Although the weather was bad, Lu Heng and the griffon were not afraid of the cold.
Lu Heng also released Lin Xue and brought her onto the rattan chair on the griffon's back.
Fortunately, they were all contracted by Lu Heng. After a period of time, these mutant animals and demonic beasts had gradually accepted Lin Xue and no longer resisted her.
Lin Xue was also very well-behaved. After sitting on the griffon, she began to look around with curiosity, occasionally asking Lu Heng questions.
"Master, can this be eaten?"
Upon hearing Lin Xue's question, the griffon's huge body trembled violently. It turned its massive head in alarm, looking at the petite figure on its back.
"Master, my meat doesn't taste good," the griffon said pitifully.
"Yes, I know.
Lin Xue, this cannot be eaten. You should be able to sense that you are both bound by a contract with me, so you cannot harm each other."
"Oh, but Lin Xue thinks its smell is very pleasant." Lin Xue tilted her head and sniffed the griffon beneath her.
It was no wonder Lin Xue felt this way. The meat of these demonic beasts was more delicious than that of animals in the apocalypse. Lu Heng had personally tasted it many times in the other world.
"I'll get you something else to eat later. Its meat doesn't taste good, it's smelly, it just smells nice."
Under Lu Heng's control, the griffon spread its wings and flew to the sky above Wuming City. Many people in the city stopped their hurried steps, looking up at the giant animal in the sky in surprise.
"Damn, I'm not going to freeze to death in this cold weather. What's that huge flying goose in the sky?"
"Brother, you're not hallucinating. Does it hurt? But I saw it too." After saying that, the man pinched the person who had just spoken.
"Damn it, it really hurts. What the hell are you pinching me for?"
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"Look how high it's flying. If you were on the city wall, the sixth-tier managers might be able to hit it, but you can forget about it."
"Sigh, I'd better hurry to the trading market and exchange for some quilts. The temperature will probably be even lower tonight."
"Yeah, I need to get a cotton-padded jacket too. Sigh, I really miss the days when we had heating..."
Lu Heng planned to have the griffon circle around several towns near Wuming City. These small towns surrounding Wuming City were no longer inhabited by humans, only zombies gathered together.
Lin Xue, sitting beside Lu Heng, suddenly said to him, "Master, I sense a high-level zombie below."
"Can you sense its level?" Lu Heng signaled the griffon to hover nearby.
"It's a sixth-level zombie, but it should have just evolved. Its sixth-level aura is still very weak."
"You'll come down with me later. Find its location, you don't need to do anything else."
Lin Xue nodded obediently and then pointed downwards again, "Around that area."
Lu Heng signaled the griffon to land in a spacious area in the town. After he and Lin Xue got down, it would fly to a high altitude to wait for them.
Controlling his wind abilities, Lu Heng released wind blades that spun and killed the zombies below. A few remote zombies hiding in the distance, preparing to ambush, were also hit by Lu Heng's lightning bolts after he sensed them, instantly turning into charred corpses.
Before the griffon had landed, Lu Heng picked up Lin Xue, who was still admiring the zombies below, and lightly tapped the seat with his toe. He brought Lin Xue down to the square below with ease.
"You go up. Come down later when I summon you." Lu Heng waved his hand, collecting the scattered crystals on the ground into his spatial storage, and then communicated with the griffon mentally.
The griffon received the order and flapped its wings vigorously, flying back into the sky. At the same time, the gust of wind from its wings swept away the zombies killed by Lu Heng on the square, along with the surrounding abandoned cars and other debris, and also repelled a wave of approaching zombies.
Confirming the location again, Lu Heng mobilized his wind abilities to protect himself and Lin Xue in the middle. Then, holding Lin Xue with one hand and wielding his ice abilities with the other, he killed the nearby zombies and collected crystals.
Waves of zombies, attracted by the loud noise, rushed towards Lu Heng and them. These zombies might not have smelled the scent of living creatures for a long time. Upon suddenly smelling the scent of meat brought by the griffon's flapping wings, they became unusually excited.
Lu Heng cursed internally. It seemed that bringing the griffon out was also troublesome. Although it didn't make the huge noise of an airplane, the scent it emitted as a living creature could not be hidden at all.
Fortunately, his level was high enough now, completely crushing these zombies. No matter how many of them rushed over, he could easily kill them in one second.
"Master, it's calling for backup," Lin Xue said to Lu Heng as she watched the approaching zombies.
"What?" Lu Heng thought he had misheard. Calling for backup, how did Lin Xue learn such words?
It seemed Lin Xue had learned a lot from following Director and the others.
"Yes, it's calling for backup, but we'll just find it directly."
Lu Heng was not afraid of the zombie calling for backup. After all this time, the highest-level zombies attacking them were only a few fifth-level ones, and most of them were at the third or fourth level.
Lu Heng pushed forward, harvesting them like leeks.
Soon, they reached a building.
It was a large shopping mall. It seemed this zombie was very intelligent, knowing to hide in a place with a complex layout. Even if high-level humans found this place, it would be difficult to find a hidden zombie in so many shops and the underground garage.
However, Lu Heng had a cheat. He had Lin Xue, a contracted zombie who could sense her kind. It wouldn't take too long to find the hidden sixth-level zombie.
Lu Heng looked at the closed mall entrance ahead. The door should not have been opened, or perhaps it was closed again under the command of some zombie to confuse humans and make them lower their guard.
But Lu Heng didn't care. He raised his arm, and a small tornado gathered in his palm. The cluster of wind did not look large, but upon closer inspection, one could feel the change in wind speed within it. The wind seemed to be still, but it was precisely because the wind speed had reached a bizarre level that people saw a still tornado with their own eyes.
Lu Heng's lips curved slightly as he swung the small tornado in his hand towards the mall entrance. With a loud bang, the small tornado expanded several times upon contact with the mall entrance, rolling up the door and even blowing off half of the second floor above the door.
The speed of the tornado did not slow down due to the obstruction of the obstacles. It continued to move rapidly indoors. Lu Heng, standing outside the mall, could clearly hear the loud noises of objects hitting the ground inside.