Unconventional plan

There was a very obvious question that needed to be asked here though.

How the hell was Alex planning on creating a bomb from scratch, with nothing but the materials in the forest?

Well, it all comes back down to one thing.

Alex, specifically his mind.

The examiners may have stripped him of all his powers and strength for this assessment. But there was one thing they couldn't take away from him, his experiences and memories.

Everyone's mind is linked to their souls, so even if someone one day found themselves inside another person's body, their mind would remain unchanged and their memories intact.

The same goes for if an Awakened one day finds themselves inside the body of a normal person.

Sure, they would be depressed that they'd lost all their abilities and their talent, but they would still have the mind of an Awakened.

Specifically, the knowledge, thinking speed, reaction speed, experiences etc.