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

"Hmm?"

"Ssshhh," along with a burst of footsteps, a giant red rat suddenly burst out from somewhere.

As the local tyrant, perhaps used to being overbearing, a pair of fiery red eyes stared at the big tree and squeaked a few times.

It seemed to want to drive them away from its territory.

This rat was huge, about one meter in length and thirty kilograms in mass, appearing somewhat capable.

Lu Yuan glanced at its attributes and was immediately shocked!

[Extraordinary Volcanic Rat]

[A high-temperature resistant mammal, absorbing the Power of Earth Veins year-round, has undergone subtle evolution.]

[Shape:7.2]

[Qi:11.5]

[Spirit:1.1]

[Ability: High Temperature Resistance.]

[Extraordinary Level: Level 1]

Lu Yuan's heart heated up, "It can actually absorb the Power of Earth Veins... Old Wolf, catch it!"

At the moment the red rat cried out strangely at the big tree, it suddenly felt a sense of crisis, its whiskers quivering slightly, a look of alarm appearing on its tiny rat face.

It took off, sprinting away like a streak of red lightning.

Finally, Old Wolf was useful and quickly charged forward with a "swoosh."

Catching a rat, indeed quite humorous.

A gray and red figure raced across the barren land, the rat constantly turning to shake off the damn dog.

Lu Yuan had intended to join the battlefield himself, but discovered that his own movement speed was astonishing, leaving him only to sigh deeply, "This is the tree's subtle sadness."

Old Wolf's attributes were slightly higher than the rat's, and being larger in size, theoretically, it should have easily killed the creature.

Yet this damn Wolf Spirit was depleted, unable to catch even a rat, panting halfway and nearly collapsing.

The rat turned its head, stretched its neck to stare at Old Wolf and the uncle, revealing two large incisors—were these guys here to deliver themselves on a platter?

"What use are you to me?!"

Despised by the rat, Lu Yuan couldn't stand it and controlled the Cannibal Flower to use "Spiritual Spike"!

Those fist-sized eyeballs flashed a fierce cold light.

"Squeak!" The red rat's body jolted suddenly, its steps visibly chaotic.

Only then did Old Wolf charge forward and give it his all, "A-woo-woo-woo!"

He began ferociously tearing at the rat's buttocks, employing the anal excavation skill he had refined over the past few years.

The anus, a region rich in nerves and sensitive to touch, would cause severe pain when stimulated.

Lu Yuan finally understood why the animals on the African Savannah simply froze in place, unable to move once a hyena began anal excavation.

It was painfully agonizing!

The bleeding rat lay in a puddle of blood.

"Useless thing, come back!"

Lu Yuan hadn't actually killed the rat, instead hiding and silently observing.

He wanted to know exactly how this "Power of Earth Veins" was absorbed and whether he could learn something from it.

Time passed slowly, and after ten or so minutes, the rat struggled up from the ground, clenching its buttocks, and returned to its burrow.

"It should be going home to heal. Old Cat, it's up to you now."

In such a crucial moment, Old Cat was still quite reliable.

The core metal ball flew out, quietly burrowing into the rat's hole.

There were bloodstains all along the way, and inside the hole was a swarm of little rats.

One had to admit, rats are extremely brutal animals, indulging in cannibalism among their own kind.

As bloodstains appeared on another passage leading deeper, the little round ball once again burrowed in, wandering around the maze-like structure.

This wait had again lasted all night.

The sky revealed the white belly of a fish, and as the sun rose anew, the eastern sky once again took on the deep red of a rose.

Old Cat whizzed back to his body and exclaimed excitedly, "Found a method! About fifty meters underground, there is a patch of dry hot rock, where the temperature can reach 300 degrees Celsius."

"That mouse was lying in the high temperatures, radiating light, looking as comfortable as if it were asleep, and its wounds were slowly healing. It might have been absorbing the power of earth veins..."

"You mean, just by touching the dry hot rock will do?" The tree rustled as the human body inside the Cannibal Flower spoke out.

Dry hot rock, a widely available renewable resource.

Usually, dry hot rocks are located tens of kilometers below the earth's crust, essentially making them unmineable.

They are only relatively shallower near volcanoes.

This again involves the ability of "high temperature resistance."

Without high temperature resistance, 300 degrees Celsius could steam a person alive.

"No, dry hot rock alone isn't enough, we need high temperature resistance."

"The basic principle of high temperature resistance is to generate a mind-originated sheen on the surface of the skin." Old Cat scratched the sand with his paw and drew a circle, "This layer of light is magical; it continuously absorbs external heat, thus serving as an insulator to the body."

"This sheen can be transferred; if there is an ability user with high temperature resistance willing to help you, he can cover you with this layer of light... allowing you to absorb the power of earth veins."

Old Cat finally concluded, "So I think, the ability of high temperature resistance acts like a catalyst, accelerating the reaction speed between the Eternal Body and the Extraordinary Spark."

"Catalyst, you understand, doesn't participate in the reaction, yet is crucial."

"So that's how it is, the mirror hid this piece of information."

Lu Yuan was both shocked and delighted, thankful that they had encountered a mouse that could utilize geothermal energy.

Otherwise, just this piece of information would have taken who knows how long to discover.

He reminded himself, "One must be careful in dealings with the mirror; this time it couldn't dig a big pit."

"Next time, there might be a pit waiting for me."

From the Storage Space, he took out the Fire Lizard Suit, "Fortunately, I'm quite rich, having a high temperature resistant suit on hand, but I wonder if it can replace superpower?"

"If it can't, I might have to go to the Rize Civilization and find someone with high temperature resistance?"

"High temperature resistance" is just a Shape Skill; theoretically, it isn't too rare. Among the several cities of Rize Civilization, there should be a few with this ability.

"Oh, right, that cave also has some volcanic ore distributed in a strange pattern," Old Cat picked up some stones from the ground and arranged them in a circular shape, then embellished the center with several more stones, somewhat resembling the pattern of the Innate River Map.

Why would a mouse know these things?

It could only be attributed to instinct, just like how the placement of leaves on plant stems follows the Fibonacci sequence.

Sometimes life can act on mysterious sensitivities, making decisions that encapsulate the truths of the universe.

"Really thankful to the mouse brother." Lu Yuan felt lucky, slightly guilty, and even purposely tossed a big loaf of bread near the cave to let the mouse feast.

...

Finding dry hot rock near a volcano wasn't difficult; just a few meters deep near the mouse's hole, he found hot reddish-brown rock strata.

Touching it with his fingers, the 300 degrees Celsius temperature immediately blistered Lu Yuan's fingertips.

"Blistering magma is right under this stone."

Then, mimicking the mouse, he arranged some small volcanic rocks in strange patterns... whether it works or not, he'd find out later; for now, he just tried it.

Lu Yuan returned to his human form, dressed in the Fire Lizard Suit, and lay on it.

Well, as his soul disengaged from the Tree of Life, his soul was solidifying again; he had to race against time!

Hot!

Scalding hot!

Like being in an oven,

Sweat continuously exuded from the surface of his skin.

The Extraordinary Spark triggered the Fire Lizard Suit, radiating the power of high temperature resistance.

This was a simple, yet effective sheen of light that had once helped Lu Yuan overcome a demon.

And at this moment, it aided him in absorbing the power of the earth. Enjoy more content from empire

Lu Yuan indeed was lucky, but to some extent, it was also the result of his efforts and risks.