I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 606 - 441: The Epoch of the Demon

Chapter 606: Chapter 441: The Epoch of the Demon

Lu Yuan and the others came to a conclusion not unlike that of the government and military officials, scientists, and engineers. After discussions, they all agreed: “Knowledge is very valuable, but when both parties are not competitors, its value diminishes.”

Because this bit of knowledge is equivalent to saving hundreds of years of development time.

When others have advanced by hundreds of years, should humans feel envious and jealous?!

In the end, most civilizations are progressing, with adventures occurring every moment.

Strengthening oneself is the true path! What others do is irrelevant to one’s own progress!

And the value of a small cave is absolutely transformative for humanity, to the point where even future development plans must be redrawn!

“Cough, cough, not to say, but this thing is actually essential.”

“The military needs a safer territory to store all sorts of messy stuff.” Colonel Jin Dongliang stated with a “must-have” tone, “For example, the flying saucer with the Deformed Ghost inside. That bugger knocks on the glass every day, you have no idea the psychological pressure that creates!”

“High-risk laboratories might as well relocate there.”

“No, no, it’s better for humans to move in, leave the flying saucer out! It’s obviously safer inside the cave! What’s the point of moving a ghost in there?” Colonel Guo Dafeng shook his head.

“Let the Insect Race move in to exclusively farm mushrooms. We just take a cut of their profits.”

What’s more intriguing is that this “small cave” can grow.

It can absorb “Luck” and continuously expand its territory!

The Underground Alliance has put in thousands of Civilization Points, and their territory has grown enough to accommodate millions of people!

And humanity actually has quite a few Civilization Points, even investing just a fraction of them could greatly alleviate the spatial issues of Sky City.

Of course, there was a heated debate about this issue.

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“Our cave is in the Upper Qiankun, and its growth ability seems inferior to that of the Middle Qiankun.”

“We need to invest more points to secure the same amount of territory.”

Security, comfort, and the impact on the education of human children—all these needed to be considered.

However, Lu Yuan himself was actually not too keen on spending a lot of money on nurturing the “small cave.” Civilization Points were too precious; the development of many super weapons, the use of space items and time tools might all need the highest level of Ideal Energy—”Civilization Points”—for support.

In his mind, if ordinary materials such as steel and concrete could be used to expand territory, why consume the precious “Luck”?

“Spending is easy, earning it back is hard!” he shook his head.

“In short, when it comes to the planning of Civilization Points, one must be extremely cautious!”

Even worse, people don’t even know how much “Luck” they actually have.

And the fact that the small cave can materialize the intangible Civilization Points is indeed a good thing.

“Gentlemen, I agree with the Great Commander’s opinion, the application of ‘Luck’ is a necessary path for a Third-level Civilization. We can invest a part in nurturing the cave, but only a small part,” Professor Desert, an established scientist and Super-thinker, sent some data on the big screen.

A confidential document revealed that “Green Grass Paradise,” a monumental project, was created by the Green Grass Civilization at its Third-level Civilization phase with the help of “Luck.”

At that time, the Green Grass Civilization had an abundance of geniuses and a strong will to fight; they even captured the Opium poppy.

Yet, they would still worry about insufficient “Luck.”

Especially during the mid to late Epoch, the declining Green Grass Civilization was creating less and less “Luck,” and hence their desperation grew.

“Humans got a small cave; did you end up with a big one?”

Lu Yuan gave it a suspicious glance, feeling deja vu, thinking that every time he returned from an expedition, it accused him of being greedy. Do you have a problem with me? But looking at Old Cat’s mysterious eyes… Ah, who else knows me but my comrade.

He lowered his voice, a bit ruefully: “Not only did I not embezzle anything, but I also lost 300 points of Spirit Essence, and even lost 10 points of Luck.”

“Meow, 10 points of Luck! You might as well have invested that in the human’s small cave! 10 square kilometers, gone because of you!”

Lu Yuan sighed: “I’ve been duped, the suggestions I’ve brought back are a hot potato, a broken mess.”

“That Ancient Insect pleaded bitterly, insisting on giving it to me. A pang of greed arose within me, and I took it over, now with some regrets.”

Lu Yuan clutched his chest, still a bit troubled up to now.

“What hot potato?”

“A piece of junk Immortal, fallen from the Myth.”

Old Cat fell silent for a moment, first noticing the word “junk,” and then finally sorting out what Lu Yuan was talking about.

His eyes nearly shot out two sharp beams, and the barrels of a machine-gun mouth were about to extend.

Damn it, I was just asking casually, you really bit off a huge one, didn’t you!

You can be greedy even when treating a patient?

How the hell did you manage that? Did you get on good terms with the patient?

Seeing the shocked expression on his comrade’s face, Lu Yuan was satisfied as he stroked the soft butt of the big orange cat.

I knew you’d be surprised.

“There’s a price to pay for taking that thing, might get attacked by a [Ghost]. This isn’t the place to talk.”

“Mind your personal image, I’ll tell you after the meeting is over.”

And so, this grand development meeting went on until eight o’clock in the evening.

“Development, alliance, population, technology, and innovation!”

Such matters that can profoundly impact the direction of civilization naturally couldn’t be thoroughly discussed in a short time.

After the meeting, the leaders of various departments left with laughs and jokes, starting to meticulously plan the “small cave” and the specific cooperation with the Underground Alliance, with a formal proposal to come in a month.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan returned to his home at Green Mountain, releasing the Tree of Life.

As time passed, the Tree of Life gradually fused with the “Greedy Demon God,” and could no longer be completely separated.

Of course, the problem wasn’t too big. Now it was as if the “meridians” of the Greedy Demon God had extended from the skin surface, reactivating the function of the Tree of Life.

The green leaves grew back again, and birds on the mountain seemed to be summoned from all directions, resting on the branches.

“With this matter over, the ‘Greedy Demon God’ won’t need to be used for a long time; the Tree of Life can take root for a considerable time.” Lu Yuan sighed lightly and, along with Old Cat and Miss Conch, dived into a tree hole.

Under Lu Yuan’s mental control, the tree hole quickly closed up.

This counted as inside the body of the “Greedy Demon God,” and it’s the safest place to talk.

Lu Yuan then mobilized a significant amount of Spark Energy to wrap up this little room, and, feeling relieved, released the “Immortal Palace” he had just obtained.

This thing existed between illusion and reality, surrounded by clouds and mist, with rosy clouds steaming up, and one could even hear indistinct mutterings as if someone was reciting incomprehensible scriptures…

Old Cat and Miss Conch both widened their eyes to take a careful look.

“This thing is quite magical; it can be enlarged or shrunk. It’s in its smallest form now, about the size of a small room.”

“At its largest, it can be as big as a sports field; that really has quite the grandeur.”

“An Immortal Level Extraordinary Item… frankly, it’s much stronger than the Immortal I created.”

Lu Yuan detailed the functions one by one.

Old Cat, his earliest companion, is his most trusted right-hand.

Miss Conch almost knows all of Lu Yuan’s secrets—she needs to hear even poisonous information.

People always need someone to confide in; otherwise, fighting the whole world alone is just too lonely.

The girl, upon hearing the secret, blushed; she didn’t really care if it was poisonous as she had already died once. What mattered more was fighting together.

Certainly, the Undying Giant Turtle and Old Wolf can also be trusted companions.

However, the Undying Giant Turtle’s big and uncontrollable mouth even accidentally “betrayed” a couple of times, Lu Yuan really didn’t dare to tell it…

Old Wolf, lacking intelligence, lives happily in Sky City, and Lu Yuan doesn’t plan to let it take risks anymore.

“Heavenly Court Myth, huh… very ancient.”

Old Cat buried his head in thought, but couldn’t find any match in the memory database: “If my speculation is not wrong, the Heavenly Court Myth might be from the Epoch when [Demon] Anomalies first appeared… all evidence points to the [Demon] Anomalies.”

“Consistent with what I thought,” nodded Miss Conch. “Didn’t we get some information when controlling the [Painted skin]?”

“The Creator of [Control] sighed deeply: I should have fought them long ago, but now… it’s too late, and there are no comrades left, only us…”

“Those comrades he mentioned could have been the civilization that created the Heavenly Court Myth. Under the influence of the Immortal Palace, even the farthest place can seem next door; in that era, they could support each other.”

“When the strongest myth of an Epoch falls, even [Demon] Anomalies might be helpless and easily slaughtered.”

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