Lu Heng took out the flying device from his spatial storage and put it on, then flew towards the only remaining level twelve zombie.
Inside the stone wall, Lu Heng searched for a while before finding the zombie in a dilapidated small room.
At this moment, the zombie also sensed Lu Heng's arrival. It walked out of the room and looked up at Lu Heng in the sky.
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the zombie. This zombie was a dual-element zombie, possessing both strength and ice abilities.
No wonder this zombie managed to survive until the end. If there were no external interference, with its natural development, it could have evolved into such a high-level zombie.
Strength-type zombies inherently enhanced their bodies, making their already resilient physiques even tougher.
Ice abilities were versatile, useful for both offense and defense. Besides creating ice walls for protection, they could also form ice constructs to attack other creatures or zombies.
Upon seeing Lu Heng, the zombie immediately created a thick ice wall in front of itself, attempting to defend against him.
However, it made no move to attack Lu Heng.
Lu Heng chuckled as he watched the zombie's actions below.
He then increased his flying altitude and, with a wave of his hand, erected another stone wall around the zombie, confining its movement to a small area.
This way, when Lin Xue brought the slightly lower-level zombies later, it wouldn't be too difficult to find this particular zombie.
Having done this, Lu Heng was about to return to Lin Xue's location.
Lin Xue was currently in the central part of the city, which was originally the most concentrated area for zombies.
However, just as Lu Heng turned, a bullet shot towards him from below. Fortunately, he had rotated his body, and the bullet missed him.
This indicated a sniper was targeting him.
Lu Heng tracked the direction from which the bullet had been fired, turned his body, and instantly entered his spatial storage.
He wanted to observe the situation from the shadows, to see if there were other human snipers outside.
If the enemy attacked him from multiple angles simultaneously, it would be troublesome to evade.
Furthermore, standing on the flying device, it was inconvenient for him to control the surrounding wind.
Hiding in his spatial storage, Lu Heng quickly located the person who had fired at him.
They were crouched on the rooftop of a tall building, but there was only one sniper.
When Lu Heng's figure vanished into thin air, the ambushers became uneasy.
They hastily stood up on the rooftop, constantly scanning their surroundings.
From a distance, Lu Heng couldn't hear what they were saying.
However, it was clear that the other party was in a panic.
Some of them were already running towards the safety exits on the rooftop.
The zombies in this area had been summoned to the city center by Lin Xue, making these regions absolutely safe.
Yet, these people, instead of searching for supplies, chose to ambush him with sniper rifles.
Lu Heng found this unacceptable.
Using his spatial ability, he quickly moved towards the group's location.
Because he could enter and exit his spatial storage rapidly, those people didn't notice Lu Heng's presence.
As he got closer, Lu Heng finally overheard their conversation from within his spatial storage.
"Brother Du, what's going on? Didn't you say there was some monster over there?"
"What do you mean you didn't hit it?"
"Shut up, all of you! Too many strange things have been happening these past few days, just let me have some peace."
"No, Brother Du, these past few days have been fine. Look, there seem to be no zombies in the city, it's a perfect time for us to find supplies..."
"Are you an idiot?"
"..."
Beside Du Hao, a middle-aged man remained relatively calm. He glanced at the somewhat restless people around him.
After so long in the apocalypse, these people still lacked the habit of thinking calmly. He truly wondered how they had survived this long.
"Don't disturb Brother Du, let him be quiet."
"Find those people who just went downstairs. If someone angers the zombies later, don't lead them this way."
He didn't believe there were no zombies in the city. Perhaps all the zombies in the city had been concentrated somewhere, hiding in the shadows, waiting for humans to fall into their trap.
"I'll go look."
A young man glanced at the middle-aged man and quickly went downstairs.
A few people downstairs had just gotten into a car, wanting to take advantage of the absence of zombies to search for supplies in the city.
These people were startled by Du Hao's words and wanted to quickly find some supplies, then hide or return to their base.
In short, they sensed danger and didn't want to linger in this city for too long.
But at this moment, there were no zombies around them since they had entered. So, they wanted to scout the surroundings.
As the car started, a young man rushed out from upstairs and leaned against the side window of the car.
"You guys, don't wander off. It'll be troublesome if you attract zombies later."
"Xiao Liu, get out of the way. Something feels off here. Let's quickly search for supplies while there are no zombies and then leave."
"Brother Du didn't authorize your actions. If you leave without permission this time, you won't be able to follow Brother Du back at the base. You should think carefully."
Those people exchanged glances, and clear hesitation appeared in their eyes.
"Hurry up and go back. Don't wait for Brother Du to give the order and really kick you out of the team."
Those people looked at the young man outside the car and finally got out of the car quickly, returning to the rooftop.
At this moment, Du Hao had also figured some things out.
"The zombies in this city aren't gone; they've likely been summoned away by something, or by a high-level zombie.
I think the zombies are still here, and it's best if we leave this place."
"If there are no zombies in the city, and we leave like this, won't these supplies be wasted?"
"Let's wait and see. We'll leave here first and come back in a few days to check again."
Hearing Du Hao's words, everyone fell silent again.
After the apocalypse began, many of these people had followed Du Hao from the very beginning.
They had heeded Du Hao's commands and escaped death several times, allowing them to survive in this perilous environment.
It could be said that without Du Hao, these people might not have lived to see this day.
Therefore, upon hearing Du Hao's words, more than half of the veteran team members who followed Du Hao immediately began packing their belongings, intending to evacuate with Du Hao.
"Hey, I say, we went down just now, and you called us back. Now you want to go down again? Are you playing games?"
"What, you don't want to follow? You can leave on your own. Brother Du doesn't lack people here."
"What do you mean? We didn't say we wouldn't follow..."
"All of you, shut up! After so long in the apocalypse, you still don't know how to restrain yourselves? Being so noisy, if you attract zombies, are you trying to get everyone killed?"
Du Hao roared, but he spoke in a hushed voice.
"Do you see that place?"
Du Hao pointed to a location. The place they were currently in was the tallest building in the outer area of the city, so they could see about seven or eight tenths of the environment in the vicinity of the city's outskirts.