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

"Phew~ Don't underestimate me. I am a woman with all attribute reconnaissance ability!" Her eyes gleamed, searching for surrounding minerals.

It must be admitted, the ability of "Mind Control" in finding minerals is indeed impressive.

And the "Greedy Demon God" using the "Explorer's Eye" also costs money, which Lu Yuan was unwilling to use. He thought he could beat the opponent with just his nose and eyes: "I've been picking up trash for hundreds of years, could I possibly lose to you?"

The final result was... a crushing defeat!

In just a few hours, after walking a thousand kilometers, the girl always found minerals a step ahead of him.

Although they weren't anything too good, it was a matter of pride—whoever found it first, it was theirs, that's the rule!

It's frustrating!

"Come on, open your mouth, ah~" The Conch Girl flew to the giant's mouth and cheerfully fed the few pieces of minerals into it, "You're really big now, I'm like a delicate figurine on a table."

Then she sat on Lu Yuan's neck.

Even though these minerals were just mosquito legs, Old Lu was still very satisfied, muttering to himself: "I always feel like a pet?"

...

As dawn approached, they arrived at the territory of an alien race.

The distant valley was dotted with lights, Lu Yuan's nose was very sensitive, detecting the scent of cement and coal.

Clearly, it was a mountain equipped with electrified equipment, contracted by a species called "the Chuan Mountain Clan."

About 1400 kilometers from Green Grass City, equivalent to the distance from Shanghai to Beijing.

On the Pangu Continent, most civilizations, big or small, have some specialties, as the name suggests, the Chuan Mountain Clan loves mountain excavation, so the probability of birthing divine skills related to the earth attribute is higher.

Conversely, a completely moderate civilization like humans is not very common.

"The Chuan Mountain Clan is very pitiful, being close to the territory of a great clan, they're almost extinct after a hundred years."

"Fortunately, they have a drilling ability, which saved some of their population." Lu Yuan retrieved some information from his memory.

"A vast race, now there are only about thirty thousand left."

"Their leader is quite capable, finding our trading market and spending a large sum of money to have our floating fortress transport all their tribespeople here. These electrified devices should be our investment."

"Sigh..." The Conch Girl tilted her head, looking at the distant lights, also sighed, "I hope they can live well here."

Lu Yuan was silent for a moment, then said, "But you must know, war is inevitable. The extinction of a civilization is also a kind of reincarnation. Whether someone lives well or poorly should be the result of their own efforts, not our gift, therefore all promotions are merely cooperative relationships."

"How long we can protect them is an unknown."

"Have our weapons been sold?"

Lu Yuan replied, "There are quite a few inquiries in this regard, should be a hot seller... as for the sale of war weapons, it is not yet open on a large scale."

"Each civilization can buy some cannons, machine guns, but the quantity is limited."

"The highest level of equipment should be the rune rifle with engraving bullets."

The bullets fired by the rune rifle have extremely high destructive power, capable of killing a level six grandmaster!

As for weapons like missiles, they are not currently being sold.

The Conch Girl leaned out the window, touched Lu Yuan's broad back, and felt a bit rough, like a stone.

She thought of something, resting her chin on her hand: "But as the era progresses, the number of technological civilizations is increasing."

"Even if we work hard to control weaponry, those strong civilizations can also produce their own combat weapons to wipe out weaker civilizations."

Lu Yuan's voice: "This is all we can do, survival of the fittest is the normal state of the world."

"We can't stop the development of great clans, nor stifle their potential. But smaller clans can have their own means of survival, like fully arming themselves. Once on Earth, during the Subo War, small countries armed themselves like hedgehogs, they also had ways to resist big countries."

"As long as the return is less than the cost, war will not easily break out."

"As for those races not striving for improvement... even if they are wiped out, what does it have to do with us? It's not like we destroyed them."

He sighed lightly: "Between civilizations, after all, there are differences, mutual vigilance is the eternal theme."

"We want to develop the Northern Territory into our backyard, but not into a warm and cozy greenhouse, because the Pangu Continent is harsh, and civilizations must have combat capability."

"Hmm, it sounds reasonable..."

Traveling while chatting with the girl, felt quite pleasant.

The girl was very smart, could chat on any topic for a while, from astronomy and geography to political academic subjects, even craftsmen and engraving technology, she knew a bit about everything.

Along the way, Lu Yuan kept moving, merely within the geothermal zone, encountered a total of 5 exploration teams of various civilizations.

Some were very primitive, holding long spears and arrows, gathering around to make a fire, with worries in their hearts, yet also a bit of expectation; others were quite powerful, with numerous people and even carriages, filled with goods, possibly coming from very distant regions.

The existence of the Lücao Trading Market changed everything in the Northern Territory.

"The Northern Territory is so large, indeed there need to be several branches to facilitate trade. Or, after we produce enough floating fortresses, start a Silk Road-like trade model." Lu Yuan thought to himself.