"I think we can give it a try. After all, that city is much safer than the outside. With our families having security inside, we can also more confidently go out to kill zombies and find supplies."
"Didn't you see the earth wall that person created? We have earth element ability users among us, but who else has the ability to instantly create an earth wall of that strength?"
"But that's the Fallen City. Will we be safe there?"
The several people who were elected as representatives had already been discussing for two hours, but the downside of having too many people was that opinions were always difficult to unify.
"But that person also said that everyone has to hand over three level four crystals. Your wife and children account for two slots, so you have to get nine level four crystals every day. You can't even get that many by risking your life."
Another person disagreed. His family was also a significant burden. Although his children were adults and now also ability users, his wife and parents were ordinary people. Gathering enough level four crystals was still a burden.
"But it's probably not easy to find a shelter around here. The weather is getting colder and colder. If we don't find a shelter, we won't need zombies to kill us; we'll freeze to death."
They fell into a brief silence again. The leaders were all silent. This discussion had been going on for nearly two hours, and their opinions were still not unified.
"Let's vote. Let each family send a representative to vote. The majority will rule," a man said, sticking a dry branch he was holding into the ground and looking at everyone.
"Okay, let's vote."
Then, someone began to notify each family in the group and also relayed Lu Heng's requirements. Each family was to select a representative to vote, ultimately deciding whether to seek refuge in the Fallen City or search for other shelters.
Each family representative walked to the front of the group and stated their family's choice. Afterward, the managers of these groups drew tally marks on the ground to count.
"Haha, more people chose to go," the man who had initially wanted to go to the Fallen City said with a little excitement, looking at the tally marks drawn on the ground.
In fact, many families among these people shared his thoughts. After migrating for so long, they had encountered several waves of zombie attacks along the way, and some families had lost members.
They didn't want to continue this aimless migration anymore. They longed for a stable and safe place where they and their families could safely survive the winter.
"But it's getting late. We'll rest here tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning."
"If anyone really doesn't want to go to the Fallen City tomorrow, there's no need to force them. Those who don't want to go should be given more supplies, and they can continue to look for other shelters," said the oldest man in the group.
"That's good. This earth wall is quite sturdy. We just need to assign people to guard this front opening."
...
In the early morning, Lu Heng and Lin Yu were discussing several books of cultivation techniques they had obtained from another world. These were books taught by the Danyang Sect to ordinary inner disciples, which was not a secret. When Lu Heng asked, Wuchenzi happily arranged for someone to deliver them to him.
"Brother Lu, there are quite a few cultivation techniques here. They all teach people how to use their own energy and create various combat skills based on their elemental abilities.
Some of these might be things we haven't seen other ability users use, and we might not be able to grasp those changes. These books describe them in great detail."
Lin Yu was flipping through a skill book on using fire element abilities to counter enemy attacks, looking quite engrossed.
"Mmm, I was also very surprised when I first saw these detailed descriptions. I didn't expect people there could record all of this," Lu Heng said, happily eating a plate of grapes.
"Oh, right, Lin Yu, how are you doing with those books on refining pills? Have you memorized the herbs?"
"I've memorized all the herbs, but I'm still completely baffled by some of the pill refining methods. Would it be better to practice them hands-on later?"
"Alright, I'll get you a pill furnace another day."
"Speaking of which, I just remembered something." When Lu Heng mentioned herbs, he suddenly recalled the Holy Spirit Fruit he had snatched from Wuchenzi. Since he brought it back, he had placed it by the ancient well and hadn't touched it since. He wondered if it had died.
With a thought, a lush plant appeared in the center of the living room.
The entire Holy Spirit Fruit tree now looked much sturdier than when he first brought it into the space, and its leaves were much more abundant.
Previously, there was only one fruit hanging on the half-dead tree. Lu Heng had picked that Holy Spirit Fruit and didn't know where he had put it in the space.
But now, this Holy Spirit Fruit tree seemed to have grown several more fruits, although they were still green and not ripe.
"Brother Lu, is this a Holy Spirit Fruit tree?" Lin Yu stood up and walked to the small sapling, staring at it closely.
"Are they also recorded in the books?" Lu Heng hadn't read the books on refining pills. Since he couldn't refine pills, reading those books was not as good as reading travelogues from the Divine Origin Continent.
"Yes, there's a book that specifically records various rare herbs, and it includes the Holy Spirit Fruit," Lin Yu said, looking at the fruits.
"But the book records that this fruit is very rare, and usually, a tree can only bear one or two fruits. Brother Lu, this tree has five or six fruits on it."
"Really? When I first got the tree, there was indeed a fruit hanging on it." After speaking, Lu Heng took out the picked Holy Spirit Fruit from his space again.
"Master, isn't this in my room? Why did you take it out?" At this moment, the little blood wolf, who had returned from its shift, sniffed the Holy Spirit Fruit in Lu Heng's hand.
"So it was kept in your room." Lu Heng guessed that the fruit was found by the blood wolf itself, as its father was originally guarding that Holy Spirit Fruit tree.
"Huh? Why was this fruit tree moved out too? I tell Black Bear to water it every day. Hurry up and move it back. The environment here isn't suitable for it to grow. If it goes on like this, the fruit will rot before it ripens," the little blood wolf sniffed again and exclaimed in surprise as it looked at the Holy Spirit Fruit tree.
Lu Heng's eyelids twitched. So the tree hadn't died; it was this blood wolf that had been having Black Bear water it all along.
"Master, there's a large group of people outside," at this moment, the golden eagle, which was patrolling outside, transmitted information to Lu Heng via telepathy.
"They're here." Lu Heng smiled. As expected, that group of people had arrived.