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

Lu Yuan thought of the Four Great Calamities, realizing that it was impossible for one person to protect everything.

He must harness the power of the community.

However, when he thought of the uneducated villagers... he couldn't help but feel disheartened.

Lady Conch was silently listening all along.

She didn't have any particular thoughts, just listening, then occasionally calling out "Prince Lu."

As of today, Lady Conch had gradually accepted her identity.

She indeed was not a criminal of civilization.

Neither were her parents.

Even, from a certain perspective, was she really a princess of the former Green Grass Civilization? (Of course, that was just a big bluff by Lu Yuan.)

She managed to get by in this life now, studying every day and chatting with Lu Yuan for a while.

Although somewhat monotonous and boring, it was still bearable... She was naturally a person without many desires, and it was nice to have someone accompany her.

As she thought about this, suddenly the sky changed color, a dark cloud covered the sun, and the land was engulfed in a shadow.

A strong sense of killing intent came assaulting!

"Damn it!"

When Lu Yuan saw the dark cloud, he couldn't help but curse himself for "jinxing" it.

Speaking of a catastrophe, and it arrives?!

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...

30 kilometers away from Sky City.

Many farmers were working hard.

Only those who had experienced despair knew the value of hope.

The crisis of annihilation always loomed over the hearts of every Sha Li person. In just less than six years, from the original twenty villages and a population of seventy thousand, the casualties had reduced them to ten thousand, with only the last village remaining!

The death rate was over 85%!

What a pain that was!

Fortunately, in the past six months, Sky City had calmed down, and the Opium poppy tree had not undergone another outbreak.

The adaptive ability of humans was strong; no matter what, the living had to carry on with their lives.

Through Old Cat's explanation, everyone knew that "Elder Lu" and Lady Conch had temporarily appeased the monsters in the city center.

Naturally, they were grateful, and in their unease, they had spent the last six months peacefully...

In these six months, not many people had died.

Hope had slowly returned to the hearts of the people.

Besides farming, there was an additional task: learning cultural courses!

Old Cat didn't require them to reach a very profound level, but at least they should graduate from elementary school, right?

Just then, a few soldiers on duty at the village gate suddenly cheered.

"It's going to rain! It's going to rain!"

"It's raining!"

"Elder Cat, what is this?!"

Old Cat jumped onto the roof eave and adjusted the focus on his pupil's lenses.

Then his face changed dramatically: "Quick! Ring the big bell! Fast!"

Where was this a cloud?

It was... insects!!

Swaths of insects, unimaginably numerous!

Old Cat quickly thought of the swarm he had seen in the desert, muttering to himself, "Could the Mother Worm have already hatched? So soon?"

"Dong dong dong dong!" The village bell rang out.

Men and women, young and old, faced with the oncoming disaster of the Insect Tide, also had their faces turn pale.

More than ten thousand of them, they might not even defeat ten insects.

One by one, they couldn't help but show signs of despair.

Old Cat said in a deep voice, "Don't daydream, immediately harvest all the crops!"

"Then hide in the cellars! The Insect Tide might not be headed our way!"

"Wait until it's completely safe before I call you out."

"Also, any warriors with fighting ability, follow me! Take up your weapons, defend our home!"

This was actually a last resort, those insects could fly, and even if they thought to evacuate now, they couldn't get far before being caught up.

Moreover, surrounded by desert, where could they flee to?

Soon, all the villagers began to frantically harvest the crops in the fields and took refuge in the cellars in the nick of time.

Only Old Cat hid in a corner, silently observing.

Most of the insects headed in the direction of Sky City, only a few that seemed unable to fly stopped over the village to rest.

"Now, we can only rely on ourselves."

He revealed a dark hole of a machine gun in his mouth, calling out to the soldiers beside him...

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...

Lu Yuan also noticed the killing intent-filled Insect Tide in the sky, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

That overwhelming number...
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This cursed place really isn't a good place at all!

He prayed in his heart that the insects wouldn't mind the Sha Li Clan, suppressed the tension within, and called out, "Lady Conch, the insects are here for you, what should we do?"

"Does your mother... still recognize you?"

[I... am a bit scared.]

[Mom... must have passed away by now... Mom...]

This wasn't the time for jokes, as a vine of the Tree of Life lightly tugged, forcefully pulling out the Soul Gem of Lady Conch from the golden flower.

The "Ascension Ceremony" was interrupted, and the Opium poppy once again burst into revolt!

Before it could retaliate, Lu Yuan activated Different Space and disappeared from the spot.

The incoming hostile Insect Tide was clearly targeting the Opium poppy and those millions of buds!

The frenzied Opium poppy also noticed the Insect Tide in the sky, thinking it was the Insect Tide that had disturbed the "Ascension Ceremony."

Under the horrifying obsession of "Becoming a God," the monsters in the buds crawled out one by one.

Without any hesitation.

The two sides ignited like tinder meeting flame!

Countless red-glowing monsters mixed with the descending insects, clashing wildly as if two waves crashing violently against each other.

In an instant, various limbs burst open.

Blood, liquid acid, and all sorts of mixed innards covered the ground.

This ferocious and bloody scene made Lu Yuan's heart pound with fear.

For a moment, he couldn't tell who was winning or losing.

The number of insects was vast, over ten million, possibly ten to twenty times that of the monsters!

But Sky City had an Opium poppy, which possessed the ability of soul attacks, and its field ability swept like ripples on water, knocking out a large number of insects onto the ground!

In this frenzied killfest, Lu Yuan saw above the sky, that balloon-like "Insect Spaceship" slowly flying in from afar.

A humanoid creature descended from the sky.

With wings like an alloy behind it, according to the detection of Pioneer's Eye, all its attribute values were "???"

This was obviously the core of the Insect Calamity—the Mother Worm!

[It's Mommy...] Lady Conch's emotions became uneasy.

She called out once and then called no more.

The appearance of the Mother Worm, with a strange lethality, its red and spotted shell resembled the most dangerous mushroom in the forest.

The thousands of teeth in its mouthparts were densely packed.

"Lady Conch, she is no longer the same species," Lu Yuan murmured quietly.

"You'd better not get your hopes up, or it will only lead to disappointment."

[I know...]

The Mother Worm seemed to possess a subtle intelligence, flew to Baiyu Square, and with its compound eyes, quietly looked at the golden flower, looking at the Opium poppy.

The fierce killing around it, the purple mist rising, acid splashing everywhere, it cleverly dodged.

The massive death of insects seemed to be a trivial matter to it.

It found the body of "Di," picked it up with two shell-clad claws.

Looked quietly at it.

Looked...

Then, brought the body to its mouth, smelled it, and began drooling from the corners of its mouth.

[Mommy... that's Daddy...] Lady Conch couldn't help but cry out.

Lu Yuan was annoyed in his heart, he should have found a chance to cremate "Di."

Now, the [Insect] had gotten it.

If his father's body was devoured, Lady Conch would be heartbroken for a long while.

.

But the next second, the Mother Worm actually resisted the urge to eat.

It put down the body.

It just stood by the side, quietly lost in thought.

A pair of black compound eyes looked at the body, showing a complex emotion.

It was hard to imagine that an insect could also have feelings.

It even emitted emotional waves similar to a field.

You just died like that...

Died gloriously and silently in the native land.

Just like that, dead for many, many years.

Yet I,

am still alive.

I'm no longer who I was.

Day and night, every moment, I think of revenge.

I'm no longer a Green Grass person.

Revenge has devoured me, turning me into [Insect].

The moment I saw you,

I actually thought of devouring you.

I... am no longer who I was.