Chapter 1

1: An Era Where Talent is King.

"Talent is the foundation."

"Students, you must know that there are thousands of talents in this world. Some are powerful, some are weak, but these are all superficial."

"Everything depends on whether one can evolve."

"Even a weak talent, if it can evolve, can become powerful."

"..."

On the podium.

Before the awakening, the homeroom teacher was once again explaining the importance of talent to the students.

Chen Ang listened attentively below.

As a transmigrator, even though he had already understood the situation of this world in the month since his arrival, he didn't mind learning more details.

In this world, talent is the foundation.

This is a world with extraordinary powers.

But the source of all power is talent.

And from weak to strong, no cultivation is required.

The only thing to do is to try every possible way to make one's talent evolve.

Yes.

Evolution.

This world is very magical.

Once a talent is awakened, one can continuously explore the characteristics of their talent, then search for materials that adapt to those characteristics, and refine them into potions to consume, thereby causing the talent to evolve.

For example, if someone awakens the Ice talent and can control the power of ice, then after collecting materials and evolving, it can evolve into Nine Nether Ice, and it can continue to evolve further.

Moreover, many talents have more than one route of evolution.

Take the Ice talent, for instance; besides evolving into Nine Nether Ice, it can also evolve into Blazing Frost.

But every evolution route requires the talent holder to explore it themselves.

Evolution sounds simple, but it is also very dangerous.

Because not only does one need to carefully explore the characteristics, but one must also find materials with at least eighty percent adaptability.

After finding the materials, one also needs to precisely ensure the dosage of each material to create the potion.

Being off by even a fraction could lead to evolution failure.

Once evolution fails, it is even more likely to cause damage to the talent's origin, thereby making it impossible to evolve.

So this is a world where talent is king.

Some people awaken a powerful talent at the start, but if they don't know the accurate evolution route or even fail to explore all the characteristics, it is difficult to succeed in evolution.

But some people awaken a weak talent at the start, yet if they know the evolution route, they can instead come from behind and surpass others.

"In short, in this world, talent is important, but what is truly important is being able to explore the evolution route of one's own talent."

Chen Ang summarized in his heart.

Nowadays, this world already knows the evolution routes and required materials for many talents.

But these were all explored by countless predecessors who spent their heart's blood.

There are still many talents for which it is completely unknown what materials should be used to evolve.

However, for now, these are not things Chen Ang needs to consider.

The only thing he needs to consider is to soothe the nervous mood in his heart and look forward to successfully awakening his talent later.

Yes.

In this world, not everyone can become a talent holder.

Some have it.

Some do not.

Once the awakening fails, it is destined that one has no talent and can never become a talent holder.

"Whew."

"I hope I can awaken successfully."

Chen Ang thought to himself.

Just at this moment, on the podium, the homeroom teacher had finished speaking and, looking at the expectant students, smiled. "Alright, next, students, follow me to the Awakening Hall and prepare to awaken your talents."

As the words fell, the classroom suddenly became boisterous.

"Hahahaha, it's finally about to start."

"Damn, why are you so happy? Aren't you afraid of failing the awakening?"

"Damn it, why did you have to say that? Can't you give me some confidence?"

"Whatever, I will definitely awaken successfully. I'm not even asking for a powerful talent; I'll be satisfied with a Strength talent."

"Hehe, I also want a Strength talent. Tier 2 evolution is Giant Strength, Tier 3 evolution is Dragon-Elephant Strength, Tier 4 evolution is Diamond Strength; the future path is already written out."

"Anyway, if one can awaken successfully, it's best to awaken a talent with an evolution route. Otherwise, even if you awaken, if you can't explore the evolution route, the path ahead is bleak."

"It's good enough to be able to awaken; to think you have so many requirements."

"Exactly, as long as you can awaken, you are a talent holder, and you will have many benefits in all aspects."

Chen Ang was a 'little transparent' in the class.

Therefore, no one chatted with him.

Chen Ang was happy with this; it was quiet.

He walked at the very back with his hands behind his head, following the crowd out of the classroom to the Awakening Hall next to the teaching building.

Besides his own class, students from two other classes had already arrived and were waiting there.

Each of their faces was filled with anticipation and nervousness.

The Awakening Hall was very spacious and did not look luxurious.

The only eye-catching thing was a simple yet lustrous stone tablet in the center of the hall. The tablet had no carvings or patterns, yet it inexplicably gave people a profound feeling.

This is the Awakening Stone Tablet. By touching it, one can detect if they possess talent; if they do, they can awaken, and if not, they fail.

When all the students had arrived, a male teacher beside the stone tablet didn't waste words and immediately took out the roll call list and said, "When your name is called, come up and start the awakening."

"First, Zhang Wei."

A boy with a face full of acne walked over, trembling with nervousness, and shakily raised his hand to touch the Awakening Stone Tablet.

Everyone's eyes looked over, anticipating the result.

The Awakening Stone Tablet lit up slightly, emitting a soft light.

But immediately, the light dimmed at an extremely fast speed.

The male teacher calmly put a cross behind Zhang Wei's name on the roll call list and then said, "Zhang Wei, awakening failed, no talent."

The teacher's voice made Zhang Wei open his eyes in disbelief, his face turning pale instantly, as if he hadn't expected this result and couldn't accept it for a moment.

But the teacher still said calmly, "Alright, go down, make room for the students behind."

"Next, Wang Li."

The teacher continued to call the next student's name.

He was accustomed to this scene and had no emotional fluctuations.