Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 143

Chapter 140: A Supra-Grade Transcendent Item?!

Opening the box revealed a large bottle of frozen blood.

[Blood Product, contains the ability “Awakening,” 355 ml, sufficient for multiple uses.]

[Note: The blood will lose its ability after deterioration.]

“We’ll give you this blood for free,”

Moxi, the governor of the First Branch, smiled. “After all, some of the injured are from our First Branch.”

Several unremarkable fruits, resembling ginseng fruits, were the main items for trade.

Lu Yuan examined them closely.

[Soul Infant Fruit: A fruit that can heal soul injuries and strengthen soul strength. Long-term consumption slightly increases your Spirit attribute cap. (Supra-Grade • Natural Wonder)]

Supra… Supra-Grade?!

Lu Yuan remained composed, but his heart pounded.

More precious than the fruit of the man-eating flower?!

Theoretically, the civilizations within the Safe Zone are unlikely to possess such precious fruits.

But on second thought, the Rize civilization is actually a second-generation civilization. They even possess the remains of a [Monster], so possessing some extra good things isn’t surprising.

“Spirit” is a very special attribute. It has a distinction between racial value and individual value, and has a strictly defined upper limit.

For example, many transcendent animals have a “Spirit” attribute that doesn’t exceed 2 points; this is the racial limit.

No matter how these animals level up, they only improve their “Physique” and “Qi”; their “Spirit” attribute no longer increases.

The Midea civilization also has several Level 3 powerhouses who have reached the upper limit of the Spirit attribute: 13.9, 14.1, and 14.2.

Therefore, the racial value of the Midea civilization is approximately 14, with slight individual variations.

Lu Yuan’s Spirit attribute reaching 15.5 is partly due to his different race, and his “Eternal Body” ability might have increased his “Spirit” upper limit.

But regardless, the upper limit still exists.

Therefore, the Soul Infant Fruit, which can “slightly increase the upper limit,” is undeniably precious!

He picked one up and gently sniffed it. A faint mint fragrance wafted over, bringing a sense of inner comfort.

Of course, these fruits were for the Seventh Branch to treat their patients.

Even if Lu Yuan were greedy, he wouldn’t steal; he had his own ways of obtaining the fruits legitimately.

“Governor Moxi, since I’ve come all this way, it’s difficult to come a second time.”

“I also have some trade items. If you’re interested in trading, you can pick some.”

He still had quite a few good things on him.

Rare-grade pomegranate fruits, while not as good as Soul Infant Fruits, could win through quantity.

And the mutated plants he collected along the way might not be of much use to Lu Yuan, but for a civilization, their uses are countless!

They would be unable to refuse this trade.

“Naturally… we would be delighted!”

The Rize First Branch also had many requests.

For example, the simplest one: they hoped Lu Yuan would spread the Transcendent Fire Seeds.

Why?

For civilization milestones!

The spread of Transcendent Fire Seeds increases exponentially.

Starting with 1 seed versus starting with 20 seeds are two different spread speeds.

“Spread 1 million Fire Seeds” is a foreseen milestone, and they still wanted to compete for it.

“You’re all so competitive, it’s great…” Lu Yuan mused, wondering if he could sell Transcendent Fire Seeds in every city.

As for the Soul Infant Fruit tree, it was located in a remote suburb.

The tree was small, with sparse leaves, and only about ten fruits on it.

“We don’t know how to cultivate it. It’s been many years, and there are only a few fruits on the branches,” Governor Moxi sighed. “The scientists have tried their best, but to no avail.”

Lu Yuan wasn’t greedy. He only wanted the smallest fruit and a small branch, and he would be satisfied.

Explorer’s Eye: [The Soul Infant Fruit tree, lacking the nourishment of Spirits, is not thriving.]

[Spirits with higher Spirit attributes have higher nutritional value.]

[Spirits with Spirit attributes below four points have no effect.]

[For every point increase in Spirit, the nutritional value increases exponentially with a base of 3.]

[Note: Spirits only appear after the death of a living being. If not collected promptly, they will quickly dissipate.]

Lu Yuan quickly calculated.

In other words, if they ate someone with 15.5 Spirit points, it would be equivalent to eating 102,275 people with 5 Spirit points each. The tree would immediately revive.

102,275?!

Lu Yuan shivered, gaining a preliminary understanding of the value of his soul.

“If my Spirit reaches 25, the value of my soul would be comparable to 3.4 billion ordinary people?!”

Exponential growth is truly monstrous.

Lu Yuan said half-jokingly, half-seriously: “Does your civilization have death row inmates? Executing death row inmates in front of this tree might help it recover.”

“Sir, we cannot, and dare not do that,” Moxi said, his voice lowering in panic. “Many policies, once implemented, are difficult to reverse…”

“In our history, there have been instances of mass city slaughters to sacrifice to this tree.”

It seemed that the Rize civilization knew that the tree could absorb “Spirits,” but they dared not use it.

Whether he was telling the truth or not, Lu Yuan accepted it for now.

Many things are indeed things you can’t even open a crack in.

“Black idealistic technology, huh.”

The First Branch’s technological strength was indeed far superior to the Seventh Branch.

This can be seen from the development of semiconductor technology.

The First Branch of civilization could produce surveillance equipment, and not many soldiers were attacked by [Monsters].

And the electronic screens were mostly colored.

There were also some neon light devices in the city square.

Well, although due to power shortages, these devices were all unlit, it still implied past glory.

“The disparity between civilizations is vast,” Old Cat sighed.

Of course, they didn’t come here to experience a new life. Lu Yuan quickly stated his intentions: a quick trade, a look at the prehistoric spaceship wreckage, and then they would leave, staying no more than a day.

Governor Moxi readily agreed.

The trading was handled by Old Cat, who was haggling…

Lu Yuan was actually a bit soft-hearted, easily swayed by pleas but not threats.

If these lizardmen pathetically begged him, he might soften up and give up some benefits.

But Old Cat didn’t have this problem; this mean cat was always rational, and its way of speaking was a bit sarcastic.

Thus, after fierce negotiations, both sides reached an agreement.

One Soul Infant Fruit, a fresh branch, and a bottle of “Awakening” blood were exchanged for two pomegranate fruits, 400 mutated corns, 16 types of mutated plants, and 20 slots for spreading Transcendent Fire Seeds.

“The most powerful explosives, all specifications, the more the better!”

“A few of your best sniper rifles! Give me a few handguns too!” A gleam shone in Old Cat’s eyes.

It had no fighting ability, so it could only rely on technology.

The furry cat paw holding the handgun looked like a cat that had gotten a toy.

“No problem, these weapons are free gifts! Mr. Old Cat, do you want some anti-aircraft guns, tanks?”

“Okay…”

Lu Yuan was speechless. My storage space is this big, are you going to fill it all with tanks?

Well, Old Cat actually wanted to continue haggling, but Lu Yuan stopped it.

In this kind of bartering, everyone felt they had profited, so it was enough, let’s maintain our friendship.

…

As for the prehistoric spaceship, it wasn’t much of a secret in the Rize civilization.

Many cities possessed spaceship wreckage, but this one happened to have the largest wreckage.

“It’s been transformed into a nature park. This way, please!”

Soon, the group arrived near an open-air park.

Originally, many citizens were playing here, but they had been cleared out by soldiers.

Citizens in the high-rise buildings watched curiously as the extraterrestrial race arrived.

The spaceship was in the center of the park.

“This is…” Lu Yuan’s eyes widened as he saw a huge stone.

About one kilometer long, and four hundred meters wide and high, it was pure white, like a giant pebble.

[A large stone that may contain hidden spaces. Due to its age, many structures have been damaged.]

His Explorer’s Eye explained thus.

“This is the entrance, please.”

The opening was narrow and damp.

Water droplets fell from the top of the rock wall.

The damp, mossy air awakened unpleasant memories in Lu Yuan’s heart.

Fortunately, there were electric lights inside, and the lighting was quite bright.

The interior of the large stone was completely hollowed out, with many strange symbols carved in various places.

This time, his Explorer’s Eye finally identified the result.

[Unknown Tome/Scripture, also known as runes. Eroded by time, they have lost their supernatural effects.]

[Possibly etched using the blood of some transcendent being, star shells, Zhu iron ore, quicksand stone, and other materials.]

[The specific function may be temperature regulation.]

The “Explorer’s Eye,” used a series of “maybes,” indicating that it wasn’t very sure.

Since even the superior “identification” ability couldn’t be certain, ordinary “identification” would hardly be able to determine the results.

“It’s just for temperature regulation.”

He went to other rooms, which were also empty, with nothing but time-worn scriptures.

“Most of the equipment inside has been damaged. We moved them out, and now the spaceship is just an empty shell.”

“Fortunately, there were some technological devices inside. We’ve now deciphered most of this technology… so our First Branch is also the origin of technology,” Governor Moxi explained proudly.

Lu Yuan was suspicious. The technology outside was only at the beginning of the 21st century.

Even more backward than the Earth people!

How did this technology escape Pangu Continent, traverse dimensions, and escape the epochal extinction event?

“The only possibility is that idealistic technology can create miracles.”

Lu Yuan had such a thought.

A civilization that mastered advanced idealistic technology.

Such a pity.

This spaceship has been eroded by time.

Otherwise, just finding some knowledge heritage, Lu Yuan wouldn’t need to go to that Sky City.

Learning here would be enough.

The civilization that escaped the disaster is the strongest civilization he has encountered so far, stronger than the Sky City!

So he widened his eyes, trying to find some clues.

But what the Rize people had studied for a lifetime, Lu Yuan naturally couldn’t find any extra information…

“Don’t you think this spaceship is a bit small?” Old Cat suddenly said while observing the spaceship.

“It’s small? This big stone weighs at least tens of millions of tons, right?” Lu Yuan asked.

“Um, according to our estimates, it’s about 23 million tons,” Governor Moxi nodded.

“Is Pandora Crystal installed in the spaceship?” Lu Yuan asked again.

“Obviously not… otherwise, we wouldn’t be unaware of this information.”

“Compared to conventional ships, tens of millions of tons is indeed very large. But compared to the size of a civilization, this spaceship can only hold tens of thousands of people at most, right?” Old Cat looked left and right in each room, assessing the size of each room.

“And there’s no energy room or engine? Does the spaceship not need any energy? Or did you remove these devices?”

“To be honest, there really isn’t…” Moxi sighed, “The prehistoric civilization and we are long gone.”

“We don’t even know what the prehistoric civilization looked like, or whether they were our ancestors. Maybe we are indigenous species of this planet?”

“As for your questions, our scientists have naturally raised similar questions…”

“Two answers were discussed.”

“First, the disaster was so great that even if only tens of thousands of people escaped, it’s better than complete annihilation. Or rather, many spaceships scattered and fled; don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

“As long as these tens of thousands of people are elites, there’s still a chance for civilization to rise again.”

This is indeed a tragic ending.

When disaster strikes, only the powerful and the most outstanding elites can truly escape; ordinary members are all abandoned—of course, there’s also the possibility that the Mother of Mercy survived to the end.

Lu Yuan sighed slightly, even the strongest civilization cannot escape such a shitty fate…

“The second possibility is that there might be a hidden space here, but we just can’t enter it.”

“The hidden space might accommodate a larger population.”

Moxi said expectantly, “Please come with me.”

He began to lead the way.

Maybe Lu Yuan’s abilities could enter the hidden space?

To be honest, they had studied this spaceship for a very long time. They could proudly claim that they have already thoroughly studied everything that could be studied.

What can’t be studied, no one can do anything about it.

But the so-called hidden space is invisible and intangible.

They are not even sure if it exists.

Under such circumstances, if Lu Yuan, who possesses spatial teleportation abilities, can enter the hidden space, they would not mind sharing the spoils.

After all, time is precious. The sooner they obtain the data, the greater the chance of survival.

“This is the place.”

(End of Chapter)

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