Sister? Murder?
How is that possible?
In that instant, Shen Hao felt that the world was truly ridiculous.
He was the only child by birth, and the sister in question, named Gu Qiuyue, was a relative from his mother's side of the family. Six years ago, when her family met with a misfortune and all her family members died, his mother, deeply sympathetic, went to offer condolences and ended up adopting the child.
At that time, Shen Hao had just gone to university. Although they weren't very close, he knew that his sister had a very good nature.
Hardworking and sensible as well.
Otherwise, his mother, a distinguished teacher, wouldn't have brought her home out of sympathy.
Now, her academic performance was top-notch, being a strong candidate for Qingbei despite only being in her first year of high school.
Recalling his sister's demeanor, Shen Hao couldn't imagine at all how she could have murdered someone?!
"It must have been in self-defense," Shen Hao forcibly calmed himself, "Things are quite chaotic now, and Qiuyue is beautiful. Didn't the news just say that during special periods, all crimes are strictly dealt with? If it was just defense, it shouldn't be a problem."
"But your mom said over the phone..." Father Shen, a fairly successful businessman, was shaking slightly, "She killed a girl."
"…" Shen Hao's mind was also a bit chaotic.
"No matter what, we are heading there right now!" Father Shen, having regained his composure, didn't even change his clothes and headed straight for the door.
"Okay." Shen Hao put down his hardly touched rice porridge and stood up.
But just at this moment, he suddenly paused, turned his head, and spoke.
"Dad, you go ahead, I'll drive over myself in a bit."
"Alright, hurry up." Father Shen, not in the mood to ask further, rushed out the door.
The reason Shen Hao needed to wait a moment was because the progress bar he had been watching had finally reached one hundred percent!
A blue frame popped up.
[Load complete, activate?]
Shen Hao quickly went to his room, closed the door, drew the curtains, and without hesitation,
"Activate!"
Unprecedented changes had already occurred in the world, even affecting his family. Now, regardless of what this frame was, Shen Hao was willing to accept it.
In that instant, streams of information surged directly into his mind!
"Civilization... Trial," Shen Hao muttered to himself, his body trembling slightly.
He understood it all now.
In the vast, endless multiverse, there existed an unknown, powerful entity.
No one knew why it was created, nor did anyone understand its true purpose.
The only known fact was that it continuously enveloped one civilization and world after another into its fold, then subjected them to endless trials.
Indeed.
This was not an individual adventure, but a trial for entire civilizations!
Those who passed would receive a reward; the failed would face doom!
As for the object in front of Shen Hao now.
It originated from the reluctance of some powerful civilizations, amalgamating all the loopholes they could find, and then, with immense power, sent from the distant future to the present.
To put it simply—
"A collection of hacks developed based on the Civilization Trial's loopholes," Shen Hao eagerly summarized, looking at the light blue frame unfolding before him.
Its appearance was very crude.
The creators seemed to have not had the time to design its exterior, or perhaps it didn't need a flashy appearance. Inside the frame, there was just a simple sentence.
"This is our last struggle!"
Below this phrase, there were densely packed characters.
Some of them weren't even Chinese characters and could not be translated.
However, from those that could be translated, the content was clear.
They were all names of different civilizations.
"There must be nearly a thousand..." Shen Hao took a deep breath, grasping a clear understanding of the brutality of the Civilization Trial.
The scenes he had dreamed of were just the tip of the iceberg.
Countless civilizations had despaired in the face of the Civilization Trial.
And now, it was the turn of Human Civilization to accept the challenge.
After witnessing so many extinctions in his dreams, Shen Hao's heart wasn't even excited about possessing the golden finger anymore.
It was more of a heaviness.
His civilization was here, his family, including everything of his own, was all here.
If this thing wasn't powerful, to be honest, Shen Hao didn't have much confidence in Human Civilization.
Compared to the other civilizations he saw in the recent illusions, humans were just too weak.
"Open it!" he clenched his fist and fully opened the hack collection pack!
The interface flashed, and quickly changed.
It was still a very simple screen.
So simple that there were only texts and options.
"Detected that the current version of the Civilization Trial is 1.1487, and the following two hacks are available."
"One, a 100% chance to obtain the status of the Chosen One (manufactured by Arlo Civilization)"
"Two, a 100% chance to obtain a Red Mythical Talent on the first Talent selection (manufactured by Wuji Civilization)"
"Only two usable?" Shen Hao glanced at the first line and speculated.
It seemed that these hacks were all displayed according to the version.
The Civilization Trial itself would also auto-update and automatically patch up loopholes.
Some hacks would become useless after their version had passed.
Therefore, future hack collection packs could only be sent back to the past to be effective.
But even so, these two current hacks revitalized his spirit.
Although he was unclear about the actual level of the "Red Mythical" Talent referred to by the second hack, he understood the status now held by a Chosen One.
Recently, a Chosen One had also appeared in their ordinary prefecture-level city; it was a senior top-grade teacher, exactly at the school where Shen Hao's mother worked.
Once announced, she was immediately taken away by a military helicopter that flew in, and all her family members could receive the highest level of protection; the teacher's mother did not want to leave her hometown, and they even deployed the army nearby for protection!
Looking at other information on the internet, it was all the same, highly valued.
Shen Hao didn't have any persecution delusions, especially since, he only needed to keep the hack collection pack as his trump card hidden. If he obtained the status of the Chosen One, he would choose to reveal it!
Not to mention anything else, right now his sister's situation might just need this status!
"Activate the first hack!" He did not hesitate and activated the first hack.
Then, in that instant, he felt a series of gentle breaths rushing to his mind.
With a boom, it seemed as if something had opened!
This was not his illusion.
Because in this moment, he could clearly feel that his consciousness seemed to "spread" out from his mind, even clearly "touching" everything around him, even behind his head.