Team Introductions

Shen Heng's hand holding the Azure Talisman Jade froze, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly involuntarily.

The daily reconnaissance missions at the base during this period, as well as the points he could earn after returning from this exploration trip, made him feel that he might not be so limited by points anymore.

I never expected to get so many points just from casually seeing a prop.

One hundred thousand!

Even for Shen Heng, even in the Erosion Zone, it would probably take him more than half a year to gather enough!

Li Daoyi couldn't help but smile when he saw Shen Heng's expression.

"Alright, stop dawdling and hurry up!"

Shen Heng snapped out of his daze, let out a soft breath, and carefully put the Azure Talisman Jade away from his body.

"Thank you very much, Daoist Master!"

"Yeah, coming back alive is better than anything. Go on." Li Daoyi waved his hand, reverting to his nonchalant demeanor.

Shen Heng nodded slightly, then turned and left.

A moment later, he arrived at the designated location.

Han Ling and the others were already waiting here.

Upon noticing Shen Heng's arrival, they all turned their gazes towards him.

Han Ling, reaching for her gun sling; Zhou Xuan, a grin spreading across his face, his expression slightly excited; Wang Hu, arms crossed, looking over; Qin Yu, standing motionless, expressionless...

His gaze passed over the group and landed on the vast wilderness behind them, and the mountain shadows beyond it.

Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and calmly looked at the group.

Let's go!

night.

A faint light shone from a mud house.

Shen Heng sat on the ground, poking at the fire with a dry stick.

Today they walked a little over a hundred kilometers, and... well, they didn't find anything.

Then, under the cover of night, we continued our journey for a while before finally deciding to stop and rest here.

Han Ling sat down next to Shen Heng, her gaze fixed on the figure who was constantly taking things out of his backpack.

"What is he going to do with those things?" Han Ling asked, turning her gaze away with some confusion.

Shen Heng looked up and glanced at it.

Zhou Xuan was seen taking out familiar items from his backpack: an incense burner, an offering table, bottled water...

The only change is that the pastries and shortbread have been replaced with the Calamity Beast!

Beside him, Wang Hu also frowned and stared in that direction, completely baffled as to what Zhou Xuan was up to.

Mineral water and the Calamity Beast are fine, but what's with the incense burner and the offering table?

Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and looked back at the campfire.

"Burning incense and worshipping the gods."

"Burning incense and praying to the gods?" Han Ling frowned slightly, her eyes showing some incomprehension.

She wasn't unaware of this behavior; it's a matter of faith, and it's perfectly normal for some people to have it.

But... this was the first time in her more than twenty years that she had seen someone so devout, not even forgetting to make offerings while on a mission!

"Hmm... it's hard to explain in a short time, you'll find out soon!" Shen Heng said thoughtfully.

Upon hearing this, Han Ling looked over again.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhou Xuan placed the offering table flat on the ground and then put the incense burner on it.

After confirming that the incense burner was stable, he placed the Calamity Beast and mineral water he had just taken out on it, and then took out three incense sticks.

"Lord of the Land, today's offerings will be a bit less than ideal, please don't blame me. After all, circumstances are different, and I don't have anywhere to get you as many..."

The confession was finished quickly.

Without waiting for anyone to ask, Zhou Xuan took out three more incense sticks and lit them.

"Lord City God..."

"Lord River God..."

"Duke of Thunder, Goddess of Mother of Lightning..."

After a long while, looking at the incense burner where the incense had burned out, Zhou Xuan's lips curled into a smile.

"You've become less devout. I remember you used to wait until all the incense had burned before you started offering to the next one." Shen Heng poked at the fire, his gaze turning to Zhou Xuan.

"Ugh, don't even mention it. It was fine before, but if things continue like this, just the offerings will take me two or three hours!" Zhou Xuan waved his hand.

Shen Heng chuckled softly.

Wang Hu sat cross-legged with his arms crossed. He frowned as he listened to their conversation, then looked at Zhou Xuan and said in a deep voice:

"What were you doing just now? A normal person, even if they make offerings, would only make offerings to one person, and only to the one who is more efficacious and holds a higher position. Why did you make offerings to a bunch of seemingly unrelated people?"

"Oh, this is a problem with my abilities; this will help me use them quickly!" Zhou Xuan explained.

"Use your abilities quickly?" Wang Hu frowned even more deeply.

Shen Heng glanced at Han Ling, who was also puzzled, and Qin Yu, whose face remained expressionless.

"Let's take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and explain the effects of our abilities to facilitate future cooperation."

Upon hearing this, the group looked over.

"I'll start," Shen Heng continued.

"Ability: Listening to the Cries of All Living Beings, B-Class."

"The effect is the ability to hear sounds from extremely far away, along with a certain degree of Sound Wave Manipulation and emotion regulation."

"Because it's only B-Class ability and consists of a combination of multiple abilities, the strength of any single ability isn't very high."

"The combat style primarily relies on sonic attacks and close-quarters combat."

B-Class, hearing, sound waves, emotions?... The more Wang Hu listened, the deeper his brows furrowed. He looked at Shen Heng and said with a frown:

"Wait, your ability is B-Class, and it has nothing to do with physical fitness?"

"Hmm, it's irrelevant." Shen Heng looked calmly at Wang Hu.

"Then what happened when you fought me yesterday? Don't tell me that a B-Class ability, which has nothing to do with physical strength, could fight me to that extent!!" Wang Hu frowned, looking at Shen Heng with a serious expression.

Similarly, Zhou Xuan and Qin Yu also looked over with puzzled expressions.

Among them, Zhou Xuan was relatively better off, after all, he had spent some time with Shen Heng in the training camp, and the only thing he didn't understand was how Shen Heng could use his abilities to this extent.

"My abilities themselves do not provide any boost to physical attributes, but based on them, I have developed another combat technique. The boost to physical attributes mainly depends on this combat technique," Shen Heng said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu's brows remained furrowed, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

Is it based on capability development?

He just said his abilities include hearing, sound waves, and emotions...

Hearing ability doesn't seem to have much to do with physical fitness?

What does sound wave have to do with physical fitness?

Does anger cause the body's functions to temporarily exceed their limits?

Han Ling glanced at Wang Hu, and seeing that he didn't seem to intend to ask any more questions, she steered the conversation back on track.

She introduced herself as follows:

"Ability: Explosion, A-Class. The effect is that it adds Explosion properties to attacks, causing massive damage."

"The combat style is primarily based on long-range sniping."

"Then it's my turn!" Zhou Xuan chimed in from behind.

He turned his head and looked at the group of people, saying:

"My ability is to God Invocation, A-Class."

"The effect is to God Invocation's possession, and during this period, briefly use that deity's abilities..."