Along the Jinjiang River, especially in the areas near the estuary, it was a land of fish and rice before the apocalypse, with rapid economic development in the surrounding areas.
The nearby cities and populations were denser than in the north, so after the apocalypse, this area also became a major disaster zone for zombies.
Wuming City had sent teams to help clear out zombies, but they had to kill zombies as they advanced, so their speed was certainly not as fast as Lu Heng, who came directly.
After Lu Heng killed all the mutated crocodiles along the Jinjiang River, and when he had no idea where else to find more mutated animals, he could only explore the vicinity first.
A large number of zombies actually meant that their evolution would be faster. After all, once zombies reached a certain level, higher-level zombies would once again become intelligent beings, thus realizing ways to improve quickly.
Lu Heng flipped through the pre-apocalypse map and selected an area as the destination for this operation.
Wu City, with its numerous electronics factories and small commodity factories, was where many globally renowned enterprises had built their factories.
Therefore, the population of Wu City had always been large before the apocalypse, with a permanent population of over two million.
Moreover, most of the population here were young people, with the majority distributed in various factories. The personnel were not too densely packed.
After all, there were some distances between the factory buildings, and these factories mostly recruited workers with room and board provided, so the population was only gathered within the factory buildings, making it highly controllable.
Therefore, Lu Heng chose to come here to see if, under these special conditions, the number of human survivors after the apocalypse would be much higher than in other regions.
Whether there would be organizations or teams established by ability users here, and if so, what level the survivors here were at, and whether they could establish some form of cooperation with Wuming City.
After surveying from high above Wu City, there were indeed traces of survivors here. Judging from the shelters they had built, their development seemed to be quite good.
However, there should be quite a few survivor shelters here, and they were relatively scattered. Most of them were based in original factory buildings. Unlike the bases established by the military, they had not formed a unified defensive city.
Lu Heng randomly chose a direction and planned to enter a shelter first to understand the surrounding situation.
Lu Heng landed on a spacious rooftop, put away his Direwolf, and then began his journey through Wu City alone.
To conceal the source of his items, Lu Heng chose to use a small backpack as a disguise. He then opened the large door on the rooftop and walked downstairs.
There was a shelter not far from this building. He wondered if his landing here had been discovered by other humans.
There were many zombies in the building. The moment Lu Heng opened the iron door, the zombies that heard the noise swarmed towards Lu Heng's location, and the heavy footsteps of zombies immediately echoed from all parts of the building.
Lu Heng was not disturbed by the zombies. He released Lin Xue, and it was very safe to travel among the zombies with Lin Xue.
After Lin Xue came out, she released her unique perception among zombies and began to drive the zombies in the building. The running sounds that were just there instantly disappeared, leaving only the sound of dragging on the ground.
At this time, the zombies slowed down their pace and began to concentrate in an orderly manner.
"Master, they are already concentrating on the first floor." Lin Xue communicated with Lu Heng using her mind.
"Mm."
It was the old method. In a while, Lu Heng would kill these concentrated zombies.
This building was also a factory. Following the stairs to the first floor, Lu Heng could finally see the scene inside. Several assembly lines were in the spacious factory, but the production lines that should have been placed straight had become very chaotic.
Lu Heng looked at the zombies gathered at the entrance. Those zombies saw Lu Heng at this moment, and the zombies that smelled him became agitated, roaring at Lu Heng from time to time. However, due to Lin Xue's control, none of them dared to rush out and pounce on Lu Heng.
With a wave of Lu Heng's hand, the zombie horde was instantly killed. Lu Heng looked at the zombies whose heads were all cut by wind blades and collected the exposed crystals from the zombies' brains into his space.
"There are quite a lot of zombies in this city. Later, when we go outside, pay attention. If there are humans, don't control these zombies anymore."
Yes, Lu Heng wanted to take Lin Xue into the survivor shelter where humans lived. After all, bringing a little girl could reduce many people's vigilance towards him.
At this moment, Lin Xue's appearance was also somewhat close to that of a human. Her body temperature was not as cold as that of a zombie, and the color of her eyeballs was different from that of a zombie. She was like a sickly human girl who was well protected by her brother.
Lu Heng left the factory with Lin Xue. Before leaving, he also dragged all the zombies inside the factory out and buried them in the open space outside. Killing so many zombies concentrated together would also attract unnecessary trouble if seen by other survivors. Lu Heng did not intend to expose his strength too early.
Holding a long saber, Lu Heng walked on the quiet road. Because there were many factories around, the zombies were almost all concentrated in some factory buildings.
There were not many zombies encountered on the road. The few scattered zombies that met Lu Heng were all split in half from their heads with a single strike from Lu Heng's long saber.
Lu Heng bent down to pick up the crystals on the ground and pretended to put them in his backpack.
He had already sensed human survivors around him. To avoid exposure, he chose to act like a normal ability user here.
"You two, stop!" Just as Lu Heng put the crystals into his backpack, a group of people walked out from a small path not far away.
Lu Heng narrowed his eyes and sized up those people. The leader was only at the fourth-tier level. As for their abilities, Lu Heng saw that there was nothing special. They were all common attributes in the apocalypse.
"I'm talking to you two. You look so unfamiliar. Which gang are you from?"
From the group of people, one person walked out and questioned Lu Heng again.
"No gang. We are not locals. We just arrived here." Lu Heng's accent was more northern, and his Mandarin was very standard, with a significant difference from the accents of these southerners.
"Just the two of you?" That person seemed somewhat incredulous. Their group of people did not dare to venture too far from the shelter, as zombies were more active at night, and they had to return before dark.
"Mm, it's always been the two of us, brother and sister."
"You don't have a car either? How did you get to Wu City?" That person also heard that Lu Heng's accent was not local and was very curious about how they managed to travel to Wu City on foot.
"We were lucky. We didn't encounter many zombies along the way." Lu Heng put away his long saber and carried it on his back, taking Lin Xue's hand and facing the group.