Ethan carefully sensed the changes in himself. Then, he randomly selected several rather complicated numbers to calculate.
The results were still completely correct. He had indeed acquired the ability to calculate as fast as lightning.
Mental arithmetic? Ethan didn't usually pay much attention to these, but he had also heard a lot about such abilities. To possess this amazing ability, many people started learning abacus - based mental arithmetic from childhood and had to undergo long - term training to achieve good results. But now... he had obtained this ability just by eating a broken mobile phone?
This made Ethan both shocked and uncontrollably excited.
Could one get this calculating ability by eating a mobile phone? What if one ate several more? What else could one get? Ethan's heart was full of wild joy.
Then, he picked up his mother's mobile phone, his eyes full of expectation. He wanted to bite it, but in the end, he restrained himself. Mainly because now, looking at this mobile phone, he didn't have the slightest appetite at all.
"Am I already full?" Ethan thought somewhat doubtfully.
"Besides mobile phones, can I eat other things?" Ethan pondered to himself.
"For example... books?"
When he was at school, he had noticed that those students with good academic performance could get a lot of benefits at school, especially something like luck, which was invisible and intangible, but Ethan felt it was extremely important to him.
Then, Ethan began to rummage through the boxes and cupboards in the room to find his textbooks.
Cough, cough, cough!
Soon, he found them in a pile of garbage. These books had been regarded as garbage by him before. He had originally planned to sell them. Moreover, in order to sell them at a better price, he had even deliberately rinsed them with water. Even more ridiculously, after rinsing with water, he had mischievously left a little so - called "golden rootless water" out of sheer bad taste.
Now, if he were to take out these books from here, they still smelled of urine. If he were to eat this?
"I'd rather starve to death than eat this stuff." Ethan said to himself.
He felt in his pocket and found that he still had thirty yuan for living expenses.
Then, Ethan carried the box of tattered books and went out. Since they were junk, he might as well sell them as junk.
Twenty minutes later, Ethan walked back again.
"What a rip - off! Books worth several hundred yuan were only sold for a little over ten yuan."
Now, in his hand, he was holding five books he had just bought from Book Haven. They were for the third grade of primary school.
Thinking of this, Ethan felt his face turn slightly hot.
He had looked at so many books in Book Haven, but he only had an appetite for third - grade books.
It seemed that after studying for so many years, he could only "eat" the knowledge points of the third grade of primary school.
"This..."
Ethan secretly took out the books.
After making sure there was no one around, he subconsciously blew on them. Originally, this was just a habitual action. He thought in his heart that these books were dirty anyway, but unexpectedly, he actually blew off a layer of dust.
Moreover, Ethan clearly felt that the books in his hand had become much lighter.
"Really clean?" Ethan thought it was incredible.
These were new books. Where did the dust come from? The dust that had just been blown off must be impurities without a doubt.
"The Dust - Washing Wind! An adjunct to the Heaven - Devouring Skill! Self - taught! It has the function of cleaning dust!"
Just like the understanding of luck, this information also appeared in Ethan's mind.
One more skill! Ethan was overjoyed.
With this Dust - Washing Wind, he would never have to eat dirty things again.
"Let's see how it tastes?"
Munch!
Ethan took a bite.
"Huh? It tastes like a hamburger!"
Could this book really be eaten?
Since it could be eaten, Ethan no longer hesitated. Now he was eager to know what would be different after he ate all these books.
In less than a minute, the third - grade primary school book in Ethan's hand was completely eaten up by him.
The knowledge of the third grade of primary school mainly consisted of application problems.
He quickly took out a third - grade exercise book.
"A problem about finding the area of the shaded part. This problem used to be a shadow in my heart. Now... the answer is 12. It's correct! The next one is a water - filling problem, filling water while draining water! What a waste of water! Um, it takes 45 minutes to fill up! The answer is correct!"
In less than a minute, he had read all the final - level problems in this book, and with his current mental arithmetic ability, he had already obtained the answers.
"This book has been absorbed... 100%! This... Does it really work?" Ethan was simply stunned.
Which underachiever doesn't have a dream of becoming a top student in their heart?
Seeing those top students being praised by their parents, teachers, and being specially cultivated by the school, how could Ethan not be envious? It was just that after many attempts, this unrealistic fantasy had been shattered. But now...
"I want to be a top student! The number - one top student in the whole universe! Roar!" Ethan clenched his fist and shouted excitedly.
Then, without hesitation, he took out his English book and began to eat it.
"After eating it, I have an urge to speak English crazily."
This feeling... was simply wonderful!
"Starting from today... I've fallen in love with studying!"
Ethan couldn't help but want to shout in his heart.
Then, he took out the fourth - grade books, both math and English, and ate them all.
After eating them, Ethan had a very clear thought in his mind.
The knowledge of the fourth and fifth grades of primary school had been completely mastered by him.
This mastery was not as simple as getting a hundred marks in an exam. Instead, as long as the questions did not exceed all the knowledge points of the fourth and fifth grades, they were completely a piece of cake for him.
All five books had been used up, but Ethan still didn't feel satisfied.
"I can still learn! I can still eat!" Ethan shouted crazily in his heart.
However, his pocket was completely empty.
Ask his mother for money again?
Ethan really couldn't bring himself to do it.
His mother's earnings were not easy. The family's finances had always been tight, and there had never been any extra money. If he were to ask for money now, perhaps the family's financial situation would become even more strained.
Half an hour later.
Benjamin carried the books for the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades and said to Ethan, "Are you crazy, kid? What are you buying these things for? Let me tell you, these days, hoarding anything is more profitable than hoarding books! After the new semester, these books are too hard even to be used to wipe one's butt!"
"Shut up! I have my own use for them!" Ethan retorted.
After walking a long way and almost arriving home.
"It's too heavy! I can't take it anymore! Benjamin, I need to rest!" Benjamin complained bitterly.
Then, this guy threw the books on the ground. Benjamin was about to sit on them.
"Oh, no!"
Seeing Benjamin's greasy big butt about to sit on them, Ethan immediately became anxious.
He was going to eat these books!
"Fatty! Don't sit!" Ethan shouted loudly.
"Are you crazy, kid? Are these books your wife's thighs? They can't be sat on? Benjamin, I'm going to sit on them today on purpose!"
Saying that, his millstone - like big butt directly plopped down. After sitting on them, he deliberately wiggled his butt.
However, the books were too small and were directly completely sandwiched in his crotch.
Thinking that these things were for him to eat, but now Benjamin had sat on them, Ethan felt extremely disgusted in his heart.