Jake jerked out of bed as the timer rang, without wasting any time, he hurried into the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth before coming out and swiftly putting on his old but clean uniform, before leaving though he left some food for his pet hamster.
Jake definitely hadn't been born into this world, he had actually transmigrated into this body, though he still possessed vague memories of his past life, however he just seems to be unable to recall exactly how he ended up here.
He didn't even know whether he had died or if his soul had somehow been forced into this new body, every time he tried to remember, the memory dissolved into a foggy blur.
What he did know, however, was that he once lived in a world called Earth, a place with steady civilization and technology growth and where life was far simpler.
Back then, Jake had been something of a gaming addict, and he constantly searched for the next challenging game, streaming his gameplay while sharing tips on how to clear difficult stages and earning money from it at the same time.
But above everything else, there was one thing he was especially known for, it was the fact that Jake was a mech enthusiast.
Anything related to mechs instantly caught his attention, it was the only thing capable of making his eyes sparkle almost as much as a brand-new game. Then, as if some higher power had heard his wish, a new game called Mech Arena was released.
Jake became completely obsessed with it, after diving into the game, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually became one of its top players.
That had been the life of Jake Fernandez on Earth, a gamer who lived purely for the thrill of competition, but that carefree life was now gone.
After reincarnating into this new body, which was also named Jake Fernandez, everything had changed. Strangely, this body even had slightly more handsome features than his original one, though there were still some similarities between them.
The first time he woke up in this unfamiliar body, confusion overwhelmed him, as he stared at the reflection of his altered face and the completely unfamiliar room around him, unable to understand how his face had suddenly changed so drastically.
But about ten minutes later, a large influx of memories assaulted him, and when he woke up, he was well aware of the fact that this wasn't his body, the real owner seems to have had enough after his parents death and committed suicide.
Clearly, this was another world that was similar to the one he once lived in, but there were many differences. For one, despite being similar, it was ten times bigger due to a phenomenon that happened and changed everyone living inside it.
And its technological advancement would put his old world to shame by a very large margin, there was also the fact that in this world there were powers.
But while they had powers, they also had enemies, alien races and many other breeds that waged war against the human race of his new world.
In fact, in their current world, humans held the least land, while the rest was overrun by demonic beasts and other fantasy races that Jake would have only seen in games.
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Today marks over three months since Jake had transmigrated into his new body, and right now he is far more knowledgeable about the world than he had been when he first woke up.
For one, his parents had been 3-star Rare cybernetic soldiers of the city he lived in before they died in a Kaiju attack on the city, which made him a war orphan, the only thing he inherited from them was a weird-looking necklace, which he had always worn.
He was a student in Region F of Phoenix City, and the reason he seemed to be in such a rush was because today was the day they would be taken to the Core of the city for the awakening of the power that could decide if they would finally become soldiers who could rise and surpass their current situation, leaving the penniless Region F for better and richer regions,
or live an ordinary life and remain unable to ever leave the worst regions of Phoenix City.
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Luckily for him, Jake was able to get into the room before the teacher arrived.
Immediately the teacher walked in, everyone went silent, though they were all looking straight at him, it was clear that each and every student in the class was extremely nervous.
Seeing the class so quiet and his students visibly nervous, he decided to do something about it.
"I can see you all are shaky, but since there is still some time before we move out, let me tell you all a story. I know you must already be tired of it, but I'm still going to tell it either way." The teacher standing at the front of the class said.
Hearing him mention repeating a story he had already told before, the whole class immediately erupted in disagreement, and that was because they could swear he had told this story more than a hundred times.
It was almost like he was using the story to torment them now, and with the way he told it each time, they could practically follow him word for word, that was because of how many times they had heard it, but it was clear that regardless of what they thought, he was still going to tell it, and there was nothing any of them could do to stop him.
Seeing his students finally speaking up made him smile as he began speaking again.
"Okay now, settle down, my story goes like this: back in the old days, the human race was prospering in all fields so much that it seemed we were going beyond time itself, and then the great apocalypse happened."
"The meteorites that brought mana into our world fell in different places knocking many people unconscious, and with it everything changed, animals started to transform; in fact, they were the ones who were the fastest to adapt to the mana."
"Meanwhile, humans on the other hand took quite a while before we understood how much we could do with this new prospect that allowed us to awaken powers."
"And just after we finally began to understand our powers and started fighting against the demonic beasts to reclaim the lands that were lost on the day of the great meteorite strike, dungeon portals began to appear, and foreign races from outside started to invade our world."
"After seeing the better condition of our world and the fact that we had only just begun to understand the concept of mana, many of them waged war and tried to conquer our world. Luckily for us, as much as they were enemies, a few became helpers who pushed for a stop-fire treaty to be signed and allowed humanity time to grow to this stage, where we can now fight against all forms of threat to the human race."
"Now—"
Just before he could continue, the door slid open and the Dean showed up.
"It's time for the kids to move," the Dean said.
The teacher turned back to look at his students, who were about to face the moment that would determine their fate, and sighed.
"Time's up. Let's go to the teleportation station in the middle of the school hall," he said.
They all stood up, some tried to act smug and confident, while others did their best to hide how nervous they felt. There were also those who dragged their legs behind, not wanting to be among the first to get tested after they reached the Core of the city.
They clearly didn't feel confident that they were going to awaken, so they chose to stay back and watch everyone else go first, hoping to calculate their chances by comparing those who awakened and those who didn't.