After all, even if people, mired in endless disappointment and despair, manage to muster a do-or-die resolve and the confidence that comes with it, potentially leveraging it for greater future achievements, they are undoubtedly gambling with a slim, uncertain possibility for their future and their own prospects. Therefore, no one has the right to accuse the kid of wasting anything.
When this thought flashed through Wang Zhan's mind, he almost burst out laughing. Because no one would be that stupid! As a human being, the first thing one must learn is, in fact, to grasp the utilitarian aspects of the situation before them. Just as one must find food to eat, one must also have water nearby to drink. Perhaps if this utilitarianism were termed a 'bodily predatory instinct,' it might be more readily accepted. And that is human nature.
