent to him.
Leisurely, Lu Heng returned to his villa. As the open ground surrounding the villa was also private property, the investigators did not approach too closely. After Lu Heng got out of the car, he used his key to open the main door and began moving items into the villa as if no one were watching. He had toured the villa when viewing it earlier. Although it had many rooms, it was almost empty, with nothing removable except fixtures, not even a single stool. This suited Lu Heng, as he disliked having too many things in his house.
However, the villa lacked electricity and water, which Lu Heng would need to purchase from the base or prepare his own generator or solar panels. When Lu Heng purchased the villa, he had also bought some water and electricity. He hadn't bought much, planning to install solar panels on the roof later for more convenient self-generation, which would also remove any restrictions on his electricity usage. Moreover, he already had water and electricity in his spatial storage, so installing some solar panels was merely for show.
However, all this would have to wait until tomorrow. Today, he just wanted to move some things into the villa and then get some rest. Fortunately, his large trailer was sufficient. Lu Heng took some flat-pack furniture boards from his spatial storage and placed them in the trailer, then pretended to unload them from the trailer and carry them into the villa. Of course, once inside the villa, Lu Heng had no intention of assembling them himself. Later, he would close the doors and windows, install curtains, then put the boards back into his spatial storage and place ready-made furniture in the rooms. After creating the appearance, Lu Heng unloaded many items from the trailer and carried them into the villa one by one. After half an hour of work, the facade was finally complete. Then, with a wave of his hand, everything in the trailer that could be unloaded was returned to his spatial storage.
Lu Heng drove his SUV and off-road motorcycle into the garage and then, under the watchful eyes of many, swaggered back to the villa. He would install the curtains himself, as there were no domestic services available for such tasks at this time. After another hour of work, the sky began to darken. Fortunately, all the curtains were installed before nightfall. Lu Heng let out a sigh of relief, "So tired."
The cleaning was not yet done, as the villa had been uninhabited for a long time. Lu Heng turned on all the lights in the rooms and then summoned the black bear to clean. The black bear's intelligence had increased significantly after its evolution, and it now understood whatever Lu Heng said. Lu Heng had already put the items back into his spatial storage. He took a large rag and placed it in the black bear's hand. "This is our home from now on. You clean the entire house first, and then we'll eat."
A capitalist, exploiting labor like this? The black bear took the rag and silently wiped away a tear. "Oh, clean the third-floor rooms first. I'll be arranging furniture there later." The black bear asked, "Can the stairs here support my weight?" Lu Heng slapped his forehead. Alas, he had forgotten; this was a bear. With a wave of his hand, the black bear, along with the rag, disappeared.