The cleanup operation around Jing City proceeded exceptionally smoothly. The first team of Nameless City barely spent any significant time on the clearing.
By the time they returned to Nameless City, only a week had passed.
Lin Yu personally went to receive the two captains of the first team. Both of them wore smiles.
"Hahaha, we really gained a lot this time. The number of crystals was normal, and we collected a considerable amount of various supplies. Our storage rings are both full. In the end, we had to make choices and reluctantly discarded a lot of lower-value supplies."
Speaking of this, Captain Wu Hao took out his storage ring.
The supplies collected during each outing were to be handed over, and then Nameless City would appropriately distribute rewards based on the collected supplies and crystals.
This was also a form of indirect incentive. Although their levels were all upgraded for free by Nameless City, to ensure these people contributed wholeheartedly in the long run, some rewards were still necessary.
Therefore, Nameless City was now extremely united, and no one harbored any ill intentions.
With free food, accommodation, and many other benefits, no other place in the apocalypse could do better than Nameless City.
"Mm, have the supply and trading center people tally everything up. Did you discover anything special during this outing?"
While killing zombies and searching for supplies was the main mission for these teams, they also served the purpose of intelligence gathering.
Information from the outside often lost its authenticity by the time it reached Nameless City.
Some information became useless due to the long time elapsed during transmission.
It was important to note that some zombies were mobile, and in some areas, advanced zombies would command large numbers of zombies to migrate en masse.
"No, the areas around Jing City were almost all abandoned towns. It is said that before the zombie virus outbreak, many people had already fled to Jing City for refuge."
"Mm, we divided into ten groups and went in several directions. There was indeed nothing unusual around. The zombie levels and distribution were within the normal range, and the clearing was quite easy."
Although the zombies were mobile, the areas around Jing City should be much safer for a while.
However, there was a drawback: the places Nameless City had visited were almost depleted of supplies. To obtain more supplies, they would need to search in more distant locations.
After listening to the reports from Wu Hao and the other captain, Lin Yu asked them to leave.
The zombie situation in Jing City actually represented the situation in most areas across the country.
As long as there were no mutated advanced zombies, most areas should still be manageable.
Lin Yu and his team were currently trying to mobilize the enthusiasm of ability users in various bases, encouraging them to shift from passively killing zombies to proactively eliminating zombies in different locations, just like Nameless City. This would accelerate the pace of zombie eradication.
Lin Yu and the city's management team held another meeting to discuss the next steps. Someone proposed a bold idea.
"Doesn't City Lord Lu have the ability to control those mutated animals? There are quite a few mutated animals in the wild now. Can we consider organizing an army of mutated animals? This way, they can kill zombies, and it can also appropriately reduce human losses."
This idea was indeed good, but Lin Yu knew that Lu Heng actually controlled only a limited number of mutated animals. Although the mutated animals controlled by Lu Heng were very powerful, each one capable of fighting a hundred, even so, the number of controllable mutated animals was still limited and insufficient to form an army.
"This is a good idea, but who will control the army of mutated animals once it's formed?"
Did these people expect Lu Heng to personally lead the animal army to kill zombies outside?
If so, what would be the point of these people present?
The proposer had just suddenly thought of utilizing mutated animals but had forgotten how impossible it was for a city lord to personally go out and kill zombies.
The person awkwardly chuckled, "Hehehe, my idea was indeed lacking in thorough consideration."
Lin Yu didn't pay much attention and asked another person, "Have the communicators and treatment devices been delivered?"
While Lu Heng was delivering modified communicators to Jing City, Lin Yu had also arranged for others to deliver two units each to the major bases that had visited Nameless City previously.
With the communicators, their future communication would be more timely, and it was likely that those bases would be happy to maintain communication with Nameless City.
Of course, a treatment device was also sent to each base.
"They have all been delivered, and they were quite happy. They also returned some crystals to us, but the number of crystals wasn't very large."
"Mm."
It seemed these people still had some sense and didn't accept Nameless City's things for nothing. However, the best they could offer was probably crystals.
"In the afternoon, send all contact information to those who have received communicators."
Lin Yu's next plan was to start motivating those bases to counterattack the zombies.
Lin Yu adjusted his collar. The indoor temperature in autumn was a bit low. Fortunately, he had fire-element abilities, and by slightly mobilizing the energy within his body, his body gradually warmed up.
It seemed he needed to speed things up and kill as many zombies as possible before the second winter arrived.
...
Lu Heng watched Evan repair the electrical equipment needed for Nameless City, occasionally returning to Kant to find special accessories for it.
Evan was also very honest. He diligently modified the equipment and occasionally explained the principles to Lu Heng.
Although Lu Heng couldn't understand, it didn't prevent him from recording the entire modification process by Evan. This way, Evan's explanations could be kept as teaching materials for the people in the research center.
Only after watching Evan finish modifying the equipment did Lu Heng leave the space again to find Lin Yu.
"Brother Lu."
"Mm, the electrical equipment has been modified. Have you found a suitable place?"
"I've found one. This equipment should still be installed in the inner city. I've had people clear out an area, and we've also had special metal railings installed outside. Is the equipment large? Will it take up too much space? If not enough, I'll have people expand the area."
Lin Yu wasn't sure how large the alien's power generation equipment was, as it was supposed to supply the entire Nameless City and the surrounding functional areas.
"Let's go, take me to see it."
Lu Heng hadn't mentioned it to Lin Yu before, and he himself wasn't sure how large the equipment Evan had modified was. But now that the equipment was done, Lu Heng had a clearer idea.
Because they were in the inner city, Lin Yu and the others quickly arrived at the chosen location.
An open space had been cordoned off. Even though there was nothing inside, people were already on guard outside.
Seeing Lu Heng and Lin Yu arrive, the guard saluted them.
"Greetings, City Lord Lu, City Lord Lin."
"Mm, let's go in and take a look."