Chapter 1: Awakening Day
Ephemeris 233 years.
Ghost Festival.
Falling Star City.
Night.
A blood moon hangs high.
Scarlet moonlight poured down from the sky like blood and water.
The whole city is gloomy and full of evil.
Everyone took refuge in underground bunkers, and the entire city was empty.
The dark and silent streets are full of ghosts, countless strange things appear, all of them are illusory, as if this time and space do not exist, they are either humanoid, or alien, and so on.
One by one, huge bats landed on various city buildings, black and oppressive, and their eyes shone with a red light.
Looking from the west city, among the tall buildings, the towering cone-shaped building of the Charismatic Church pierced the sky like a dark red blood sword in the night.
The Falling Star City under the blood-colored moonlight looks very weird and terrifying.
At this moment, the awakening building of Nancheng Middle School is brightly lit.
Today is the annual Awakening Day.
All students who do not have the gift of awakening participate in the awakening ritual on this day.
The night of the blood moon on this day is the most rampant day of the year for demons and monsters, but the majestic and full of evil blood-colored brilliance, after being filtered by the roof exorcism crystal, is very suitable for bloodline awakening.
The huge nineteenth awakening room was full of people.
The blood-colored moonlight was transmitted from the dome glass more than twenty meters high, condensing into a dazzling pillar of red light with a diameter of three meters, which just shone on the awakening platform.
On the left side of the awakening platform, there are three soldiers with fierce breaths and camouflage uniforms.
On the other side, there are four strange middle-aged people with a strong breath.
When their gaze scans the crowd, they always give people a strong sense of oppression.
Obviously, these people are all powerful warriors.
Qin Ming's calm gaze stayed on them for a few seconds, and then he looked out.
He knew that there were three more layers of protective space outside the Awakening Room.
Each layer of protective space is guarded by a large number of warriors.
Awakening Day is not only a transformation, but also a dangerous time that can turn into a disaster at any time, after the awakening begins, there will be a lot of demons attacking here, and those warriors who are guarding the third floor will do everything in their power to stop the demons.
The atmosphere in the awakening room was somewhat frozen and tense.
On either side of the wall there are two weapon racks with standard knives.
This is prepared for the unexpected.
However, the martial artists outside are very powerful, and no matter how big the movement in previous years is, the demons have not impacted the third layer, let alone the awakening room.
There are three layers of defense to be foolproof.
The knives in this awakening room are just in case.
Therefore, these C-1 alloy knives are generally not used at all.
Qin Ming turned his head and landed his gaze on the awakening platform.
There were two people on the awakening stage.
One is a middle-aged man wearing a shirt and trousers with gray temples, very energetic.
One is a tall, young-looking woman in sportswear with a ponytail.
The middle-aged man is Zhou Kang, the school's deputy director of education.
However, Qin Ming's gaze did not linger on Zhou Kang's body too much, but fell directly on the young woman.
He Yuerong, the head teacher of the ninth class of the third year of high school.
She is Chinese New Year's Eve years old and a beautiful woman with a gentle temper.
But to be exact, Qin Ming's gaze fell on this woman's hand.
She was taking a black ball from a large box and placing it on a metal instrument.
"Qin Ming, I'm a little nervous. β
Tian Hao, who was sitting beside Qin Ming, looked at the black awakening ball and suddenly whispered.
Saying that, this sturdy young man who was one meter nine tall, had muscles all over his body, and was as strong as a cow, leaned towards Qin Ming, as if the young man next to him with clear eyebrows and a body that looked much thinner than him could give him a stronger sense of security.
Qin Ming turned his face and raised his eyes to look at his nervous face, and said with a slight surprise:
"Didn't you say before that you don't need to be nervous, as long as you feel it with your heart and generate electricity with love, you'll be fine?"
"Before was before, now is now......"
Tian Hao's old face turned red and muttered in a low voice, "Besides, it's not the first time for people." β
Qin Ming was speechless.
The first time?
You're embarrassed to say it.
Sitting here, some for the first time, some for the second time, and the two of them for the third time!
Those who have already awakened do not need to sit here.
There are sixty people in the ninth class of the entire third year of high school, only he and Tian Hao and other seven bosses have not awakened, and the rest have awakened the year before and last year.
But when these words came out of the mouth of this strong man, why did they sound a little strange?
Seeing that Tian Hao's huge ass moved towards him, as if he was about to come over, Qin Ming frowned, and said with some disgust:
"Sit down, don't face me. β
As he spoke, he turned his face and continued to look at the awakening platform.
This is the third and last time.
If you still can't awaken your martial arts talent this time, then you can basically only be an ordinary person in this life.
Tian Hao's nervousness is also reasonable.
But unlike the nervousness of his sworn friend Tian Hao, Qin Ming was more looking forward to this awakening ceremony.
As soon as his mind moved, a line of words appeared on his retina.
γOrigin Sword Soul: To be activatedγ
This line of writing has been around since it crossed over three years ago.
It starts out in the "To be opened" state with a progress bar on it.
In order to make this progress bar load, Qin Ming used many methods.
Eventually, it was found that it could be loaded as long as it was killed.
For this reason, he was not yet a martial artist, and he had to reduce his pay to work in the slaughterhouse.
The first thing after school every day is to go to the slaughterhouse.
Dirty work is tiring and scrambling to do it, just to be able to kill a few more animals.
It's just that this loading speed is super slow, and it didn't load until a month ago.
The progress bar disappears, and the "To be activated" status changes to "To be activated".
Later, it was found that since the state changed, no matter how many animals were slaughtered, there was no movement in the "to be activated" state.
Qin Ming guessed that it was likely that there would be another opportunity to completely activate the "Origin Sword Soul".
With his intuition, Qin Ming felt that this year, the last awakening ritual for him was the opportunity for him to activate the "Origin Sword Soul".
"Qin Ming. β
Tian Hao called softly, pulling Qin Ming's slightly divergent thoughts back.
"Huh?"
Qin Ming turned his face, a little puzzled.
"You've changed. β
Tian Hao looked at him resentfully and said.
"What, what's changed?"
Qin Ming didn't turn a corner for a while.
"You weren't like that before. β
Tian Hao said, looking at the seat with a resentful gaze.
Qin Ming suddenly realized that this guy was complaining and wanted to rely on him, but he refused.
Looking at the resentful little eyes of the "reckless man" in front of him, Qin Ming's goosebumps rose all over his body.
"Get out!"
That's when it happened.
Lao Zhou, the deputy director who presided over the awakening ceremony, swept his eyes to all the students.
"Silence!"
The sound was clear throughout the Awakening Chamber.
"Your teacher should have talked about the precautions for awakening many times, so I won't repeat them here. β
"We all know that talent levels are divided into seven levels: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple. This awakening has been slightly adjusted compared with the previous ones, those with a talent level above the green talent will be directly exempted from the examination to enter the martial arts academy to continue their studies, and those below the green talent can enter the military reserve camp for free according to the principle of voluntariness to continue their studies. β
As soon as Zhou Kang's words fell, the classmates below began to whisper.
"If the talent level is green, you can enter without exams, it seems that this time the martial arts academy has made a big move!"
"Could it be that the front-line war is tight and there is an urgent need for martial artists to replenish it, so the major martial arts schools have relaxed their policies?"
"Who knows, maybe it's not the front line of the Blood Sea, but the Deep Space Department needs talents. β
Of course, in addition to what Zhou Kang said, you can also be admitted to the Martial Arts Academy with your ability.
But for three consecutive years, there is still no awakening of martial arts talent, and only those who enter scientific and technological institutions to study, or vocational and technical colleges.
Martial arts talent is a hard indicator for entering the martial arts academy.
This point does not need to be repeated by Zhou Kang, everyone understands it.
"All silent!"
Zhou Kang looked at everyone with a majestic gaze.
"Everyone down there. β
All the students who were waiting for the awakening quickly got up from their seats and consciously lined up, waiting to be entered into the awakening platform.
Zhou Kang looked up at the blood-colored moonlight in the dome that was gradually getting thicker and thicker, his face began to become serious, and then he said to He Yuerong: "It's almost time, you can start." β
He Yuerong nodded, and then a sweet voice spread throughout the hall.
"Everyone came one by one, whether awakened or not, and after the ritual was completed, they all returned to their seats. β
Then he looked at the first boy.
"Liu Chenghu. β
"Yes. β
The sturdy young man looked nervous and walked up to the awakening platform.
"Don't be nervous, just stand in the pillar of light, put your hands on the Awakening Ball, and relax. β
He Yuerong said with a smile.
The gentle voice relieved Liu Chenghu's nervousness a lot, and he stood under the blood-colored pillar of light as he said, and put his hand on the awakening ball on the instrument in front of him.
Buzz β
The black orb of awakening suddenly shone brightly in the blood-colored pillar of light.
A golden light suddenly appeared in the blood-colored pillar of light, and in the blink of an eye, a huge golden sledgehammer was formed, from the end of the handle to the head of the hammer, which was six meters high.
At the same time, outside the glass roof of the Awakening Room, a blood-colored light rose up in the night sky, and other Awakening Room glass roofs also had blood-colored light erupting.
Apparently, there are people awakening in other awakening chambers as well.
Hulala......
The light that appeared in the sky above the Awakening Building was like a signal, and the bats on the nearby buildings suddenly flew up, and their bodies quickly grew in size as if they were blowing in the air, and in the blink of an eye, they were the size of people, and one by one they had blue-faced fangs, and they pounced in the direction of the Awakening Room that was lit up......
Indoors.
The seven-color indicator lights on the metal instrument lit up one after the other and stopped in the green position.
"Liu Chenghu, awakened martial spirit, talent level green. β
He Yuerong's sweet and joyful voice sounded.
"Wow-"
Everyone was envious.
The first one to take the stage awakened the green talent!
Liu Chenghu was also pleasantly surprised.
This means that he can enter the martial arts academy without taking the exam.
"Congratulations, Liu Chenghu. β
He Yuerong said with a smile.
"Thank you, teacher. β
He Yuerong nodded, and then said, "Next." β
As a four-meter-tall vine appeared in the shadow, He Yuerong's voice sounded again:
"Huang Xiaoyun, awakened spirit plant martial soul, talent level yellow. β
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