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

Otherwise, wouldn’t it revert back to the feudal era?

Moreover, Lu Yuan felt that his current life was in a rather comfortable state.

He had acquired Sky City, could tease Conch Girl, chat and jest with villagers - he was quite happy and saw no need to force a change on himself.

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If he controlled others, they could never truly be friends again.

As for the fate of The Sha Li Clan, he could only do what was within his power.

If all else failed, once Sky City rose, he could find a place flanked by mountains and rivers, and everyone could go their separate ways.

He could take his friends and travel alone once again, which wouldn’t be too bad!

So Lu Yuan said very seriously, "I don’t want to do this, and don’t have the money. It takes killing several people and accumulating their souls to control just one person. Will you give me souls?"

"How much energy do you need?" Old Cat was eager, "Let me help you plan."

"The weaker they are, the less it consumes; the stronger they are, especially if they have a high Divine Attribute, the consumption is enormous."

"Put it this way, I could kill off these 10,000 people from The Sha Li Clan and just about control an Extraordinary Creature with 12-13 Points of God."

"Then your own soul is quite valuable, right?" said Old Cat, "Don’t you have 18 Points of God?" @@novelbin@@

"Yeah, my own is indeed valuable," Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Conch is even more valuable, equivalent to 43 million of me."

That way, a 34 Points of God Conch Girl is not ordinarily valuable.

[You really are a scumbag... Come on, kill your pitiful Conch Girl and exchange her for the energy to control the Anomaly.]

Conch wallowed in self-pity, but her act of looking pitiful had no effect.

Old Cat asked again, "Is your Life Fruit valuable? Can it be used as the energy for control?"

Lu Yuan’s expression changed slightly, he pondered a bit, and it seemed... perhaps... probably... feasible?

The Life Fruit contained no soul.

But it contained a vast amount of Ideal Energy, roughly one three-hundredth the value of his own soul.

Actually, this was quite valuable since Lu Yuan’s Divine Attribute was high!

The value of a soul, with a Divine Attribute, grows exponentially.

One Life Fruit of his was equivalent to the soul of a 13 Points of God, more than enough to control an ordinary person.

"How many Life Fruits do you have?"

Fertilizing Life Fruits depleted Life Essence, and this depletion was directly related to Lu Yuan’s strength.

Thus, forceful fertilization was not cost-effective.

Only three had grown naturally.

"Three lives, that’s not too few; use one life to control someone," Old Cat showed his morally ambiguous side, "Let them learn, work like oxen and horses, and Sky City will rise quickly."

"Cough, cough, Big Brother Cat, there’s a limit to control,"

"It’s impossible to demand those controlled to do work beyond their abilities," Lu Yuan explained, "like making them learn Engraving or the content of higher education in one day."

"If you force them to learn these, these people will break down mentally from being unable to complete it, losing their sanity."

"I see... What a pity."

"Can we talk about something serious, you make this cat secretary look very evil, I really don’t want to control humans, truly don’t."

Suddenly, Old Cat had an idea, "But you could control insects!"

"Those insects haven’t officially hatched yet, the control should be bearable, right? And you wouldn’t have to carry any moral burden, insects don’t have much human thinking to begin with."

"But those insects belong to Conch Girl..."

Old Cat looked amused, "Sky City also belonged to Conch... how come you took that but not the insects?"

Lu Yuan immediately shirked responsibility, "I didn’t take Sky City either."

"I always believe that Conch Queen should be our ultimate leader here, taking on the responsibility of leading civilization."

"I just want to be a Great General."

"I personally advocate for Conch Queen to take power."

The Conch secretly listening by the side was somewhat speechless

She was quite self-aware.

With her little schemes and machinations, at best she could be a former dynasty’s princess.

[Hmm... this human friend, had just thought about killing Conch, and now wants to support her.]

[There is only one Conch Girl, you have to think carefully about how to treat her.]

Lu Yuan’s face was stern, "I finally decided to use her as the first object of my control."

Conch Girl was puzzled: [I can only give you most of the insects, just leave one Worm King for me. Please do not control me, Commander Lu.]

Lu Yuan chuckled, "Or, shall we let your mother manage humans?"

[Sure, call her over, I’ve been missing her.]

"I will not control her, rest assured."

[You… You really are a scoundrel.]

Old Cat watched these two, speechless — neither of them were taking this seriously, they were discussing matters of national importance!

...

Lu Yuan and Conch Girl, were actually soft-hearted.

If others faced difficulties and pleaded desperately, they really would lend a hand to help.

Soft-hearted people are not suited for political activities.

Especially in this kind of feudal primitive tribe, although there are many progressives willing to change, most people are actually unenlightened.

There were an awful lot of trivial and bothersome matters!

They would argue for ages over a trivial matter!

Politics is not child’s play; even if you want to rule despotically, making people genuinely loyal is not that easy.

Lu Yuan was very self-aware, hence, he became a hands-off manager.

And Old Cat probably had never imagined that, after so many years, he would take up a leadership role again.

His cat eyes whirled around a few times, filled with a capability for action deep inside.

"Alright, from now on, you will have to assign some bodyguards to me; as long as there is enough military force to suppress them, I can manage them."

"For now, just let the Turtle follow me."

...

Thus, without any detailed planning or specific conception,

The grand "Human 18th Civilization Uprising Plan" began in a very crude manner!

Over ten thousand people, initially moved in a grand procession from nearby villages to Sky City.

A distance Lu Yuan could run in an hour took them an astounding two days.

There was no helping it; most people were physically weak, just skin and bones, and walking around ten kilometers a day was almost at the physiological limit.

"Everyone, we are temporarily implementing military control!"

"Obey orders, follow commands!"

"Don’t worry about food."

Once they reached Sky City, many who had never left their hometowns in their entire lives saw this unfamiliar ruin and found it utterly desolate.

Their eyes revealed a mix of confusion and fear.

But the forced military control suppressed this confusion.

"Everyone listen up!"

"There are a total of twenty large groups; I need all group leaders to step forward and find your group members!"

The square was noisy, filled with people discussing.

Sky City had ready-made houses; even though they had been battered by wind and rain for thousands of years, they were still better than the original mud houses, making it easy to accommodate ten thousand people.

Whether it was water resources or the area of arable land, both were much larger than before.

After some distribution, once they had places to live, everyone slowly settled down.

Secretary General·Old Cat actually hadn’t changed too much; he divided over ten thousand people into twenty large groups, each with three group leaders, one appointed directly and the other two elected by the people.

Although the quality of the citizens at the time couldn’t support something like democracy, those elected were originally people of prestige and decent reputation— it seemed the villagers weren’t as foolish as imagined; they knew who was reliable.

After all, in a society of acquaintances, everyone recognized who was of good character and who had commendable abilities.

The three group leaders were respectively responsible for coordinating food production, spreading scientific knowledge, and dealing with petty internal issues.

Each large group was allotted a large piece of land for the villagers to cultivate.