Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

"Speaking of it, this planet indeed lacked any signs of an Undead World," in that instant when Shen Hao unleashed his power, he acquired more than just a bit of intelligence, "nor were there traces of yin energy; it seems they started as the weakest category, with no threat of the Undead at all."

However, this was normal.

For a civilization like this, which truly was too weak, the only way they could survive in this Trial was to actively cope with the harsh cold from the beginning, and by relying on high coefficients of performance value, secure a spot in the rankings.

But obviously, such concerted and efficient unity wasn't something every civilization could achieve.

Not to mention them, even human civilization itself experienced internal strife at the beginning.

It took quite some time to reach this point.

One could only say that the Civilization Trial was cruel to the extent that it hardly resembled a "trial"; otherwise, the civilizations that created hacks wouldn't have gone to such lengths to cheat.

The only consolation was that the advent of hacks provided Shen Hao and human civilization with greater hope for victory.

At this moment, Shen Hao was looking at his cheat panel.

The new hack had actually been loaded a few days ago; according to plan, he chose the "Ranking Hack."

This hack would allow him to claim all the options of the ranking rewards.

And now, the Trial had been underway for twenty-eight days.

In five more days, it would be the time for the first ranking rewards settlement!

Actually, during these days, the performance values of various civilizations, including those of the Chosen Ones, had all significantly soared. In the rankings of the Chosen Ones, although no one could threaten Shen Hao's first place, the fight for the second and third spots was tremendously intense.

It was almost indistinguishable.

However, with Shen Hao firmly in first place, the rest within his civilization had little chance to compete; they needn't concern themselves with it.

More attention was placed on the civilization rankings.

At this time, human civilization stood in second place, quite close to both first and third places.

It was also fierce competition.

That human civilization could secure second place was entirely thanks to Shen Hao raising it significantly with his own efforts.

"Five more days," Shen Hao calculated in his mind, that should be enough.

Enough for two things.

The full allegiance of the Siti Civilization and the completion of the frameworks for three hundred Underground Cities.

According to the intelligence provided by Erin Ellie, integrating other civilizations could directly increase the civilization's performance value, as this was equivalent to a clear enhancement in civilization strength.

This was also one of the reasons for the wars between civilizations.

In subsequent Trials, with experience, civilizations aware of this point often aggressively waged wars of aggression to boost their rankings when needed.

The completion of three hundred Underground Cities would also undeniably greatly boost the performance values; if there were no threat from the Undead, merely the number of these cities already met the requirements for passing the Trial—surviving and maintaining development within the civilization during the Trial.

With these two strong cards in hand, plus the corralled Undead, even if other civilizations also reserved cards for a final sprint, Shen Hao still had ample confidence to fight for first place!

"Tell the Underground City Construction project that it must be completed before settlement time; don't skimp on points, and also, handle the matter with the Siti Civilization as quickly as possible," Shen Hao instructed.

Two days later, the Global United Front swiftly confirmed the plan of action for the Siti civilization.

Dong Gong reported to Shen Hao at the earliest opportunity.

"Considering they still have over four thousand Chosen Ones, at the meeting of the Global United Front, the opinion of the majority was to save as many as possible," Dong Gong sent over the specific plan and then explained, "Those that survived have decent Extraordinary Levels; we also currently lack laboring hands, and moreover, the immigration spaceship will soon be repaired.

All things considered, although it would cost us some food and tools for building Underground Cities, it still comes with significant benefits."

Shen Hao looked at the plan.

The plan clearly stated that the safety of human lives took precedence over the lives of the Siti people.

This regulation also meant that the Underground Cities built by the Siti people would primarily be allocated for humans.

Therefore, the mere remaining one hundred million people were indeed a considerable asset— all cheap labor.

Not to mention those over four thousand Chosen Ones.

It should be noted that human civilization had, from the last Trial settlement, acquired a civilization reward of double the slots for Chosen Ones due to outstanding conditions, but even so, there were only a total of over sixteen thousand Chosen Ones so far.

This would increase their number by one-fourth all at once.

Unfortunately, none possessed the Purple Talent.

About one in ten thousand chances, human civilization had two.

However, even so, these Chosen Ones, whether used for construction or war, would greatly enhance the strength of the civilization.

"The benefits are indeed staggering," Shen Hao had to admit; swallowing up other civilizations, especially through such non-warlike means, indeed brought tremendous benefits.

They only needed to provide some food and some equipment, and they would gain a hundred million laborers and four thousand Chosen Ones.

"Let it be so," Shen Hao approved the plan and signed his name.

It was on this day that a massive spaceship slowly emerged from the deep sea.

The original pronunciation of this spaceship was "ying," and after a simple discussion, Human Civilization named the spaceship "Ying," which also represented Human Civilization's hope to win the Trial.

At the same time, on Planet No.3, Karla, who had been anxiously waiting, finally received a reply from Shen Qian.

"After unanimous approval by the Human Civilization's Global United Front and the President of the Chosen One Association, we have decided to absorb you as members of Human Civilization under the name of 'the Siti Race,' and to appoint Karla as the clan leader," Shen Qian announced solemnly in front of Karla and several leading figures of the Siti Civilization, "Fifty-three Earth hours from now, a migration spaceship capable of accommodating up to forty million people will arrive.

You will decide the first batch of people to board, but be quick. We will return to relocate the second batch in the shortest possible time."

"Yes! We will start preparing immediately!" Karla and everyone were extremely excited, tears streaming down copiously. Many people even collapsed to the ground, crying and laughing without any regard for their appearance.

This was the best outcome they could have imagined.

At least tens of millions of the Siti people would be able to survive on another planet.

Even the clauses they had seen before in the Siti Race Integration Bill were much better than they had anticipated—under the threat of the Civilization Trial, the fact that these newcomers were not reduced to slaves was already quite merciful.

Suddenly, Karla thought of something.

With a bit of nervousness, she cautiously asked Shen Qian, "Excuse me, Ambassador, may we, the Siti people, worship your gods?"

"Worship gods?"

Shen Qian merely listened, and upon seeing Karla, immediately understood what she meant specifically.

A hint of bemusement arose in his heart.

Still, he seriously said, "Our Human Civilization does not have a unified belief. If you are referring to the Thunder Giant who appeared last time, I can now tell you clearly that he is the mightiest Chosen One of Human Civilization, the President of the Chosen One Association, the Savior of humanity."

That person was actually a Chosen One!

Not just Karla—everyone present from the Siti people showed an incredulous expression.

All of them had an indelible memory of the Thunder Giant who had appeared that day, and had almost concluded that he was an extremely powerful god.

"The President is also the top-ranked Chosen One," Shen Qian added nonchalantly.

This was not something that could be concealed, including Shen Hao's possession of the Mythical Talent.

Everyone in the civilization knew, and for other civilizations, finding out was a simple matter.

Yet even so, this did not diminish the shock of those who found out.

Ranked number one among the Chosen Ones!

Although that was an existence far beyond the reach of these weaker Chosen Ones, each one of them could clearly see that the performance value of the number one person was more than three times that of the second-ranked person!

Such a terrifying disparity.

However, at this moment, knowing that the Thunder Giant was the top-ranked Chosen One of nine civilizations, Karla and others did not find it too incredible; after the shock, they actually felt it was only natural.

That power was that of a god!

How could a mortal compete with a god for ranking?

Having easily accepted this fact, everyone became even more excited.

At this moment, they naturally hoped that Human Civilization would grow stronger and stronger!

"Within our Human Civilization, as long as it does not violate the law or harm others, faith is a personal freedom," Shen Qian continued to speak, "Even if the President has said he does not need this kind of faith, no one will stop it, now, quickly gather your civilization, do not be stingy with food or points, our spaceship will bring a batch of food and cold protection devices to help as many of the Siti as possible survive these few days."

"Yes! Honorable Ambassador!" Karla said with immense gratitude and utmost respect.

Her expression was completely transformed.

The rest of the Siti people felt much the same.

Anyone could see that the flame of hope was burning brightly in their hearts!

It was after this that news from the Imperial City, broadcast over the extensive radius of the wireless, spread quickly across the whole world!

They had awaited their Savior!

Two days later, a great spaceship from the mighty Human Civilization would arrive, taking them to the world of Human Civilization, where their Siti civilization would continue to have hope of survival!

This news, many found hard to believe at first.
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It was only after they heard Karla emphasize it again and again, and listened to her telling, that some people finally came out of hiding, waiting with a sliver of hope.

Less than two Earth days later, under the endless longing of Karla and all the people of the Imperial City.

The huge spaceship, emerging from the dark clouds, appeared like a scene from a dream!