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

The ancient voice echoed continuously, like a bell.

Even the Giant Crystal Turtle heard this echo of history and looked abashed, then patted its paw heavily, as if seeking credit: isn't this place nice?

Lu Yuan widened his eyes, his heart pounding, and hurriedly took out a blob of purple viscous substance from the Storage Space, stuffing it into the mouth of the Giant Crystal Turtle.

A stench surged into his mind, the Giant Crystal Turtle just wanted to roar, but quickly felt the wonder within, closing its eyes to enjoy it.

Lu Yuan had a premonition that the ruin before him might be the strongest civilization relic he had ever encountered!

Comparable to the serendipity when he once found the "Chaos Essence Stone" in the volcano!

No, in terms of wealth value, it might even surpass it.

He racked his brains and thought: "Although the Northern Territory is a bit cold, life is not really rare."

"And back then, it became desolate due to a plan... Did life reappear because of the passage of Time?"

The aged voice said sadly: "But no matter, this conception of [Monster] is meaningful... Another natural disaster in the world... yet it will bring change to later generations."

"This fortune cannot be easily obtained by enemies... We will hide it, waiting for a destined person..."

"Only a powerful civilization can find this place!"

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and looked into the distance once more.

"The Unknown Temple."

"Suspected to hide major legacies of the Era of Monster."

"Monster, a great creation from an Ancient Epoch."

"It is said that in the distant past, a powerful civilization intended to use Monsters' Space Ability to protect the entire Pangu Continent, letting the whole world escape Epoch Disaster."

"But for some reason, the plan failed, and the Myth of Monster vanished with it."

"Curiously, no one has ever been able to find its corpse. Even the Gear Civilization spent an epoch's time yet couldn't find it."

"I don't know who was so lucky to find this rich treasure."

"The Myth of Monster?!"

What level of heritage is this?!

His pupils dilated, even though the Greedy Demon God has no heart, yet at this moment, his blood pressure soared, his whole body felt hot.

Lu Yuan looked incredulously at the Giant Crystal Turtle: "How did you find this place?"

The Giant Crystal Turtle, enjoying the purple viscous substance, proudly extended its paw and slapped Lu Yuan.

Man and turtle stared at each other for a while. Lu Yuan, at ten meters tall, felt quite painful being slapped by the turtle.

But now, he really couldn't bring himself to criticize this rough fellow.

"Forget it, maybe the Giant Turtle is a survivor from the 'Era of Monster', having witnessed the fall of the Myth of Monster, it's not surprising it could find this mysterious palace."

"I'll go in and have a look, wait here!" Lu Yuan moved a large barrel full of purple substance once again.

"Roar!" The Giant Crystal Turtle scraped the ground with its hard paw and dug into the soil again to enjoy the feast.

...

Lu Yuan approached the mysterious palace with great interest, moving cautiously, fearing any trap.

Soon, he felt a mysterious resistance, like an air wall.

The further he went, the stronger the resistance became.

Until finally, it felt as though an invisible glass blocked his path, even the power of the Greedy Demon God couldn't move forward an inch.

"This seems to be a space-level resistance... no wonder the Giant Crystal Turtle couldn't enter."

"Inside, it might not be imprisoning something like [Ghost], right?"

But thinking carefully, this palace is a legacy left by predecessors, it shouldn't have targeted traps.

"The current space barrier is very likely just a test."

"Space Technology, at least a Level 5 Civilization can possess it. Below a Level 5 Civilization, isn't worthy to receive this legacy?"

Of course, this little difficulty is nothing to Lu Yuan.

He looked in the direction of the palace, a Thought Movement, "whoosh", using his Instant Teleportation ability, he arrived near the palace, stepping onto the slightly dim white jade tiles.

The ancient city walls, resplendent with gold and jade. The long river of Time, ancient and weathered.

Flaws and marks refracted the secrets of history.

The radiance of Spirit Crystals, gleaming upon the earth.

Once the center of prosperity, the cradle of civilization, now though silent, still exudes immortal allure.

Lu Yuan gazed at the full view of the palace, immersed in the majestic ancient charm.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, taking a deep sigh, examining the engraved patterns on the walls closely.

"The Era of Monster theoretically is the Fourth Epoch."

"While the Materialism path only just appeared in the Fifth Epoch."

"Such ancient constructions, their building principles have fundamentally differed from modern theories."

He actually couldn't understand it too well!

Super ancient buildings, more dependent on leveraging the 'force' of Extraordinary Materials.

'Force', there are more metaphorical terms for it, like feng shui, numerology, destiny, and such mysticism.

They would choose to use large amounts of extravagant Extraordinary Materials, to further deepen 'force' — of course, that era indeed had enough resources to do so.

In modern times, because of scarce Extraordinary Materials, craftsmen don't really consider those mystical elements, usually focusing on fine craftsmanship, evolving many forging skills.

From this perspective, the Pangu Continent actually is becoming more and more impoverished.

Even if new minerals are born every epoch, being plundered generation after generation, it still becomes increasingly impoverished, that's normal.