Chapter 3: Ritual of Awakening
The next afternoon, the boy got up from his bed in a daze, and looked blankly at the wall in front of him.
Yesterday, as soon as he entered the city, he went to the Population Administration Bureau to apply for identification, and after asking a few simple questions, he got the rectangular card in his hand.
The card is printed with his simple information, including a photograph, name, gender, ethnicity, date of birth, address, and a series of peculiar numbers, while on the other side is a specially treated pattern that is said to be impossible to imitate.
Since he was an orphan, the exact date of birth could not be verified, so only the date was correct, and the date was said randomly.
As for the name, the pair of villagers who picked him up and adopted him already had two sons, and he was the third, so they called him San'er, and he was called for more than ten years.
He didn't know his surname, so he named himself Mo Yu.
Then the staff there poured some basic knowledge into his head in a peculiar way, and let him leave.
He only remembered that when he left, his whole head was groggy, and he used his ID card to stay in a hotel next to the Kouren Administration for free, and slept until the next afternoon.
It is said that this inn is run by the state, and only accepts people who have just applied for an ID card, and can stay for free for a whole year.
Mo Yu just woke up, and his head still had a feeling of swelling, but it didn't affect his movements.
At the same time, he also went through everything that had been poured into his mind, and gradually understood what kind of world it was.
10,000 years ago, during the period of rapid development of Terran technology, a large number of otherworldly creatures appeared all over the world, frantically attacking Terran cities.
In an instant, the Terrans suffered numerous casualties, many cities were reduced to ruins, and people all over the world were in a situation of life and death.
But the Terrans are not without a place to resist, with the help of a large number of scientific and technological weapons, the Terrans shrink their positions, concentrate people in various big cities with strong defense forces, and survive.
Later, some people in the Terran awakened special abilities, which can cause great damage to those otherworldly creatures.
Using these awakened special powers, coupled with powerful technological weapons, the Terrans continue to strengthen the city's defenses, and finally gain a foothold, and to a certain extent, they can fight against those otherworldly creatures.
Terrans live in cities, and otherworldly creatures occupy mountains, forests, and seas, and this situation has lasted for 10,000 years.
After reading this information, Mo Yu knew that the world he lived in was not safe, even if it was a city, there was a danger of being attacked by the life of another world, and every capable person would continue to become stronger for the survival of the entire human race.
"Knock Knock"
"Come in. ”
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Mo Yu didn't remember who he had met since he entered the city.
Still, he was polite and let the knocker in.
"It's you. Mo Yu was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the person who came in was the officer he had met at the city gate.
"I've been to the Population Administration and they said you should live here, you're okay now. He pointed and said.
Mo Yu understood that he was talking about the fact that he was poured some information into his mind by the Population Administration, and this method could make a person understand a lot of common sense in life in a short period of time.
But there are also sequelae, which can make people drowsy for a period of time, and the length of time depends on the strength of mental strength.
An ordinary person will probably last for two or three days, and a person with strong mental strength will be shorter.
"I feel okay now, it doesn't affect my actions. Mo Yu said.
"That's good, are you interested in accompanying me to the military and participating in the awakening ceremony?"
Regarding the awakening ritual, it was mentioned in that passage that through an awakening stone, it can be used to test whether it has the power of magic.
In addition to magical powers, there is also a passive awakening power called talent ability, which has a very small chance of awakening and a variety of types.
Now he is called Mo Yu to awaken whether he has the qualifications to become a mage.
Every year the military will have a certain number of awakening places, which will be allocated by the military of each city.
As a city defender, he also has the right to allocate several places.
"Of course. Mo Yu replied.
"Alright, I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow morning. After a brief conversation, the officer defending the city left.
"Awakening ritual, just to test my potential. ”
Mo Yu was still quite interested in the invitation of the officers guarding the city, and it would not be harmful to him anyway.
The next morning, Mo Yu followed a soldier who had come to pick him up and came to the Magic Association.
The Magical Association is present in every city, and is responsible for managing all things related to mages, including Awakening.
The two of them entered the seventh floor directly, and as soon as they got out of the elevator door, Mo Yu heard a cry, "Woo, woo, failed, I'm a useless person, I failed everyone's ......"
There are also a few voices of constant comfort next to it.
"This is the one who has failed to awaken. The soldier next to him explained.
There are still very few people who can really awaken and become mages.
Passing them, the two continued to walk forward, and came to a group of soldiers wearing military uniforms, and the soldiers who accompanied Mo Yu walked over and said to one person: "Captain, someone has brought it over." ”
"Well, hard work. ”
This person was the officer Mo Yu had seen who was responsible for defending Wangcheng.
"There are a few more people in front, and soon it will be your turn. Officer Li Yundao.
Mo Yu nodded slightly, stood behind Li Yun, and looked at the awakening ceremony in front of him.
It is said to be an awakening ceremony, in fact, the process is very simple, the person who presided over the awakening was a middle-aged mage, he stood in front of a teenager, took out a transparent awakening stone, put it on the stone platform, let the teenager hold it gently, and then began to guide.
As long as there is light on the Awakening Stone, it means that you have an affinity for the magic element and have the potential to become a mage.
The stronger the light, the higher the affinity, and the stronger the talent.
As long as you have enough mental power, you can start meditating, condense magic, release magic, and open the path to the strong.
With a "snap", the awakening stone in the young man's hand shattered.
"Failure, next. The middle-aged mage said.
Hearing the words of the middle-aged mage, the young man's heart suddenly became like ashes, and he walked off the stage dejectedly.
Luckily, the Awakening Stone in front of the second boy began to glow with cyan light, and it tended to get brighter and brighter.
After a full five minutes, until the intensity of the light was fixed and no longer changed, the middle-aged mage spoke: "Wind affinity elementary. ”
After speaking, the middle-aged mage took out a crystal ball the size of a palm, "Put your hand on the crystal ball and don't think about anything." ”
The boy let go of the Awakening Stone, and with a "snap", the Awakening Stone also shattered.
But the young man didn't have any distress on his face, and put his hand on the crystal ball, and in less than ten seconds, a burst of white light lit up on the crystal.
"The spiritual power is primary, and the awakening is successful. A smile flashed across the middle-aged mage's face, "Congratulations, you've become one of the mages." ”
Even if the affinity and spiritual power are only rudimentary, you can become a real mage, and you will break away from the category of ordinary people and become a strong person that everyone admires.
Even if this strong man is not so good.