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

Lu Yuan stood on a small hill, gazing into the distance.

Only his original companion, the one-eyed Old Wolf, was by his side, belly exposed, gnawing on a chicken bone.

These past few months, it had really starved, its developed organs shrinking, likely having not misbehaved in a long time.

This creature had also fulfilled its duty, preventing its own harem from literally starving to death, staying firm until now.

"Can Sky City truly rise again?" Lu Yuan murmured, looking at the desolate desert.

No one knew the answer to this question, neither Old Cat could predict nor could the conch provide an answer.

Lu Yuan's heart carried some perplexity.

Long ago, he had been a loner, accompanied only by a mute wolf.

Later, some small companions with intelligence joined him, easing his loneliness.

Together, they traveled toward the distance.

These companions often possessed unique skills and hardly needed looking after.

Quite worry-free.

But now, suddenly, he had a team!

Often, Lu Yuan marveled, a mere individual juggling multiple responsibilities, truly stretched thin.

Now, the team had truly arrived.

Ten thousand people, not a small number.

If used poorly, these ten thousand people could also be a burden.

If Sky City could not rise, perhaps he could never return to his homeland, only to remain here as a native chief until his dying day.

But thinking it over, the conditions seemed ripe again.

The Opium poppy was still alive, just needing some time to recover its health.

1,500 Insect Soldiers, that was a rather formidable combat force. As long as it wasn't a war involving hundreds of millions of people, these Insect Soldiers were very powerful.

As for the development of technology...

Lu Yuan thought of the Rize Civilization.

Just by moving Sky City there, he could exchange for a vast amount of technological materials.

"The premise is that it has to rise, if it doesn't rise, all efforts are in vain..."

Just then, a profound voice suddenly came from the sky.

[Congratulations to your civilization for obtaining the Unique Milestone, Ninth Epoch・Peace Tamer.]

[Achievement Condition: Be the first to fully gain the trust of an Exotic Realm Civilization peacefully, allowing them to willingly join your civilization.]

[Your civilization has obtained the Unique Milestone Reward: Control]

[Your civilization has obtained Unique Milestone Points Reward: 5000 points. (This feature is not yet activated)]

This voice was truly long-awaited.

Lu Yuan gasped in shock, feeling the surprise of being struck by a lottery win.

He quickly realized that it was triggered by most of the Sha Li People who, after discussion, were willing to follow him to Sky City.

Meeting the conditions for this milestone was truly difficult!

The most critical factors were "peaceful methods, full trust."

How difficult it is to trust each other!

Just like the encountered Rize Civilization, those lizard men, although they were also good and polite,

but to let them join the humans...

It was simply an impossible task!

The Rize people had their own culture, systems, thinking, and habits.

Changing these, how easy could it be?

The difference in appearance as well; never underestimate this point. Appearance is the simplest and most intuitive "label," constantly reminding subconsciously that they are different species.

Only when a strong civilization encounters a weaker one, and they belong to the same species, is it possible to meet the conditions for integration.

But then again, why would a strong civilization want to take in a burden?

Even through a peaceful method?

Isn't breeding their own people better?

There are surely no saints among the civilizations that can survive on the Pangu Continent!

Even in the Green Grass Civilization, although the populace might be somewhat saintly, the leaders are quite aware of their own limits.

Thus, by a stroke of luck, Lu Yuan completed this difficult milestone.

And "Control" was also a very terrifying ability, it could almost be said to be at the Legendary Level Divine Skill!

A cluster of white light suddenly appeared in the sky and merged into Lu Yuan's soul, making his body continuously warm up.

Lu Yuan had been through this scene many times and was quite familiar with the process.

His physical condition now was far stronger than before, only experiencing a bit of discomfort for a while before returning to normal.

"The ability of 'Control'?"

The sandstorm gradually intensified, everything in vision subtly quivering.

After identification, Lu Yuan discovered he indeed had a new ability.

[Control: Consumes a huge amount of Ideal Energy to dominate the target creature, making them eternally subjugate to you.]

[Ideal Energy includes but is not limited to: the souls of intelligent lives, spirit crystals, energies of extraordinary items, and your own spark energy, etc.]

[The stronger the target of domination, the more Ideal Energy is consumed.]

[It also makes you immune to the 'Control' ability.]

[Note: It is a double-edged sword, Tammers always fantasize about conquering everything in the world, but they often die deserted by all.]

Lu Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air and looked at the sky, where a bright, round moon hung in the east.

He then turned his head to look at Old Wolf.

He activated the "Control" ability, a red light flickered in his eye sockets, and an indistinct feeling surged within him.

"Howl?"

He estimated in his mind that it took one month of accumulating Ideal Energy from the Eternal Spark to dominate a mutated wild wolf!

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows, the consumption of this ability was terrifying, several hundred times greater than Spatial Teleportation!

So, how could he quickly obtain Ideal Energy?

"Spirit Crystals" and "Souls"!

"Spirit Crystals" are important strategic materials in civilization, formed for complex reasons.

Even the most powerful civilizations could never have too many.

To consume it through "Control" was truly a waste.

Therefore, "Souls" became the cheapest energy source.

The higher the Divine Attribute, the more valuable the soul.

Lu Yuan sighed, he finally understood why there needed to be a milestone of the "Peace Tamer."

The ability of "Control" was a disaster in itself.

Only a "Peace Tamer" could unveil its true purpose—"The essence of war is for peace."

"It seems that God is still a saint."

The next second, Lu Yuan's face changed slightly, waves of subtle sensations came from deep within his soul

Because he had acquired a new Divine Skill, his soul was once again full and about to solidify!

"Sigh, truly turbulent times..."

Fortunately, this time he had brought the Tree of Life with him.

Summoning this great tree from his mind, he transferred his soul into it, and Lu Yuan once again took on the form of the tree.

He slightly disguised his human body, pretending he had "conquered" this big tree, then started walking toward the direction of the village.

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The chattering discussions grew even fiercer.

In fact, most of the ordinary villagers were willing to leave with Lu Yuan.

The number of these people could be more than 9,000!

The remaining few hundred people, mostly the local gentry and nobility with some stored food... they hesitated, but with all the ordinary villagers gone, what use were these few hundred?

Once the policy of "following Lu Yuan" was established, these ordinary villagers relaxed a great deal and were no longer as confused as before.

Men and women, surrounded by pots, pans, and ladles, sang and danced.

"Leave tomorrow's worries for tomorrow; there is no mountain that can't be turned over, no river that can't be crossed!"

"Others' fields always look better, but only through labor does one's own yield a rich harvest."

A young man named Sha Mo was encouraging the villagers to make up their minds and reassuring them that "everything will get better."

"Nothing can be worse than now!"

"Trees die when moved, people thrive!"

Sha Mo was the smartest person in the Sha Li Clan.

In the past few months, he had learned very quickly. Whatever Old Cat taught, he could learn...

The reason was his Divine Skill of "Super Thinking"!

Such a strong research talent, he had always lived in a native village, severely underutilizing his talents until they were finally unearthed.

It was not until Old Cat taught in the village the simplest knowledge, including physics, chemistry, and general life knowledge, that Sha Mo quickly grew.

While other villagers were still confused and didn't understand the significance of these things, he had already grasped the most profound truth that "knowledge is power."

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Only fools and the most stubborn, who are unwilling to accept new knowledge, linger in confusion.

Sha Mo and five other young villagers understood deeply that following Lu Yuan was their slim chance to survive.

One of them, a tall young man named "Guo Weiqiang," not only possessed the "Rune Reading Talent" but was also a minor expert at Transcendent Level 2.

He didn't mince words and cursed, "Why the tears! Do you know what kind of opportunity this is?"

"Think about it, if the Empire had taken us from this remote place to the Imperial City, would you go? Of course, you would!"

"What's this place? The most remote area! Who would want to live in this godforsaken place if not absolutely necessary? Don't think this place is good, it's a junkyard!"

"The country where Mr. Lu is from is much stronger than the Empire! What is there to hesitate about?"

These intellectuals were Lu Yuan's most loyal supporters.

"I'm even willing to donate all the food in my house!" he declared dramatically.

Upon hearing these words, the other villagers seemed to understand, as the "Empire" was the most concrete concept they had.

The title of Sha Li Clan wasn't really that precious.

In fact, in order to survive, the mobility of the entire village population was quite large.

Before arriving at Pangu Continent, every year many villagers went to other places... after all, this barren land could support too few people; without mobility, survival was impossible.

As for nationalism and such, these concepts had not even been born yet!

The Sha Li Clan only had some clan cultures.

But with the substantial death of the population, the large clans... in fact, not many were left anymore.

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