Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 140

Chapter 137: Can Others Be Taken Out of the Safe Zone?

The information shared tonight was simply excessive. Catastrophic-level anomalies were like countless merciless mountains. Even hearing the slightest snippet could be felt as an invisible pressure and deterrence. Worse, civilizations couldn’t trust each other. Internal collapse was also possible within a single civilization.

The ability to “control,” the ability to “seal,” and other unknown abilities… these “Divine Techniques,” equivalent to nuclear bombs, possessed the power to overturn civilizations, completely exceeding people’s expectations.

How could these people be made to utilize their advantages? This was indeed a silent pressure.

Seeing everyone lost in thought, Lu Yuan let out a soft sigh. Sharing this information here was enough. The rest depended on humanity itself!

“So, that’s it. Please, everyone, take extra care. I don’t want to come home to a wasteland!”

He then handed the communicator to Old Cat, letting it communicate scientific papers with the scientists on the other side. After listening for a long time, Lu Yuan couldn’t understand a word, so he yawned and fell fast asleep.

… …

A night quickly passed. Old Cat was having a blast, chattering away the entire night! It chatted seriously with men and “meowed” at beautiful women. As an adorable orange cat, it captured the attention of all the pretty girls.

Lu Yuan felt restless. Why is it that nobody loves me? You all love cats? As dawn approached, Old Cat happily ended the video call.

“Your sister has the potential to become a sacred king!”

“For just one pet from her, I’ll get you back to your hometown. Meow!”

This cat was incredibly cheeky, acting up all day long.

“Her classmate, Miss Han Yue, has clearly developed secondary sexual characteristics. You kept staring at her chest; it seems you like her.”

“Though she’s only 18, the age gap is a bit big, but don’t be discouraged; you can still pursue her.”

Lu Yuan, with dark circles under his eyes from a restless night, jumped up after hearing Old Cat’s nonsense: “What do you mean by a large age gap? I’m only five years older than my sister!”

“That was before, comrade,” Old Cat said solemnly. “Now there’s a gap of over a decade, and in the future, it’ll be hundreds, even thousands of years.”

Lu Yuan’s temples throbbed: “I was just looking at a pretty girl, what’s the big deal? And please don’t mention secondary sexual characteristics; it just makes you sound lecherous.”

Old Cat: “No, I’m just an alien cat. I have over a hundred genders; I can say whatever I want.”

Lu Yuan was furious. With a swift motion, he decapitated the cat.

The headless Old Cat on the floor: “Meow~ He’s abusing an orange cat!”

…

In the end, no matter how reluctant he was, Lu Yuan had to return the metal sphere to the Rize civilization. He had considered keeping it; he had the ability to store items in his spatial pocket, could easily stash the sphere and escape. The Rize people wouldn’t be able to catch him outside the safe zone!

But ultimately, he didn’t commit this morally reprehensible act. On the one hand, friendship between civilizations was incredibly difficult. In a terrifying world where even Divine Techniques could be plundered, friendship could only arise when both sides were weak. Two powerful civilizations meeting would rarely trust each other; a strong and a weak one would only lead to exploitation. Therefore, Lu Yuan ultimately resisted this temptation.

On the other hand, his comrades, the unconscious Rize people, were here. Without the bombs they transported, Lu Yuan couldn’t have defeated the Monster/Unknown Entity. For the sake of this camaraderie, he couldn’t be completely heartless…

So, after returning the communicator, he went to the isolation center to visit his former comrades. Nearly three hundred people lay in beds. They were covered in eyes, occasionally twitching, with nutrient drips in their arms. The six who had fought alongside Lu Yuan were also unconscious.

“They still can’t wake up?” Lu Yuan looked at Hawkeye and Tado.

Those wide-open eyes lacked any focus, like those of a vegetative patient.

A Rize medical professor said, “The extra eyes were linked to the Monster’s body. Now that the Monster is dead, they’ve lost their central connection. Fortunately, their spiritual souls and brains are intact, but they’re in a state of sleep… whether they’ll wake up remains to be seen.”

“Can those extra eyes be removed?”

“Unfortunately, our current biotechnology is still insufficient to overcome the mutations caused by the Monster,” the professor sighed.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment. Despite his many resources, he was powerless in this situation.

“Mr. Lu, could you possibly take others out of the safe zone?” At that moment, Governor Leon hurried in from outside the room. Leon had contacted his compatriots through the communicator.

“Theoretically possible, but with enormous risks. If it fails, everyone dies.”

Spatial teleportation consumed immense mental energy. Lu Yuan could only travel light, not even daring to wear armor. Carrying a 50-kilogram being would increase his mental energy consumption several times over. Furthermore, the sudden teleportation, the merging with the air, wasn’t something everyone could endure. Lu Yuan knew when he teleported and could prepare, but carrying someone unprepared meant needing far greater strength to withstand a large amount of air entering their organs, blood vessels, and even brains! This was why Old Wolf hadn’t entered the safe zone.

“So, our soldiers can’t go outside…” Leon was clearly disappointed, his voice trailing off.

“Please tell me everything. If it can wake them, I’m willing to make a contribution.”

Leon hesitated for a few seconds, then slowly said, “In other cities, there are a few ability users who might be useful. One has the ability to ‘awaken’ even vegetative patients, as long as their brains are intact. Even if that awakener can’t cross the safe zone, their blood has a certain effect… so we hope…”

“There’s also a tree whose fruit can repair souls. These two things are in our first civilization branch.”

Lu Yuan’s eyes lit up. He didn’t mind; it was just a little errand.

… …

(PS: I’m experiencing a severe writer’s block, so the word count is a bit lower. I’ll revise the subsequent chapters.)

(Some readers might not enjoy the human internal development plot, but it’s unavoidable. This human storyline needs to be written. Apologies to those who dislike it.)

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