Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

And they divided authority as finely as possible, ensuring that it could benefit a sufficient number of people.

For instance, Gan Yuan dearly wanted the fruit slot of "Pill God," but among the newly summoned Red Mythical Contractors, one had superior Alchemy Skill.

According to the rules ultimately decided by Shen Hao, the highest fruit slot of the Alchemy Dao needed to be chosen from among the top three alchemists based on contribution value.

Without a doubt, the first Supreme Pill God fruit slot fell into the hands of Gan Yuan.

After all, Gan Yuan had been part of Human Civilization for some time and had indeed accumulated a significant contribution value.

However, if his skills did not improve, another contractor could also surpass him.

The fruit slots in the Human Civilization were not lifetime appointments.

"Competition is essential to maintain sufficient vitality," Shen Hao expressed his intentions unequivocally.

In a short period of time, fierce competition unfolded across various domains.

Those who aspired to compete with Liu Ruoxi for the title of "Sword God" through Divine Enthronement with a sword, and Zhuang Zhigao who directly secured the "Divine Array Fruit Slot" with an absolute advantage.

Even relatively niche fruit slots like "Divine Chef," "God of Song," and "Chess God" were fiercely contested.

Even if one couldn't compete for the highest levels, the peripheral fruit slots under some major systems were also up for competition.

For example, in the "Sword Dao," there naturally was only one Supreme Sword God, but beneath that, there were four Great Sword Gods, twelve Sword Immortals, and one hundred and eight Sword Saints.

Even below Sword Saint, there were up to a thousand "Sword Masters."

Even if so-called "Sword Masters" possessed only a strand of the Sword Dao Law, the affinity brought by the Sword Dao was apparent and could significantly aid cultivation.

The same could be said for many other fields.

Seizing this opportunity, the high-level leaders of Human Civilization also revitalized the somewhat sluggish passion for civilization development.

Everyone threw themselves into work and cultivation with great enthusiasm.

This "fruit slot allocation" lasted a full thirty years before it gradually concluded.

Now, Human Civilization had undergone significant changes.

The order on the Mother Planet had largely taken shape.

At the same time, the technology within Human Civilization had essentially been completely exhausted.

Within the civilization trading system, the level rating of Human Civilization had already reached Level 57.

Although it seemed still distant from the Civilization Mall Level, it's worth noting that the Civilization Mall Level did not provide all the technologies of that level.

Even though Shen Hao had claimed the last reward and unlocked all the Blue Elite Level merchandise, that was just Blue Elite.

However, when civilization truly reached a certain level, it meant that it could at least complete the production of Golden Legendary merchandise!

Some domains even reached the Red Mythical Level.

At this point, the development of civilization had become very slow. After all, it was difficult to obtain more advanced technologies from the Civilization Mall. Climbing the technological tree was no longer just about learning, but required the emergence of new inspiration and breakthroughs.

Even the cultivation of Extraordinary Individuals had hit a bottleneck.

Currently, in Human Civilization, the number of individuals at the Extraordinary Sixth Stage had reached a total of 3,240,000.

But this was nearly the limit.

The role of resources had its limits.

Some people's Talent qualficiations could only support reaching the Fifth Rank or even lower. To break through, they needed much more powerful resources to forcibly enhance their Talent and reshape their foundational attributes.

Even the Chosen Ones were stuck at their respective talent limits without such miraculous resources to change their fate.

By now, all the transcendent beings with a chance of breakthrough had already arrived.

Although civilization could continue to grow, especially in population, such growth efficiency was too low.

The Civilization Trial had been continuously undergoing updates, at least in Shen Hao's eyes, extending it for insignificant developments was not worth the loss.

"It's time to prepare for the next trial." Shen Hao conveyed this.

Although it was just a preliminary communication, the whole civilization nonetheless began adjustments in various domains.

Reducing the research in technological inheritance, resources began to shift towards the war domain, accelerating major projects, and summoning soldiers for final reenlistment training...

Of course, propaganda throughout the civilization was indispensable, adjusting societal sentiments, swiftly transitioning from peaceful development to war trial preparation!

The entire process consumed more than a decade.

Shen Hao even adjusted some Heavenly Dao rules.

He increased the punishment for defying commands, reduced related freedoms, strengthened systemic order, and even adjusted the Heavenly Dao reward system...

This was the advantage of having ample time, as the preparations could always be more thorough.

Under such a series of preparations, the state of the entire civilization system was extremely strong.

Not to mention the old-timers who had experienced trials, even the vast number of new generations born during the window period were already well-equipped.

Moreover, they aspired to shine in the new trial, achieving their life's value.

Qiao Yu was one of them.

In the past few decades, Qiao Yu had not been among the most outstanding of the new generation; he hadn't even qualified as a "Civilization's Son" or "Civilization Genius."

However, he had still made remarkable achievements.

His own strength level had reached the Fifth Stage, his Chosen One Talent had been promoted to Purple Epic through his efforts and contributions—a promotion rank almost the highest achievable outside the trial periods, and he had also secured one of only 108 "Chess Saint Fruit Slots"!

Without a doubt, compared to his other achievements, this last one was the most astonishing.

During non-trial periods, there were limited fields where effort could be exerted; chess was one of the few areas with less strict level restrictions, and competition was fierce, with each "Chess Saint" being a well-known Overlord in that domain; that Qiao Yu, a newcomer, had secured this position was indeed rare!

Of course, fate also played its part.

Because he was the last to enter.

In the last competition, a bit of luck allowed him a slight edge to secure the last spot, ranked 108th.

This was also an invisible blessing from Shen Hao.

After all, Qiao Yu had helped in the shaping of the Heavenly Dao; therefore, after the reconstruction of Heavenly Dao, Shen Hao had not altered the blessings of fate on Qiao Yu, even enhancing them, endowing him with a favor similar to "Child of Destiny."

Of course, destiny was merely a push, not the sole factor, and all achievements were not without his own efforts.

Shen Hao also greatly anticipated whether Qiao Yu could still work miracles when stepping out from the Mother Planet into a broader, more complex trial destiny.

And Qiao Yu, unaware of the eyes on him, equally longed for the trial.

"In the window period, I have done everything within my limits, seized every opportunity I could, and that's all." He looked at the trial countdown now appearing online, his heart burning fiercely like flames, "The trial is our true stage! It offers opportunities incomparable to the window period! Many renowned top warriors have ascended from within the trials, and I will be one of them—undeterred even in death!"

This also demonstrated the success of education within Human Civilization.

Facing the trial, the new generation was not just fearless; they were filled with expectation, eager to embrace the trial to achieve their life goals.

This was something only Human Civilization could achieve.

As for many Affiliated Civilizations up to this moment, they were still anxious, tense; even having witnessed the strength of Human Civilization and knowing all the preparations, they ultimately remained half-failures in the trials.