Chapter 2 Why haven't you awakened?

Yenne responded and walked onto the big stage, signing in again with the officer standing next to the awakening platform who was responsible for taking notes, then walked to the awakening stone, took a deep breath, and covered it with both hands.

The Awakening Stone was cold to the touch and absorbed heat very quickly. Ye Na could even feel that her palms, which had been heated due to nervousness, were cooling down. Then a thin but very noticeable cool air flowed from her palms along her arms into her body, stopped for a moment at the Dantian below her lower abdomen, and then withdrew along the same path, and then there was no reaction at all.

Ye Nai was stunned and stood there in a daze.

Hasn't she awakened?
Why no color?!

"Not awakened yet, next one."

The officer's voice shocked her. She hesitated for a few seconds without giving up, but still got no response. After repeated urging, she went down in disappointment.

On the way back to the classroom, Ye Na tried to mobilize the strength in her body and easily released a small bunch of spores from her palm.

The tiny spores were invisible to the naked eye, and no one saw even this cluster of spores. The soldiers around them didn't react at all. They flew freely in the air, and when there was no place to take root, they returned to Ye Na's body.

Ye Nai: “…”

This is going to be fun.

Fortunately, she was saved by accident because she wanted to keep it a secret for the time being in order to give her family a big surprise.

Without an official certificate of awakening, it is not a recognized awakening, her family would not know what happened to her, and there would be no quarrels.

This kind of false happiness can be heard every year in the community where she lives. Outsiders don't know what the person involved is thinking, but they will definitely say that he is hysterical or something. In any case, nothing good will be said.

Ye Na returned to the class team, and a group of unawakened classmates gathered together to comfort each other.

The two awakened students stood smugly on the side, holding the newly printed awakening certificates in their hands. It was useless to mock them for huddling together for warmth.

"How pitiful, a bunch of ordinary people. The most valuable thing in life is to have children. I hope you can have more. Maintaining the country's population depends on you."

"Hahahaha, I hope you will be nicer to your children in the future, and don't wait until they grow up to complain that you asked them for living expenses when they just became adults."

"You two have awakened combat abilities. You will have to fight in the plane channel in the future. Life and death are unpredictable there. I wish you both a long life."

Ye Na sneered back with a cold face. There was no need to be nice to people who were foul-mouthed. The awakening certificates in their hands made her feel even more irritated. She couldn't understand why the awakening stone had no reaction even though she was clearly awakened.

"Yes, yes, you guys work harder, the safety of our lives as ordinary people is in your hands."

"I hope you work hard and find a partner who is equally awakened in the future. Don't lower your standards. Come on."

"So what if you have combat abilities? You're not good enough to be taken away by the army. You can only join a private team in the future. I hope your boss doesn't cheat you."

Other students followed suit, saying blessings but actually speaking in a sarcastic tone. They successfully squeezed the two men, causing them to change their expressions and walk away angrily.

No one thinks that what they said was wrong. This is all objective description. So what if they are awakened? Just survive and climb up to become the superior person first. Otherwise, they will just be the cornerstone of the pyramid of awakeners, or even ashes.

While they were chatting and waiting, Class 3 also finished their walk. They performed worse than the first two classes, with only three students awakening. The head teacher led the team out of the auditorium, congratulated the awakened students, comforted the students who had not awakened, and then let the awakened students go home first.

The remaining students stood in two rows to listen to the head teacher's lecture.

"Everyone knows what I'm going to say, so I'll make it short. Go back and discuss it with your parents. Those who want to continue their studies should ask me to get the college entrance examination registration form. Those who don't want to study should also fill out the form and wait for the school to notify you to get your diploma. For those who want to make money but can't find a job, don't forget to sign up for the school's hazardous area garbage removal team. It will be much safer if someone guides you. With experience, you will know what to do when you work alone in the future."

The classmates were buzzing with discussions. This was indeed the same old thing that happened every year. It was not easy to continue studying. Except for the awakened ones and the academic masters, most people entered the society after graduating from high school.

The school organizes a team to do garbage removal, which can alleviate the anxiety of young people who are eager to make money and prevent them from being accused of eating for free by their parents.

This garbage removal is the fault of the alien invasion.

The enemies on the land were driven back into the plane channel, leaving behind old battlefields and garbage left on the battlefields all over the country, which greatly damaged the ecology.

The ecological environment of the Blue Planet cannot digest those dirty things. Over time, it has become areas of high pollution, high pathogenicity, and high infectivity. Looking at it on the map, it looks like the country has alopecia areata.

There are too many of them, and most of them are surrounding the plane channels, so they are designated as dangerous areas by the country.

A large amount of land has been wasted in the danger zone, industrial and agricultural production is insufficient, the tertiary industry is also in trouble, there are few jobs, and ordinary people have a hard time surviving. The average life expectancy has fallen to over 50 years old and less than 60 years old.

But these garbage have now become the guaranteed jobs for the whole society. Ordinary people who can't find a job and awakened people who can't develop their superpowers, as long as they are not afraid of death, go to such places to collect garbage for a living. The more they work, the more they earn, and they are paid on the same day.

Since they no longer want to study, their families cannot afford to arrange jobs for them, they do not have any special skills, but are eager to earn money, joining the school team to do garbage collection is the best solution. This has even become a common practice in high schools across the country, under the euphemism of sending students on their final journey.

After the head teacher finished his lecture, he announced the dismissal.

Ye Nai walked with three female classmates who were going the same way as her. The four of them strolled to the market, bought vegetables and went home to cook. Girls of their age have grown up doing housework.

In addition to buying sprouted white tofu and potato dumpling skins, Ye Na also bought three pounds of pork ribs, making her three classmates envious.

"Yena, why did you buy so much meat today? Is there something good going on at home?"

"No, this is my last subsidy. My mother allowed me to have a good meal."

The state distributes underage subsidies on the first day of every month. April 4th is her 5th birthday, and it is also the last underage subsidy the state gives her. It is true that her parents gave her money last night so that she could buy more meat today.

Meat is not cheap these days, or to be more precise, farmed meat. Among chicken, duck, and fish, only chicken and eggs are the cheapest. Chicken and eggs are the main source of protein for every household. The poorer ones eat parts with less meat, such as chicken wings, feet, and necks. It is rare to eat red meat a few times a month, let alone fish and shrimp.

So it’s no wonder that the female classmates made envious noises when they saw Ye Na buying pork ribs.

"Your parents are so good to you."

"Okay."

Ye Na didn't smile very happily, she knew her own business.

(End of this chapter)