Lu Heng stayed in the space for a long time after finishing those scrolls, not even leaving his apartment.
He shut out all external senses, eating and sleeping in a daze within the space.
Recalling the few world spaces he had experienced, Lu Heng suddenly felt a sense of unreality.
So, his arrival in the apocalypse was merely a tribulation?
Would he eventually return to that lofty place, looking down upon all beings?
If that were the outcome, then what he did in the apocalypse seemed to have lost its meaning.
But if everything in the immortal realm was true, why did he have no memories of it?
Had the tribulation not concluded yet?
What was the criterion for the end of the tribulation?
Rolling over on the large bed, Lu Heng took out a laptop, which contained many novels and films he had downloaded.
He picked a few to watch, hoping they might offer some inspiration.
However, the immortal tribulations described in these novels and films always involved the immortals dying in the worlds where they underwent tribulation, after which they would complete their tribulation and return to the immortal realm.
But he had clearly died once in the apocalypse, so why hadn't he returned to the immortal realm then?
Instead, he had to kill zombies, consume crystals to upgrade, and open those spaces one by one to learn about the immortal realm.
Did it mean he had to lead the humans in the apocalypse to eliminate the zombies to complete his tribulation?
Only then would he regain his memories of the immortal realm?
Heh, if that were the case, it was quite absurd!
Lu Heng looked out the window. It was always day here, so Lu Heng could only use the curtains to block out the light.
Raising his middle finger, Lu Heng gave the sky a middle finger.
Heavenly Dao!
Go to hell!!
"Rumble..."
Lying on the bed, Lu Heng suddenly heard a loud noise.
It sounded like thunder?
His space was always unchanging; not only was it perpetually daytime, but the temperature and other conditions also remained constant.
What was the meaning of that thunderclap just now?
Getting up from the apartment, Lu Heng went to the room where his contracted beasts resided.
"Did you guys hear any strange noises just now?"
"Yes, very loud thunder, and it lasted for a long time. Wasn't it you, Master?"
The Director, curled into a ball on the sofa, was startled by the sudden sound.
And it was genuinely startled into jumping up.
"No, it wasn't me."
Since the Director and the others had also heard it, Lu Heng could confirm that he wasn't hallucinating from sleeping too long.
"Then was it the leopards or the others who made the noise?"
In this space, besides Lu Heng having lightning abilities, there were also lightning-element mutated animals he had contracted.
The Director once again thought of the leopards, which had scared it to death just now.
If the leopards were responsible, it would rally all the other animals to confront them, hmph!
With a thought, Lu Heng summoned the leopards and the others back to the apartment. After questioning them, he learned it wasn't them.
Lu Heng could tell if they were lying through telepathy.
So...
Lu Heng raised his middle finger and silently thought towards the sky again!
Heavenly Dao, are you sick!!
"Rumble... Rumble..."
This time, Lu Heng and all the animals gathered in the room heard the thunder. Outside the window, which was already bright, a flash of white light seemed to have passed by.
Outside the window, Evan's voice from downstairs also reached them.
"What did you guys do? The spaceship I just finished repairing was struck and damaged!!!"
...
Within Nameless City.
After emerging from the space, Lu Heng returned directly to Nameless City.
The last space had already been opened, so there was no longer any need for him to collect high-level crystals.
The zombies in the apocalypse, especially those in his own country, could be left to the ability users of the apocalypse.
With Lu Heng's intervention and the arrival of Nameless City, the progress of eliminating zombies nationwide was greatly accelerated.
By the time Lu Heng returned to Nameless City, spring had passed, and it was now early summer.
People were dressed lightly and appeared energetic.
Lin Yu did not participate in the external battles. He now remained in Nameless City, but he did not neglect his physical training, diligently working out in the city's gym.
Lin Yu, having just returned from a run, was covered in sweat and was about to go back to take a shower.
Upon returning to his room, he heard noises coming from the building.
He took a turn and went to Lu Heng's room.
"Brother Lu, you're back. Why the beard?"
"Mm, I'm too lazy to shave. You've been working out, all sweaty. Go wash up first."
"Okay, I'll go take a quick shower and be right back."
"Go ahead."
Lu Heng waved his hand, and Lin Yu turned back to his own room.
Not long after, Lin Yu returned to Lu Heng's room after showering.
"Brother Lu, what's going on with you? Are you really growing a beard?"
"Mm, doesn't it look good?"
Lu Heng was originally very handsome. Without a beard, if he wore ancient clothing, he would have the aura of a young scholar.
But with the beard, most of his facial features were obscured, making him look like a middle-aged man at first glance.
"It's alright, but you look better without it."
Lin Yu was not being polite with Lu Heng and spoke his mind.
"I'll keep it for now. Maybe I'll shave it off one day. I don't plan on going out anytime soon. If there's anything you can't handle, I'll do it."
"Nothing like that. Since spring, the news from various places indicates smooth progress. However, after the zombies were cleared in many areas, some mutated animals have inexplicably migrated there."
"Then they should be eliminated as they come. If they can be captured and raised as carnivorous animals, capture them alive."
"Yes, we do have that idea. Major bases have already started encouraging childbirth. After the population grows, improved crops for farming alone won't suffice."
Humans cannot subsist on a vegetarian diet. Those who advocated for vegetarianism before the apocalypse had all changed their dietary habits after experiencing it.
In fact, this was also related to the mutation and evolution of human bodies into ability users.
Ability users have enormous appetites, and the food they consumed before was no longer sufficient to meet their bodies' needs.
Although Nameless City had started raising mutated animals as early as last year, it was only on a small scale and not enough to feed all the survivors nationwide.
However, raising mutated animals was somewhat difficult. Those mutated animals were much wilder than before their mutation, and they would actively attack humans or other species of animals when they saw them.
It wasn't difficult for humans to capture mutated animals alive, but taming and raising them was hard.
They did not possess Lu Heng's ability to tame mutated animals. Some people had even inquired about seeking Lu Heng's advice on how to make mutated animals more docile.