Inside the apocalypse base.
In the past few days, people have been coming to the trading market to see the goods Lu Heng was selling, but they all came up empty.
A few days ago, Lu Heng had gone out with the base to search for food, so the shop was not open. Everyone could see through the glass door outside the shop that there were no items displayed on the shop's counter.
For the shops in the trading market, the operators would bring their goods early every morning. After all, these goods could not be left unattended, or some people even lived in the shops, which could save on rent.
The shop next to Lu Heng's was owned by Leng Tian, the base's strongest ability user. However, when Lu Heng suddenly became famous in the base, Leng Tian naturally ranked second.
Even so, Leng Tian's ability level could crush any other ability user in the base.
With the appearance of Level Four zombies outside, the fact that Lu Heng's goods required Level Four crystals for exchange made everyone believe that Lu Heng's goods were definitely not ordinary.
Improving one's strength to kill Level Four zombies and obtain Level Four crystals to exchange for Lu Heng's goods had become the top priority for all major teams.
Leng Tian was already a Level Six ability user. Under his leadership, his team remained the strongest among the ability user teams.
Fortunately, Lu Heng had no intention of forming his own team, otherwise, Leng Tian was very worried that the stronger members of his team would defect to Lu Heng.
This worry also existed in teams formed by other ability users. However, the gap in strength was too great, and the military, as the largest base in this area, intentionally favored Lu Heng. Therefore, even if the leaders of various ability user teams were worried, no one dared to challenge Lu Heng.
This also brought many benefits to Lu Heng within the base, as no one would bother him.
The base even set up a guard post directly opposite Lu Heng's villa, with people on duty twenty-four hours a day to prevent anyone from disturbing Lu Heng's life in the base.
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Cloud Mist Forest.
Lu Heng and his group had been traversing the forest for a long time. Lu Heng felt that the demonic beasts were not far ahead.
At this moment, Wang Tie Zhu, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped and made a shushing gesture to everyone.
Li Shi Tou and Zhao San Mao, who had been cooperating as a team, also sensed the presence of demonic beasts nearby. They exchanged glances and immediately entered a state of alert. Lu Heng was surrounded by the three of them.
A moment later, the sound of animals running could be heard from ahead. As the sound grew closer, the surrounding ground also began to tremble.
"Grunting, grunting..."
Lu Heng, is that the sound of pigs?
Soon, five demonic beasts that resembled pigs but had fur covered in mottled patterns gradually ran towards them.
These demonic beasts did not expect humans to appear in front of them at this time. Several of them stopped their forward charge and halted more than ten meters away from Lu Heng and the others.
"Mottled Wild Boars, attack!" Wang Tie Zhu shouted loudly at the demonic beasts, which had suddenly stopped. Then, his strong figure flashed, and he drew the large axe on his back and charged towards one of the wild boars.
Upon hearing Wang Tie Zhu's words, Li Shi Tou did not hesitate. He drew his weapon and charged towards another wild boar.
Zhao San Mao was a lightning-elemental cultivator. He did not need to engage in close combat like the other two. At this moment, he raised the staff in his hand high, and crackling purple-blue light instantly emanated around him.
Boom!
A flash of lightning struck, and the ball of light split towards the wild boar, which had already turned around and was trying to escape.
The wild boar, instantly struck, twitched twice, then fell to the ground with a puff of smoke rising from its fur.
"You're holding back a bit, aren't you? They'll all be cooked soon. What are you planning to do, eat them right away?" Wang Tie Zhu swung his axe towards a wild boar in front of him that was also preparing to escape. Unfortunately, due to the suppression in level, the wild boar was hit in the hind leg by the axe. Driven by its forward momentum, it couldn't stop and fell into the fallen leaves in front of it.
"Heh heh, still want to run." Wang Tie Zhu quickly stepped forward and gave the wild boar another axe blow, killing it completely.
Soon, the five wild boars were killed by Wang Tie Zhu and the other two. Lu Heng remained a spectator throughout, not revealing any of his strength.
However, when he saw Wang Tie Zhu and the others gathering the five wild boars, he curiously asked, "With so much prey, should we transport it out now?"
"Hmm? It seems you're not favored in your family. You don't even know about storage rings, do you?" Wang Tie Zhu looked at Lu Heng with surprise.
Then, he first split open the heads of the wild boars and found no demon crystals inside, which immediately disappointed him.
However, it was fortunate that the meat of these mottled wild boars could be taken back and sold, bringing in some income.
With a wave of his hand, the wild boars on the ground instantly disappeared. He then showed Lu Heng the ring he was wearing.
"Here, this is a storage ring. It can store items, and these meats can also be kept fresh inside. Whatever state they are in when you put them in, they will be the same when you take them out."
Lu Heng looked at the ring on Wang Tie Zhu's hand. He had seen it before when they left the city and thought people here were also fond of such accessories, so he didn't pay much attention.
Now that he knew it was for storing supplies, his eyes lit up. This thing was similar to his own space, both serving the purpose of storing items, and most importantly, the items stored could be kept fresh.
If he could bring this back to the apocalypse to sell...
However, why hadn't he seen it in the ancient city of space? Thinking of this, he immediately mobilized his consciousness, intending to search the ancient city of space with his consciousness, and also to test if he could enter the ancient city of space from the outside with his consciousness.
Fortunately, it could be used normally. Moreover, he had also found the storage rings they mentioned. However, he did not yet understand how to use them, so he humbly asked Wang Tie Zhu and the others for advice.
"Hehehe, I've really never seen this before. May I ask how to use this thing?"
Wang Tie Zhu: "This kind of thing is not sold in Jinyang City. Items that can store things like this are only sold in larger cities and are considered rare items, and they are not cheap.
I bought this ring after saving up for a long time when I reached Dao Comprehension Level Two. You don't know, but like you, I didn't have this ring before. Every time I hunted demonic beasts, I had to quickly bring them back to the city to sell them, otherwise, if the meat wasn't fresh, no one would want it."
Lu Heng showed a look of understanding and nodded, signaling Wang Tie Zhu to continue.
"Oh my, this is the first time I've met someone like you. You really don't know anything. Have you been abandoned by your family?"
Lu Heng... Fortunately, I wasn't. Otherwise, if you put it like that, I'd probably be driven to despair.