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

Lu Yuan felt like a capitalist who was drawing big pies for his people.

Is being a leader really this simple?

Maybe these people hadn’t seen much of the world and weren’t very sharp thinkers. Lu Yuan always felt like he was hoodwinking fools.

From the Storage Space, he took out a Pomegranate Fruit.

The thick crystal-like exterior reflected light in the sunlight, making it look like an exceptional piece of art.

After using a small knife to slice it open, the seeds inside looked like delicate rubies.

Lu Yuan shared some with everyone.

"My friends, I plan to set up a reward for meritorious subjects, to be given to those who have rendered a service," he said.

"I’m still considering the specific system, so please work together and grow with our entire civilization," he urged.

Having consumed a tiny seed, everyone felt a warm current chaotically surging through their bodies. The Extraordinary Ingredients, which hardly affected Lu Yuan, were indeed a rare treasure for them!

The various hidden injuries caused by malnutrition were rapidly repairing themselves.

The entire process was a bit tingling, like ants biting, and somewhat comfortably inexplicable, causing some people to howl involuntarily.

"You guys are in luck; this small pomegranate is a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure!" Sha Kan’er said with a smile, "In the Imperial City of the Empire, you couldn’t exchange gold of the same volume for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!" @@novelbin@@

The crowd regretted that they had eaten such a precious thing directly.

Such a waste!

"From now on, those with achievements will be able to receive Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."

"Captain Lu, how can we make achievements?"

Lu Yuan gave an example, "Only the irreplaceable can count as achievements!"

"Guo Weiqiang, do you know what your greatest talent is? Your Rune Reading Talent!" he pointed out.

"The job of being a soldier can be done by many people; it’s replaceable. Unless you’re a cultivation genius, it’s very difficult to achieve significant results."

"But Engraving talent is rare and makes it easy to achieve irreplaceable feats! So everyone, you must use your brains and tap into your potential," he encouraged.

These were truths they all understood.

Holders of Divine Skills also tended to be inherently smarter. Unable to help himself, Guo Weiqiang chuckled, "Heh heh heh, but Captain Lu, no one is teaching us, and Teacher Cat is too busy."

"Self-learning Engravings is like trying to read a heavenly script; it’s impossible to learn it," he complained.

Lu Yuan fell silent for a moment: "I’ll think of a way to solve this problem," he assured.

They had a dire shortage of teaching resources.

He could only place his hopes in the "Green Grass Paradise" Virtual World.

"As for the rest of you, even if you don’t have Divine Skills, just being willing to learn new skills is also a great achievement. Use your head and don’t only think about farming," he stated firmly.

"Yes!" the crowd shouted enthusiastically.

Lu Yuan was indeed planning to distribute some rewards now.

The Tree of Life had consumed many Anomalies and swallowed 40,000 units of Life Essence. Every year, it would provide a significant amount of free produce.

Pomegranate Fruits could grow about 15-20 per year!

This number was not small at all!

Soul Baby Fruits could grow about 7-10 per year.

All these were free outputs, provided by the Tree of Life simply sunbathing, without any additional input.

Roughly calculating by the Life Essence, it would take about... 2000 years to breakeven?

Well, that’s a bit lengthy...

But actually, it’s not a loss.

"It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to bring up a generation of people." If you don’t invest, you will always remain a small sapling, never providing any output.

Moreover, the Tree of Life was essentially another body for Lu Yuan, and its substantial increase in strength was visible to the naked eye.

Lu Yuan still had 20,000 units of Life Essence left. He planned to invest another 18,000 into it, ultimately keeping 2,000 units for emergencies, which should be enough.

Then, the tree would grow 25-30 Pomegranate Fruits per year.

He could afford to take out two or three pieces to motivate everyone; it wouldn’t hurt.

The meager resources he could afford to give away were precious treasures to others—cultivating a few hundred loyal Level Three and Level Four warriors, would that not be wonderful?

And since the Tree of Life was considered his personal wealth, he could dispose of it at will, with no one gossiping.

Of course, this required designing an entire system of rational rewards and punishments, with a series of public supervisions, otherwise it would quickly turn into a flattery contest.

"This is really troublesome," Lu Yuan admitted with some headache.

Suddenly, he heard shouting nearby.

"Captain Lu, we’ve found another huge warehouse!" the voice sounded extremely excited.

"I’m coming right away," he responded.

He was currently in a state of Soul Full, and using his human body could cause his soul to solidify.

However, if he only moved for a short time, returning his soul to the Tree of Life within one or two hours wouldn’t pose a big problem.

This door had been broken through with a 1-meter diameter hole, seemingly corroded by some type of Liquid Acid.

Near the door, remnants of an Insect’s carapace were found.

Upon entering, Lu Yuan’s face lit up with excitement as he saw one Metal ingot after another!

Each one was 1-2 cubic meters in volume, weighing tens of tons, including all sorts from base metals and Precious metals to rare earth elements!

They were covered with a thick layer of dust, signifying the depth of history.

Lu Yuan dusted off the Metal ingots near him and found a heavy Steel ingot beneath.

Its surface was speckled with rust, akin to the rings of a tree, each marking the order of dynasties.

Due to the large volume of the Steel ingot and the relatively dry air, the rust hadn’t penetrated deeply. If the 10 centimeters of surface rust were removed, the steel inside should still be usable.

"Great stuff!" he exclaimed.

Iron element, while common and widely distributed, is an indispensable resource for every civilization.

Looking around, the Pioneer’s Eye twinkled with streaks of golden light, observing each of the metal ingots one by one.

While Lu Yuan felt joy, there was also a tinge of sadness because he didn’t see any Extraordinary Elements.

It must have been those insects that found this warehouse and took away the Extraordinary Elements, leaving the ordinary ones behind...

This sadness left him somewhat at a loss for words.

But the current Lu Yuan was no longer alone, he couldn’t act crazy and curse God like he used to.

Helplessly, Lu Yuan could only shout with a pained heart, "Everyone, tally up the quantity of these metals!"

"These are truly great stuff, with metals, everyone’s equipment can be upgraded!"

He emphasized the words "great stuff" again, his tone was practically through gritted teeth.

Conch Girl almost burst out laughing, murmuring softly, "Mr. Lu, your neurosis has greatly improved. You don’t howl at the sky or curse God anymore."

Lu Yuan, sweating profusely, threw down a fierce retort, "Just hurry up and be born, Conch Girl, then I’ll show you what true neurosis looks like."

Feeling somewhat guilty, Conch Girl retorted defensively, "Hmph, I look forward to your performance."

The militia was bustling with activity, tallying the data.

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Even ancient people knew what was valuable. Who didn’t like shiny metals?

"I don’t recognize this one... I don’t recognize this one either," the deputy leader, Sha Kan’er, kept mumbling.

"Oh, this is copper rust, a big chunk of copper."

"Gold! Gold! We’re gonna be rich!" a few people yelled, nearly biting it with their teeth.

"Stop looking, the Empire no longer exists. Gold can’t be eaten, it’s useless," Sha Kan scolded.

Everyone chuckled with a "hehehe."

They had lived through famine and knew all too well that when in peril, a piece of gold wouldn’t buy even the slightest bit of food.

"Captain Lu, this metal chunk can generate heat, how magical!"

Lu Yuan’s forehead veins throbbed as he shouted, "Oh my God, that’s uranium... used in nuclear power plants! Don’t touch it recklessly!"

"Hehehe, a nuclear power plant... is it some kind of vegetable?"

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Having no choice, Lu Yuan spent some time pointing out the hazardous materials to avoid mishandling.

In a short amount of time, the inventory was completed.

Just the iron element alone accounted for approximately 6.3 million tons!

The rest of the metals combined roughly amounted to 4 million tons.

The total mass exceeded 10 million tons.

There were even a significant number of radioactive elements.

And this was just one warehouse!

The level of resources available to a civilization was such that their group of just over 10,000 people could live quite well just by scavenging.

"Move a small chunk of steel over, let the blacksmith get to work. Leave the rest for now, it belongs to the collective," he ordered.

"Make sure to lock the door to prevent theft."

Well, stealing was actually quite difficult because each metal ingot weighed 10 tons, making it nearly impossible for one person to move.

…

Right after, before Lu Yuan could rest, people started calling out again.

"Captain Lu! Over here!"

Lu Yuan wiped his forehead, overwhelmed by the sheer abundance of resources; truly, they were the troubles of fortune.

"There’s an extremely sturdy door over there that we can’t open!"

The door truly was solid, made of Titanium Alloy and reinforced with complex engravings.

After examining it, Lu Yuan knew that without the code, it would be difficult to forcefully open it.

However, for him, it wasn’t very challenging.

He calmed himself and channeled the energy of the Eternal Spark, his body emitting a red glow.

The glow, like little snakes, followed the seams of the door, slowly slipping through.

The door’s thickness was about 8 centimeters.

"There is an open space on the other side of the door," he said.

With a "swoosh," he instantaneously teleported to the other side.

"Creak—"

He pushed the door open from the inside.

The next instant.

Everyone stood shocked in place.

What met their eyes was a gigantic factory.

Numerous machinery of odd shapes and sizes.

Plus the withered vines, endless and densely packed, filling the vast production space!

Having come from a technological civilization, Lu Yuan remembered that humans also had this kind of production space, like car factories, where machines outnumbered people—it was normal.

But for these citizens of the feudal era, the shock was real.

There were cubic, spherical, mechanical arm-shaped machines, some as tall as two stories, and some robots made entirely out of vines.

Yes, the Green Grass Civilization had taken the power of the Opium poppy to its limit.

They transformed the vines into autonomously producing bio-robots, and with the intelligence system from Green Grass Paradise, they were controlled.