Knowing when to back down

"Brother Shen Heng, how are you? Are you alright?"

Cao Mingyu asked Shen Heng.

Shen Heng glanced at Cao Mingyu seemed to be largely unaffected.

"You..."

The words had barely left his mouth when Shen Heng swallowed them back.

However, Cao Mingyu seemed to have figured out what Shen Heng wanted to ask, and smiled:

"Haha... I think I'm doing alright in this situation!"

Shen Heng nodded with slight effort.

Physical Fitness Enhancement directly improves one's physical condition.

This ability is indeed very effective when dealing with gravity.

but...

There are probably not many that can withstand gravity.

Within the Linhai Supervision Bureau, there isn't a single person with the ability to handle this situation.

I wonder how it is here?

Shen Heng turned his head to check on the situation of everyone on the training field.

It was observed that most people found it difficult to move after the increased gravity was applied.

Although, with the support of the Origin Power, it wasn't quite at the point of being unable to move, its speed was already no different from that of an ordinary person running.

There are only three that are relatively fast.

One was a girl with a short ponytail, and the wind was whistling beside her.

Is it a wind-related ability?... Shen Heng carefully observed the girl's movements.

It's clear that the opponent didn't use the wind to counteract much of the gravity; they were simply using it to make their movements smoother.

The other was the man who arrived after the girl.

A dark shadow was firmly covering his body.

This is...

As Shen Heng remained puzzled, Cao Mingyu explained beside him:

"That's Wu Hongxuan. His ability is A-Class Shadow Manipulation. He didn't tell me exactly what he can do, but judging from his current state, he can probably attach his shadow to himself to enhance his physical abilities."

Shen Heng nodded, his gaze falling on the last person— Zhou Xuan!

He was standing on the ground, the mound of earth beneath his feet propelling him forward; he was the fastest of the three.

Having spoken with Zhou Xuan, Shen Heng quickly understood his current state.

I requested the land, but...

Isn't that cheating?!

Aside from the effects of gravity on your body, there are absolutely no other consequences!

What's the difference between this and standing still?

Would the instructor allow that?

Sure enough, the next second, Chang Lei, who had noticed Zhou Xuan's actions, immediately started drinking.

"Hey kid standing on that mound of dirt, get down here! I told you to use your abilities to defy gravity, not to use them to replace running laps!"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Zhou Xuan jumped down from the mound of earth, somewhat embarrassed.

Cao Mingyu's smile faded, and he looked at Shen Heng.

"How about it, Brother Shen Heng? Are you sure you can do it?"

"No problem, I have a way to deal with it, but it certainly won't be as effective as yours. You can go now!" Shen Heng said.

"Are you really okay?" Cao Mingyu asked, somewhat uncertainly.

"Of course, and even if there are problems, shouldn't we still stick to our principles?" Shen Heng said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Cao Mingyu's face immediately broke into a wide smile.

"Ah, that's right, no matter what, we must persevere!"

"In that case, I'll be going now!"

"Um."

After Cao Mingyu left, Shen Heng took a deep breath, and his Origin Power began to flow slowly within his body.

He had originally stopped the flow in order to allow his body to be better tempered under the pressure of gravity.

But now, if he wants to move around a little more smoothly, flowing is his only option.

Within Shen Heng's body, invisible to the naked eye, a luminous white Origin Power flowed slowly.

Wherever the Origin Power passed, Shen Heng felt a slight swelling in his muscles, which was the physical enhancement brought about by the Origin Power.

A moment later, Shen Heng raised his arm, lowered it, raised it again, and lowered it again.

During this process, he constantly adjusted the amount of Origin Power · Flow within his body.

He only stopped controlling the Origin Power within his body once he felt that his movements were no longer too restricted.

"If you maintain your current state, can you probably last for two hours?"

Shen Heng sensed the Origin Power draining from his body as it struggled against gravity.

If you want to move more smoothly, you can increase the flow of internal Origin Power, but that will shorten the time you can sustain that movement.

Furthermore, if the goal is simply to train the body, there's no need to make your movements too smooth.

Like Shen Heng, the others, whose abilities were ineffective in resisting gravity, could only strengthen their bodies by attaching their Origin Power.

However, unlike Shen Heng, they cannot flow or make the Origin Power circulate throughout their bodies.

The only option is to continuously channel the Origin Power towards the torso and legs.

While it can achieve a similar effect, it consumes far too much Origin Power.

But that was beyond Shen Heng's control. He glanced ahead, then stepped forward against the force of gravity.

What followed was a long and tedious process of running laps.

One lap, two laps...

Half an hour later, noticing the depletion of their internal Origin Power, some began to try to slow down.

However, a reprimanding and urging voice soon came down on him.

Forced by circumstances, he had no choice but to accelerate again.

After that, whenever Chang Lei noticed someone trying to slow down, he would reprimand them.

Helpless, everyone could only continue to maintain the support of their bodies with the Origin Power.

However, their intention in slowing down was to reduce the consumption of Origin Power in resisting gravity. Now that their speed has increased again, Origin Power is inevitably being lost rapidly once more.

More than forty minutes later, someone ran out of Origin Power.

But the time hadn't come yet, so he could only grit his teeth and rely entirely on his physical strength to hold on.

Time continued to pass.

One hour and five minutes later.

"Damn it, isn't there anyone who couldn't hold on?"

Lü Wenrui, panting heavily, turned his head to look around.

All around, many people were slumped over, their steps weak and listless as they moved forward.

However, he showed no joy upon seeing it, because they had looked exactly like this just over ten minutes ago.

"No way, I don't believe you can hold out for another ten minutes!" Lü Wenrui said fiercely.

He believed his strength was not weak; he had exhausted his Origin Power Origin Power earlier, and they probably had too.

Everyone here is just barely hanging on by their own two feet; he refuses to believe he can't outdo them!

Five minutes later, Lü Wenrui, who had passed the starting point, walked towards Chang Lei.

Chang Lei glanced at him but didn't stop him.

Almost as soon as he returned to Chang Lei's side, several people who had already run over suddenly turned around and came back.

Upon seeing this, Lü Wenrui's face twitched involuntarily. He looked down at his somewhat plump arms.

"Damn it, I actually suffered because of my weight!"

After they went back, the number of people who persisted in running dropped rapidly.

In just over ten or twenty minutes.

Only four people remained running on the training field.

Cao Mingyu, Wu Hongxuan, Xiao Xiangtong, and...

Shen Heng!!