As Lu Heng stepped entirely into the ancient street, the scenery before him was no longer like a painting. The air was humid, with a slight breeze brushing against his face, unlike the previous space city where there was no wind, no night, and the temperature remained constant year-round.
Lu Heng turned to look at the scene he had come from. The familiar modern city had now become a painting, standing at the end of the road outside the ancient city gate.
Taking two steps forward, Lu Heng tentatively reached out his hand. His hand could pass through the painting, indicating that he could return.
Steadying his mind, Lu Heng looked at his contracted animals. Now, one person and nine pets formed a strange combination.
Looking at the road extending into the distance, this should be a main road, as the flagstone path Lu Heng was on led directly to the ancient city gate.
Standing in the silent ancient city, Lu Heng, holding Director, walked forward along the ancient flagstone road. The flagstone road was not very wide, far from the width of those built in modern film bases. It could probably barely accommodate two carriages.
On both sides of the flagstone road stood many shops, and the cloth signs hanging outside the shops swayed from time to time in the breeze.
Although he could feel the wind, there were no fallen leaves or other objects on the street, making it very clean and tidy.
Lu Heng walked through the street with a few pets. The shops on both sides were dark, with no light escaping. Lu Heng released his golden eagle to scout from above, as a bird's-eye view would provide a clearer and more accurate understanding of the situation.
Although he could also deploy a drone, its noise was too loud, and he did not intend to create too much disturbance before understanding the situation here.
Lu Heng walked for two blocks, and the sky here was gradually darkening. It seemed that this place had day and night.
However, since his arrival, he had not seen a single living creature here besides himself and his pets.
Soon, the golden eagle flew back and landed on Lu Heng's shoulder.
"Master, this place is the same as the previous city. I've flown for half a day and haven't seen a single person. I guess there are no living creatures here except for us."
"Mm, I see. How big is this place?"
"Um... it's smaller than our city. I can't say exactly how big."
Lu Heng nodded, then patted the golden eagle, signaling him to continue flying into the air to check the situation, but not to fly too far, just to stay above them.
Lu Heng stood at a fork in the road. Since no one had appeared here, and no signs of other creatures' activities had been found, he might as well take advantage of the remaining daylight to film the entire situation here with a drone. This way, he could store it on his phone for later analysis.
It was impossible for a town to appear out of nowhere without any purpose. At least the previous city allowed him to travel back to the real world...
No, from the previous space city, he could return to the real world where the city was located. So, could he also go to the real world where this ancient city was located?
However, this ancient city was too unfamiliar to Lu Heng – unfamiliar streets, unfamiliar houses, unfamiliar environment... He knew nothing about it.
Controlling his thoughts, Lu Heng took out a drone. Fortunately, he could still freely use items from his space, which somewhat eased his mind.
Opening the drone, Lu Heng piloted it to fly high into the air to film. Soon, the entire ancient city's panorama was revealed.
The overall architectural style of the ancient city was the same as the streets he had walked through earlier. High city walls surrounded the city from the outside. The walls looked quite solid, and judging by their defensive level, this should be a town of county-level size.
Similarly, the entire city was enveloped in a thick fog, with only the entrances and exits to the city being clear and fog-free. The images displayed at the two entrances of the ancient city both showed the city where Lu Heng had been before.
Lu Heng adjusted the drone to fly outside the city gate and filmed the situation of the city tower. After magnifying it several times, Lu Heng clearly saw the large characters carved on the city tower: 【Jinyang City】.
It seemed this was the name of the ancient city. When he returned, he would have to check the stored data for any introductions to this city in ancient times.
Then, Lu Heng adjusted the drone again to fly back over the ancient city. Looking down from high above, the layout of the entire city was quite orderly. On the east side, there was a neatly arranged cluster of courtyards. Descending a bit, one could clearly see that most of these courtyards were not very large, and they were arranged one after another.
However, between the courtyards, flagstone paths were laid out. Although the paths were not as wide as the main road, they were barely enough for a carriage to pass.
Next, the drone's lens shifted again. At this time, the drone had flown to the west side of the city. The houses here looked very spacious, and there were not many residences. Most of the residences had rock gardens and ponds built within them.
The houses on the south side of the city were more crowded. Most of the houses seemed to have only one or two rooms, and the occasional courtyard was also very small.
The north side of the city was an open space. Although the overall area here was not as large as the east, south, and west directions, it had the advantage of sparse residences, and those residences were arranged in single rows, both horizontally and vertically.
In the center of the ancient city, a large courtyard was built. In front of the courtyard were several rows of houses, and in the middle was a spacious garden. Next to the garden was a two-story water pavilion, which seemed to be the largest household here.
The drone filmed the entire ancient city, and the sunlight overhead was gradually setting in the west.
At this time, the empty streets were still silent, and the entire city was dim, except for the illumination of the faint moonlight.
Lu Heng's thoughts stirred. He really wanted to verify his earlier idea, but it wasn't very appropriate to experiment rashly. He decided to wait until two or three in the morning to experiment. At that time, even if he could indeed reach the ancient city, there would definitely not be many people walking outside, making it difficult to expose himself.
Since there were no other living beings in his current location, Lu Heng boldly let his pets roam around. This would also allow them to become more familiar with the environment here. To be safe, Lu Heng paired them up, two by two, to act as a team.
Before letting them go, Lu Heng had his pets test their abilities. Fortunately, they could still mobilize their internal powers normally within the ancient city.
He had carefully considered all possible issues and then gave a few more instructions to his pets. Even though there were no signs of biological activity here, he still told them not to make too much noise.
Lu Heng himself, along with Director, wandered around the city. Director had not yet shown any offensive skills, which worried Lu Heng greatly. He wondered if this guy was completely useless.