The Inspectors' Tax Burden

After Zhang Chenguang left, everyone else got up and headed outside.

However, before they left, they would subconsciously glance at Shen Heng behind them one last time.

Although Zhang Chenguang had already used his abilities to replay what Shen Heng had done for them, they still felt a little emotional.

No wonder he's a powerhouse who managed to squeeze into the first training camp with only a D-Class ability.

"Shen Heng, how did you come up with the idea of going to the tunnel?" Zhou Xuan walked over and asked curiously.

Beside him were Cao Mingyu and Fang Ran.

Shen Heng glanced at the group and explained:

"Didn't someone just say that Instructor Yan Yu mentioned that tunnels can amplify sound waves!"

"But Yan Yu never said it could be amplified to that extent. How could you dare to attract so many Calamity Beast without knowing the details?" Zhou Xuan retorted.

Cao Mingyu and Fang Ran also looked at Shen Heng with some curiosity.

Shen Heng replied, "After learning that sound waves could be amplified and weakened, I specifically researched relevant sound wave data and learned about the tunnel's reflection and resonance of sound waves."

"Oh--" Zhou Xuan drawled, raising his hand to rub his chin thoughtfully, "Then what kind of environment enhances my abilities the most?"

"Your abilities are quite special. In the future, you can consider inviting gods of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) and all the gods that can be involved in different environments. This way, no matter what the situation, it will be an advantageous place for you!" Shen Heng said.

"Hmm, that makes sense!" Zhou Xuan raised his hand and stroked his chin.

"And then you..." Shen Heng looked at Cao Mingyu and Fang Ran.

"I don't need you to tell me, my abilities will neither be enhanced nor weakened by the environment!" Cao Mingyu declared loudly.

"I know that too!" Fang Ran nodded in agreement.

Shen Heng nodded.

Cao Mingyu's ability is Physical Fitness Enhancement, which only affects himself.

There is indeed no dominant or weak aspect to this type of ability.

Fang Ran's Touch of Ten Thousand Trees is also very simple: the more trees there are, the greater the advantage he has.

Except for a few places like the Gobi Desert, deserts, and the sea, most other places have some plants to varying degrees.

It may not be everywhere, but it won't be too far away. As long as he can lead it to places with plants, he can gain some advantage.

However, his performance in these two simulated combat training sessions was poor. In his words, it was because his abilities consumed too much of his Origin Power.

Even luring the Calamity Beast to the roadside and manipulating the trees to attack them requires a significant amount of Origin Power.

Is it because trees are real creations, unlike plasma states like flames, that they require more Origin Power?... Shen Heng pondered.

"By the way, Brother Shen Heng," Cao Mingyu suddenly looked at Shen Heng seriously.

"You need to keep an eye on Yang Xu during the later combat simulation training. You took his spot this time, and knowing how cunning that guy is, he might cause you trouble if you run into him later!"

"Yes, I know. But don't worry, I'm avoiding people and Calamity Beast, so even if he wants to find me, he won't be able to!" Shen Heng nodded in response.

Even without Cao Mingyu saying it, Shen Heng understood that he had a sufficient awareness of his own combat capabilities.

Although he came in third place in this simulation, it was only because the environment amplified his abilities.

If Yang Xu were to fight him one-on-one, he would definitely lose, after all, the opponent's A-Class ability was no joke.

Unless the other party fights him inside the tunnel, but after what happened today, only a fool would fight him inside the tunnel.

"That's good!" Cao Mingyu nodded, then asked, "Would you like to come to the advanced Origin Power room together this afternoon?"

"Hey, hey, hey, you two can talk about this yourselves. It's time to eat now that training is over!" Zhou Xuan called out from the side.

Shen Heng smiled.

Let's go eat first.

In the afternoon, at the research building.

After finishing their theoretical lessons Cao Mingyu and Shen Heng walked together toward the advanced Origin Power room.

"Actually, there's not much difference between the advanced Origin Power chamber and the ordinary Origin Power chamber below. The Origin Power concentration inside will be slightly higher, but not by much. The main difference is..."

Cao Mingyu explained as he walked forward.

Compared to Shen Heng, he was already quite familiar with this place, after all, this was his sixth time here.

The two arrived at the top floor during their conversation.

"I don't need to tell you which rooms are empty and which are occupied, do I?" Cao Mingyu asked.

"No need," Shen Heng replied.

On their left and right sides, there are three advanced Origin Power chambers on each side.

Two of the booths had red lights on at the entrance, indicating that someone was inside; the others were empty.

"Okay, I'll go in first then. If you need to leave in the middle, remember to swipe your ID, otherwise he'll still record the time," Cao Mingyu instructed.

Shen Heng nodded to indicate that he understood.

The two each chose a room, then took out their ID cards and swiped them on a card reader that resembled facial recognition.

"Welcome, Inspector Shen Heng! You have 6 hours of usage time remaining today!" a soft female voice announced from the time clock.

(It's been revised. The original plan of having to sleep and train for 12 hours a day didn't seem very reasonable. Of course, it also has other uses.)

Shen Heng glanced at his own image and the time displayed on his head on the time clock, then stepped inside.

As I stepped into the Origin Power Chamber, the familiar feeling of abundant Origin Power enveloped me once again.

"It's a bit denser than the regular Origin Power chamber downstairs, but it's still not five times denser!"

Shen Heng sensed the concentration of Origin Power in the room, then looked up at the light hanging on the ceiling.

"Six Tier 3 Origin Crystal? That's 36 in six Origin Power Chambers."

"Adding the 30 ordinary Origin Power rooms downstairs, this is almost equivalent to a province's annual tax burden."

Thinking of this, Shen Heng couldn't help but chuckle:

"Using the tax burden of an entire province for a year to run a training camp is indeed a huge expense for headquarters, especially considering that other places also need to use Origin Crystal."

The idea about the tax burden came to Wei Leyang and Wu Cheng immediately after Shen Heng explained the reasons for organizing the training camp.

They stated that this practice of killing the Calamity Beast and then handing Calamity Beast all over was like collecting taxes from the inspectors.

"I'll send a message tonight, after all, I've been away for almost a week..." Shen Heng murmured.

He walked to the center of the room and sat down, his fingers spread and clasped to his chest.

The Origin Power within his body surged like magma, continuously flowing towards his heart.

With the injection of Origin Power, the originally slow heart rate suddenly increased, its contractions and expansions sounding like the beating of a drum.

Blood, along with the thunderous heartbeat, was pumped throughout the body...

After exhausting his internal Origin Power, Shen Heng began practicing the Heavenly Cycle Breathing Technique.

After replenishing his Origin Power, he began to temper his body, either his Body Tempering, Bone Tempering, or Blood Tempering.