Lu Heng smiled at the figure rushing towards him and waved his right hand again, sending the person flying two meters away without even touching them.
He had no intention of killing anyone here, so he always held back his strength when he acted. Otherwise, anyone who faced him here would instantly explode into a bloody mist and scatter into a pile of minced meat under Lu Heng's full power.
"You dare to attack someone again?" the man called Ming Ge stared at Lu Heng in astonishment. He had just wanted to stop the thin man's actions, but before he could even speak, Lu Heng had already beaten him away, from a considerable distance, without physical contact.
Just how strong was this person?
The surrounding crowd of onlookers fell into an eerie silence. The man who had been coughing from Lu Heng's earlier blow held his breath, daring not to make another sound, his face turning red.
"What's wrong? Didn't you just tell me that here, whoever's fist is harder gets to speak?"
"Who said that?" Ming Ge looked at Lu Heng with surprise. He was also startled by Lu Heng's display just now. He had heard from the person who had complained earlier that this person had used his fists to make him spit blood.
He had initially thought Lu Heng was a power-type ability user, but Lu Heng had just sent someone flying with a wave of his hand, using a nature-based ability, likely controlling wind.
One person having two abilities, and being able to easily defeat a fourth-tier ability user, meant his strength was not to be underestimated.
He had to decide whether to offend a powerful figure or to maintain peace within the shelter.
"Can we talk?" Ming Ge looked at Lu Heng and asked tentatively.
"Aren't we talking now? Doesn't my strength clearly indicate that I can live here peacefully until I decide to leave myself?"
"Your strength is certainly not an issue, but we want to discuss some other matters with you."
"I'm not interested for now. These few people have ruined my mood today. I'm going back to rest. If you want to find me, go to room 1023."
Lu Heng shook the key in his hand and pulled Lin Xue along as he walked into the factory building.
He had originally intended to quietly gather some information here, but he hadn't expected these people to keep testing him.
It seemed that in the apocalypse, one still had to rely on strength to get things done.
Back in his room, Lu Heng locked the door from the inside and then took Lin Xue back to his spatial dimension.
Changing into an outfit from another world, Lu Heng returned to Jinyang City.
A couple of days ago, he had received a letter in his dimension from Zhu Di stating that he would be coming to Jinyang City.
Zhu Di had proposed meeting Lu Heng in Jinyang City, and Lu Heng estimated the time was about right. Since the people here were starting to annoy him, he decided to go back to Jinyang City for a change of scenery.
"Mr. Lu, you're here."
"Mm, just came to take a look."
"There's another letter for you, it arrived two days ago." Du Yichen hurried over as soon as he saw Lu Heng enter the shop.
"Mm, bring it here for me to see." Lu Heng walked to the tea room inside the shop and sat down.
"Business has been as usual lately. At this hour, all the items for the day are usually sold out, so everyone starts cleaning up. It's quite leisurely," Du Yichen said, bringing over tea and the letter.
"When I just arrived, I noticed that Jinyang City seemed to be much livelier than before. Oh, and I heard before that there would be a beast tide here every so often, but since I arrived, I haven't witnessed such a crisis."
When Lu Heng first came to Jinyang City, he had heard some people discussing how cities close to the demonic beast forest would be attacked by demonic beasts emerging from the forest periodically.
"It is indeed strange. I've heard about that too. In other regions, it's common for demonic beasts from the forests to attack nearby cities.
Jinyang City, however, has been very peaceful. It's said that the demonic beasts in the nearby Misty Forest are also very quiet, with no signs of a beast tide erupting." Du Yichen poured Lu Heng another cup of tea and sat down opposite him.
"Is there a time pattern to beast tides?"
"No, but we estimate that beast tides mostly occur when the number of demonic beasts in the forest reaches a certain threshold. After the population exceeds this limit, they will attack nearby cities."
"Running out of food?"
It was important to note that many demonic beasts were carnivorous. Humans hunted and killed demonic beasts for food, but there were also many carnivorous demonic beasts that hunted humans for sustenance.
"There's a possibility."
"Is this Mr. Lu Heng's shop?"
Just as the two were chatting, a noisy commotion came from the entrance. Someone was loudly inquiring at the doorway.
"Yes, may I ask your name? What business do you have with Mr. Lu?" a disciple who was cleaning at the entrance asked.
"My young master has arrived in Jinyang City today and wishes to pay a visit to Mr. Lu," the person said respectfully, handing over a calling card.
"What is your young master's name?"
"My young master's surname is Zhu, and he is an old acquaintance of Mr. Lu. Please inform him."
"Wait a moment." The disciple took the calling card and walked into the tea room in the inner chamber.
"I heard everything. Give me the calling card."
Opening the calling card, it was still written in simplified Chinese from the apocalypse. Only Lu Heng and Zhu Di could understand this.
"Let your master in." Placing the calling card on the table, Lu Heng said to Du Yichen, "You all can rest for now. No need to clean anymore. I want to speak with that person alone."
"Alright, we'll leave then and come back tomorrow morning."
"Mm."
Du Yichen bowed to Lu Heng and then, with the disciples of the Danyang Sect, tidied up briefly before quickly exiting the shop.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to really be here. I just arrived too and thought I'd come and see. You can say our fate is quite something."
"Indeed, I just came to sit in the shop."
Lu Heng smiled as Zhu Di entered the tea room alone.
"Why is this shop still using the same interior design?" Zhu Di walked into the tea room and sat opposite Lu Heng.
"Oh, you can even make this tea?" Zhu Di smelled the aroma of the tea and looked at the empty teacups on the table, pouring himself a cup.
"I can bring things from the apocalypse over."
"Wh-what?" Zhu Di looked at Lu Heng incredulously.
He himself had only brought a few personal items, but hearing Lu Heng say this, it sounded like he could bring many items from the apocalypse?
"It's nothing strange. You can travel through time, so I think you can understand many things."
"No, I can understand that, but you being able to bring things over is practically defying the heavens! Besides the tea leaves, what else did you bring?"
"Crystals."
"Anything else?"
"What do you want?"
"Damn it, should we become sworn brothers? My current sworn brother isn't very reliable, so I'll recognize you as my elder brother."
"I don't need relatives."
"......"