Lin Wu’s “Dynamic Hypnosis Serenade” started showing results a week later.
Wang Ye’s sleep time successfully shifted from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. By that point, Lin Wu had progressed to a new phase, where he could fall asleep by 12:30 a.m. Thus, Lin Wu typically chatted with Wang Ye during the first half of the night, while Wang Ye spent the latter half listening to music on his own.
The school’s schedule gradually returned to normal.
That winter, the first snow didn’t arrive until late December.
As if to make up for the long wait, the snowfall was especially heavy. Snowflakes danced in the warm winter sunlight, more dazzling than the brightest spring day.
With the snow came the results of the Awakening Test.
In dorm room 333, four male classmates sat upright at their desks, faces serious, the atmosphere as solemn as an exam hall. But instead of exam papers, they had their phones in front of them.
“Ready?” Xia Yang asked.
The group exchanged glances and nodded.
Xia Yang said, “Alright, let’s go!”
At his command, the room was filled with the sound of fingers tapping on phones.
[Wild Awakening Physical Exam Query System App]
- Real-name login using ID number.
Complete. - Facial recognition verification.
Complete. - Click to query results…
Three of the four classmates instinctively covered their screens after clicking, like students hesitating to check exam scores. They needed a moment to brace themselves.
But not the top student.
Top students always face their scores with confidence, fully expecting success.
Take Lin Wu, for example.
[Awakening Species: Jungle Wolf]
Just as he expected.
Lin Wu exhaled calmly, feeling a sense of closure.
What surprised him, though, was the specificity—”Jungle Wolf.”
“How about you guys?” He swiveled his chair around and found that the others hadn’t even looked at their results yet.
Seeing Lin Wu was already done, Li Junchi quickly asked, “What’s yours?”
Lin Wu replied, “Jungle Wolf.”
Li Junchi was startled. “So, you really are a wolf.”
“Come on,” Lin Wu encouraged his friends, “Face the storm head-on.”
Li Junchi took the lead, moving his hand away from his screen.
[Awakening Species: Arabian Horse]
Xia Yang and Ren Feiyu stared at him intensely. When Li Junchi didn’t react right away, their impatience grew.
Ren Feiyu: “Well? What is it?”
Xia Yang: “What’d you get?”
“Arabian Horse,” Li Junchi said, showing his phone to the group with a grin so bright it could reflect light.
Clearly, he was pleased with the result.
Ren Feiyu looked envious. “That sounds so cool…”
A fine steed, a warhorse—horses have always symbolized elegance and power.
“Your family must have had this in mind when naming you,” Xia Yang remarked. “‘Junchi’—‘galloping steed.’ It’s like they predicted this.”
“Feiyu,” Lin Wu called, moving on to the next, “Don’t be jealous. Yours might be even cooler.”
“That’s impossible,” Ren Feiyu said, utterly lacking confidence. He hesitated, inching his hand down from the screen. “At best, I’ll get a sugar glider—cute, at least. Otherwise, it’ll be something lame like a bat…”
As the result slowly revealed itself, Ren Feiyu’s eyes widened in shock.
“What is it?” Li Junchi couldn’t wait any longer.
Ren Feiyu stared blankly at his friends. “…Peregrine Falcon.”
Lin Wu: “…”
Xia Yang: “?”
Li Junchi: “Huh?”
Ren Feiyu held up his phone.
[Awakening Species: Peregrine Falcon]
Seeing those two words, the knowledge they’d accumulated recently kicked in.
Peregrine Falcon: the fastest diving bird of prey, capable of reaching speeds of over 300 km/h during a dive. Fierce in nature, it could even attack much larger golden eagles.
A true bird, and a truly fierce one—not an eagle, but a member of the falcon family.
In short, a raptor.
“No wonder you’ve lost weight lately…” Lin Wu connected the dots.
Birds, adapted for flight, tend to have lighter bones.
“So when he fell from the top bunk, it wasn’t really ‘gliding,’” Li Junchi realized, “He was just ‘flying’—though not fully awakened to a bird’s ability to soar.”
“Guys,” Xia Yang interjected, unable to hold back, “Isn’t the biggest issue here how completely unmatched Feiyu and a peregrine falcon are? Peregrine falcons are predators! Feiyu’s this soft and cute guy who doesn’t have a single sharp angle!”
Ren Feiyu felt equally helpless.
He wasn’t worried about his species being uncool anymore—after all, a raptor soaring through the skies was undeniably awesome.
The problem now was—“I’m a disgrace to my species. I want to cry.”
“Forget Feiyu for a second,” Lin Wu reminded, pulling Xia Yang back on track. “If you keep stalling, your phone’s gonna lock itself.”
“Relax! Good things are worth the wait.” Xia Yang cleared his throat, sat up straight, and refocused on his phone.
He wasn’t stalling because he was nervous—he was excited.
It was like unwrapping a mysterious gift; he wanted to savor the moment.
What would his species be?
A wolf like Lin Wu? A lion, tiger, or leopard?
He wasn’t picky—any wild beast would do. A horse or raptor would also be acceptable.
Lin Wu, Li Junchi, and Ren Feiyu couldn’t wait any longer for Xia Yang’s ceremonious ritual. One by one, they got up and leaned over, staring at Xia Yang’s phone screen to witness the moment of truth with him.
[Name: Xia Yang]
[Awakening Species: Springbok]
Xia Yang: “…”
Lin Wu: “…”
Ren Feiyu: “…”
Li Junchi: “Well… little antelopes are pretty cute.”
At the same time, in Dorm 509:
Rituals? None of that here. The moment the results were available, the four students quickly checked their outcomes and shared them with each other. Afterward, they sat there awkwardly, staring at one another.
[Wang Ye: Siberian Tiger]
[Ge Liang: Husky]
[Yuan Sijie: Leopard]
[Jiang Tan: Green Anaconda]
Ge Liang tried to break the silence. “So… shouldn’t we, like, talk about this or something?”
For such a big event, wasn’t it normal to launch into an animated discussion right after the results came out?
Yuan Sijie, not wanting to leave Ge Liang hanging, chimed in, “You really are a husky.”
Ge Liang: “…” That wasn’t the kind of discussion he meant!
Left with no choice, Ge Liang started the conversation himself. “What even is a green anaconda?”
Leopards and huskies were straightforward enough, but Jiang Tan’s result piqued his curiosity.
Jiang Tan had just looked it up and decided to save time by sending a screenshot to their dorm chat group:
Green Anaconda:
The largest species of snake in existence, capable of growing up to 10 meters long. Typically found in rivers, it is non-venomous and captures prey by constriction, suffocating or drowning them.
After reading, Ge Liang had one overwhelming impression: True cold-blooded creature…
Yuan Sijie found it fascinating. “Jiang Tan, this species matches your vibe with 99% accuracy.”
Ge Liang disagreed. “99%? What would 100% even look like?”
Yuan Sijie answered with his gaze—he looked directly at Wang Ye.
Wang Ye, having just sent a message, glanced up. “?”
Ge Liang: “…”
Brother Ye, so Northeastern, so tiger-like—100% match, no doubt about it.
Back in Dorm 333:
While Lin Wu was still enthusiastically discussing species results with his dormmates, he received a “friendly” message from Wang Ye.
Wang Ye: What’s yours
What kind of phrasing was that?
Lin Wu: Jungle Wolf.
Lin Wu: What about you?
Completely naturally, he asked back, unaware he’d been influenced by Wang Ye’s unique texting style.
Wang Ye: Siberian Tiger
Lin Wu: “…”
Wolves are inherently a notch below tigers, and jungle wolves are among the smaller wolf species. Meanwhile, Siberian tigers are the largest of all tiger species.
By extension, he was several notches lower.
Wang Ye: You like howling at the moon. Makes sense now.
Lin Wu: …That’s called singing.
Wang Ye: No wonder people say “wailing like ghosts and wolves.”
Lin Wu: “…”
He felt personally attacked—both as a wolf and as a ghost.
Curious, Lin Wu took the chance to look up more detailed information about Siberian tigers during their chat.
Siberian Tiger (Amur Tiger):
The largest extant cat species. Fierce, solitary, territorial, capable of biting through bones, highly perceptive, agile, skilled swimmers, and excellent climbers. Their hunting style involves stealth or stalking until they are close enough for a sudden ambush.
Stealth…
Sudden ambush…
Lin Wu immediately focused on those traits, recalling the Mid-Autumn Festival when he first encountered Wang Ye during a night stroll. Wang Ye had greeted him, but Lin Wu pretended not to hear and slipped away in the dark. Moments later, Wang Ye had appeared behind him like a ghost.
Turns out, it was just hunting behavior.
Lin Wu instinctively rubbed the back of his neck, which now felt oddly chilly, as though he had truly escaped a tiger’s jaws.
As for the other traits of the Siberian tiger:
- Fierce = short-tempered.
- Solitary = dislikes people.
- Bone-crushing bite = verbatim from Wang Ye himself.
Lin Wu wasn’t sure if there was an inherent connection between animal traits and awakened individuals, but in Wang Ye’s case, the match was almost too perfect—scientifically precise and utterly convincing.
As he scrolled through the information, the description shifted from general traits to vivid imagery:
“The Siberian tiger has fiery eyes…”
“Its body is robust and flawless…”
“As it moves, the muscles in its back and forelimbs ripple, gliding through the forest with quiet power, grace, and allure…”
Lin Wu: “…”
He took it back. These detailed descriptions bore no resemblance to Wang Ye. It was like reading about a completely different tiger.
Wang Ye: Where’d you go?
Lin Wu switched back to their chat from the clearly tiger-biased website.
Lin Wu: Looking you up.
Wang Ye: Find anything?
Lin Wu: You’re the Siberian tiger incarnate.
Wang Ye: [I’m very happy right now but won’t say anything because that’s how you stay cool.jpg]
Lin Wu: “…”
Oh no. He was starting to like Wang Ye’s dumb memes. Stop thinking about it!
Wang Ye: [Screenshot]
It was a picture of a jungle wolf.
Lin Wu instantly recognized it, having spent a long time researching jungle wolves after getting his result.
Lin Wu: ?
Wang Ye: You.
Lin Wu: …Please say it properly—it’s my awakened species.
Wang Ye: Canine.
Lin Wu: Good thing it’s not feline, or I’d have to ask you to change my nickname to “Kitty, Fluffy, Little Yellow” tomorrow.
Wang Ye: I’ve never petted a wolf before.
Lin Wu: …And you never will!
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😂😂 it seems Feiyu as a bird is a food of the anaconda?? 😂😂