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

"Oh? What new discovery have you made?" Shu Huangfeng couldn't help but sit up from his lounging, indolent position.

Human racial value... how to put it, is actually rather ordinary.

There are too many civilizations in the world, innately strong because of their high racial value.

There are also quite a few second generation civilizations that have taken a step ahead because of their ancestors' heritage.

Compared to them, humans don't have an advantage.

Originally, investing in humans was mainly because their "Qi Fortune was flourishing," and that Qi Fortune was concentrated in Lu Yuan.

In other words, he was just giving Old Lu a face, mainly out of personal friendship.

But don't underestimate this point, the friendship of a peerless expert can save lives at critical moments!

"That's how it is..." The Rat Artisan simply introduced how humans reacted when facing an "Epoch Disaster."

He greatly admired this spirit of confronting difficulties head-on.

Then, he briefly mentioned the bet he'd lost...

"What? You lost a large sum of money!!" Shu Huangfeng was initially listening with interest, but the next second, the sharp scream nearly pierced through the skies.

"You really deserve to die!!"

"This mirror has teleportation capabilities, give me some money..." Master Craftsman Shu Gongye, shamelessly stretching out his calloused, wrinkled hand, "or some knowledge also works, Your Majesty, quick, give it to me!"

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Lu Yuan, however, was unaware of the little schemes in the Rat Artisan's mind; seeing the human community gradually recover under high pressure, he also let out a long sigh of relief.

The generations of people had not let him down!

In the short term, there wasn't much change in human society, everyone filled with enthusiasm and positivity. Enjoy exclusive chapters from My Virtual Library Empire

But from a long-term perspective, it seemed as if many things had changed—a grand goal's influence on people is subtle.

This strange feeling, Lu Yuan couldn't quite articulate, was just that the operations of various departments had become smoother... okay, as the Great Commander, he was still too uneducated; he just felt that everyone's initiative seemed to have risen a notch.

Originally, many things could be done "well enough," but now, the number of people wanting everything to be perfect had grown somewhat.

However, there was still so much to do, with no moment to rest!

"The first important task, once the volcano erupts, its power will directly destroy this relic... Since this volcano has been sealed from the last epoch, an eruption at any second is not impossible, so we must prepare countermeasures. And we must excavate this relic as quickly as possible."

Sky City is now over a hundred kilometers from the volcano, a distance that's not safe enough.

We must retreat again, retracting into the deep sea, a safe distance would be five to six hundred kilometers, or even a thousand kilometers.

"The second issue is the Mirage Cloud Dragon. Once the volcano erupts, if it continues to cling to its nest, it will surely die."

Now there is a high level of enthusiasm among the public to rescue that pitiable Mirage Cloud Dragon.

There are just too many people who sympathize with it, men and women, young and old.

Public sentiment on this matter needs to be taken seriously.

Moreover, the old dragon's Body is full of treasure, rescuing it wouldn't be a loss. How much could the cost of food and medicine be? Just one of the old dragon's scales could make up for it!

But the difficulty of this task really is headache-inducing, forced fruit isn't sweet, even after living with humans for several months, the Mirage Cloud Dragon still stubbornly stays in its Dragon Nest, unwilling to take a single step outside.

Even if a great effort is made to capture it and bring it back to Sky City, it's not feasible to keep it like a captured criminal. When chaos ensues, stirring public unrest, it might backfire.

Lu Yuan had even harbored thoughts of "Controlling" it!

Upon a closer look, it would take tens of thousands of Spirit Essence to forcefully control it. It wasn't just a pitfall but something they had to give up on...

Looking at everyone in the conference room, who had fallen silent, he cleared his throat, "There's also a third matter, the items left behind in this relic are actually quite numerous. Things like nuclear fusion technology and large puppet technology are all quite outstanding and worth absorbing into our tech."

"Before the volcano erupts completely, we need to figure out a way to excavate more resources. I am planning to deploy the Sky Fortress and several large insects to assist in the digging. We can advance to attack or retreat to defend."

"Professor Desert, please introduce our key excavation sites..."

Professor Desert nodded, walked up to the podium, and displayed several images with a projector. (Note: Not computer slides, but an actual projector.)

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have evaluated the assets of this large relic," he said, pointing to the screen with locations marked with red circles.

"In the direction of the southeast corner is the original nuclear fusion power station, submerged by seawater for years, much has rotted away, but it's still a decent excavation site."

"The value of various idealist materials is around five hundred Spirit Essence. This includes some superconductive elements, magnetic field generators, and so on."

An extraordinary item worth one hundred Spirit Essence could provide a year's worth of resources for everyone at the B-level, so five hundred was actually quite good. (Assuming they are consumables.)

Moreover, the value of materialist technology could not be measured by Spirit Essence.

He pointed to another location on the map: "In the southwest, there's a large puppet manufacturing factory. This is a unique technology of the Source Fire Civilization. The factory is very large, covering an area of 5 square kilometers, and we should be able to find materials worth over 1000 Spirit Essence. It's also our key excavation spot."

"The large volcanic seal that spans the city ruins is in a special shape, resembling the Bagua. The value of its extraordinary materials is about 48,000 Spirit Essence."

"How much?" an expert couldn't help but ask.

Professor Desert spoke with a sigh, "At least 48,000, and possibly even more than 50,000... This large seal consumed most of the core foundation of the Source Fire Civilization, but unfortunately, we have no way to excavate it."

"Because this super volcano is already on the verge of eruption, and if we damage the seal, it will explode immediately."

"I see... that's a pity."

A buzzing discussion arose in the conference room.

People couldn't help but feel an extra sense of loss, 48,000 Spirit Essence was really an exaggeration... it could support everyone for so many years!

The current situation of "being able to look but not touch" really bummed them out.

Professor Desert smiled, "But this seal is also valuable; it involves some knowledge we don't understand, such as formations. We can look for relevant materials to enhance our city. After all, we still have a [Ghost] to deal with..."

"The last wave of wealth would be those coffins guarded by the Mirage Cloud Dragon... After assessment, we believe that the combined material value of those hundred thousand ice coffins is around 3000 to 4000 Spirit Essence."

"Acquiring this part of the wealth is difficult, we have to deal with that old dragon. If Commander Lu could use the Storage Space to transport them, at about 200 ice coffins at a time... they could be moved quickly."

Lu Yuan let out a long sigh and nodded, "That's no problem, three to four thousand Spirit Essence isn't a small number. I'll help with that."

Doing so seemed somewhat disrespectful to those who had died.

But humans shouldn't be too pedantic, the "Source Fire Civilization" had already vanished, taking this wealth wasn't too great a wrong.

As for the bodies inside, they would be cremated according to human customs, then given a sea burial, ash to ash, dust to dust.

Professor Desert finished his report, bowing slightly, "Our investigation has pretty much come to an end."

"Does anyone have anything else to add?" Lu Yuan asked.

A professor raised his hand to speak, "I think a museum should be established to commemorate the Source Fire Civilization."

Lu Yuan nodded and said emphatically, "That indeed must be done, so I ask for one more thing, when you encounter cultural relics, works of art, please collect them intact, they are the final crystallization of a civilization."

"Then, everyone, act with the greatest speed!"

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