Chapter 1: Hellish Start (Begging for flowers, favorites, and evaluation votes)

Year 2624, May 4th, 2:00 PM.

Lijiang City, Second High School, Gao San Class Five classroom.

"The class change is about to start, I'm so excited!"

"I hope I can change to the Mage class. Once I hit level 30 and do my second class change, I'll have enough spells to turn myself into a spell turret and wipe out waves of magical beasts!"

"Mages are too squishy. I want to change to the Berserker class!"

"Berserker? That's a first-class-change hidden class. You think you can pull off a hidden class change in a universal ceremony? You're dreaming!!"

"......"

In the classroom, aside from a few students, the rest were all chatting among themselves.

Beyond nervousness, these people felt even more anticipation and excitement.

Zhou Yi, sitting by the window in the second-to-last row, also wore an expectant look on his face.

It had already been a year since he transmigrated to this world.

In that year, he had long since fully adapted to this world—its early-stage civilization development was similar to his previous life, but its future development was completely different.

It turned out that the globally explosive Eternal Game back then had been simulated by the Will of All Heavens.

Its purpose was to let humans who entered the game world through virtual helmets, through endless monster-grinding and leveling, gradually adapt to fighting magical beasts and alien races.

After that, the Eternal Game completely merged with the entirety of reality.

The Earth's surface area expanded several thousandfold, and a large number of Secret Realms and dungeons descended.

Countless magical beasts and alien races also poured out.

At the same time, every person could grow stronger through leveling and class changes.

And today was the day of the class-change ceremony, uniformly arranged by the Zhongxia Nation.

All students at Second High School who had reached level 10 could participate and undergo their first class change!

And this first class change basically decided a person's future fate.

"The class-change ceremony is about to begin. Before that, let me say a few words."

On the podium, homeroom teacher Li Xiangyang clapped his hands and called out:

"The first class change is a major event concerning your future development."

"So, regarding the three classes that appear in the ceremony, you need to consider carefully based on your own situation.

Classes like Summoner and Machinist—don't pick them the instant you see them.

A Summoner's summons and a Machinist's machines both require massive resource investment; they're not something ordinary people can afford.

When combat classes are available, I still recommend you pick classes like Warrior or Gunslinger—classes that are both commoner-friendly and have decent late-game development......"

The homeroom teacher kept droning on at the podium.

Though the students below had heard this speech countless times, they still listened with great attentiveness.

Zhou Yi was no exception.

After the Eternal Game merged with reality, class change became an extremely important matter, and every nation had different policies on it.

Zhongxia Nation was naturally no exception.

The resources distributed each year ensured that every student nationwide could at least reach level 10 by age 18 and undergo their first class change.

However, after a successful first class change, the nation no longer provided assistance for subsequent leveling, skill book acquisition, or equipment acquisition—those had to be obtained through one's own efforts.

Classes like Summoner and Machinist, which required huge personal resource investment to develop, really weren't suitable for ordinary students to choose.

"But whether it's Summoner or Machinist, for me, as long as it's a combat class, that's fine."

Zhou Yi muttered silently in his heart.

The Eternal Game had countless classes—not only combat classes, but also many life-skill classes.

After fully merging with reality, humans had over a thousand classes to choose from for their class change.

Of course, they called it a choice, but at the ceremony, only three classes could be selected.

These three classes were the three most suitable ones for the class-changer, generated based on the ceremony's detection.

And in a present where monsters and fierce beasts ran rampant, combat classes naturally had better prospects and were more respected.

But for Zhou Yi, prospects and respect weren't the most important things.

The most important thing was that combat classes had high money-making efficiency!

Take the Summoner the homeroom teacher just mentioned—even without enough resources to contract powerful creatures, just relying on the goblins auto-contracted after class change, one could enter dungeons, kill magical beasts, and sell materials for income.

But life-skill classes like Enchanter—even after class change, couldn't go hunt magical beasts like combat classes; instead, they had to invest resources to learn how to draw magic circuits......

"Xiaoyun's medical bills keep getting higher. If I can't change to a combat class and run dungeons to make money, that'll be trouble."

Thinking of his sister, Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, his gaze drifting as he stared out the window.

The body he had transmigrated into was also named Zhou Yi—a high schooler who, apart from being fairly handsome, was completely ordinary in every other respect.

If one had to name a defining trait, it would probably be his tragic background.

His father had long passed away, and his mother also died of illness not long after he transmigrated.

Even his only sister, Zhou Yun, was diagnosed with a strange illness not long after their mother's death, requiring long-term hospital observation.

The heavy debt and his sister's monthly medical bills left Zhou Yi, fresh from transmigrating, barely able to breathe.

If he hadn't been clever enough to find some part-time jobs suited to him, his sister would have long been kicked out of the hospital, and he himself would be living on the streets with no way to continue.

But he was, after all, just a high schooler—being able to find part-time work was already good, and the money he earned was extremely limited.

As his sister Zhou Yun's strange illness kept worsening, the income from his part-time jobs was gradually becoming insufficient.

That was also why he was so desperate to change to a combat class and work hard to make money.

"Alright, time's about up. Let's head to the field."

Homeroom teacher Li Xiangyang's words pulled Zhou Yi's wandering thoughts back, snapping him to attention.

"Phew, let's see the class change result first."

"Even if none of the three professions is a combat class, the situation after the class change will be much better than the hellish start we have now, right?"

Zhou Yi let out a long breath, stood up, and followed the crowd of students out.

His gait was steady, his expression calm, yet a thread of nervous excitement stirred within him.

How will the future unfold?

Will it be arduous or smooth?

It all depends on what profession he can choose at the upcoming class change ceremony!

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