Lu Heng looked at the crystals Zhao Guodong placed before him. The crystals were of mixed grades, with few high-level ones.
"Once you've tallied the number of people needing upgrades, have everyone gather in the plaza, and then we'll upgrade them collectively."
"But these crystals seem to be far from enough..."
Zhao Guodong looked at Lu Heng somewhat awkwardly. Although Lu Heng had previously offered to help them, the quantity was so insufficient that he felt embarrassed to ask for more.
In the year plus he had spent in the apocalypse, he knew all too well how difficult it was to acquire crystals.
"It's fine, prepare them first and gather everyone together."
Lu Heng didn't take Zhao Guodong's crystals. As he had said, the quantity was indeed lacking.
Therefore, Lu Heng wasn't worried about these crystals; they would still be there when he took them out again later.
As Lu Heng followed Zhao Guodong to the gathering place of the town's residents, quite a few survivors had already assembled there.
Lu Heng took a general look and confirmed that the vast majority of people here were ordinary humans, with no evolution at all.
They were truly as useless as salted fish.
Lu Heng was led to a high platform, and Zhao Guodong announced the upcoming procedure to the people below.
"I believe you all know why you've been gathered here. This town cannot withstand the siege of a zombie horde, so we must migrate to a larger base.
Large bases do not support idlers. If you do not wish to face zombies, this town can be left to you. However, if we migrate, the remaining population here may not be able to maintain its safety.
I have nothing more to say. Now, begin to separate. Those who do not wish to change can leave."
Lu Heng and the others stood on the high platform, looking at the crowd in the plaza. Indeed, some people left just like that.
Zhao Guodong and the others did not stop them. They registered the departing individuals and then began distributing crystals to upgrade everyone.
Lu Heng watched Zhao Guodong. Through several interactions and mind-reading, he had come to greatly approve of Zhao Guodong.
This person not only had a good mind but had also consistently done an excellent job with organizational work. Lu Heng actually wanted to bring this person directly to Wuming City.
However, Zhao Guodong had too many burdens. Lu Heng also wanted to see how many of the people following him could improve their levels and bravely face zombies.
"I'll upgrade you first. Once your level increases, it will be easier for you to lead these people."
"This, my current level is still acceptable. Let's upgrade the unevolved people into ability users first."
Zhao Guodong was very concerned about the crystals being insufficient. At this moment, Lu Heng had not produced any extra crystals.
"Don't worry about that."
Zhao Guodong's level was only at the fourth tier, but his ability attributes were good. He was a lightning ability user, and the power of such an ability user increased significantly at higher tiers.
Lu Heng took out a batch of higher-grade crystals and handed them to Zhao Guodong.
Zhao Guodong looked at the crystals that appeared out of thin air in Lu Heng's hand. In a moment of surprise, he instinctively took them.
But when he truly held these high-grade crystals, his arms trembled with excitement.
Lu Heng smiled at Zhao Guodong, "Upgrade quickly, my time is limited."
"Mm." Zhao Guodong sat on the ground of the high platform, holding the crystals. Upgrading would bring a headache, so he wanted to be prepared and sit down.
With Lu Heng's continuous supply, Zhao Guodong upgraded directly from the fourth tier to the seventh-tier ability level.
Lu Heng did not take out magic crystals for Zhao Guodong and the others, nor did he intend to upgrade others to too high a level.
One useful talent was worth more than ten thousand useless people. Lu Heng was not familiar with them, and it was inconvenient to take out things that did not belong to this world.
When Zhao Guodong finally opened his eyes, he felt a different kind of energy within his body.
Purple light orbs flickered around him unconsciously, and crackling sounds emanated from him intermittently.
The people in the plaza below were all stunned. They had never seen anyone upgrade so quickly in such a short period.
In fact, it wasn't that difficult; it was mainly because they hadn't had enough crystals for upgrades before.
"I, I am now a seventh-tier ability user. Hehehe, I feel that the lightning energy I can gather is very strong."
"Mm, you can try it. The lightning you unleash now should be able to electrocute a cluster of objects."
Zhao Guodong looked at the purple lightning ball in his hand and scanned around, but he couldn't find a good place to experiment.
At this moment, people were gathered in the plaza, and it was easy to injure others by accident.
"We'll try outside the town later."
Even if the number of zombies here was not large, it wouldn't be difficult to find zombies to practice on.
Lu Heng had a condition for helping them upgrade: after upgrading, they had to go out and kill zombies themselves.
Only by truly killing zombies could they no longer fear them in the future, so upgrading without practice was not enough.
"Okay, okay, I'll try outside later, hehehe..."
Zhao Guodong chuckled foolishly, but he had not forgotten the purpose of today.
The many people standing in the plaza below constantly reminded him that today, he was to lead the people of this town to a different life.
Next, the people in the plaza began to line up to receive crystals and upgrade.
Of course, there was an order. Lu Heng upgraded Zhao Guodong's confidantes first, but he stopped them at the fifth-tier level.
Even so, these people were very happy.
The zombies outside were only at level four. They could now easily defeat the zombies outside.
As long as they didn't face a zombie army, they could walk around outside without any hesitation by forming a small team.
"Hehehe, it's no wonder those people who traveled around selling goods were so numerous. Turns out, after everyone's level increased, the feeling is truly different."
"Yes, with our current abilities, we would probably be considered supervisors in other bases."
Those who had just finished upgrading were all very happy. These people were all ability users to begin with, and it only took a slight improvement, so it didn't take much time.
Next, Lu Heng classified the crystals for Zhao Guodong and his group, and then divided his confidantes into several small teams to help the ordinary people below upgrade.
Zhao Guodong supervised from the side, but as everyone continued to upgrade, Zhao Guodong was increasingly astonished.
He roughly estimated that the number of crystals consumed to upgrade the town's residents was astonishing.
Furthermore, Lu Heng had no bags to store items, and his clothes looked very thin, with no place to store anything.
Whenever there was a shortage of crystals, Lu Heng would produce some out of thin air.
Moreover, the grades of the crystals Lu Heng produced were very comprehensive, ensuring that every ordinary person could successfully upgrade to the fourth-tier level.