Time flew by as Wang Zheng researched the information.

Li Liang didn't get off work until after 8 p.m., and she also brought back meat from the strange beast. Wang Zheng couldn't wait to cook it for himself, but Wang Shengrong chased him out of the kitchen.

After a long wait, the food was finally served, and Wang Zheng immediately began to eat heartily. If his guess was correct, his strength could improve rapidly.

After quickly finishing all the beast meat, Wang Zheng excitedly slapped his thigh. The spiritual energy value on the data panel had risen to 103, a significant increase.

Without a second's hesitation, Wang Zheng decided to confront his mother directly, after all, he had witnessed her status in the research institute today.

With his mother protecting him, he could quickly improve his superpower level, and he had no way to come into contact with alien beasts, as alien beast ingredients were not available on the market.

"Mom, eating the meat of exotic beasts can increase my spiritual energy limit."

Wang Zheng said directly.

Li Liang was caught off guard and didn't react immediately.

"Everyone can increase their spiritual energy limit by eating the meat of exotic beasts, which are animals that have mutated after absorbing spiritual energy."

Their flesh contains spiritual energy, and long-term consumption will increase the upper limit of spiritual energy more quickly. This is knowledge you will learn after you go to university.

By the way, your application for natural awakening has been submitted, and I expect a university will be offering you a special admission soon. Currently, the best universities in China are definitely Beijing University and Shanghai University. Your parents will support you wherever you choose; the choice is yours.

Wang Zheng shook his head and slowly said:

"Mom, you didn't understand what I meant. I meant that after I finished eating this plate of meat, I could feel that my spiritual energy limit had increased directly."

And this is the second time I've had this feeling today; the first time was after lunch at the research institute.

If you are still worried, I can go to the research institute for another test tomorrow. However, I hope you can keep this confidential for now. I can cooperate with your research, but I am not comfortable if outsiders find out.

As for the university you mentioned, I have also considered it.

Jingnan University is one of the top universities in the country. If you can provide enough alien beast meat, I can quickly improve my ability level.

Moreover, staying in southern Beijing is firstly close to home, and secondly, even if my abnormality is discovered, you can protect me.

I don't want to have to carefully hide myself in Beijing or Shanghai. What if I get discovered, arrested, and dissected?

Looking at Wang Zheng, Li Liang realized that her son had truly matured. With such a special talent, his first thought was not to show off but to consider his own safety. However, she still needed to give him a good talking-to and not let him get too carried away.

"There are so many undiscovered superpowers now. We're too busy protecting even the smallest special case we find. Who said it would be sliced ​​up? That's nonsense!"

However, what you said makes some sense. Don't rush into choosing a school, since you still have two months until summer vacation.

The data from the tests at the research institute will be stored. I'll bring back a small testing instrument tomorrow to confirm that this isn't just your perception being wrong, then we can discuss anything else.

Seeing his mother support his decision, Wang Zheng's thoughts took flight. He imagined that if he could eat a few more meals a day, he could raise an A-level Awakener in a year or two. Just thinking about it made his mouth water.

"Mom, where does this beast meat come from? Can it be obtained in large quantities? I just calculated that if I eat ten meals a day, my upper limit will increase by more than ten points a day on average, and I can reach A-level in a year."

Li Liang shattered Wang Zheng's illusions: "Ten meals a day? Do you think this beast meat is as common as cabbage?"

The food I give you is all deducted from my ration. As a logistics worker, it's very difficult to obtain a large amount of alien beast materials without going to the front lines.

Moreover, not all exotic beast meat is edible; each type is first collected by the government and then processed in a special way before being distributed.

If I gave it to you directly, you would have gone crazy long ago.

People tried to eat them years ago and went insane. Even after so many years of research, our understanding of these mythical creatures is still far from complete.

I'm warning you, you can't just eat unprocessed exotic animals anymore!

Of course, it would be best if you didn't go to the front lines. Ideally, you should choose a humanities major in college and become a logistics researcher; that would be a good career path.

Li Liang went off-topic as she spoke, which made Wang Zheng feel like he had been doused with cold water.

I thought I could take off directly, but it turns out this shortcut wasn't so easy.

Wang Zheng was thinking that even if he couldn't get them through legitimate channels, his mother was so powerful that she could get him some of the lowest-level alien beasts to help him get through the early stages. Later, when his ability level increased, he could be self-sufficient.

To my utter surprise, this meat requires special processing; it seems there's no hope at all.

Seeing Wang Zheng lower his head and remain silent, Wang Shengrong raised his hand and slapped him on the head. A flash of blue light appeared, and although Wang Zheng grimaced in pain, Wang Shengrong also felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

"You little brat, I think you're trying to rebel, and you even dare to fight back!"

He raised his leg to kick Wang Zheng's butt, but then remembered his superpower and stopped himself in time.

Wang Zheng has been beaten by Wang Shengrong for two lifetimes, and now he's finally standing up for himself.

Without dodging or flinching, he shouted, "This is a passive skill of mine, it triggers automatically and can't be turned off. If you hit me, it's the same as hitting yourself. Go ahead and hit me!"

Seeing the father and son bickering, Li Liang smiled helplessly and picked up her rice bowl, heading towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Wang Shengrong immediately snatched the work away and said with a smile, "How can I let you, such a great scientist, do this? I'll do it, I'll do it."

This kid has just awakened and doesn't understand anything. You should talk to him more, lest he become arrogant and cause trouble that ruins his future.

Wang Zheng secretly gave his father a thumbs up, then asked, "Mom, you keep talking about strange beasts and the front lines, but none of us have seen any in all these years. Are strange beasts really that dangerous?"

Li Liang thought that her husband's words made sense. Although she would learn all this knowledge in college, she was worried that her son, who had just awakened, was already thinking of becoming an A-level in a year. She was afraid that Wang Zheng would be too ambitious. It was not a bad thing to tell him some things in advance.

"You didn't see it because our Jiangnan Province is located in a plain area with few mountains and forests, so there weren't many wild animals to begin with."

In inland areas such as Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, and Yunnan, many former suburban and rural areas have been completely destroyed, making it impossible for people to survive.

Many roads are completely covered by forest vegetation, making even intercity transportation very inconvenient.

Moreover, since the appearance of the cave, the landscape has changed, and the forest has been expanding continuously.

Countless soldiers and awakened beings are stationed inland, guarding the city and clearing out the alien beasts.

As you know, since the alien beasts evolved, firearms have become ineffective against them; ordinary bullets simply cannot penetrate their fur.

Research into spiritual energy bullets has made no progress, leaving the fight against the alien beasts reliant on awakened individuals. This is why the government provides free spiritual energy potions to help people awaken.