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

"Uh... what's happening? Who... Who am I?" Lu Yuan was somewhat bewildered.

[You are our guest. Have you forgotten?]

He didn't have time to recall much before he was pulled outside by a beautiful girl.

The touch was really nice, and her voice was soft.

The previously silent atmosphere had vanished.

It was replaced by a bustling crowd.

Under the red moonlight, the lights, like lanterns, made the ground appear as bright as daytime.

The great Sky City, at this moment, seemed to reclaim its glorious stance.

Brilliant bouquets, magnificent buildings,

Graceful fountains, rainbows lightly encircling.

Stars served as lamps, the Galaxy poured down, in a swirling dance, celestial music wafted through the air.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and saw the towering tree in the middle of the city.

His pupils dilated slightly.

The massive tree was rugged and majestic, truly a super life form enveloping the city, blooming with dazzling cherry-like blossoms.

Pink petals fell one by one; fluttering like butterflies in the breeze.

Around him, the fountains sent up a gentle white mist, and specks of coolness drifted past his face.

[We're about to start the Ascension Ceremony!]

This beautiful elf girl, her cheeks rosy, said smilingly, [We will create a God, one that surpasses all anomalies.]

[God will lead us away from the Pangu Continent to a blissful beyond... Would you like to participate in this final ceremony?]

Lu Yuan was captivated, staring at the dense crowd beneath the tree.

They were praying, striking an instrument similar to a bell.

Most of the lives were beautiful, with fair skin and tall figures, dressed in splendid attire. There were also some Alien Race beings, like those in bear forms, donkey-shaped heads...

The assembly area was filled with exquisite fruits, many of which were extraordinary melons and fruits that he did not recognize.

It felt like being in a marvelous Heaven.

Lu Yuan felt a strange sensation in his heart. He couldn't even remember who he exactly was, but his long experience with life and death still triggered his instinctual caution.

"Can outsiders also participate?"

[Of course, once free from the body, we return to our most original Soul.]

[Whether one is an Alien or not, what difference does it make?] The girl in the green dress said smilingly, [We will all eventually move to the embrace of God. In a carefree realm, we will establish an eternal Heaven.]

Lu Yuan, a man who had not yet shed his virgin status and was a bit of a rouge, was drawn by her beauty.

He first looked into her eyes.

Realizing she wasn't looking at him, he immediately admired the girl's legs and feet.

She wore a pair of straw sandals, exposing exactly five toes.

Pink and tender.

Not deformed.

Good.

Too bad, her chest was a bit flat, not my favorite.

While Lu Yuan enjoyed the view, he asked, "What's your name, girl? Isn't this place already Heaven?"

The girl was a bit dizzy from the question, unable to answer, then laughed like silver bells.

[The real Heaven, where all wishes come true. How can it compare to now?]

Lu Yuan then saw one extraordinary item after another, shimmering with light, being offered in a splendid palace.

From weapons, to armor, to various types of mirrors and such.

These highest masterpieces emanated strong Mind Qi, representing the crystallization of a civilization's wisdom.

"Why are these things being offered there?"

[They~ will become the nourishment for the birth of God.]

[Even our Cherry Blossom Tree will transform into part of God.]

[You needn't feel sad. By then, we will already have moved to God's embrace, and all these will be unnecessary...]

The girl pursed her lips, bearing a hint of a benevolent smile.

She seemed curious about where this young man came from, as these matters had already been explained many times.

For some reason, Lu Yuan's heart ached when he heard that these extraordinary items would be destroyed. At that moment, his entire being felt ill, as if every organ was in extreme discomfort, as though they were about to split apart.

"They should all be mine... they should all be mine!" he murmured, repeating continuously.

[What did you say?] Your journey continues at empire

"This trash... It should all be mine!" Lu Yuan felt as if he had forgotten something important, shouting loudly, "You're all destroying them, where will I pick up trash! All this trash, should all be mine!!"

[What? What is yours!] The girl took a few steps back, sensing something was significantly wrong with Lu Yuan's mental state.

"I've traveled a long, hard three years, a full three years... I came here, isn't it just to pick up trash!!"

The frenzied Greedy Demon God, driven by instinct, screamed and shouted.

Then, the next moment, he came to his senses and froze in place.

This... is it a Dream?

He was dreaming?!

Because the dream was so vivid, even the Soul Companion·Life Tree had no reaction.

As soon as he realized this was a Dream,

the scene in the dream suddenly turned gloomy.

All beings froze in place, motionless.

Millions upon millions of people were all staring at Lu Yuan.

Even the beautiful girl in the green dress lost her lively expression.

She just stared at him with wide eyes, as if witnessing something unbelievable.

"Dammit, keep it going. What does it have to do with me?"

Being stared at by tens of millions of people, Lu Yuan got goosebumps all over.

"I'm not the leader of any Ascension Ceremony."

In the blink of an eye, this crowd was enveloped by thick darkness and disappeared.

Lu Yuan couldn't help feeling nervous; he began frantically summoning the Tree of Life to pull himself out of the dream.

He did not know what would happen if he died in the dream... it was obviously not going to be anything good.

But in the dream, he was just an ordinary person, all his abilities gone.

Without his strength as support, even the bravest would inevitably feel a chilling terror.

Lu Yuan turned his head to look at the girl in green clothes again.

Her cold body lay on the ground, as if her soul had been sucked away.

Then, the massive tree that enveloped the entire city began to move, rustling in the dense black clouds.

Lu Yuan turned and ran, more and more memories surfacing in his mind.

"Dammit! What's going on? I just arrived at Sky City, and I dream of this scene."

"What is attacking me?"

"Where is my Tree of Life?"

The horror of dream abilities lay right here, no matter how heroic or invincible you were, once caught, you were merely an ordinary person in the dream.

And the Tree of Life did not have dream abilities after all; its powers were not infinite, perhaps it was struggling but simply not succeeding, or it was subdued by a presence in the dream.

Lu Yuan clenched his teeth and began to run.

But darkness surrounded him from all sides, suffocating him and making it uncertain which direction to flee.

Lu Yuan's face looked particularly grim as he picked a direction to run.

The impending storm, the whole world pressing down on him, nearly cracked his soul.

Suddenly, a feeling of unease surged in his heart.

He slowly raised his head, looking upward.

There was a tree, an Opium poppy.

He inexplicably ran to the bottom of the big tree.

The trunk had a rotting human face with perhaps a hundred meters in diameter.

It was smiling, revealing two hollow eye sockets.

The decrepit face rapidly closed in.

...

...

Suddenly, a streak of emerald green light appeared from the void, bound his body, and yanked him fiercely!

"Whoosh!"

The terrifying face disappeared into the darkness.

A voice came through, seemingly talking to itself: "Lu Yuan, you finally get some sound sleep, and yet you start having nightmares. You should have been a donkey, not comfortable unless whipped."

"..."

Only then did Lu Yuan realize that he had escaped the dreadful dream,

His eyes snapped open, and he drew in deep breaths, sweat rolling off his forehead like soybeans.

An oil lamp was lit in the next room, where Old Cat was still tinkering with various electronic toys.

The turtle was also sleeping in that room, snoring loudly.

Old Wolf had gone out to have fun, not returning for the night.

Only Miss Conch was tucked away in her own little world, quietly reading a book.

"Miss Conch, was it you who helped me?"

"Yes, it seemed like you were having a terrible sleep, so I woke you up," the back-talking but polite Miss Conch replied.

"Thank you so much, I almost died," Lu Yuan said, still shaken.

"Did something happen?"

"I had a strange nightmare. It seemed to involve Sky City."

Miss Conch paused, slightly curious but afraid to hear his story.

She only liked comedies, not tragedies.

Facing an unprecedented dilemma in life, her uncertainty might have been more complex than Lu Yuan's.

"What relation?"

Noticing her not so cheerful mood, Lu Yuan changed the subject: "Comrade, do you want the honest truth?... It was a huge party, full of attractive men and women."

"A beautiful woman found me, grabbed my hand, and I couldn't resist. She thought I was a child, which was very upsetting, so I admired her beauty."

"Then, some outrageous things happened. But I am a very serious person, unfortunately, I missed the opportunity."

Miss Conch took notes while shaking the Sea soul grass: "Continue, I'm listening."

"Cough, cough."

Releasing a deep breath from his chest, Lu Yuan thought for a moment and gathered his friends to recount the scenes witnessed in his dream.

This time, he discussed a legitimate topic.

"You're really greedy, aren't you? People were offering their family treasures, and you also felt sorry," Old Cat said incredulously, "Was it your stuff? What does it have to do with you?... and it actually woke you from the dream."

Every time Lu Yuan thought about it, his heart wrenched, and he exclaimed loudly, "They destroyed everything, what about my garbage picking enterprise?!"