Lu Heng didn't mind, but he had to personally vet whoever received the magic crystals.
Furthermore, they had to be consumed in front of him. He needed to ensure that this special item, the magic crystal, did not circulate in the market.
Even though Lu Heng's conditions sounded somewhat unbelievable, Elder Fei was still very pleased and arranged for people to find his comrades.
In a short while, several more old men arrived in the conference room.
These people looked quite well, not as exhausted as Elder Fei appeared today. It could be assumed that these individuals had also retired from the front lines and were no longer involved in the work of the capital.
"Oh my, you called me over in such a hurry. What's the urgent matter? Let me tell you, I came without even having lunch."
An old man with a booming voice strode towards the conference room, his voice preceding him.
"Yes, I haven't eaten either. My grandson thought there was a zombie attack, so he rushed out wearing his protective gear," another old man's voice also carried in, not any quieter.
Elder Fei quickly got up, walked to the door in a few steps, pulled open the conference room door, and called out to the old men outside, "Come in, come in, it's been a long time, come inside."
"What's all the mystery about?"
Seeing that Elder Fei's expression didn't suggest any troublesome matters like a zombie attack, the others were put at ease and quickly walked towards the conference room.
"Oh, there's someone here. Little Fei is here too."
Upon entering the conference room, an old man clearly paused upon seeing Lu Heng inside, but he quickly adjusted his facial expression and said with a smile.
Little Fei?
Lu Heng subtly glanced at the woman beside him, whose mouth was twitching.
"See, Little Fei is so thoughtful. She's much better than my bratty grandson. Girls are good, so cute..."
"Grandpa Sun, please have a seat. I'll go see if I can get you some water."
"No, no, Little Fei is sitting here. We old fellows can't drink too much."
"You old rascal, what nonsense are you spouting in front of Little Fei? Be careful old Fei cripples you."
"Oh, you old fellow, why are you poking me? Be careful my grandson comes over..."
"Your grandson can't beat my grandson..."
Elder Fei watched his old comrades bicker with a chuckle, the group lively like old children.
After they were seated, Elder Fei closed the conference room door and then spoke somewhat seriously to the others, "I've called you here because there's an important matter to tell you."
Seeing Elder Fei suddenly become serious, the old men sat up straight, and each of them also became serious.
"Have you noticed? My body is much better than before."
Elder Fei had just consumed a magic crystal, and the ability he evolved was strength-based.
This made him feel even more full of power, his face regaining color and losing its fatigue.
"Notice what? Your complexion is indeed better than yesterday, what's wrong?"
"You old fellows, I now have special abilities too."
"Really?" An old man closest to Elder Fei immediately reached out to touch Elder Fei's arm.
Elder Fei also cooperated by flexing the muscles in his arm.
"Wow, it's much harder than before. It was still soft and flabby last time I touched it."
"Is that so? Let me touch it too."
"Grandpa, it's time to get to the main point."
Elder Fei's granddaughter watched with some embarrassment. These old men, whenever they got together, always loved to tease each other.
She was used to it and didn't mind, but Lu Heng beside her was still waiting.
"Oh, hahaha, I was so happy I almost got sidetracked again. Right, this is Lu Heng, the City Lord of Wuming City."
Elder Fei seriously introduced Lu Heng to his old comrades.
Wuming City's reputation had already spread throughout the major bases in the country. Therefore, even though these people had retired from the front lines, they had heard a lot about Lu Heng and his Wuming City.
"City Lord Lu, you are young and promising. You don't look very old. I never expected that in this era, with young people like you taking the lead, we would have no regrets."
"I knew it. Someone personally received by old Fei must be extraordinary. You've made us old fellows look foolish, hahaha..."
"Not at all. You gentlemen are the backbone of the country, the hope for the people's stability. We juniors must carry on your spirit."
"Well said. I imagine City Lord Lu must be very busy. You called him here, is it to help you solve some problems?"
"Look at you, why would you say that? However, I initially didn't expect City Lord Lu to come in person."
Elder Fei looked at Lu Heng, his eyes full of satisfaction with the decision to seek help from Wuming City.
"Lin Yu and Elder Fei had a very pleasant conversation last time. This is the former capital, so I had to come over and help you solve some problems."
"Alas, but we have all retired from the front lines, and our bodies are not as good as yours, the ability users. Now, we truly cannot help in terms of both spirit and physical strength. Old Fei is also pushing himself. Once the next generation is trained, we can truly retire."
"It's all because of these damned zombies. I don't know what's going on, how did humans mutate into living dead?"
"Didn't old Fei say last time that it was caused by a virus brought by aliens? Right, aliens..."
Seeing that they were about to go off track again, Elder Fei quickly interjected to guide them back to his original purpose.
"Oh, we're getting further and further off topic. Stop chattering for now. I called you here to show you something."
With that, Elder Fei turned his gaze to Lu Heng.
Lu Heng understood and revealed a Level 1 magic crystal in his palm.
"What is this? It doesn't look like a crystal."
An old man stepped forward and took the magic crystal from Lu Heng's palm to examine it closely.
Another old man, upon hearing this, also hurried over. "Is this a new type of crystal?"
They knew that different ability attributes would also have some special crystals. These crystals, unlike ordinary attribute crystals, all had specific colors. However, the one they were seeing now was clearly different from the special crystals they had seen before.
"Yes, this is said to be called a magic crystal, and it can be used by us older people who cannot evolve into ability users."
"Really? I knew this... Old Fei, what did you say? We can use it too?"
"Yes, don't you see my body is clearly different now?"
"You used this too?"
"So you're an ability user now? What's your ability attribute?"
The old men did not hold back and began to question Elder Fei from all sides.