I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 633 - 459: A Jovial Gathering with Wine and... the Day of Departure

Chapter 633 -459: A Jovial Gathering with Wine and… the Day of Departure

Lu Yuan tilted the exquisite jug, and though not a drop of wine was left inside, it was filled with an intoxicating era.

Fifty-plus years were like a vast sea.

The badge symbolizing friendship on the body of the jug shined as if new.

“Friends, this is my gift to you.” Lu Yuan took out 12 exquisite flowerpots.

Branches of the Opium poppy were planted in the flowerpots.

“This branch originates from a demon and is also the foundation of our human civilization.”

“Through it, we can achieve long-distance dream communication. If we encounter anything interesting in the future, exchanging experiences wouldn’t hurt.”

“The usage is also very simple. Just let the dream ability users sit next to the flowerpots and enter the dream.”

The 12 race representatives of the Underground Alliance didn’t dare to neglect, each carefully took a flowerpot.

With this method of communication, their feelings of reluctance were eased in an instant.

The bull-headed creature cried out loudly: “Could we still hold racial meetings in the future? My Bullhead Clan cannot fall behind, not even in dreams!”

“Haha, right, Rat Artisans, you know, the Shu Mi Dam Civilization also has these branches. And friendly civilizations we’ve encountered before… the Rize Civilization, and other human branches,” Lu Yuan revealed some news.

“We need to develop better, or else we won’t have a say in the future, becoming marginal figures.”

However, there has never really been a grand racial conference… Lu Yuan thought, mainly because even if it were held, he wouldn’t know what to say.

With this device, everyone started to laugh and chat, their moods becoming cheerful.

Lu Yuan walked to the outermost part of the open-air venue. There was a huge black beetle squatting near Green Grass City, and around it, a Little Mirage Dragon and the Undying Giant Turtle, two anomalies, were devouring something purple. Even Old Wolf joined in, eating vigorously.

“Could it possibly strengthen vitality? Impossible…”

Over the years, these few creatures had become good friends.

The Undying Giant Turtle was still there bragging and complaining about the “Great Lai Empire” and its brutal actions towards him.

However, the Ancient Insect did not know what the “Great Lai Empire” was—perhaps it knew once, but has now completely forgotten.

“Elder, this is my gift to you.”

Lu Yuan took out a golden statue nearly as tall as a person from his Storage Space, resembling a magnificent small temple.

It was carved with the entire view of Green Grass City, with robust and skilful lines that seemed casually engraved without much detail.

But upon closer appreciation, one could feel a unique charm flowing through it, as if tasting the fervent and unrestrained breath of the city.

A temple higher in status, capable of long-term communication, cost him a whole 11 points of Luck!

Adding on the 5 points to support Yunhai City, in turn, over these 52 years, his accumulated Civilization Points were just over 1 point! (Current 65502.2)

Well, money earned is always to be spent; since his principal wasn’t touched, there’s no big issue—Lu Yuan could only console himself this way.

The Ancient Insect also knew the significance of this event. The moment Lu Yuan took out the golden hall, its long antennae stretched out beyond the speed of sound, snatching it up and swallowing it into its belly.

Feeling the extraordinary energy contained in the temple, the Ancient Insect was very satisfied: [New Myth, if there’s anything, feel free to contact me. If one day you need to fool a guest, just give me a signal, I can come to the scene to support your new Heavenly Emperor.]

Lu Yuan’s face was fraught with discomfort. This title, I really can’t sustain.

[Don’t worry about the civilization here, with me, the Ancient Insect, it will survive till the end of the epoch. If not, we could break the lineage, endure till the next epoch, being a homeless Stranger wouldn’t be bad… just not sure if there will be a 10th Epoch.]

“Elder, you still need to encourage them to venture out. Although this place is good, it isn’t the real land of Dragon Prosperity…” Lu Yuan said, “Staying too long will lead to utter laziness. Going out and venturing till the end of the epoch and then returning is also feasible.”

[Humph, whether they strive for it themselves counts. I’m just an Insect, how can I push everyone.] The voice of the Ancient Insect lowered, as if recalling something.

It was the transformation of the soul of an Ancient Demon, which, back in the day, had established a civilization as well, various vague details flickering through its mind.

A well-developed civilization is a great aid.

If not well-developed, it becomes a burden instead.

It murmured lowly: [If it really doesn’t work out, let the Bullhead Clan go out and venture on their own, they have the ambition. The rest, well, who knows, leave it to fate.]

Lu Yuan became even more worried, does this mean sending the Bullheads to their doom?

But everyone has their own aspirations, he couldn’t interfere with the Bullhead Clan, even less suggest anything…

That day, many got drunk.

Even the bulls cried, wanting to join the humans but were persuaded to wait, enacting a drama of life and death separation…

Then, it was time for farewells.

…

In the last month, both parties jointly held the final math competition, with the number of participating students exceeding one hundred thousand!

The ongoing project also needed a final summary.

After all, once departed, they will never return, and there will be no way to find each other’s experts for assistance again.

The children also needed to say goodbye to each other, through means such as writing letters, time capsules, and exchanging gifts.

All these activities were progressing in an orderly fashion.

The military of Green Grass City began to withdraw work groups from the front lines, assets such as fortresses which couldn’t be taken back were directly handed over to the Underground Alliance.

As for excavators, drilling machines, and various drones, those that could be recycled were recycled, and those that could be sold were simply sold off.

Another month passed.

In the upper echelon meeting of Green Grass City, Comrade Guo Weiqiang from the logistics department detailed all of human possession at present.

“There are precisely 120 million tons of coal resources, sufficient for one million people to survive a hundred years of extreme cold. Food reserves also reached one hundred years, and these reserves are inside Sky Pit.”

“Our coal chemical industry system is also relatively complete. This technology, originating from the Underground Alliance, allows coal to transform into a large amount of organic chemical materials under high temperatures, like fuel oil, coal methanol, and dimethyl ether from coal. Thus, we do not lack chemical resources.”

“Additionally, a specific type of insect that devours coal can also convert it into gases like methane, ethane. The current industrial chain is mature, and the scale and cost are well-controlled.”

“Approximately sixty million cubic meters of wood resources are used for making chopsticks, paper, furniture, etc., and under reasonable management, can be used for about sixty years.”

“The reserves for various metal minerals are as follows: steel 37.79 million tons, copper 2.82 million tons, aluminum 3.21 million tons, tin… As long as there is sufficient energy, these metal materials can all be recycled. Before a large-scale population expansion, theoretically, there is no need for large-scale mining.”

All these are necessities for life.

Many of them were imported from the Underground Alliance.

Lu Yuan and Old Cat looked at each other. The treasury was full, indeed providing reassurance.

Guo Weiqiang continued, “Regrettably, the amount of radioactive minerals we’ve mined is too little, with most of the current radioactive materials mainly consisting of uranium-238.”

“This material can’t be used to manufacture atomic bombs, only for nuclear power plants.”

“However, speaking of that, our current nuclear power plants have transitioned to more advanced and highly safe thorium molten salt reactors, and thorium resources are relatively abundant in Pangu Continent, so the demand for uranium-238 by nuclear power stations is not too high… Energy issues are well guaranteed.”

He paused for a moment, then began discussing extraordinary resources: “Below is the detailed list of extraordinary materials in the national treasury…”

A table appeared on the screen, displaying various assorted resources, amounting to five to six hundred entries.

In fact, over 52 years, the quantities of supernatural minerals and metals in the treasury have not increased but have significantly decreased!

These materials were mostly transformed into equipment, as well as various machines.

Such as Source Fire Puppets, city expansions, industrial production, and some private sector developments, all requiring the consumption of idealist materials.

Guo Weiqiang finally concluded: “Excluding legendary-level strategic materials, the total number of ordinary materials is about 400 Spirit Essences, only sufficient to maintain us for less than 30 years.”

“Low-level materials have already shown a trend of supply shortage, especially after we decentralized innovation to the public, the demand for low-level materials for engravings is too high.”

“The amount of consumables is about 5321 Spirit Essences, which under the existing population growth rate, can maintain a financial deficit for 300-500 years.”

This is also one of the reasons humans resolved to leave.

So many years have passed, even the large amounts of “Fire Attribute Materials” once mined near volcanoes are almost depleted.

The output from underground rifts is substantial, but mostly consumables.

Consumables and extraordinary materials are two different concepts.

Staying in one place, clearly the minerals that can be found are increasingly fewer. In the past year, not even a single Spirit Essence worth of minerals has been found.

“What about Civilization Points?” asked Old Cat.

“According to last week’s statistics, our current amount of Civilization Points is… 3533.93.”

“Over 52 years, it even regressed by 49 points.”

“The average annual increase rate is 0.88 points.”

Lu Yuan sighed lightly; these points were mainly spent on the expansion of small caves, with just this project consuming 80 points!

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Some special plants like the Tree of Life, Opium poppy, and pomegranate tree, also consumed a few points, as they all received “Harvest Blessing” to provide more yields.”

This was unavoidable; without this part of resource output, the financial deficit of Green Grass City would greatly increase!

And for civilization to develop, long-term investment is essential, it cannot be like a miser, only earning money without spending.”

Hence, most of civilization’s “points” only increase slightly, or not at all, every year whatever is born is what’s used.”

“It’s easy to spend money but hard to earn it…” Lu Yuan lamented deeply.