Chapter 1 : Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Do You Know How I’ve Lived All These Years?
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Lin Yuan. Male. Eighteen. A transmigrator.
His boon was the God-Tier Class System.
He was a student in Class 1 of the third year at Tianfeng City No. 1 High School.
Tomorrow, he would awaken his talent and choose his class.
The other students had long since left school, but Lin Yuan was still in the training hall. His fists pounded against the practice dummy, producing heavy thudding sounds.
There was no special reason for it.
The damned system still had not activated.
After throwing nearly a hundred punches and finishing today’s training target, Lin Yuan finally stopped.
【Congratulations, Host. You have persisted in training for 3652 days. The God-Tier Class System is now activated.】
The moment the notification rang by his ear, Lin Yuan drew in a deep breath. His eyes actually stung a little.
Ten years.
A full ten years!
No one knew how he had lived through those ten years.
Like every standard transmigrator protagonist, he had started with both parents dead.
Lin Yuan had accepted that fairly well, but the days he spent in the orphanage, scraping by on subsistence welfare, had indeed given him an understanding of the word “full” far beyond that of ordinary people.
When he was eight, the God-Tier Class System had appeared.
At the time, Lin Yuan had thought he was about to soar into the heavens.
Who would have thought there would be a condition to activating the system?
He had to keep training for ten years. 3652 days.
And the damned number was exact down to the very last day.
Before transmigrating, Lin Yuan had been an expert collector of fitness videos. He had saved 3,780 of them.
And now they wanted a collector to actually practice?
What a joke.
But for the sake of the God-Tier System, Lin Yuan had no choice but to train.
Every single day, he kept to a routine of one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run.
At first, he had done it passively.
Later, he came to enjoy the feeling.
He started adding extra training on his own.
Fists, kicks, shields, weapons—whenever he had time, he trained.
For the past ten years, Lin Yuan’s life had consisted of nothing but studying and training, training, training...
Whether the system would activate or not, he had never known.
What he did know was that in those ten years, he had never once encountered school bullying.
Even the school tyrants, when they saw Lin Yuan, would bow politely and then file away in orderly lines.
“Now that the system’s activated, is there some kind of beginner gift pack?” Lin Yuan asked.
【The system will fully open after the Host chooses a class. The beginner gift pack will be issued at the same time.】
“What’s in the beginner gift pack?” Lin Yuan asked again.
【Includes but is not limited to God-Tier Talent, God-Tier Skills, Mythic Equipment, and more...】
“God-Tier Talent, God-Tier Skills, Mythic Equipment!”
“Not bad. Not bad at all.”
Lin Yuan was thoroughly satisfied.
While he was resting, a skinny young man walked over and handed him a bottle of water.
“Brother Lin, tomorrow’s the day we awaken our talents and choose our classes. Have you thought about what class you want?”
The boy’s name was Sun Xu. He was Lin Yuan’s classmate, and the two of them were quite close.
Lin Yuan glanced at the system that had already activated. The feedback he received was:
【The system will provide class options according to the Host’s awakened talent.】
Lin Yuan took the water, twisted the cap open, and gulped down a mouthful.
“I’ll wait and see what talent I awaken tomorrow.”
“I do want to switch into a Warrior, but if I end up awakening some magic-type talent, won’t I cry myself to death?”
If he had the choice, Lin Yuan still preferred the Warrior class.
For no other reason than this: he liked the feeling of every blow landing solidly.
That was why he had chosen the One-Punch Man training regimen.
Hearing that, Sun Xu dropped down beside him and sat on the floor. “That’s true enough.”
“My expectations aren’t high. As long as I awaken a talent related to combat, that’ll be enough.”
“I really don’t want to listen to my father and pick a life class.”
Ever since he was young, Sun Xu had wanted to become a class-holder and enter dungeons to fight.
But everyone in his family wanted him to choose a life class instead.
They were not asking for great wealth or high status. A safe and steady life would be enough.
Lin Yuan cast him a sideways glance.
“You still need to train that body of yours. A melee class is probably out of the question. Pick an Archer and hide in the back taking potshots, or drop your prejudice and become a Healer.”
“A Healer?” Sun Xu’s expression immediately became agitated.
“That’s an insult. I’d rather smash my head against the Awakening Platform than become a Healer.”
“What’s wrong with a Healer? It’s safe. You don’t have to charge into the front.”
Lin Yuan clapped his hands and stood up. “At any rate, it’s better than being a Summoner.”
“A Summoner? Not even a dog would choose that class.”
After washing up, the two of them left the training hall and headed to a self-service buffet not far from the school.
Two hours later, Lin Yuan patted his stomach, let out a full belch, and walked out of the restaurant with a trace of regret.
“What a pity. After I awaken tomorrow and become a class-holder, I won’t be able to come here anymore.”
This buffet only cost thirty-eight yuan for all-you-can-eat.
With a student ID, there was another forty percent discount.
For Lin Yuan, it was an incredible bargain.
After returning home, Lin Yuan began packing his things.
After tomorrow, he would have to move out of this house.
If he awakened a talent and became a class-holder, the school would provide him with a better place to live.
If he failed to awaken a talent, that was fine too. He could go work on a factory line tightening screws, with food and lodging included.
The next day, Lin Yuan rose early out of habit and went for a five-kilometer run to warm up.
After finishing, he suddenly realized that he might not need to train anymore.
The system had already activated, so what was the point of training now?
When he arrived at school and entered the classroom, all the students were soon present. Then their homeroom teacher, Chen Hongwei, walked to the podium with a stern expression.
“Students, before the awakening begins, I still have two things to say.”
He paused, waiting until everyone’s eyes had gathered on him, then continued,
“What level of talent you awaken is random. We cannot change that. But when it comes to choosing your class afterward, you absolutely must be cautious.”
“You must choose a class that suits you. Do not aim too high.”
“I’ve already said this sort of thing no fewer than ten times. Today, I’m emphasizing it one last time.”
“Students from ordinary families must never choose magic-type classes. In the early stage, magic-type classes have few skills and low damage. Without a fixed team, they simply cannot develop at all.”
“For ordinary commoners, the best choices are Warrior and Knight.”
“If you happen to awaken a defensive talent, do not hesitate. Choose Warrior immediately.”
“Do you understand?”
After finishing, Chen Hongwei gave Lin Yuan an especially pointed look.
Lin Yuan shrugged.
“Old Chen, why are you looking at me? You know me. I’ve never had any interest in magic-type classes.”
“As long as my talent isn’t too terrible, I’m definitely choosing Warrior.”
There was one more thing Lin Yuan did not say aloud.
Talent did not matter anyway. He had a cheat.
With the God-Tier Class System, even the most bottom-tier class could be turned into a supreme one.
Chen Hongwei raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was five minutes to nine.
“Students, assemble on the field. The moment that will change your fate has arrived.”
After saying that, Lin Yuan slowly got to his feet and walked out of the classroom.
Only after Lin Yuan left did the rest of the class begin rising in an orderly fashion and forming ranks.
When they arrived at the Awakening Altar, Lin Yuan’s gaze was immediately drawn to a gem atop the altar, one that radiated a dense and brilliant light.
That was the Awakening Stone.
Fifty years ago, countless dungeons had suddenly descended upon Blue Star.
If a dungeon was not conquered within the designated time, the monsters inside would break through their restraints and descend upon Blue Star.
Only by killing the final Boss within the dungeon could the crisis be resolved.
And after that, a Dungeon Placement Crystal would drop.
The beginner dungeon at No. 1 High School had come into being exactly like that.
Appearing alongside the dungeons were the Temples.
The Awakening Stone was one of the products of the Temples.
If humanity wished to awaken and become class-holders, they had to rely on the Awakening Stone.