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

The thick volcanic ash buried much, yet also preserved much.

Soon, people picked up some technological objects from the ground, such as cars, computers, robots, and other junk, gathering a large pile.

Due to the insufficient carrying capacity of the insects, they could only be sent into Lu Yuan's Storage Space.

The Mirage Cloud Dragon seemed increasingly unable to tolerate their thievery, constantly breathing heavily. But seeing Lu Yuan staring at it, with a yellow-brown talisman paper in his hand, it could only desperately exhale cold air.

Jin Dongliang sighed, "This fellow is pretty stingy, we pick up a bit of junk, and it doesn't want to…"

Another soldier said, "Ah, such a grand civilization, the humans are gone, only a creature left here. It's quite saddening to think about."

"If we were wiped out, who would guard our graves?"

"Maybe Mr. Turtle… but with Mr. Turtle's temperament, he wouldn't guard for long. Actually, that's also a good thing, being carefree is the way to happiness."

"If humans were wiped out and other civilizations picked up our junk, it wouldn't matter much."

The scavengers whispered amongst themselves.

They might appear carefree, but that was just talk; who actually wishes for extinction.

Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something and took out a "Broken mirror" lent to him by a Rat Artisan.

"Conch, the ability of Information Retrospection, can it be used now?"

The Conch was silent for a moment, "It needs to be used where some major events have occurred."

"I think it's more convenient to use my own body. Hiding in the Tree of Life, my sensitivity has decreased a lot. I might not find any effective information."

"Alright..."

The sun gradually moved westward, and as the dragon became somewhat more awake, it started to pant heavily and became increasingly impatient.

Meanwhile, the human team members found quite a few valuable materials from the dilapidated buildings in all directions, and Lu Yuan decided that it was time to leave.

"Let's go, brothers!"

"Old Dragon, don't be mad, we'll come again next time."

...

Watching the humans leave noisily, laughing and chatting, the Mirage Cloud Dragon couldn't help but exhale, "Roar!"

Pestilence, don't come back ever again!!

But, driven by some unknown sentiment, after venting, it once again exhaled a mass of white fog.

The white fog formed vague humanoid figures, dancing and laughing around it, waving their hands, as if a similar scene had occurred thousands of years before.

It was an ordinary day, also filled with fog when the slanting sun reddened the mist. A ship sailed towards it carrying people and things it was familiar with.

That lovely girl yelled at it, "You must protect this place well!"

"Because below… is everything of our civilization."

"Roar!" the Mirage Cloud Dragon snorted disdainfully.

But these ancient memories had accompanied it, helping it through those tough years...

It opened its mouth and curled its tail upwards, tilting its head back in a proud gesture.

Yes, back then, it had been so proud.

It merely scoffed silently, fragile life, petty creatures.

Following this, the white fog dispersed, and the figures one by one faded away.

Once again, all fell silent.

"You must protect this place well!"

That voice, only preserved in memory.

Only the human speedboat, thundering as it moved farther away.

Mirage Cloud Dragon made another proud head-tilting gesture.

"Roar—"

This sound traveled very, very far...

...

The slanted setting sun reflected off the sea, appearing as if drunk, dyeing the entire sky a drunken red.

Unlike the quiet near the volcano, inside Sky City, there was full of laughter and cheers.

The soldiers were celebrating a great exploratory victory—yes, it was just a small victory, yet everyone had gained a lot.

The scientists quickly began studying the various spoils of war brought back by the soldiers. The integrity of these items was a hundred times better than those soaked in seawater!

Many experts, with red eyes, had prepared snacks and stimulating drinks, ready to work overnight!
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Lu Yuan kept moving materials from his Storage Space.

Now, his Storage Space was almost three hundred cubic meters, filled with two thousand tons of various kinds of rubbish, covering an entire playground.

More than five hundred experts were enthusiastically treasure-hunting on the mountain of trash,

Even resulting in some disputes over the same piece of trash!

"That item should belong to our mechanical group! Look, it clearly has mechanical structures."

"No, it should belong to the artificial intelligence group!"

"It should be the engraving group's, haven't you seen the engravings on it?!"

This passionate garbage-picking scene left men in silence and women in tears.

One after another, pieces of good news quickly spread.

The creations of a Third-level Civilization were just within the range humans could barely understand and learn from, providing an excellent shortcut for "copying homework."

Honestly, the Green Grass Civilization and the Great Lai Empire were indeed strong, but their combinations of engravings weren't something human craftsmen could thoroughly research.

Especially the spaceship hiding a "Ghost," the space engravings contained within were completely incomprehensible to Lu Yuan, with nearly zero chance of deciphering!

The development of science, even if it's just Idealistic studies, still requires the foundation of theory and logic. Things that are too clever really seem like miracles.

And the creations of a Third-level Civilization seemed very suitable for "copying homework," as long as the underlying logic could be figured out, one could confidently and boldly copy!

At half-past twelve at night, the first batch of research data emerged!

"Based on our research on these technological creations, the material technological strength of this civilization may be comparable to the human mother civilization on Earth, or even slightly superior."

"From various details, it seems they might have completed research on controlled nuclear fusion!"

"There's no lack of power; many technology trees have developed in the direction of high energy consumption."

Lu Yuan, surprised, asked, "What level of difficulty does controlled nuclear fusion represent currently?"

This scientist named 'Lu Li', danced with excitement as he explained; he was a rare physics expert, "If it were during the Earth era, we'd consider it to be a T2 level technology, but in the Era of Ideals, it would be T3 level."

"What does that mean?"

The expert in technology spoke at length, "Technologies like Curvature Engines, Quark Control, Fast Particle Communication, those are directly fantasy level technologies, lacking even basic theories."

"I refer to them as T0 technology; if this kind of materialistic technology were realized, then that civilization could easily avoid an Epoch Disaster."

"After all, possessing a Curvature Engine definitely indicates a galaxy-level civilization..."

"Well... What you're saying does sound a bit sci-fi." Lu Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Then there's the Dyson Sphere, Strong AI, extremely difficult technologies; even ten thousand years from now, humans may not be able to realize them. I refer to them as T1 technology."

"Next comes T2 technology like controlled nuclear fusion, room temperature superconductivity, Weak AI, etc. Some theories exist, and there are success rates; once realized, they will bring revolutionary changes to society, just too difficult in the original environment, requiring endless talents and funds."

"However, with today's emergence of idealist materials, material technology has also been greatly boosted. The difficulty and importance of material technology generally drop a level, so I consider controlled nuclear fusion to be a T3 level technology now."

"T3 technology is roughly equivalent to inventing semiconductors or the steam engine. Controlled nuclear fusion is very important, yet there are many alternatives... after all, there's still the Energy of the Mind."

"Got it..." Lu Yuan nodded and suddenly asked, "Since they already have nuclear fusion as an energy source, couldn't they easily create spaceships? What are they still doing on the Pangu Continent?"