"Director Li, Wang Zheng has woken up." Xiao Zhang knocked on the conference room door.

Wang Zheng had just regained consciousness and was somewhat excited as he looked at the information in the upper right corner of his vision. Sure enough, the cheat system might be late, but it would definitely arrive.

The area that previously displayed spiritual energy value and the Heart of Thorns has been replaced with personal information. Following the previous steps, Wang Zheng focused his mind and silently recited the personal information, and then opened the personal panel.

Stamina: 70/110

Spiritual Energy Value: 20/100

Constitution: 11 (Affects stamina and defense)

Strength: 9

Intelligence: 8 (Elemental Adaptability)

Spirit: 7

Agility: 8 (Reflexes)

Heart of Thorns (After being hit by an attack, it deals 10% of the attack's damage as reflected damage to the attacker, plus an additional 1% of the attacker's HP as attribute damage.)

Looking at the detailed description of Thornheart, Wang Zheng seemed to hear the sound of his heart breaking. His dream of becoming a mage was shattered. Not only did he not awaken any elemental talents, but he also lacked defensive abilities. If he had to categorize it, he would be a "take-it-and-get-beaten-up" type.

Just as Wang Zheng was lamenting that his awakened abilities weren't strong enough, Li Liang walked over and said, "Xiao Zheng, how are you feeling now? Is there anything that's bothering you? Let's do another check-up and test your abilities while we're at it."

Wang Zheng immediately followed Li Liang and did another check-up.

Spiritual Energy Value: 21/100

Awakened: Abilities unknown

Li Liang then led Wang Zheng to an empty room with several mannequins in the center and some training equipment around it, clearly a testing ground. "Xiao Zheng, test your abilities, but be careful not to hurt yourself."

"Mom, I can sense that my talent is the counter-damage type, but it doesn't seem very strong." Wang Zheng said as he began to try to mobilize the spiritual energy in his body to activate his ability.

Wang Zheng silently activated the command, and saw green vines rapidly growing on his body, covered with dense, sharp thorns.

Li Liang touched the vines with her hand. These vines had no solid form, and her hand could pass right through them. Then she lightly punched Wang Zheng's arm. A flash of blue light appeared, and Li Liang felt as if her arm had been touched as well, and it felt a little numb.

"Xiao Zheng, how much spiritual energy do you consume? How long can you maintain your ability after activating it?"

Wang Zheng was somewhat surprised, as he hadn't felt any energy depletion; the data panel still showed 21/100.

Looking at the staff member taking notes next to him, Wang Zheng was momentarily at a loss for words.

At this moment, Li Liang also noticed Wang Zheng's unusual behavior and said, "Xiao Zhang, you can go and get back to work. I'll take care of the notes here myself. You all go and do your own things, and don't crowd around here." Then she took the tablet for taking notes.

Looking at the room where only the mother and son remained, Wang Zheng cautiously said, "I don't feel like I need to consume spiritual energy. I feel like this is a passive situation."

"Passive?" Li Liang was a little confused.

"This is a gaming term. It means that I don't need to do anything to trigger it automatically. I just need to choose whether to activate the ability, and then it can stay in the active state. I also feel like I can hide it so that it's not so conspicuous."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Zheng began to mobilize his spiritual energy, and the vines surrounding his body began to decrease and disappear one by one, eventually returning to their state before his talent was activated.

He felt a surge of spiritual energy on his body after activating the Thorn Heart ability. He casually moved his body and found that it seemed to have a certain impact on his perception.

Fortunately, turning the Thorn Heart on and off is very convenient. You can control the switch with just a thought, and turn it off when you don't need it, without much of an impact.

"Xiao Zheng, don't underestimate yourself. Your abilities are definitely not weak. Every Awakened One needs to consume spiritual energy to use their abilities. If your special ability can be maintained for a long time without consuming spiritual energy, then it is definitely not an ordinary talent."

And you need to understand that there are no weak abilities, only weak awakeners! If you can find the right development direction, you will definitely be very strong. It's just a pity that there haven't been any similar talents before, no cases to refer to. From now on, you'll have to rely on yourself.

Li Liang patted Wang Zheng's head to comfort him.

Wang Zheng was just a little disappointed that he hadn't been able to awaken his elemental talent. Moreover, only he knew that the talent he had awakened might not be the Thorn Heart. If it was, then what was the data panel he saw in his field of vision?

"Mom, I understand. I'm so hungry. When can we go back? I have class to attend."

"Okay, there are a few more simple tests to finish first, then Mom will take you to eat. I'll have your dad pick you up. You don't need to go to school today; your dad has already asked for leave for you." After that, Wang Zheng did some sprints, vertical jumps, and bench presses before the session was over.

Immediately afterwards, Li Liang took Wang Zheng to the cafeteria and specially instructed the chef to stew some exotic beast meat.

Wang Zheng was indeed hungry, and he quickly finished all the food. Then, under Li Liang's watchful eye, he got into Wang Shengrong's car.

After getting on the bus, Wang Shengrong didn't ask any more questions about his superpowers. It seems his mother had already told his father about it.

After returning home, Wang Zheng went straight to his bedroom and opened his data panel.

Spiritual Energy Value: 23/102

Seeing that his spiritual energy limit had increased by two points, Wang Zheng guessed that it was related to the meat of the alien beast he had eaten. After all, when his data panel suddenly appeared yesterday, it was also because he had eaten the alien beast meat. It seems that he should ask his mother to make more in the future.

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