Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 4 Consumption

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He knew in his heart that this was more than just mental exhaustion.

What's even worse is that my current physical fitness can no longer keep up with the shadow's abilities.

This feeling of helplessness, fueled by hunger, made him feel even more uncomfortable.

Hu Xiaobei held his breath, steadied his body, and walked back to his desk with difficulty.

He held the countertop with one hand and reached for the drawer with the other tremblingly.

After rummaging around for a while, he pulled out two bags of instant noodles, three bags of small breads, and a few chocolates the size of wedding candies.

I just opened the outer packaging of the chocolate candy and put it in my mouth to chew quickly.

The movements of his hands were not slow at all. He stuffed the small piece of bread into his mouth in just a few seconds and swallowed it whole. His throat rose and fell slightly due to the rapid swallowing.

It was not until I had chewed up all the instant noodles and there was no more food around that the agonizing hunger began to ease a little, like the receding tide.

I rested for a few more minutes until I felt that my physical condition had improved a lot.

Hu Xiaobei then took his lunch box, walked out of the dormitory with lingering fear, and walked quickly towards the cafeteria. His back seemed to still retain some fear and panic of surviving a disaster.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, looking at the long and short queues in front of each window, Hu Xiaobei walked straight to a window with relatively fewer people.

"Here you are. What would you like to eat?" the aunt serving the food asked enthusiastically.

"Auntie, could you please get me some braised pork, some stir-fried broccoli, and this..."

Hu Xiaobei's eyes lit up as he looked at the dishes in the window, but he still pointed at them politely.

The aunt responded while using a large spoon to scoop up the food. Her movements were very skillful and the amount she scooped was obviously much larger than what she gave to others.

Hu Xiaobei responded with a shy smile, feeling a little embarrassed.

The aunt said with a smile of comfort and encouragement: "Child, you look so thin, eat more, the college entrance examination is coming soon, you must work hard!"

Hu Xiaobei thanked him repeatedly, took the full plate and sat aside, and began to wolf down the food impatiently.

Just after Hu Xiaobei got his food and left, the students in the queue next to him stared at the woman serving the food, frowning slightly and muttering quietly, "Hey, that's strange! Why aren't the woman serving the food's hands shaking today?"

When another classmate heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a hint of joy. He quickly returned the glance, full of expectation, and lowered his voice: "Hehe, isn't that even better? I hope her hands don't shake later."

But when it was their turn to serve the food, the auntie seemed to have suddenly "awakened" her professional instinct, and the hand holding the spoon began to tremble uncontrollably again.

I saw the piece of meat in the spoon like a naughty elf, jumping around the edge of the spoon and jumping back into the bowl one by one.

The two students who were full of expectations just now suddenly widened their eyes and their mouths unconsciously opened into an "O" shape, with an expression of disbelief, but helplessness.

Hu Xiaobei felt the food quickly entering his stomach, but he still felt hungry. It was obvious that one meal was far from enough.

So I bought two more meals in batches from different windows and ate three servings of food in a row until my stomach felt a little bloated. Then I bought another meal and took it back to the dormitory for later use.

When he returned to the dormitory, his roommates had not come back yet. Taking advantage of a full meal, he started studying hard again.

This time he won't do it blindly like before. After memorizing a page of words, Hu Xiaobei will take a break for one or two minutes.

In this way, with the same one hour of study time, the number of words memorized is not much different, but the energy consumption is completely different.

The lunch meal alone can withstand such consumption four or five times.

Thinking of this, Hu Xiaobei couldn't help but feel full of doubts.

Originally, he had always thought that the consumption of shadow ability was purely in terms of mental strength, and perhaps it would take a certain amount of rest or sleep to recover.

But what no one expected was that the mental consumption of the shadow ability could be replenished in disguise during the process of eating.

HP and MP in the game are clearly divided into red and blue potions, but my current shadow ability is different. Not only is it decoupled from my superpowers, but the recovery method is also linked to myself.

"Xiaobei, it's time for the mock exam." A reminder came from the roommate.

Hu Xiaobei finally came to his senses, responded with a word, cleaned up the desk, took a pen, and rushed to the temporary examination room.

The liberal arts exam lasts 150 minutes and is scored 300 points. It consists of 35 multiple-choice questions, 11 on geography, 12 on politics, and 4 on history, each worth 140 points, for a total of points.

Although I can no longer remember the contents of the textbook, I still know some common sense about liberal arts.

Therefore, Hu Xiaobei planned to challenge his weaknesses and first rely on his strength to answer some multiple-choice questions that he was confident of.

As for the part that you don’t know how to do, you can continue with the operations in the morning.

As the mock test papers were handed out, Hu Xiaobei's eyes seemed to be burning with a fiery flame, and he devoted himself to answering the questions wholeheartedly.

His eyes moved rapidly across the test paper, and the pen in his hand seemed to be given life, dancing on the pages. The rustling sound was like a charge horn, constantly urging him to challenge the next question.

Soon, twenty minutes passed.

Hu Xiaobei breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes flashing with brilliance as he scanned the paper. He saw that out of the 35 multiple-choice questions, the answers to 7 of them had been neatly written down.

Haha, it’s me who is worthy of being so strong.

As for the remaining few multiple-choice questions, let the selection formula put an end to them!

Hu Xiaobei raised the corners of his mouth slightly and muttered to himself.

His eyes gradually became sharp, and the pen in his hand was like a peerless sword. He tapped the questions lightly following the formula, and the answers were written down in an instant.

Every time he answered a question, he became more confident.

The formula seemed to be the key to open the treasure house of knowledge, making the remaining multiple-choice questions clear to him.

While the students around him were still racking their brains, he answered quickly, as if flowing water.

In just a few minutes, Hu Xiaobei had answered the remaining multiple-choice questions one by one.

I looked at the time and even had some time to check it out.

Well, there's nothing wrong, you can hand in your paper now.

This time, Hu Xiaobei learned from his experience and tiptoed to the podium.

But just as he handed the test paper to the teacher, a slight gasp was heard around him.

The classmates' eyes were fixed on him like spotlights, with expressions of surprise, suspicion, disdain, and admiration.

Only a small murmur could be heard: "Why is this guy always so fast?"

Hu Xiaobei didn't respond, but secretly said in his heart: You are fast, all the men in your family are fast.

While no one was reacting, he quickly handed in the paper and left quietly.

After jogging all the way back to the dormitory, Hu Xiaobei opened his English book and skillfully turned to the vocabulary summary table.

The English mock exam doesn’t start until four o’clock, so it’s still early and I can still study for two hours.

Hu Xiaobei followed his previous learning method, taking a one or two minute break after memorizing each page of words.

As time passed, there were only about twenty minutes left before the English mock exam.

Hu Xiaobei sensed some evolutionary information. The degree of evolution was 0.23% in the morning, and then he studied for a total of three hours.

At this time, the shadow's evolution level has reached about 0.87%. There may be some deviations, but not too much.

After all, it's not a system or a panel, so we can't be so demanding. We should be content with being able to perceive it to this level.

After just four hours of study, Hu Xiaobei had memorized nearly 4000 English words.

It can be said that he has mastered the basic English vocabulary required by an average high school student.

Although I haven't reviewed grammar at all, I should be able to cope with the exam, right?

Before Hu Xiaobei could think about it, he felt the familiar feeling of hunger in his stomach again.

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(End of this chapter)