Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

Chapter 329: Chapter 296: Going Their Separate Ways!
 

Indigenous civilizations usurping the nests of Trial Civilizations to acquire the identity of a Trial Civilization—such a maneuver isn’t theoretically impossible.

The Analysis Department of Human Civilization had already provided an answer.

They had attempted it, and the content of the attempt was straightforward.

That is, to formally recruit natives, making them members of the civilization!

The Civilization Trial’s judgment on recruiting natives involves self-recognition, a requirement that is mutual.

It requires the civilization’s own approval, and it’s not just about gaining an identity: this identity needs to be recognized by the vast majority within the civilization.

In addition, the joiners themselves must also be willing, needing to wholeheartedly embrace their place as a member of this civilization.@@novelbin@@

Once these two requirements are met, the “cognitive barrier” caused by the Civilization Trial would be broken.

The natives would then come to understand the true nature of the Civilization Trial.

However, once natives are expelled, and if there is no second Trial Civilization willing to accept them within a certain period, their cognition will be erased once again.

It could be said that such regulations provide many civilizations with an ample opportunity to supplement their internal members.

After all, some weaker civilizations have no chance of recruiting other Trial Civilizations as Affiliated Civilizations.

If they suffer heavy losses during a certain trial or crisis and cannot replenish quickly, they are left with no choice but death.

Based on these rules, there is operational feasibility for an indigenous civilization to usurp the identity of a Trial Civilization.

As long as a powerful being within an indigenous civilization formally joins, they would come to understand the true nature of the Civilization Trial, then employ the same method to integrate more and more natives. Once the number and strength of the integrated natives exceed that of the Trial Civilization, the civilization would have effectively been replaced!

However, although this is theoretically possible, there are many practical problems to consider.

Among them, the most significant issue is the Chosen One.

Even if the joiners can give birth to Chosen Ones, the High-level Civilization Mall is ultimately ruled by the Strongest among the original civilization, and it’s quite difficult for newcomers to catch up.

So, Shen Hao actually leans more towards the idea that this is a form of “cooperation.”

It’s more likely that this seventh-ranked Trial Civilization proactively invited the Great Wu Empire to join, hoping to rapidly enhance its own strength through this powerful indigenous civilization!

The most significant evidence of this is the recent growth in the civilization’s performance value!

Indeed, not only did Shen Hao speculate in this way, but the Analysis Department held similar conjectures, and even other civilizations began incrementally analyzing from this perspective.

“Such an approach may seem like it can quickly enhance strength, but in reality, it is an exceedingly risky move,” the report submitted by Dong Gong explains, “Firstly, becoming a Trial Civilization isn’t necessarily a good thing. Indigenous civilizations need only to pass a single trial to be able to develop peacefully within the universe. In contrast, Trial Civilizations, though they possess a larger stage, face endless crises.”

Indeed, if there was a choice, Shen Hao believed that the majority of the civilizations participating in this trial would opt to become indigenous civilizations.

To carry on peacefully with all that they have already acquired and continue to develop.

Therefore, civilizations that actively choose to become Trial Civilizations are rare, more often than not, it’s merely to satisfy some individuals’ ambitions.

The current situation of the Great Wu Empire does seem to fit this criteria.

“Secondly, a newly joined force that is too powerful will directly disrupt the balance. Merely relying on a higher Store Level may not sustain the balance, nor is it easy to unite forces under one flag.”

This point is even more crucial than the first!

The greatest role of the Store Level system is to determine the dominant will of a civilization.

All civilizations inevitably have a “Strongest Chosen One” to unite the Civilization Points.

Under such circumstances, if the new members are stronger, conflicts are easily sparked.

Because both parties have a certain balance of power.

In the Civilization Trial, should internal conflict arise within a civilization, the impact goes without saying.

“Thirdly, the divergence in civilization paths and social systems.”

“Fourthly, new troops need to be equipped by the mall to provide Civilization Points for the civilization in battles.”

“Fifth…”

The report continuously raised over a dozen points, addressing all the potential impacts such speculation could have on Trial Civilizations, and at the end, it presented the greatest risk.

“Spiritual Ability Users face extremely high risks in this trial! The threat posed by overall Pollution within Trial Civilizations is far greater than that for indigenous civilizations!”

Yes, this is the crux of the issue.

If the Great Wu Empire really did become a Trial Civilization, it would not just mean the addition of a strong competitor—that would be the addition of a high-risk potential enemy.

After reading the entire report and looking at the remaining six months until the next ranking settlement, Shen Hao quickly made a decision.

“Contact the Great Wilderness Civilization and the Ebat Civilization, explain the risks, and ask them to ostracize the Great Wu Empire.”

Indeed, Shen Hao had no intentions of deepening ties with such a fraught civilization.

If things go as expected, the second key node in fate would be centered on the Great Wu Empire.

Even he could not predict what would happen.