After a soul wrenchingly mediocre day Adam was sitting on his couch mindlessly scrolling on social media.

  When suddenly a message popped up in his vision

  “your planet has been selected for integration into the galactic system please find a way to defend yourself and select a class integration will begin in 20 minutes”.

  19:59

  19:58

  19:57

  19:56

  Adam scoffed at this he must be dreaming. Well at least this dream seemed somewhat interesting. As he sat there waiting the clock continued to count down.

  18:04

  18:03

  18:02

  Interesting hopefully at the end of the timer something would actually happen.

  So he continued to scroll on social media and did not leave his couch. Finally mercifully the clock hit

  0:00

  Some moderate amount of excitement shown in his dull eyes. He was waiting for something anything to happen. After searching around for a while he realized nothing was going to happen.

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  Then suddenly obscuring his vision a blue screen appeared.

  Congratulations!

  Welcome to the System! As a member of a newly integrated system it is important that you strive to grow in power as a species.

  All new members of the system will be granted a base class that reflects their prior actions in life and their talents. All activities taken before one accepts a class go into account for determining the rarity and the power of the class.

  However, the sooner you choose a class the better chance you have to survive and all classes will be chosen automatically by the end of the day. With this in mind chose as soon as possible. Our data shows that closing a class early increases your odds to survive the first day by 45%. We wish you well and all further messages will be from the system. Happy Hunting!

  These messages are broadcast to you by the Adventurers Alliance this message is not a commitment to any action MLS number 777865.

  Interesting hallucination for sure he thought. This is probably because of all the science fiction books I read. I must be dreaming I am in some type of Litrpg.

  Well if I am in a Litrpg where are the easy to kill monsters? Also, I better not fight with a sword or have an old master in my soul somehow. I feel like I read that same story repackaged every couple weeks.

  All of a sudden he heard screaming and cries for help around him. Well that sucks he was having nightmares again. Great his dream had put him in a grim-dark story. He was probably going to have to experience great pain and be under appreciated by the people he saved.

  Naturally he raced further into his apartment and barricaded his bed against the wall. He would be safer as far from the screaming as possible.

  If he was in this type of story he wanted no part of it. No need for nightmares.

  Then with a sucking sound so loud that it rocked his very core. A rip in space appeared where his bed had recently rested. Before he could scramble back into the hall. A hideous creature emerged from its depths.

  Panic immediately set in until he came to the realization that this hideous creature was about the size of a large house cat.

  With a smirk and a new fire in his eyes just one thought remained where is my baseball bat?