Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

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"We're at number one already?" Shen Hao looked at the ranking, slightly surprised.

He still had some confidence in being the strongest, considering his strength was exceptionally beyond normal. If anyone among these civilizations had greater strength than his, they shouldn't be entering the same trial as him.

Keep in mind, even though Erin Ellie's former civilization was far more powerful than the current human one, they didn't even have anyone with a Mythical Talent, let alone a few with Golden Legendary Talent.

According to them, up to their third trial, the strongest in their civilization might not necessarily have been as strong as Shen Hao was currently.

Mythical Talent plus five full Golden Legendary abilities.

Shen Hao's individual strength had completely transcended his social class!

However, this leaderboard isn't ranked by strength.

In fact, the stronger you are, the more you're likely to be suppressed.

Shen Hao had also eradicated over five hundred thousand undead during the day before this battle, but even so, his previous ranking was only ninth!

And his performance value was four to five times less than the one at the top!

Shen Hao didn't believe that the one in the first place was stronger than him. The only explanation was that his coefficient was much lower, and with the same achievements, the performance value he received was significantly less.

Still, he was now genuinely in first place!

Even if not by much compared to the previous first, but still first!

At this moment, countless Chosen Ones from the other eight civilizations in the universe, noticed the changes on the leaderboard.

No matter their reaction, at least in this moment, they all firmly memorized the name "Shen Hao"!

Anyone who could leap from ninth to first in such a short time, no matter what means they used, deserved attention!

But to some, being first now isn't considered truly first.

Only if you're still first after the first settlement time, then you're genuinely first!

All civilizations, all the strongest, were fighting the trial in their own ways!

Shen Hao, too, simply glanced at the ranking, then paid it no more attention. Now he didn't even know who his competitors were, or which civilization they belonged to, so there really was no need to focus too much.

However, for him, now that he had obtained first place, he would certainly ensure he kept it!

No matter what the rewards were, he had to seize every opportunity to become stronger.

"External tools, two days left."

Shen Hao continued to eliminate the undead within the Undead World.

Meanwhile, others weren't just sitting idle, waiting for his rescue.

Inside a top-secret research institute in the Eastern Country, just three to four hours after the latest batch of undead prisoners were delivered, a group of scientific researchers burst into excited shouts.

"Success! We've done it!"

They had successfully designed a bullet that was effective against the undead!

Yes, bullets.

The relevant report was promptly submitted, and a demonstration video was quickly delivered into some people's hands.

The originally invisible undead, after being revealed by a special force, could be clearly seen in the video footage getting completely annihilated by bullet impacts.

"The bullet's tip is made of a relatively inexpensive magic metal, capable of storing a certain amount of magic power. After it's crafted into a bullet tip, it can be infused with Holy Magic using Holy Attribute Demon Crystals, having a strong specificity against the undead. At least undead below Level 3 will die upon being hit..." an excited expert explained.

"Good!" The official in charge of this research was just as excited, "How about the production cost? I mean in terms of points."

"The cost to produce a hundred bullets would be about one hundred twenty-five points, but the points needed for Holy Attribute Demon Crystals to infuse a hundred bullets with energy is two hundred thirty. The production process is rather simple; as long as we have enough raw materials, we can mass-produce them on the production line!"

"The points cost is a bit high," the person in charge frowned immediately, "and how effective are they against high-level undead?"

"That... we can't really design the conditions for Holy Magic to burst forth," the researcher's excitement slightly waned as he explained, "Pure Holy Magic is highly destructive, but without a specific spell, it's difficult to unleash power upon impact. After all, physical collision is ineffective unless we can find a way to be triggered by a soul body. We are researching on that."

"Then keep improving it, but let's produce some for starters," the person in charge swiftly decided.

The undead are elusive, even harder to prevent than the Blood Demons, and some regions need a large number of combat personnel!

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"If this bullet proves useful," said the representative of the West State North Alliance excitedly, "we won't even mention other uses, but even the common folk in places like the West State North Alliance could use it!"

However, no sooner had the person in charge approved the project than new research results arrived at his desk!

"Talisman bullets!" The researcher beamed with pride. "We use special materials to make the bullets, then micro-engrave exorcism talismans onto the materials. During this process, as long as cultivators input their spiritual power synchronously, it's enough. The talisman engraving process naturally seals the spiritual power, so when it hits the undead, it immediately takes effect!

It is more powerful than the crude and simple holy bullets of the project next door, and also costs fewer points."

"What's the downside, then? What is it?" The person in charge asked eagerly.

"The industrial production cost is quite high, and ideally, the workers on the production line should be level 4 cultivators or above. Otherwise, taking a level 1 cultivator as an example, their weak spiritual power wouldn't last five minutes on the job, and there would also be significant human error.

Without training or experience, perhaps only one-third of the talisman bullets would be effective."

"Industrial costs are nothing to worry about, and neither is a high error rate—worst case, load them into a submachine gun, ten rounds a second! I will immediately call on cultivators. Even five minutes of work can be of use! Send me the industrial requirements!" The person in charge immediately made arrangements.

Soon enough, dozens of factories received the order, began adjusting their production lines, and started mass recruitment of cultivators!

There were also the needs for transport vehicles and settlement areas!

Nowadays, level 4 and above cultivators are in great demand everywhere, but there is a large surplus of level 1 and 2 personnel. Even if each person only worked for five minutes, it was essential to arrange everything neatly and complete the production in the most efficient manner possible.

Once all this was done, another breakthrough was made—bullets that were inscribed with demon extermination arrays. The principle was similar, but rather than engraving the magic array onto the bullet, it was done on the gun barrel, and enchantment occurred on the spot during use.

Approved again and production was ramped up!

This research institute specialized in researching firearms and bullets for combating the undead. More and more intelligence from the front lines and undead specimens sent for research meant the entire staff was trying every possible means and working strenuously to increase the ways to deal with the undead in the shortest possible time.

All over the world, not just here, there was research underway.

In the Eastern Country alone, there were hundreds of top research institutes!

Researching mass production of enchanted weapons, industrial-scale manufacturing of magic treasures, or targeted modifications of technological weapons...

According to the promise of the Global United Front, they would provide whatever was needed—efficiency and utility were the only priorities!

Indeed, the spread and growth rate of the undead were alarming, but the growth rate of human civilization was no less significant!

After Shen Hao took the lead in clearing the threats, making the Eastern Country relatively safe again, it also once again demonstrated its status as a logistics center.

Just seven days into the Trial, a large batch of various new weapons had already been delivered all over the world.

They reached soldiers, even civilians!

Compared to the first Trial, this efficiency improvement was no less significant than the increase in the strength of the Trial.

And at this time, Shen Hao finally waited for the plug-in to finish loading once more!

[Confirming the current Civilization Trial version is 1.1506. Detection of ongoing Trial Period with an inspection mechanism in place. Except for plug-ins marked with an asterisk, the remaining plug-ins have a loading cooldown period of 291 hours 35 minutes 24 seconds. There are currently the following seven plug-ins available.]

[*Basic Database External Tool: can access the Civilization Trial's database to find basic information regarding the ongoing Trial (manufactured by the Saiji Civilization)]

[Map Cheat Version 2: can activate a map centered on the individual, seeking out and marking the sources of points within the map range and specifying the exact range of points. The size of the map is determined by the user's Spirit Points (manufactured by the Saiji Civilization)]

[VIP Store Cheat Version 1: This hack can lock a slot in the VIP store to ensure it always shows the rarest item every refresh (manufactured by Three Month Civilization)]

[Drop Hack Version 2: This hack can increase the drop rate by 1.5 times and freely adjust the drop ratio between ability balls and other items (manufactured by Kejin Civilization)]

[Points Hack Version 2: This hack allows the user to receive three times the points (manufactured by Kejin Civilization)]

[Chosen One Detection Hack Version 1: This hack can detect basic information on other Chosen Ones, including "three-dimensional data," "Soul Talent," "Loading Ability," "Store Level" (manufactured by the Great Empire Civilization)]

[Ranking Reward Hack Version 1: This hack can claim all the rewards available for selection at the end of each ranking period in the multi-civilization ranking mode (manufactured by Sand Shell Civilization)]

"Seven plug-ins!" Shen Hao was slightly taken aback by the number.

It seems the plug-ins during the Trial Period are indeed different from those in the off periods.

Not only are there more in number, but they are also higher in quality! Stay updated with empire

Additionally, this time there were some differences from before. Plug-ins with an asterisk appear not to require attention to detection and can be loaded freely.

However, it appears that only one plug-in marked with an asterisk is available this time, precisely the [Basic Database External Tool] that could not be chosen last time.

Besides the enhanced versions of the "Map Cheat," "Drop Hack," and "Points Hack," there were also three new types of plug-ins.

Each one seemed exceptionally good.