Deep Blue System! Newbie Gift Pack!

"Yesterday, a roar erupted from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. A Ninth-Order Beast Emperor may have broken through. Coastal cities, please strengthen your defenses."

"One month ago, a breach appeared in the defensive network of Li Yang City, Sichuan Province, allowing a Beast Tide to invade and resulting in the tragic deaths of tens of thousands of citizens.

After an investigation by the eighth-order expert Swift Wind Sword Li Qiang, the matter has been resolved. A press conference will begin promptly at nine tonight."

"Liu Yang, an outstanding graduate of Magic City Metahuman University, broke through to the fifth order yesterday and officially decided to join the Ashen Guild."

"Four years later, America has once again seen the emergence of an S-rank metahuman ability awakener. The awakened ability is Elemental Wind-Type, and the awakener has already been specially admitted to Houston Metahuman University in advance."

"..."

After browsing through the trending news,

Xu Jingming put down his phone and rubbed his brow hard, feeling a headache coming on.

Based on the extra memories in his mind and the information above, he could now confirm that he had indeed transmigrated.

The world he had transmigrated into was called Blue Star. Its civilization and technological development were roughly similar to those of his previous life.

However, two important things existed here that had not existed there: ferocious beasts and metahuman abilities.

The former were terrifying bloodthirsty monsters rampaging across Blue Star.

The latter were the source of humanity's power to resist the invasion of ferocious beasts.

"I only drank a little too much at my graduate school graduation party. I went to sleep and woke up in another world. Where am I supposed to complain about that?"

"And since I transmigrated anyway, couldn't I at least have gotten a better start?"

Xu Jingming felt speechless.

According to the memories he had just received, the original owner of this body was also named Xu Jingming and was a senior student at Jiang City Second High School.

Other than being somewhat handsome, he could be described as utterly ordinary in every other respect.

Even the ability he had awakened was merely the E-rank metahuman ability, Weak Electricity.

"Metahuman ability..."

Xu Jingming pondered as he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. Tiny blue-white arcs of electricity actually danced around his fingertips.

If he had pulled off such a trick in his previous life, who knew what kind of sensation it would have caused.

But on Blue Star, it was nothing unusual.

That was because in this world, everyone awakened a metahuman ability at the age of sixteen and became an awakener.

Metahuman abilities came in all sorts of strange forms. Some could control wind and fire, some could transform into beasts, and some could heal injuries...

There were also differences in quality between abilities. According to Blue Star's ratings, abilities were divided into nine grades: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, and F.

The vast majority of people could only awaken D-rank or E-rank metahuman abilities.

Only a small number could awaken C-rank or B-rank abilities, while those who awakened an A-Rank Ability were considered heaven's favored children!

As for the even higher S-rank, SS-rank, and SSS-rank metahuman abilities, they were rarer still. One might only appear every few years, or even every few decades.

During the ability awakening two years ago, unsurprisingly, the original Xu Jingming had awakened only the E-rank metahuman ability Weak Electricity.

Metahuman abilities were further divided into Elemental Type, Enhancement Type, Mental Type, Recovery Type, Nature Type, and Special Type.

His Weak Electricity belonged to the Lightning Type under the Nature Type, one of the six major ability categories.

Among the many abilities, Lightning Type abilities were considered quite good.

However, its mere E-rank rating meant that Weak Electricity's destructive power was destined to be limited.

For example, the arcs of electricity currently coiling around his fingertips were about as harmful as an electric stun baton, perhaps even weaker.

"Did I transmigrate here just to become a human-shaped stun baton?"

"I want to crush all directions with my fists and become a powerhouse too..."

Extinguishing the electrical arcs at his fingertips, Xu Jingming propped his chin on his right hand and sighed as he looked ahead.

He was in a brightly lit classroom. It was currently break time, and the students around him were chatting among themselves. At the front stood a blackboard.

In the lower-right corner of the blackboard was a countdown to the National College Entrance Exam, showing '1' day remaining.

In the Great Xia Country where he lived, the National College Entrance Exam was held every year on June 7 to select students for Metahuman University, where they would receive further training.

Today was June 6. The National College Entrance Exam would take place tomorrow.

After all,

because of the existence of ferocious beasts, metahumans belonged to a special class. While being revered by the public, they also possessed all kinds of privileges.

Simply put, metahumans stood above ordinary people.

Of course, those who had awakened abilities were still merely awakeners and could not control much power.

Only after a period of cultivation could an awakener transform into a metahuman, gaining the ability to fight powerful ferocious beasts head-on.

Metahumans were divided into nine levels, from the first order to the ninth order.

Each order was further divided into low-rank, mid-rank, and high-rank.

Yet even for the lowest First-Order Low-Rank, an ordinary awakener would need four or five years of cultivation before having any chance of advancing.

But if one entered Metahuman University and received guidance from instructors, the process would be greatly shortened.

That was why the National College Entrance Exam was so important.

However, for someone like him, who had only awakened an E-rank metahuman ability, the odds of entering Metahuman University were infinitely close to zero...

"Don't transmigrators all get benefits? Where's my system? Save me!"

Xu Jingming muttered to himself. As soon as the words left his mouth, an electronic notification sounded in his mind:

"Deep Blue System activating..."

"System activation successful. Newbie Gift Pack being distributed..."

"Newbie Gift Pack distributed successfully. Would you like to claim it now?"

Hearing the notifications in his mind, Xu Jingming's eyes widened and his mouth fell open.

"A system... there really is one?!"

After the shock came a wave of wild joy!

As a transmigrator, he naturally understood what a system meant.

It meant that he had a chance to defy fate and climb to the peak!

"Haa..."

Xu Jingming let out a long breath. After calming himself down, he did not choose to claim it immediately and instead asked in his mind,

"What does the Newbie Gift Pack contain?"

"200 Ability Points and the S-rank metahuman ability, Purple Heaven Divine Lightning."

"Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, an S-rank metahuman ability?!"

Xu Jingming's eyes shone brightly as his breathing quickened.

He did not yet know what Ability Points were, but he certainly knew what an S-rank metahuman ability was.

It was a rare, top-tier ability that was scarcely seen across all of Blue Star!!

Just like the article announced in the trending news earlier.

Even America, which was just as powerful as the Great Xia Country, had only produced another S-rank metahuman ability awakener after four years!

The Great Xia Country had not seen an S-rank metahuman ability awakener in two or three years either!

And S-rank metahuman ability awakeners, so long as they did not die young, would all eventually grow into titans who guarded a region!

"System, once I claim the Newbie Gift Pack, I'll gain an S-rank metahuman ability?"

To be safe, Xu Jingming confirmed it once more.

"Yes."

Upon receiving the affirmative answer, Xu Jingming's eyes glimmered faintly.

An S-rank metahuman ability!!

The chance to defy fate had arrived!

"Jingming, stop spacing out. Lao Chen is here," his deskmate whispered.

Only then did Xu Jingming come back to his senses and realize that class had begun at some point.

A middle-aged man with a crew cut stood at the podium. He was Chen Fan, the homeroom teacher of Class 5.

"Once class is over and I'm home, I'll claim the Newbie Gift Pack immediately."

Although his heart burned with excitement, Xu Jingming knew that claiming the gift pack in the classroom was not a good idea.

So he suppressed his emotions and listened attentively to the lesson...