Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 103

Chapter 103: The Monkey Stole Old Cat

That day, Lu Yuan, with nothing better to do, reviewed his diary and discovered, to his utter bewilderment, that its contents could be summarized in five big characters – “Old Wolf’s Whorehouse Chronicles”!

He was furious.

He dressed the Old Wolf in a snakeskin outfit, covering its offending organ.

“Aooo!” The Old Wolf, looking utterly dejected and with a murderous glare, struggled wildly.

“Look at your legs, you have no strength left!” Lu Yuan scolded. “You start complaining after walking only 20 kilometers! Do you expect me to carry you on my back?”

The orange Old Cat covered its eyes with its paws: “Lu Yuan, I understand you.”

“In the past few months, you’ve told 432 stories about pretty human girls. That’s about 4-5 stories a day.”

“Whenever Old Wolf finds a romantic encounter, you’ll recount a string of girls, reminiscing about the good old days… from your deskmate, your teachers, to the girl at the milk tea shop, and the shop owner at the clothing store.”

“Even some passersby you only met once have been brought up.”

“I suspect you’re just making things up; with your EQ, it’s impossible for you to have interacted with so many girls.”

Lu Yuan was hit where it hurt, his temples throbbing.

He expressionlessly picked up a twig and, aiming at a large tree, unleashed a “Lightning Five-Whip” attack.

The “crackling” sound of the whipping frightened the dog and the cat silent.

“Don’t you believe your comrade? I did interact with that many girls! Even if I only exchanged a few words, isn’t that still interaction?” A terrifying voice, like a volcano from hell, threatened to destroy the world at any moment.

“Comrade, I always believe you…” Old Cat put on a serious face.

“I believe that even when you’re a thousand years old, you’ll still be a virgin.”

Lu Yuan was defeated, collapsing to the ground, occasionally twitching, and starting to do push-ups.

“Awooo!” Old Wolf also lay on the ground, imitating him, writhing obscenely.

…

Well, besides Old Wolf’s survival diary, over the past few months, Lu Yuan encountered quite a few mutated creatures. They were generally stronger than Earth’s species by several grades.

Mutation and Transcendence are two different concepts.

Mutated creatures are simply better in some aspects, such as venom, bite force, increased size, eyesight, or reflexes.

Old Wolf, for example, is a mid-level mutated creature with increased lifespan and reproductive ability.

Transcendent beings, however, possess unique “abilities.”

In other words, “gaining a superpower” is a significant hurdle.

There aren’t many Transcendent beings with levels. When encountering creatures like tigers and leopards, they usually confront each other briefly before scattering – everyone’s quite capable, there’s no need to fight to the death over a meal.

Of course, it’s not to say that Transcendent creatures are much stronger than mutated ones.

In battle, life and death often hang in the balance.

Even a level 3 Transcendent being like Lu Yuan would have to avoid encounters with poisonous, swarming, or oversized creatures to avoid unnecessary battles.

In this forest, the quantity and strength of plants are significantly higher than animals.

Across a nearly four-thousand-kilometer straight line, the number of mutated plants is almost uncountable.

Perhaps tens of thousands?

He encountered about 315 species of plants with Supra Grade.

Seven super plants similar to the Midea Civilization’s man-eating plants.

These are Supra Grade, much higher than Lu Yuan!

As for pure producers like corn trees, he encountered about 80, with many animals competing around them.

Lu Yuan collected some branches, leaves, and seeds from these plants. He possesses a Tree of Life, capable of grafting all plants – what if he needs a specific one later?

“Did the end of the Eighth Epoch experience a terrifying mass extinction?”

“Otherwise, why are plants so much stronger than animals?”

“This mass extinction only affected animals, leaving plants relatively unscathed, allowing them to survive from the previous Epoch to the present.”

Today, Lu Yuan used his “Leoric’s Mask” to scare away dozens of monkeys from a locust tree.

This locust tree is a mid-level Transcendent plant, non-aggressive.

Its ability is 【Nutrient-Rich: Locust tree leaves contain abundant nutrients, significantly accelerating the evolution speed of consumers.】

The locust tree is covered with green insects, each as thick as an index finger.

【High-Level Mutated Bean-Dan: Larvae of a moth species, fleshy, non-toxic, and harmless. An excellent high-protein food. Due to the locust tree’s mutation, these insects have also mutated, with nutritional value seven times that of ordinary insects.】

【Because they lack superpowers, these insects are not considered Transcendent creatures.】

The transmission of the food chain is truly miraculous in nature. The insects eat the leaves and undergo subtle evolution.

Monkeys eat the insects and also evolve.

Look at the largest monkey king; long-term consumption of insects has made it a level 1 Transcendent mutated creature.

【Pangu Great Grey Monkey: A widely distributed monkey, omnivorous. Feeds on leaves, tender branches, wild vegetables, etc., and also eats small birds, bird eggs, and various insects.】

【Physique: 6.7】

【Qi: 19.3】

【Spirit: 1.9】

【Ability: Flying Dragon Cloud Claw: This monkey always manages to steal what it wants, thus quickly rising through the ranks to become the monkey king.】

【Supra Grade: Level 1.】

This grey monkey king seemed to know Lu Yuan wasn’t easy to mess with, displaying anxious fidgeting.

To protect its territory, it circled Lu Yuan incessantly, baring its teeth and making menacing sounds.

“Waa gaa gaa!”

Seeing Lu Yuan take a large green worm from the tree and throw it into Old Wolf’s mouth, it became even more enraged, beating its chest repeatedly.

“Waa gaa gaa gaa gaa!”

“Lu Yuan, is this your relative? You look almost identical to them…” Old Cat exclaimed in surprise, “Even the angry expression is the same.”

“Comrade, you should update your image recognition software.”

Lu Yuan quickly hid his excellent dagger to avoid it being stolen.

The next second, the grey monkey charged, using its ability: “Flying Dragon Cloud Claw”!

Lu Yuan assumed a sturdy stance and pushed out a palm strike.

The palm wind was fierce.

But he found the monkey had easily jumped sideways, avoiding direct contact.

Yet, Lu Yuan felt his body lighten, something had been stolen.

“Damn it, how did it do that? It can steal without even touching me?”

This wasn’t a Divine Technique, but a peculiar “Qi Technique,” a current of Qi forming an invisible air arm allowing the monkey to steal remotely.

Upon closer inspection…

It was Old Cat!

Old Cat, who was in his backpack, had been stolen!!

“Waa gaa gaa!” The grey monkey hugged Old Cat, baring its teeth and making wild cries. If you don’t leave my territory…I’ll kill this cat!

Lu Yuan was suddenly overjoyed, making the same sound as the monkey, swaying his body: “Old Cat, how does it feel to be hugged by a monkey!”

“Wang wang wang!” The number one dog-leg in the martial arts world was also gloating.

It ate insects voraciously, green juice splattering on the ground. Its belly felt warm and comfortable.

Old Cat, resigned to its fate in the monkey’s embrace, looking at the dirty paws constantly reaching for its mouth, finally couldn’t bear it anymore, letting out a loud “Waa,” and biting the monkey’s hand!

The monkey king, in pain and terrified, dropped Old Cat and ran.

Old Cat, very angry, bit its tail, tearing off a large chunk of fur.

“Waa gaa gaa!”

A cat and a monkey became entangled, engaging in an earth-shattering battle.

Lu Yuan seized the opportunity, grabbing a large pile of “Bean-Dan” insects, preparing for tonight’s dinner.

“Let’s go, old comrade, stop bullying the monkey.”

Unfortunately, even after feasting on insects for several days, there was no evolutionary effect… especially Old Wolf, still hadn’t reached 【High-Level Mutation】.

So useless.

It probably requires long-term consumption and several generations of monkeys’ efforts to make each generation stronger.

These are just some of the amusing incidents on the journey.

However, during his long journey, Lu Yuan discovered a surprising conclusion.

That is, even if a civilization started its safe zone very early, besides having a significant time advantage, the advantage of supernatural resources isn’t necessarily that much greater.

Mutated creatures should also exist within safe zones.

Unless, they can find civilized ruins…

But civilized ruins aren’t easily found. At least in these over four thousand kilometers, Lu Yuan, possessing the “Explorer’s Eye” and “Pioneer’s Eye,” hadn’t seen any.

“Therefore, ordinary civilizations will revoke their safe zones at the appropriate time; efficiency is paramount.”

“Revoking it too early means fewer external biological resources, and the development speed isn’t necessarily faster. If a natural disaster strikes, the trouble will be huge.”

“First consolidate internally, revoke the safe zone at the appropriate time, and expand rapidly when resources are most abundant; this might be the optimal solution.”

Lu Yuan asked Old Cat if his conclusion was correct.

Old Cat was silent for a long time before saying, “Every civilization has its own path…”

“A thousand more years, do you know what that means? It’s a world-altering change. As long as they don’t encounter natural disasters, this head start is huge.”

“Respect the destiny of civilizations, let go of the urge to help, and avoid self-righteousness.”

Lu Yuan sighed: “You really don’t want to take any responsibility. But I’m human, I have to find a way to make my homeland better.”

Old Cat: “I’m just a homeless AI, what responsibility do I have to bear for the Ninth Epoch?”

“Lu Yuan, there are definitely disasters more powerful than Demons in the world. So don’t think of yourself as a savior, even with all your Divine Techniques… there are many things you can’t do.”

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(End of Chapter)

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