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

Old Cat's two Cat's Eye Stones reflected the sunlight from above.

It had been pondering how to settle these Sha Li People tormented by disasters.

Should it leave them to fend for themselves, or should it accept, manage, and rule them?

This was a question it had considered for a long time.

To be honest, the Sha Li People are actually from the same race as Lu Yuan, that is to say—they both belong to "Upright Intelligent People."

There is no reproductive isolation between them, just some genetic differences in hair and skin color.

The Sha Li People appear to have brown skin... in reality, they are yellow-skinned, only tanned by the intense sun.

Having come this far, it seemed a bit unreasonable to just ignore them.

Old Cat simply didn't know what was going through Lu Yuan's mind.

"We're almost there! Be on your guard!"

Ahead was the majestic Sky City, which stood out especially grand in the flat desert, a city one kilometer high.

"Look! A sharp-eyed young fellow spotted a giant python carcass buried in the sand.

After its soul was extracted by the Opium poppy tree, it had been sun-dried by the scorching sun into a snake jerky.

It looked like an extra-large spicy strip.

"Can we eat it?" Everyone excitedly rushed up and dug out the giant snake.

It weighed about a ton!

"Definitely!"

Youth was always easily satisfied, cracking their dry lips into laughter.

They almost forgot how terrifying this place was.

"Leave it for now! We'll pick up the carcasses when we come back," Old Cat said.

As they rode the tricycle, they saw many dried-up animal corpses, from pythons to crocodiles to camels—all dead.

These guys were in high spirits.

So many animal carcasses!

If all of them were transported back, the food crisis could be greatly alleviated...

All of the Sha Li People had cultivated the Extraordinary Spark and were in good physical condition, able to properly digest even slightly rotten food. Continue reading on My Virtual Library Empire

Besides, the meat of these animals was well-preserved in the dry desert, making for high-quality ingredients.

"Stop dawdling, if we delay any longer, bandits will overrun the village," Old Cat kept urging.

The tricycle found an entrance to the sewer.

Their footsteps echoed in the sewer like thunder.

The Mother Worm that used to lurk here had vanished, maybe its soul had been hooked away, dead in some corner...

The four of them were both joyous and worried, happy that Sky City had food and water, and much territory had been vacated.

The worrisome part was the large mob at the village entrance...

Going down is easy, going up is hard.

Having turned into bandits once, they might be branded as bad people for life.

It was uncertain how many would be willing to reform.

And so, they explored for a while, and up ahead was the direction of the sewer exit!

"Thump, thump," "thump, thump," as the buds kept writhing, their hearts resonated violently.

For some reason, the power of this Resonance was much less than before.

Which meant... the Opium poppy tree was weakening.

"Stay here, don't move."

Old Cat stepped forward and "whoosh," threw a Smoke Bomb, using the walkie-talkie hidden inside its body, sending out a message: "Hey, Lu Yuan, are you still alive?!"

...

At this moment, the Tree of Life had crazily soared to a height of 30 meters, and the diameter of the trunk had also reached three meters.

The crystal-clear green leaves were like emerald, and the sunlight filtering through the cracks cast on the ground, giving it an exquisite beauty akin to a divine tree.

In the process of rapid Growth, the "God" and "Qi" Attributes hadn't changed much, but the "Shape" Attribute had astonishingly surged past the 60 mark!

And it was still skyrocketing!

The surge of power left Lu Yuan at a loss; his own "Shape" Attribute was only a little over twenty.

Over sixty was just a bit monstrous.

Of course, the Tree of Life, the larger it grows, the slower it moves, which is a major downside.

After all, you can't expect a tree belonging to the "Plant" species to be more agile than animals.

Additionally, this kind of frenzied Growth had reached a short-term limit, and Lu Yuan felt a kind of soul-level fatigue, which would take a substantial amount of time to recover from.

Therefore, he slowly drew in this energy, storing it inside the Tree of Life's body, with over 30,000 units remaining.

"I'll digest it slowly in the future."

It was on that day, as Lu Yuan was diligently learning about Engravings, he noticed smoke rising from a manhole cover, felt something stir inside him, and quickly took out the walkie-talkie.

At a distance of less than a kilometer, the walkie-talkie could still be useful.

"Hello, Lu Yuan, are you still alive? (*static)"

The signal was intermittent.

"Alive."

Old Cat said through the walkie-talkie, "Comrade, what's going on with you? Two months and you haven't come back?"

"Turned into a big tree, hanging in there with it," replied Lu Yuan, hidden within the Cannibal Flower, as he pulled out the walkie-talkie.

He briefly explained what had happened.

"You've turned disaster into fortune!"

Old Cat poked its head out and saw the enormous Tree of Life. The primitive aura that it emanated instinctively made one feel the urge to worship.

A hint of astonishment appeared in its eyes.

This must be a "Demon" of the same Level as the "Opium poppy tree"; otherwise, there was no explanation for such rapid growth.

In less than two months, it had grown from 15 meters to 30 meters, its diameter had increased dramatically, and its mass was close to ten times its original!