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

Unease grew stronger in his heart once again, and Lu Yuan focused the energy of the Extraordinary Fire at his eyes, enhancing his vision.

He saw a mass of maggots burrowing out of the decaying flesh, dying at an extremely fast pace.

Globs of sticky liquid, like mucus, oozed from the surface of the skin, blocking the small holes from which the insects were emerging.

"Is this even a living creature?" Lu Yuan gasped in shock.

Streams upon streams of dark qi emanated from the rotted flesh of the donkey-headed monster, forming a dense and mercury-like darkness that kept spreading to the outside world.

"I have to see what you really are."

Lu Yuan suppressed his deep unease and activated the Pioneer's Eye.

Soon, his eyes conveyed a disturbing message, "A corrupted fallen creature, tentatively awakened from its slumber, suspected to be a type of 'demon'."

"Civilizations that encountered them have mostly perished, only the truly mighty civilizations have survived. Nobody knows how they are formed, they just exist on the Pangu Continent."

"Fortunately, this 'demon' has only just begun to wake up, and its current strength is not too strong."

"Other information unknown."

"Attribute: ??"

"Demon... what is it?"

Lu Yuan frowned, hiding in the bushes, clutching a Superior Level dagger.

His knowledge of the Pangu Continent was limited to the data from the Meida Civilization.

But the Meida Civilization's understanding of the Pangu Continent was also limited...

After all, the Meida Civilization was just a novice that had never left the Safe Zone...

Lu Yuan took a deep breath.

The humanoid creature slowly turned its body, rotating its entire head one hundred eighty degrees.

It had gray-white, lifeless eyes without focus, looking towards where Lu Yuan was.

In that moment, Lu Yuan's heart suddenly started beating faster!

"Did it notice me?!"

Inadvertently locking eyes with it, an extreme fear instantly shot up his spine to his crown.

An unnamed murmur penetrated his mind.

The mouth of the donkey-headed monster slowly split open.

It was smiling.

This seemed to be a type of superpower meant to spread panic.

The Extraordinary Fire pulsated wildly, suppressing these emotions.

Lu Yuan broke out in a cold sweat, no longer making eye contact with the damned donkey-headed monster.

He swallowed his saliva and peeked through the gaps in the bushes, quietly surveying the vicinity of the donkey-headed monster.

He saw that the area around the humanoid creature was dim, with nearby grass withering at a visibly fast pace.

This withering wasn't due to dehydration, but because life force was ebbing away.

It was early spring when buds should have been most vigorous, yet now they were all withered.

A sinister and decaying atmosphere was continuously spreading in the valley.

Lu Yuan's muscles tensed subconsciously, indeed facing a supernatural phenomenon beyond his imagination, something beyond his understanding.

He suddenly realized that the worldview of the Pangu Continent might be more perilous than he had imagined.

Could there really be fools who think that the Pangu Continent, filled with remnants of civilizations, was a place where wealth was everywhere?

Why had the Meida Civilization, observing the outside world for over three hundred years, been reluctant to dismantle the Safe Zone?

"Meida Civilization, are they all fools? Obviously not, they're just scared, thinking that dismantling the Safe Zone would mean death, that's why they don't do it."

"This damn thing has spotted me, I need to retreat first."

Lu Yuan descended from the tree quickly, refusing to contend with this ghostly thing any longer.

The Extraordinary Spark kept pulsating, as if facing a great enemy.

This was the first time he had felt something so terrifying since obtaining the Extraordinary Spark... The flame was trembling, and a strong unease continuously surged in his heart.

Lu Yuan steadied his mind while walking and thinking.

"Could it be that the Fire Lizard was its natural predator? Now that the Fire Lizard is dead, is this thing getting bolder?"

He didn't understand what "Corrupted Fallen Creature" or "Demon" meant.

The documentation from the Meida Civilization clearly didn't include these terms.

Taking a deep breath, he squatted down, picked up a stick, and drew a line on the edge of the perceived danger.

He wanted to figure out if the territory of the monster was expanding.

"If you dare spread over here, I can only reluctantly take you down!" Lu Yuan took several deep breaths, encouraging himself, "After all, you've just woken up."

He decided to go back and check the information first, then think of a solution.

Along the way, he upgraded it from a minor boss level to a major boss level.

On his way back to the base, he pondered many possibilities.

"To avoid risk, I can only move the camp to a more distant place."

"Pangu Continent is so vast, there must be a place for me."

However, Lu Yuan hadn't yet fully explored the knowledge left by the Meida Civilization.

Let alone those miscellaneous scientific papers, just the ability of the "Extraordinary Spark" has many usage techniques.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands!

How long would it take a person's wisdom to develop these techniques?

On the other hand, finding one civilization relic doesn't mean he could find a second one soon.

"Sky City, 17,000 kilometers from here... That's not a short distance."

Moving away from the refuge, his future quality of life would deteriorate significantly.

And the wolf pack would obviously suffer as well.

Having their own territory and comfort zone, relocating somewhere else would put them in direct competition with local creatures.

On the migration journey, he didn't know how many of the little wolf pups would survive...

Moreover, he only had a Level Two Extraordinary Level, could he really venture into the unknown?

Lu Yuan didn't have that confidence.

What if he encountered more "Demons" on the way?

He couldn't keep running forever.

One must face them to gain the necessary understanding.

"The system left by the Meida Civilization should at least stack up to Level Three."

"Level Three and the current Level Two are two different realms."

"It's not that I choose comfort, but right now, I truly can only stay here. There's still a lot of wealth here – honey, corn, pomegranate fruit... I'm not ready yet."

"And besides, the opponent is just in the initial waking state... If I flee now, encountering these things in the future might become difficult."

After making up his mind, he actually felt more relaxed.

His mind was highly active, contemplating all possibilities.

If the Fire Lizard really was this donkey-headed monster's natural predator, now that the Fire Lizard is dead, what should I do?

"First, the ability of the Extraordinary Spark, and the donkey-headed monster counter each other."

"The Fire Lizard was at least a Level Six Extraordinary Creature, so it could suppress this monster. And I'm only Level Two, clearly not enough."

"The second possibility is that the Fire Breathing ability of the Fire Lizard could incinerate the donkey-headed monster in a single breath..."

"I still have some Fuel Crystals left, and a Superior Level Skin Cutting Knife. As long as I'm prepared, I might be able to fight."

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