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

Facing the self-harming behavior of the Undying Giant Turtle, Lu Yuan's eyes widened, a mysterious feeling enveloping his heart.

He still didn't understand, but inexplicably felt that these mystical symbols contained the principles of heaven and earth!

His "Insightful Rune Talent" played an excellent role at this moment.

Everything in the world started to move like musical notes.

But it wasn't enough!

Still not enough!

It was very difficult for him to memorize all these mysterious patterns.

Even though the "Insightful Rune Talent" was a one-in-a-hundred-thousand civilization's talent, facing Anomaly-level engravings, it still fell short.

The Undying Giant Turtle, using the Myriad Phenomena Furnace, quickly melted the poison within its body and was repairing itself.

Once it completed its healing, this chance would be wasted for nothing.

Lu Yuan couldn't possibly let his old buddy harm itself again; his conscience simply wouldn't allow it.

But how could he memorize it?

He paced back and forth, exceedingly agitated.

Even though trees don't have hearts, they still emitted thick white fog.

Suddenly, as if inspired, Lu Yuan thought of one of his abilities—"Complete Spiritification"!

This ability allowed for a brief soul out-of-body experience...

It didn't really sound useful, because the soul, exposed to the wind and sun, was very easily damaged.

The soul's self-healing speed was much slower than the body's, and once damaged, it could be incapacitated for several months.

But at this moment, Lu Yuan abruptly wanted to use the soul perspective to look at the "Myriad Phenomena Furnace" engraving.

Following an inexplicable sixth sense, his soul left his body.

He saw a sky of rose red interwoven with sapphire, a deep and dreamlike desert, and a radiant golden light enveloping the Undying Giant Turtle.

The soul perspective was indeed different from the physical perspective.

The colors from the soul perspective were clearly richer, allowing him to see all sorts of bizarre things.

Each Mind object emitted a glow unique to itself—Old Cat, Old Wolf, turtles, the Tree of Life, and so on.

Because the soul perspective was somewhat erratic, everything around kept changing color, casting multicolored halos.

Even the constant emergence of thoughts would change the color dynamics of objects.

The whole process was too Mind-based, too flexible.

But using the soul perspective was indeed the right choice. His "Insightful Rune Talent" suddenly became crystal clear, meaning he could memorize more knowledge!

Lu Yuan multitasked, fervently memorizing while controlling his human body to pick up a dagger and carve a series of bizarre symbols on the piece of turtle shell gifted by the turtle.

He even consumed a whole "Soul Baby Fruit" to enhance his soul power.

The symbols on the turtle shell were not the "Myriad Phenomena Furnace."

With his current level, it was impossible to engrave it completely.

They were memory clues instead.

Whenever he saw these clues, he could recall the scene before him.

Meanwhile, Old Cat was "click click" frantically capturing it with the camera, although the captured engravings were "dead," it was still better than nothing.

Lu Yuan finally understood why many things could not be taught but had to be learned through insight; the turtle shell would mean nothing to anyone else who got it.

Because they lacked the corresponding memories, they couldn't possibly have the insights.

In a moment, the golden light on the turtle disappeared, and the holes above its eyes restored to their original state.

Clearly, the cost of its brush with death had significantly weakened it, and the large turtle could hardly lift its head.

Lu Yuan quickly stuffed a Pomegranate Fruit along with another Soul Baby Fruit into its mouth.
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"Thank you, Mr. Turtle, that scene just now was enlightening. It's like a defensive encyclopedia! You rest well," he said.

"As long as you found it useful," the turtle, feeling the Extraordinary Fruits in its mouth, immediately smiled happily, treasuring them for future enjoyment.

It was quite content in its heart; this brother actually hadn't learned anything substantial, but he spoke and acted quite generously.

In the past, the Great Lai Empire had tormented it, but never offered any compensation like this.

...

After comforting the turtle, Lu Yuan fell into a calm state, recalling the magnificent scene he had just witnessed.

Oddly enough, his thoughts began to soar...

The scorching desert winds buffeted the canopy of the tricycle, causing the canvas to "whoosh," reminiscent of many years ago.

Back then he was studying in the north, where the skies weren't as blue as they were now.

In winter, dust storms were everywhere, with thick dust filling mouths, noses, and everywhere else.

Later, the country spent great effort in afforestation to control the dust storms.

But a few years later, the haze returned, and there was no handling it because the dust storms came from Mongolia... One couldn't just manage another country as well.

Going outside during a dust storm meant facing a faceful of sand, especially for girls; the heavier the makeup applied, the more likely it was to attract sand.

"I seem to have mocked a girl for that? What was her name?"

"Her face was covered in sand, and she walked away angrily."

At this moment, Lu Yuan cringed.

On reflection, heaven hadn't been too harsh on him. He had had many opportunities to end his single status, yet he rejected them all with "determination."

If he had taken any of those opportunities, maybe he'd be at home holding a child now, instead of being stuck in this wretched place, transformed into a tree?