Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 17

Chapter 17: The Target – Fire Lizard!

Lu Yuan widened his eyes, stunned for a moment, finally understanding why his Explorer’s Eye had called killing the “Hellfire Spider” a “wasteful act.”

It was because the spider hadn’t yet cultivated a Transcendent Fire Seed before he’d killed it!

“If heaven gave me another chance…”

“I… I’d still kill it!”

Lu Yuan howled at the sky, his whole body trembling like a sieve.

He sighed deeply at the capriciousness of fate… He even thought of a girl he’d had a crush on in high school, a crush he’d never acted on due to a lack of courage.

Only after graduation, during a chance encounter (or so he imagined), did the girl say, “Actually… actually, I liked you too.”

Missed chances are missed forever.

Of course, the above was pure fantasy on Lu Yuan’s part—the crush was real, but the chance encounter never happened, and the “I liked you too” was entirely a figment of his imagination.

Living alone in this godforsaken place, a little fantasy to make up for life’s regrets wasn’t illegal!

However, reading the latter half of the paper, he saw real hope for stepping onto the transcendent path once more.

Because the paper stated that by hunting a monster possessing a “Transcendent Fire Seed” and utilizing its seed, he could reignite his own transcendent path!

He wasn’t without hope!

“The big boss, the man-eating plant, is definitely out of the question. That thing is too strong. Its vines extend for several kilometers. I’d be dragged away before I even got close. There’s no way to deal with it.”

He could only choose from a few smaller bosses.

Lu Yuan took out a hand-drawn, simplified map, depicting the terrain he’d scouted during this time.

“So, which transcendent creature is the easiest to kill…”

“Which monster is most likely to possess a Transcendent Fire Seed?”

After much deliberation, Lu Yuan focused his attention on the “Fire Lizard”!

A fiery red, lizard-like quadrupedal monster.

Approximately 3 meters tall, 8 meters long, weighing over ten tons, it was extremely imposing. The reconnaissance data was all “???”.

The first reason for choosing the Fire Lizard was that this monster was solitary, living alone in a dry canyon. Other transcendent creatures mostly lived in groups, with a large number of minions.

It’s easier to meet the King of Hell than a small imp. (A Chinese idiom meaning that dealing with a powerful single opponent is easier than a large number of weaker ones).

Lu Yuan really couldn’t afford to provoke a large number of monsters.

Solitary creatures would be much easier to deal with.

Second, the canyon environment was relatively complex, with rugged rocks. Even if he couldn’t win, it would be easy to escape.

The canyon was closest to his current location, and the route was relatively convenient.

Third, this thing breathes fire!

Since it breathes fire, wouldn’t the probability of possessing a “Transcendent Fire Seed” be higher?

At this thought, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but cheer up, forcefully slapping the table: “Then it’s decided! Operation Fire Lizard Extermination, starting today!”

“Awooooo!!!” Several wolves around him, unaware of their master’s excitement, howled in unison, like fawning lapdogs.

Lu Yuan really wanted to hunt the “Fire Lizard” quickly to get himself back on the transcendent path.

However, confronting a transcendent monster as a mere mortal was incredibly difficult.

He was alone, even with a civilization relic beneath his feet, he couldn’t find guns, ammunition, or other weapons. Even if he could find tanks and cannons, they would be long unusable after all these years.

Life is only once, and he had to prepare thoroughly.

After much thought, the best method was to dig a trap.

This trap had to be large enough to hold an elephant, at least 3-4 meters deep.

The sheer amount of work involved in digging such a pit was considerable.

He also had to place spears, nets, and other odds and ends at the bottom of the trap.

These things could be found in the city ruins, but sharpening steel bars would still take a lot of effort.

Even a trap wasn’t foolproof; his opponent was a genuine transcendent being.

So he took out his long-treasured “spider venom glands.”

These were the neurotoxins left behind by the “High-Level Relic Guardian – Hellfire Spider”!

Even though the spider’s physiological age was only a single day, the weight of the words “High-Level Relic Guardian” was undeniable.

“Hopefully, it’ll kill it directly…” Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

And the most troublesome point—what if the Fire Lizard didn’t have the ability to use a “Transcendent Fire Seed”?

Without a “Transcendent Fire Seed,” even if he killed the Fire Lizard, it would be pointless.

Risking so much for something that might yield no reward was truly heavy on his mind.

But he had no choice!

The hard and monotonous work wore down his will, frayed his nerves. Without anyone to talk to, no one to consult, the loneliness was indescribable.

Sometimes Lu Yuan just wanted to lie down and stay there forever.

But thinking of his hope of returning home, he’d force himself to get up and get back to work.

And so…

Two months of preparation passed quietly. Today was his one hundredth day here.

Loneliness was like lice on a wolf, unknowingly covering his head. He’d scratch one off, and another would appear.

He wanted to escape, but found that the whole world was full of lice, nowhere to escape.

Fortunately, he had the wolf pack for company, and he could put on a brave face, pretending to be normal.

On this day, Lu Yuan was very lucky to catch a 50-jin (approximately 25 kg) wild black fish with his fishing net! This meant his final bait was ready.

And his one hundred days, converted to the time in the safe zone, was only a single day.

“One hundred days… I feel like I’m slowly adapting to life here, yet it feels like a dream.”

“A thought occurs to me: if I die, I’ll wake up from this dream.”

“Humanity, what happened in your day?”

“Have you accepted this cruel reality…”

Lu Yuan lay lazily among the wolf pack, reminiscing about the past.

He hadn’t shaved or cut his hair in a long time; his disheveled appearance was no different from a savage.

“Uncle me, if I lose today, I’ll become a pile of lizard fodder.”

“Not only do I have to win, I have to pray that the Fire Lizard really has a ‘Transcendent Fire Seed.'”

“Only then can I step onto the transcendent path, and head towards the distance…”

“Sometimes I wonder, what’s the point of heading towards the distance? Can I really find my fellow humans? I don’t even know which direction they are in, how can I find them?”

The wolf pack didn’t understand his mutterings, playing amongst themselves.

The old wolf was gnawing on some unknown weed.

Several of the female wolves were pregnant, their bellies noticeably swollen. They would soon give birth to wolf pups.

This was a pack full of hope.

(End of Chapter)

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