Under the glare of the bright lights, the people inside the city could see the situation outside.
A person was seen sitting on the back of a sheep. Due to the intense light, the person was raising an arm to shield their eyes from the illumination.
"It's a person."
While zombies feared light, they wouldn't exhibit such human reactions.
The sheep, though its breed was indistinguishable, was pacing its hooves in place, proving it was alive.
"Hmm, it's a person, and a giant sheep."
"Why is there a sheep?"
Hearing the front-row guards, those standing behind were somewhat surprised.
In this apocalypse, let alone sheep, mutated animals were rarely seen here.
The animals that were originally near the city had been infected by zombies and turned into zombie animals.
"What is this person doing? It's already dark, are they trying to find a place to stay in the city?"
"I don't know, who wants to ask?"
Immediately after, a man shouted at Lu Heng, "What are you doing? Where are you from?"
"Traveling around. Can you open the city gate and let me in? It's just me and a sheep."
Lu Heng shielded his eyes from the oncoming bright light. The people inside the city really lacked awareness, still shining searchlights on him.
The city fell silent for a few minutes. The people inside seemed to have finally reached an agreement and shouted again to Lu Heng outside, "Alright, go to the west, the city gate is there."
Upon hearing this, Lu Heng patted the antelope beneath him, and the man and sheep headed west.
The antelope was fast, and within a few minutes, they had circled around to the west city gate.
Looking at the not-so-high city wall, Lu Heng really wanted to jump over it.
But in the end, he decided not to appear too unusual and sat on the antelope's back, waiting for the city gate to open.
After a creaking sound, a small door opened on the city gate, and light shone out from it.
Before Lu Heng could signal, the antelope carried him towards the light.
Entering the city, Lu Heng saw the crowd blocking the city gate, holding torches and looking at him vigilantly.
Lu Heng smiled at the crowd, "No need to be so nervous, I'm human, not a zombie."
Then he patted the antelope beneath him, which had grown beyond its normal size due to mutation.
"This is my mount, it carries me around. Although it's a mutated animal, don't worry, I've domesticated it, and it can understand human speech."
A person holding a torch walked towards Lu Heng, "Make way, let the person in first."
The person looked at Lu Heng and shone the torch at the antelope beneath him, "Where should we put such a big sheep?"
"Anywhere is fine. I'd like to stay for the night. Is there anywhere to stay here?
As for the sheep, just leave it outside the house where I'm staying."
"There are plenty of houses, there's no shortage of houses in this apocalypse."
Someone casually remarked, and then everyone fell into a brief silence.
Indeed, in the shelter, people would go out every day to search for food and never return.
Moreover, in several zombie raids, many of them had died.
The city, already sparsely populated, had so many empty houses that there were more than enough for everyone to have one.
The crowd parted, and someone led Lu Heng into the city.
As they passed, people on the sides cast curious glances at Lu Heng.
Lu Heng was quite composed. The people here likely hadn't ventured too far outside.
Looking at Lu Heng like this, they probably wanted to know about the situation in other cities.
Lu Heng was led to a small building, and the man who had initially spoken to him spoke again.
"Sleep here for now. We'll talk about anything in the morning.
By the way, do you have any food?"
They hadn't seen Lu Heng carrying any bags. Lu Heng had arrived in the city dressed in sportswear, riding a sheep.
"Mmm, I ate this afternoon, you don't need to worry about me."
"Alright then, but this room is very simple, and there aren't many furnishings inside. Please make do."
Although there were many houses, the furniture in many of them had been destroyed or made dirty in the early days of the apocalypse.
After they converted this place into a shelter, the city had been simply cleaned, to check if any zombies had been missed and were lurking within the city.
Lu Heng nodded, looked at the antelope beside him, gave it a few instructions with his mind, and then said to the man beside him, "It's best if you don't have any ideas about this sheep. If you anger it and it destroys someone here, I won't be responsible."
The people who brought Lu Heng exchanged glances. Although they were somewhat skeptical of Lu Heng's words, they still nodded.
"Don't worry, private property in this city is not allowed to be robbed from each other. Even though you've just arrived, we won't have any designs on this sheep."
"However, what you said is probably a bit exaggerated. Just a sheep, how could it destroy humans?"
They truly didn't believe Lu Heng's words much, thinking he was exaggerating.
A sheep, even if its size was much larger than before the apocalypse, its strength might have increased considerably, but it shouldn't reach a point where it could kill people.
Lu Heng chuckled, "That's for the best."
Lu Heng didn't tether the antelope and walked directly into the villa prepared for him.
Watching Lu Heng close the door, the people who brought him exchanged glances, and then they turned to leave.
However, before leaving, a few of them still glanced at the sheep Lu Heng had casually left by the door.
After Lu Heng entered the villa, it seemed no one had been there for a long time. Stepping on the floor left footprints in the dust.
In such a dirty house, he wouldn't have minded it in his previous life.
Having a safe place to live that could shelter him from wind and rain was something he couldn't even dream of in his past life.
But now, having not suffered any hardship in this life, he found it somewhat unbearable to have a house full of dust.
Walking around a few times, the dust stirred up in the room would likely make it impossible for him to stay inside.
He summoned Lu Bai and Black Bear, and handed them each a rag.
"Just do a simple dusting. I'll probably be staying here for a few days."
Lu Bai looked at the rag, "Brother, there's no water, how can we wipe it like this?"
Right, then he should also release the Serpent Dragon Beast. A Lan was water-elemental, and they all had hands, so they could do some of what they could.
With the efforts of the four contract beasts with hands, the entire villa was soon cleaned.
A Lan, the water-elemental Serpent Dragon Beast, even washed all the floors of the villa with water.
It was much easier for Lu Bai and the others to clean other areas again.
Looking at the clean and new room, Lu Heng placed a new bed in a room on the top floor.
He figured he'd still sleep outside the space tonight, as there would definitely be "curious" people watching him.
The night passed without dreams, and the antelope downstairs also served as a security guard.
If anyone approached, it could notify Lu Heng with its thoughts.