At this point, only a few tourists remained, and even they couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Although she didn't know what they were doing, seeing Wang Zheng's pained expression, the older woman in front of her said with concern, "Young man, why don't you rest for a while? We'll be fine later."

The other tourists followed suit and echoed his sentiments.

Wang Zheng shook his head firmly, opened his mouth but didn't speak, as if he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Then he quickly took out a small bottle containing the Rejuvenation Potion from his storage ring, took a sip, and quickly put it back.

Then, with great difficulty, a beam of holy light was formed and shone upon the kind-hearted elder sister before him.

As his older sister's expression softened, Wang Zheng smiled too, though his smile looked more like a grimace.

Seeing that Wang Zheng was completely exhausted of spiritual energy, Chu Tianxing quickly handed him a spiritual energy crystal.

In an instant, Wang Zheng's eyes regained their sparkle.

His excellent acting skills and extremely fast drug-taking speed made it unnoticed by everyone that he still hadn't finished the Rejuvenation Potion.

'Yay!'

Seeing Gu Min and Dang Liantao's admiring faces, as well as their classmates and soldiers from the military region looking at them with adoration, and of course, most importantly, Old Man Chu who had finally taken the bait.

Wang Zheng mentally gave himself a thumbs up!

'It has to be you, the man who beats the Oscars!'

After the last tourist was seen off, Wang Zheng pretended to breathe a sigh of relief.

He quickly grasped the spiritual energy crystal given to him by Chu Tianxing, sat down cross-legged, and absorbed dozens of points of spiritual energy at an extremely slow pace.

"call--"

Looking at the slightly translucent crystal and the 598 points of spiritual energy limit, Wang Zheng let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and then put the spiritual energy crystal away.

Seeing that Wang Zheng had recovered, Gu Min kept praising him: "Great! This is the spirit of our new era awakened warriors!"

Chu Tianxing was secretly pleased to see Wang Zheng doing such a good job of saving face for him.

'I was the best teacher!'

As for Curly Hair, Liu Yi and Chu Xiaoman had already surrounded him, asking with concern if Wang Zheng was feeling unwell, because his pale face had been quite frightening just now.

After all, he really did lack spiritual energy and had exhausted it, but that was because he had been pretending to take medicine before, and hadn't actually taken any.

At this moment, Wang Zheng looked serious and said to the three of them, "As Awakened Ones, this is just the simplest training we do normally. It's just that it took a little longer today. It's nothing special."

All three of them secretly admired Wang Zheng after hearing his words.

That's what they say, but there aren't many people who can actually recover their spiritual energy in a short time after just consuming it.

This shows how hard Wang Zheng trains to allow his body to fully adapt to this state without any spiritual energy.

As for whether Wang Zheng actually practiced like that, only he himself knows.

Once Wang Zheng had fully recovered and stood up, Gu Min and Dang Liantao approached him.

Gu Min asked with a smile, "Xiao Wang, how are you feeling? Do you want to rest a little longer?"

Wang Zheng scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

He said honestly, "I don't need to rest, but I came here on an empty stomach this morning and was just about to have lunch when this happened. If you want to go back, could you wait until you've finished eating?"

Upon hearing Wang Zheng's words, Gu Min and Chu Tianxing burst into laughter, and even the soldiers around them couldn't help but laugh as well.

He's still just a kid. After doing something so big, all he wants is to fill his stomach first!

Gu Min happily agreed, and Qian Ruibo was also pleased. He instructed the kitchen to prepare a large batch of dishes and send them to everyone.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Gu Min finally spoke up, "Now let's go back and see what surprises you've brought to our research on the Heavenly Demon."

Afterwards, everyone packed up the equipment they had brought and began preparing to return home. Wang Zheng hadn't expected his outing to be so short; it had already ended after only a few hours.

So he told Curly and Liu Yi to have fun, and then he resolutely followed the military region's convoy.

This time, Qian Ruibo and his still unconscious elderly mother were also traveling with them, as was Chu Tianxing, who was there to prevent Wang Zheng from being abducted by the military region.

As for Chu Xiaoman, she's angry because her grandfather abandoned her after arriving, and now he and Wang Zheng are alone on the train back to Jingnan without her.

Curly and Liu Yi stared blankly at the convoy gradually disappearing into the distance, feeling a pang of sadness in their hearts.

We're all the same age and our awakening times are about the same, so is natural awakening really that powerful?

Is the gap between us really that big?

Although they didn't know what had happened during that time, they saw that there were both armed police and military personnel, and although it was Chu Xiaoman who called the police, the people who came still only took Wang Zheng inside.

At that moment, they knew that Wang Zheng must have resolved some crisis without anyone knowing.

Moreover, Chu Xiaoman probably knew the inside story, but she just wouldn't tell her when asked.

Speaking of Chu Xiaoman, she has already run back to the guesthouse, picked up her backpack, and is heading to the station in a huff.

Watching Chu Xiaoman's departing figure, Curly Hair, oblivious to the danger, asked, "Sister-in-law Xiaoman, are you going back by yourself?"

Touched on a sore spot, Chu Xiaoman turned around instantly and said fiercely, "If you keep shouting, I'll chop your heads off!"

After uttering those harsh words, he turned around and walked away with a flourish.

Only Curly Hair and Liu Yi remained, bewildered in the wind, looking at each other in confusion.

Are we still going on the picnic?

"Stay! Why wouldn't we stay? Brother Zheng paid for it!"