Settlement

Shen Heng glanced at the wristband, his gaze sweeping over the two locked in fierce combat before finally settling on Han Ling.

"The command center is calling me, I'm going over there!"

Upon hearing this, Han Ling looked at Shen Heng and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Shen Heng turned and walked towards the command center.

I wonder what the command center looks like... Lü Wenrui glanced at Shen Heng's departing figure, then turned his gaze to the two people who were engaged in fierce combat.

"Ugh, I wish I were that strong too. Calamity Beast, Origin Crystal, money..."

Meanwhile, in the command center.

After familiarizing himself with the verification process, Shen Heng once again entered the underground command center.

This time, the atmosphere in the command center was more relaxed, and there were fewer people than before.

However, the three main Military Department leaders were still present.

One was old, one was fat, and one was composed.

Among them, the old general and the fat officer were looking at paper documents and virtual images, respectively.

Hearing the noise, the two looked over.

Shen Heng nodded slightly to the two of them, then turned his gaze to the figure sitting at one side of the long table in the middle.

"Chief."

Zhang Weijun nodded slightly and raised his hand toward the stool on one side.

"Please sit down."

Shen Heng walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Zhang Weijun looked at Shen Heng, who had sat down, and said:

"Inspector Shen, I've come here mainly to talk to you about two things."

"One thing is what I mentioned before: I need you to dedicate some of your time each day to scouting the outside world, and to contact me immediately if a beast tide approaches."

"Eight days have passed since then, and you have successfully detected one beast tide attack."

Therefore, the final calculation shows that you can earn 4500 points over these days.

Zhang Weijun paused, then looked at Shen Heng and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"No." Shen Heng shook his head slightly.

Previously, it was said that if no Calamity Beast were discovered, the daily reward would be 500 points; once a calamity beast was discovered, the reward would increase to 1000 points.

Over eight days, seven days are awarded at 500 points each, and one day at 1000 points, so the total is indeed 4500 points.

Although, according to the current exchange rate of Origin Crystal in the Martial World Easy Exchange, you can only exchange 4.5 Tier Third Tier Origin Crystal.

However, the efficiency of earning points now far exceeds that of the past.

Even in the period before the two realms overlapped and deepened, one could generally only obtain around 2000 points per month.

Now, in just eight days, without doing much, I've earned the points that used to take me two months to accumulate.

"Furthermore," Zhang Weijun continued, looking at Shen Heng, "Regarding yesterday's battle, in the final moments you used your abilities to drive the Calamity Beast mad, thereby significantly reducing their Calamity Beast."

"Are they here?"... Shen Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't care about rankings, but he did care about the resources they represented.

"Two points." Zhang Weijun looked at Shen Heng and said seriously:

"One point is that the country will extract approximately 20% from the Origin Crystal as strategic reserves and to cover basic operating costs. I hope you can understand this."

Upon hearing this, Shen Heng raised his eyes in slight surprise, then slowly nodded.

He wasn't too surprised by this.

Compared to the previous situation outside the Erosion Zone where you were given both Origin Crystal and materials, this is clearly the normal situation.

After all, the operation of the state apparatus and defense system, including everything they enjoy now, requires enormous resources to function.

If things continue in the old way, the country will probably have a hard time obtaining mid- to high-level Origin Crystal.

After all, it's impossible to kill mid-to-high-level Calamity Beast with modern weapons.

Seeing this, Zhang Weijun breathed a sigh of relief.

He had initially thought the other party would object, given their contribution to yesterday's battle; if 20% were taken from them, the amount they would lose would probably be equivalent to the earnings of several other people.

Zhang Weijun continued:

"Secondly, when you intervened, many of the Calamity Beast had fought with other inspectors and were carrying some kind of injury."

"If they hadn't been injured, they might not have died while fighting each other with other Calamity Beast."

"Therefore, we will compensate the relevant personnel for this portion through evaluation."

"In other words, the loot you ultimately receive will definitely be less. I hope you're prepared."

Shen Heng thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

There's really not much to say about that.

Zhang Wei turned and exchanged a glance with the two officers beside him, then looked back at Shen Heng.

"In that case, let's talk about your contributions."

"Yesterday, under the influence of your power, over 1,200 Calamity Beast fought and died, most of them being first or Second Tier beasts, with over twenty being Fourth Tier beasts..."

Shen Heng sat in his seat, listening silently.

Yesterday, not all the Calamity Beast fought each other to the death.

A significant portion of them, as the fighting progressed, regained their senses; this group mainly consisted of Fourth Tier- and Third Tier Calamity Beast.

Once they regained their senses and realized something was wrong, they immediately ran away.

Later, after confirming that all the high-level Calamity Beast had left, and to prevent more Calamity Beast from escaping, Li Daoyi also took action and killed the remaining Calamity Beast.

After all, every escaped Calamity Beast means a loss of resources.

"So..."

Zhang Weijun paused, looked at Shen Heng, and asked:

"Do you want all the contributions from this mission converted into Origin Crystal, or would you like them to be distributed to you in the form of Origin Crystal plus points from your Supervision Bureau?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes. "Are we still allowed to choose?"

He thought for a moment and asked:

"As for Origin Crystal, are they all calculated as Fourth Tier?"

"Okay," Zhang Weijun nodded, "If you choose Origin Crystal, we will give you 20 Tier Fourth Tier Origin Crystal. If you want Origin Crystal + Points, we will give you 15 Fourth Tier Origin Crystal + 150,000 Points."

After a pause, Zhang Weijun added:

"This is what you'll get after deducting the two points I just mentioned."

Although he already knew in advance that he should receive a considerable reward, possibly even more than Han Ling's, Shen Heng still couldn't help but gasp when he actually said it.

Compared to this, the points earned from previous reconnaissance missions are just a drop in the ocean.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is unlikely to be replicated.

Having already learned from its experience once, the lion-like figure atop the mountain will likely not allow ordinary Calamity Beast to escalate to that extent again next time.

Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly, his mind quickly considering the two options.

20 Fourth Tier Origin Crystal and 15 Fourth Tier Origin Crystal + 150,000 points.

In other words, one set of four Origin Crystal is equivalent to 20,000 Points?

Currently, in the Martial World Easy Exchange, the lowest concentration of Third Tier Origin Crystal available for exchange is 1000 points, and the highest concentration is 3000 points.

To put it in perspective, one Fourth Tier Origin Crystal is equivalent to 10 Tier 3 High-Concentration Origin Crystal on the Martial World Easy Exchange.

But based on the capacity of the Origin Power within the Origin Crystal, it's probably more than that!

After all, when Shen Heng broke through to the Fourth Tier, the headquarters sent him more than a dozen Third Tier Origin Crystal with a high concentration.