Lin Chongshan's journey was relatively smooth for a while.
However, as he neared Luocheng, he began to grow uneasy.
There were quite a few zombies in the vicinity, and the sound of his car was attracting more from the surrounding areas.
At times, he dared not proceed, yet he couldn't abandon his vehicle, leaving him in a difficult predicament.
"No, I'll push forward a bit more. Perhaps once I pass this area, the number of zombies will decrease."
Almost no one, except for some high-ranking officials in Wuming City, knew that aliens attracted zombies.
Lin Chongshan simply assumed that the area had more zombies because no ability user teams had come to clear them out.
He was still hoping to find a less zombie-infested path after this stretch.
But as he gradually moved towards Luocheng,
His anxiety intensified.
Finally, several zombies clung to the outside of his SUV, relentlessly pounding against the metal guardrails.
Lin Chongshan gripped the steering wheel tightly. Several zombies were also plastered against the windshield, completely obscuring his view.
Lin Chongshan turned off the engine and began to channel the energy within him, coaxing the plants outside to grow.
He intended to use the plants to pull the zombies off his car.
The roots within the nearby soil rapidly extended, their thick tendrils acting like soft ropes, binding the zombies' torsos.
One by one, the zombies were pulled down, but more kept coming.
As soon as Lin Chongshan manipulated the tree roots to dislodge a few zombies, new ones clambered up.
The car body shook continuously, as if zombies were tampering with the chassis.
Lin Chongshan began to regret his actions. Back in Longcheng, he rarely ventured out to kill zombies.
His advancement to fifth tier was entirely due to his position, accumulating power with a vast amount of crystals.
He was, in essence, completely inexperienced in combat.
In his panic, he lost his composure, only focusing on pulling the zombies off the car.
He had barely killed a single zombie in all this time.
"No, I don't want to die. I won't go look for Lu Heng. I... I want to go back..."
At this moment, Lin Chongshan was filled with immense regret.
The car body was constantly being battered by zombies. Suddenly, with a loud bang, the side window, protected by a metal grate, shattered.
Glass shards instantly scattered inside and outside the car, some even cutting Lin Chongshan's face.
Blood trickled down his face. The warm, metallic scent of blood only made the zombies more excited.
Lin Chongshan grabbed a knife from inside the car and thrust it outward through the broken window.
However, he missed the zombies' heads, rendering his attack completely ineffective.
Just as he was sinking into deep despair, the zombies clinging to the car were suddenly blown off by a gust of wind.
As the zombies were blown away, a shower of ice rain suddenly descended from the sky, striking their bodies and turning them into sieves.
Thus, all the zombies in the vicinity were instantly killed, and Lin Chongshan could finally see his surroundings clearly.
Around his car lay a ground covered in zombie corpses.
But he scanned the area and found no ability users who had come to his aid.
As he pondered this, he suddenly felt the car shake violently again.
The entire vehicle lifted off the ground, floating in mid-air.
He could now see the situation below. More zombies were still rushing towards him.
It seemed the recent rain had only temporarily resolved his predicament.
The SUV adjusted its direction in mid-air and then rapidly drifted back the way it came.
Lin Chongshan sat tensely inside the car, his hands gripping the steering wheel.
He had no idea what was happening to him or why his car was floating.
As the car moved, it swayed violently at times, making him afraid to move.
After "flying" for some distance, the car began to descend.
Finally, with a heavy thud, the car landed on a highway, with no zombies around.
Lin Chongshan nervously started the engine and floored the accelerator. Having narrowly escaped, all he wanted now was to return quickly to the base where he could safely lie low.
A plume of dust trailed behind the car. High in the sky, a giant bird hovered, flapping its wings.
"Let's go."
The giant bird received the instruction and turned its direction again, flying towards Luocheng.
Lu Heng spread his arms, relaxing as he slumped onto the back of the glyptodon.
If he hadn't been in the vicinity checking on the zombie situation, the person in the car might have truly perished.
He wasn't a bleeding heart who saved everyone. He had known through telepathy that the person in the car was Lin Chongshan.
He had also overheard that Lin Chongshan had come out to find him, but for what reason, Lin Chongshan, in his panic, hadn't thought it through, so Lu Heng remained unaware.
When they returned to Wuming City, he would have Lin Yu ask Lin Chongshan about the reason.
Looking at the surrounding situation, the number of zombies was still high, with no improvement compared to his previous two visits.
He had previously spoken to Bona, asking them to investigate the reason why the Senal aliens attracted zombies.
However, after so much time, the situation of zombie congregation here had not improved, and contact with them had been lost.
Soon, Lu Heng reappeared at Luocheng. He circled the Senal aliens' spatial domain once, then pulled out his communicator and entered the Senal aliens' space along with the glyptodon.
Upon entering, the glyptodon experienced brief discomfort.
Lu Heng instructed the glyptodon to find a place to land before he recalled it to his own spatial city.
Lu Heng took out the flying device that Bona had given him, put it on, and then began his search.
He first flew to several places Bona had taken him before, but after searching around, he didn't see a single Senal alien.
"Where did they all go?"
Previously, when he entered this space, the Senal aliens inside would know immediately that someone had entered, and someone would come to him shortly.
But he had been here for a long time this time, and no one had come to find him.
"Did they leave collectively?"
That shouldn't be the case. If they had left, this space should have been taken with them.
After all, everything in here was brought from Senal, and there were no substitutes on Blue Star.
After a long search, Lu Heng still couldn't find any Senal aliens. Helpless, he picked up his communicator and pressed the connect button.
This was the first time he had used this communicator to make an outward call, and he wasn't sure who it would connect to.
A few seconds after pressing the communicator, a projection popped out.
Since the Senal alien on the other side remained silent, Lu Heng couldn't tell who it was. Primarily, their features were similar, and he guessed that it would be difficult for outsiders to distinguish them from each other.
"I'm looking for Bora."
Seeing that the alien in the projection remained silent, Lu Heng spoke first.
"Who are you? How did you get our communicator?"
"Is Bora there? Finding her or Bona would also be fine. They can explain to me how this communicator came into my possession."
The Senal alien on the other side tilted its head slightly, as if there were others beside it.
The voices from the other side were not transmitted, but Lu Heng knew that they were likely conversing.