RUN AWAY, THIS CIVILIZATION IS CHEATING!

Chapter 445: Chapter 356: The Time for Ranking Settlement!_2

It was evident that these natives, who could only trade in the exchange market, were now entering the free market where they could indeed acquire more resources.

The prices might not be much cheaper, but many items were beyond the reach of their military ranks.

Hearing this, everyone was already filled with anticipation even before the start.

And what followed was a truly shocking journey.

From spaceships serving as means of transport, to skyscrapers everywhere imbued with Extraordinary Power, and even entire Extraordinary Cities where many buildings were suspended in mid-air.

The impact of this sight perfectly matched the natives’ expectations of the “Great Divine Country,” and even greatly exceeded them.

It also revealed to them the immense power of Human Civilization beyond its military might, clarifying where the seemingly astonishing military resource rewards originated from.

This was, in fact, part of Human Civilization’s high-level strategic plan.

Currently, these natives seemed weak, but they possessed respectable potential and carried typical defining characteristics in their identities.

In the future, when facing powerful indigenous civilizations, the voices, senses, and performances of these natives would inevitably have an influence.

Besides, this was also a core strategy of Human Civilization itself.

That is, while ensuring the purity and status of its own species, it aimed to absorb a considerable amount of strength from different civilizations to rapidly expand the power of the entire Human Civilization.

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Any individual with potential that could bring practical value and benefit to Human Civilization needed to develop a sense of belonging and trust in it.

The results were quite pronounced.

This was not a lie, nor deception, but something tangible and real.

After just a week, Tian Chunyan and others reluctantly left this dreamlike city with their Elf Dragon Descendant Commander, but a deep longing took root in their hearts, especially when they fully understood the process of joining an Affiliated Civilization, and eventually Human Civilization. With boundless expectations, they threw themselves into the battlefields of the new region.

A large number of low-to-mid-Level small worlds required the warriors of these Affiliated and indigenous civilizations to go forth to fight and clear them.

Shen Hao had reason to believe that all Trial Civilizations would do the same.

This was the best solution to dealing with the vast number of small worlds in the Trial Universe, as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Do not underestimate these low-to-mid-Level small worlds; once their number increased, the amount of points they provided was still significant.

However, the other Trial Civilizations simply did not have Shen Hao’s cheats.

Under the sevenfold points hack, Human Civilization’s performance value continued to grow rapidly, widening the gap with the civilization in third place that was striving to catch up, and the difference with the civilization in first place was gradually decreasing.

Another three months passed.

Just as the second region was almost completely cleared, the performance value of the civilization in the first place suddenly surged!

Upon noticing this, Shen Hao’s first thought was, “They’re getting desperate!”

Indeed, the speed of performance value increase wasn’t something that could just leap at will.

After all, every Trial Civilization would naturally try to maximize its acquisition of Civilization Points, and no one would intentionally slow down. In such circumstances, to accelerate again, especially at such an evident rate, meant either cheating like Human Civilization or taking some risks.

For example, taking the initiative to strike or attacking places where victory was not assured.

Clearly, the civilization in first place was indeed feeling threatened by Human Civilization.

Otherwise, there was no need to take risks. While there might be a higher payoff, if one was already securely in first place, slow and steady was the most reliable approach.

After all, as the strongest civilization in a Trial, as long as they didn’t do anything foolish, they would generally not fail in that Trial.

By such a level of strength, a civilization would either need to encounter an exceedingly dangerous high-risk Trial far beyond their power, or gradually weaken over successive dangerous Trials, otherwise, it wouldn’t be so easy to fall.

Now, this civilization clearly entrenched as the strongest had opted for a risky course of action, indicating they indeed felt a threat.

“The next cheat needs to be the ranking cheats,” Shen Hao decided as he looked at the cheat interface.

Nearly two years had passed since arriving at this Trial, but the first ranking settlement had yet to begin.

But to tell the truth, it could start at any time.

Shen Hao wasn’t planning to rely on luck.

This cheat not only allowed Human Civilization to receive several times the ranking rewards, but it also provided knowledge of the exact settlement time for rankings.

It aided in the next step of planning for Human Civilization.

If there was hope despite the time pressure, Shen Hao wouldn’t mind being more aggressive; if there was indeed no possibility, then he would slow down.

The final month soon passed.

The third opportunity to choose a cheat arrived!

Without hesitation, Shen Hao directly chose the “Ranking Reward Plugin Third Edition.”

This cheat, compared to the last one, included an additional function, that is, the ability to lock in the general type of cheat within three days of the ranking settlement.

Shen Hao guessed that these types could very likely be “weapon,” “defense,” “rule,” and the like.

If it really was so, that would be very beneficial.

Ranking rewards were one of the few chances to significantly enhance the foundation of a civilization during a Trial, and he would definitely seize such an opportunity if available.

At the moment when he activated the ranking rewards cheat, Shen Hao immediately paid attention to the first settlement’s time node.

Based on experience from the last Trial, ranking settlements often occurred during a crucial juncture in the destiny of the original world.

The Civilization Trial System could view such nodes, and Shen Hao also possessed the “Derivation Heaven Skill,” but he couldn’t discern even the slightest bit of information, indicating that his power was still far from that of the Civilization Trial System.

At this moment, the countdown appeared before his eyes.

There were less than nine months left!

“Longer than I expected,” Shen Hao’s eyes suddenly brightened.

In his estimation, just with all the territories of the Affiliated Civilizations, there was a chance to truly catch up within a year.

Although nine months were more than three months less than a year, such a span didn’t preclude all possibility!

It was important to know that the reward for ranking first, or even the top three, differed greatly.

Especially since the difficulty of this Trial far surpassed previous ones, the reward for ranking first was definitely worth looking forward to. Additionally, with the cheat allowing Human Civilization to obtain all the shortlist rewards, there was at least a threefold increase…

“Fight! We must fight!” Shen Hao made his decision directly.

The strength of Human Civilization might sound formidable, but it was not yet at a stage where they could let down their guard. Any power that could be fought for must be seized. Only then could they take advantage of the precious time when the cheat was still effective to rapidly develop their own power.

Nine months needed good planning.

Shen Hao took another look at the First Civilization’s performance value, which was still surging, and immediately convened a meeting of the highest level of the civilization.

This meeting, though somewhat reduced in personnel compared to before, had enhanced confidentiality.

For this reason, once the meeting was called, it was necessarily about extremely important matters, and everyone’s expression was somber.

Until Shen Hao spoke.

“I have determined the time point for the first ranking settlement.”

Just this simple sentence immediately turned all the solemn faces to ones of surprise.

This was not the first time. During the last Trial, the President had suddenly received such information as well.

However, at that time, Human Civilization was comfortably in first place, and the meaning of such information had been utterly different.

Its importance had greatly increased, more importantly, it allowed Human Civilization to devise the best plan in line with its situation!

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