Startled awake by Lu Heng’s words, everyone in the room immediately rose in alarm.
Facing Lu Heng’s direction, they all produced their respective weapons.
“Lu Heng, what is this? We kindly let you into the city, and you suddenly start killing people?”
Astonished by Lu Heng’s actions, everyone stared intently at him.
But not a single person in the room looked at the man who had just died.
Lu Heng smiled. Were these people’s friendships really made of paper?
Lu Heng looked towards Yang Jun, who was seated at the head of the table, still feigning composure.
“This person has disrespected me repeatedly. Isn’t this world one where the strong are respected? How can I not kill a mere nobody?”
“You? What kind of strong person are you? I can’t even discern your level or ability type. You must have gotten some incredible luck to not have… at night…”
Lu Heng waved his hand again, and another talkative person was silenced.
The atmosphere in the room became incredibly oppressive, so quiet that everyone’s breathing could be heard clearly.
Lu Heng looked at Yang Jun, seated at the head, and spoke again, “You are no great philanthropists, so don’t pretend with me. Put away those faces you use to deceive outsiders. I don’t want to waste my words with you here.”
Yang Jun stood up and looked at Lu Heng, but his attitude had clearly softened.
The two people Lu Heng had just killed were both fifth-tier ability users, ranking among the strongest in their group.
Of course, his level was the highest in this city. Through his power, he had obtained the most crystals. He was a sixth-tier fire ability user.
However, even so, Yang Jun could not discern Lu Heng’s level or ability type.
But he knew that besides the possibility of Lu Heng being an ordinary person, there was another: Lu Heng’s ability level was higher than everyone else present.
Only then could he explain the situation where Lu Heng had killed two fifth-tier ability users with a mere wave of his hand.
Although the apocalypse was a world where the strong were respected, no one would act to kill someone instantly over a few wrong words.
Therefore, Yang Jun was now very wary of Lu Heng, his previous demeanor completely gone.
“Then let’s calm down and talk properly.”
Yang Jun glanced at the people in the room who were still on guard, feeling a sense of disdain within. He hadn’t expected that after nurturing so many people, they would all turn out to be useless.
Upon encountering an outsider, two people were eliminated in the first encounter.
He momentarily forgot that if he hadn’t deliberately suppressed the people below him, others’ strength wouldn’t have been capped below the fifth tier.
“Let’s move to another room. The air here isn’t good.”
Yang Jun looked at the two bodies lying in pools of blood and asked Lu Heng with a smile.
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow and gave a soft hum.
His eyes, however, swept over everyone’s faces, memorizing the appearance of everyone in the room.
Lu Heng followed Yang Jun’s side, and they walked out of the room together.
Even though they turned their backs to the people behind them, those people did not dare to do anything to Lu Heng.
The strength to instantly kill fifth-tier ability users finally made them recognize that this outsider was… formidable.
Soon, they moved to another room. The furniture in this room was much more conventional.
A rectangular conference table, the most common type from before the apocalypse.
Yang Jun personally led Lu Heng to a seat before sitting down at another position at the long table.
“Hahaha, come, come, you all too. Serve everyone some tea. We originally produced tea here, so we don’t lack tea leaves.”
Yang Jun directed people to serve tea in the room, intending to ease the atmosphere first.
With two people having just died, everyone present felt very subdued.
“No need. I don’t casually eat or drink outside. You all feel free to help yourselves.”
Lu Heng raised his hand to stop the person who was about to serve him tea.
Unexpectedly, this simple gesture of raising his hand startled the people who had just moved from the previous room.
In the room, the sound of tables and chairs colliding was somewhat chaotic. Some people, having stood up too abruptly, ended up sitting back down on the empty floor.
Lu Heng looked at his hand and chuckled wryly.
It seemed his previous actions had intimidated these people.
After a brief moment of shock, the people in the room realized that Lu Heng had raised his hand again, but no one else in the room had died.
Only then did they slightly relax. Under Yang Jun’s gaze, they rearranged their chairs and returned to their original positions.
“Brother Lu, may I ask where you are from? Have you been traveling outside all this time?”
In the span of a short while, Yang Jun had changed his address to Lu Heng three times.
Lu Heng’s lips curved upwards, and he smiled at Yang Jun.
“It seems the people here haven’t been out of the city much.”
“Yes, there are too many zombies outside the city. You probably didn’t see clearly when you arrived at night. Our city is constantly attacked by zombies, so we’re all too busy to even consider venturing too far out.”
“Hmm, no wonder. Is it that group of zombies in the cave halfway up the mountain?”
“Yes, those zombies… You, how did you know there were zombies there?”
“When I came by during the day yesterday, I discovered some anomalies outside, so I went to take a look. Unexpectedly, I managed to pick up quite a few crystals.”
As soon as Lu Heng finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at him in shock again.
They were incredibly fortunate at that moment that they hadn’t spoken out of turn and said too much in front of this powerful figure.
“Picked up crystals? The zombies there are not low-level. How did you manage to pick them up?”
“Yes, could it be that the zombies killed each other, and then…”
“Dream on! When have you ever seen zombies killing each other?”
“Then how did you pick them up?”
“By killing them, of course…”
The person who said this suddenly turned to look at Lu Heng. Was Lu Heng alone?
How many zombies there were, perhaps no one knew better than them, the city’s administrators.
And not only were there humans turned into zombies there, but also many zombie animals.
“You said you encountered those zombies. Do you have your own team of ability users?”
Everyone found it unbelievable that Lu Heng could have ventured alone into the zombie-infested cave.
This was no longer an adventure activity from before the apocalypse. Facing a large number of zombies, a human going alone was simply sending themselves to their death.
“You could say that.”
Lu Heng was referring to his contract beasts.
However, these people mistakenly thought that Lu Heng had stationed a team of ability users outside their city, which was why he dared to enter the city so fearlessly at night.
“Would you like to let your people enter the city to rest? After all, the city has walls and is safer.”
“No need. They are all in safe places right now. Besides, the zombies in the cave have all been eliminated. It’s probably safer outside than inside your city.”
With a “whoosh,” someone else was so shocked they stood up.
“You killed all the zombies? There were quite a few zombie animals there too…”
“Yes, that’s why it’s very safe outside now. If you want to go out to find supplies, this is the perfect time.”