"Alright, that's all for today's meeting. Everyone, get back to your preparations," Lin Yu said to the key personnel as the projected image finally froze.
The attendees responded in unison and then departed.
Watching them leave, Lin Yu stood up and sat beside Lu Heng. "Brother Lu, why does your aura feel different again? Did you encounter some opportunity over there?"
When Lu Heng had entered earlier, he had sensed a change in the powerful aura emanating from him. However, due to his significantly lower ability level, he couldn't be sure if Lu Heng had leveled up again, thus strengthening his aura.
"Mm, I've gone up a bit more," Lu Heng said, stroking the director's fur, which elicited a purr of enjoyment from the cat.
Heh, this cat's habit of purring when petted was probably something it wouldn't change.
"Bang, bang, bang." A knock sounded at the door, followed by a male voice. "Report, the information we requested has been found."
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow and looked towards the door. These people were quite efficient.
"Come in," he said.
The conference room door was then pushed open, and a middle-aged man entered with a document.
"Report, the location of the anomaly is sixty kilometers southeast of Nameless City. It was originally an industrial city with many factories within and around it. The last available data indicated a population of approximately seven million.
According to the existing records, the city's layout was relatively simple. This was because the entire city was replanned to develop new industries, making the functional zones very clear and distinct.
There was a clear boundary between the residential areas and the industrial factory zones, separated by a winding river that flowed through the city. Five overpasses connected the two sections."
"Mm, do you have the original city map?"
"Yes, we've also analyzed it with the recently captured images and confirmed that the location captured earlier is in the industrial zone." The man then handed over the document, which contained printed images and a city map.
"Good work. You can go now," Lu Heng said with a smile, waving his hand.
"Yes."
Flipping through the document, Lu Heng carefully examined the original map of the city. The city's scale appeared to be quite large, which was likely related to its designation as an industrial city.
Given the large number of zombies in the city, it wasn't surprising that high-level zombies had evolved.
It seemed he needed to go and see for himself. If the evolved high-level zombies weren't too powerful, it would be good to let these people get some practice.
Constantly fighting weaker opponents wouldn't improve their combat strength.
Cough, of course, that didn't apply to himself. The gap was too large, and even if high-level zombies appeared, he could probably eliminate them with ease.
"I'll go take a look there shortly. If there are any zombies that are too high-level, I'll kill them first, and then you can arrange for people to surround and eliminate the rest. Based on the original population, there should be quite a few zombies there. We can also get a batch of crystals to help these people level up."
"Mm, should I go with you?" Lin Yu also wanted to see, especially since he hadn't gone out to kill zombies since he became busy with city management.
"No need. You should focus your efforts on managing the city. Let the people outside handle the killing. I'll boost your abilities again in a while. Even with the level suppression, you'll be able to deal with any ability users or high-level zombies in this world."
"Alright." Lin Yu took the document Lu Heng handed him and then looked at Lu Bai beside him. "Has its level also increased?"
"Mm, it's at the same level as me. However, it only has two attributes," Lu Heng said, looking at Lu Bai, who was quietly watching the director.
"Then, Brother Lu, what level are you now?"
"Fifteen," Lu Heng replied simply. He had no intention of showing off to Lin Yu, and certainly not to anyone else.
Lin Yu gasped, unable to imagine how terrifying a level fifteen ability user would be.
"Then you could probably wipe out a city of zombies by yourself, right?" Lin Yu murmured, looking at Lu Heng.
"I don't know. I'll try when I go to that city. I just leveled up, and I haven't practiced anything else. Besides, it's been a while since I've killed any zombies."
The director, who had been rubbing against Lu Heng, stopped and looked up at Lu Bai. "Does Master still need to act personally? Master, why don't you just let them go? Oh, Master, why are you tapping my head?"
"You're just speaking the plain truth, hahahaha..."
Back then, he had indeed commanded these contracted animals to kill zombies in the front, while he only followed behind to pick up crystals.
"Alright, you get back to work. I'm going to take a look there." Lu Heng put the director down and beckoned to Lu Bai. "You haven't even greeted your Brother Lin. That's impolite."
Hearing this, Lu Bai turned to Lin Yu and nodded, mimicking the greeting gestures he had seen people make in the other world, and bowed to Lin Yu.
"This? Brother Lu, didn't you teach him how to interact with people properly?" Lin Yu asked, looking at Lu Bai's action with surprise. He recognized it as an ancient form of greeting, as depicted in television dramas.
"Uh, I forgot to teach him the local customs. But I think he'll learn after staying here for a while. This guy is quite smart." Lu Heng patted Lu Bai's head and said with a smile.
Leaving the outer city with Lu Bai, Lu Heng returned to their courtyard. After releasing the camel-billed beast, he stored the other contracted animals in his space.
Of course, the director was not included, as its current abilities were not useful for killing zombies. It was more helpful to keep it by Lin Yu's side to help him listen to others' thoughts.
The journey of over sixty kilometers took less than half an hour with the boost of Lu Heng's wind element energy.
This was also because they wanted Lu Heng to be comfortable at high altitudes, so the camel-billed beast wasn't flying at full speed.
Upon reaching the vicinity of the city, Lu Heng directed the camel-billed beast towards the area where the zombies were concentrated in the images.
The city was indeed filled with a large number of zombies. As they approached the city, the zombie population increased, and many zombies were seen wandering aimlessly outside the city. However, Lu Heng knew that these outer zombies were being commanded by high-level zombies.
The distribution of zombies within the city showed that the higher the level of zombies, the closer they were to the city center. The outer areas were almost entirely populated by low-level zombies.