If you were made a mascot, you would become a legend in the police force.

Li Tuantuan sat on the specially made reinforced solid wood floor of the dormitory, holding the transparent bead that Coal Ball had taken from "Spider-Man's" pocket in her hand. Coal Ball squatted on top of the water dispenser next to her, tilting its head to look.

"Brother, this thing is just an ordinary glass bead. You've been studying it for so long, have you figured out anything special about it?" Coal Ball flapped its wings, not forgetting to complain, "If you ask me, this is definitely a glass marble that thief used as a hidden weapon. Only you would treat it like a treasure."

Li Tuantuan ignored it, and was communicating with the system in her mind.

What exactly is this system?

[Ding! Low-purity spirit stone detected, containing trace amounts of spiritual energy. It is recommended that the host absorb it directly; it can slightly strengthen the physical body.]

Spirit stones? I read a lot of novels in my past life, so I know they're a form of hard currency.

Li Tuantuan felt a surge of excitement. In his past life, he had read those cultivation novels where the protagonists all relied on this thing to rise to power. He tried rubbing the bead against the bear's paw, but there was no reaction. He then held it up to the light, but the mist inside didn't move at all.

"How do I use this thing? Do I have to meditate?" Li Tuantuan wondered to himself. He tried to assume a five-point-to-the-sky posture, but his belly was too big and his legs were too short, so he couldn't curl up his two hind paws no matter what he did. In the end, he looked like a turtle with its shell turned upside down.

Coal Ball, laughing so hard he almost fell into the bucket, said, "Brother, are you going to put on a live acrobatic performance? Or are you going to do a pole dance for Lin Wan?"

"Get lost!" Li Tuantuan cursed in his mind. He made up his mind; since it was a foodie system, he would definitely solve the problem with his mouth.

He popped the bead into his mouth, intending to taste it first. But as soon as the bead touched his saliva, it became as slippery as if it had been coated with oil, and "slurp" it went right down his throat.

"belch--"

Li Tuantuan patted her chest. This panda's esophagus was ridiculously wide; swallowing a glass marble was no different than swallowing a candy bean.

Before he could react, it felt like a small sun had exploded in his stomach. A scalding hot current surged from the center of his abdomen to every part of his body. Li Tuantuan felt his bones were itching, and it felt like countless tiny ants were crawling under his skin.

The system interface was jumping around wildly, with rows of green data scrolling down like a waterfall.

[Ding! High-energy substance detected. Physical enhancement program activated!]

[Strength: 150 → 250!]

[Physical constitution: 180→250!]

Agility: 80 → 250!

You're implying something about me because of the system! Why are they all 250s?

Li Tuantuan felt like he could smash a tank with a single palm strike. He stood up, casually pinched the iron clothes hanger next to him, and the solid iron rod in his hand was as easy as noodles, easily forming a circle.

But this exhilarating feeling didn't last three seconds before an unprecedented emptiness rose from my stomach.

That wasn't just ordinary hunger; it was hunger that reached the very depths of my soul. It felt like my intestines were fighting amongst themselves, and the stomach acid was about to burn through my belly.

"I'm so hungry..."

Li Tuantuan's eyes lit up. He rushed to the fruit platter and devoured a whole bowl of apples, core and all, in three seconds. Not enough! He then opened the refrigerator door, and Old Ma's special braised beef, a five-pound can of braised pork, and three boxes of fresh milk were all gone in less than five minutes.

"Big brother, have you transformed into a glutton?" Coal Ball exclaimed in fright, flying onto the ceiling light. "Is your stomach connected to a black hole?"

Li Tuantuan couldn't hear anything. All he could think about was food. The refrigerator was empty, the cupboards were empty, and he even chewed up and swallowed the unopened bag of instant noodles on the corner of the table.

The hunger was still tormenting him. He turned his head and stared at the custom-made wooden bed worth five thousand yuan.

This wood smells... kind of chewy?

"Snap!"

Li Tuantuan lay on the floor and took a bite out of the bed leg. It was top-quality mahogany, incredibly hard, but to his current teeth, it was no different from cartilage. Wood chips flew everywhere as he chewed, making a crunching sound. Although it didn't taste like much, the feeling of fullness made him feel slightly better.

Just as he was frantically urging himself on while clinging to the bed leg, the dormitory door was pushed open.

Lin Wan walked in excitedly, carrying two bags of freshly bought tomahawk steaks: "Tuantuan, look what delicious food I brought you... Holy crap!"

The bag in Lin Wan's hand fell directly to the ground.

She saw her family's national treasure panda lying on the ground, its mouth full of wood chips, having already chewed off most of the bed leg. The expensive solid wood bed was teetering on the verge of collapse, and Li Tuantuan's eyes looked extremely crazed.

"Tuantuan! What are you doing! That's a bed! You can't eat that!" Lin Wan screamed and rushed over, trying to pull Li Tuantuan away.

Li Tuantuan glanced back at her, and the green light in her eyes made Lin Wan shudder.

"Oh no, has he developed pica?" Lin Wan cried out, quickly pulling out her phone to call the veterinarian. "Dr. Wang! Come quick! My little pup has gone crazy! He's gnawing on the bed leg! Yes, he's already eaten one leg!"

Li Tuantuan thought to herself: Grandma, stop making the call, give me those two bags of steaks you have, I can still salvage the situation!

He pointed to the bag on the ground, then to his mouth, and made rapid "hmm" sounds.

Lin Wan was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening and quickly broke the steak apart. Li Tuantuan snatched it away and chewed it up, bone and all, in a few bites before swallowing it.

The burning hunger finally subsided a bit. He sat in the wood shavings, let out a loud burp, and spat out a small piece of wood shavings.

Lin Wan squatted down beside him, tenderly stroking his slightly matted fur (actually impurities expelled after the enhancement), her eyes reddening: "Gungun, are you under too much pressure? Or were you wronged at the bureau? If you want to eat meat, just tell me! Why are you gnawing on the bed leg? Can't you eat that?"

Li Tuantuan helplessly spread his paws. He couldn't very well explain that he had just cultivated some kind of immortality, could he?

Just then, Coal Ball fell from the chandelier and landed on Lin Wan's shoulder, shouting in a grave tone, "He's gone mad! This panda's gone mad! He's going to eat you! Run!"

Li Tuantuan glared at the coal ball, cursing inwardly: This damn bird, I'll pluck all your feathers later.

Lin Wan had no time to pay attention to Meiqiu's nonsense. She looked at the broken bed and then at the innocent-looking Li Tuantuan, and sighed deeply.

"Looks like I'll have to get you a stainless steel bed."

Li Tuantuan thought to herself: Stainless steel is fine too, as long as I don't get this hungry again, I'll eat anything.

But he didn't know that this hunger was just the beginning. As the spiritual energy within his body slowly dissipated, his sense of smell suddenly became extremely acute. He smelled an odor, not a fragrance, but a strong, rotten stench, slowly seeping from the ground outside the window.