Lu Heng found an industrial endoscope camera device and extended it through the door crack, observing the situation outside on the screen.
Outside was a corridor with emergency lights. The corridor wasn't long. Lu Heng manipulated the camera, constantly changing angles, and indeed discovered a camera at each of the two corners.
If he opened the door like this, the cameras outside would definitely capture him, and the people in the monitoring room would immediately detect him, making it more difficult to search for information.
However, camera equipment always contained some metal elements. Without violently damaging the camera lenses, he could only find a way to use his metal abilities to internally damage the camera equipment, creating the illusion of aging.
But how could he safely come into contact with the cameras?
Right, the camera devices were also connected by wires. As long as Lu Heng found the power lines connecting the two cameras through the power supply within the walls, he could destroy them from the inside.
Lu Heng found a metal wire and inserted it into a junction box on the wall. He possessed lightning abilities, so the voltage of over two hundred volts was not a problem for him.
Soon, following the electrical wires within the walls, Lu Heng caused varying degrees of internal damage to all the camera equipment in the building.
These cameras couldn't just be tampered with in one place. If they were to be damaged, they should all be damaged. This would also create some trouble for the people here, so that even if they discovered anomalies, they wouldn't be able to find him so quickly.
When he left, Lu Heng estimated he would have to exit the city from here.
Seeing that all the cameras were destroyed, Lu Heng quickly emerged from the storage room and then rapidly moved through various rooms.
He occasionally utilized his spatial abilities. When Lu Heng sensed someone approaching, he could flash into his space.
After a period of searching, Lu Heng gradually understood the situation on this floor. He looked at several rooms and found that there were no dedicated research rooms on this floor, nor any research-related information.
"Damn it, this floor has no information at all, isn't that a waste of rooms?"
However, there was still a staircase leading down from this floor. Lu Heng followed the stairs all the way down to the next floor, where he finally saw several rooms used for experiments.
After picking the lock, Lu Heng quickly searched the rooms for various research data. Soon, in a filing cabinet, he found a lot of paper materials.
Looking at the familiar medical data, Lu Heng couldn't help but frown. It seemed these were some of the research results, but Lu Heng wasn't sure if the data inside was useful.
However, judging from the inner thoughts of some people he overheard last time, the research here hadn't found a direction yet.
But whether it was useful or not, he would take it back first. He also had research institutions. Lu Heng felt that by stealing all the research results from Dragon City and not sharing them with other bases, he could better strike at Dragon City.
In a short while, after avoiding the maintenance personnel who came to check the camera equipment a few times, Lu Heng returned to the storage room.
Quickly climbing up to the opening in the storage room, Lu Heng used his earth abilities to fill the hole in the wall.
Although the filled-in hole would eventually be discovered, Lu Heng wasn't too worried. As long as he had already left, it wouldn't matter even if it was discovered.
Returning outside Dragon City, Lu Heng released the pangolin and flew into the air. Then, he controlled the vines and sat on the pangolin's back. After clearing the traces on the ground, he quickly returned to Nameless City.
Back in Nameless City, it was already dawn. Smoke was rising from the houses everywhere in Nameless City, reflecting a vibrant atmosphere.
Lu Heng, sitting on the pangolin's back, flew over the city walls. The soldiers who had seen Lu Heng leave last night hadn't changed shifts yet, and a few of them started discussing.
"Lord Lu returned so quickly? He shouldn't have gone to do anything bad, should he?"
"I don't think so. Think about it, he was gone all night. He couldn't have done nothing."
"Yeah, he wouldn't have gone on a date, would he?"
"Don't joke around. Some things are better left unsaid."
"Oh, okay, I know. I'm just missing women. After my shift, I'll hurry home to see what delicious food my wife has made for me."
"Tch, showing off your affection again."
......
Lu Heng went directly to the research center. After putting away the pangolin in the courtyard, he walked towards a building within the research center.
Soon, researchers also rushed out. "Lord Lu, you're here."
"Mmm, is Chen Dong here?"
"Yes, he didn't go home last night. He's been reading reports in the research lab all night. However, the research on the giant bees is still in the sampling and observation phase. The later stages..."
The researcher spoke while walking beside Lu Heng, leading him towards Chen Dong's research lab.
"Teacher Chen, Lord Lu is here."
The researcher knocked on the door. There was no response from inside. Lu Heng raised an eyebrow and looked, suspecting that the person had brought him to the wrong place, as he couldn't hear any thoughts from inside.
"Let me see. Half an hour ago, Teacher Chen was still inside when I came by."
The researcher pushed open the research lab door with some awkwardness, peeked inside, and then saw Chen Dong in a certain spot.
However, Chen Dong was currently slumped over a pile of documents, motionless.
Is he asleep?
Stepping back outside the room, the researcher carefully closed the door and whispered to Lu Heng, "Lord Lu, Teacher Chen seems to be asleep. Should I wake him up, or...?"
"No need. Let him sleep for now. What's your name?"
"Lord Lu, my name is Wang Tian. I was also a member of Teacher Chen's research team before the apocalypse. Fortunately, I didn't turn into a zombie, and I managed to escape the zombie pursuit and came to Nameless City with Teacher Chen."
Lu Heng nodded and then asked, "Were you together when the zombie virus outbreak occurred?"
"Yes, if not for that, I probably wouldn't have escaped. I later learned that my entire family had met an unfortunate end, killed by zombies." Wang Tian's voice carried a hint of hoarseness as he looked down at his feet.
"You don't look very old. Were you studying medicine before?"
"Mmm, I was a doctoral student, assisting in Teacher Chen's team." When it came to professional matters, Wang Tian's expression changed again, and he scratched his messy hair with a bit of shyness.
"How is your research on the zombie virus progressing? Take me to see it."
"Then please follow me this way. The research on the zombie virus isn't here. Teacher Chen was afraid of accidents, so he arranged the zombie research in a separate small building."