I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 724 - 535: 78 Years! Leaving Ghost City!
Chapter 724 -535: 78 Years! Leaving Ghost City!
Thus, with everything ready, humans once again embarked on a new era of great development!
Lu Yuan himself no longer entered dreams. His main work focused on nurturing the next generation, studying the spatial engravings of the “Immortal Palace,” and occasionally advising scientists on the fresh dream-related knowledge they discovered.
One significant advantage of being a Great Spirit Rhythmer is that memory is stronger than that of ordinary people, and understanding abilities are considerably enhanced.
As long as Lu Yuan followed a steady learning pace, even though he didn’t inherently have a dream ability, he could still learn quite a bit.
As for spatial engravings, he had been studying them for many years and even used low-grade inspiration to achieve sudden enlightenment multiple times. Yet, fully mastering them still seemed quite far off… Spatial technology is already Level 5 Civilization technology. For a single person to elevate to a Level 5 Civilization, it’s incredibly challenging. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
However, this time, humanity’s development wasn’t as rapid as imagined, because they didn’t stumble upon particularly valuable scraps. Naturally, progress couldn’t be as swift as in the past.
Relying solely on the legacy of the Lanpeng Civilization wasn’t nearly enough to ascend to a Level Four Civilization.
The Lanpeng Civilization was only ahead of humanity in the material domain; in the idealist field, they were actually inferior to humans.
Research on dream abilities could only rely on their own strength. Human intelligence was no greater than that of other civilizations, so the progress was slow and steady.
They still needed to settle within the Third-level Civilization stage for a while.
In fact, this state is the norm for civilizations.
Like during Earth’s era, progress was always disorderly. No one knew when technological breakthroughs would occur; everyone just developed their respective fields.
Perhaps one day, breakthroughs in electric vehicles would happen, or perhaps in some year, advances in lithography machines would occur. These small achievements, accumulated over time, propelled the progress of the era.
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As time passed, by the eighth month of the second year, about 50% of the Lanpeng Civilization’s material legacy had been assimilated.
A large tokamak device had been relocated to the southeastern corner of the small grotto heaven.
Humankind had finally achieved eternal energy on the level of physical energy… Though this achievement wasn’t of critical importance since Pangu Continent had an abundance of coal and other energy sources.
But what light could rival the first lamp lit by controlled nuclear fusion energy?
The hydrogen bombs left behind by the Lanpeng Civilization were also fully retrieved by the human military—202 bombs in total, with the largest being of a megaton yield and the smallest about 100 kilotons.
The most precious among these was undoubtedly the radioactive materials!
Over the years, Pangu Continent’s radioactive materials had been almost entirely mined out, rendering them nearly nonrenewable.
As a result, these hydrogen bombs were actually quite valuable.
…
By the ninth month of the fourth year, the high-tech chip factory was completed, and humanity could finally produce high-computing-capacity silicon-based chips!
These chips were essential for manufacturing more robots and data centers.
When this milestone was finally achieved, Lu Yuan thought he would be overwhelmed with excitement, but in truth, he felt calm as still waters.
It was as though everything had progressed as naturally as flowing water.
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November of the fifth year.
News came from the Ancient Worm—there was both good news and bad news.
“Junior, don’t say I didn’t warn you!” The Ancient Worm raised its head, its six insect legs trembling non-stop. “The Crack Mother Worm has sent a Worm King to investigate the place you disappeared from.”
“A red mist has appeared there, suspected to harbor a terrifying presence. Be careful, don’t go out there and throw your life away.”
The Ancient Worm spat out a Light and Shadow Stone from its mouth.
This mysterious stone worked like a projector, displaying various images.
Red clouds sprawled across the mountains and lands, blocking out the sky; faint glimpses of a sandstorm could be seen.
Within a thousand-mile radius, all plants and animals had perished under this eerie red haze.
All the Worm King scouts from the Crack Mother Worm’s side, being cunning creatures, fled far away at the sight of this scene.
But leaving behind this information was sufficient.
Lu Yuan’s expression changed. Why was this one-star wanted criminal, himself, being hunted?
Was it because the number of “wanted criminals” nowadays was too low, so even one-star offenders would be captured?
Thinking it over, that seemed like the only explanation.
“Thank you, Senior, for saving my little life. This intelligence is incredibly valuable. We’ll wait until the [Monsters] relocate their domain before venturing out!”
The Ancient Worm was quite satisfied with Lu Yuan’s attitude.
It then reported another piece of information.
“Also, I encountered a civilization!”
“But their civilization points are pitifully low, so I couldn’t exploit them much. They might only have double-digit Luck.” The Ancient Worm spoke of this with excitement and apprehension.
This was its first time engaging in such exploitation work. It felt slightly embarrassed, and its voice trembled.
Lu Yuan and six other Strangers curiously inquired for a while, and to their surprise, the Ancient Worm had stumbled upon a group of feudal-era… snake-people!
Those slithering beauties with delicate features indeed appeared somewhat attractive.
Lu Yuan, however, was mildly allergic to snake-people and couldn’t help but shudder.
Still, these creatures were definitely in the feudal dynasty stage, impoverished beyond measure, with not a single Civilization Milestone achieved. As for how many points they truly had… that was hard to tell.
“They immediately started worshiping me as a god…” The Ancient Worm became even more sheepish at this admission. “I’m a soft-hearted worm; if they tried to fight me, I wouldn’t care even if I died instantly.”
“But now that they revere me so much, how could I bear to take advantage of them?”
“Ahem, Lord Ancient Worm, first you need to clarify our credentials. We are the Development Foundation,” the Big Crystal Man emphasized. “This is a relationship of fair trade, not protection. Creating unnecessary karma for yourself isn’t wise.”
