He was brought into a room.
Lu Heng looked at a woman sitting on the sofa in front of him. As the woman saw Lu Heng enter, she got up and walked towards him.
"Are you the one causing trouble in the shelter?"
Lu Heng could easily tell the woman's ability attributes and rank. She was a sixth-tier ability user with dual fire and wind elements.
A rank like this was probably considered a overlord in this area. At least, Lu Heng hadn't seen any ability users above sixth-tier, let alone one with dual abilities.
"Some people have foul mouths, and I taught them a lesson. Can't I fight back just because they can talk? In this apocalypse, surely we can't just fight zombies with words, can we?"
After entering the room, Lu Heng casually found a chair and sat down, looking at the woman opposite him.
The woman was quite attractive, but in the apocalypse, without proper care, even the most beautiful couldn't compare to their pre-apocalypse selves.
"Heh, since those people lacked manners, they deserve to be taught a lesson. Huzizi."
As the woman called out, a young man entered from outside the door. He respectfully asked the woman, "Sister Li, how should we handle this person?"
Lu Heng smiled, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and sat there as steady as a mountain.
"Go tell those people below to be polite to this newcomer, Mr. Lu. From now on, anyone who disrespects Mr. Lu or his sister here is disrespecting me, Sister Li."
Huzizi looked at Lu Heng in surprise. He had only been in the room for less than a minute, and yet Sister Li had made such a decision. He wondered what Sister Li was thinking.
Seeing that Huzizi hadn't moved, Sister Li spoke again, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up."
"Yes." Huzizi responded, turned, and left the room. Soon, the sound of someone quickly departing could be heard from outside.
"I remember your registered name is Lu Heng, but your sister is called Lin Xue. Aren't you biological siblings?" Sister Li closed the door, turned, and walked to the sofa to sit down.
"Yes, I picked up that child from a horde of zombies."
"Do you smoke?" Sister Li took out a pack of cigarettes and offered it.
"I don't smoke."
Hearing this, Sister Li withdrew her hand, but took out a cigarette from the pack and lit it, taking a puff.
Exhaling a smoke ring, Sister Li smiled at Lu Heng, "You are quite kind-hearted."
"It's not kindness. My sister has extraordinary qualities, which is why I saved her."
"Is that so?" Sister Li didn't believe it. According to the investigation by her subordinates, the little girl looked very young. When her body was examined, it was found that the girl was just an ordinary person, and her health seemed to be poor.
"I can't even tell your abilities or rank, Mr. Lu. Your rank must be above sixth-tier." Sister Li spoke again.
"Is this why you intend to treat me with courtesy?"
"Otherwise? It's the apocalypse, the strong are respected. But I'm curious why someone of your rank doesn't have a faction. I haven't seen you in Wu City."
"We are indeed not from Wu City, but I do have influence. It's just that I'm used to being idle, and someone manages my territory for me."
"Heh, you're really confident. Aren't you afraid of your home being stolen? Are you that trusting of your subordinates?"
It wasn't surprising that Sister Li said this. After all, in the apocalypse, people's hearts were guarded, and trust between people was almost non-existent. Even she herself feared that one day when she went out, someone might stab her in the back.
"If you doubt, don't use them." Lu Heng was calm.
"Then your purpose in coming to Wu City isn't to find some means of transportation, as you said. What is your objective?" Sister Li extinguished her cigarette and exhaled the last puff.
"To find some organizations worth my attention and help them establish bases in various places to resist zombies."
"With just you? Although I can't tell your rank now, no matter how high it is, how can one person help a faction establish a base in a region? It's wishful thinking." Sister Li was dismissive of Lu Heng's statement, believing he was talking nonsense.
"Your information is too outdated. I won't be offended by your attitude. Why don't you tell me about the current situation in Wu City?"
Lu Heng sighed. It seemed his initial appearance was too low-key, and his words were not convincing. He should make a more high-profile appearance in the future, at least to awe them in certain aspects, saving him some trouble.
"Since you don't want to talk, there's no point in calling me here. We will leave in a week. As for the people here, as long as they don't provoke me, I won't make a move against them." Lu Heng shrugged and got up to leave. Since the other party was so wary of him, they couldn't discuss anything.
Seeing Lu Heng get up to leave, Sister Li immediately stood up, quickly walked to the door, and grabbed the doorknob. "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this matter is too unbelievable. You don't need to rush to leave."
"I don't have time to bicker with you."
"I'll tell you about the situation in Wu City."
Lu Heng raised an eyebrow. They say women are fickle, but he didn't expect this woman named Sister Li, who had just been so skeptical, to become proactive now that he was about to leave.
"Then tell me."
"Please sit down first. The situation in Wu City is not something that can be explained in just a few words." Sister Li extended a hand, gesturing for Lu Heng to sit.
Lu Heng retracted his hand, walked back to the chair he was sitting in, and waited for Sister Li's next words.
Seeing Lu Heng sit back down, Sister Li also sat back down and quickly explained the distribution of forces in Wu City and the approximate ability ranks of each faction.
"Since you could enter the city alone, you probably have some understanding of the zombie situation here. Most zombies are trapped in some factory areas. Because there are isolations between the factory areas, we are temporarily safe here."
Lu Heng nodded. Indeed, from the sky earlier, he had seen the situation here. This situation was very suitable for human survivors in the early stages of the apocalypse to develop as ordinary bases. However, as the zombies' ranks increased, these seemingly sturdy walls would gradually be unable to control the zombies within.
"This peace is only temporary. Haven't you considered that the zombies' ranks will also grow like human ability users?"
"Zombie ranks do increase, but zombies have no intelligence. They attack humans based on instinct, and their rank growth is not as fast as humans'."
"That's just what you see. How do you know that intelligent zombies won't appear among them?"
"We've been killing zombies for so long, and the highest rank of zombies in Wu City is only level four. And these high-level zombies..."
Pausing, Sister Li suddenly looked at Lu Heng, "Have you seen zombies above level four? Or intelligent ones? What level of intelligence did they have?"
"They can organize zombies to attack human bases."