Lu Heng adjusted the clothes on his body and stood outside the door, looking up at the sky.
The weather in Wuming City was a bit cold today. Although he didn't care about this sudden drop in temperature, many survivors in the city didn't have his ability to adjust the temperature at will.
It seemed that he would need to add some winter supplies to the warehouses at the trading market later. Other bases would likely be short of these supplies too, which meant he could exchange them for quite a few crystals.
These ordinary supplies were priced differently in Wuming City based on their use during different periods. They hadn't asked for the level four crystals again, but the prices set by Wuming City varied depending on the item's utility.
Level one crystals were now commonly used as the most basic currency. Apart from some ordinary people who hadn't advanced yet, who could still absorb them for energy, ability users above level three could no longer gain energy from absorbing these crystals.
Level one crystals were also the most widely circulated currency outside, with the largest storage volume in the human world currently.
However, most of the supplies in Wuming City were priced starting from level two crystals. The reason was simple: although the production dates on these items were from before the apocalypse, they looked much fresher than the supplies stored elsewhere.
Take some bread for example. Even with preservatives, after six months of storage at normal temperatures, most bread, even if it hadn't molded or spoiled, would be as hard as stone, requiring soaking in water before it could be eaten.
But when Lu Heng's bread was opened, people would be pleasantly surprised to find that its taste and texture were unaffected. This was why many people liked to exchange their crystals for supplies in Wuming City.
Many people secretly speculated that Lu Heng might have some kind of spatial material for storing supplies, otherwise, these pre-apocalypse foods wouldn't be able to maintain such good quality.
However, they mostly associated spatial storage with the novels they read before the apocalypse. While they had this idea, no one had actually seen such a physical object, not even the big shots from the military regions.
But Zhao Kai, who had a good relationship with Lu Heng, had actually seen Lu Heng place a lot of grain into their prepared warehouse out of thin air. Later, after hearing some people's discussions, they began to believe that Lu Heng possessed a storage space.
Lu Heng first went to the trading hall and walked around the various trading counters to understand the recent transaction situation of different supplies. Then, he found the staff responsible for warehouse management and stored some winter supplies in the warehouse.
"Brother Lu, you're here." Just as Lu Heng was about to leave the trading hall, Lin Yu's voice came from beside him.
"Mm, I came to get some winter supplies. The temperature seems to have dropped significantly today."
Lin Yu hurried a few steps to Lu Heng's side, "Yes, the temperature dropped quite quickly today. But I've already distributed winter cotton clothes and quilts to the city administrators."
"Then I'll supplement some more supplies for you. Come with me to the warehouse."
Lu Heng gave Lin Yu quite a lot of supplies. These items had to be taken out of his space and placed in an open area, for Lin Yu to then put into his storage ring.
Moreover, even though people outside were rumored to have spatial storage items, they still had to avoid others when handling these things.
"It's enough, my storage ring is almost full."
After several trips, Lin Yu said, looking at the dwindling space in his storage ring.
"Your ring is still too small, it can only store so much," Lu Heng said with a hint of disdain, looking at the ring on Lin Yu's finger.
"It's quite good, there's a lot of stuff here. With our current transaction volume, I feel like these can last me half a year." Lin Yu genuinely liked this storage ring. After all, he had only seen such things in certain movies and TV shows. When he first held it in his hand, he was filled with considerable surprise and joy.
"Oh, right, you still have some space. I'll give you some armor. These can resist the attacks of ordinary magical beasts in the other world. I don't know if they can resist zombies. Give a set to everyone on duty at the main gate. They're not heavy to wear anyway, and remind them to wear them while on duty."
After that, Lu Heng took out dozens of sets of armor from his space. Lin Yu picked up one and examined it. Upon touching the armor, he felt a surge of energy.
"There's energy here too? I wonder if it has the same attribute bonuses as those weapons?"
"I heard they were also made using magic crystals combined with special metals, but I haven't interacted with these people, and I don't know their manufacturing process."
Lu Heng picked up a piece of equipment and handed it to Lin Yu, "You wear a set too. This one is different from the others. I see it has this gem-like substance inlaid on it, and the energy inside feels greater than the others."
Lu Heng certainly didn't equip the ordinary administrators with the best gear. Although he could acquire these high-quality items infinitely, he didn't want to arm those people too strongly.
Even the most ordinary special items from the other world were more than enough for these sixth-tier ability users.
"I heard from the director earlier that you went to the mission hall early this morning. Was there something urgent?" Lu Heng finally remembered what the director had said earlier after finishing his instructions.
"Yes, I posted some missions before, wanting to clear out the small towns around our Wuming City.
The missions were posted, and some teams formed spontaneously within the bases accepted them and went. For the first few days, the missions were completed relatively well. As long as those people stayed together and had enough numbers, clearing out small areas could be accomplished.
But yesterday, a few teams that returned from outside said they encountered obstacles in those towns. The zombies seemed to be waiting for them. At first, there weren't many zombies in the small towns, but as they went deeper, they were ambushed to varying degrees. Many more zombies suddenly appeared from the surroundings and surrounded them. In the end, only a few of the higher-level individuals managed to escape with their lives.
So, I raised the reward standard for the missions early this morning, otherwise, no one would accept them."
"This is no longer a matter of mission rewards. Zombies, as low-level creatures, lack this kind of intelligence at lower levels. Only high-level zombies..." Lu Heng realized the seriousness of the situation at this point. It seemed that there were high-level zombies in the surrounding towns.
"I also realized this after hearing the news. However, since some people managed to return alive, the number of high-level zombies probably isn't too large. It's just hiding in the dark and commanding. The teams haven't encountered major setbacks recently, perhaps because everyone has let down their guard."