High in the sky, Lu Heng and Lin Yu sat in chairs formed by vines, overlooking the environment below.
Lu Heng took out a tablet containing the military maps they had obtained earlier.
With markings on it, Lu Heng glanced at the compass in his hand and compared it to a spot on the map. "Let's go here first. This should have been a military transit station before."
Lin Yu glanced at the location Lu Heng pointed to. "Yeah, I just wanted to go out with Brother Lu. Staying cooped up in the city has made my combat skills a bit rusty."
"Heh, I saw you practicing in the gym downstairs. How is that rusty?"
"That's not the same. Emergency response to sudden situations during combat is also very important. Practicing against a wooden dummy every day won't teach me that."
"Alright, if a sudden situation arises later, just don't panic."
"I think the zombies should be the ones panicking. Facing you, a monster, they won't even have a place to cry."
The flying speed of the rock hyrax was incredibly fast, especially with Lu Heng's control over the surrounding air currents. Its speed had already surpassed that of an airplane.
In two hours, Lu Heng and his companion had arrived at a desolate location.
Looking down from above, there were almost no man-made structures. The surrounding area was filled with mountains and forests. Currently, without industrial pollution, vegetation had taken over, growing wildly across the planet.
In the dense forest, the trees grew incredibly tall, their branches and leaves covering the entire surface, making it impossible to see what was below from high up.
Comparing the latitude and longitude marked on the map, Lu Heng directed the rock hyrax to hover above a mountain hollow.
"Why would there be a military transit station down here?"
Lin Yu truly doubted it, looking at the dense vegetation below. He would have believed it if there was a hidden missile base, but comparing it to the location marked on the map, it was indeed this place.
"We'll know when we go down. It's been half a year, and there's been no human interference around here. It might be covered by trees, but not necessarily."
"It can't grow that fast, can it?" Those were all thick, sturdy trees.
Directing the rock hyrax closer to the treetops, Lu Heng and Lin Yu descended to the ground by passing through the branches via the vines.
Immediately, Lu Heng commanded the rock hyrax to shrink its body and it landed beside him, also passing through the branches.
With a wave of his hand, Lu Heng stored the rock hyrax into his spatial dimension and looked around, observing.
Sunlight was blocked by the dense branches above, reducing visibility and making the place appear somewhat eerie and terrifying.
He released Lin Xue from his spatial dimension. With this super zombie king present, they wouldn't be ambushed by zombies.
As for humans, Lu Heng wasn't afraid. He took out two helmets with thermal imaging. He had "borrowed" these from Dragon City.
That day, while exploring Dragon City alone, he had found their military supplies storage and scavenged many strange and unusual items.
"You have this too? Brother Lu is amazing." Putting on the helmet, Lin Yu's vision immediately cleared up. Although he didn't see any life forms scanned by the thermal imaging, the helmet also had night vision, which was very practical in this low-visibility area.
"Yes, borrowed from your dad's base. By the way, put this on too, just in case."
Taking out two bulletproof vests, he handed one to Lin Yu.
"Haha, my dad is going to cry himself to sleep."
Lu Heng's lips twitched. He then took out a long climbing rope, tied one end to Lin Xue's waist, and the other end to his own.
"Brother Lu, are you afraid of losing Lin Xue?"
Lin Yu looked at Lu Heng's series of actions with confusion. Weren't these all creatures he had contracted?
Why was he tying them with a rope?
"Safety first."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Heng took out another bulletproof helmet and put it on Lin Xue's head. Since Lin Xue didn't need to see where she was going, as long as her head wasn't hit by stray bullets, she wouldn't die.
"Do you sense any zombies around here?" Lu Heng asked Lin Xue, who was beside him.
Lin Xue nodded obediently. "Yes, there are more than ten ahead, but their levels are not high."
"Damn, there really are." Seeing Lin Xue nod, Lin Yu understood. Lu Heng had spoken his question directly.
"Let's go. It says it's ahead, but the levels aren't high, and the numbers aren't large," Lu Heng said, pointing in a direction.
"Okay, I'll go first then. Brother Lu, you bring up the rear."
Lin Yu looked at the vegetation on the ground ahead. Although most of the sunlight was blocked by the trees above, the vegetation below still grew quite luxuriantly.
Perhaps these plants had also been affected and mutated.
However, Lin Yu was also an esper with plant control abilities. He made a gesture with his hands, pushing them apart. In the next moment, the ground vegetation retreated, revealing the soil beneath.
Without the cover of these plants, the path became much easier to navigate, and Lu Heng and Lin Yu quickly walked forward along the path.
Actually, if he hadn't brought Lin Yu, Lu Heng himself would have been faster navigating through the forest using his speed-type abilities. But since he wanted Lin Yu to gain experience, Lu Heng could only follow behind.
Fortunately, their physical fitness had improved significantly after becoming espers, so their progress was not slow.
Soon, they reached a depression. A few scattered zombies were ahead. The zombies seemed to have smelled human scent, emitting low sounds from their mouths and turning to look at Lu Heng and his companion.
However, they all seemed hesitant to approach, as if fearing something.
Lu Heng smiled and issued a command to Lin Xue.
"Gather the nearby zombies in one place."
In a short while, the zombies that were previously scattered began to converge towards one location. Lin Yu waited for them to gather, and when no more zombies were approaching, he unleashed an ice-type ability. All the zombies were killed, falling in one spot.
"Master, there are no more zombies nearby," Lin Xue reported to Lu Heng via telepathy.
"Mmm." Lu Heng tugged on the rope, and they walked towards the dead zombies.
Looking at their attire, they were likely soldiers in life. Although their clothes were somewhat tattered, their original styles could still be discerned.
"Looks like we found the right place. These are all soldiers," Lin Yu said, controlling vines to extract the crystals from the zombies' heads.
However, looking at the more than ten crystals, most of them were level three. It seemed that because there were so few humans in this area, their evolution speed had slowed down considerably.
"Search the surroundings and see if there are any entrances."
Lu Heng collected all the weapons hanging on these zombies into his spatial dimension. Some were still usable, and even if disassembled, they could serve as parts.
After searching around, they indeed found an entrance hidden beneath the vegetation.