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

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Having remained silent for a long while, the Elder's murky eyes developed a trace of bloodshot: "Let's go, head towards the reservoir, and steal some water!"

The captain of the village soldiers was a tall, middle-aged man.

Muscular and robust, he was also the highest combat power here.

This man, who had weathered many storms, suddenly looked stunned, as if he couldn't believe his own ears: "Elder? Go to the reservoir?"

There must be water in the reservoir, and the monsters there are actually not that many...

But no one knows what truly lies hidden there; many teams, as soon as they approached, suddenly went mad, rushed into the central area, and never returned...

There have also been a few teams that, by sheer luck, obtained a water source and escaped back into the village.

That's how they brought back this piece of information.

Going to the reservoir means gambling with your life.

"Think about it, our loved ones are all waiting for water to save their lives."

"Those parched crops are waiting to be watered."

"Our water bags are empty."

"What we need is not a little bit of water, it's a large amount of water! The deficit is too much now, even finding a small pond won't be enough." Elder Sha Sanjia stated in an incontrovertible tone, "Let's go, let's set out. We can only take a gamble."

"Once we've dealt with the urgent crisis, we'll find a suitable small canal and slowly take water."

"Otherwise, we can only wait for death!"

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but looking at the empty water bags on the camels' backs, and thinking of the silent village, he too was at a loss for words.

Indeed, there was no other choice. Otherwise, it would just be a slow death!

"It can't get any worse." He comforted himself.

Thus, a team of 22 people and 8 camels embarked majestically towards the center of Sky City.

All was silent; everything here seemed vast and empty.

Occasionally, they saw some wild animals, their pairs of eyes watching them.

Despite being situated within a super ruin of the Pangu Continent rank, this primitive civilization felt nothing of it, as just surviving was extremely difficult.

They even failed to understand why their town was situated here… Concepts like a Safe Zone were utterly foreign to them.

Due to the lack of water, the Safe Zone had long been abolished, and they had been living on the Pangu Continent for a full five years.

As the team ventured deeper, everyone was extremely tense.

Some started to hear faint illusory sounds, as if a pleasant voice was calling them to join some ceremony.

They couldn't quite understand it but just clenched their teeth tight, vigilant of movements all around.

"We cannot rest here, and sleeping is not allowed," Elder Sha Sanjia murmured in a low voice, "Not even a nap!"

"A group of able-bodied men from the neighboring village took a nap, went crazy, and charged into the center of the ruins."

"Why?"

Sha Sanjia's voice lowered further: "It's said, only said, that at the center of the ruins grow many magical buds... entering these buds can elevate one to Nirvana!"

"Nirvana?!"

"But, that's just an illusion!"

"How could such an easy Nirvana exist in this world! Do you fools think it's your turn?"

Life was indeed hard; with no rainfall for a long time, the farmlands were almost barren, people were unable to satisfy their hunger, even the surrounding cacti had been eaten clean.

Many were skinny to the bone.

They fantasized about what Nirvana might be like: being able to eat their fill, drink enough water, lie happily on the ground to rest, and watch the crops grow in the fields, perhaps that would be their so-called Nirvana...

As they thought thus, a faint voice emerged in their minds.

It seemed like someone was calling out.

[Sir, sir, why are you still here?]

[Don't you know the Ascension Ceremony is about to begin?]

The emergence of this voice made the young men involuntarily sink into it, losing their sense of reality.

They each looked in the direction of the center of the city.

As if by heading there, they could find eternal happiness.

Sha Sanjia, seeing the morale of his men sinking, couldn't help but bellow: "Think of your wives and children!! Do you really want to be like the other villages, charging into these ruins?"

He was a superpower user, with an incredibly loud voice, which dispelled the faint confusion.

"They are all just illusions! Those who believed in the illusions are all dead! Use the Golden Needle on yourselves!" Experience tales at empire

He took out some golden needles and jabbed them into a spot at the back of his head, where the intense pain brought everyone back to a slightly more alert state.

"The reservoir is up ahead! We must hurry to collect water and then leave."

"Remember, everything is an illusion! Only the water is real!"

He hoped nothing would happen.

Muttering to himself, Sha Sanjia remained vigilantly alert when he heard two booms and saw a dense black smoke rising not too far away, where shadows seemed to move within the smoke.

"Elder, is this an illusion?" someone asked curiously.

The veins on Sha Sanjia's forehead bulged as he shouted, "What does it have to do with us? Haven't I said they are illusions! Quickly collect the water; are those things for you to look at?!"

"Elder, something has rushed out of the smoke!"

Sha Sanjia rushed over and gave a good beating to the overly curious young man, knocking him to the ground.

You were told not to look, but you just had to keep looking, huh?

However, in an inadvertent glimpse, he saw something very strange rush out of the smoke. At first glance, it looked like a purple stone, but on closer inspection, it seemed like an Iron-armored Rhinoceros, with an unyielding aura skimming across the air in a breathtaking arc, with faint traces of tire tracks?

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