Indeed, the best hunters are always the most patient.
Lu Heng hid in the space for a while before finally spotting a familiar figure.
The robot Lu Heng had seen in Country Y was finally heading this way.
Lu Heng had been coming to stake it out every few days, so he wasn't sure if the alien robot had visited when he wasn't around.
But none of that mattered; he had waited for the robot, and that was enough.
Lu Heng possessed the command from Bora that could pause the robot.
He also knew how to manually shut off the robot's power connection.
As long as the robot approached the large tree where he was hiding, he could play the recorded sound for it.
Gripping the playback controller, Lu Heng had already clipped and copied the sound several times. As soon as he pressed play, the pause command would be broadcast immediately.
As the robot drew closer, Lu Heng finally got a clear look at its appearance. It was the same as before, disguised as a foreign woman.
However, its movements were still too stiff. The robot was floating, and its frontal clothing, as the robot moved, revealed the outline of its mechanical body.
The moment the robot approached the large tree, the playback equipment installed on the tree emitted a loud sound.
Lu Heng wasn't worried about attracting zombies; the zombies here were no threat to him.
As the command was played, the robot, which had been flying and intending to pass under the tree, stopped abruptly as if a pause button had been pressed.
Its movement was forcibly halted, and its energy supply was cut off. The robot tumbled downwards, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Lu Heng instantly emerged from the space and quickly piloted his flying device to the robot.
Lu Heng quickly righted the robot's body and, within the robot's still-perceptive gaze, reached out and patted its chest.
He indeed felt a protrusion. Lu Heng pressed it hard. The robot's previously shining "eyes" instantly extinguished their light. Above its eyelids, a metal cover even slid down, indicating that the robot's power had been completely cut off.
"Everything is just right."
Lu Heng looked at the robot below and then collected it into his space.
Without its power supply, the robot was just a pile of scrap metal, posing no threat.
Lu Heng then casually dealt with a few zombies that had rushed over upon hearing the noise and finally headed towards the teleportation chamber from which he had been transported.
With the robot gone, Lu Heng returned without any further concerns.
He surveyed the entire area. The body of Connor, who had been killed earlier, was gone, and the humans who had been burned to death had also been cleared away.
The entire space had been cleaned up thoroughly.
Lu Heng didn't know how many more people the alien robot had sent to various parts of the world.
But these were no longer his concerns. After all, when those people were teleported back, without the control of the robot here, they couldn't leave the teleportation platform.
Lu Heng didn't dismantle the equipment here. Instead, he walked outside and lifted all the houses in the entire area from the ground.
Then, Lu Heng collected the houses, along with everything inside them, into his space.
He didn't need to use the teleportation equipment to return. Although it would have been faster, this equipment would have to be left behind in Country Y.
These items, which were connected to the equipment on Blue Star, were of greater use to Lu Heng.
He wanted to take them back for the personnel at the research center to study.
Of course, he didn't plan to return using the alien's spacecraft. That thing still required his nerves to operate, which was far less convenient than sitting on the backs of creatures like the Eagle-Beak and setting a direction.
...
Half a month later.
Lu Heng finally returned to Nameless City.
When Lin Yu received the news, he put down his work and rushed to the research center.
"Brother Lu, was it smooth this time?"
"It was alright. I got some different things. You can take a look later."
Lu Heng had the research center call Chen Dong and the others over again.
"Chen Dong, how is the research on the data you brought back last time progressing?"
"City Lord Lu, we have understood that data.
However, some aspects still require experimental exploration. We hope to utilize Blue Star's resources to find practical application methods."
The data provided by the aliens was a huge treasure trove for the people of Blue Star.
The various technological knowledge within it was something humanity could not have achieved on its own.
But with the help of the aliens, combined with their knowledge of Blue Star, it was only a matter of time before they could create advanced technological products suitable for themselves.
"I'll give you some more things. This is a product of combining alien technology with Blue Star's resources, and it should be of greater help to your research."
"What is it?" Chen Dong and the others had experienced a qualitative leap in their understanding after seeing products and knowledge that did not belong to human civilization.
At this point, no matter what Lu Heng produced, they would not be as astonished as before.
"Hmm, are there still empty spaces in the research center? Large ones."
"Yes, there's an empty lot to the south. We originally planned to build a warehouse there, but after we got storage rings, we didn't need to build it. We didn't know what to build there at the time, so it's remained empty."
"Let's go take a look."
With a rustle, Chen Dong led the way, taking Lu Heng and a large group of research center personnel towards the south.
Soon, Lu Heng and the others saw a large open space.
Lu Heng found a spot and then waved his hand, and a European-style building appeared on the ground in front of him.
A European-style community center was moved entirely by Lu Heng.
Looking at the newly appeared building, Chen Dong and the others were once again astonished.
They thought they had seen so many alien artifacts that they wouldn't be surprised anymore, but who would have thought that Lu Heng could move an entire building?
Although the house in front of them was only one story, no matter how small a community center was, its footprint was still significant.
"Can your storage ring hold such large objects?"
"Yes, as long as it's not a living thing, I can put it in. Of course, this house, I used my abilities to strip it entirely from the ground. Otherwise, if it were firmly attached to the ground, I wouldn't be able to move it."
Chen Dong and the others then looked at the building. At the bottom of the building, there was a layer of metal.
Lu Heng must have used a special metal ability to separate the house from the ground, and then, to prevent the house from becoming unstable, he added metal reinforcement underneath.
"It can be done like this? Why didn't we ever think of it..."
Everyone following Lu Heng suddenly realized. Previously, they were always limited to putting movable objects into storage rings.
"I just thought of it too. Before, I was similar to you. Therefore, for better development, our thinking cannot be confined. This is even more true for everyone researching science. To research the technology of those aliens, we must expand our thinking and think divergently."