I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

Lu Yuan tried out his newly acquired ability.

"Spatial Teleportation!"

The world underwent a subtle change at that moment, with countless dots and lines filling his mind, intertwining into an abstract yet magical image.

The level of abstraction of the image was somewhat like certain high-dimensional curves in mathematics, with helical lines bringing about a sense of lost beauty.

Lu Yuan was struck by an inexplicable confusion; his "self" began to touch the boundaries of reality, with countless pieces of information feeding back into his mind in indescribable abstract ways.

"Swoosh!" He disappeared from the spot and reappeared a hundred meters away.

Following that, he collapsed onto the ground, his face pale.

Beads of sweat the size of soybeans seeped out from his back, his head dizzy, stars flashing before his eyes.

This ability was indeed awesome and had tremendous potential for development, perhaps the most complex ability he had obtained so far.

At the same level as the Tree of Life.

But just a short hundred meters had completely drained his spiritual power.

"It seems it can only be used in critical situations,"

"What’s going on? Another Milestone reward?" Old Cat was stunned, wanting to scratch the itch but discovered it only had its head left.

"We’re fighting tooth and nail, and you’re just reaping the benefits here... How blissful it must be, comrade!"

"God’s really good to you... If God really exists, it must be your mom," Old Cat twisted in agony, a cat’s head rolling around on the ground.

Lu Yuan, not knowing what was wrong with it, could only stroke the cat’s head, "Cat, if you’re in pain, tell me. Don’t keep it inside, and don’t be jealous."

"I’ll get you a body too."

"How about this, if the Tree of Life bears more fruits, I’ll make you a pure body... let you eat, sleep, and poop, to experience the feeling of living."

The cat gradually calmed down.

It realized that it was indeed jealous, not of the superpower

but jealous that Lu Yuan could die and be resurrected, and it could not...

It was indeed dead, just jealous!

So Old Cat unprecedentedly shamed itself, saying in a cold, stiff tone, "No need, you need at least one extra life to continue adventuring on the Pangu Continent."

"Without that extra life, you don’t have the confidence."

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, "Sometimes you don’t need to be so rational; after all, I owe you a life, and I will think of a way for you."

"Oh right, how did the [Monster] die? Was it that crossbow arrow I set as my contingency?"

He took out a set of clothes from his Storage Space and put them on himself.

No matter what, he couldn’t go around naked!

And proudly wiggled his butt, touching the egg that had been cut off, regrown again!

Old Cat had regained its composure by then and narrated the story of what happened after Lu Yuan had died.

The astonishing nature of it left Lu Yuan aghast.

"So that’s how it went... the arrow didn’t kill it... it was blown up by a bomb."

"Old Wolf, you actually came in handy?!"

"My guts were blasted out..." he touched his abdomen, "That was too much."

"A cat has to be ruthless to maintain its footing! You, being such an abnormal being, are better off dead, and besides, I didn’t kill you," Old Cat was now even more venomous.

"Ow?" Old Wolf shivered, feeling as if it was being talked about.

It pretended not to hear and lazily lay on the ground, chewing on the turf.

Lu Yuan reviewed the battle, indeed filled with fortuitous coincidences.

If it were to happen again, it would be difficult to replicate the miraculous victory.

In the end, he sighed deeply, "Three parts of the credit go to me, three to Old Cat."

"The two parts go to the Rize people who brought the bombs."

"The final two parts are Old Wolf’s. Without it, the [Monster] would have just been severely wounded, who knows what could have happened."

He stroked the fur on Old Wolf.

"This distribution is reasonable..." Old Cat nodded in agreement, "But don’t feel like you owe the Rize Civilization; helping them kill this [Monster] is already a huge stroke of luck for them."

"They should be thanking you."

"If left on their original historical path, this civilization would have had no future at all."

Lu Yuan softly sighed, his gaze drifting toward the distant sky.

Green mountains, waterfalls, birds, a serene scene.

And he remembered that terrifying battle...

He stretched out a hand, grabbing toward the sky.

Being alive... it’s really not easy!

In this very moment, he indeed felt somewhat unreal, and boldly collapsed to the ground, roaring, "Heavens above, just bring it on! Kill me now!"

Insects crawled across his face, bringing waves of tingling sensation.

While Lu Yuan was hoping to further experience the feeling of "being alive," that insect suddenly bit him hard.

He instinctively slapped his face and found a smear of blood on his hand, a peanut-sized swelling now forming—so this was damnit, what being alive felt like!

"So, what year is it now?"

"The Ninth Epoch, day 4232." Old Cat mercilessly burst out a number.

"What do you mean? How has it been over four thousand days?" Lu Yuan jumped up from the ground.

Over four thousand days, wasn’t that over ten years?!!

"Nonsense, the time ratio in the cave is different from that in Pangu Continent, just the fight in the cave lasted about ten days, and your resurrection took another ten or so."

"It’s indeed now 4232 days!"

Lu Yuan weighed his options and could only sigh deeply.

"Forget it... time isn’t really that important."

After that discussion, Lu Yuan grinned and jogged toward the direction of the cave.

His spirits were high!

Next up was the joyful time to pick up trash!

The cave was still the same cave.

Gloomy and damp.

It emitted a terrifying aura that screamed ’strangers keep out.’

But a change in mood really made many things different.

Lu Yuan whistled, lit an oil lamp, somewhat like a gold miner from the western era, harboring wild hopes of stumbling upon a nugget of gold at any moment.

His eyes sparkled with excitement!

First, he picked up his tent, and nearby was a series of Rize Civilization’s equipment left behind, including a machine gun, a walkie-talkie, nuclear batteries lanterns, and more.

He also retrieved his Black Iron Armor.

"Where are those Rize people now?"

"I had Old Wolf transfer them to another cave, and as they fell with the matter inside Different Space into reality, they just... disappeared... They might have entered the Safe Zone or they might have... died."

Old Cat honestly reported.

Lu Yuan was momentarily stunned.

He supposed Old Cat’s arrangement was acceptable.

After all, being just one person, he truly couldn’t take care of so many Rize people covered in eyes, and could only watch helplessly as they died.

"I hope they made it back to the Safe Zone and that some of them woke up."

There were still some treasures inside the cave.

[Knocking Beast’s Horn: A pristine white Knocking Beast whose horns are extremely sturdy, possesses ’Unbreakable’ effectiveness. It also has some medicinal value; when ground into powder and ingested, it can significantly boost vitality.]

[Ability: Unbreakable (Ordinary Level·Natural Wonders)]

"This thing... to craft a spear?" Lu Yuan dug it out of the mud, hefty at around twenty to thirty kilograms, "To make Crossbow Arrows? Sounds good."

[Ice Qilin Core Crystal Stone: Ice Qilin, a rare Extraordinary Creature, its heart region forms these blue crystal stones, capable of freezing the surrounding material.]

[Ability: Ice Power (Ordinary Level·Natural Wonders)]

[To activate Ice Power, consumes Ideal Energy, you can charge it with Spirit Crystals.]

The cave was bone-chillingly cold, all thanks to this pale blue crystal stone causing trouble.

Lu Yuan guessed that the Monster probably didn’t need food, but its servants did. Thus, the Monster lured and killed these Extraordinary Creatures, and the spoils of war were left here.

"No wonder those servants had much stronger combat ability than the Rize people. It turns out their diet was improved."

These two items seem temporarily useless.

However, things that come without a cost shouldn’t be wasted.

Even using the Ice Qilin Core as a refrigerator wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Lu Yuan meandered for quite a while, eventually finding another exit, around the area of the Sky Pit.

He saw a grave there, inside which lay his own corpse.

"You died somewhat miserably, being buried is at least better than being eaten by flies," Old Cat said with some pride.

The feeling of seeing one’s own corpse... um...

Lu Yuan cleared his throat and touched his neck, suddenly feeling a suffocating confusion.

Then he suddenly thought of something, "Old Wolf, you didn’t sneakily eat my intestines, did you?"

"You’ve been here for 10 days, with insufficient food, how did you survive?"

Old Wolf’s tongue hung out, indicating he didn’t understand.

Then Lu Yuan saw the Monster, blown to bits by the bomb, its original crystal eyeball charred black, and its body shriveled up, utterly dead.

[Monster·Spirit Eye remains (deceased)]

[Being able to blow a Monster to death is something to be proud of. Only a powerful civilization could achieve this.]

Lu Yuan wore an expressionless face:

I’ll take that as a joke.

[Ability: Multiple Alternative Spaces, Spiritual Spike, Control, Pollution Transformation.]

Even after so many days, the corpse still showed no signs of decay and omitted no stench of rotting flesh.

The Monster definitely wasn’t an ordinary life form.

"Spirit Eye, what happened to you! Sweetheart, who was so bold to kill you?!"

Lu Yuan boldly touched it a couple of times, it was slippery. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then he kicked it once.

"How did you end up dead like this?"

Old Cat couldn’t help but close its eyes, the scene was too creepy; it thought Lu Yuan was crazier than it was.

The skin of Spirit Eye resembled rubber tires, tough and elastic.

If it weren’t for the impressive force and resilience of the Crossbow Cannon and the poisoned arrows, it likely wouldn’t have penetrated that eyeball.

[Monster·Spirit Eye’s remains, based on a silicon structure, probably can’t be digested normally.]

[With strength comparable to a bulletproof vest, whatever is eaten, will come out just as it went in.]

[Some parts are toxic, please handle with caution.]

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