Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 122

Chapter 121: The Man Who Once Again Emerged From Hell (10,000-word chapter, please vote for this month!)

“Lu Yuan, even if you have the ability to resurrect, you can’t escape the Demon’s entanglement. That’s a soul-deep rule that will completely change your thinking,” Old Cat said coldly.

“If you’ve made up your mind and can accept losing everything you cherish now, I won’t object. After all, we’re comrades-in-arms. I’ll stick to you then, making a ‘da da da’ sound.”

“Screw you,” Lu Yuan cursed.

He put the Demon’s remains back into his backpack. Then he took out the lump of resin containing the Ghost’s blood.

A chilling power flowed within, emitting silent and bizarre whispers. Holding the resin, the eyes on his hand were affected by this power and involuntarily closed.

“Releasing the Ghost will cause an even greater catastrophe,” Old Cat said again. “You have respawn points outside, a chance to escape from Monsters. But if the Ghost comes out, even if you resurrect, you may not be able to escape.”

“Who says I’m going to release the Ghost! Damn it!”

In the airtight gloom, Lu Yuan cursed, taking off his armor. The black iron armor was useless anyway; it was better to travel light.

His body and back were covered with eyes, one after another opening like blossoming flowers. In the pupils of these crimson eyeballs, firelight blazed. This was the light of the Transcendent Fire Seed.

The two forces constantly clashed. Without a level-three Fire Seed, Lu Yuan would have long since been unable to maintain his mental will.

He gritted his teeth, using a dagger to gouge out an eyeball from his shoulder, creating a bloody pit.

“Come on, haha!”

Strangely, he felt little pain, his entire body numbed as if anesthetized.

“Old Cat, help me put it in.”

Old Cat understood his intention and stuffed the ghastly green resin into Lu Yuan’s wound.

Immediately, the icy power from the resin spread to the crown of his head. The numbness in the wound seemed to dissipate, replaced by extreme pain, causing Lu Yuan to gasp and wail. The blood within the resin, as if sensing the external blood, swirled like tadpoles.

“If it’s not ignited, it doesn’t seem to be much of a problem,” Old Cat leaned closer to the resin. “At least, this drop of blood can’t break out now… I don’t know what this resin is, but its terror level is too high.”

The Ghost’s power was indeed much stronger than the Monster’s. As Lu Yuan inserted the resin into his body, the eyes near it, especially those on his neck and forehead, were all half-open and half-closed, no longer vying for control. Lu Yuan suddenly felt he regained some control over his body.

“If I’m about to lose control mentally, ignite it for just a second, then immediately extinguish it.”

“I have no problem with that,” Old Cat said. “But the Ghost’s power may invade your body. Although it’s not a Demon, who knows what its rules are?”

“It’s fine. Some risks must be taken.”

“You guys who can resist these phenomena are all ruthless people,” Old Cat said softly.

“Are you convinced now?” Lu Yuan’s “Leoric’s Mask” on his face, the eye sockets blazing with crimson light.

“Even those few Rize People are ruthless people.”

He walked slowly, step by step, deeper into the underground. It was still strenuous; with the resin unlit, the permeating power wasn’t much. The Ghost and Monster’s powers were warring within his body, giving him a feeling of boiling blood. His heart in his chest beat fast and slow, threatening to cause sudden death at any moment.

“Sixth level… There’s still more?!” Lu Yuan sighed deeply.

Actually, he stopped at the end of the fourth level. The fifth level required at least a level-4 Transcendent Fire Seed. The sixth level surpassed Lu Yuan’s imagination; it probably needed a level-5 Fire Seed.

In this hellish place, the ground was soft and spongy, like walking through an animal’s intestines. The walls and ceiling were slowly writhing. He couldn’t tell if these things were his own delusions or real. Fortunately, there were no monsters in this place.

“The idealistic interference here is severe. From now on, I won’t be able to speak; most of the instruments on you are being interfered with,” Old Cat said. “But the simplest mechanical devices can still be used. I can still help you light a lighter.” (The lighter was provided by a Rize Person.)

“It’s fine, then I’ll leave it to you…”

“If you completely lose control, I’ll blow you up to save trouble later.”

“Alright…”

“I feel like I’m reaching the end… Tado, are you still there?!”

No one spoke on the other side of the psychic link… Tado might have lost control too.

“Old Cat, I have to deeply meditate; I can’t hold on anymore,” Lu Yuan chuckled wryly. “But I’ll definitely wake up!”

Then came the seventh level!

In the thick darkness, Lu Yuan suddenly saw pitch black, lost himself, and started running forward!

Old Cat also knew this was the most crucial moment. It didn’t rush to ignite the resin, but simply let Lu Yuan run forward!

Giant eyes appeared one after another on the walls, increasing in number to a terrifying degree!

Even Old Cat, an AI, felt a hint of despair. This was only a phenomenon from the early era, not very intelligent, and had some loopholes to exploit. If it were the late era, facing a more intelligent and powerful Monster, what kind of peerless genius, what kind of powerful civilization, would be needed to defeat it?

Without seeking help from other phenomena, it was an unsolvable dead end…

The “dong dong dong” footsteps grew faster. Old Cat couldn’t perceive the outside world, but could sense Lu Yuan’s physical condition. Where Lu Yuan was running to, it didn’t know.

“What’s that?”

A light!

The passage suddenly widened, as if running to the end of a cave. Here was a spacious and bright large sinkhole, where they could actually see the bright sun?!

In the corner were traces of man-made buildings, and even some sculptures! Only, too much time had passed, these buildings had long since collapsed, no longer in their former glory.

A humanoid creature stood in the middle of the sinkhole, looking at Lu Yuan with a blank expression. It was a Rize Person. From its size, it was probably the strongest warrior among the Rize People. But compared to Lu Yuan’s physical condition, this strongest warrior was somewhat lacking.

Behind this Rize Person, a one-meter-diameter eye was stuck. There were no blood vessels; instead, it had a clear feeling, looking like a large crystal eye. It slowly crawled out from behind the Rize Person, like a snail, its lower tentacles slowly wriggling, wanting to climb onto Lu Yuan.

The Monster’s true form!

Most of the guesses about the Monster were correct. Its inherent combat power was not high, so it needed to raise a large number of servants. Only the strongest servants could protect it. In the early era, the Monster’s weakness was exposed at this moment… Lu Yuan became the strongest here.

A level-three life form with multiple Divine Techniques was, to the Monster, a rare high-quality follower. If it weren’t for this reason, Lu Yuan would never have been able to enter this sinkhole—it was a stroke of luck.

As the snail-like giant eyeball approached, all of Old Cat’s sensory systems froze, only the core small bead could still move a few times.

Old Lu, you can wake up!!

Lu Yuan’s earphones emitted a “sizzling” noise.

The other side moved very slowly; the fetid smell reached his nostrils. The final killing blow was coming, but Lu Yuan still didn’t wake up. Old Cat felt itself “exploding with fur,” using the sharp needles on its claws to fiercely pierce Lu Yuan’s skin. The needles contained a trace amount of neurotoxin, producing extremely intense pain!

But… Lu Yuan still didn’t wake up!

Perhaps everyone who said “we’ll win” turned it into a curse. Under the Monster’s true form’s powerful mental abilities, Lu Yuan was paralyzed; the flames in his pupils were slowly dissipating.

“Damn it! Should I just blow Lu Yuan up? Or…” Old Cat’s mind raced, trying to hide itself, “Use the Ghost’s power?”

Now, it had become a real showdown between the Monster and the unknown civilization’s creation, Cat Mama.

The small bead emitted a dim golden light, the ability of “金刚” (King Kong/Diamond).

The moment the crystal eyeball climbed onto Lu Yuan’s chest!

The small bead hit the lighter on Cat’s paw; with a “click,” the lighter’s flame ignited the resin!

A layer of ghastly green light burned from Lu Yuan’s shoulder. The eyeball sensed something and screamed, retreating rapidly!!

“Da da da!!!” The small ball vibrated rapidly, over three thousand times per minute; this series of sounds, like bullets, shot into Lu Yuan’s mind.

Wake up yet?!

This was now a matter of life and death. If Lu Yuan really didn’t wake up, Old Cat could only detonate the high-explosive bomb behind him. But whether or not it could kill the eyeball was uncertain.

Crimson light blazed from the donkey-head mask’s eye sockets.

Lu Yuan’s body trembled. He awoke from deep meditation, momentarily dazed. The next second, he saw the crystal-like large eyeball radiating red light; he felt like he was struck by lightning, his entire brain as if struck by a chisel, his brains about to be gouged out.

The Transcendent Fire Seed vibrated, almost extinguished!

Time seemed to slow down in this second. His vision darkened in large swathes. Having just seen the monster, was he instantly killed by a first encounter?

Lu Yuan chuckled wryly, feeling unwilling, but he was about to faint… he had to come up with a solution… he had to come up with a counterattack!

Human willpower has its limits. With an unknown flame burning on his back and the crystal eyeball’s mental attack in front, Lu Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then, he fell to the ground.

Lying on his back, unconscious.

“Da da da!!!” Old Cat wanted to yell, Lu Yuan, if you don’t wake up, everything is over. What are you doing?!

But unfortunately, under the strong idealistic suppression, Old Cat couldn’t make a sound.

The green fire burned brighter, the strange power spreading, as if even the air was dyed a layer of green. The Ghost absolutely couldn’t be released. The small ball quickly returned to its body, waving its cat paw and slashing heavily!

Immediately, the wound on Lu Yuan’s back was torn open, and a large amount of blood splattered onto the resin, extinguishing the ghastly green light. Now, the drop of Ghost’s blood was one step closer to breaking the seal.

The Monster’s true form was frightened and retreated more than ten meters, suspiciously staring. It didn’t use Astral Space to escape. It didn’t recognize the green light, only feeling fear of the power within it.

The huge eyeball stared fixedly at Lu Yuan, its crystal-like pupil reflecting a distorted image. Everything was heading towards the worst direction; the current terror level was soaring!

If Old Cat had a heart, it might have had a heart attack. It abandoned the “da da da” sound. It wanted to use the high-explosive bomb. But ten meters was a real chasm; even using the high-explosive bomb, there was a high probability of not being able to kill it—after all, Old Cat didn’t have much strength; it was good enough that it could press the button to detonate the bomb. (The bomb was specially modified.)

“If it can’t be killed, it’s pointless… it will only make it escape.”

The standoff between the two sides continued silently. Lu Yuan remained paralyzed on the ground, motionless. No one knew whether he had regained consciousness, not even Old Cat itself. Or maybe Lu Yuan himself didn’t know whether he was awake or unconscious. Under the influence of the Ghost’s power, he seemed to still have a last bit of consciousness, yet he seemed not to.

Ten minutes later, a series of disorderly footsteps came from the tunnel. Old Cat was truly desperate now. The Monster had actually summoned its servants, those polluted Rize People!

The leading Rize Person’s mouth opened wide.

“Whoosh!”

It sprayed a viscous liquid onto Lu Yuan’s head. This liquid was unknown; it was like sulfuric acid, quickly carbonizing his skin. The acid’s corrosiveness was terrifying, even causing bubbles on the nearby stones.

Lu Yuan remained motionless; his entire face was burned by the acid.

“Ah~!” Another Rize Person let out a sharp, strange cry, instantly spreading throughout the sinkhole. This was clearly a mental attack-related superpower. Even Old Cat was idealistically interfered with.

Lu Yuan remained motionless.

“It might be confirming… whether Lu Yuan has lost consciousness?” Old Cat thought.

Before it could think further, a Rize Person picked up Old Cat and threw it far away.

“Plop!”

The large yellow orange cat flew in a parabola and fell to the ground. Old Cat could no longer cause trouble.

“Damn it, the high-explosive bomb in the backpack was also searched.”

The backpack was also thrown far away. From this angle, the “hive” represented by the Monster had indeed developed some intelligence. They might know that technological weapons were risky; they even searched his body.

Old Cat despaired again; it deeply regretted that it hadn’t activated the bomb when the Monster first climbed onto Lu Yuan. It had been thinking about waking Lu Yuan then, resulting in a heaven-sent opportunity being missed…

Now that a group of Rize People had come and searched the bomb, there was no longer a chance.

Soon, Lu Yuan’s clothes were stripped bare. His whole body was covered with eyes, only the shoulder area remained without eyes. Because the resin was embedded in the shoulder, the Ghost’s power was too strong, and the slight external idealistic power firmly suppressed the Monster’s mental ability.

“This Monster has some intelligence but little knowledge; it seems to not know about the Ghost.”

“Lu Yuan, are you unconscious? Sigh, there are no miracles in the world. You haven’t reacted after being splashed with sulfuric acid; you must be unconscious…”

“But just now, you were certainly conscious for a while; what did you do…”

“You can’t have done nothing to resist and just fainted like that.”

“Comrade, you’re not that kind of person…”

Old Cat racked its brains, its body lying still like a dead cat. It was already dead, but it was still causing trouble, even thinking about a dead cat turning over.

“The key to the battle lies in the Divine Techniques. Now that you’re unconscious, what Divine Techniques can be used…”

Old Cat suddenly discovered that Lu Yuan’s right fist was tightly clenched. In the state of unconsciousness, this clenched fist was unusual. In the clenched fist, one section of a finger seemed to be shorter… Because Lu Yuan was already bleeding profusely, this missing finger was not obvious in the current situation.

“When did his finger break?”

Old Cat quickly deduced all possibilities. The most likely was the storage space. Lu Yuan forcibly stuffed a section of his finger into the storage space!

Maintaining the storage space didn’t require consuming mental energy; once opened, it could exist for a long time. The storage and retrieval of items required physical contact. Of course, because the storage space couldn’t hold living things, it was fine to put it in for a short time, but if the finger was left in the storage space for a long time, it would slowly die.

“Lu Yuan put his finger in the storage space; what other killer move does he have?!”

In a flash of lightning, Old Cat thought of it!

The answer was… the heavy crossbow in the storage space!!!

In the ruins of the Midea Civilization, Lu Yuan spent several months using the two spinal tendons of the fire lizard to make a rather luxurious heavy crossbow. Old Cat had mocked the thing as impractical then, because the air resistance experienced by the arrow was proportional to the cube of its speed. The cube of speed; the growth rate was still very high. Your heavy crossbow, no matter how powerful, is not a missile; without continuous propulsion, how far can it shoot?

Now, it was useful!!

Lu Yuan’s section of finger had a high probability of touching the heavy crossbow mechanism in the storage space. As long as the finger was moved, the arrow might be launched.

“Comrade, did you really do this? You can’t deceive a cat!!”

Understanding this, Old Cat, even though it had long lost its soul and heart, still felt that this guy was a truly ruthless person. In that short period of lucidity, he came up with a way to survive.

No, he hasn’t won yet…

The last step could only be completed by Old Cat.

Divine Technique—Adhesion. The reason why “Adhesion,” a seemingly nonsensical ability, was also considered a Divine Technique was because adhesion was absolute, able to transcend space and directly teleport to the adhered object.

Now, Old Cat locked onto Lu Yuan’s soul.

The strange probing between monsters continued. They began to confirm whether Lu Yuan was safe. Many Rize People even started licking the area where the resin was, but they dared not touch the resin. No matter how they studied it, Lu Yuan was indeed unconscious.

Fortunately, the resin attracted almost all the attention; no monsters paid attention to Lu Yuan’s tightly clenched fist. In this situation, gradually, the Monster’s true form, the crystal-like eyeball, seemed to be getting impatient; it needed a stronger servant. Especially after what had just happened, it realized that the currently enslaved Rize People were just a bunch of trash…

It needed to turn the strong man with multiple Divine Techniques in front of it into its servant!

So it slowly moved over again, intending to personally enslave this unconscious strong being.

It moved very slowly. Even though Lu Yuan was already unconscious, it still moved slowly with its inherent caution. The tentacles under the crystal eyeball, like a snail, dragged out a viscous path.

“Waaaah!” The Monster’s true form made a sharp cry like a baby’s.

Under this cry, all the eyes on Lu Yuan’s body opened, full of bloodshot and mucus. Even the two normal eyes on his head opened; those eyeballs were pitch black, only the depths of the pupils still radiating a faint light, the last struggle of the Transcendent Fire Seed. Of course, the eyes near the resin on his shoulder still didn’t open.

The Monster used its icy crystal eyeball to quietly stare at Lu Yuan, mechanically shaking twice. The eyeballs on Lu Yuan’s body shook along with it, looking like a group of orderly soldiers.

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