Beast Invasion? But I Have Golden Spatula

In the first year of the Li era under the Tianwu reign, spatial rifts appeared around the world. Otherworldly beasts invaded, ushering humanity into an age of catastrophe. Countless cities fell and became havens for the beasts. Around the same time, while battling the creatures, humanity discovered a technological construct known as the Awakening Tower. Using its Awakening Stones, people could awaken a profession ranked from F to SSS, along with profession skills and talents, and humanity began to fight back. But they soon discovered that the spatial rifts spawning the beasts also had ranks from F to SSS, corresponding to the profession rankings. Clearing rift dungeons of different ranks yielded all kinds of drops, including Skill Awakening Stones, items, gold, and experience. The highest-ranked rift currently known is S-rank. It gave birth to the most powerful humanoid Demon King humanity has ever faced. What's more, rifts appear unpredictably. To fight back against the beast rifts, countries are forming expedition teams and also allowing civilians to register their professions and team up to attack the rifts and stop the invasions. These people are known as Trailblazers.

At age sixteen, boys undergo an awakening ceremony at school to awaken their personal professions. Professions fall into four broad categories: life, combat, support, and special.

“What? I awakened a shovel? Sorry, you clearly don't understand the value of a Golden Spatula!”