The Apocalypse is a Video Game?

Noah is an above average high school student from a struggling family. One day he happens to stumble on an add.

"Looking for research subjects!"
"$1500 for a five day experiment!"

Noah didn't hesitate to send an email. A week later he arrived at the headquarters of an up and coming tech company. He was led into a basement and asked to step inside a box. The next thing he knew, it got cold.

"Emergency exit of Hibernation Mode." A soothing female voice says. "System initializing. Assigning status points. Preparing class options. Unique circumstances limiting class options. One remaining option. Assigning entity Noah King Class : Cryomancer. Preparing race options. Due extreme age, race options have been restricted. Assigning race : Lunar Elf. Initializing evolution."

...

"Hey Dan, There's a elf in this weird box!"

*NOTE: Released on Royal Road under the same name with minor alterations!*