Zhan Wei flipped through the textbook beside them.

The Dai Zhi they were talking about was the top scorer in the mock exams. For him, being accepted into a prestigious high school as the top student was not really gossip-worthy. Right now, the most important thing for Zhan Wei was to study and memorize the knowledge points.

"I heard he got accepted because of his self-awakening." The classmate sitting in front of Zhan Wei also joined the discussion.

This caught Zhan Wei's attention.

Harmony Height High School recruited future Beast Masters, and the ability of the brain domain to self-awaken was naturally given top priority. Those who could successfully self-awaken often achieved greater success in the future compared to those who awakened through magnetic wave stimulation.

The first batch of awakened Beast Masters, over 30 million years ago, were all self-awakened. At that time, the proportion of Beast Masters in the population was only 0.01%, truly one in a million.

It wasn't until 2563 years ago when a researcher named Lee Ming Hoo discovered that the human brain domain could awaken the Beast Code through magnetic wave stimulation, that the era of Beast Masters truly began.

However, those who could successfully self-awaken were still the exceptional ones among them.

"Self-awakening?" Li Ming fell into deep thought. "Do you think it's still possible for me to curry favor with him now?"

The classmate in front of Li Ming shook their head. "Forget about it. If someone succeeds in getting accepted, they definitely wouldn't still be hanging around school. If you knew in advance that you could go to high school, would you still come to school?"

Li Ming agreed wholeheartedly.

"If I were to successfully self-awaken, would they accept me even if I fail in the academic subjects?" Zhan Wei took a deep breath, his expression serious.

This question successfully drew the attention of the three of them.

"Forget about failing, even if you scored zero, the school would still want you." The classmate in front of Zhan Wei teased.

"Forget about it, those who can successfully self-awaken are always top students, not the bottom of the class." Li Ming patted Zhan Wei's shoulder. "I had a dream like that just a few days ago."

Zhan Wei lowered his head and remained silent.

The three people thought he had been discouraged and stopped discussing the matter of self-awakening.

Who knew how much effort Zhan Wei had put in to restrain himself from bursting into laughter.

Self-awakening!

He had successfully self-awakened as soon as he arrived here!

At that time, he didn't know what it was and thought it was some kind of cheat. It wasn't until his memories merged that he realized it was the Beast Code that awakened at the age of 15.

Since everyone mostly awakened at 15, he didn't think much of it. He never expected the difference to be so significant!

No wonder Zhan Wei's original self was a poor student. Even after the memory fusion, he didn't realize the vast difference between self-awakening and awakening through magnetic wave stimulation.

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...

With the pressure of the entrance exam gone, Zhan Wei felt more relaxed when studying. He no longer just mechanically memorized knowledge points.

"Deep-haired turtle, belonging to the Earth element, often inhabits desert and tropical regions. Its eye socket is black and it is not good at swimming."

"You're a turtle, and you're not good at swimming?

Why are you a turtle if you can't swim?"

Why is a turtle like you an Earth attribute instead of a Water attribute?

[Steel-hearted rat should not be rained on, as its body is prone to rust and it prefers sunlight.]

Why would an extraordinary creature like you rust?

If your attribute is steel and you rust when exposed to rain, then why do you still like sunlight?

Aren't you afraid of oxidizing and rusting?

Seeing so much common sense made him want to complain.

But because of this, Zhan Wei didn't find it painful to look at these things. Instead, he found them quite interesting and didn't need to memorize them forcefully.

Soon, school was over.

Zhan Wei packed up his things and hadn't left his seat when a girl wearing black-framed glasses walked over. "Zhan Wei, the class teacher wants you to go to the office."

Zhan Wei paused for a moment. "I understand."

The girl with glasses was called Ma Xing, the class monitor in their class. She was used to such behavior of the teacher calling Zhan Wei to the office.

Being the perennial second-to-last in the class was a usual occurrence for Zhan Wei.

The original Zhan Wei was used to it, but the current Zhan Wei was not.

Especially when the teacher's spit sprayed onto his face.

"What's wrong with you! It's almost the high school entrance exam and you perform like this! How can you justify this to yourself! How can you justify this to your parents!"

Zhan Wei silently took a step back, "Tea...teacher, calm down."

That was close. He almost called the teacher "old classmate"...

"Calm down! How can I calm down with you like this! I've taught so many batches of students and have never seen someone as bad as you!" The teacher escalated, continuing the spit attack.

As the former academic overachiever in his previous life, Zhan Wei experienced such treatment for the first time. He silently took another step back, "There's a reason why I performed like this."

The teacher coldly asked, "What reason?"

"Actually, I self-awakened and my brain hasn't fully recovered."

At that moment, Zhan Wei felt quite proud of his wit.

"Hmph." The teacher sneered, "It seems that I've been too good to you all this time."

Zhan Wei looked confused. What does being good to me have to do with this?

The teacher took out a phone directory from the drawer and dialed a number after opening it.

Before long, the call was connected.

"Is this Zhan Wei's parent? I am Zhan Wei's class teacher. Do you have time to come to the school?"

Zhan Wei: "..."