Lu Heng walked up to the rhinoceros, examining it.
The rhinoceros's abdomen was still rising and falling slightly; it seemed to have only fainted. He poured some ancient well water down its throat.
Lu Heng then felt the rhinoceros's neck and head, checking its bones. The barrier was real, and they had been flying quite fast. He hoped the creature hadn't injured its brain.
Since it was still unconscious and couldn't shrink its body, Lu Heng planned to have the rhinoceros undergo a CT scan in the spatial hospital once it woke up, to thoroughly check for any blood clots in its brain.
"Don't touch it. Call me when it wakes up," Lu Heng told the antelope, who seemed to be behaving itself.
"Fat Tiger, you and your wife, come with me to kill zombies later." Lu Heng glanced at one of them, who was about to reach out a paw to touch the rhinoceros.
"Oh." The named Fat Tiger silently withdrew its paw, pretending to lick it a few times as if it had no intention of touching the rhinoceros.
"Master, can I go with you too?" The snake-dragon beast emerged from the pool and looked at Lu Heng. It hadn't fought zombies in the apocalypse yet.
"No, it seems a bit strange outside, and I can't take too many beasts with me. Wait a bit longer, I'll go check the situation first."
Afterward, Lu Heng, along with Fat Tiger and his mate, and Lin Xue, left the space. He intended to search the government building thoroughly for survivors.
"Lin Xue, gather the zombies on the first floor."
Having said that, Lu Heng observed Lin Xue for a moment.
"Alright, Master."
Receiving Lin Xue's confirmation, Lu Heng opened the safety door on the top floor and walked to the stairwell, looking down.
In the hallway below, zombies were descending the stairs in an orderly fashion.
After waiting a while longer, until there were no more zombie footsteps in the building, he then descended with Lin Xue and the others.
As they neared the first floor, he could hear the zombies' unconscious growls and aimless wandering.
Fat Tiger and the Siberian tiger slowly moved in front of Lu Heng. As they stepped onto the first floor, they both unleashed their powers simultaneously. One spewed flames towards the zombies on the left, while the other condensed countless ice beads and struck the zombie horde.
The zombies scorched by the flames instantly ignited. They seemed not to feel pain, but they registered the heat of the flames, causing them to contort their mangled limbs wildly. Within moments, those engulfed by the flames were reduced to charcoal.
On the other side, rows of zombies struck by ice beads collapsed. Pushed by the horde, zombies not hit in the first wave clamored, trying to crawl out from among the corpses.
However, as soon as they emerged, they were struck in the head by newly condensed ice beads, instantly collapsing to the ground.
In a short while, the gathered zombies were all annihilated.
Lu Heng glanced at the building's entrance. The zombies outside seemed to have been attracted by the commotion.
However, they hadn't sensed any living beings, so they didn't exhibit excessive excitement. Only a few higher-level zombies wanted to investigate.
Intelligent zombies were troublesome!
Lu Heng spat.
He immediately created earth walls to seal all the doors and windows on the first floor of the building.
Zombies outside that approached to investigate were blocked by the earth walls. They pounded a few times, and when they received no response, they gradually dispersed.
Hearing the sounds of zombies gradually retreating outside, leaving only two or three to wander around, Lu Heng then collected his thoughts and prepared to search the government building floor by floor.
There were many rooms. If Lu Heng searched them one by one, it would take too much time. Lu Heng released the contracted beasts from his space. There were no zombies here, and they were all capable of fighting. Even if one or two slipped through, they could handle them.
With the help of the contracted beasts, Lu Heng quickly obtained some useful information.
Although no living survivors were found in the government building, they discovered human corpses in one of the rooms.
Guided by the contracted beasts, Lu Heng soon reached that room.
In a room resembling a storage area, there were two human corpses. One of them had likely been bitten by a zombie, but before turning into a zombie, that person had been killed by the other.
The other person, who was not injured, had likely committed suicide.
Looking at their attire, they were indeed wearing the uniforms of the nameless city's combat personnel.
Lu Heng found a metal tag around one person's neck, which bore their name and team number.
This was also an identification document that the nameless city had gradually implemented for all its registered personnel once it was on the right track.
Lu Heng pulled off the identification tags of the two individuals and stored them in his space. He then closed the room's door and added a layer of sheet metal protection to the entire room. For now, there was no way to give them a proper burial, but their bodies could be temporarily protected from further damage by other zombies.
"Have you searched everywhere? Did you check the basement?"
"Yes, Black Panther and the others went to the basement."
Lu Heng nodded. Black Panther and the others had night vision. If there were people below, they would indeed be able to find them.
The last piece of information indicated that those people were near the government building, and the two individuals they found confirmed they had indeed entered the building.
But it was unlikely that two sixth-tier ability users would both die here, especially since one of them was perfectly fine and hadn't been scratched by zombies, yet chose to commit suicide?
The only explanation was that something more terrifying than zombies existed here.
He turned and looked again towards the area devoid of zombies. It seemed he had to go there himself to unravel all the mysteries.
He recalled all his contracted beasts, leaving only Lin Xue by his side.
As long as Lin Xue controlled the zombies and prevented them from attacking them, Lu Heng could confidently investigate that area.
The government building's main doors were opened again, and Lu Heng stepped out with Lin Xue.
Standing on the tall steps of the building, Lu Heng looked towards the area directly in front of him.
Then, he strode forward with firm steps. The zombies by his side, smelling human scent and initially restless, parted to create a path towards the barrier zone upon receiving Lin Xue's command.
Upon reaching the barrier zone, Lu Heng also collided with some invisible wall.
This sensation felt strangely familiar. Yes, it was the same as the unopened city exits in his space.
He reached out towards the barrier, and the temperature and texture on his palm were exactly the same.
Lu Heng gradually became excited. Could this be the source of his space?
Could this trip to Luocheng also unravel the mystery of his space?
However, how could such a barrier be broken?
What was controlling this barrier from within?
Behind him, in the building, what was the ability user who chose suicide so afraid of?