Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Crisis Emerges!
Shen Hao didn’t need to issue a warning: all the Chosen Ones could see the ranking, and at this moment, the Chosen One Association had already sounded the alarm.
All levels of pre-planned alerts were now operating at full capacity!
As for Shen Hao, he first looked at the specific contents of the leaderboard.
It was divided into two major categories.
[Civilization Leaderboard],[Chosen Ones Leaderboard]
Shen Hao first opened the Civilization Leaderboard, which presented a detailed and lengthy introduction.
In essence, it said.
The Civilization Leaderboard would promptly list the performance values of civilizations in the Trial of Opposition, considering the total points earned by the civilization, the survival ratio of individuals, the degree of strength growth, and, according to the different current circumstances of each civilization, multiplying by different coefficients before adding them up to display each civilization’s trial performance “fairly and justly” and allocate rewards after each cycle ends.
At the same time, the order of completion would also receive a “generous” additional Civilization Reward.
“It really is a competition,” Shen Hao muttered to himself.
This new reward system meant that there was a competitive relationship between civilizations; if any were capable, some civilizations would definitely try to add a bit of difficulty for others.
This meant that they had to not only face the trials but also guard against other civilizations.
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It was important to note that the specific content of the trial had still not appeared.
Just like the first trial, there was no notification in this regard.
Deducing that the trial had started based on the appearance of the rankings could be considered a loophole.
Shen Hao then looked at the [Chosen Ones Leaderboard].
There was again a detailed description, and after carefully reading through it, Shen Hao could confirm that the nature of this leaderboard was the same as that of the civilization leaderboard.
It comprehensively considered each Chosen One’s current Talent, Level, ability ball, and even included the strength of their civilization, finally deriving different coefficients.
This weighed heavily on Shen Hao’s mind.
Clearly, with his strength, the coefficients were absolutely terrifyingly low!
The appearance of these two rankings essentially offered hope of an uprising to some civilizations that were unlucky and weak.
As long as they performed outstandingly, they could still have the chance to receive rewards under high coefficients.
The duration of each settlement period had already been converted to human time, which was 33 days, 13 hours, and 24 minutes.
Just over a month by a couple of days.
After confirming that nothing new had appeared, Shen Hao reopened his cheat interface.
As expected, the moment the gap period ended, the cheat once again entered a version check state.
Moreover, it was quite fast.
Upon rough calculation, a new cheat would appear in about seven days!
However, the previously grayed-out cheat still seemed unusable because his map still could not be opened.
That was somewhat regrettable.
Without a map, there was no way to find the sources of points immediately.
“Have you found anything?” Shen Hao directly called Dong Gong.
“Not yet, everything seems normal,” Dong Gong spoke, “The Global United Front is discussing whether to issue a public warning, but facing unclear trial forms might cause public panic.”
Issuing a warning, indicating that the trial had started, but not knowing the specifics, such a situation indeed easily triggered panic.
People might even start suspecting those around them; minor issues could turn into major suspicions.
Shen Hao did not interject; such matters were better handled by more professional personnel.
He simply ordered, “Notify me immediately if anything is discovered.”
“Yes!” said Dong Gong.
Afterward, Shen Hao once again opened his Chosen One interface.
Now, his strength had reached Level 14.
This was the result of continuous cultivation over the past three months.
After the job change, each Chosen One’s cultivation method varied; for example, his sister, Qiuyue, matched her profession two months ago as a Purple Epic [Wind Dragon Boxer].
Although a boxer, her profession was more akin to that of a Melee Mage, whose main cultivation method was not physical training but meditating, drawing in magical power while comprehending and growing the thread of Wind Dragon bloodline within her body.
It was indeed a continuation of her usual combat style.
With similar combat Talent, Liu Ruoxi’s matched profession was Purple Epic [One Strike Asura], with only one method of cultivation: continuous slashing, whether slashing people or objects, the process of wielding a sword naturally integrated extraordinary elements, with a combat style that utterly intensified slaughter.
The rest of the team members were mostly Purple Epic professions as well.
This was because, aside from Soul Talent, the quality of ability balls also influenced the matching of professions to some extent.
And Shen Hao had fitted each of them with at least one Golden Legendary ability!
Over these few months, he had started to focus on training those who were loyal, and these initial followers including his sister, Shen Xing, were naturally not spared from cultivation.
Unfortunately, their inherent talents were a bit low, which was the most critical aspect for profession matching.
Therefore, even so, no Golden Legendary professions had emerged.
Shen Hao reflected for a moment, then closed his eyes; his current method of cultivation, apart from strengthening civilization, was to sense the various changes within the civilization in this almost meditative manner.
Although this feeling was still extremely vague and far from being able to discern every change, if there were any major crisis within the entire civilization, he could not possibly be unaware of it.
Like the previous incident, where millions were parasitized by the Blood Demon without anyone knowing, that was no longer possible.
At this moment, commands were continuously being issued from the Global United Front, and crisis monitoring departments in various locations had received strict orders. Although the orders did not explicitly state that the trial had begun, the sudden issuance of these orders could explain a lot.
Anxiety was quietly intensifying.
Some people had already faintly sensed something.
He Jin was one of them.
Yes, he was the original landlord from Donghua City who had fortuitously saved his life at the hands of the President of the Chosen One Association, the most powerful human Chosen One, the great Savior.
He was no longer a landlord now.
All the houses, although nominally still his, had been allocated by government order to people who had moved from rural areas and townships into the city.
This was naturally not without compensation.
It wasn’t money or anything like that, but another form of “contribution points.”
Contribution points, a globally universal exchange currency that had been introduced in the past few months by the Global United Front.
These could not be sold or traded.
They could only be obtained through various contributions.
Including but not limited to responding to and completing tasks distributed by the Global United Front, participating in factory transformations, or even joining the military, among others.
Their use was to exchange for certain items that could only be obtained with contribution points and that were not tradable.
For example, safe house quotas during the trial period, some civilian self-defense weapons, and cultivation resources.
Yes, the Global United Front had now publicized several different basic cultivation methods, mostly harmless, but also not easy to practice.
Having cultivation resources could lead to a rapid entry into cultivation!
This had also caused a sharp increase in the significance of contribution points, especially compared to some industries that were being rapidly phased out, as most people would choose to exchange them.
This was also a policy measure to smoothly transition human society into the trial era.
And He Jin, thanks to those dozen or so houses, had gained quite a few contribution points, and had already developed Qi Sense two months ago, embarking on the path of cultivation.
Every day, he would work in the factory during the day and return to his house to practice cultivation at night.
He was still the envy of many people.
What made people even more envious was that he had picked up a life from Shen Hao’s hands, having not only seen that person but even spoken to him.
Just this alone made He Jin somewhat of a celebrity in Donghua City.
This also allowed him to successfully use some connections to receive some sensitive news.
“The Crisis Management Department is completely tense now, the number of soldiers patrolling the streets has increased, and there’s a lot more crisis alert education on TV and online. No mistake, a new trial is coming!” He Jin thought nervously.
He dared not speak casually to others, but also could not help starting to suspect everyone and everything.
He had been unable to sleep for two or three days straight.
He was extremely tired mentally.
Until the fourth night, it seemed he finally couldn’t bear it any longer, and his whole person felt somewhat groggy.
“Thud, thud, thud.”
In a daze, he seemed to hear a knocking sound.
He lived in a single dormitory, which was also a privilege he had exchanged with contribution points.
After the Blood Demon war, many people had aftershocks and didn’t dare to stay in the same room with unfamiliar people—He Jin especially, since he had almost died.
“Thud, thud, thud.”
The knocking sound seemed to grow louder.
He Jin, in a daze, felt extremely cold, as if no blanket was covering him at all despite the reasonably thick blanket on his body.
These days had indeed started to get colder.
Many people had added blankets and changed clothes.
“Thud, thud, thud.” The knocking seemed to get a bit closer.
“Who is it!” He Jin called out in a daze, receiving no response and, instead, feeling colder.
His entire body curled up.
“Thud, thud, thud.”
This time, the knocking sound came directly from the head of the bed.
He Jin felt even colder, his whole body shivering as if he were lying naked in a snow-covered icy land.
No, that’s not right!
He suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Mother!” He Jin screamed in horror.
Because he saw a person, a person with withered skin, vacant and blurred eyes standing at his bedside, seemingly silently staring at him, emitting a chilling cold!
Any fatigue, any sleepiness, was awakened in an instant!