Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

Chapter 423: Chapter 345: Cheat Refresh, Trial Database!_2
 

As for whether the changes in the cheat system are good or bad, Shen Hao still couldn’t determine.

There might suddenly be some powerful cheats added that greatly assist in the trials, or perhaps some powerful cheats might stop working at crucial moments.

In short, one shouldn’t rely too heavily on them; it’s best to view the cheats merely as tools to enhance strength.

Shen Hao began to closely examine and compare the changes in each cheat.

This time, the waiting period between loading cheats was more than eight months, more than twice the previous three and a half months. However, the good news was that there were four cheats that could be loaded immediately, despite the interval.

Besides the database and VIP store cheats that appeared last time, this time, the two Chosen One cheats could also be directly loaded.

And they were upgraded versions.

Without a doubt, this would further strengthen the power of Human Civilization.

Even in an era where the Extraordinary System was fully deployed, and everyone was a powerful Transcendent, the strength of the Chosen One was still visibly formidable.

Not to mention their Talents, just the ability to load abilities was far beyond ordinary Transcendents.

The number of Chosen Ones, as well as the probability of obtaining quality Talents, might not show much change in the short term, but over time, they could become overwhelmingly strong.

Besides that, the major updates to the map cheat also caught Shen Hao’s attention.

The previous map cheat was tied to his spiritual power, but the current map cheat progressively improved, until it could display the entire universe’s map, including coordinates.

With this cheat activated, Human Civilization would no longer need to explore the surrounding small worlds one by one, as if opening blind boxes.

The map would naturally mark out small worlds that harbored powerful Weird Demons.

Saving a great deal of time and effort was one aspect, but more importantly, it would significantly increase the efficiency of Human Civilization harvesting points!

Furthermore, compared to the last trial, the new cheats that appeared were also quite significant.

When the Civilization Mall Level had reached Level 31, a new function had emerged, the box-opening feature.

Inputting points, one had the chance to get powerful treasures from the box.

It included everything.

It even encompassed trial rewards from various Civilization Levels, with everything one could need.

However, the odds were not high.

For instance, if one invested enough points to buy a high-level Red Mythical item, there was only slightly more than a thirty percent chance to receive an item of that level from the box.

Therefore, for most civilizations, under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t risk investing their important points in it.

Even if they did invest, it wouldn’t be more than once.

As the amount increased, at these odds, losses were inevitable.

The best scenario for using it would be having surplus points, or if a civilization faced a great crisis and decided to invest a large amount of points in one fell swoop, hoping for a slim chance at survival!

Hence, Shen Hao had not used it even once so far.

But now, with this cheat… locking in at least twenty percent probability, there was a guarantee that one wouldn’t suffer a loss. The only problem was that the treasures received might not be what Human Civilization needed.

“Just the value won’t be lost, but in terms of practicality, it may not be useful,” Shen Hao thought with some anticipation, but what he was really looking forward to was a higher version of the cheat.

The current version alone was still not worth prioritizing.

The same went for some of the other cheats.

They were certainly important and offered great help to the civilization, but they were not what was most needed right now.

Unsurprisingly, he would likely still choose the points hack first this time.

A seven-fold increase, although not as much compared to the five-fold increase in the last trial, was still a tremendous help. Moreover, the sooner it was activated, the greater the benefit.

Before making the final decision, Shen Hao took a glance at the Trial Database.

Finally, the word “basic” had been removed from this time’s database, and it included not only the content of the trials but also the intelligence information on the Trial Civilizations!

Shen Hao even valued the latter more!

After all, the former situation isn’t complex, at least not currently—it still appears fairly clear. However, the latter is different.

Shen Hao could now sense the strength of the civilizations participating in this trial from the rankings.

In these seven-plus months, human civilization had mobilized the entire existing power of the civilization without any letup, dealing with countless weird demons. On the three major subordinate battlefields, massive quantities of points were being delivered every day. If it wasn’t for the fact that the points hack hadn’t arrived yet, the number of points gained during this period alone would have surpassed the total points obtained in the previous trial.

But even so, human civilization’s ranking remained around fifth place, still quite far from fourth, and the sixth and seventh were closely pressing from behind. The gap between them was very small.

Moreover, the first place remained far ahead, something that Shen Hao couldn’t ignore.

“Let’s see who exactly they are,” he said as he directly installed the Database External Device.

In the next instant, various pieces of information flooded his mind, but at the very beginning, he abruptly saw a person!

Yes, a person!

Language failed to describe Shen Hao’s feelings at that moment, including the appearance of this “person.” They seemed to embody all forms of intelligent life Shen Hao had ever seen. Anyone witnessing “them” would feel as though they were looking at their own kin, or even that they were the very essence of heaven and earth, the embodiment of the world!

Shen Hao had only ever felt something similar in himself.

“Sovereign?” he murmured to himself.

Perhaps it wasn’t quite the same as his Talent [Sovereign], but it was so close that Shen Hao immediately identified the other’s identity—it was the sole Controller of this universe, the universe’s own Avatar!

And then, this “person” seemed to have died.

Shen Hao couldn’t see the process, only that they screamed as they fell, their body splitting in two—one part becoming the majestic Great Sun, and the other part dissipating, crumbling away into a twisted Night.

The vision ended there.

What followed were some basic pieces of information.

Like the corruption of the Night Law, the scale and advantages of the weird demons, and the situation of some native civilizations…

All the searchable information about this trial had been fully inputted, and Shen Hao still maintained his silent demeanor.

“This… indeed is somewhat unexpected,” he murmured in his heart.

The unique law form of the whole world was born this way.

The Great Sun and the Night, both came from one “person,” both originated from the same “person”!

No wonder, the weird demons were able to rapidly grow stronger by devouring the Day Creatures, and yet their corpses could burn, displaying power akin to that of the Great Sun.

The two must share a deep, common origin.

During this short period of silence, Shen Hao had already developed various conjectures.

A more powerful external enemy?

A problem within themselves?

A further attempt?

…

But whatever it was, it was enough to suggest this Universe was anything but simple!

Shen Hao didn’t even believe that the “person” in the database was truly dead.

At such a Level, at such a status, death would not be a simple matter.

At last, he slowly exhaled.

Regardless, now that he was aware of this information, he had to be extra cautious. Compared to the Trial Civilizations that were unaware, this was an advantage.

Shen Hao began to examine the data of the other Trial Civilizations again.

The simplicity of the information was somewhat surprising.

There were no images, just cold, simple numbers.

The number of Chosen Ones, the number of different Chosen One Talents, the number of Foundations, rough ranges of Levels, the number of previous trials, and the grades received…

The data couldn’t be considered detailed, and moreover, these numbers were only from the moment just before participating in the trial; they didn’t include developments during the trial itself.