Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

When Shen Hao first saw the "VIP" was about to appear, he thought it was going to be "VIP3 Mall," but it turned out it wasn't. However, this hack was just as powerful, even tempting him a bit.

As you know, the common malls only have the White Mall, representing the most basic goods at this level.

And the high-quality goods, in blue and purple, are only refreshed in the VIP mall every three days in nine slots.

The goods refreshed vary widely.

The highest quality good that has appeared so far is a purple Level 14!

Equipment that could be purchased only once and could enhance the Spirit attribute was being carried by Shen Hao.

In three months, it had only appeared once, which shows how rare the probability was.

But with this "VIP Goods Hack," in every refresh, there was guaranteed to be one highest-level item among the nine goods!

This point alone greatly increased the value of the VIP Mall!

This was just like the "Drop Hack" and the "Points Hack"; the earlier you loaded them, the better.

However, the other two hacks also tempted Shen Hao.

The "Chosen One Detection Hack," when placed in the human planets, might not be very useful, but it could allow him to quickly grasp information about Chosen Ones in other civilizations.

The "Ranking Reward Hack" seemed like it could increase his haul in the ranking rewards.

"The cooldown time is twelve days," Shen Xing noted the version's hack cooldown time, calculating in his mind, "The first ranking settlement is in twenty-six days, which means, if I want the Ranking Reward Hack to catch the first ranking settlement, I would have to put it in the next settlement. So right now, I can only choose two."

One of them was the "Basic Information Library" hack, which could be loaded freely ignoring the cooldown time.

Without much hesitation, Shen Hao chose the "Points Hack."

Tripling the points, even more by one than the last one, this hack's points could even help him lock in the personal Chosen One ranking rewards!

As you know, these past few days, those few trailing behind were clearly catching up fast.

Even though Shen Hao hadn't stopped working, under a low coefficient calculation, the competition was fierce.

In such a situation, once the opponents adopted some special tactics,

like letting the Undead spread and then annihilating them to farm points,

Shen Hao might not necessarily secure a win.

But cheating was entirely different.

Having made a choice, Shen Hao immediately began loading the hack.

The Points Hack transferred without any issues, just like before. However, the loading of the Basic Information Library immediately triggered additional alerts.

"[Invading Database]"

"[Invasion Successful]"

"[Extracting Current Trial's Basic Information]"

"[Extraction Successful]"

"[Compiling]"

"[Compilation Successful]"

"[Due to deviations in compilation technology, some translations may be incorrect. This information is only to roughly understand the Trial situation]"

As a series of texts appeared one after another, information was transferred directly into Shen Hao's mind.

It wasn't much, but the content caused an immediate change in Shen Hao's mood.

"Eternal Night... Ice River?"

Shen Hao muttered the name of this Trial.

Yes, it was definitely not the Undead! It didn't even have any relation to the Undead!

The "Undead Calamity" currently threatening all of humanity was merely a plug-and-play setting used to adjust the difficulty of trials for different civilizations!

The main theme of this Trial was the Eternal Night Ice River!

Shen Hao quickly controlled his emotions and then digested everything in the information database.

The next moment, he took out his communicator and connected with Dong Gong.

"Convene all the council members of the Global United Front immediately for an online meeting, as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Dong Gong, sensing the urgency in Shen Hao's tone, also tightened up but immediately went to notify others.

At this moment, every minute was crucial, and the Global United Front had already established a very comprehensive meeting system that could notify everyone in the shortest time possible.

The online meeting was convened again, and a projection image appeared in front of Shen Hao.

Everyone, upon seeing Shen Hao's expression, was momentarily stunned.

Because it was extremely serious.

These people knew that Shen Hao's Talent perfectly managed his emotions. In such conditions, to still show such an expression meant only one thing.

—This was meant for them to see.

Some people's mood already sank, realizing that if Shen Hao was alerting them with such an expression, it was definitely not good news.

"I have received a piece of intelligence, don't worry about the source, but it is most likely reliable," Shen Hao looked at everyone and went straight to the point, "The main theme of this Trial is not the Undead, but the climate!"

This sentence left everyone stunned for a moment.

Not the undead?

All their thoughts, all their strength, were focused on how to deal with the undead!

"Climate? Is it going to get colder?" someone asked.

"To put it simply, yes, but it's not that simple," Shen Hao said gravely, "First of all, in the next ten days, there will be several massive blizzards occurring globally. The wind level will start at Level 14 and rapidly exceed Level 18 in a short period, but that is far from the limit! Moreover, the blizzards will quickly strip away all warmth!

In the places they appear, the average temperature might drop below negative seventy degrees!"

With these words, there was a stir among everyone present.

Some people were not aware of the destructive power of a blizzard on this scale, but negative seventy degrees was still comprehendible.

What does that mean?

Even in Antarctica, the usual temperature is around negative thirty to forty degrees, only in extreme cases does it drop to negative ninety degrees.

If such extreme conditions are encountered, even fully equipped individuals could still be at risk of death!

And now, negative seventy degrees? And just the average temperature?

Some people even involuntarily displayed fear.

They seemed to already see vast numbers of people frozen to death. Worse yet, this would bring about a large number of undead!

Ten days, that's too short, far too short!

And they were unclear about the specific locations of the blizzards!

"Before the blizzard appears, there will be some signs," Shen Hao spoke again, "I don't know exactly what, but we must start monitoring the climate changes all around the globe from now, find the signs, or relocate populations, or think of other solutions. In any case, we must save as many lives as possible, which is also saving the entire civilization."

At this moment, some people even wanted to go and make arrangements immediately. Find more to read at empire

If there are signs, although the time is still short, there is still hope!

But Shen Hao had more to say.

"The blizzard in ten days is just the first round of challenges in this trial," Shen Hao continued, "The blizzard will briefly disappear but will soon reappear, increasingly in number and the temperatures will drop further.

Our sun in the sky will gradually lose all its warmth and light, until finally, the whole world will fall into eternal night, the planet will be completely devoured by glaciers, and we will have to find a way to ensure the lasting survival and even continued development of our entire civilization under such extreme climate conditions, as well as the threat of the undead.

Only then can this trial be considered truly passed."

Yes, that was the information in the data.

Merely annihilating the undead was not enough.

The criterion for passing this trial required the civilization to survive and possess the potential to continue developing in such an environment!

There were indeed some worse pieces of information that Shen Hao had not shared.

The strength of the "Undead Calamity" was set according to the strength of the civilization, divided into several different grades. The weakest grade had almost no impact, with only sporadic undead appearing and their power increasing slowly, not even having an "Undead World."

The slightly more powerful ones gave the dead a chance of transforming into undead.

And in the most powerful level, the conversion rate to undead was one hundred percent!

The strength of the undead also increased at an extremely fast pace!

In half a month, it was possible for a Transcendent Second Stage undead to emerge!

Clearly, they were facing the strongest grade.

Shen Hao did not believe that their civilization's current strength could compare with those that had built space cities or those capable of launching massive extraterrestrial magic missions.

Clearly.

The reason they received this highest standard of treatment was inseparable from Shen Hao's power.

When a civilization contains an exceptionally powerful individual, the difficulty of the trial it faces also increases significantly!

But just the descriptions Shen Hao had given were already like a heavy mountain pressing down on the hearts of everyone at the meeting at that moment.

These few paragraphs seemed to represent the apocalypse of the entire civilization!

Eternal Night Ice River!

A world where the sunlight has completely disappeared, a world with an Undead Calamity, can humans really survive?

Even if they do, how many will die? How many can survive?

Even the powerful Chosen Ones, even they themselves, even their families, could possibly die!

Some people even displayed despair!

Although they had already known about the Civilization Trial, this degree still far exceeded their expectations!

This wasn't a trial; it was aimed at the extinction of the entire civilization!

"Enough!" Shen Hao suddenly intensified his tone, "The whole world, everyone can despair, but I will not, and neither can you! If anyone wants to give up, no longer wants to struggle, leave your positions and then follow the arrangements! Let those who want to struggle, who want to live, take your places!"

According to the rules established for the new global order following the Blood Demon War, Shen Hao could only manage the Chosen Ones.

The Global United Front did not need to obey him.

However, at this moment, no one felt Shen Hao's words were out of line.

Especially when his eyes had already begun to sparkle.

In the hearts of some, more courage suddenly surged.

Yes, everyone in the world might despair, but one person would not!