Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 106

Chapter 106: The Rize Civilization…hears!

June 4, 2024

Chapter 106: I…Rize…Civilization…hear…

“This should be about right. Many animals already live here. We can’t run all the way back to the Midea Civilization.”

“Is that other civilization’s creature still trying to communicate telepathically?” Old Cat asked.

“Still communicating. It seems like it can initiate communication as soon as it visually sees me.”

“Telepathic communication, as long as we don’t actively cut it off, can continue indefinitely,” Lu Yuan deduced. “How about you?”

Old Cat said proudly, “The radio signal here is pretty good, but their response is very slow. They’re still sending the simplest signals. They’re probably still wary.”

Its black box emitted a “sizzling” sound.

【Unfortunately, the Explorer’s Eye has limited capabilities and cannot read electromagnetic waves in the air.】

Lu Yuan shook his head: “Being wary is normal!”

“It seems Lu Yuan wants a girl,” Old Cat said knowingly. “An elf, an angel, a succubus, or even a bunny girl would do. A dwarf is barely acceptable, right?”

“I regret letting you know too much about human information, but obviously, these are lizards, not aesthetically pleasing,” Lu Yuan hummed.

That night, bored, he hid in his tent and communicated with the telepathic entity.

Telepathy was an amazing skill. Even without a common language, with enough patience, you could barely understand.

The only trouble was the different flow of time.

“Ri~ze~Ci~vi~li~za~tion!”

Lu Yuan was excited, so he deliberately prolonged the sound, “Hel~lo~,” each syllable lasting about fifty seconds.

“I…Rize…Civilization…hear…”

“Hu~man~Ci~vi~li~za~tion.”

“Elec~tro~mag~net~ic~wave!” Lu Yuan felt this exchange was excruciating. Please just send electromagnetic waves, I beg you.

Old Cat, who didn’t need to sleep, fiddled with the telegraph machine beside the tent. An AI, after all, had infinite patience to do something unproductive.

Electromagnetic wave signals continuously emitted a “sizzling” sound. Due to idealistic interference, the propagation of electromagnetic waves on the Pangu Continent rapidly decayed, detectable only as some static near a civilization.

“If only we could get a more sensitive instrument,” it muttered to itself. This could be considered an AI malfunction—occasionally, it would speak out the thoughts running in the background.

As night deepened, a gray mist permeated the forest.

The distant waterfall could still be heard, not harsh at this distance, but rather somewhat sleep-inducing.

A full moon hung high in the sky, emitting a pale green moonlight.

This was a rather rare full moon night.

The constellations of the Pangu Continent were different from the normal world. Such a round and large moon, like a millstone, was truly rare.

“I remember the moon only has a full moon every few hundred days,” Old Cat mumbled, “Today…”

Then, something like an eyeball emerged from the moon.

Cold, dead eyes constantly rotated, overlooking the land.

The blood vessels on the surface of the eyeball were grotesque and terrifying, and it seemed as if blood was flowing out, staining the sky crimson.

Old Cat stopped its work and shouted, “What the heck?!”

“Argh argh argh!!!” The old wolf emerged from the tent and howled wildly.

Lu Yuan also woke up.

The celestial phenomenon was too intense; he couldn’t help but be startled awake.

When he crawled out of the tent and saw the crimson moon, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his heart almost stopping.

A thick, ink-like darkness enveloped him, as if trying to drag him to another world.

His skin became incredibly itchy, something was wriggling under his skin, about to break out!

“This must be the thing that stared at me in my nightmare.”

The Transcendent Fire Seed suddenly leaped, dispelling this terrifying feeling.

Looking again, the crimson eyeball above the moon had disappeared—as if the previous scene had been an illusion.

“What the hell was that?” He felt a very bad feeling.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t escaped far enough, but that the moon suddenly turned into an eyeball—this was utterly bizarre and ominous.

“Don’t be nervous, the moon is still the same moon.”

“There’s just a terrifying existence projecting its power onto the moon, creating an eyeball-like pattern,” Old Cat said seriously.

“Lu Yuan, you seem to have encountered a big problem.”

“I know.”

“You’ve been hit…this might be a natural disaster called a 【Monster】…It projects its power onto celestial phenomena to spread bait on a large scale.”

“The eyeball pattern on the moon just now was probably bait spread by the 【Monster】. Once you make eye contact with the eyeball, you’re hit…like a fish taking the bait. It can attack you at any time.”

Old Cat creaked and scratched its neck: “Don’t you know you shouldn’t look at certain things?”

Lu Yuan said, “I already felt the crisis, how could I not look?”

“This guy is abusing the law, it’s not my fault.”

“Don’t worry, comrade,” Old Cat jumped onto him, quietly comforting him, “If you die, I’ll take care of that tree and wait for your rebirth.”

“Or, shall we have a last meal?”

Lu Yuan patted his feverish head, almost forgetting he could revive.

Resurrection was an incredibly awesome ability, giving him a lot of confidence.

“You had amnesia before I was hit, and you remembered everything after I was hit. Weren’t you doing this on purpose?!”

Old Cat: …

It really did have amnesia. Only after seeing certain scenes firsthand could it connect the scattered information in its database.

It’s called situational recall!

After a moment of silence, Lu Yuan spoke first: “【Monster】 and 【Demon】, which is stronger?”

“It’s hard to directly compare,” Old Cat lifted its hind leg and scratched its neck, “You’ve witnessed the strength of a 【Demon】. Demons are immortal and possess intelligence.”

“The strength of the 【Monster】 lies in… well, it possesses a giant Astral Space. This Astral Space is like a maze; you can never find it and will eventually be tormented to death.”

“Astral Space?” Lu Yuan frowned.

“That’s why the 【Monster】 spreads bait on a large scale. It just wants to lure more life into the Astral Space.”

“From a combat power perspective, the two are difficult to compare.”

“In terms of harmfulness, a 【Demon】 can easily destroy a civilization, while a 【Monster】 has a much higher difficulty in destroying a civilization.”

“Therefore, I believe the strength of a 【Demon】 is higher than that of a 【Monster】.”

Lu Yuan rubbed his temples: “Then it’s fine. If all else fails, I’ll turn myself into a Demon and kill it. Possession by a Demon is a slow process anyway…I can also grab the milestone. This thing actually dared to bait me.”

Old Cat twitched even faster, its cat-eye stones rotating, possibly indicating a roll of its eyes. Wanting to become a Demon so quickly?

Lu Yuan was stubborn, but his heart was still hanging.

A great terror was brewing.

The Pangu Continent was truly difficult to survive in.

When nothing happened, it was calm, like a picnic in the forest.

Once a natural disaster struck, it was earth-shattering.

“Does the 【Monster】 have intelligence?” He asked another crucial question.

“According to the remaining memories of the great Cat Mama, the 【Monster】’s intelligence isn’t high, comparable to that of ordinary wild animals…but occasionally, some 【Monsters】 can evolve subtle intelligence.”

“That’s all I know. Each 【Monster】 is different; it depends on the specific situation.”

This world is truly harsh.

The information is still too limited, I don’t really want to fight.

“If all else fails, let’s just run away…” Lu Yuan repacked his tent, woke the sleeping wolf, tied a rope around its neck, and walked towards the depths of the forest.

“Hey, are you still there?”

The telepathic connection was interrupted, unfortunately.

Passing a large tree, Lu Yuan found a tree hole, which was empty.

After a moment’s thought, he placed the Tree of Life inside the tree hole.

“Virtualize!” The Tree of Life entered a virtual state.

This was his respawn point.

It wasn’t very safe, but it was all he could do.

Lu Yuan moved some stones to cover the tree hole, then put on his black iron armor. Under the moonlight, the dark gleam, donkey head mask, black iron longsword, lizard shield, and jungle boots made him look like a paladin from a game.

“Let’s hope I don’t die.”

“I can revive if I die, but if the old wolf dies, it’s really game over.”

…

…

The full moon in the sky suddenly changed, affecting not only Lu Yuan, but also a civilization hidden here…

The Rize Civilization, seventh branch.

Total population: approximately 6.2 million.

Technological level is about 50 years behind Earth.

50 years isn’t much; they basically have the same technology as Earth, only semiconductors such as computers, surveillance, and sensors are slightly behind…

After arriving at the Pangu Continent, the seventh branch of the Rize Civilization naturally experienced a brief period of chaos, but it stabilized within half a month and even received a milestone reward for a “stable city.”

All this is thanks to the supreme leader, Governor Leon.

A prophet!

Divine Technique—“Foresight,” always allows him to make the right decisions.

Such a powerful ability has side effects: every use of foresight consumes vitality.

In just half a month, Leon was visibly aging. If he used more foresight, he might be at the end of his life.

But he couldn’t stop depleting his vitality because he sensed the roars and convulsions of a dying civilization!

They encountered many difficulties; there was an unimaginable terrifying monster in the outside world, a horror beyond comprehension, which could be described as a “ghost.”

Once they withdrew from the safe zone, they had to fight it head-on.

Also…their Transcendent Fire Seeds were gone…

(End of Chapter)

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