While many things were inexhaustible for Lu Heng, to maintain the normal development of society, Lu Heng and Lin Yu had discussed that the definition of many items must be rare.
For example, the weapons and equipment sold in Wuming City that could enhance abilities.
And magic crystals were even less likely to be sold to the public. Only those who met the requirements would be personally given them by Lin Yu and Lu Heng as rewards for upgrading. They could not circulate in the market.
"How is the seed improvement going?"
"We have cultivated over a dozen generations of seeds. They catalyze crop growth for the plant-type abilities, so cultivation is not difficult."
"Hmm, although the plants in the apocalypse can grow wildly in the wild without human intervention, they have become even more luxuriant.
Those plants no longer seem to rely on seeds for reproduction. They grow another plant directly by splitting more roots.
Even for root crops like sweet potatoes, the roots they produce when growing naturally have become thinner and are no longer edible."
"But for humans to survive, we need to eat the roots and fruits of these plants. Fortunately, the seeds we have repeatedly cultivated have once again produced varieties suitable for human consumption, although the taste is a bit different from before."
Plant mutations were indeed unavoidable. In this world, both humans and animals had mutated.
Although humans had not yet figured out the cause of the mutations, the corpses of those mutated creatures had begun to be absorbed by the soil. The water and soil of the entire planet had changed, and plant mutations were only a matter of time.
A group of plant-type ability users continuously accelerated the growth of crops in the base's plantation, and soon those plants changed.
However, the crops that needed to be accelerated were too vast, and these people's abilities were limited, so they could not accelerate all of them at once. They could only come back to accelerate them at intervals.
"Longcheng has been a bit active recently. I sent people to scout it out, and they captured a level nine zombie from somewhere."
"Alive?"
"Yes, I don't know how they controlled that zombie. The zombie is kept in a hidden place. The people we sent were afraid of being exposed, so they couldn't find out any more information."
"Has your father come to find you?"
"No."
"Understood. You don't need to keep an eye on this matter. I'll go and see for myself. You all focus on development and construction."
This level nine zombie could be said to be a highly intelligent existence. Their intelligence was comparable to that of normal humans.
Longcheng could actually trap such a high-level zombie without causing chaos within Longcheng.
This indicated that there were special ability users in Longcheng who could trap high-level zombies, such as higher-level zombies like Lin Xue.
Could it be that a zombie king had entered Longcheng and controlled the management of Longcheng?
Zhao Kai had told him before that the original personnel of Longcheng were all from the military. Even if they didn't intend to ally with his side, Lu Heng always felt that the true managers of Longcheng seemed to have some ulterior motives.
However, none of that mattered. In the face of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were futile.
Glancing at the time, it should be the time for ability user teams from various regions to return to the city. Lu Heng planned to sneak into Longcheng at this time.
Moreover, he planned to go to Longcheng as an ordinary ability user.
However, he knew that he wouldn't be able to hide for long in Longcheng. There must be people in Longcheng who had seen him, or rather, knew his appearance.
Once they recognized him, he would have to reveal his identity.
But he wasn't afraid. After being exposed, those people should be the ones to be afraid.
Longcheng, like many bases in the apocalypse, had many survivor teams living there permanently.
From time to time, some wandering individuals would come and go between these bases.
However, due to the influence of Wuming City nearby, most bases were not as lively as Wuming City.
Organizations and individuals came to Wuming City to exchange supplies every day, making Wuming City the most prosperous city in the surrounding provinces.
Lu Heng flew to the vicinity of Longcheng in a saber-toothed beast, and then changed to a car.
To avoid attracting the attention of the people in Longcheng, he deliberately drove an old car.
At the gate of Longcheng.
"Stop, new here?" a person in an old military uniform sized up Lu Heng.
"Yes, I was passing by and saw a city from afar. I wanted to find a place to stay before dark."
"Just the two of you?" the person looked into the car through the window.
"My brother, but he's mute." To cover his tracks, Lu Heng had Lu Bai transform back into human form.
"Open the trunk, routine inspection."
"Okay." Lu Heng nodded, got out of the car, and readily opened the trunk.
There were some packages inside. The person then asked Lu Heng to open each package and search through them.
The packages were filled with ordinary clothes, for all seasons, but they all looked very old, making people not even have the desire to rob them.
"How truly poor. How did you survive until now looking like this?" another group of people preparing to enter the city mocked sarcastically after seeing the contents of Lu Heng's trunk.
"What good things do you have?" Lu Heng glanced at that person. After staying in a high position for a while, Lu Heng's kingly aura naturally exuded.
"Cough, no, we're all about the same." A more steady man in that group replied, pulling the impudent youth's sleeve.
At this moment, there were quite a few people gathered at the city gate, and no one wanted to attract the attention of others.
"You're being too modest. Everyone knows that in Longcheng's teams, besides the military, your Snuuk family is the most powerful. You always manage to get a lot of good things."
"It's just occasional luck. However, we have too many people and consume too quickly, so we can't save much supplies."
Thus, Lu Heng and his group quickly entered the city. The guards also told them that for temporary accommodation, they could go to the inns in the city.
After parking the car outside the inn, Lu Heng and his companion carried the few packages from the car and walked in.
"Are there any vacant rooms?"
"Yes, there are single rooms and double rooms. The double rooms have big beds. How many rooms will you take? How long will you stay?" A bearded man at the inn's front desk gave Lu Heng a meaningful look.
"A double room, do you have one with two separate beds?"
"No."
"Then I'll take a double room. I'll stay for one night for now."
"Fifteen level two crystals."
Lu Heng didn't know the current prices. He didn't manage affairs in Wuming City, and Wuming City did not allow any outside personnel to stay overnight.
"Room 201, the door is unlocked. Please lock it after you enter."
"We also have this here now. Do you want to buy one?" The man mysteriously took out a small package. Lu Heng's mouth twitched when he saw the pattern.
"No."
"This thing is hard to get now. Are you sure you don't want one? We can give you some lotion..."
"No need." After saying that, Lu Heng pulled Lu Bai towards the stairwell.
"Tsk, don't come down to buy it later. I've seen this happen a lot..."