In Lingzhou No.1 High School, Class 3 of senior grade 3, a group of tense students focused on the podium.
Today is the Awakening Day.
"Come up to get the potion when you hear your name called, and do the check half an hour later," said Wei Xuan, the bald glasses-wearing class teacher.
He called the names one by one, and the students came up to get their potions.
"Don't mix them up. The potions are matched to your genes. Mistakes could lead to accidents." Wei Xuan cautioned as he distributed the potions.
"Xu Hao."
Wei Xuan continued to call.
In the back row of the classroom, a handsome boy stood up.
Xu Hao took the potion and returned to his seat with a long sigh of relief.
A century ago, a nuclear war sparked a new era of human evolution.
Since then, everyone has been able to awaken their lineage before adulthood and embark on the path of evolution.
However, talent differs. Some awaken an invincible lineage and are destined to stand out from the crowd; others awaken ordinary lineage and can only go with the flow.
Therefore, awakening the lineage is crucial!
As a time traveler, he had been struggling in this parallel world for ten years.
Without any golden finger or system enhancement, he spent this time like any ordinary person.
Today marks the turning point in his fate— the awakening of his bloodline!
"As a transmigrator, I'm bound to stand out. Perhaps I could awaken some badass bloodline! Dual bloodline? Triple bloodline? Anything is possible!"
Xu Hao clutched the potion, pumping himself up.
Taking a deep breath, he tilted his head back, downing the potion in one gulp.
Holy crap, it's bitter!
...
Half an hour later, the students from the third class filed out one by one, heading to the examination room downstairs.
"Why, isn't this our highly talented Xu?"
A big-built, sunnily handsome boy but somewhat smirky when he grinned, approached.
"Gao 'Too Dumb'?"
Xu Hao raised an eyebrow at the newcomer.
Gao Lu was a childhood friend of Xu Hao.
He was primarily friends with Gao because Lu was the son of a wealthy family, and Xu would often mooch snacks from him when they were kids. They ended up playing together in this way.
"Hasn't your class finished the test?" Xu Hao asked.
"I just want to see your bloodline level," Gao Lu answered bluntly.
Xu Hao raised an eyebrow and asked, "How about you? What's your rank?"
"I?" Gao Lu smirked, snapping his fingers.
"Bang!"
Orange flames burst from his fingertips, causing heat waves to roll around their surroundings.
Shouts of surprise rang out from the onlookers.
With an air of nonchalance, Gao Lu sighed, "Ah, just a common A-class Flame Bloodline."
Xu Hao quietly flipped him off.
The Bloodline ranks are from high to low: SABCDEF.
S-rank is extremely rare.
Besides the rank, it can also be divided into Psychic-type, Beast-type, and Elemental-type.
The Elemental-type is the most precious.
Once Gao Lu announced his Bloodline, envy filled the eyes of those around them.
An A-class Elemental type, what a promising future!
"Alright," Wei Xuan called out, "Bloodline examination begins, form up in four lines."
"Go on, don't embarrass your dear old dad."
Gao Lu gave Xu Hao a pat on the shoulder, a look of been-there-done-that on his face.
Xu Hao only rolled his eyes and flipped him off.
After waiting for quite some time, it was finally Xu Hao's turn.
Xu Hao took several deep breaths to stabilize his nerves, and stepped into the center of the machine.
With a humming noise, the machine lit up.
A circle of red light slowly appeared under Xu Hao's feet.
The more circles of light, the higher the bloodline level.
Then another hum, a second circle of light appeared, which then stopped increasing.
"E grade, next."
Wei Xuan shook his head in disappointment. An E grade was only slightly better than an ordinary person.
Xu Hao looked at the two circles of light under his feet, his mind a little dazed.
Am I really that useless?
Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in his head.
A mechanical voice sounded in his mind, "Host bloodline awakening detected, system officially activated."
System?
Xu Hao instantly snapped awake from his gloom, his joy beyond articulation.
"Super Evolution System commences binding!"
"Binding successful!"
"First-time activation of the system, a novice gift pack for you. Would you like to open it?"
Xu Hao chose to open it without hesitation.
"Congratulations! Host has acquired an S-grade Black Steel Battle Body bloodline!"
As the system voice receded, Xu Hao felt a warm current bubble up from his heart, instantly vaulting to every part of his body.
At this moment, Xu Hao felt his strength increase several times over, and his senses became astonishingly sharp.
Is this the awesomeness of the S-bloodline?
"Xu Hao? Are you alright?"
Class teacher Wei Xuan asked with concern.
Among the senior year students, those who couldn't accept their weak bloodlines, leading to mental breakdowns or thoughts of suicide, were not a handful.
"Teacher Wei, I'm absolutely fine!"
Xu Hao responded cheerfully.
Seeing Xu Hao this jubilant, Wei Xuan grew even more anxious.
"Has this child gone crazy?
Finding joy in a E-tier bloodline?
"Professor Wei, I would like to retake the test." Xu Hao said.
"Retest?" Professor Wei glanced at the technician next to him.
"This is the latest equipment from the Federation with an accuracy rate of 99%, the result will be the same even if you retake the test!"
The technician said impatiently.
Every year, he encounters a bunch of people who refuse to believe in the low quality of their own bloodlines, believing that the machine has made a mistake.
"Forget it, let's allow Xu Hao to retest." Wei Xu suggested.
Wei Xu felt somewhat uncomfortable. After all, Xu Hao had lost his parents at a young age, taken away by the beast tide.
The fact that this child has been able to survive until now is really not easy.
"Alright, fine."
With an unwilling expression, the technician cleared the data and restarted the device.
"Just this once! After testing, you must leave! Don't come back to bother me again!"
The technician vented at Xu Hao, appearing disgruntled.
Buzz—
The machine began to hum as it started.
Below Xu Hao, a circle of light gradually emerged, closely followed by a second one.
"Just watch, it's going to be the same as before," the technician rolled his eyes.
Before the words had settled, ka ka ka ka!
Four rings of light suddenly illuminated beneath Xu Hao!
"Holy shit, is this A-level?" The technician's eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
But before he could recover, the red light circle trembled violently and instantly transformed into a dazzling gold color.
In an instant, the entire testing room was bathed in golden light, so bright that one could hardly keep their eyes open.
"Holy hell!"
The technician bounced up from his chair.
"Holy shit!" Wei Xuan also abruptly straightened his body.
"This... this is a freaking S-level bloodline!"
Wei Xuan was so excited that his forehead turned red, and his voice changed tone.