Talent Awakening

"Tomorrow our daughter finally goes for her Awakening Test. Even though our family's talent is low, she can at least attend mech school for three years. It's good that she'll have a place to go."

"Yeah, the Star Block Federation already sent us the final notice. We have to move this year, everyone needs to evacuate. After all, it's a D-Class Star Block. It's already a miracle it's lasted this long. They say it'll completely dissolve in less than a year."

Zhou Jiang sighed as he spoke to his wife.

Because the remaining star blocks after the explosion were unstable, the lower the class of the star block, the worse the resources, the worse the living environment, and the easier it was for them to slowly dissolve into the universe. This was something that couldn't be stopped by human effort.

At that time, everyone on the star block would have to find a new place to live, spending money to relocate to other already developed star blocks.

"It's all my fault for not being capable enough to give you and Xiao Yi a better life."

Zhou Jiang blamed himself. He originally had poor talent and low Star Power, so he could only find a bad job. A few years ago, Tang Zhen had fallen very ill, which used up all their savings. On top of raising their child, they simply didn't have enough money to pay for relocation fees to other planets.

For the Zhou family, or rather for most native residents of low-class star blocks, relocation was an exorbitant expense.

"Don't say that. Once our daughter goes to school and can settle herself, we can live on a spaceship. That would be fine too. As long as our family is safe and sound, that's all that matters."

Tang Zhen gently comforted her husband.

The conversation ended, and inside the room, Zhou Yi closed her book and placed it on the table.

Ever since she started practicing the Star Gathering Technique more, her five senses had become incredibly sharp. The stone house had poor soundproofing, so she could easily hear the sounds from outside.

Living on a spaceship, a spaceship people could live on...

Zhou Yi lowered her eyelids.

Low-class star blocks dissolved over time due to unstable matter, while high-class star blocks, due to their good resources, were often attacked and occupied by alien races. This was a common occurrence.

Since not everyone who was displaced could afford the high relocation fees, a most basic way of survival thus came into being.

Interstellar Refugees.

They had no fixed star block to live on, and lived daily on large spaceships. The spaceships would travel at the lowest energy speed, surviving by scavenging space debris or cleaning up battlefields.

Interstellar refugees, also known as scavengers, could be considered the lowest class of humans in the entire interstellar space.

Her parents treated her very well.

Zhou Yi touched the Star Brain on her wrist. The Star Brain, as a tool for human communication and information acquisition, also had storage and payment functions.

All of Zhou Yi's pocket money over the years and the money earned from small part-time jobs were stored on the Star Brain.

A total of 465 Star Coins.

Star Coins were not a virtual currency. They were a mineral containing a small amount of energy that could be exchanged for physical currency at an interstellar bank. However, most people used their Star Brains for convenience to complete various transactions.

"I need to make money."

Zhou Yi sighed. She wasn't the original teenage girl.

She was an adult, and adults had to bear responsibility.

Over 400 Star Coins couldn't do anything.

Zhou Yi had checked the information. Relocating to a low-class star block similar to D71 Star Block would cost about 10,000 Star Coins per person, not to mention the cost of building a house.

"Tsk, so expensive. As expected, even after escaping Earth, you can't escape the pressure of buying a house."

Even though they weren't her biological parents, she had taken the place of their daughter, so she couldn't completely stay out of it.

Zhou Yi flipped through the book in her hands again, trying to gain some new insights from the words she had memorized by heart.

The next day was the Awakening Test. Tonight, all 16-year-old youths tossed and turned, unable to sleep from excitement.

Zhou Yi didn't sleep much either, but it wasn't because she was excited. She had quietly gone out to train again.

Only when the Star Weave showed three star points would one have the qualification to learn to create Star Weaves. She currently only had two points.

There wasn't much time left. Thinking about what her parents had said last night, Zhou Yi couldn't sleep at all. She practiced outside until just before dawn before quietly returning.

Ever since she acquired the Star Gathering Technique, she hadn't taken a single day off from school or rest.

She went back for a short nap, then got up to wash, ate the leftover Dried Insect from last night for breakfast, and then went to the testing site to gather.

Because there were too many children, the testing site was a large open space outdoors. A high platform was erected in the middle, with a machine placed on it.

This Awakening Pod was rented by D71 and other star blocks. After all, these were star blocks that were going to dissolve, so resources were already scarce. They didn't have the money to buy one, let alone the capability to manufacture one.

However, borrowing it for one day a year was enough.

Although the star block wasn't very large, there were quite a few 16-year-old children, standing in a vast crowd.

Because there were too many people, all the 16-year-olds on the star block had to use this one machine for their awakening. To avoid crowding and insufficient space, parents were not allowed to accompany their children for the Awakening Test.

Each child, no matter how excited or scared, could only complete their rite of passage alone.

"Everyone line up, one by one!"

The teacher on the platform broadcasted through a large megaphone.

At this moment, no one delayed. Everyone wanted to know the result as quickly as possible and obediently lined up, starting the test one by one.

The line stretched far out. Zhou Yi stood in the middle of the line, observing the people on the platform.

The Awakening Test was not complicated. As long as a person sat inside the Awakening Pod and was scanned by the linear energy within the machine, the result would be obtained quickly.

Since the Awakening Pod was rented, everything proceeded very quickly, with almost one person per minute.

Once you sit inside the machine and close the lid, the Star Weave pattern will soon appear on the machine's pure white display screen.

When people come out, they will already have their own Star Weave on their necks.

Zhou Yi touched his neck, finding nothing there at the moment.

The Star Weave can be hidden. She had already decided that once she got inside, she would control her Star Weave to display a Star.

She was too weak right now and didn't want others to know she currently possessed two Star Points.

More than one Star Point was the symbol of a Chosen One.

"The tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind." The early death of that Star Weaver ancestor was a reminder to their descendants.

However...

Zhou Yi stared intently at the Awakening Pod, his mind replaying the information he had researched about the Awakening Test yesterday.

Living on a low-level Star Block, this was his first time seeing such advanced equipment. He knew very little about it, and he wasn't sure if his control over Star Power could fool the machine.