I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

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Lu Yuan was actually in some pain. A 92-meter instant teleportation was already close to the limit of his spiritual power, and it was also "not in accordance with safety rules."

Even though he protected himself with the Extraordinary Spark, a very small amount of air still overlapped with his body in space, causing him certain damage.

"It has to be cool!"

"It has to be smooth!"

His sudden appearance caused a gust of wind; the Extraordinary Spark frantically suppressed the injury until, after three or four seconds, it managed to restrain the surging blood and qi.

Then he used his mind to control the Tree of Life outside the Safe Zone, and shook its branches, signaling to Old Cat that it could come over.

"Swoosh!" The little round ball where Old Cat was, teleported onto him.

This lowly maid’s "adsorption" ability is really annoying—no matter where Lu Yuan ran, even to the ends of the earth, she could instantly adsorb onto him.

He gently shook his head and took out one of Old Cat’s bodies from the backpack behind him, and installed its core into it.

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Then he put on the translator earpiece, wiped the blood off his face, and revealed a standard human smile, showing six teeth.

"Greetings, my friends! It is an honor to meet you!"

"May our friendship last forever."

This was indeed a milestone for humanity.

He, Lu Yuan, had finally stepped onto the territory of an alien civilization.

And had made face-to-face contact with a leader of the alien race.

At first, Lu Yuan was very nervous, full of thoughts about how not to disgrace humanity—what should he say? What diplomatic parlance should he use?

But by now, he was no longer nervous.

It was these Rize people who were nervous.

According to the Law of Mind: If you are more nervous than me, then I need not be nervous; if I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

Indeed, this crowd of Rize people was caught in a state of shock and surprise.

Lu Yuan had suddenly appeared in the Safe Zone, without any warning. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Is the Safe Zone really like a sieve that anyone can enter? And this is called a safe zone?!

In the midst of this utter silence, it was Governor Leon who first stepped forward and smiled. He quickly approached, "My friend, your sudden appearance has truly scared us... Please forgive our ignorance, like that of naive children."

"The Seventh Branch of Rize Civilization, Carter City, extends a sincere welcome to your arrival!"

He was using the translation feature of the metal ball.

Thus, Lu Yuan was able to understand.

Of course, Old Lu was actually not very adept at dealing with these bizarre situations, and could only let that damn cat do the communicating.

Old Cat extended a fluffy paw, seemingly quite adapted to the situation, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

"I am Lu Yuan’s comrade-in-arms. My precursor was Tiger’s Grace·Cat Mama. Please just call me Old Cat."

Leon seemed a bit bewildered by this barrage, but he took Old Cat’s paw, "Greetings, Old Cat Your Excellency... I have heard from Tado that you are a great artificial intelligence."

"Is this your kin, Mr. Lu? Would you like to exchange a few words?"

Lu Yuan saw the large screen on the communicator and saw a crowd of humans.

Some were dressed in suits while others wore lab coats.

Most of them were strangers, the only familiar face being his sister, looking pitiful in the corner.

He took a deep breath and raised his thumb, "Friends, I am doing well now. May you all also lead fulfilling lives."

Although he wanted to say more, it really wasn’t the time for lengthy exchanges with humans, as Li Chunhong spoke from the screen, "Mr. Lu Yuan, your family is doing well."

"Brother, we’re all fine!" Lu Qingqing said with a smile.

With those words, Lu Yuan felt satisfied. He no longer monopolized the communicator... after all, it wasn’t appropriate to keep chatting with family at such a gathering.

Leon took over the conversation, "Let us enjoy a wonderful feast."

"If you want to learn about our culture, I can also take you around our city," he said.

"I definitely need to see that, now that I’m here," Old Cat decided on his own and accepted the proposal.

Considering the traditional food of the Rize people, Lu Yuan might not like it.

Therefore, the dishes on the dining table were mainly vegetables and fruits, along with some starchy foods, tasting like sponge cakes.

The original staple foods of the Rize people were actually ants, earthworms, and plants?

Well, when you think about it, it’s not so strange, as they lived underground in ancient times, much like pangolins, skilled at burrowing.

What else could they eat if not ants and earthworms?

"I actually have a question. Why do so many worlds have common creatures like ants, earthworms, pigs, cows, and sheep?" Lu Yuan raised a tricky question.

"We have noticed that as well," chuckled an expert from the Rize Civilization.

"The first reason is convergent evolution, where creatures from different ancestors transform their entire or partial body structures in a similar direction due to similar lifestyles," he explained.

"The second possibility is that these creatures might have escaped from the Pangu Continent in the past. Now, they are merely returning to the Pangu Continent."

"Because it is undeniable that our ancestors came from the Pangu Continent."

Indeed, a second-generation civilization...

For some reason, they seem to have fared worse than humans.

Lu Yuan specifically visited an earthworm and ant breeding base, where one earthworm could reproduce 2000-3000 offspring per year, with an average growth cycle of three months. Small earthworms were about 10 centimeters, while the large ones could grow up to 1-2 meters, thicker than a finger!

"Indeed, it’s high-quality food," he commented.

The reproductive capabilities of ants were even faster.

There was even an Extraordinary Creature inside the ant nest!

It resembled a big, plump steamed bun.

[Ant Queen: Continuously spawns a type of termite resistant to disease and pollutants with high reproductive capabilities, laying three eggs per second, and the protein content is seven times that of beef.]

[Shape: 5.4]

[Qi: 2.2]

[Spirit: 0.4]

[Ability: Acid Spit, emits a corrosive biological acid when sensing danger, attacking enemies. This acid can potentially be used for etching equipment.]

Etching is actually a high-quality equipment crafting technique.

At the sight of the big, plump Ant Queen, measuring a full meter in length, Lu Yuan was somewhat tempted.

Gathering more materials for crafting high-level equipment indeed seemed like a prudent precaution.

In short, the Rize people weren’t lacking in food; they could survive on grass and ants, making them much easier to sustain than humans.

Since their food needs were easily met, the speed of stabilizing their cities was naturally fast.

All their civilization’s branches had completed the "Stable City" milestone, proving their status as a second-generation civilization was not just talk.

When this intelligence was received, not only Lu Yuan but also the human side was stunned. Out of the human cities, only three had completed this milestone. The rest, due to slow completion, fell out of the top 100,000, and some cities were still chaotic to this day.

The Rize Civilization had actually squeezed into the top 100,000.

This indeed shocked humanity greatly.

"Damn, humanity might really be a mess," Lu Yuan wasn’t sure about the situation on the human side; he just gave a casual response.

Moreover, the Rize Civilization had completed quite a few more milestones.

"Like our Carter City, we have completed four civilization milestones," Leon explained, "Stable City, Taming Extraordinary Creatures, Forging Extraordinary Items, and the Transmission of Divine Skills."

"In forging Extraordinary Items, we’re ranked 22nd. I wonder who’s first since they were so fast," he sighed, "almost at the very moment the Equipment System was activated, we started forging equipment in a dash for the milestone."

"Yet there are still 21 civilizations ranked before us."

"We highly suspect it’s a factor of time."

"The civilizations ranked in the top few might have already removed the Safe Zone. They have 100 times our time, so they were faster than us."