Chapter 4: Awakening
When Chen Mu arrived at his destination, there was still more than half an hour before the agreed time. Now Chen Mu is staying in the waiting room, anxiously waiting.
The waiting room was full of teenagers like Chen Mu who had been arranged to awaken today. They were old and young, and the faces of the young and young were full of antiquity; The older boy's face was full of anxiety.
Although awakening to become a witcher will only be a small part of them. But each of them thinks they will be part of this small group of people, and they have not yet seen the cruelty of this society.
"Wood, I can be regarded as finding you" While Chen Mu was waiting, a fat man ran to Chen Mu panting,
"Fatty, why are you here, didn't you tell you that I can come by myself?" The fat man in Chen Mu's mouth is about the same height as Chen Mu, he is round and round, and his face is happy.
"Hey, don't talk about this buddy, if I don't come to accompany you at this time, are we still brothers?" The fat man said with a righteous face.
"Thank you, fat man," Chen Mu said gratefully
Of course, the fat man's name is not called the fat man, his real name is Du Ziming, and he is a resident of the same building as Chen Mu's family.
As the city was being rebuilt, high-rise buildings were planned to be built in order to take into account the future population increase. With the current level of technology, it is no problem to build buildings above 1,000 meters, as long as it is not higher than the height of the space force field stabilizer.
The city's sky is intertwined with train tracks, and every day the sky train and the magic crystal hovercar shuttle through the city's air quickly.
Each high-rise building has multiple air stops, so people can take transportation directly from high altitudes.
Just when Chen Mu and the fat man had a ride and chatted without a match, the communicator in Chen Mu's pocket rang, and Chen Mu knew that it was finally his turn.
"Come on, wood, you will definitely be able to do it this time," the fat man cheered for Chen Mu.
"Thank you fatty, by the way, remember to come to my house for dinner tonight to celebrate my birthday." After Chen Mu finished speaking, he secretly cheered for himself, looking forward to it, and walked towards the turning point of his life.
Along the corridor, Chen Mu walked into a room full of sci-fi style.
The walls of the room are made of a special alloy material that takes on the color of steel. In the center of the room was a large machine, and with no other equipment around, the room seemed rather empty.
The central machine is made up of different rings, each of which is inlaid with a set of magic crystals, and the lower part of the machine is a circular glass platform with a diameter of about 2 meters. Dense cables connect the machine to the underground. And this machine is the awakening device.
It was not the first time Chen Mu had used the awakening device, but he was still nervous. He calmed down and slowly stepped onto the platform.
When he stood in the designated position, there was an electronic voice in the room,
"When awakening begins, please concentrate as much as possible"
As the electronic voice was played, the metal rings surrounding Chen Mu began to rotate slowly, and the magic crystals inlaid in the rings lit up one after another.
At present, there are 8 types of magic crystals that have been discovered by human beings, they are: fire - Crimson magic crystal, earth - amber magic crystal, wind - emerald magic crystal, water - azure magic crystal, light - bright yellow magic crystal, dark - dark magic crystal, thunder - dark purple magic crystal, mysterious - blue gold magic crystal. It is named after the similar color of the magic crystal.
Earth, wind, water, and fire are the most numerous and widely used magic crystals, while the light and dark thunder mystery system is a smaller number and relatively rare magic crystals.
According to his previous awakening experience, Chen Mu closed his eyes, concentrated, and slowly felt the changes in his body.
Gradually, Chen Mu vaguely "saw" various lights shining up in the darkness.
Chen Mu knew that it was the magic crystal energy precipitated by the awakening device through a special circuit, so dense that the physical body could intuitively feel it.
The Awakening Device controls the energy in the area of the device platform to minimize the volatilization of energy.
After running for a while, the intelligent system adjusts according to the detection of the user's physical feedback.
I saw that the rotation speed of other metal rings slowly slowed down, and the speed of the metal ring inlaid with jade magic crystals gradually increased. Chen Mu felt that the jade color around him was becoming clearer and clearer, and the other colors were slowly fading.
This is also what Chen Mu has experienced, according to the previous 3 awakening experiences, Chen Mu knows that his body is more affinity for the wind attribute, but it has not yet reached the awakening standard.
Chen Mu imagined himself as a magnet, trying to attract jade-colored energy to him.
Slowly, the jade-colored energy touched Chen Mu, and then attached to Chen Mu's body. After awakening, the human body can absorb the magic crystal energy, and the non-awakened can only be like Chen Mu, who can let their affinity attribute attach to their body in a special environment.
With the change of time, Chen Mu attached more and more jade-colored energy to his body. But Chen Mu felt that whenever the jade-colored energy wanted to take a step closer and enter Chen Mu's body, it always seemed as if it was hindered by something, and it was not allowed to enter.
Time passed very slowly in Chen Mu's feelings, but in fact it was only a few minutes. Before you know it, the machine slows down.
"Ding, the time of use is over, it's a pity that the user hasn't woken up" As the electronic voice sounded, the machine stopped completely......
Sitting on the train speeding in the air, Chen Mu looked at the scenery outside with great interest.
At this time, the sky has completely darkened, and all kinds of neon lights are flashing on the high-rise buildings; Advertisements for various products are played on the wall billboards; Holographic projections are promoting star witchers; From time to time, the Crystal Hovercar whizzed by.
The whole city is prosperous, and there is no trace of war in sight.
"Wood, are you okay?" the fat man sitting next to Chen Mu worried
"Oh, oh, it's okay, isn't this also normal? Don't worry about me," Chen Mu smiled as he tugged at the corner of his mouth
"It's strange that you don't worry about you like this"
"Isn't there still a chance to wake up, but you, fatty, you'll turn 14 next month, aren't you nervous?" Chen Mu didn't want the fat man to continue to worry about himself, so he took the initiative to open the topic.
"Cut, what's so nervous, awakening is not so easy, this society is also more ordinary people, I think it is satisfying to be able to live in peace and stability, ordinary life" The fat man said with a big grin
"No wonder you're in this shape, you have a wide heart and a fat body," Chen Mu teased
"Are you qualified to speak of me? You baby-faced" fat man was obviously stimulated by "wide heart and fat body", and couldn't help but move his hand to pinch Chen Mu's face
"Pain, pain, I was wrong, fat brother"
"And say the word 'fat'"
"Hahaha" was in the middle of the fight between the two teenagers, and the train arrived at the station. Chen Mu and the others got out of the car and came to Chen Mu's house through the suspension ladder.
"Mom, I'm back"
"Hello Auntie"
"Son, you're back, Ziming is also here, come on, come on, you come in and wash your hands, and when Chen Mu's father comes back, we'll eat together."
Chen Mu's mother was a middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance, about forty years old, and said with a kind face when she saw Chen Mu come back
As soon as Chen Mu and the others put down their things and washed their hands, Chen Mu's father also returned.
On the Chen family's dinner table
The dishes are all Chen Mu's favorite food, but Chen Mu eats silently, and the atmosphere is a little dull.
The fat man Du Ziming was also affected by the atmosphere and was immersed in "bitter" eating.
"How about today's test" Chen Mu's father asked with understanding after seeing his wife glaring at him, Chen Mu's father also looked like he was in his forties, and he looked unexpectedly a little handsome, but unfortunately there was a finger-long scar on the left side of his face.
"There is no awakening," Chen Mu said in a dull voice
Although he had already guessed the result when he saw his son's performance, Chen's father and Chen's mother were obviously relieved to hear the result.
Not all parents want their children to be heroes, they have gone through the pain of war, and now they are finally living a stable life, and they just want their son to live a peaceful life, which is also the reason why their son was named Chen Mu.
"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal, isn't there still a chance," Chen Ma comforted insincerely
"Hmm," Chen Mu replied
After eating and drinking, the fat man went home, and Chen Mu also returned to his room.
It's not that Chen Mu doesn't know what his parents think.
But
It's always been my dream to become a demon hunter.