Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

It seemed her hands were cold, causing her blue ears to twitch involuntarily.

Suddenly, a wave of gasps of astonishment filled the air.

"They can move."

"Why can't our ears move."

"We don't even have tails."

"Can only girls touch them, or can boys..."

"Get lost! I'll accuse you of harassment!"

"I'm just asking..."

"..."

Karla strained to listen to each sentence coming through the translator, watching the expression on each person's face. The initial tension and unease she felt gradually began to fade away.

Humans, indeed, were quite similar to the Siti people.

Only, how long had it been since the Siti people had such a lively, cheerful atmosphere?

Even in the despairing trial that left the Siti people hopeless, even facing the more terrifying undead, these citizens before her were still active and full of confidence.

This is the strength of the advanced human civilization!

Karla suddenly started chuckling.

"Would you like me to sing a song for you, a song of the Siti people?" she said loudly, "I am the top artist among the Siti people after all."

"Yes, please."

The crowd around her immediately buzzed with anticipation, and someone even pulled out a sound system. More and more people gathered around, sitting down with their lunches in a circle.

The moment Karla's voice rang out, everyone wore an expression of amazement.

It had to be said, excellent music truly was an art form shared by most civilizations.

Even from a distant planet in another universe, from a distant civilization, different species, their music still contained the universal "beauty" of life.

The people could even discern the nuances and passion in the singing, the fire and courage it contained.

When the last note of the song dropped, the site couldn't help but erupt in massive applause.

Although applause wasn't the Siti way of showing admiration, at that moment, even Al had no worries, because the people's praise was expressed in their expressions, especially in their eyes.

"Boom—!"

The sound that signaled the start of work rang in everyone's communication devices, and everyone stood up at the first moment, quickly returning to their respective posts. The hard struggle was to continue, with everyone excitedly discussing the brief performance they just witnessed.

The girl from before even turned her head and gave Karla a thumbs-up, her face alight with excitement.

Karla, Al, and the others also stood up to continue their work.

However, everyone's expressions had become much more relaxed.

"Our civilization has perished, and that is indeed a huge misfortune," Karla even whispered to her compatriots, "but coming here is indeed our good fortune."

Indeed, every Siti person could see it.

The majority of this civilization possessed noble virtues: kindness, enthusiasm, and hard work.

For a civilization like theirs, living at the mercy of others, this naturally was also a great stroke of luck.

However, soon, they had no time to think about all this.

It was the last day before the first ranking settlement, and the schedule was extremely tight. All Chosen Ones could see their performance values on the rankings, and many were broadcasting them online, allowing everyone in the world who was paying attention to see as well.

More and more people began to feel tense.

People weren't really clear about the specific significance of these rankings, but each reward in the Civilization Trial could potentially reduce death and sacrifice.

Especially since their civilization had now secured first place!

"Trouble! The civilization in second place is starting to surge up the rankings!" Song Cheng also started his live stream, with the highest number of viewers, yelling at that moment, "They've suddenly soared up, man, they're definitely waiting for us!"

Instantly, everyone tensed up.

"We're soaring too!"

"Which civilization is in second place?"

"Only eighteen hours left."

"Have the performance values for the completed West City Dungeon gone up?"

"The Blue Spring Dungeon is completed too!"

"..."

As some have suggested, some civilizations might indeed be using various means for a final ranking push, but humans were doing the same, with a large number of Dungeons conveniently finishing on the last day.

What's more, all these Dungeons were essentially relying on the products supplied by Shen Hao.

All the points fed back to Shen Hao were able to get a threefold increase!

The Chosen Ones, including the anxiously watching Siti Chosen Ones, could clearly see that the human civilization's performance value was also firmly and rapidly rising!

The second-place civilization, which seemed on the verge of catching up, was once again falling behind!

And the gap was widening more and more!

Not only was Song Cheng shouting in surprise, but Shen Hao was also watching his soaring points total!

The points provided by these newly built underground cities were not as high as those from the first one. After all, every material and piece of equipment in that first underground city was operating at full capacity, even during the construction process there was constant preparation for later expansion, it could be said to be meticulously prepared.

Offering even greater pressure resistance.

However, when each of the other underground cities was completed, they could also provide Shen Hao with points ranging between two billion and three billion two hundred million!

The three hundred underground cities, completed one after another, indeed brought about a real surge!

Even Shen Hao, who had already tripled the gap with the second place in personal performance value, saw his numbers soar once again.

Although it had no actual significance, the situation combined with the civilization ranking allowed all civilizations to clearly feel that the first place Chosen One came from the first-ranked civilization!

All at once, the remaining seven civilizations felt a tremendous pressure.

"So strong. Which civilization could it be?"

"It's no use, we can't catch up."

"The second place must be ours."

"..."

Voices like these emerged among the various civilizations, but some civilizations were clearly weakening, such as the fourth and fifth.

In the end, what the ranking rewards were exactly remained an unknown to the vast majority of civilizations.

Even for humans, it remained unclear.

Erin Ellie's memories regarding this matter seemed to be specially sealed, preventing the recollection of any specific details, but they knew that the rewards were indeed very important. If they could take first place, it would be no less rewarding than the rewards obtained from completing the trial at the end.

As time edged closer, humans gradually cemented their position at the first place!

Some people even began to offer early congratulations.

And Shen Hao, looking at his Point Mall, advanced all the way to Level 20!

The Level 20 mall, though not having jumped in growth like the Level 10 one, still required a total of five hundred billion points. And upon opening, a new page appeared as well.

[Chosen One Equipment Forging]

"Can I finally forge equipment?" Shen Hao's eyes lit up.

He now possessed a full set of Golden Legendary abilities, but his equipment still remained of Purple Quality.

Don't think this doesn't make much of a difference.

The impact of different quality equipment on one's strength was significant. In fact, under the [Emperor] Profession, Shen Hao's personal power could be quickly transformed into the power of the entire civilization.

As of now, the number of individuals bestowed with his [Divine Gifted Divine Skills] had already exceeded one million.

Each of them played a vital role in their respective fields.

Especially in matters of construction and water supply.

While food was plentiful, freshwater became an issue, and currently, many places heavily relied on the power of water elements granted by Shen Hao to replenish water resources.

If Golden Legendary quality equipment could be obtained, Shen Hao's strength would undoubtedly see a significant boost!

He redirected his attention back to the page.

Like the [Ability Ball Furnace], this Equipment Forging seemed exceedingly simple.

"Insert raw materials, expend points, and you can choose to recast new equipment or upgrade its level. There is also a probability of failure, and equipment might even be damaged?" Shen Hao narrowed his eyes, "And it's limited to personal use within the Extraordinary Domain, so it's Chosen One equipment, right?"

The raw materials could not only be various materials purchased from the mall but could also include various types of equipment and even equipment forged by the civilization itself!

This page would automatically disassemble them.

Clearly, compared to the Ability Ball Furnace, this function consumed more points.

a lot of points were needed just for the materials.

However, if a civilization had the technology to mass-produce equipment of decent quality using raw materials, that could undoubtedly save a tremendous amount of points.

"Limited to the Extraordinary Domain, that means civilizations that are inherently on the Extraordinary Path have more of an advantage here," Shen Hao took a slow breath.

In fact, the advantages and disadvantages of the technological and Extraordinary Domains were very clear.

On the technological path, starting at White Level 10 or so, space travel was possible, whereas on the Extraordinary Path, even achieving supersonic speeds at White Level 10 wasn't easy.

In some aspects, the technological path might seem more advantageous in the early stages.

"I'll give it a try when I have enough points or wait for a cheat." Shen Hao exhaled slowly, not in a hurry to try.

Mainly because the probabilities were indeed not high, especially at the Golden Legendary level.

At the moment, points had more important uses.

And at that moment, Shen Hao's points were still soaring, even nearing the Level 21 Mall!

It was when the Level 21 Mall truly arrived that the countdown for the ranking settlement finally reached the last moment!

As the countdown hit zero, both individual and civilization rankings on those two markers stopped simultaneously—Human Civilization was first in both!

The moment the Chosen Ones announced this, even if it was a result that had seemed certain already, countless people still erupted in cheers.

The first among nine civilizations!

This signified that their civilization was not just a survivor among these nine, but the Strongest!

Pride in their civilization, coupled with the confidence to face the Trial, surged forth!

And the newly-joined Siti people, were even more excited than the humans!