Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Trial Ends!
People knew what was happening on that battlefield, the previous countdown, and the arrival of thunder had explained everything.
And now, it was the most powerful weapon of human civilization!
Under that light, as massive as an artificial sun, no living being could survive.
Some soldiers even collapsed entirely on the ground, unable to even flee, simply staring blankly at the rising mushroom cloud, their minds blank.
Had God fallen?
Inside the command center of the Global United Front, there was even more chaos.
Numerous anxious, even trembling voices mixed together.
“This is not a low-yield nuclear weapon!”
“The signal is being jammed, we can’t make contact!”
“Send someone to investigate!”
“Don’t panic! Let’s not panic first!”
“Focus all satellites there, focus them all!”
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Compared to the frontline soldiers or the civilians in the rear, they could understand more about the significance of Shen Hao’s presence, that the death of several dozen Blood Demon Mothers did not signify the end of the war, victory would only come as everyone believed if Shen Hao was still alive!
Not to mention, the Blood Demon crisis was very likely just the beginning.
Human civilization simply could not afford the consequences of losing Shen Hao!
But just then,
Someone with good eyesight suddenly cried out.
“Everyone, over there!”
Everyone’s gaze instantly turned to where he was pointing, and countless satellites focused at the same time.
They could clearly see, in the lower right corner, a vast shock wave suddenly dispersed, as if blocked by an invisible barrier, and a figure emerged from that still rising “fierce sun”!
It was Shen Hao!
Even though the satellite hadn’t zoomed in yet, everyone knew clearly, this was Shen Hao!
A moment later, it’s uncertain who started it, but a huge cheer echoed throughout the entire command center, and countless people from different countries and regions excitedly embraced each other!
Because they all knew, from the moment Shen Hao emerged from the nuclear explosion, the war was won!
The Blood Demons in the Western Region would have no power to resist anymore, the remaining Blood Demon Mothers were merely clinging to life, this disaster-laden, massive loss bearing war, just one and a half months from the start, was finally nearing its end!
The front-line soldiers also received the news not long afterwards.
This was a victory for humanity, a victory for the Savior!
They, would soon be able to go home!
Then it was the turn of people in the rear, numerous news outlets, countless televisions, countless radios, all announced this victory at the same time, and the satellite image of Shen Hao emerging from the nuclear explosion became the best publicity.
Countless people watched this scene filled with shock and excitement.
Even though the Global United Front did not use “complete victory” as their slogan, the war was still continuing, but this victory made everyone deeply feel the approaching victory!
More than fifty Blood Demon Mothers were dead, nearly five million Blood Demons were completely annihilated, and the remaining twenty million Blood Demons had lost their commander and their way out, plunging into great panic!
Human armies, in some areas, even began to advance, starting to reclaim lost land!
Even the comprehensive conscription in the Western Region had ended starting today!
They were really about to win!
Many people even screamed as they left their homes, rushing into the streets to express their emotions in various ways, especially the crowds in the northern part of the Western Region, this excitement, this joy, simply could not be expressed by any language!
Although the Blood Demon War had started for less than two months, too many people had died, and the world even fell into fear of the Blood Demons at one point, many enduring the pain of losing loved ones and losing their futures.
And now, this shadow that was mending in the hearts of all humanity, was finally beginning to dissipate, dawn was emerging!
However, the joy and cheering of the people did not affect what was happening at the front.
Shen Hao was seizing the current window of opportunity, frantically gathering points.
With over twenty million Blood Demons still in the south, some aimlessly clueless, some frantically fleeing, all these Blood Demons were to be eliminated, and in Shen Hao’s eyes, this was billions of points!
The situation in the Northern Alliance was not as bad as here, with only a little over ten million people lost, even less remaining.
Moreover, Shen Hao did not know how the Civilization Trial judged the pass through the trial.
This might just be the last opportunity to gather points.
“No need to throw nuclear weapons or missiles anymore, just let the troops set up defenses in the rear, and let all these points converge on me alone,” Shen Hao said unapologetically to Dong Gong.
“No problem, that’s also the opinion from headquarters,” Dong Gong’s tone was notably more relaxed, “When the nuclear explosion occurred, it really gave a lot of people a scare, I heard some of the older ones nearly had a stroke.”
“It’s not something unexpected, the ways Blood Demons can threaten me are just these,” Shen Hao was somewhat helpless about this, “Besides, I have already said I have a trump card.”
“A trump card that can ignore a close-range nuclear blast?” Dong Gong laughed, “The scene of you walking out from the center of a nuclear explosion did shock many, it even directly eliminated some unnecessary post-war troubles, as some people had previously shown a subtle attitude toward imposing some restrictions on the Chosen One, but now there’s no more talk about that.”
“Heh heh.” Shen Hao chuckled softly.
This was actually an unexpected effect.
Because he didn’t know that a satellite would happen to capture that scene, and in reality, he didn’t walk out of a nuclear explosion, but walked into it.
After using the Escape Talisman to avoid the center of the nuclear explosion, the remaining shock waves no longer posed a great threat to him, and he walked back only to find that some relatively remote Blood Demon Mothers were still alive.
Controlling a Level 8 to 9 Blood Demon Mother could indeed accrue points comparable to controlling tens of thousands of Blood Demon Subordinates, and even get a chance for a drop of Purple Epic Level loot, which would indeed be a pity to waste.
Actually, Shen Hao’s gains this time were quite substantial.
Especially that Blood Demon that had reached the Second Stage of the Transcendent, which provided him a Purple Epic ability ball and two pieces of Purple Epic equipment.
One of them was even a Purple Level 11 Protection Magic Treasure.
[Moonlight Mirror]
Square-shaped, crafted entirely of ice crystal, emitting a subdued blue glow, adorned with moonlight patterns, with a sun pattern at the center, it looked quite exquisitely beautiful.
When Shen Hao returned to the nuclear blast area, he relied on this piece of equipment to block the remaining thermal radiation and shock waves.
It must be said, the equipment from the Second Stage was indeed out of the ordinary, and it somewhat compensated for his deficiencies.
With this item, even if the Blood Demons still controlled a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, they could not threaten him anymore.
The other piece of Purple equipment was somewhat ordinary, just Level 10, considered an accessory, with a skill that allows for a short-term burst of constitutional strength.
The ability ball wasn’t very useful either, able to control a type of Destruction Beam which somewhat duplicated the Thunder.
One could only say that his loot luck was fairly average; fighting across a rank, it’s normal to expect even a chance at Golden Legendary Treasures dropping.
Better to hurry and gather some points.
Even if the Civilization Trial had ended, points were still crucial.
Shen Hao sped up, wielding the Moonlight Mirror, recklessly harvesting points, using Sovereign whenever possible instead of Thunder.
This was indeed the doomsday for Blood Demons.
They actually hadn’t lost all of their command, still retaining twenty to thirty Blood Demon Mothers in the rear, these Blood Demon Mothers were not very strong, but they were still Mothers after all.
According to the worst-case scenario predicted by the Blood Demon Commander, it would be mutual destruction with Shen Hao, in which case, these remaining Blood Demon Mothers would maximize their use.
They would carry the hope for the revival of the Blood Demon civilization.
However, they were now profoundly experiencing the presence of doomsday.
The human army had stopped advancing, but their gathering together just provided Shen Hao the convenience to wildly harvest points; within just one day, millions of Blood Demon Subordinates were lost, the next day another few million, within just four to five days, less than three million Blood Demon Subordinates were frantically fleeing on the land, yet they had nowhere to escape.
In these days alone, Shen Hao had accumulated over eighty billion points!
Not only did the twenty billion points required for White Level 13 get fully satisfied, but also the fifty billion points needed for White Level 14, and even the hundred billion points for White Level 15 were reached!
This was White Level 15!
It exceeded his current level by a whole five stages!
However, just as Shen Hao had just opened the Level 15 Mall, pumped and ready to completely harvest all the points of Western Region, then move to Northern Alliance to clear the remaining seven to eight million Blood Demons there, the Chosen One panel suddenly sent a notification.
Not just him, every Chosen One around the world received the same notification.
[Trial ends, congratulations, you have protected your civilization in the first Civilization Trial, please check the rewards]
[The next stage will enter a brief resting period, please take the time to rest up, and prepare for the next Trial]
[Note: During the resting period, all Chosen Ones will be unable to earn points, but all functions of the mall will remain accessible]
“The Trial has ended?” Shen Hao narrowed his eyes, “but there are clearly over ten million Blood Demons left unresolved, and at least sixty Blood Demon Mothers still remain, However, this judgment to end seems to have occurred after I opened the Level 15 Mall.”
Undoubtedly, the Civilization Trial was not designed to end with the complete annihilation of one side.
At least this one wasn’t.
Shen Hao speculated that the criterion was likely based on the determination that the Blood Demon side could no longer pose a fatal threat to humans.
Even if the remaining Blood Demons staged a comeback, it wouldn’t be because of the Trial, but due to human errors.
Also, clearly, this is to prevent civilizations from dragging the Trial on indefinitely!