Returning to Nameless City from the satellite base, Lu Heng had been out for a slightly longer period this time.
Of course, it was shorter than the time he entered the space to go to other worlds.
Upon Lu Heng's return to Nameless City, the city's renovation was nearing completion.
High-altitude passages had been opened between several bases and Nameless City, and people were already beginning to traverse them.
This effectively connected the bases.
As long as there wasn't a massive zombie siege, interaction between people in different bases was significantly safer.
Nameless City had functionally divided areas outside the main city, with each district having its primary purpose. This gave people a sense of the former nine-to-five workday during the apocalypse.
Those not required to go out and kill zombies commuted between the bases. They would come to the work areas during the day and return to the residential areas at night.
This lifestyle instilled hope for a better future in many.
Lu Heng surveyed the bases from high above before returning to Nameless City.
Lin Yu had just seen off the leaders of other bases who had come to Nameless City for discussions. With the renovation work in Nameless City largely complete, he was now free.
Lu Heng naturally found Lin Yu in their residential building within the inner city.
"Not busy today?"
"Mmm, I've just finished dealing with a phase of tasks, and there's nothing particularly urgent for now."
Lin Yu had delegated some of the daily operations of Nameless City to Zhao Youcheng and others.
The individuals specifically chosen by Lu Heng and Lin Yu were very responsible, and their work didn't require Lin Yu's special attention. It was a rare moment for Lin Yu to have some leisure.
"You should have done this earlier. Don't handle everything yourself. Step back and focus your energy on more important matters."
"I know, Brother Lu. You were also out for quite some time. How is Sun Qiang?"
"Sun Qiang is doing well. It has also upgraded to level ten, but I've warned it not to increase its level further. The zombie teams under its command are all kept at level seven."
"Mmm, so when they finish clearing a region and move to another, will they bring disaster to human shelters?"
"I've considered that as well. After they clear out the zombies in a region, they will wait for me in a designated area. I will then re-integrate the zombies, excluding Sun Qiang, to screen out higher-level zombies. I need the crystals from those advanced zombies."
This way, Lu Heng could avoid the danger zombies posed to humans when he moved Sun Qiang to a new region.
Hearing Lu Heng's explanation, Lin Yu's worries subsided.
Lu Heng took out a modified mobile phone from his space. "I went with the alien robots to repair a satellite base near City A. This phone can now communicate with other modified phones through that base."
Lin Yu stood up and walked over to Lu Heng, taking the phone and examining it. It looked no different from the outside.
Lu Heng then took out another phone and dialed the number on Lin Yu's phone. Soon, the familiar ringtone echoed from Lin Yu's device.
Lin Yu pressed the answer button, and Lu Heng's voice truly came from the phone.
For a moment, two identical voices spoke in the room. Lin Yu looked up at Lu Heng with joy.
"Brother Lu, it can really make calls now."
"Mmm, I also had the robots modify it. Only modified phones can connect through that base. Furthermore, special technological components from the Senal aliens were installed in the phones, preventing others from modifying them."
This way, Lu Heng and his group truly monopolized the long-range communication system, allowing them to monitor the communication information of users.
"Is modifying these phones troublesome?"
"Although these phones won't be mass-produced in the short term, there are enough for essential personnel. And it's not troublesome.
However, rarity breeds value, so we can't produce too many."
Lin Yu nodded, agreeing with Lu Heng's statement.
"Then let's equip our team, management, Dragon City, Peace City, and the administrators of the newly connected bases first."
Lu Heng asked Lin Yu for a quantity, while he himself would go back to the space to see how many phones Evan had modified.
Returning to the space, Evan was still in the plaza, busy at its designated repair station.
Evan did not have control over the space and needed to find resources from within it, meaning it had to personally select them.
Fortunately, Lu Heng had granted it access to the permissions of major supermarkets and department stores in the city, allowing it to independently choose needed items.
As Lu Heng walked over to Evan, a pile of mobile phones had already accumulated around it.
"Are these all modified?"
"Lu Heng, you're here. These are all modified. See if they're enough."
Lu Heng roughly counted the number. He didn't know how many Lin Yu needed, so he could only collect all the modified ones.
"Continue working on them. The demand for this kind of item will likely be high in the future. Do you need anything else?"
Evan, while fiddling with the parts in its hands, replied, "I do need things. If you could get more of these, that would be great."
The parts Evan mentioned were manufactured items by the Senal aliens, which were to be loaded onto human mobile phones.
"Where can I find them?"
Looking at the inconspicuous parts, Lu Heng directly asked Evan.
"Where you get the parts, is that the Senal aliens' residential area?"
Evan, after modifying another phone, continued to disassemble a new one.
"Yes, in the space city, there are many residential areas there."
Evan's modification process seemed to pause momentarily before it continued communicating with Lu Heng in its electronic voice.
"It would be great if you could take me there once. These things are a bit trivial and not easy to find."
"Do the robots all know about this?"
Evan clearly stopped its actions and turned towards Lu Heng.
"Other robots? Are you referring to the two robots you claimed earlier? Can they go to Kando?"
"Yes."
Lu Heng did not hide anything from Evan. Since they were in a cooperative relationship, some non-critical matters should be appropriately shared.
"Can I go? I promise to return with you. I can't do much there in a short time, you know, the Senal aliens have control over robots, and I can't easily hack into their systems."
Lu Heng shook his head. "Not for now. Tell me if all robots know. If you complete what I asked you to do earlier, I will definitely allow you to return to Kando."
Lu Heng definitely would not take Evan back to Kando now, nor would he allow it to interact with other robots again.
This was to prevent it from changing bodies again and infiltrating Kando.