"Uncle Luo, I still have class. I have to go."
Faced with Louise's uncontrollable sobbing, Xia Xu very disloyally chose to beat a hasty retreat, taking A Tuo back to school.
Shortly after he got into the taxi, the Superbrain drug's effects gradually faded, and his brain finally stopped consuming blood oxygen and glucose at such a ferocious rate.
But what followed immediately was an intense sense of emptiness and lethargy.
It was like an all-powerful god being cast down into the mortal world, like a free man being shackled and fitted with iron boots.
That feeling of weakness, lethargy, and confinement made Xia Xu reach for the SB-13 almost instinctively. His hand was halfway there before he remembered that he had left all the pills at home.
Thank goodness...
In an instant, he realized what he was doing, and felt both a shudder of alarm and some relief.
This was the Superbrain drug's addictiveness.
No, more precisely, it was not addiction, but a psychological dependence, an instinct.
Once someone had experienced being all-powerful, they would no longer settle for being ordinary.
Once someone had experienced freedom, they would not want to wear shackles all the time again.
This was a more terrifying form of dependence than a purely chemical addiction to something like nicotine, because resisting instinct and the subconscious depended almost entirely on one's own willpower.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with wanting to become stronger. If the Superbrain drug had no side effects, being able to maintain a state of Brain Overclocking continuously would undoubtedly be a good thing.
The problem was that SB-13 had major flaws. Using too much of it or taking it over a prolonged period could cause brain damage or even brain death.
*Looks like I have to use this stuff sparingly.