NOVEL WEB Chapter 336 Volcano... Eruption!
"Retire it and send it off? That's not a bad idea," Lu Yuan nodded in agreement.
"And after it's dead, we can freely handle the dragon's corpse, strip its muscles and peel its skin. How cruel, Sister Conch, I didn't expect you to be so dark-hearted, raising it just to savor a bite of its meat."
"I... I didn't!"
Conch's pretty face turned red involuntarily; she had never thought like that; it was just his own wild imagination!
But to be honest, if the dragon really died, how to make use of the body would indeed be a troublesome matter.
Such a massive creature would definitely be valuable, the meat and skin alone are worth thousands of Spirit Essence... enough to make humans rich overnight.
But... the moral burden is also a burden ah!
Within Green City, many people would be unwilling to eat this body.
It's like raising a panda; isn't it disturbing to eat its meat after it dies?
"Alas, we'll deal with it when the time comes; if it really comes to that, we'll just hold a public vote... Anyway, I, Old Lu, am not lacking this bit of food," Lu Yuan shook his head, feeling helpless.
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Time flew by, and although the "taming plan" failed, the other projects progressed quite smoothly.
In the seventh month, the exploration team found a "Large Puppet Technology" reserve warehouse.
Just the inventory in the warehouse, after evaluation, was worth 1209 Spirit Essence!
What does this figure mean?
It's more than the sum of materials in the National Treasury! It dazzled everyone's eyes, shining with the glow of money.
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In the twelfth month, the large units of the fusion power station were transported out.
The area of these machines was as large as four football fields!
With just one nuclear fusion power generation device, the electricity needs of 5 million people could be satisfied; it was truly terrifying.
Unfortunately, it had been corroded by seawater...
But regardless, the structure of the machine was there to see. With the help of the Universal Factory, perhaps one day it could be restored.
In the thirteenth month, the freezers in the underground Sanctuary were almost all moved by Old Lu.
A total of 182,211 freezers... not a single survivor.
Most of the bodies inside were cremated, and a few with stories that seemed to inspire empathy, along with the freezers, were placed in the museum... well, it sounds a bit impolite, but tragedies are like the lions on the savannah, reminding the sheep who have lost their sense of crisis.
In the fourteenth month, humans miraculously found a supplies warehouse, with Extraordinary Materials inside worth up to 2500 Spirit Essence!
This included 500 Spirit Essence worth of Spirit Crystals and a Legendary Material, "Flame Essence," which might originate from volcanic Legendary Materials, thus were simply given away to humans.
"All this adds up to a haul of 7000 Spirit Essence?!" Lu Yuan was astonished, his head spinning, and that surging feeling of happiness made him want to linger there forever, unwilling to leave.
In less than two years, he had amassed materials worth 7000 Spirit Essence!
You know, the annual income of humans was actually just a little over a hundred...
This is the damn significance of Third-level Civilization Relics!
The Greedy Demon God inside him was itching to move... he was thinking whether he could embezzle a bit for himself?
Okay, these 7000 worth of resources were mostly lower-grade materials, mainly Inferior Grade and Ordinary Level, which didn't mean too much to Lu Yuan.
These weren't consumable goods like meat, eggs, or milk, so the overall strength of humans couldn't leap forward by a large margin.
But clearly, the laboratories, including the Great Academy of Sciences and the Great Engineering Institute, were getting significantly more research resources.
The quantity of fixed assets also increased noticeably.
Craftsmen, who had been idle for a while, could once again warm up their hands, coming up with some equipment.
Thus, for a long while into the future, the development speed of humans would greatly accelerate!
"It's a shame, there aren't many Extraordinary Creatures nearby; they must have all been eaten by that old dragon," the young members of the exploration team were rubbing their hands together, full of enthusiasm.
"Keep it down, it's sharp!"
"Damn!" The Mirage Cloud Dragon, lying a kilometer away, let out a satisfied burp, its eyes falling on the exploration team. What are you muttering secretly?
"There should still be some hidden warehouses; we just haven't found them."
"Even earning a thousand Spirit Essence a year is faster than digging for treasures outside."
"Yeah... what a pity, we can't excavate that large Sealing. Otherwise, it would really be a big fat gain."
Lu Yuan watched their enthusiasm soar and showed a satisfied smile on his face.
He turned to look at the lonely Mirage Cloud Dragon... well, ever since the last failed recruitment, the relationship between the Mirage Cloud Dragon and humans had become somewhat delicate.
On the human side, they continued to feed without caring much, treating it like a small animal.
But it seemed to carry some burden in its heart, and so it tacitly permitted people in this city ruin to stir up even bigger actions.
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However, just then, suddenly, a variable... occurred!
The ground shook violently, and a large group of soldiers stumbled and fell to the ground.
People instinctively felt their hearts skip a beat, their pupils dilating as they saw not far away, thick smoke billowing out of the volcano's mouth.
The surging energy, originating from the Earth's core, slowly brewed from deep within.
The energy was so terrifying that it caused the entire sea to tremble slightly, almost like the whispers of an ancient behemoth breaking free from its cage.