Old Li seemed to have guessed what Shen Heng might be thinking, and said with a smile:
"This ability may not be of much use to you, but it's actually surprisingly useful to an old man like me."
Shen Heng nodded and continued to ask:
"What about Brother Zheng?"
Within the Supervision Bureau, he was unaware of the capabilities of only two people: Old Li, who was in charge of logistics, and Zheng Anlin.
" An Lin, his ability is to predict the weather," Old Li said.
Shen Heng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He seemed to have thought of something and said with some surprise:
"Can you only predict one day's time, and only your current location?"
"Hmm, do you know?" Old Li looked at Shen Heng with some doubt from the back row.
"Uh, I guess so..." Shen Heng replied.
He never imagined that the person who possessed one of the useless abilities he had heard about at the hospital was actually working at the Linhai City Supervision Bureau.
However, what surprised Shen Heng even more than this was...
"Wasn't Brother Zheng a combatant from the start? How come his abilities are like this?" Shen Heng asked.
Old Li sighed, "Back then, there were very few Calamity Beast, so the amount of Origin Crystal obtainable was limited, and naturally, even fewer people were able to awaken their powers."
"In that situation, there's no time to worry about whether your abilities are suitable for combat."
"Anyone who has awakened and is capable of cultivation will be recruited into the combat team."
"I only went because I was too old back then, otherwise I would have gone too."
Shen Heng nodded silently.
Speaking of the past, Old Li seemed to have many feelings. He sighed and continued:
"And back then, things were different from now. Every six months or a year, people would sacrifice themselves in the fight against the Calamity Beast."
"This situation continued until a few years ago, roughly the year before you joined, when it gradually came to a halt because Wang Hai advanced to the Third Tier."
"Then our personnel at the Linhai Supervision Bureau gradually became the same as they are now..."
Shen Heng listened silently as Old Li recounted who had worked in the Supervision Bureau in previous years.
Someone had clearly trained very hard, but due to an accident in battle, they sacrificed themselves.
Someone with very useful abilities died in the most ordinary task because of a flaw in their abilities.
Who had been in the Supervision Bureau for less than three months and hadn't even fully mastered their abilities before facing a Tier 2 Calamity Beast...?
The journey slowly came to an end, and the vehicle stopped at the entrance of Anhe Residential Complex.
" Old Li, we've arrived." Shen Heng sat in the driver's seat, looking at Old Li in the rearview mirror.
"Hmm." Old Li nodded slowly, but did not get out of the car immediately.
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then looked up at Shen Heng and said:
" Shen Heng, although you were the last to join the Supervision Bureau, you have excellent talent."
"Although I don't know your strength levels, I can tell from our casual conversations that you're definitely not the weakest one."
"In fact, in terms of prestige, besides Wang Hai, you're now the most prestigious person in the team."
"So, I hope..."
Seemingly tired from talking so much along the way, Li Jianguo paused for a moment.
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself before continuing:
"Therefore, I hope you can maintain the current team and try your best not to let anyone be sacrificed!"
Silence fell over the car.
After a long pause, a firm voice rang out.
"Yes, I will!"
A kind smile appeared on Li Jianguo's face.
"Then I'll be going now!"
"Um."
Click!
The car door opened, then quickly closed again.
Shen Heng sat in the driver's seat, quietly watching the old man and the dog disappear into the distance.
After a long while, as the two figures disappeared, he let out a soft breath and began his work.
Sound, convergence, upsampling, diffusion, echo, resolution...
Vehicle body, road, garden, gate...
The surrounding buildings gradually took shape in Shen Heng's mind.
He did not excessively pursue speed and range, but instead examined every space that was transmitted back.
He didn't miss a thing: the parking lot, the house, the corridor, even the gaps in the flower beds and some cabinets.
The Calamity Beast killed in both attacks were only Calamity Beast that had not yet reached a higher rank.
While this doesn't necessarily mean that the Calamity Beast is unranked or of a very low rank, the probability is high.
As for the unranked or First Tier Calamity Beast, depending on their species, many species are not very large during their unranked or First Tier periods.
Therefore, it's possible they're hiding in some obscure or remote places.
Shen Heng closed his eyes slightly, rapidly moving through space after space in his mind.
Even for him now, such refined application of his abilities is not so simple, and it is particularly mentally and physically demanding.
That's why he spent most of the night yesterday searching only two districts.
However, Shen Heng had no complaints about this; he saw it as a good opportunity to train his abilities and mental fortitude.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
That evening, Shen Heng found Wang Hai.
"Captain, we've searched the entire room, but we haven't found any creature that might be Calamity Beast."
"Have all possibilities been ruled out?" Wang Hai asked.
"As long as the Ruins Realm doesn't have any Calamity Beast that look basically the same as the animals in our world, then we can rule them out," Shen Heng said solemnly.
His Echolocation can only provide a depiction of form; it lacks color and other reactions.
Therefore, if a Calamity Beast looks exactly like a cat, dog, turtle, or parrot on Blue Star, he won't be able to identify it.
Hmm... This also shows that his current abilities in terms of perception are not yet perfect.
It would be even better if you could add colors, goal guidance, and Origin Power feedback from the Calamity Beast...
Hmm... the color is a bit lacking, it's okay if you don't have it;
However, it would be best if there were a goal-oriented approach and Origin Power feedback from the Calamity Beast.
Goal-oriented thinking allows you to quickly find your goals, instead of manually filtering them one by one through your brain.
The Origin Power feedback from the Calamity Beast can help quickly and accurately determine Calamity Beast level, rather than relying on what I've learned and making a general judgment based on the Calamity Beast's size.
However, this might be a bit difficult, since the body is relatively good at sealing off Origin Power.
Even if they see it up close, they still need to carefully perceive it to determine the other party's rank.
If the other party has cultivated a deeper control over Origin Power, even those of the same level will find it difficult to detect.
Upon hearing Shen Heng's assessment, Wang Hai nodded slightly.
"If that's the case, then let's leave it for now. The Calamity Beast has probably already left Linhai."
Shen Heng nodded; this was also his judgment.
"Alright, I just happened to need to talk to you," Wang Hai said.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Shen Heng looked at Wang Hai with some confusion.
"Take a look at this." Wang Hai took out his phone, tapped a few times, and handed it over.
Shen Heng took the phone with some confusion, his pupils contracting instinctively after he saw the contents on the screen.
This is a photograph, a photograph of the sky.
In the sky, a creature with pale white skin, resembling a bat, was flying...