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

Lu Yuan let out a sigh and resolutely said, "Alright, comrades, that's all the information we have! Moving forward, we have many key tasks. The first is to find the nuclear fusion factory and transport some instruments."

"Second, to appease that old dragon, it's best to delve into the underground national treasury and get our hands on the treasure…"

"Additionally, we must continue our exploration and translation efforts, as we still can't even figure out the name of that civilization!"

"Please everyone, get moving!"

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In the blink of an eye, Green City had been in this sea area for a full two months.

During this time, the 18th human civilization remained very active. Since the talent development system and economic system were established, some real internal reforms had taken place.

Although in Green City the houses are distributed for free and there's not a single homeless person or beggar, the universal Level B development program only lasts four years, and after that, differentiation will occur. Everyone must struggle for their own future!

In truth, this was an act of necessity, as humans still haven't found the ability to completely cast off the concept of "class."

If more resources were obtained over these four years, there would be more Level B citizens. If the resources were fewer, then a portion of people would have to be downgraded to Level C.

It can't be said that Lu Yuan and the others were shortsighted. There's a lot of work to be done, and significant breakthroughs can't be made in just four years. The current distribution is just a compromise with reality.

Furthermore, the existence of the "Source Fire Civilization Relics" was gradually revealed to the public.

Yes, after a two-month-long investigation, humans came to refer to this civilization as the "Source Fire Civilization."

A bona fide third-level civilization!

Their unique technology was... the creation of large puppets!!

Those were the strange and unusual robots that Old Cat saw in the Bird's Nest.

Humans also possessed their own automation technology, which is based on the "Yingyu vine robots" from Green Grass Paradise, capable of replacing manual labor to complete various complex processes, such as printers, printing machines, pig farming, chicken farming, and more, with numerous applications.

However, Yingyu vine robots had a flaw: they were part of the Yingyu tree and had to be connected to it to operate.

Meanwhile, the large puppets from the Source Fire Civilization could operate independently.

They seemed similar to purely materialistic industrial robots, although they didn't require chips but relied on an inferior extraordinary material known as "Fire Origin Stone."

Of course, the specific principles are quite complex. After all, it is a unique technology, and at present, it is only possible to understand some of the basics.

Also, under the appeasement of Conch and others, after eating a bit of the purple viscous substance secreted by the Fungal Blanket Worm, the Mirage Cloud Dragon seemed to become addicted to it and eventually accepted human beings mining treasures from the ocean.

As long as they stayed away from that volcano, it wouldn't attack.

It seemed to realize that those items soaked by seawater were beyond recovery.

Well... progress was slow but scavenging some items along the coastline wasn't bad.

A troop of over two thousand soldiers dived every day, salvaging materials.

Even the Orcas, trembling with fear of the "Mirage Cloud Dragon," sneakily followed humans in and out each day.

In this place, there had been no large marine animals for hundreds, if not thousands, of years; the variety of fish and shrimp was quite rich, and the Orcas truly feasted.

They did contribute a little; under the tutelage of people with animal affinities, whenever they spotted some peculiar corals, shells, or mutant fish, they would signal humans to come and catch them.

The adage "The land of a fallen civilization, where Qi Fortune fluctuates greatly," was proved once more.

The abundance of resources here was more than ten times that of normal oceans, with extraordinary creatures like blood coral and golden shells far more plentiful than elsewhere!

Even the annual output of "Magic Cube Energy" had increased by more than 20%, potentially providing about 89 points of Spirit Essence a year.

It was unclear if this was due to the new atmosphere brought by internal reforms or if it was the fluctuation of Qi Fortune from the neighboring civilization's relics…

"The search for resources outside is still a bit slow."

"We still need to take down that Mirage Cloud Dragon as soon as possible to get the resources from the National Treasury."

On a thousand-ton class ship, Lu Yuan sat in the captain's room, convening an exploration meeting.

The personnel on the ship, about a hundred people, included crew members, a few people with animal affinities, translators, engravers, and several old comrades of the Ratman tribe. He wanted to see what this so-called "Large Puppet" technology was all about.

The number wasn't large, but they were all elite.

Lu Yuan then presented a recently drawn map, on which some valuable locations were marked.

"Our expedition team found Pandora Crystal Stones at the bottom of the sea, indicating that the city of the Source Fire Civilization is indeed Sky City."

"It covers an area of 1,587 square kilometers, which is quite large. It could house thirty to fifty million people without a problem, unlike the cities of the Green Grass Civilization, as it only has one layer."

Lu Yuan sighed lightly, for the difficulty of underwater operations made it unfeasible to continue to expend great effort to mine "Pandora Crystal Stones" here.

"Pandora Crystal Stones" were indeed important, but they were found in abundance in the Pangu Continent.

Unless it was a particularly primitive civilization, they would not sell for a very high price.

He solemnly said, "Additionally, this volcano is indeed connected to the Earth's crust."

"That is to say, after the 'Source Fire Civilization' discovered this volcano, they directly hollowed out their own city and embedded it within. But by doing so, the city can no longer fly in the sky. They value this volcano so much that they prefer the city to be grounded, rather than leave this place."

Jin Dongliang suddenly raised his hand to speak, "Could it be that the volcano also has rich treasures? Otherwise, why would they stay here?"

Lu Yuan took out a red-hot stone.

It was an Inferior Grade extraordinary material, emitting a high temperature of about 70 degrees Celsius.

"This volcano contains Fire Origin Stones, which are materials used for manufacturing Large Puppets. They carve engravings on these, essentially combining chips with a power source into one."

"Furthermore, according to scientific investigation, the volcano is about to erupt. It could happen tomorrow, or even in the next moment. When it does, the building where the Mirage Cloud Dragon resides will be swallowed by magma. We must hurry."

His voice grew deeper, "If all else fails, you distract it while I use Instant Teleportation to steal the items…"

This was also a measure of last resort.

Should the volcano really erupt, it might spew out hundreds of cubic kilometers of magma in one go!

Once solidified, that would be hundreds of billions of tons of volcanic rock!

Hundreds of billions of tons—who could handle that? Humans had toiled to transport the one hundred million tons of Green Mountain.

To excavate that treasure vault again, even just a crevice, might take several generations.
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"Woo—"

Lu Yuan suddenly heard the old dragon's call, coughed twice promptly, and stopped speaking out of turn.

The creature was extremely irritable, had excellent hearing, but after getting familiar with it, it was actually quite manageable and wouldn't attack humans actively.

Its normal voice was actually a bit soft; the "woo woo" sounded like the begging of a dog for food.

Animal experts even speculated that it was a male dragon since it didn't seem to lay eggs.

As to the existence of sperm... cough cough, did it actually exist?

This fellow was actually a treasure all over; perhaps, using technical methods, they could enable Lady Chicken Snake to conceive and hatch her own offspring?

As the ship docked, people saw the hundred-meter-long, elegantly beautiful "Mirage Cloud Dragon."

It was staring fixedly at the ship.

When it saw the animal scholars disembark, its gaze was relatively gentle, but when it looked at the other people, it was still filled with vigilance.

Feeding it for two months had only achieved this much, and Lu Yuan was actually not very satisfied. A large part of it was probably because this huge creature was indeed lonely and needed some social interaction, which allowed humans to land on this island.