Shen Heng stared somewhat stiffly at the girl and dog standing at the door.
The girl was wearing a sky-blue knitted cardigan over a mustard yellow T-shirt.
Beside her, a Chinese rural dog turned its head from side to side, staring straight at her.
Shen Heng's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
Because he was inside the Supervision Bureau, and there were other people's training rooms further down the corridor, he didn't pay much attention to the footsteps outside.
By the time he realized someone was opening the door to come in, it was too late.
Although the final snoring sound was silenced by itself, the ripples from the preceding snoring sound had already reached the girl.
In other words, the other party definitely heard it!
Thinking of this, Shen Heng's lips twitched slightly.
Why simulate a pig when you have nothing better to do?
Well, now my lifelong reputation is about to be ruined!
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then spoke somewhat stiffly.
"What's up?"
Le Gu Nan snapped out of his daze, instinctively looking to the side, and said:
"Um, it's time to eat!"
"Okay!" Shen Heng nodded and walked towards Le Gu Nan.
The two walked silently down the corridor.
As he stepped onto the stairs leading upstairs, Shen Heng thought for a long time before finally deciding to explain:
"After my ability is upgraded, I can imitate other voices."
"Oh!" Le Gu Nan nodded.
So I was just testing out my new ability.
"Um!"
"Because I wasn't sure what my abilities were up to, I simulated various sounds—other people's, natural sounds, or, uh, animal sounds."
"Um!"
So I was really just testing out my new ability.
"Um!"
Hearing those brief responses, Shen Heng couldn't help but twitch his lips twice.
He suddenly realized that no matter how he explained it, he had indeed just imitated a pig's squeal.
In other words, what we need to do now is not to talk about this, but rather...
There was a moment of silence on the stairs, then another voice rang out.
"So, could you please keep what happened just now a secret?"
Le Gu Nan suddenly stopped, turned around to face him, and said nothing.
Seeing this, Shen Heng's heart beat a little faster.
"Pfft--"
Suddenly, the girl chuckled softly, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret, but..."
Her cheeks flushed slightly.
"Actually, it's quite cute, much more interesting than I imagined superhuman training to be."
Hearing that Le Gu Nan would keep it a secret, Shen Heng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He smiled and said:
"It would be better if you could replace 'cute' with something like 'quite original'!"
"Pfft--"
Le Gu Nan chuckled softly.
Seeing this, Shen Heng couldn't help but chuckle.
Beside the two, Dahuang barked twice, seemingly indicating that it had heard them too.
However, Shen Heng wasn't so polite to the speechless Dahuang.
He glared at Dahuang.
"What are you looking at!"
Dahuang was slightly taken aback, its dog face filled with disbelief.
It seems they never expected that the same experience would result in such drastically different treatment.
The next moment, it began barking wildly around Shen Heng.
"Woof woof--!"
The barking continued all the way up to the restaurant on the third floor.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, Dahuang ran to the side of the others.
It barked at Shen Heng while turning its head to make "humph... humph..." sounds towards the crowd.
Is this dog copying me?... Shen Heng watched the scene with a smile in his eyes. Teasing the dog occasionally was quite amusing.
However, those who haven't experienced what just happened don't know why Dahuang acted that way.
Old Li looked at Dahuang with some doubt, then turned to look at Shen Heng and Le Gu Nan.
What's wrong with Dahuang?
Le Gu Nan's cheeks flushed slightly as she looked away.
Shen Heng chuckled and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I accidentally stepped on his tail when I came up!"
Upon hearing this, Dahuang couldn't help but bark angrily at Shen Heng a few more times. Then, seemingly realizing that others couldn't understand what he was saying, he started whimpering in a somewhat aggrieved manner.
However, to others, this appearance seemed to confirm Shen Heng's statement.
"Hey, Shen Heng, can't you watch where you're going? Have you apologized to Dahuang yet?" Han Ling said.
"I'd completely forgotten!" Shen Heng smiled and turned to Dahuang. "Sorry, Dahuang!"
Dahuang snorted, then turned its head to face Shen Heng with its rear end, slapping its tail on the ground as if to say, "I can't be bothered with you."
The crowd couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.
Dinner begins.
Wang Hai chewed as he looked at Shen Heng and asked:
Have you summarized the key skills?
Shen Heng nodded and explained the three abilities he had summarized.
"Okay, come with me later to assess your current ability level and register it," Wang Hai said.
"Good."
Shen Heng nodded in agreement, then looked at Wei Leyang, who had suddenly stood up.
" Shen Heng, thank you so much this time, otherwise I might really be gone!"
"It's alright. Besides, I only killed the Calamity Beast. Le Gu Nan did all the subsequent work, from removing the Calamity Beast," Shen Heng said.
"Yes, thank you too, Le Gu Nan!" Wei Leyang turned his head and said.
"You're welcome!" Le Gu Nan gently shook his head.
Beside her, Han Ling looked at Shen Heng's youthful face and couldn't help but sigh:
"Sigh, I advanced to Tier 2 in just six months, and my abilities even evolved once. I have no idea what I've been doing in the Supervision Bureau all these years."
"Yes, that's how I feel too!" Wei Leyang nodded.
"What's so great about feeling that way? Didn't you join us three years after me?" Han Ling rolled her eyes.
"But aren't you almost at the Third Tier?" Wei Leyang retorted.
"Alright, alright, none of you have grasped the key point!" Wu Cheng raised his hand to stop them.
"So what's the key point?" Han Ling turned her head to look.
"The key point is that Shen Heng's ability is actually passive!" Wu Cheng said.
Upon hearing this, the others immediately remembered and looked at Shen Heng.
"Yes, Shen Heng, why didn't you mention before that your ability is passive?" Han Ling asked.
"Back then, I didn't know that abilities could evolve, so I didn't think it was a big deal and didn't mention it," Shen Heng replied, taking a bite of his steak.
"Huh? This..." Han Ling opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
The people around were speechless for a moment.
"Well!"
Wu Cheng looked up at the ceiling and sighed:
"If only my ability were passive, I'd definitely be B-Class or even A-Class ability user by now!"
Han Ling and Wei Leyang nodded subconsciously, their minds racing as they imagined what level they could reach if their abilities were passive.
"That..."
Le Gu Nan suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively turned their gaze towards her.
Seeing this, Le Gu Nan took a light breath and continued:
"Actually, the passive state is very special, and the abilities that can fit into this state must be very special."