"After entering, do not whisper or engage in idle talk; wait for my instructions."
The teacher finished calling the roll and began to talk about the discipline inside.
To prevent some mischievous students from affecting others' awakening by their frolic and play.
"Yes!"
Everyone responded.
"Let's go, enter!"
With a sweeping gesture, the teacher led Wang Yi and the others into the Awakening Room.
Clang!
The students had all entered, the door to the Awakening Room closed, and an involuntary shiver ran through everyone.
To say they weren't nervous would be a lie!
Whether one could become extraordinary depended on the awakening process ahead!
Everyone took their place, each facing a transparent crystal ball.
"It must be for awakening, right?!"
Wang Yi gazed at the crystal ball in front of him, pondering silently.
"Students, the crystal balls placed before you are for use in the upcoming Awakening on the Planet. They contain the Origin Power essential for Planet Awakening,"
said the teacher responsible for guiding the students, noting that Wang Yi and the others were seated.
"Shortly, adjust your mindset, place your hands on the crystal balls, and let the Origin Power enter your body through your palms.
During this period, you need do nothing but patiently wait for the Planet Awakening.
Once the Origin Power is depleted, those whose planets do not awaken will be considered to have failed in their awakening.
Remember, regardless of whether the planet awakens or not, shouting or making loud noises in the Awakening Room is not allowed.
Violators will be expelled from school!"
The Awakening teacher paused, his stern gaze sweeping around to ensure there were no objections, then continued,
"Students, please place both hands on the crystal balls in front of you."
The Awakening teacher glanced over everyone.
Upon hearing this, everyone simultaneously placed their hands on the crystal balls!
Wang Yi was no exception.
"Hmm?"
Wang Yi was taken aback as a cool sensation rose from the palm of his hand and quickly spread throughout his body, almost making him cry out in comfort.
"Is this the Origin Power?!"
Suddenly!
Everything went dark before Wang Yi's eyes, and he found himself in a grey, foggy space.
Apart from the grey mist, there was nothing around.
"Awakening Space?!"
Wang Yi had heard about what the Awakening Space looked like but was not entirely sure as he had never experienced it himself.
However, he did know that planets are born from the Awakening Space.
After looking around for a while and seeing no planet emerging, he was somewhat disappointed.
Some talented individuals have planets automatically manifest in their Awakening Space, without needing to awaken them manually.
The absence of a planet here indicated that he was not a "one in ten thousand" genius.
Though he had anticipated this, it still felt like a let-down when it actually happened.
Sigh~
Wang Yi took a deep breath, cleared his mind, calmed himself, and focused on awakening the planet.
The process of Planet Awakening was not complicated and did not take long - just a few minutes.
During this period, the size of the awakened planet, irrespective of its size, indicated success.
Otherwise, it was a failure.
The size of the planet depended on the individual's talent!
Highly talented individuals would awaken larger planets;
Those of average talent would awaken smaller planets;
Those with poor or very poor talent could barely awaken a planet.
Five minutes later, Wang Yi opened his eyes, a hint of joy on his face: "Success!"
He could clearly feel that, deep in the Awakening Space, there was an addition of a tiny soybean-sized object.
Without a doubt, this was the "planet" he had awakened.
Although tiny, it was a sign of successful Planet Awakening.
Having something was better than nothing.
Moreover, this was not the final form of the planet, but just its initial state, akin to a cell's embryo.
After a few more minutes, once the planet absorbed all the energy from the Awakening Space, it would solidify!
However, given the current size of the planet, it wasn't going to be very large when it matured.
Three minutes later, the planet took shape and hovered within the Awakening Space.
It was grey and approximately one kilometer in diameter, only the size of a small plaza.
Small, couldn't be smaller!
"Ah!"
Wang Yi felt somewhat helpless!
Fortunately, no transmigrator predecessors were present; otherwise, they would indeed laugh at him.
A transmigrator, awakening such a tiny planet, was truly...
A disgrace to all transmigrators!
The more Wang Yi thought about it, the more depressed he became. Other transmigrators were incredibly impressive, but he was a complete letdown.
That's absolutely abnormal!
Forget it!
Let's see what kind of energy it can transform first!
The birth of a planet is just the beginning; the transformation of energy is what truly matters.
Whether a planet can evolve into a civilization depends on its ability to transform energy.
As for the Creation Sandbox, it requires successful energy transformation from the planet before it can emerge.
In summary, Planet Awakening requires three steps.
First step: Awaken the planet.
Second step: Energy transformation.
Third step: Birth of the Creation Sandbox.
The first two steps are crucial, indispensable...
...
Inside the surveillance room.
The principal, director, and various class directors were all gathered, closely watching the situation in the Awakening Room.
The Planet Awakening ceremony is not held every day, roughly once every six months.
Each time, the school administration took it very seriously.
Currently, their faces were expressionless, their gazes dispassionate as they stared at the monitor screen, appearing calm.
In reality, they were filled with tension, even more so than the students in the Awakening Room.
It couldn't be helped!
The number of successful Planet Awakenings affected the performance evaluations of the class directors.
Being not nervous was not an option...
Suddenly!
The announcement in the surveillance room rang out.
"Number 3, initial awakening successful, planet diameter 12 kilometers."
"Number 25, initial awakening successful, planet diameter 7.5 kilometers."
"Number 13, initial awakening successful, planet diameter 13 kilometers."
"Number 36 preliminarily awakened successfully, the planet diameter is 7.9 kilometers."
…
"Not bad!"
The smile slowly surfaced on the principal's face as he heard the continuous announcements over the broadcast.
This batch of awakeners had noticeably more people than the last one.
"Yes!"
The director agreed, "These students are good, aren't they?"
Although the class heads did not speak, they all stared at their own class members, secretly checking the announced numbers.
Suddenly!
A voice caught everyone's attention.
"Student number 2, planet diameter 29 kilometers!"
"29 kilometers?!"
The class head of Class 5, upon hearing the broadcast, exclaimed excitedly, "From my class…"
This number 2 awakener was a student from his class.
As a teacher, how could he not rejoice upon hearing such explosive news?
"29 kilometers?!" The principal was also startled, then joyously said, "Another genius, good, good…"
"Although not as stunning as Sun Xiaoyu's 32 kilometers, he's still a genius, worthy of being nurtured," the director chuckled in agreement.
"Congratulations! Teacher Gong, another genius has come from your class!"
"Yes! Teacher Gong, your class really performed well this year, I'm so envious!"
"Congratulations…"
Class 5 head Gong Yuming, with a full-faced smile, feigned modesty: "Not really, far behind Sun Xiaoyu, we still need to strive..."
Everyone detected Gong Yuming's bragging, and although they felt resentment, they couldn't contest since their students weren't as brilliant; they had to hold their grievances.
The principal listened to the class heads talking pretentiously, shook his head with a smile, and did not stop them.
Such scenarios happened every year, and as the principal, he had to remain fair and impartial, not favoring any side.
Fortune rotates.
This year Gong Yuming struts, next year he may well be weeping.
Such situations had occurred many times before.
Having seen it a lot, he no longer cared.
"Student number 5, Planet Awakening successful, diameter… 0.9 kilometers?!"
"Hm?"
Suddenly!
The monitoring room fell silent, everyone's eyes turned to the big screen in the monitoring room.
Class 3 head Qu Shuli muttered subconsciously:
"A diameter of 0.9 kilometers! Not even a kilometer, this is probably the lowest record in history!"
Class 5 head Gong Yuming nodded, "Indeed it is! The previous record was 1.3 kilometers!"
Class 4 head Wang Yali sighed, "Such a small planet, it's probably difficult to even convert energy…"
"It's not probably, it's certain!
According to the Yanhuang Federation's announcement, plantes smaller than one kilometer have a 99.999% chance of not converting into Planet Energy, let alone give birth to Life," the director interjected, outright dismissing any possibilities for student number 5.
"What a pity." Class 10 head Li Wanlin sighed internally, his expression somewhat unnatural.
Because number five was his class's student.
"If it can't convert into Life, meaning it can't give birth to Life, it signifies an awakening failure!" The principal sighed slightly, "Which class is he from?"
"My class!" Li Wanlin spoke.
"Hm!" The principal nodded, then said, "After the awakening ends, go and comfort his emotions!"
"Yes!"
Li Wanlin understood the principal's implication, fearing that student number 5 might not take it well, perhaps even do something foolish.
After all, the situation of number 5 was even more disheartening than those who didn't awaken successfully at all.
Others didn't awaken any Planet; he awakened a Planet, but because its diameter was too small to convert energy and give birth to Life, he was deemed an awakening failure.
Such a situation was a greater blow, making it easy for some with poor mental resilience to take extreme actions.
…
Inside the Awakening Room.
Wang Yi was growing anxious as he still couldn't sense any Energy Conversion, frustration also creeping into his heart!
Failure to convert the Planet into Energy, unable to give birth to Life, signifies a Planet Awakening failure.
From now on, there will be no more chances for Planet Awakening.
In this lifetime, Wang Yi was born into an ordinary family.
With an unsuccessful Planet Awakening, in the future, he could only work for other Planet Masters, akin to the servants in ancient landowner families, with no status or dignity.
Wang Yi didn't want such a life, but if he couldn't successfully awake a Planet, his fate was already sealed.
[Ding Dong!]
At this moment.
A crisp mechanical voice sounded.
[Detection of host's ongoing Planet Awakening, Divine Level Evolution System officially activated.]
[Ding!]
[Activating, 1%… 13%… 29%…]
"Hm?"
Wang Yi was startled, then realized: "System?"
"My Golden Finger!"
"You damn well finally came!"
[100%!]
[Divine Level Evolution System activation complete!]
As the voice finished.
Whoosh!
A blue holographic projection appeared out of thin air, Wang Yi instinctively looked.
Planet Master: Wang Yi
Age: 18 years old
Gender: Male!
Occupation: Student
Planet Name: None
Planet Level: 0
Planet Diameter: 0.92 kilometers
Planet Species: 0
Evolution Route: ?
Every successful Planet Awakener has a Planet data panel, the Creation Sandbox for evolving planets.
Wang Yi's situation was peculiar, his attribute template had an added "Evolution Route" and lacked a "Creation Sandbox."
Clearly, his situation was different.
Wang Yi looked it over carefully and asked, "System, is the Evolution Route determined by me?"
[Yes!]
The system replied.
"Can I evolve anything?!"
Wang Yi thought for a moment, then asked again.
[Yes!]
"Then evolve..."
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