2023-07-12 20:32:11Who am I? What am I? Where am I?
The pain was just too much. luckily, it seems the heavens indeed smiled favorably at him.
In his last moments of losing consciousness, Gray heard the system's emotionless voice.
Ding!~
[Congratulations, Host. Please stand by while the system upgrades the host's body. The host is about to be awakened.]
Hahahhahahahahhahah~
Him? An Awakener?
Worth it!... It was all worth it!
Gray finally fainted with a large grin on his bloodied face. It wasn't till 6 AM that Gray woke.
Snacking his lips and almost choking on the harmless mutated green bugs in the dumpster, Gray had his first meal for the day.
Pleh!~
So disgusting. It tasted so bad.
The routine garbage workers on the surface grounds were also shocked to see the young badly bruised boy jump out the bin.
"What's going on? Bullied so much you have to sleep in a dumpster?"
"Go! Hey out of here kid! Or are you trying to steal valuable items for yourself? Dare to take our things in our turf?"
Then many garbage workers were furious.
Don't look down on their garbage job.
Since it was a surface job, it had better pay and lesser work hours.
For one, most garbage workers, though starting early at work, finish the jobs by 4 PM.
That was a dream life for many down below the surface. What's more, they also got 2 days off too.
Damn!
Talk about being lucky.
Maybe the best and most rewarding aspect of collecting garbage was that the wealthy threw away valuable items they considered as trash.
What they typically did was come way earlier than scheduled to rummage around the garbage treasure hunting.
Now seeing Gray jump out of their precious stash, how can they be happy?
No one felt pity for him despite his condition.
What? If they began pitying everyone, then who would out them?
Society has beaten them so badly to this state that they would even be willing to burn, crucify, hang or offer anyone who takes their stash as a sacrifice.
Don't blame them for being cruel. Their families especially children, depend on the thrown-away materials of those higher in status.
Who knows, maybe they could find a few doors of a powerful elixir in its original container there.
Yes! They are free that they are rats!
They are rats very willing to scavenge for goods and opportunities to better their lives.
Many of them got these surface jobs because their children became awakeners.
They were now struggling to find other raw materials that could make their other children become awakened too.
The more awakeners are in one's family, the fewer work days they'll get. Their jobs would also change too.
A few of them know of one or two people with 3 children in their families who all turned into awakeners
Do you know where these people now work? As surface factory workers with an incredible pay, only working 4 days a week, on a 7-hour shift.
That was the life… The dream life.
Do you think they too don't want that life?
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"Thief! Thief! Stop him now!"
Shit!
Gray cursed under his breath, surprised by the immense strength he now felt. Everyone else was also flabbergasted to see the boy covered in blood flying so fast.
This alleyway was usually used by the famous Adler Gannon's gang bullies. The treasures they typically found were amazing.
Sure enough, this boy should have tasted some potion thrown in the bin for him to speed up so fast.
Dammit!
Gritting their teeth, they sore that should they ever meet up with this thief, they would definitely throw wood at him and burn him alive.
If they could, they wished they had the ability to throw weapons high in the air and kill the son of a bitch from a distance.
"Don't let us find out who you are or you are dead meat!"
(*x*)
Phew~
Gray ran to a safe location, hiding behind a wall and secretly checking if he was being flowed or not.
It was times like these that made him realize just how vicious their current world was.
Whether one was an awakened human or an ordinary one, everyone was more ruthless than one could imagine.
All this for scrapes of junk from the bins?
Sigh…
What has humanity turned into?
Looking at the sky and his shadow, the shadows of the other buildings and the thickness of the morning fog, Gray couldn't help exclaiming with both hands on his head.
SHIT!
He's going to be late for school if he doesn't go home now and freshen up.
The school rules were very unfavorable to people like him should they make a single mistake.
It was odd that he should feel his body ache all over yet he now felt stronger than ever instead.
So what changed?
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>Name: Gray Ravenleaf
> Strength: 28 (10 = Ordinary humans)
Note//Strength must reach 25 to become an Awakened human.
> Agility: 21
> Physique: 19 (Number is based on muscle memory, overall stamina, endurance and innate genetic abilities)
> Spirit Score: 2.4
■ Genetic affinities:
> Psychic Control: Level 0 (unawakened)
■Special Skills.
>Palm Water Fist: Ordinary grade, Level 2. (15/300)
> Punching Bag Armor Body: Level 4 ( 173/10,000).
Note://As you upgrade your punching bag armor body increase, the host's body will toughen, becoming harder at hand steel.
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Venturing into the academy, everyone was not disappointed. There were towering castle-like stony buildings scattered around with magnificent giant statutes. Wow! Was that water flowing out from the mouths of several stone dragon heads? Gray had never seen anything like this before! The buildings were all so gigantic, and the space stretched out for as far as the eyes could see, enclosing many hills, paths and terrains. Some buildings stood on hills, others stood on cliff sides, and some stood on ground floor with massive ancient fountains shooting out at the center of their many courtyards.Many people's hearts hammered in their chests, feeling country bumpkins seeing city life for the first time. Everyone who has gotten accepted into the academy, was obviously an awakened human. So kicking their feet, they steadily ran forward to cover more ground. Walking normally will take them forever to get to their quarters. So how dare they dilly dally when nightfall had already come?
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Vrmmmmm! The vehicle roared to life, its engine bellowing like a beast unleashed. Gray's cheeks flapped wildly, his gums fully exposed as Yegan's car surged forward with incredible speed. "Fuck!" Gray cursed inwardly, his fingers digging into the seat. In this post-apocalyptic era, seatbelts were a forgotten luxury, a relic of a safer past. Just having a car, especially one pieced together from rusted scrap, was a miracle in itself. If Gray had been born before the apocalypse, he would have marveled at these current steampunk-inspired vehicles that ran on water and sometimes coal. The engin
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