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

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After a brief discussion,

every Sha Li person received several slices of orange, their mouths watering with delight, their eyes filled with curiosity, their faces flushed with excitement.

The Elder kept weighing in his heart, the creature before them was very powerful and had shown a certain kindness, even presenting gifts.

Could this be... an opportunity?!

In one's lifetime, to truly rise up, hard work, talent, connections, and opportunities are indispensable, but the most critical of all is the opportunity!

To seize the opportunity, even a pig could soar in the wind across the sky!

This time, an opportunity to change the village's destiny, a historic chance, was before them, the question was whether they could grasp it!

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And so, the people of the Sha Li Clan officially accepted these small gifts, expressing their gratitude.

They debated among themselves, what should they offer in return?

Compared to Lu Yuan's wealth, they were indeed too poor.

They couldn't even sustain their own village's population, what good things could they possibly gift to others?

In the end, the older Elder took off his feather headdress and offered it to Lu Yuan as the highest form of tribute from their tribe.

With the exchange of gifts, the two parties quickly started a warm conversation.

"We come from a distant land... The desert? No, no, a plain."]

"Empire? Martial Art?"

Lu Yuan was surprised, 'Martial Art,' what's that?

This race was still in the Black Iron Age, without the emergence of real technology.

Twenty villages had been transported to this great desert.

Heaven was unkind, with no rain for five full years, the terrible drought almost destroyed everything in the fields.

Out of necessity, they abandoned what was called the Safe Zone and came to these ruins in search of water.

But the risks of Sky City were too great, beyond what this pre-technological civilization could withstand.

"Could it be that only twenty villages were transported to a planet?" Lu Yuan was truly puzzled, "A village is a civilization? What kind of strange logic is that?"

Old Cat jumped onto his head, and said irritably, "Idiot, the twenty villages were transported to the Pangu Continent as a whole, representing a single civilization."

"In their narrative, aren't there supposed to be empires and the like? Those empire's great cities should have also been transported to the Pangu Continent."

Lu Yuan said, "But this living environment is simply too harsh... Didn't those great cities just perish instantly?"

Meanwhile, the Sha Li People were sharing the fruit, the emerald green oranges smelling so good they felt as if they were "in Heaven."

Peeling a segment of the fruit and popping it in their mouths, they squinted with pleasure.

Sour and sweet... delicious.

They walked and ate, moving away from the dangerous areas of the city.

"So it is, your original homeland is in the midst of the desert. And the other empires, kingdoms, they are all near rivers..."

"God" chooses terrains for relocating cities similar to their original landscapes.

These Sha Li People originally lived in the desert, so "God" moved them into a desert. Find more to read on empire

The big cities didn't have this problem.

As for... how these Sha Li People managed to survive, that was their own problem.

In any case, there are still water sources nearby — it's not a complete dead end!

From this perspective, "God" is indeed a cruel being, only caring to kill, never to bury.

Lu Yuan introduced himself: "We have also just crossed the desert and arrived here."

"Our goal is to find our ancestors' treasure."

"This was a great city, with a population exceeding a hundred million over ten thousand years ago."

"Sadly, it was destroyed in a disaster."

"Apart from treasures, our mission is to restore the glory of our ancestors, especially their legacy of knowledge."

"If you have already found it, we can trade with each other."

Lu Yuan kept mentioning "ancestors."

On one hand, these folks subscribed to 'ancestor worship' culture, which meant they could easily understand these concepts.

Speak any more complex and they wouldn't understand at all.

On the other hand, Miss Conch in the team was most likely a survivor of the Green Grass Civilization, so saying "Ancestral Civilization" was certainly no lie!

Lu Yuan privately murmured, "Right, this is your city."

"Summon your courage and denounce these tomb raiders!"

Conch replied helplessly, [Mr. Lu, since you want a better bargaining position, I will consider sparing you your nonsense. Provided... I also want one...]

Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, you wouldn't be asking for a "Soul Baby Fruit" again, would you?

[I want an orange too, just to smell its fragrance would be nice.]

...

The Sha Li People heard that this city actually belonged to the other party's "ancestors," and couldn't help but get a little nervous.

Were they not becoming thieves?

Then, words like "crossing the desert" and "great city" resonated in their minds.

They...

wanted to move too.

Who would want to stay in this godforsaken place?

They had also sent out exploration teams to try to cross the desert to find new oases.

But the end result was...

The exploration teams never returned, never to be heard from again.

Sha Sanli, the leader of the Elders, swallowed hard: "Sir, how vast is the desert out there?"

Lu Yuan furrowed his brow, pointing westward: "We came through from that direction, walking for over two years in the desert, more or less at this pace."

"Beyond the desert is a drought-ridden land, which would also take seven to eight months to cross. Altogether, it might take about three years."

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