Run Away, This Civilization Is Cheating!

Therefore, Shen Hao quickly arranged everything.

Mr. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao were naturally overjoyed.

"Becoming a Chosen One, your past ordinary Talent can no longer limit your development. You will have more possibilities. So, use resources on yourself as much as possible," Mr. Qiao even advised, "The family doesn't need your support. Your dad may not be as incredible as you, but I'm more than capable of earning enough to cover the expenses for nurturing a child!"

In the end, he was speaking with a father's pride raising a notch in his demeanor.

But the smile on his face was irresistible.

He wasn't wrong either. Although society didn't allow one to coast by, it also didn't put enormous pressure on individuals. As an adult peak third-stage Transcendent, as long as one was willing to work a bit harder and sacrifice some personal cultivation time, it was possible to earn several times the normal expenses.

Even renting a Magic Card for agricultural use could yield significant returns.

Besides, now with a Chosen One in the family, their lives were bound to get better and better.

Not to mention, the community would also reward the family, and it was very possible he might even have the chance to break through to the Fourth Stage!

"Right, what exactly is your Talent?" Mr. Qiao suddenly became curious about this aspect.

"It is..." Shen Hao looked at his Chosen One panel, his expression somewhat complex as he slowly said, "Chess Player."

Yes, it was Chess Player.

This type of Talent had appeared in Human Civilization before. Although it was a White Talent, it had a special effect in the command domain.

Furthermore, according to experiences with Talents, such profession-type Talents, even if they were only ordinary White, were often the top tier within ordinary Whites, especially in terms of their potential for subsequent upgrades.

For Shen Hao, it also had a unique significance.

It matched up with his own abilities!

The Talent of a Chosen One and one's own abilities might not necessarily match, and it was even quite difficult to match. Most people, once they become Chosen Ones, quickly discard the abilities that brought them to that status. Shen Hao initially considered playing chess only as a means to attain the status of a Chosen One and had even thought that once he had the status, chess could at most be just a hobby.

But now it seemed that it would still be his main ability to rely on for survival in the future!

"Chess Player is good, Chess Player is good!"

Mr. Qiao and Mrs. Qiao were not aware of Shen Hao's complex inner thoughts; they were simply delighted about the profession-type Talent.

The benefits that a Chosen One brought were palpable.

Not only what could be seen but also much that couldn't be seen.

If Shen Hao's development in the future was good, then the next time a Trial came along, their entire family could get certain preferential treatment in the face of the Trial.

Like being relocated to a safer area.

Although none of the family had actually participated in a Trial, Trials were still the most discussed and understood domains of the entire Civilization.

Before long, Shen Hao received an invitation from a high school in another mid-sized city.

He could also choose to stay in his original city, where he could get better resource rewards, but larger cities had better educational resources, more excellent peers, and a better atmosphere. All this was more important than mere cultivation resources for Shen Hao, who still had ambitions.

So he resolutely chose to leave his hometown.

And head towards a larger city!

No sooner had he arrived than Shen Hao deeply felt the differences between cities.

In his city, the majority of the adults on the streets were second, third stage, and spotting a fourth-stage Transcendent was already enough to make one a celebrity in the city.

But here, third-stage and fourth-stage Transcendents could be seen everywhere.

Only those at the Fifth Stage could be considered personages within such a medium-sized city.

You must understand that, in the current Human Civilization, there were only a few hundred thousand who had reached the Sixth Stage.

The entire Human Civilization, including the populations of Affiliated Civilizations, had reached a total of over two trillion!

By comparison, the Fifth Stage is the most powerful tier beneath these several hundred thousand people!

Thinking along these lines alone, the disparity between medium-sized cities and small-sized cities was already glaringly obvious.

"I too will leave my name in such a city!" Qiao Yu's heart still surged with ambitions that ordinary people did not possess, and these ambitions had even expanded since he successfully became a Chosen One.

It was at this time that fate's node once again descended upon him.

Within this city, there happened to be a Fellow Chosen One whose Talent was also that of a "Chess Player."

"Chess Player Talent is uncommon, and to possess abilities that precisely align with it is even more so." This was an Extraordinary Fifth Stage Transcendent with a place in the military, an immensely strong Chosen One.

He found Qiao Yu and expressed his deep regard and significant support—willing to use his own points to trade for a Blue Elite Talent Promotion spot from someone else!

Indeed, a Talent Promotion spot was not something only Shen Hao could possess.

All Chosen Ones could obtain their own Chosen One rewards.

However, they did not have the cheats Shen Hao carried, and thus, the evaluations they received fell far short of Shen Hao's.

Moreover, according to the rules, all rewards received by Chosen Ones, especially the more significant promotion spots, had to be half-contributed to the Civilization System for unified distribution, which made promotion spots outside of the contribution point distribution system extremely precious.

Even just a Blue Elite Level Talent Promotion spot was no exception.

"This opportunity he seized through his own performance is also a Blessing of destiny," Shen Hao observed all of this.

Perhaps it is because he liked to mentor the new generations with potential, and a similar culture existed within the civilization.

Many individuals received appreciation and support from their seniors during the course of growth, and upon maturing, similarly enjoyed supporting the new generation, which had become a part of the culture, even a tradition.

But even so, without the Blessing of destiny, Qiao Yu would not have encountered such an opportunity—the so-called Blessing of destiny, after all, was just making something that had a chance of occurring actually take place.

"The Seventh Stage is now within reach," Shen Hao silently watched as fate intertwined around Qiao Yu.

Watching him go from a small to medium, and then to a large city; using his own efforts to win an official-sponsored competition, he obtained a Purple Epic Talent Promotion spot; and with his new Talent, he joined the Accelerated Secret Realm University...

In the blink of an eye, another decade or so passed, and he nearly grasped all the nodes of change that could alter one's fate, transforming from an ordinary and unremarkable youth into a "Quasi-Talent," eligible to compete for a spot in the Civilization Genius Series!

Although he was only contesting for the lowest tier of "Civilization Elite," it was clearly still an important turning point in his life.

Until Shen Hao realized that this competition was more likely to end in failure for him.

"Such a degree of Blessing of Destiny is not all-powerful and is far from reaching the level of 'Destiny's Main Character,'" Shen Hao caught the opportunity at this moment and, through Observation, gained a deeper understanding of the true meaning of the Law of Destiny.

The fate of failure completed the last link.

Everything was now in readiness.

The breakthrough to the Seventh Stage was at this very moment!

Suddenly, a burst of colorful light emerged in the sky, quickly sweeping across the entire world, causing countless people to look up in surprise, especially the Warriors; they could clearly feel something major happening to the entire Mother Planet's Extraordinary Dayuan!

It was the transformation from chaos to order, from disorder to coherence, from scattering to convergence...

The true cornerstone of the Heavenly Dao, along with Shen Hao's breakthrough, was finally established!

At this moment, there were just over seventy years left until the end of the Trial.