Inside the space.
Lu Heng stood at the entrance of the city, staring blankly at the buildings opposite.
The architectural style of the houses was very peculiar, resembling ancient buildings from some film and television base.
Lu Heng couldn't quite pinpoint which dynasty they belonged to, as he hadn't followed many dramas before. He had only recently watched a Qing Dynasty drama, but the architectural style seemed slightly different.
However, like the city on this side, those houses were also devoid of any activity. There were only empty streets and some houses stretching towards the distance.
Lu Heng took a long time to recover. He had just advanced, and due to a headache, his mind was unable to think clearly at the moment.
But...
As soon as he advanced, things here changed. Could it be...
He had come here a few days ago, and the recordings showed no abnormalities. This time, after advancing, the golden eagle came to report the situation here. Could it be related to his advancement?
So, when he advanced to the seventh tier, or at some earlier advancement point, the mist here had thinned.
Then, today, he advanced to the eighth tier, and the mist at the entrance had completely dissipated?
But why were the buildings opposite ancient?
He didn't recall any entrance to his city in real life connecting to a film city or an ancient city.
Lu Heng hurried to the several cameras placed at the intersection and checked them one by one. The video recorders all captured the scene of the mist dissipating opposite at the same time.
Moreover, after the mist dissipated, there were no changes inside. Only the ancient houses and streets appeared in the cameras. He looked carefully twice, but no one was captured.
With a thought, Lu Heng conjured a branch and threw it towards the opposite side.
The branch seemed to hit an obstruction, bounced back, and fell at the edge of the road.
Could it be just a painting?
Not a real space like this? That shouldn't be right?
It made no sense for the mist to dissipate and only reveal an image.
Then, as if remembering something, Lu Heng left the place with a thought.
Afterward, his figure appeared at another entrance of the city space.
Here, the faint mist still lingered.
What about other places?
With another change of thought, Lu Heng checked the other intersections. As expected, the mist at those two intersections had not dissipated.
Lu Heng finally confirmed the locations of the various intersections. The one where the mist had dissipated was in the east.
Lu Heng found a notebook and meticulously recorded the situation here, then put the notebook back in the apartment within the space.
It seemed he needed to keep a good record of the changes in this space.
Lu Heng returned to the eastern entrance. He tentatively reached out and touched it, and indeed, it felt the same as when he had touched the thin mist last time.
Retracting his hand, Lu Heng moved all the available Tier 3 crystals from the space plaza to the eastern entrance. He wanted to absorb crystals here to be able to observe any changes immediately.
Since advancing had an impact on this space, he could continue to advance. After all, the current zombie levels were not high, and killing them was incredibly easy for him.
Moreover, the number of mutated zombies in each city was not small. Calculating based on a population of hundreds of thousands per city, he could obtain hundreds of thousands of Tier 3 crystals from each kill. Even though the amount of crystals consumed for advancement was now in the tens of thousands, slaughtering the zombies in a medium-sized city would be enough for him to upgrade to the tenth tier.
However, absorbing these crystals also took a considerable amount of time. After all, even placing them one by one into his mouth, tens of thousands of them would take some time.
He estimated that the number of kills this time was enough for him to advance to the tenth tier. He wondered if there were higher tiers beyond the tenth tier that required upgrading.
After all, he had left too early in his previous life, and as an ordinary ability user, he wasn't very familiar with many things about zombies.
Unconsciously, Lu Heng began to absorb crystals again. This time, he didn't hold back any ability crystals. He used the crystals corresponding to all the abilities he possessed.
Due to absorbing the ability crystals, the speed of improvement became significantly faster. After an unknown period of time, as the crystals diminished, he gradually felt that he was about to break through again.
Soon, the familiar headache began to appear. This time, he didn't close his eyes and wait for the pain to disappear.
After the headache subsided for a while, Lu Heng got up and walked towards the entrance. He had been watching the situation opposite all along, and visibly, there had been no changes.
However, Lu Heng vaguely felt that it wasn't as it appeared, and there must have been changes.
Lu Heng stood at the edge of the entrance, took a deep breath, and extended his right hand forward.
A miraculous thing happened.
The place that had previously been impassable, his fingers now passed through without obstruction, penetrating straight through.
Moreover, he could clearly see his hand, after passing through the invisible barrier, landing in the space opposite.
Therefore, he should now be able to enter the ancient architectural streetscape.
He quickly went to the entrances of the other few city spaces. Those entrances still showed no change; the thin mist had not dissipated. It was estimated that only the eastern entrance had undergone changes so far.
After checking the power supply for several camera devices, Lu Heng returned to the eastern entrance.
To be safe, Lu Heng summoned all his contracted animals. If he encountered danger later, these animals could provide some protection, as some of them were fierce beasts.
Lu Heng carried the director, followed by a group of pets. The Siberian tiger, afraid that the turtle immortal would walk too slowly, picked it up and placed it on its back. This made Fatty Tiger glare for a long time, but when the Siberian tiger shot him a fierce glance, Fatty Tiger immediately restrained his dissatisfaction and obediently walked back to Lu Heng's side.
The pets had some understanding of their master's space. Although they usually didn't like to wander to remote places, the golden eagle, with its advantage of flying at high altitudes, could always easily reach the boundaries.
After the golden eagle returned, it would tell them about the scenery in the space, so everyone was familiar with this space.
Lu Heng felt that all the pets had arrived. Then he said to the pets, "Since we can go in now, you can follow me to take a look. But everyone needs to be careful. I don't know what's inside."
Then he took the lead and walked in, followed closely by the other pets into the space opposite.