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

Lu Yuan realized the atmosphere was growing more fervent and quickly tapped the table, signaling everyone to quiet down.

"As you can see, this ancient relic is located about 110 kilometers from us and is estimated to cover an area of up to 1,500 square kilometers, much larger than our Green Grass City."

"I ask everyone to strictly adhere to discipline and keep the secret of these relics! Before the secrets are officially cleared for public release, keep your mouth shut and maintain radio silence among the public. Violators will face military tribunal, which is not as simple as civil law! I don't want to see any such accidents occurring."

These words tightened the hearts of the people, reminding themselves to strictly follow the protocol.

From the beginning, Lu Yuan displayed his authority not to flaunt power but because he knew well that more potent relics could pose greater risks. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire

Like the relics of the Green Grass People, which housed a wildly rampaging Opium poppy.

No one dared to approach it!

It was only thanks to the Conch mother, who dispatched an army of the Insect Race, that it was handled.

Even the relics of the Beauty experts contained a half-dead "Demon"!

Don't assume that the Pangu Continent is littered with treasures—if we're not vigilant, we may not even know how we die when the time comes!

"So, comrades, let's talk business."

Lu Yuan pointed at a pile of wet stuff, severely corroded, with seaweed and coral-like marine organisms clinging to some technological artifacts.

From a certain ceramic container, one could find hand-drawn embryos of human-shaped creatures. These beings had wide bat-like wings and were circling an active volcano in flight, possessing a distinct look of an alien race.

"First, we need to clarify the technological strength of this civilization. If it's like the Meida Civilization, mediocre in technology and destroyed at the end of its epoch, there is not much need for excavation, just take away the extraordinary creatures left behind and we can leave."

Lu Yuan did not intend to insult the Meida Civilization, his second homeland...

But facts were indeed as such.

Humanity had evolved to be much stronger than most naturally extinct civilizations.

And lands where civilizations have extinguished have fluctuating Qi Fortune, making them easily locatable by dangerous entities.

"If this civilization is far ahead of us in terms of pure physical technology, then we must thoroughly assess, is there a possibility we could seize control?"

"Our population is too small, some of the overly complex materialistic technological industrial chains have to be abandoned if necessary."

It was an unavoidable situation, for example, the 3-nanometer CPUs, GPUs—design blueprints had already reached Lu Yuan from humanity, but they simply could not be produced.

Computers are the spearhead of materialistic technology, top-notch equipment. Almost all technology needs computing power!

But to fabricate a chip, one must possess lithography machines, etching machines, wafer fabs, photoresists, and various other complex industrial chains.

This kind of technology tree is not climbable with the current population.

It had to be abandoned if necessary.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and continued, "If the other party is at the second or even third level in the idealist field… then we must slow down and see if this civilization has obtained any unique technologies, whether we can slowly excavate resources from this city."

"If there are risks nearby, we will find a way to eliminate them!"

At this point, Lu Yuan's expression turned somewhat fierce, "As you all know, the recent nationwide Level-B training program needs to continue for ten years, causing significant government deficits. Furthermore, four years later, our reserves will be depleted, and we'll be forced to downgrade some people to Level-C."

"Opportunities in the world do not come often, this might be our big chance to elevate the entire population to the Extraordinary Level Three! Maybe even some individuals can rise to twelve Godhood points. By then, even with a smaller population, we could still possess the capability to compete tenfold in research and development."

Having said this, Lu Yuan stood up, "Alright, comrades, let's get moving..."

"First, figure out the technological strength of this civilization."

"Let's hope this relic lives up to our expectations."

Indeed, this could be a significant opportunity for reaching population-wide Level Three or even twelve Godhood points!

Therefore, the crowd quickly got moving and divided into three groups.

First was the Orca Team, asking the local marine life, the orcas, what exactly the nearby crises were, and what this so-called "Mirage Dragon" was.

Even if the orcas were a bit slow, they had invented simple language and could still communicate.

Next was the Flying Team, responsible for high-altitude surveillance and directing the Water Flea Bugs to explore some maritime resources.

Lastly, the scientists at the headquarters, analyzing the technological level of these materials at the fastest speed possible.

The task was quite challenging, as objects soaked in water obviously did not last as long as those preserved on land.

The scientists found themselves in a difficult position, aside from ceramics and glass which could preserve for thousands of years in the ocean, technological products were already completely degraded... They only discovered some suspicious semiconductor structures, proving that the civilization indeed possessed technology and had reached the third industrial revolution, the informational revolution.

Perhaps even the fourth revolution, the AI revolution!

Everything was progressing towards a rather positive direction...

Then, three days later, an astonishing discovery appeared in the view of the command center.

That vast active volcano was actually... a superweapon!