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

This temptation was especially intense, forming a surge of life pulsation so dense that it was palpable.

Every cell in his body experienced an indescribable longing; faced with the temptation of ascension in a single leap, his entire soul writhed, almost leaving his body to throw itself into the bud.

Lu Yuan's face throbbed with bulging veins as he abruptly bit down on the tip of his tongue, the hot, bitter blood pouring into his throat.

It was only the frenzied pounding of the Eternal Spark that barely maintained his clarity of mind.

He finally understood, this was not a superpower, nor was it any kind of chemical drug!

It originated from... resonance with history!

In a very distant past, such stories had indeed occurred.

This series of messages was too profound, forming a force of mind power that continued to influence the present.

He was clearly aware that Sky City, the Green Grass Civilization had already perished, which allowed him to resist the strong temptation to "join the Ascension Ceremony"...

But at that time, before the catastrophe struck, how many could have withstood that frenetic atmosphere?

The mysterious voice laughed again, as pleasant to hear as the song of an oriole.

[That is... the great High Priest! She has lived for four thousand and six hundred years and possesses towering wisdom and the ability to foresee the future! Ha, the High Priest is watching us right now!]

Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle and looked back.

In the faint purple mist, he saw two huge hollow eye sockets, flickering with a green yet insubstantial flame—such a scene seemed as if it had appeared in a dream.

Lu Yuan quickly retreated several steps and then he heard Old Cat's shout, "Lu Yuan, run! The monsters have gone mad!"

It might have been due to the kidnapping of a turtle and the killing of a Green Grass Person that the surrounding flower buds were blooming one by one, revealing the creatures within.

Dozens, hundreds, thousands!!

The numbers far exceeded Lu Yuan's combat capabilities.

Besides Green Grass People, there were a variety of odd races, humanoid with bovine and equine features, either tall or short in stature, all of those hollow eyes were fixated on Lu Yuan.

Among them, a few exuded an extremely dangerous aura.

After all, these purple-skinned monsters were the formidable beings left over from the previous epoch.

It was not inconceivable they were stronger than him.

In an instant, several figures pounced toward Lu Yuan at high speed!

"Run!!" Old Cat fired a net, trapping a purple figure within it.

"You don't understand, staying here is so damn comfortable!" Lu Yuan also yelled out loud, grabbing the cumbersome turtle and climbing onto the tricycle.

He turned the direction and pedaled furiously.

A joy from deep within made him keep shouting at the top of his lungs.

He had initially braced himself for death, yet he had somehow survived. The feeling of overcoming adversity sent his adrenaline surging and his heart pounding wildly.

Besides, he was also a bit out of his mind, perhaps affected by the purple mist, his entire being had taken on a different color, and every cell was in frenzied delight.

"Found a great spot, with extremely powerful Extraordinary Creatures! Super powerful!!"

Lu Yuan glanced back and saw a large group of purple shadows break free from the flower buds, pursuing the tricycle.

"Quick, throw smoke bombs! Don't shoot, don't waste bullets!"

The tricycle sped down a slope.

Old Cat threw several smoke bombs and, after a few faint pops, billows of pitch-black smoke rose.

The smoke bombs had been modestly modified by Lu Yuan, mixed with a small amount of Sealing Resin, affording a temporary effect of sealing superpowers.

These monsters, having lost their will, were instantly stupefied by the black smoke and stood rooted to the spot for a while, unable to locate Lu Yuan and the others.

[They... they're trapped in the black smoke? That scared the hell out of me!] the Conch stammered.

Despite it being her first adventure, seeing such a frenzied scene, her soul nearly fled in terror.

[Evil Lu turned purple.]

"Hahaha, I, Lu Yuan, come and go as I please!"

While fiercely pedaling the tricycle, Lu Yuan also turned his head and hit the kidnapped turtle with a stick, "You're so useless!"

"Wagaga!" The Undying Giant Turtle roared at Lu Yuan with all its might, tears streaming from its eyes.

The mighty turtle wept!

It wasn't really the turtle's fault, though. That mysterious purple smoke wasn't a normal type of spiritual attack.

It was the power of the entire world, the whole civilization, a kind of retrospection of history.

For a creature like the turtle, that lacked strategic determination, being lured and seduced was only natural.

Lu Yuan now found himself missing that mysterious feeling, like the bliss of a billionaire imparting gifts, indescribably comforting.

"Stop hitting it, look ahead!!" Old Cat suddenly shouted.

Lu Yuan, madly stomping on the pedals of the tricycle, widened his pupils and saw a procession of peculiar creatures leading camels, slowly making their way towards the reservoir.

He suddenly remembered, this damned place seemed to harbor a civilization...

"Wait... the damn brakes are broken!"

The procession, seeing the purple figure of Lu Yuan and the purple tricycle speeding towards them accompanied by the loud cries of the Undying Giant Turtle, "Wagaga!", was thrown into immense chaos as they started screaming, "Walahwalah!"

The monsters were charging at them!

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The demand for water is the greatest longing for those living in this stretch of land.

Without water, people cannot survive.

Plants and animals cannot survive either.

This desert hadn't seen rain for five whole years, and drought was destroying everything in the world.

In the face of this terrifying drought that could kill all life, the Sha Li Clan tried everything they could to resist the fate of death.

The white-haired Elder, Sha Sanjia, led the team to Sky City to obtain a water source.

The few double-humped camels in the team, along with twenty strong young men carrying weapons, did not give him any sense of security.

Because in the past ten years, too many teams had vanished in the ruins of this city.

No one knew exactly what happened, nor could anyone think of a way to avoid the crisis.

If it wasn't for that drink of water, who would want to come to this frightful haunted place?

"Elder, the small pond we relied on before has no water left!!" A shrill cry came from beside him, emitted by a young man.

"Even that little canal is bone dry!"

Sha Sanjia heard a hint of despair in those words—the damned place had strong territorial divides, especially where most of the water sources were, usually occupied by powerful monsters.

To fight for water, one must first deal with these monsters.

The militia teams from the neighboring villages had become food for the monsters in the struggle for water sources.

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(PS: Just got home, updates are expected to resume as normal tomorrow.)