Although Lu Heng refused the base's invitation to join, he received unanimous recognition from the base's management.
They felt that Lu Heng could be treated as a special case; even if he didn't join their forces, all his benefits could be provided in accordance with the treatment of a military advisor.
Of course, Lu Heng was not lacking in supplies and crystals, and the base was not rich in these items. Therefore, they wanted to grant Lu Heng more privileges.
For example, he could have access to the base's highest military secrets; enjoy priority in trade throughout the base, with all rental fees waived; and have his current residence's water, electricity, and garbage disposal fees completely waived, with unlimited guaranteed supply. To this end, they had also specially connected the military's water and electricity supply systems to Lu Heng's villa.
Lu Heng looked at the document with the red seal he received and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. It seemed that as a strong individual, one enjoyed many privileges in the apocalypse.
Regarding the incident yesterday where Lu Heng's pet destroyed a helicopter, the base could only treat it as a training accident and not pursue it.
However, Lu Heng was quite covetous of the helicopters in the base. When he tentatively asked for a helicopter, the base personnel agreed after discussion.
But given that Lu Heng did not yet know how to fly a plane, the base personnel discussed it again and finally decided to have the base's best flight instructor teach Lu Heng piloting skills.
Lu Heng saw that the base was quite friendly towards him and offered to help the base's military, as these people were stronger overall, and the base's defense against zombies would be improved.
He asked Zhao Kai to take him to a larger indoor space, saying he intended to give some gifts back to the base. Zhao Kai then led Lu Heng and a group of military officers to the hangar where the helicopters were being inspected.
The hangar was quite spacious, similar to an indoor hangar from before. However, due to limited space now, not all helicopters could be parked here, only those that needed inspection.
Zhao Kai had people clear the area, and Lu Heng, in front of the assembled officers, took out the level one and level two crystals from his space.
At this moment, everyone was stunned again, looking at the suddenly appearing crystals that emitted a faint glow.
After a long pause, Zhao Kai spoke again, "Are these crystals?"
"Yes, they are all level one and level two. I don't need them anymore. You should use them to upgrade the soldiers' levels first. It's not acceptable to remain at level two or three. I think it won't be long before the zombies also advance to level four. At the very least, everyone defending the base needs to be upgraded."
Zhao Kai and the others looked at the mountain of crystals and silently swallowed. This was the strength of a powerful individual; Lu Heng had obtained so many crystals by himself.
No, how did so many crystals appear suddenly?
Someone immediately realized this problem and turned to look at Lu Heng, "How many more secrets do you have?"
Lu Heng smiled enigmatically. He did not explain. Since no one else had this space, he saw no need to explain, as others would not understand even if he did.
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Base Trading Market.
Lu Heng sat in his shop, which was also a two-story structure. Lu Heng planned to sell goods only on the first floor and use the second floor entirely as a resting place for himself and his pets.
After all, he did not intend to sell ordinary goods in this shop, so there was no need to place special goods on a separate floor like other shops.
After a simple tidying up, this shop had been used by someone before. However, the base had requisitioned it for military use, so the people from that small team quickly vacated the premises.
The layout of the shop was similar to that of Leng Tian and his group's place. The second floor also had a counter. However, Lu Heng had already asked the military personnel to help him clear out the second floor. After moving all the items upstairs, the soldiers even enthusiastically helped Lu Heng clean the entire shop, making the surrounding onlookers marvel.
What kind of powerful background did one need to trouble these usually busy soldiers to help with cleaning?
However, despite the discussions, the major commotion that had occurred in the base yesterday had already spread Lu Heng's name throughout the base.
Now, no one dared to test him again. A level nine ability user could eliminate them with a mere flick of a finger, let alone someone who brought four level nine ability animals.
Lu Heng found a comfortable sofa, coffee table, and television from his space and placed them on the second floor. With his current strength, almost no one dared to cause him trouble anymore, so he no longer had to hide taking things out of his space from others.
Besides, he had no intention of letting anyone else come up to the second floor.
After arranging the second floor, Lu Heng went to the first floor.
He surveyed the existing counters, then rearranged their positions. After that, he placed the weapons he obtained from the ancient city in his space on one of the counters.
However, Lu Heng did not display too many of these weapons. For each type of elemental weapon, he only displayed one piece. Rarity made things valuable; displaying too many would make them seem easily obtainable.
On another wall, he displayed the pills also obtained from the ancient city.
Although this world did not have pills, it did not prevent Lu Heng from selling them, as good things would always have a market.
Lu Heng had carefully studied the properties of those pills in the past few days. He then changed into local attire and wandered around the ancient city.
The hair was a bit difficult to conceal. No men, women, or children there had short hair. Although Lu Heng's hair had gradually grown longer after the apocalypse, its length of a few months was still not enough to tie it up like the men there.
Finally, he was prompted by the Bureau Chief (who had watched too many historical dramas before) to find a black gauze hat from his space and wear it, which allowed him to wander freely in the ancient city.
Wandering around the ancient city did have some benefits. It allowed him to understand that world more. Through people's conversations and the content he read in the county gazette, he learned that Jinyang City was a very ordinary town on the Divine Yuan Continent, with a population of only over a hundred thousand. Therefore, the weapons and medicines sold here were also the most basic, similar to introductory items.