Chapter 1: Dream Boy
The dream of water, the water of dreams.
The drop of nectar, trembling, slipped from the upturned branches of the morning sun, trying to ripple in the endless mud......
In this world, all things are born from water, from water, and one day, they will return their souls to water.
This is especially true of water fighters, who use water to fight, live with water, and even use water to solve immediate crises.
Our protagonist is a villager in the village of Springs, the land of water, who has already reached the age of sixteen and has not yet received any name.
It's a shame, a shame for the whole village!
From D-class names to SSS-class names, different names mean different treatments. But he is thin and small, and he still only has a serial number like the public's face - ninety-ninety-eight, and he has never even obtained the D-class title!
The serial number ninety-eight had no special significance, just because he was a member of Quanshui Village's number 998. He had never achieved anything substantial, so there was only one simple serial number to admit that he was a villager.
Such a humble name is no different from charity!
Every time he thought of this, he clenched his crunching fist tightly, and splashed a clear splash: "This time, definitely!"
In this world, if you do something, you will be given a name, and each name means a lot of effort. Having a supreme name and becoming the next generation of water emperors is the lifelong dream of all villagers, and it is also the dream of 998!
However, first passing the assessment of the naming ceremony and obtaining the first name is the only way to do all this. Only when you have this most basic D-level title can you be qualified to participate in the corresponding basic cultivation, take the lowest level of combat missions, and start a vigorous life.
They are not afraid of death! What they are afraid of is a lifetime of obscurity, a lifetime of mediocrity!
Children born during the battle journey are sent back to the village to be raised in an undifferentiated collective, and do not follow their parents, who have been adrift all their lives, and whose lives are uncertain. The same is true of 998's parents, he didn't know who his parents were since he was a child, and he didn't care about it.
Here, anyone's struggle is only for personal development, life does not bring death or take it away, and there is no inheritance relationship. Family, origin, or ancestry are no reason for their failure or success!
This model has given everyone the most equal starting point to the greatest extent, and it has also solved the worries of all water fighters who have walked out of Quanshui Village. Even if they die in battle, they will have descendants to continue in the village, and they will never be treated differently just because whose children they are.
As for whether this child can change to a higher name again in the future, it depends on his personal ability! When he has to make a choice, the first to be sacrificed is often the group of cannon fodder with the lowest name.
Society needs to develop, and the times need to progress, so when encountering a choice, only the best members can be protected first. This seemingly hierarchical system is the fairest and most efficient system.
Today was another special day for Ninety-Eight, and he was ready to get his first D-rank name at this naming ceremony.
The reason why I say yes is because ......
"Huhu...... I said ninety-nine-eight, how many times have you done this?" it was Ninety-Nine-Eight's friend Eighty-Nine-Nine who was talking to him, a fat man who was eating greasy chicken legs.
Looking at that round body, I can't imagine if his short and thick arms can reach his navel!
No wonder he spoke like that. This is just the simplest naming ceremony, the difficulty is D-level assessment, our protagonist has actually knelt all the way from the age of fourteen to the age of sixteen!
Will others praise him for becoming more and more courageous?
No, they'll just think he's a hopeless piece of waste!
From the secret ridicule of the first year, to the blatant ridicule of the second year. Before this year's assessment, they didn't even bother to open their mouths to laugh at a few words of ninety-nine-eight! When they met ninety-nine-eight one by one, they directly chose to pass by......
Everyone's starting point is the same, everyone else has successfully passed, but if he can't get by, is he still qualified to speak to everyone on an equal footing? He is a waste, not only can he not do anything, but he will be sent to be sent to be cannon fodder at any time, and it will be extremely uncost-effective to spend time and energy to be friendly with him!
No. 899 was a candidate who participated in the naming ceremony with him three years ago, and he became a good friend because of this. But No. 899 is different from him, and No. 899 passed the assessment directly after participating in that assessment.
Now that he can take the initiative to say a few words to Jiujiuba, it is already because he attaches great importance to righteousness. He hasn't even reported his new name for two years, and let the protagonist continue to call him Eighty-Eighty-Nine. Because that D-class name already means a difference in status!
But this is already the last time!
If Jiujiu8 can't even pass the naming assessment for the third time, he will have to give up the friendship between the two. The two are no longer at the same level. If he is held up by waste for a long time, he will also become waste in the eyes of others, and he will be excluded from the best group.
One ninety-nine-eight doesn't make him abandon everything else!
However, before this happened, they were still friends, and of course 998 had to scold him back unceremoniously: "Dead fatty, you can clean up! It's not that I can't beat you!"
Babajiu sighed, and his eyes were suddenly filled with helplessness: "Huhu...... I know that I will cross with me! Save you, defeat me and you won't be able to pass the assessment! Besides, I said...... You should give up this time, you should be a genius! You should let everyone know that you are a genius!"
Of course, Jiujiu knew what he meant, and this was not the first time he had persuaded himself to give up. However, he was never willing to give up!
What made him give up was not the assessment, but his clear water obsession...... When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no fugitives. He had always been reluctant to mix anything else into his water, and he was unwilling to abandon unrelated passers-by who were dying of thirst along the way. If he persists like this, he will cut himself off from the world!
"Huhu...... It's good that I can't beat you, but I've already passed it! The assessment is such a dead standard, why do you want to admit this dead reason?" Seeing that he didn't speak, he was also very helpless about this, but he didn't mention what the assessment was in his words, "I said buddy, there are still many difficulties waiting for you to solve behind this matter! Are you ready to give up your entire future for this?"