Chapter 223: Chapter 221: Refresh of the Stand-in During the Empty Window Period!
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It was clear that the end of the Civilization Trial didn’t mean people could completely relax.
During the precious rest period, many directions that had been idle during the war state needed to be put back into motion.
Even on the internet, public opinion had shifted from “actively face the trial” and “humans will prevail” to “develop with all our might” and “victory next time”.
With the assistance of global intelligent AIs, everyone played their part, running the social order in the most efficient manner possible.
Meanwhile, labor forces from other civilizations were, one after another, arriving to aid Human Civilization.
Especially the remaining 17 billion of the Sand Shell Civilization, who were an extremely high-quality workforce.
Incapable of fatigue, with no need for mental relaxation, and able to work quickly and efficiently with the help of implanted equipment.
It’s fair to say they greatly lightened the burden on Human Civilization when most people within it could focus on their personal cultivation.
Even, if the rest period was longer, some of the labor force from the Desert Tower People could be spared to help develop the Sky Spirit and the Great Yan Civilizations.
Though these two civilizations were surely focused on the Extraordinary Path, the convenience advantages of some technologies could also be utilized.
Obviously, the status of Affiliated Civilizations and the tool-like race of the Sand Shell Civilization was different.
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Human Civilization also needed them to become strong.
In such a time of vigorous activity on all fronts, Shen Hao finally awaited the refresh of the rest period hacks.
In the last trial, the hacks had actually played a key role, especially the final map cheat.
Without the map cheat, resolving the final Undead crisis might not have been so easy.
Not to mention, the VIP merchandise hack and the ranking reward hack had added a lot to Human Civilization’s foundation.
Even now, Shen Hao’s greatest hope for the rest period hack was in the VIP products hack.
With the mall now upgraded to Level 26, this meant that if the VIP merchandise cheat continued to hold, then every three days he would have the permanent unlock right to a Level 23 Purple Epic item or a Level 22 Blue Elite item.
This would help Human Civilization enhance its strength—Blue Masterpiece and Purple Epic are the true strengths under the civilization level.
“The time has come,”
Shen Hao watched as the progress bar reached the final step, his eyes fixed on the changes on the hack panel.
[Confirmed current Civilization Trial version is 1.1523, detects current Trial intermission period, some hacks will be temporarily suspended, no review mechanism exists during this period, hacks available have no usage restrictions, there are currently the following three new hacks.]
[VIP Hack Version 3: This hack permanently grants VIP3 status and corresponding permissions in the Point Mall (made by Kejin Civilization)]
[Intermission Duration Hack Version 1: This hack clearly defines the intermission period and extends it tenfold (made by Airui Civilization)]
[Chosen One Trial Settlement Reward Hack Version 1: This hack treats repeated Chosen One settlement reward items as a single choice (made by Sand Shell Civilization)].]
“Hiss—” Shen Hao inhaled sharply as he viewed the contents of these three new hacks.
There was no way around it; he had to do something to show his respect for the intensity of these hacks!
All three new hacks were incredibly powerful!
One could even say, besides the anticipated VIP3 hack, each of the rest were completely beyond expectations!
Too strong— the intermission hacks this time were just too strong!
There’s no need to say much about the VIP3 hack, as it spared him from making one valuable choice; what was truly important was the Intermission Duration hack!
This was precisely what Human Civilization, and even the entire Civilization System, desperately needed!
The intermission period for the Civilization Trial was far too short, so brief that there was absolutely no chance for civilizations to recover their strength and assimilate their gains.
For example, the intermission period following the last Blood Demon Trial was a mere three months.
What can be done in three months?
In Shen Hao’s view, the duration of the intermission period must be a part of the natural “evolution” of the Civilization Trial because such a brief rest period simply wouldn’t function as a trial for civilizations.
It didn’t even allow civilizations the “luxury” of being badly damaged.
If a civilization was heavily defeated in one trial, even if they survived, the next trial would still be at a hellish level.
Civilizations like the Siti, Mongolian, and Wing Sky all experienced this!
Having suffered heavy losses in the last trial, they had hardly any fight left in them this time.
Now, the appearance of the [Intermission Duration Hack] could directly extend the intermission period by ten times.
Although he didn’t know the exact duration of the extension, without a doubt, every extended day would be translated into strength for Human Civilization, and for the entire Civilization System!
The third hack was equally powerful!
While it wasn’t the “award grab-all hack” that Shen Hao longed for, this reward hack could treat repeated reward selections as a single choice!
How many of the previous Chosen One rewards were repeated?
This was almost as good as getting them all!
Furthermore, the third and second hacks were both labeled as Version 1, indicating that even more powerful hack types might appear in the future.
“Indeed, it always comes down to cheats!” Shen Hao slowly exhaled, unable to contain his excitement at this moment.
The Civilization Trial seemed to have deviated from its original path and was evolving toward a “civilization doomsday”, but with the existence of cheats, it could be turned back into a “trial”, and truly gave the possibility of overcoming it!
However, Shen Hao glanced at the other hacks.
Disappointingly, most of them were still dark gray.
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It included the “VIP Merchandise Hack”.
It meant that during the grace period, the VIP Mall would return to its original probabilities, refreshing every three days without any guaranteed bottom line.
“A hack is ultimately exploiting a loophole and is not omnipotent,” Shen Hao wasn’t greedy.
Just the fact that he could use three hacks had already exceeded his expectations.
Since there was no time limit to install the grace period hacks, Shen Hao loaded all three hacks in one go.
The VIP Mall was upgraded to VIP3, and the number of items refreshed each time doubled again, increasing to twenty-four items per refresh.
Moreover, the probability of blue and purple quality items appearing also increased.
Although the levels were not high, it was clear that, over time, the items in the VIP Mall would gradually compensate for the quality of products from lower civilization levels.
This was also greatly beneficial to the development of civilization.
After the second hack was loaded, a clear countdown appeared.
[Grace Period Countdown: 202 days 12 hours 23 minutes X10]
Shen Hao noticed that the speed at which the countdown progressed had slowed to a tenth of its usual pace.
After ten minutes, the countdown had only decreased by one minute.
Clearly, this was not a direct extension of the grace period by ten times, but a slowdown of the time count due to a loophole.
This made Shen Hao feel slightly regretful.
Because it meant that the tenfold calculation started from this moment, and the thirteen days that had already passed were not included in the tenfold extension.
That was a hundred and thirty days!
However, hacks need to verify the version environment before they can be started, which is the foundation for ensuring safe use.
It was unavoidable to waste some time.
Shen Hao quickly did the math in his head.
What was originally six and a half months of time had now become five and a half years!
“With five and a half years of grace period, there’s so much that can be done,” Shen Hao thought to himself, not feeling that the time was short at all. Compared to a mere few months, five and a half years was incredibly precious!
It even greatly exceeded his original expectations.
Not to mention anything else, with this time, it would be enough for human civilization to digest the foundational essence of the Desert Tower, Sky Spirit, and Great Yan civilizations in the fields of technology, magic, and cultivation!
Furthermore, on the Extraordinary Path, it would be enough to train a large number of strong individuals!
It would even be possible to assimilate the resources that had surged within civilization.
It would also allow for a deeper establishment of interests between the two affiliated civilizations and the many newly joined species!
There was so much to do; five and a half years was enough to achieve great things.
“We must devise a five-year plan,” Shen Hao decided.
But there was no rush for the moment, as there were more important things to do now—claiming the Chosen One rewards!
After activating the third hack, selecting repeated rewards would only count as one choice!
And among the sixteen rewards, how many were repeated rewards?
A total of five!
“These five are a must-choose,” Shen Hao decided outright.
No other reason but that they offered too much value for the cost.
It was equivalent to getting double the rewards for one choice opportunity.
Excluding these five, only two choice opportunities remained, with six options left.
The VIP3 option could also be taken out, leaving five.
So, it became a choice of two out of five.
“The fifteenth option, to get 3 Chosen One Talent Promotion slots that can promote talents up to the Golden Legendary level, is also very important,” Shen Hao quickly made one of the choice decisions.
The importance of Original Talents went without saying.
This almost represented the Extraordinary Potential of the Chosen One.
According to normal probabilities, only one out of a million Chosen Ones would possess such a talent.
In this Civilization Trial, there were nearly one hundred and fifty thousand Chosen Ones. Besides his own exploit, having Xi Qing, a possessor of a Golden Legendary Talent, was already considered extremely lucky.
Yet now, there were three slots available to add three more Chosen Ones with Golden Legendary Talents to human civilization!
With proper cultivation, they could undoubtedly become a great pillar for human civilization.
After all, Shen Hao couldn’t just rely on himself alone.
That left only one choice.
Shen Hao’s gaze wandered among the remaining four options.
Would he choose five mythical-grade treasure chests, or one of the other three options, which were at least Golden Legend quality and potentially had a chance to produce a Red Myth?