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

Chapter 171: Engraving: Myriad Phenomena Furnace!



And so, after settling on a plan, Lu Yuan really could only become a tree, diligently studying every day, an effort more arduous than taking the college entrance examination.

At the very least, he needed to master the "Concealing Rune" and "Solid Rune" and engrave them on the tricycle to have a bit of security in crossing the desert.

It wasn't that becoming a tree made him any smarter, but a tree's patience was better, and it didn't really need to sleep much. Out of 24 hours a day, at least 23 were spent studying.

In the remaining one hour, he reflected on the damnation of life, "One human is a civilization!"

"One person does it all!"

The whole process was tinged with a faint sadness.

The morning sun shone on the leaves each day, scorching hot.

He became very fond of basking in the sun because it made him grow robustly.

The Tree of Life had a strong ability to adapt to the environment. Those Bodhi leaves retracted into the trunk, making the tree appear bare and bald.

But the bark grew green spikes, similar to a cactus's structure, effectively reducing water evaporation.

Occasionally, little insects would pass by, resting on the branches, which the Cannibal Flower ignored...

Alright, Lu Yuan controlled the Cannibal Flower daily to feed on the bodies of anomalies, expecting it could feed for another two years.

Sometimes Old Cat would zip around, cursing, "Idiot, you can't even solve this problem!"

Now and then, Old Wolf would sneak up, lift his hind leg, and habitually try to pee on the tree's roots, but the tree would kick him away with a foot.

Life was leisurely yet bland.
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Three months passed just like that.

Perhaps because of the substantial increase in Divine Attribute, Lu Yuan found that he wasn't as dull-witted as he had imagined. Many of the subjects that had seemed difficult before now came to him easily.

He was like a dry sponge, continuously soaking up new knowledge.

Of course, this was also related to his university education.

Lu Yuan had studied computer science in his undergraduate program and had even taken exams for graduate school in his senior year, so he had a bit of a foundation in mathematics.

If he had started from zero, it would have been a different story...

Then, after working through some problems, Lu Yuan felt he reached a critical point in his control over mathematical knowledge, but learning the engravings still seemed far off.

"I still want to be human."

Because he clearly felt that being a tree... was a bit too serene.

No hunger, no sexual desire, virtually devoid of any desires.

All that was required of him each day was to study earnestly. Was this truly the life a human should have?

"Let's put it this way, a human body experiences sadness, frustration, anger, joy, and various other emotions. I've fought against the heavens and cursed the gods, full of drive and motivation."

"But as a tree, I only feel a kind of Buddha nature, in harmony with nature..."

"Opening my eyes and closing them, a day passes by. If not for my reason telling me that I must study hard, I might spend all day sleeping."

Philosopher Lu Yuan gave an impromptu speech.

He could not feel the joy of living, and this situation might be somewhat similar to Old Cat's.

"Even if I had a hundred abilities, a thousand abilities, what of it?"

"My desires have been lost."

"Isn't this my everyday life?" The Undying Giant Turtle, enjoying a popsicle in the shade, voiced its confusion, "Isn't this a good life?"

Lu Yuan couldn't explain to his brother, "Turtles and trees are a bit different."

"I don't have emotional fluctuations right now, so the growth rate of the Eternal Spark is very slow."

"The Racial Value of a tree is indeed high, but the leisurely growth might just be the instinct of a tree."

Old Cat nodded, "What you say makes sense, animals are consumers with great pressures for survival. Hormones and organs affect their emotions, and without motivation, it's easy for animals to die."

"While plants are producers, without so many complexities. Even if you have the soul of a human, it will gravitate towards being a producer, slowly assimilated by the body."

The economic base determines the superstructure.

The body indeed affects the mind, and if it went on too long, Lu Yuan would truly adopt the mindset of a tree.

So, after much thought, Lu Yuan still wanted to be human, and he was somewhat anxious.

But if he were to become human, studying for ten hours a day would surely become intolerable, his learning efficiency halved.

"Is there any way I can learn the engravings faster? Do I really have to stay here forever?"

Old Cat scratched its head with a hind leg, making a "cree cree" sound.

It couldn't think of any good method.

Old Cat knew quite a bit of mathematical knowledge, enough to teach Lu Yuan; but it couldn't comprehend anything related to the engravings.

Since its Divine Attribute was quite low, it lacked the research Talent needed to understand these things.

"To master engraving? I've got it... we still need Mr. Turtle!" The Undying Giant Turtle wobbled its body and boasted proudly.

"With that turtle brain of yours? You'd do well not to mess things up," Old Cat disparaged unceremoniously.

Mr. Turtle reflected on the past with much emotion, "Mr. Turtle was once captured by those damned people to be experimented on... because they, too, wanted to rapidly decode the Engravings!"

"They dropped a drop of blood, I don't know what it was, onto me."

"Could it be the blood of a ghost?"

The Undying Giant Turtle said, "I don't know. That drop of blood kept eroding me, penetrating my soul, tormenting me for years!"

"But eventually, I freed myself from the predicament and forcibly expelled that drop of blood from my body."

"Does what you're saying have any similarities to my current situation?" Lu Yuan said.

Old Cat shrugged its shoulders: "What it means is that during the process of being tortured, the researchers of the Great Lai Empire observed a lot."

"From knowing nothing at all to inferring the specific principles of engravings."

"It can recreate the whole process."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's exactly what I mean!!" The giant turtle looked gratefully at Old Cat.

"Mr. Turtle encountered them a long time ago when they were just an ordinary civilization, nothing special." Its eyes revealed a contemplative look.

"They also wanted to learn the engravings on Mr. Turtle's body. At first, they were very polite, treating me as an honored guest."

"But they just couldn't get the hang of it. Talent, researchers, no matter how they tinkered for hundreds of years, they couldn't get it, such idiots."

In the Cannibal Flower, Lu Yuan nodded, "What happened next?"

The engravings on the turtle's body were simply too advanced. It was like not having learned primary school math but trying to jump straight into university math—wouldn't that make one's eyes go white?

The simplest engravings were given by the mirror, medium level ones came from "Daedalus's Manual," and the most difficult, most complex ones were on the turtle's body.

"Later... they started to torture the turtle! And the technology for engravings made leaps and bounds!"

"In just a few decades, all sorts of strange devices were invented by them! And each time they tortured more fiercely!" the Undying Giant Turtle said angrily, "They deserve to die."

"Why? Shouldn't it be very hard?"

The Undying Giant Turtle fell silent because it possessed the ultimate defensive technique: the "Myriad Phenomena Furnace" engraving.

Anomalies are the materialization of the Ideal Rules.

The "Myriad Phenomena Furnace" was already its most core rule. Once it appeared, it was like laying many of the ultimate truths of the world right before one's eyes.

It was like an encyclopedia. If you didn't understand it, it didn't matter, you could just memorize it; when you encounter the exact same question, simply copy the answer—it really was a remarkable shortcut!

But only in moments of real crisis would it use this "Myriad Phenomena Furnace" engraving.

In its normal state, the Undying Giant Turtle couldn't use it even if it wanted to.

"So that's how it is… No wonder this turtle suffered at the hands of the Great Lai Empire."

The Undying Giant Turtle tried hard to imagine itself suffering the pain of soul splitting, pain showing on its face.

Consequently, the patterns on its body slowly began to change.

"Isn't this too complicated... How can I learn?" Lu Yuan observed for a long time but couldn't make heads or tails of it. The dense symbols looked like tadpole script, completely baffling to him.

This was not the Myriad Phenomena Furnace; after all, the Undying Giant Turtle wasn't injured, so it lacked the essence.

This clumsy turtle, no matter how it imagined, couldn't hypnotize itself.

As a result, it said somewhat angrily, "Mr. Turtle's technique, the Myriad Phenomena Furnace, is the strongest engraving, almost capable of absorbing, fusing, blocking all attacks!"

"It's just that I can't show it unless at life-and-death moments, unless you, brother, make me willing… I still remember that box of meat in times of crisis…"

"You even fed it to me from below." Nostalgia brought tears to the turtle's eyes.

It was a turtle of nostalgia, a turtle of gratitude.

"Watch closely!!" It bellowed and grabbed a syringe, drawing a tube of the Ideal poison it had just acquired.

Then it took a deep breath.

Suddenly, it plunged the syringe into its own eye and injected the poison fiercely!

The eyeball burst, and the Undying Giant Turtle was severely injured, writhing frantically on the ground.

Lu Yuan was shocked. The Tree of Life sprung violently from the ground, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

Even Old Cat's fur bristled subtly, looking at Lu Yuan with a complex expression—this friend you've made in wine and meat didn't seem to be that bad after all.

The Undying Giant Turtle really didn't have to go to this extent, because Lu Yuan was slowly learning knowledge, would eventually master it, and the aftermath of turning into a tree—just turn into a human more often, right?

If really necessary, wait for human civilization and the Rize Civilization to discover more knowledge, and he would overcome this challenge sooner or later.

But now, the Undying Giant Turtle had indeed done this, stirring a subtle emotion in Lu Yuan's heart.

"Good brother, thanks. I'll make it up to you later!"

Lu Yuan stopped being sentimental, concentrating all his attention, trying to observe the opportunity created by the Undying Giant Turtle.

As the poison entered his mind and caused a fatal injury, the turtle struggled continuously.

A layer of golden light appeared on the turtle's back, mystical symbols circulated non-stop, and even the surrounding air became increasingly hot.

"Myriad Phenomena Furnace"—the Anomaly-level mystical rune appeared!!

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