Lu Heng summoned the saber-toothed beast and, after instructing Lin Yu a few times, continued to inspect the aircraft in the base.
Lin Yu walked over to the saber-toothed beast and leaped onto its back.
Although he couldn't communicate with the saber-toothed beast, Lu Heng had just given it some secret signals, indicating which part Lin Yu would touch and how the beast should react.
Sitting on a chair woven from vines, Lin Yu tapped the left side of the saber-toothed beast's body with his left foot. He then gripped two vine-like reins attached to the beast's chest and let it carry him high into the sky.
This was the first time Lin Yu was flying high into the sky on a flying animal by himself, and he was very excited. Before, he only needed to sit in the seat, and Lu Heng had communicated with the saber-toothed beast using his thoughts to control its flight.
Looking down from high in the sky, the entire landscape below gradually came into Lin Yu's view.
He quickly took out a camera and started filming from high altitude. This camera had a stabilizer, so as long as the angle was adjusted correctly, the footage would not be shaky or unclear.
While recording the surrounding situation, Lin Yu also observed the ground himself.
The ground base was located on the side of a mountain, likely to connect with the underground portion below.
On the other side was a vast plain, covered in weeds. Apart from the area cleared by the base for artificial structures, there were no other signs of human activity.
This situation was actually because this area was on the edge of the country before the apocalypse, with part of the mountains close to the border.
Therefore, the city planning did not consider this area, which brought many benefits to Lin Yu and the others. After all, the number of zombies was limited. As long as all the zombies that had mutated within the base were killed, it would be difficult for zombies to wander into such a desolate place again.
"Huh, what is that?" Lin Yu murmured, looking at a patch of yellow that stood out amidst the dense green, his curiosity piqued.
However, due to the distance, he couldn't see clearly. He tapped the saber-toothed beast's spine with his feet and gently shook the vines in his hands.
The saber-toothed beast understood, spread its wings, and flew straight ahead. As it approached the yellow patch, the beast suddenly stopped its forward movement and rapidly ascended, adjusting its flying altitude.
Lin Yu found the saber-toothed beast's behavior strange, but he couldn't interact with it. However, they were not too far from Lu Heng, and the saber-toothed beast quickly reported to Lu Heng using its thoughts.
"Master, I'm in danger."
"What's wrong? Come back quickly."
Receiving the command, the saber-to-othed beast quickly adjusted its direction in the air and, disregarding Lin Yu's directions on its back, flew rapidly towards the base.
"No way, I haven't even seen it clearly yet, why are you going back?"
Lin Yu was confused and kept signaling the beast with his feet while sitting on its back.
Soon, the saber-toothed beast returned to the base quickly, landing beside Lu Heng and looking fearfully in the direction it had come from.
"Brother Lu, this saber-toothed beast is unreliable. Why did it come back just like that? I just discovered a..."
A "buzzing" sound interrupted Lin Yu's words. He suddenly looked in the direction of the sound.
A large mass of yellow substance was flying towards the base. As the sound grew louder, the yellow area gradually expanded.
"This... are these bees?"
The sound was familiar to both Lu Heng and Lin Yu. Even when watching nature documentaries, they had seen introductions to such creatures.
As the yellow mass got closer, their pupils contracted in shock.
Lu Heng, being quicker to react, first put the saber-to-othed beast, which had no combat capabilities, into his spatial storage. At the same time, he created four ice walls around them and controlled vines to cover the top, ensuring they could breathe freely.
The ice walls created by Lu Heng were highly transparent. If one ignored the extreme cold, they would look like glass from a distance.
Fortunately, Lin Yu also had ice abilities, and his level had reached the thirteenth tier. They were surrounded within the ice walls and would not be frozen.
"Bees this big?"
At this moment, the yellow mass had approached the ice cage created by Lu Heng and them. The extremely low temperature blocked the emission of their body odors, causing the giant bees that had chased them nearby to lose their target.
"Brother Lu, why are the bees here so big?"
"I'll kill these first. Otherwise, if they keep gathering around, we won't be able to leave." Lin Yu gathered a ball of dark blue flame around the giant bees through the ice wall.
As Lin Yu's level increased, the color of the Netherworld Fire he created gradually deepened, and its temperature became incredibly high. The moment those flames appeared near the giant bees, the bees were instantly burned to ashes.
"These giant bees don't have crystals, so they're probably not zombie-type."
Seeing the giant bees disappear, Lu Heng cleared the objects created by his abilities, while Lin Yu rummaged through the pile of ashes.
"They should be mutated wild bees. There are probably no other humans living around here." Lu Heng questioned the saber-toothed beast again. It was the first to sense danger and alerted Lu Heng.
"Master, I sensed many creatures there just now, and they were very dangerous, but I don't know the exact number."
The saber-toothed beast had no offensive skills. If judged solely by its physique, it could have crushed many creatures before the apocalypse. However, in the post-apocalyptic world where most creatures had evolved, it was simply a big, dumb brute.
"You didn't approach those creatures, and they chased you?"
"No, we were quite far from there. The saber-toothed beast suddenly stopped its forward flight, ascended, and then quickly turned back."
Lin Yu hadn't even figured out what was happening when the saber-to-othed beast brought him back. What surprised him was how sensitive these giant bees were, actually sending a few to follow them.
"Oh right, Brother Lu, I mounted a camera on the saber-toothed beast's back earlier. Maybe it captured something."
Lin Yu slapped his forehead, finally remembering the equipment mounted on the saber-toothed beast.
Lu Heng opened his palm, and a camera appeared on it. It hadn't been turned off, and it was still recording.
He pulled up the footage he wanted to watch and zoomed in. There seemed to be a wild bee nest in that forest. Roughly estimating, more than ten were exposed to the camera.
"We should have kept one to study how these wild bees grew so large."
"We'll go take a look later and catch a few. Lu Heng was unfazed. He had just been momentarily caught off guard by seeing such large bees. However, since Wuming City intended to research the zombie virus, these mutated animals should also be studied."