Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 93

Chapter 93: Lu Yuan’s Paru Army

I have to admit, Old Cat’s arrival brought Lu Yuan a whole new level of fun. Life became much more colorful. Even the fact that he couldn’t contact humanity didn’t feel so bad—well, actually, he was only contacting humanity one-sidedly; besides showing off a little, there wasn’t much fun in it. Now he could talk freely, which was really refreshing!

This strange AI was actually a high-attack, low-defense type. Its core possessed a “Diamond” passive ability, making it very difficult to destroy; even temperatures of 3000 degrees Celsius couldn’t harm it. As for its “Adhesion” ability, it was truly a Divine Technique. As long as it locked onto a target one-on-one, no matter how far the target ran, it could cross space to adhere to it, then emit a “da da da” sound. This was equivalent to putting a bell on a Demon; the Demon couldn’t remove it, and could only endure it.

“A ridiculously useful ability,” Lu Yuan commented.

Furthermore, as a soulless non-living entity, it was like a stone in the eyes of monsters—meaning it was essentially immune to attacks from sentient beings. This fact led to many thoughts. Like in *The Three-Body Problem*, many powerful civilizations wanted to reduce their own dimensionality to avoid dimensional attacks… but doing so would forever prevent them from understanding the mysteries of higher dimensions. Silicon-based life was the same; the soul disappeared, living in another form. But the Sentient Tech Tree would be very difficult to climb further.

“So, Old Cat, your civilization may not have disappeared. Instead, it’s possible that, like you, it has become silicon-based.”

Old Cat couldn’t accept this statement. It considered it a degenerate act. And from a cost perspective, this technology wasn’t something you could just use whenever you wanted; there were certainly some limiting conditions… For example, “Diamond”—it was because of this ability that “Cat Mama” completed its siliconization. It’s not like everyone can just become silicon-based if they want to.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this for now.”

Lu Yuan habitually started hammering the gemstone with a hammer, the “clang” echoing through the city ruins.

“What is a Demon?” he casually asked.

“One of the Four Great Calamities, Five Great Calamities, or Six Great Calamities.” The robotic cat reassembled itself; this was a simple application of the “Adhesion” ability. The various parts formed an organic whole, like a real body.

“Some civilizations call them fiends, devils, or demons.”

“They have the ability to grow, to possess, possess intelligence, and after occupying a body, they can absorb memories. You should understand the enormous harm they pose to a civilization after infiltrating the population.”

“They can easily destroy civilizations.”

Lu Yuan nodded and asked: “Are Demons the strongest among the calamities?

“I forgot the beginning, the middle, and the end.”

“I’m being serious, my friend!”

Cat Mama paused, its metallic tail raised high: “Unfortunately, I really forgot… Although I possess the Diamond ability, I can also be slowly eroded by the other party’s power.”

“I only remember that Demons are definitely not the strongest calamity; it’s at most mid-range. It’s definitely not the strongest calamity!”

“Really?”

“Look, its energy was depleted, and you defeated it. Some calamities are invincible…”

Lu Yuan felt the pressure surge; the hammer in his hand almost fell to the ground. A being that could endlessly possess, endlessly grow, possess multiple Divine Techniques, and even possess intelligence, was only a mid-range calamity?!

If both sides were fully revived and fought again, old Lu would be mercilessly crushed, without a single chance of victory. Pangu Continent was too harsh…

Old Cat said: “The strength of Demons actually lies in the accumulation of wisdom. The newer the Demon, the lower its wisdom, and the easier it is to deal with; the longer it lives, the more cunning it becomes, eventually becoming an enemy of civilization.”

“The one we defeated was one that had lived a long time, alas… It suddenly capsized in a ditch.”

It had a faint sense of melancholy. It found it rather unbelievable.

“So where do new Demons come from?” Lu Yuan wondered, “They can’t be reproducing, can they?”

“I don’t know either.” Old Cat twisted again. “To be precise, Demons are immortal and unique. Even if you kill it, its corpse cannot be completely destroyed.”

“As long as a living being inhales a certain amount of its remains as dust, the Demon will be reborn through possession.”

“And the newborn Demon’s Divine Techniques are exactly the same as before its death, with the same names.”

“Of course, its memory is completely lost, and its behavior patterns will change. Therefore, Demons do not want to die.”

Lu Yuan frowned slightly: “I see, then I’ll get a storage box and bury it deep underground, wouldn’t that permanently seal it?”

“That could indeed be done, but you must know that nothing is eternal. Civilizations will perish, geography will change, and it will come out of the box again.” Old Cat said softly, “And, is it possible that a certain civilization encountered a stronger calamity and actively used the power of Demons?”

“A dead Demon’s possession speed is very slow.”

“Even if it’s drinking poison to quench thirst, it’s better than dying immediately.”

Lu Yuan thought of the legendary equipment in his hand, “Leoric’s Crown,” and seemed to have thought of a lot.

Old Cat’s iron chain tail “clattered” and twisted, looking smug.

“No wonder civilizations are like crops, dying generation after generation,” Lu Yuan said narcissistically, “Only my Lu Yuan civilization can slay these ghostly things.”

He pounded his chest: “I’m truly too powerful!”

“Heaven sent me here to save the world.”

???

Old Cat’s tail wagged back and forth. Its walnut-sized head couldn’t think of a rebuttal. After all, the achievements were right in front of it.

It was really quite impressive.

In the end, it could only solemnly utter: “Lu Yuan, self-inflation will ultimately lead to self-destruction.”

“Without mating rights, without offspring, my Lu Yuan civilization is already in a state of destruction,” Old Lu said indifferently.

“The way you put it, the bigger the fish, the bigger the bones, the bigger the bones, the less the meat, the less the meat, the smaller the fish, so the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish. Lacking mating rights allows you to live better.”

Old Cat didn’t know what it was rambling about; it might be thinking about the fish it ate in its previous life?

“Awoo!!” At that moment, a large group of Pangu Grey Wolves howled mournfully, with a few baring their teeth, full of alertness.

“Clatter…”

Footsteps came from the forest.

Lu Yuan turned his head to see a Pangu Grey Bear, along with two cubs, emerge from the forest. The mother bear had a simple and honest look, looking around cautiously. Seeing Lu Yuan, it flatteringly stuck out its tongue and let out a roar: “Roar!!”

It directly came in for a warm hug!

“Whoa there, sis.” Lu Yuan immediately pushed it away; a bear hug was no joke. He had no interest in a bear wife.

The mother bear continued to fawn over him, even rolling on the ground to act cute, making one wonder if it was a reincarnated panda. Even its two children were startled, their eyes darting between the mother bear and Lu Yuan, who was left with only one arm.

What’s going on?

Looking at the surrounding wolf pack, they were trembling.

Lu Yuan understood its meaning: You domesticated me, why haven’t you come to feed me for so many days? I’m hungry!

“I forgot about you because I was arguing with Old Cat every day, sorry…”

“Lu Yuan, let your pet here hammer the Demon’s soul stone.” The cat-shaped garbage “creaked” and twisted, jumping onto the mother bear, seemingly seeing a tool, and becoming incredibly excited.

“Its strength is greater than yours, the hammering effect will definitely be better.”

“Although the Demon is immortal, this old one must be killed in order to seal its remains.”

The mother bear was startled, and swung a paw, its bear paw creating an afterimage in the air.

“Slap!”

It smashed the cat-shaped garbage to pieces, and a large number of parts flew out.

“Roar!” It roared at the garbage cat.

Lu Yuan watched the parts with glee: “That makes some sense… Let’s hire it to work then.”

Whether it was the bear or the wolves, they had been in the 【Field of Attribute Absorption】 for too long and were greatly injured and needed transcendent ingredients to replenish their energy.

Lu Yuan was not stingy and gave the mother bear some honey buns.

Pomegranate… here’s a small one for you.

Such precious things, rare-level ingredients, you can just eat them like that?

The mother bear was satisfied with the buns. It wasn’t greedy. The honey was made from the pollen of man-eating flowers, which was also quite nutritious… The abundant life energy flowed like a trickle to the injured parts of its body, making it very comfortable.

It turned to go back to its den to sleep, but heard Lu Yuan’s cold snort: “What do you think you’re doing, thinking you can leave? Come here.”

It hesitantly turned around and suddenly found a heavy steel hammer placed in its thick bear paw.

The mother bear was instantly stunned, its dark eyes staring at Lu Yuan.

What is this, who do you think you’re ordering around?

“You’re a domesticated bear now, you can’t just eat and sleep like before,” Lu Yuan jumped up, sat on its shoulder, and stroked its furry bear head.

“It’s time to do some physical work for your master, to realize your value.”

Let’s be honest, this bear fur felt pretty warm.

He pulled its bear ears and brought it to the stove.

Lu Yuan used tongs to pick up the extremely hot black gemstone and placed it in cold water.

“Fizz!” A large amount of water vapor evaporated.

The mother bear was terrified; its animal instincts instinctively feared such high temperatures. It also felt the extraordinary terrifying energy contained within the black gemstone.

It trembled all over, wanting to escape.

But it was also afraid of Lu Yuan, a ruthless man who could kill the Donkey-Head Monster, wouldn’t it be easy for him to handle it?

(End of Chapter)

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