Chapter 2: System Activation
After transmigrating into this world, Ye Ling understood that it was a world where strength spoke for itself, and he was ready to make his mark.
Students attending colleges in various cities within the Federation could receive a monster egg once they turned eighteen.
By signing a contract with this monster egg, they could obtain a Spirit Pet.
This was the only way for ordinary students to acquire their first Spirit Pet.
Of course, this only applied to ordinary students.
For the scions of powerful and influential families, obtaining monster eggs was incredibly easy.
However, unfortunately, Ye Ling was not a member of any prominent family.
He was merely a student sponsored by the Federation.
Therefore, Ye Ling naturally had no way to obtain a rarer monster egg.
When his predecessor obtained the first monster egg, he was full of hope.
But when his predecessor signed a contract with the monster egg using his own blood, a black light flashed.
Immediately after, the monster egg, enveloped in the black light, gradually transformed into a terrifying-looking monster.
An ugly, grotesque zombie, hard as a rock, unable to even walk, only able to move by hopping.
When his predecessor saw that his Spirit Pet was a zombie, his hopeful heart instantly despaired.
The type of Spirit Pet one could contract from the monster egg provided by the school was entirely dependent on luck.
There was no information about the Spirit Pet written on the monster egg.
Therefore, there was no way to cheat the system.
However, to contract a Spirit Pet like a zombie, one couldn't help but admire his predecessor's truly awful luck!
Zombies were a rather infamous type of useless Spirit Pet in this world.
Although their defense was extremely strong at the same rank, their movement speed was exceptionally slow.
At the same time, there was one most important problem: zombies could not evolve.
This meant that zombies would forever remain in their current state, unable to increase their combat power through evolution, and their growth potential was fixed, always remaining a useless creature.
Such a Spirit Pet was only slightly better than a regular pet kept by ordinary people.
Pets also had the advantage of being cute and making their owners happy.
But zombies had none of that; besides being scary, they couldn't even outrun a dog.
What could one expect from such a Spirit Pet?
After his predecessor obtained the zombie Spirit Pet, he was utterly distraught.
He considered himself a good-for-nothing who couldn't become a Royal Spirit Master.
If he couldn't become a Royal Spirit Master, then he could only be an ordinary person.
It was precisely because of this that his predecessor had lived in a daze every day since then.
Believing that he had no hope and could only be an ordinary person, he gave up on himself.
This was also why Ye Ling was able to usurp his body and succeed.
It was precisely because his predecessor no longer even had the will to live that Ye Ling was able to easily devour him.
If it had been a soul with a strong will to survive, it would be unknown who would have devoured whom.
However, it was fortunate that the zombie Spirit Pet's defense was extremely strong.
Even if its combat power was only First Rank, First Level, its defense could definitely rival First Rank, Second Level, or even Third Level.
But relying solely on defense, there was no way to get into the Spirit Master Academy.
Even as a reborn individual, Ye Ling racked his brains over this, but nothing changed.
“Sigh!”
Ye Ling let out a deep sigh, looking out the window with a desolate expression in his eyes.
He never expected that after being reborn into such a vibrant world, he could only be an ordinary person; no one would be willing to accept that.
“When others transmigrate, they either get a golden finger or they are incredibly powerful, able to Destroy the Heavens and Extinguish the Earth, but when it comes to me, why did I end up like this?”
Just thinking that he was a transmigrator, Ye Ling felt like he was embarrassing the entire transmigration army.
“Ye Ling, don’t think so much. If you can’t get in, then you can’t. I say, even if you don’t get in, you can still be an ordinary office worker, and you don’t have to go out and take risks. How good is that?”
At this moment, a voice came from behind, and a thick hand pressed on Ye Ling’s shoulder.
Without thinking, Ye Ling already guessed who it was.
Chen Zhi was Ye Ling’s current deskmate, and could also be considered Ye Ling’s only good friend, or rather, good brother, at school.
Chen Zhi also came from an ordinary family, but his luck was much better than Ye Ling’s.
He obtained a Wind Wolf, a Spirit Pet of decent quality, and it could evolve.
Given Chen Zhi’s circumstances, with a little effort, getting into a mid-level Spirit Master Academy was basically not a big problem.
Of course, wanting to get into a higher-level one was a bit difficult for him.
Meanwhile, Ye Ling seemed to have frozen, completely motionless.
“Ye Ling?”
Chen Zhi, who received no response, called out somewhat strangely.
But at this moment, Ye Ling was fully immersed in his own mind.
Because just as Chen Zhi was speaking, a mechanical, emotionless voice sounded deep within his mind.
“Ding! Detecting the host’s first Spirit Pet. Growth has reached 100%, fulfilling the activation conditions for the Royal Spirit System. Please wait…”
“1%… 7%… 18%… 35%… 55%… 80%… 100%. Royal Spirit System activated successfully.”
Although the voice showed no emotion, to Ye Ling, it was simply the sound of heaven.
Because he, who had almost given up, finally believed that he also had a system.
This was… his golden finger!