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

Lu Yuan had again dug out through the original tunnel. Many days had passed, and many places had collapsed, but the accumulated snow after the collapse was somewhat softer, making the digging much faster.

A day later, Lu Yuan left the territory of the Cannibal Flower.

Filled with joy, he rushed back home!

His chest swelled with grand ambition, not just from the tremendous harvest but also from a strange sense of pride.

He had actually "defeated" the Cannibal Flower!

This must be what is called the power of "intelligence"!

"Hahaha, time to go home and eat some fruit!"

Old Wolf, from a kilometer away, heard Lu Yuan’s footsteps and rushed out with a "howl", excited beyond belief, slipping and falling non-stop in the snow.

Finally, he leaped up high, nearly knocking Lu Yuan over.

He thought his master was dead and was ready to inherit Lu Yuan’s legacy, but to see his master resurrect once again was truly thrilling!

"Today, the two of us are going to have a grand meal!" said Lu Yuan, his face animated with excitement.

The next instant, he started cursing, "Tongue! Get your slobbering tongue away from me!"

Endless snow turned the mountains into furnaces, melting everything into silver; the cold wind acted like knives, treating the earth as a chopping block, turning everything to withered bone.

A man and a dog, in the snow, gradually moved further away, leaving only a trail of solitary footprints.

It was now mealtime!

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Yunhai City.

Supernatural Research Center.

Quite a few researchers were gathered in the canteen, eating and enthusiastically discussing the recently awarded milestone rewards.

Mutated rice and the giant mutated peach tree attracted the utmost attention—if there were a Nobel Prize in the world, the economic impact from this mutated plant could easily earn ten Nobel Prizes in Biology!

"After those superpower users’ identification, that grain of mutated rice grows about twice as fast as ordinary rice, and its yield per acre is about 2.5 times... That’s a fivefold increase in grain production!"

"Once it spreads across Yunhai City, the food problem could be completely resolved!"

A white-haired old professor, while eating noodles from his plate, sighed deeply.

This achievement, if it were on Earth in the past, would be unimaginable!

It could absolutely change the pattern of human civilization.

Food could not only feed livestock but also be used to produce alcohol, giving rise to a whole industry chain.

M Country’s Secretary of State Kissinger once said, "He who controls food controls people."

This was no joke.

Unexpectedly, such mutated rice appeared so easily on the Pangu Continent—as if it popped up out of nowhere. This fact truly leaves one sighing.

Of course, food is just the most basic lifeline.

In the era of the supernatural, what’s crucial is the giant peach tree.

"Let me put it this way... This peach tree is a hundred times more valuable than rice! After all, rice can be replaced by high-yield staples like corn or sweet potatoes. But peaches cannot be replaced."

"Just the scent emitted by those peaches has a certain degree... ability?" The old professor suddenly couldn’t think of the right adjective, his old face turning bright red.

"Ability?" Numerous young researchers gathered around with their plates, intrigued.

The young girl with the identification ability quietly said, "That largest peach is an Inferior Grade Natural Wonder. The smaller peaches are not."

"Inferior grade..." Their expressions were joyful, yet somewhat odd, as if the term didn’t sit quite right.

"Just like the legendary thousand-year-old ginseng. Just a hint of its scent can invigorate a person!"

"We exposed a critically injured ant on the brink of death to the scent of the peach and found the ant lived significantly longer." Old Professor adjusted his glasses, "If I must describe it, it seemed as though life force was absorbed by the ant."

"The larger the peach, the higher the contained life essence."

"The largest one, then, is an inferior grade natural wonder."

A medical expert, eyes gleaming, said, "Just the aroma is this potent—wouldn’t the actual peach flesh be transformed into a Flat Peach? An even higher grade natural wonder, what effects would that have?"

"I don’t know, there aren’t related materials available yet."

"What’s the specific principle behind the peach?"

Old Professor shook his head, "We don’t know yet, anything seems possible in the Supernatural era…"

"We could manufacture medicine from it, a single peach could be refined into thousands of effective medicinal doses, curing many complex diseases."

"Can this giant peach tree reproduce?"

"Identification ability can’t discover all the information. But I think it can’t."

The crowd erupted into enthusiastic discussion; from this angle, a monumental milestone was indeed very significant.

Having completed just one milestone, Yunhai City had solved two major problems: food and some medical issues.

"Other human branches haven’t completed milestones, have they?"

"I guess not… how could they be like us?"

As they talked about this, everyone was quite proud.

Old Professor raised his hand, signaling for silence, then said, "Those peaches, a protective layer resembling a shell has formed on the surface."

"The peach tree appears to be deliberately preserving its fruit; it’s apparent that its productivity is not high, yielding no more than a dozen fruits a year."

"Therefore, we must find ways to utilize it to the greatest extent possible."

Regardless of whether the mutated peach tree was willing or not, humans had ways to pluck the peaches.

But if the peaches were left unpicked, it seemed they could continue to grow indefinitely…

In a hundred years, a thousand years, they would become true extraordinary artifacts!

By then, one peach could have the efficacy of a hundred, a thousand now!

This was a difficult choice.

Following a fervent discussion, the scientists decided to harvest the peaches in stages, leaving at least one from every batch for the future foundation of civilization.

The largest few peaches would not be picked; they needed to observe how far they could grow.

"What if these peaches really need a thousand years to become ordinary-level extraordinary items?"

"By then we will already be gone. Alas, human life is too limited." said a young, melancholic female doctor.

Old Professor, on the other hand, was filled with bold aspirations: "As long as Great Xia Civilization continues, this research subject will continue..."

"Don’t you think, research spanning a thousand years is quite romantic?"

"It’s also something important we’re leaving for future generations."

"They say to trust in the wisdom of future generations, but as predecessors, we mustn’t exhaust all resources either."

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