Chapter 1: Awakening Ceremony

Yan Kingdom Alliance

Yandong Province

Jiaying City

Shenshan Middle School

Grade 3 Class 24

Ye Bai was staring blankly out the window, watching the little blue crows chirping away.

He had transmigrated here in the womb and endured the 996 grind every day, finally reaching the Awakening Ceremony.

As long as he could awaken, he could reach the pinnacle of life, with beautiful wives and lovers in his arms.

The class teacher, Zhang Lingxue, walked up carrying the heavy Awakening Stone.

This woman, whom the boys of Class 24 called their "Dream Goddess Xue," was in the prime of her youth at twenty, yet she was the youngest professor in the history of the Yan Kingdom Alliance.

The Baibian Can she researched evolved into a Guangming Nüshen Die, and she even won the Yan Kingdom Alliance's Pet Beast Award.

Originally, the Baibian Can was called the White Jade Silkworm; it looked white, chubby, and very cute, but it was only renamed to Baibian Can after Zhang Lingxue achieved results with her research.

As everyone knows, the usual evolutionary path for a Baibian Can is only the Huidu E, which is gray and dusty, covered all over in various scales.

Once contaminated by the scales of a Huidu E, one will enter various negative states.

Every year, countless people are sent to the hospital for treatment because they came into contact with the scales of a Huidu E.

The evolutionary conditions for a Baibian Can are very simple; as long as it eats enough food, it can evolve into a Huidu E.

Zhang Lingxue believed that insect-type Pet Beasts have short evolutionary cycles and many variations.

She selected over a hundred types of insect-type Pet Beasts for genetic testing, among which the Baibian Can had unstable genes and higher plasticity.

Therefore, she specifically selected a high-quality Baibian Can Pet Beast Egg, raised it from a young age, and utilized a Fourth Rank resource, the Light Stone, to successfully make the Baibian Can evolve into a Guangming Nüshen Die.

After her research was published, more and more researchers turned their attention to the Baibian Can.

Soon, other evolutionary paths for the Baibian Can were also discovered by people.

For example, the water-type Phantom Water Butterfly, the fire-type Flame Butterfly, and the wood-type Wood Grain Butterfly.

Resources are divided from the First Rank to the Ninth Rank.

Aptitude is also derived from this ranking.

At the peak of her fame, she came to teach at Shenshan Middle School.

Shenshan Middle School is one of the top ten middle schools in Yandong Province; it has rich teaching resources and possesses an exclusive Pet Beast Secret Realm.

The principal of Shenshan Middle School, Liu Hang, even specifically designated an area for Zhang Lingxue to conduct her research.

Zhang Lingxue placed the Awakening Stone on the podium.

"Students, today is the Awakening Ceremony, and it is also the most important event in our lives."

"This Awakening Stone can assist students in awakening their Pet Beast Space and talent."

"Those who can awaken a Pet Beast Space will definitely be able to awaken a talent."

"It is just that talents vary in strength, but every talent has its own merits; there are no useless talents, only useless Pet Beast Masters."

"Talents are classified according to rarity, from high to low, divided into S, A, B, C, D, E, F, and so on."

"People who can awaken a B-Grade talent or higher are already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns; in the history of the Yan Kingdom Alliance, only a few people have been able to awaken an S-Grade talent."

"Alright, everyone, let's begin now."

"Zhang Qiang."

A student who looked as thin as a hemp stalk walked up, and he placed his hand on the Awakening Stone.

This Awakening Stone was a stone emitting a milky white light, and it looked very Sturdy.

"Calm your heartstrings, clear your mind."

At this moment, ripples of white light appeared on Zhang Qiang's body.

After a short while, Zhang Qiang dissipated the white light with a look of frustration; this meant the awakening had failed.

Those who awaken successfully will be surrounded by a circle of awakening light, and at the same time, the awakened talent will be displayed on the Awakening Stone.

"Awakening failed. Next, Hua Qingyi."

Zhang Qiang looked dejected; he knew that failing the awakening meant he could only be an ordinary person for the rest of his life.

From this moment on, they were people from two different worlds compared to the classmates they had spent every day with for the past two years.

Zhang Qiang left the classroom in low spirits.

Zhang Lingxue read down the list one by one according to the roster.

The light of awakening bloomed directly on many people, which meant the awakening was successful.

And Zhang Lingxue kept recording the talents of these people.

"Water Affinity, D-Grade talent."

"Fire Enhancement, C-Grade talent."

"Plant Manipulation, C-Grade talent."

More and more people awakened, and soon it exceeded ten.

At this moment, there was an uproar all around.

"Insight Eye, A Ji Tianfu."

Zhang Lingxue said with a proud look, which caused the whole class to be in an uproar.

"An A-Grade talent! In my lifetime, I actually saw someone awaken an A-Grade talent."

"Insight Eye, is that the talent that can see the evolutionary paths of Pet Beasts?"

"Class monitor, you're awesome!"

Everyone discussed it one after another, all looking with worshipful eyes at Li Weiyang, who looked proud.

Ye Bai looked over, and the short-haired girl whose Insight Eye talent was as dazzling as the scorching sun was none other than his deskmate, Li Weiyang, who was also known as the most beautiful school beauty in the history of Shenshan Middle School and the class monitor of Class 24.

"Ye Bai, come up. Keep your heartstrings calm and do not panic."

Zhang Lingxue repeated these words.

Ye Bai stood up calmly, walked to the edge of the Awakening Stone, and placed his hand on it.

A cold sensation surged directly into his mind, and he felt every cell in his body cheering and leaping with joy.

A special feeling flashed through his mind, and he heard a 'Crack!'—he did not know what had split open.

A special space measuring eight meters by eight meters by eight meters appeared in his mind.

At the same time, a white and a golden ball of light appeared.

The next second, the white light all over Ye Bai's body dissipated, and the Class Teacher Zhang Lingxue quickly recorded Ye Bai's talent—Photographic Memory.

"D-Grade talent—Photographic Memory."

After hearing the Class Teacher's words, the surrounding students immediately began to whisper.

"Photographic Memory? This talent is too ordinary, right? It's just right for being an ordinary person."

"Yeah, it's not as good as Water Affinity or Flame Enhancement."

"Ye Bai is top of the grade in every exam; with this talent, he'll be even more awesome at exams."

"What's the use of doing well on exams? Does he have any combat experience?"

At this moment, Ye Bai fell into a daze because a panel suddenly appeared in front of him.

Lines of text emerged on the panel.

Daily Intelligence Update.

【1: Those who have awakened the Insight Eye talent can activate the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade if they drip their blood onto it, allowing them to copy the Insight Eye talent.】

【2. Because Li Weiyang awakened the ultra-rare Insight Eye talent, she will be shot and killed at five o'clock this afternoon, suffering severe Bleeding and fainting several times.】

【3. The Thousand-Change Silkworm is very similar to the Baibian Can, the only difference being that the Thousand-Change Silkworm has a faint, jade-like glow at the center of its brow; it is said that the exquisite silk it spits is worth its weight in gold.】

【4. Principal Liu Hang of Shenshan Middle School, who claims to have flowing long hair, is actually bald; he has reached the point of obsession in his attempt to effectively treat his baldness.】

【5. Among the Pet Beast resources distributed by Shenshan Middle School, the resource pack numbered thirty-eight has been mixed with a Tier 5 resource, a Life Spirit Seed.】

The arrival of this golden finger made Ye Bai's heart surge; the first piece of intelligence alone was of great benefit to him.

In this era where information resources are king, mastering resources is equivalent to mastering a goose that lays golden eggs.

Moreover, it can be inferred from the Daily Intelligence Update that this information refreshes once every day.

However, Ye Bai did not know exactly when it refreshed; he would need to test it to find out.

In addition to the control panel that appeared, Ye Bai also sensed the eight-meter by eight-meter by eight-meter Pet Beast Space he had just opened up.

Nine grooves appeared on an ancient stone slab emitting a star-blue light, representing the Contract Slots.

This was Ye Bai's Pet Beast Space; one of the grooves emitted a brilliant light, while the other eight were gray-white, and could only be started once Ye Bai's strength improved to a certain level.

This represented the number of Pet Beasts Ye Bai could contract.

Generally, when a Pet Beast Master awakens, they can only contract one Pet Beast, though occasionally some gifted Pet Beast Masters can contract multiple Pet Beasts with a single Contract Slot.

Old friend's new book, the fat orange cat that collapses the kang: Beast Tamer: 16 years old, what the hell is an Old Codger Counterattack?

Tianhai No. 1 Middle School auditorium.

Just as Xia Mu, who had just started his third year of high school, was agonizing over whether to choose to be a Beast Tamer or a Breeder, the Old Codger Counterattack System suddenly arrived.

【Ding! Old Codger Counterattack System is online!】

【At forty years old, you have struggled for most of your life; in middle age, you are still a bottom-tier drudge of a Breeder. When Tianhai City is breached by the Abyss Bone Dragon and reduced to scorched earth, and your friends and family suffer heavy casualties, you regret not becoming a Beast Tamer. Do you dare to muster the courage to try again, embark on the path of beast taming, and dance to your heart's content in your old age?】

【In Tianhai No. 1 Middle School, which has become the lair of the Abyss Bone Dragon, make the choice to become a Beast Tamer and start the road to a counterattack. Reward: Old Codger Counterattack Gift Pack.】

Xia Mu looked at the system that had suddenly appeared, his eyes dazed.

No, I'm only 16? What the hell is an Old Codger Counterattack?

Brother System, did you transmigrate too early?

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(End of this chapter)