Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 123

Old Cat remained sprawled on the ground, motionless.

It was certain that Lu Yuan had truly lost his will; if not for that piece of resin sealing the [Monster/Unknown Entity], he would have been completely mind-controlled long ago. The resin’s presence kept his several eyes closed, preventing the spiritual enslavement from being completely successful.

“There’s only one chance, I must be cautious.”

The calm sinkhole only echoed with the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s intermittent cries, “Wága!!!”

Lu Yuan remained paralyzed, unmoving.

The [Monster/Unknown Entity] finally discovered the resin embedded in Lu Yuan’s back was the culprit, and instructed several Rize People to dig it out.

“Damn…it’s too cautious.”

Old Cat instantly considered many things: “Once the resin is removed, Lu Yuan will be spiritually enslaved.”

“The heavy crossbow’s attack opportunity will be lost…”

It began to agonize over whether to launch an attack immediately. No, the success rate was extremely low. The [Monster/Unknown Entity] was still over ten meters away; moving Lu Yuan’s finger at this moment might not hit the target. Wait a little longer.

“A soulless robot deciding the victory of a war…how comical.”

A strange and fortunate event happened again. Before those Rize People could touch the resin, their eyes involuntarily closed! Then they collapsed limply to the ground!

The [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s main body trembled incessantly, issuing various commands. But obviously, all the Rize People sent to dig out the resin were paralyzed on the ground. Batch after batch fell, piling up into a small hill.

“Damn it, is the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s seal loosening?” Seeing this, Old Cat considered a terrifying possibility. Just half an hour ago, the resin’s power wasn’t this strong. Now, it could paralyze these Rize People from a distance.

“Blood…it’s Lu Yuan’s blood, activating something inside. We must act quickly; otherwise, if the [Monster/Unknown Entity] appears, we’ll all die.”

The [Monster/Unknown Entity], the [Monster/Unknown Entity], Lu Yuan, and Old Cat—a three-way standoff at a delicate balance point. As the weakest party, Old Cat dared not move.

The [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s intelligence was indeed limited. Discovering its subordinates were all useless, it decided to do it itself, to dig out that damned resin!

The crystal eyeball slowly wriggled over, once again lying on Lu Yuan. Its viscous tentacles reached into the wound, gently scooping out a clot of blood.

The blood-stained resin indeed underwent a change, emitting a dark glow. That glow turned the crystal eyeball a sickly green.

The [Monster/Unknown Entity] seemed startled and quickly tossed it into a large puddle nearby. The blood on the resin was diluted by the clear water, and the cold light dimmed again.

“The chance is now! Now!!”

Old Cat’s core, a small sphere, moved! Divine Technique—Adhesion!

The small sphere traversed space, “whooshing” from the cat’s body and teleporting to Lu Yuan’s hand. The next moment! It moved Lu Yuan’s right hand, re-attaching the missing finger.

By now, Old Cat had done everything it could, exhausting all its resources. It felt the warm sunlight above the sinkhole. Who would have thought that the creator of the cave astral space, the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s main body, liked to stay in a sunny place?

Old Cat was always rational, thinking about problems from a cold perspective. But at this second, it desperately longed for death’s arrival, hoping for a miracle.

“We’ll win…” It remembered Lu Yuan’s murmured words, the Rize People charging into the darkness, and many other things… This world is truly helpless.

The next instant, a thick crossbow bolt abruptly shot from Lu Yuan’s palm at an unbelievable angle!

“Roar!”

The crossbow bolt, reflecting the golden sunlight, let out a tiger-like roar, cutting through space! Time slowed down at this moment…

Old Cat involuntarily trembled “thump-thump-thump”. It heard despair, rage, and wailing. Death!!

Faced with a close-range attack, the [Monster/Unknown Entity] had no time to react. The poisoned crossbow bolt, arriving almost instantly, pierced deeply into the crystalline eyeball. The sheer kinetic energy lifted it over a meter into the air!

Then, the crystal eyeball heavily crashed to the ground. A large amount of foul-smelling liquid sprayed out!!

“Wā ā!!” The crystal eyeball let out a sharp cry. All the Rize servants twisted and fell to the ground, convulsing like epileptics due to the severe injury to the crystal eyeball.

“Success?!” Old Cat felt a sense of disbelief. A last resort left by an unconscious person had actually killed an aberration? Its core sphere quickly returned to its large yellow cat body. The strong psychic interference disappeared, and the various components of its body successfully resumed operation!

“Wā ā ā ā! Wā ā!” The crystal eyeball struggled wildly, emitting shrill howls.

“Success?”

Old Cat stared fixedly at the wildly struggling eyeball. Slowly, joy transformed into disappointment. No. Obviously, one poisoned bolt was hard to kill the tenacious [Monster/Unknown Entity]. It leaped lightly, running at high speed. From its backpack of explosives, it snatched a high-explosive bomb.

Then it discovered its bite force was insufficient; it couldn’t hold the heavy bomb. At this moment, Old Cat was utterly desperate. Clearly, one bomb could kill this monster, but it didn’t have the strength.

“Damn Lu Yuan, for not making me stronger.” (Actually, it lacked a sufficiently strong motor and suitable power source.)

So, Old Cat pulled off its head and pulled out all unnecessary components from its neck. Luckily, thanks to Lu Yuan’s quirky designs, its body was fat and large enough to hold a bomb. So it crouched down, using its headless body to forcibly stuff a bomb in, and awkwardly crawled towards the crystal eyeball.

The foul-smelling juice continued to spray, like a fountain, splashing from the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s wound. In the blink of an eye, the full eyeball shrank by half, changing from a plump orange to a shriveled bug. But Old Cat knew the wound wasn’t fatal; the [Monster/Unknown Entity] could simply hide and recover, and return again in time.

The headless robot cat crawled inch by inch. As it got closer, the strong psychic interference appeared again. The closer it got to the eyeball, the slower it moved.

“Come and taste the technology of the Rize civilization!!” At the moment it could no longer move, Old Cat could only choose to detonate the bomb directly.

Boom!!

A small mushroom cloud appeared in the empty, quiet sinkhole, emitting massive radiation. Components, body parts, and various unidentified organs flew everywhere. Lu Yuan was blown to pieces; this time, he was truly dead. Intestines and his head were blown to smithereens, scattered everywhere.

After the blast wave subsided, the vast cave and sinkhole were eerily silent. All the Rize soldiers, the contaminated Rize People, Old Cat, and the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s main body lay on the ground.

Every story’s beginning is always extremely gentle, and the journey is always leisurely. But the story’s ending is always premeditated. This time, no one survived. No one stood in this terrifying astral space anymore…

Only a wolf hiding in a tent quietly poked its head out. That single eyeball emitted a sickly green light. Pangu Grey Wolf. It was the only creature that could still stand here…

Just like in fairy tales. Children’s fairy tales always end happily. However, adult fairy tales are always filled with bloodshed.

“Defeated…”

It hadn’t been killed. The remaining metallic sphere core of Old Cat despaired, reaching this conclusion. The explosion hadn’t killed the [Monster/Unknown Entity].

Not dead! Still not dead!

Old Cat’s body was smashed; its current power could only make a “thump-thump-thump” sound, barely able to interfere with matter. It couldn’t move the bomb. And the unconscious Lu Yuan had been smashed into pieces, his head and neck separated, his dozens of eyes staring in death, brain matter oozing out.

“Defeated…”

Waiting for Lu Yuan to resurrect and rejoin the battle? Impossible. First, Old Cat didn’t know how long Lu Yuan’s resurrection would take. Second, the resurrection point was located in a tree hole on Pangu Continent! And the current battle was in the astral space. Even if Lu Yuan resurrected, he couldn’t enter this astral space.

So, defeated. There was no longer enough combat power to join the battlefield, defeated…

At this moment, Old Cat was utterly desperate. In its long life cycle, it had probably experienced countless despairs. Some despairs were irreversible, like the sun rising and setting; such a powerful force couldn’t be changed by human effort, defeat was defeat.

This might be the most desperate; it was about to win, it had already blown the [Monster/Unknown Entity] to the point of having no fighting ability, but it still couldn’t win.

The small sphere rushed frantically, trying to attack the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s wound. But its power was too small, and the surrounding psychic interference too strong; it could at most only stick to it, making a “thump-thump-thump” sound.

The [Monster/Unknown Entity] was not dead…

Just as every great war is changed by small people, at this moment, the last creature, the old wolf, emerged from the tent. Its single eye vigilantly surveyed its surroundings. The two Rize People who looked after it were covered in eyes and lay unconscious on the ground. It licked the two Rize People; they didn’t wake up. It urinated on the wall; it felt a little hungry. After all, they had been together for so many days; wolves don’t eat their friends. So it spread its legs, elegantly lifting its rear, and began to search for its master.

“Awoo~”

Its nose was keen; it smelled Lu Yuan’s scent and ran towards the deepest part of the cave. Perhaps because the [Monster/Unknown Entity] was severely injured, the astral space’s layer judgment wasn’t as strict as before; the layers of caves were orderly, like a natural cavern. The wolf easily reached the bottom layer. Along the way, it found many strange creatures, all unconscious by the roadside… These creatures were covered in eyes, looked strange, and twitched constantly. No crisis… it was a wolf with a strong survival instinct, and there was no crisis in this cave!

Suddenly, it saw a flash of light. It arrived at the deepest sinkhole. It saw its master’s head at its feet, the eyes staring in death. It also saw its master’s intestines spilling out!

The wolf became angry, its nose wrinkled, its teeth bared, and it let out a fierce wolf howl!!

“Woof woof woof!!”

… …

The desperate Old Cat was once again saved from certain death! At that moment, it even mistakenly thought it had regained its soul from sheer excitement! Its core sphere quickly rolled to its remaining cat head: “Hey, that wolf, come over here, move the bomb!” (It had removed its cat head to load the bomb.)

“Aw!” The wolf was somewhat angry and somewhat terrified. Because it saw the still-wriggling large eyeball, the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s main body. It found that the hateful cat was also dead, only a head remaining, yet it seemed to be still alive, still speaking. The wolf was puzzled. Can a head live? Are you a cat or a ghost?

“Hurry up and come over here! Quickly move the bomb! Don’t be slow!” Old Cat angrily yelled; its head trembled slightly, clearly excited to the extreme.

“Comrade, I beg you! Meow~! Come over here!”

It was a familiar cat, after all. Although it didn’t understand what it was yelling, the wolf still ran over. Old Cat opened its mouth and bit its tail.

“Move the bomb, quickly!”

Commanding a stupid wolf to move things was difficult—of course, because Lu Yuan had specifically trained it, it could still understand some basic commands. But the wolf was afraid. Afraid of that dying crystal eyeball monster.

Then it saw Lu Yuan’s death-staring head, grabbed the bomb, and scurried over. Psychic interference only affected precise technological creations, having almost no effect on life.

“Thump-thump-thump!”

Old Cat was once again disrupted and couldn’t speak. It signaled the wolf to carry its cat head and quickly get away. The wolf had already wanted to escape; it didn’t need any commands.

A brilliant small mushroom cloud rose up, close to the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s main body. That was a great light, symbolizing the light of technological civilization.

“Aw aw aw aw!” The wolf was scared half to death, hiding in a corner, screaming at the mushroom cloud.

The small sphere returned to the cat head and also let out a heart-wrenching howl: “Meow meow meow!” It was angry, clenching its fist, fighting, mocking; it was experiencing that it was still “alive”.

“Old wolf, do it again…Don’t be afraid, there are more bombs.”

A brilliant small mushroom cloud rose again. The wolf, tail tucked, tongue hanging out, was a little excited…

Aberration, one of the super natural disasters. The [Monster/Unknown Entity], dead! Killed by a wolf and a cat… But the hardships endured behind this could not be described to the world. Even Lu Yuan died in the sinkhole! Coincidentally, his fallen head, with a bloody pile of eyes, pointed at the [Monster/Unknown Entity]’s corpse, as if silently mocking it…

And outside the astral space, in a cave somewhere on the Pangu Continent, the Tree of Life emitted a pale green glow. The fruit of life, like a womb, nurtured a tiny embryo, rapidly growing. That man was resurrected. He once again escaped death, coming out alive from hell…

(End of Chapter)

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