"No, Master," Lin Xue replied quickly.
After confirming there was no zombie threat, Lu Heng seriously examined Lin Xue before him.
Lin Xue's skin no longer appeared so pale. Many veins were faintly visible on her smooth arms.
Lu Heng raised his hand and grasped Lin Xue's arm. The touch was no longer icy cold; it now seemed to possess a trace of human warmth.
Could it be that after its level increased, it could further evolve towards human characteristics?
If that were the case, once zombies wiped out humanity, would they, after improving their own levels, evolve into the new rulers of this land?
Since there were no zombies inside for the moment, Lu Heng put Lin Xue back into his space. He had previously overlooked Lin Xue, only thinking of releasing her to monitor the environment when he wanted to scout a location, letting her detect zombies before returning her to storage. It seemed he needed to find time to take Lin Xue to Chen Dong after returning to the base.
Pushing aside the weeds on the door, Lu Heng gripped the half-hidden metal door and then pulled it outwards with force. As the door emitted a "creaking" sound, the somewhat rusted metal door was pulled open by Lu Heng.
Still finding no human corpses or zombie remains, the moment the door opened, a dead silent aura emanated from within.
There was no smell of decay, however. Lu Heng estimated that either there was another door sealing off the smell inside, or this place had been cleaned.
Taking out a lighting device, Lu Heng used vines to rig up sufficiently bright lighting inside.
It was still a corridor, but it wasn't long. Standing here, Lu Heng could see another door about five hundred meters away.
The entire corridor was also quite clean, apart from a lot of dust that had fallen and some scattered papers.
Picking up a sheet, Lu Heng looked at it. It was all code. Although he couldn't understand it, the habit of collecting scrap had formed, so Lu Heng still collected all the papers scattered on the ground into his space.
Walking to the second metal door, Lu Heng placed his hands on the door, feeling the various moving components on it.
Soon, the corners of Lu Heng's mouth curved slightly. He manipulated the lock cylinder inside the door, constantly shifting the internal components. Finally, with a few mechanical sounds, the lock of the metal door was successfully deciphered and opened.
Stepping back more than ten paces, Lu Heng controlled the vines to pull the door open to both sides. Soon, a spacious area appeared before Lu Heng's eyes.
At the same time, Lu Heng gathered an invisible air wall around his body to block any potential dangers.
"Heh, as expected, there are traps everywhere."
The moment the door opened, a series of crackling gunshots erupted from ahead, followed by a volley of bullets.
However, Lu Heng had been foresightful. With the air wall as a barrier, those bullets changed direction upon contact, randomly shooting off in other directions.
"Ugh!"
"Oof."
"Huh!" The last sound was from Lu Heng, but the first two pained cries were not his.
Were there survivors inside?
Controlling the vines to bring all the searchlights from outside, more than ten searchlights shone into the interior simultaneously. Lu Heng could see everything clearly inside.
"Who's there?" Lu Heng called out.
"Uh, Unit 487693482," someone inside briefly reported a string of numbers.
Lu Heng didn't remember it, but he understood; it was a military unit.
"Then cease fire. I'm not a bad person," Lu Heng said loudly.
In fact, the firing had stopped inside when Lu Heng retaliated, but to prevent them from shooting at him again, Lu Heng still spoke up.
Even so, he did not lower the air wall defense around him.
Stepping inside, several people were hiding behind cover. Lu Heng wasn't sure how they had managed to hit the people hiding behind them just now.
"Stay where you are. You can't move any further forward," a slightly hoarse voice sounded, as if sand was grinding in his throat.
"Uh, were the people inside injured by the recent bullets?"
"......"
A brief silence. Those people didn't want to answer Lu Heng's question.
"I can save them."
"We have our own first-aid kits."
Fine, he was being overly solicitous.
"You can't always hide, can you? I'm still within your firing range. What are your concerns?" Lu Heng didn't intend to stand and chat with them indefinitely. He conjured a comfortable sofa from his space and sat down.
"You, where did your sofa come from?" The people inside were also surprised to see Lu Heng conjure a sofa out of thin air. They had clearly seen that Lu Heng, such a thin person, hadn't brought any items with him.
"It's an heirloom from my family, what's wrong?" Lu Heng began to tease them.
"We're asking how your sofa appeared. Can you do magic?" The same unpleasant voice asked again.
"Aren't you going to show yourself and talk to me frankly?"
After a rustling sound, a slightly thin figure emerged from behind a cover.
"Commander Sun!"
From behind that person, a hand reached out, attempting to pull the figure who had just emerged from cover back.
They had been hiding behind cover and were hit by stray bullets. If they were all exposed, the danger would be greater.
"It's fine. You all stay hidden and quickly remove the bullets from them to stop the bleeding."
"Yes."
Lu Heng watched as the figure opposite him gave some instructions before walking a few steps closer to him. Only then did Lu Heng get a clear look at his appearance.
A burly man with a full beard, his facial features were indistinguishable, but his hair had been tidied up. It was just cut somewhat messily, clearly done by someone who didn't know how to cut hair.
"Commander Sun, right? I'm Lu Heng, from Wuming City."
"Wuming City? I haven't heard of this city. It must be a small town."
"Commander Sun, how much do you know about the outside world now?" Lu Heng didn't dwell on the city issue with Commander Sun.
After the apocalypse, many city names had been changed. With various factions carving out their territories, everyone would rename cities according to their own intentions to showcase their status.
"We... haven't had contact with the outside world for a long time."
"Oh. Then I can say whatever I want now." Lu Heng smiled devilishly, feeling the urge to tease them again.
"You... you can't deceive us. If we go out and find you fabricating lies to deceive us, we will..."
"Will what? I'm just kindly telling you some things. It's not illegal to make occasional mistakes. How did it escalate to this level? Tsk tsk tsk..."