I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 627 - 455: The 207th Year of the Ninth Epoch
Chapter 627: Chapter 455: The 207th Year of the Ninth Epoch
Legendary Level, what concept is that? The best thing they had ever come into contact with was… Rare Level, and it was the heartwood of the parasol tree, which grew extremely slowly.
Suddenly, they’ve leaped over two levels and were completely bewildered.
Only now did they understand what it meant for an Anomaly at the Demon-level…
It represented a profound foundation, an endless wealth, it was a gold and silver mountain!
And with such a big golden mine, Lu Yuan had many of them… No wonder the gap between the two sides was growing ever larger, now it was hard to even catch up.
“What about those fleshes? Are they useful?” Li Chunhong asked anxiously.
The professor responsible for identification observed for quite a while: “The flesh seems to contain energies of the Life Attribute and the Water Attribute, Inferior Grade, can be used to cultivate plants.”
“But humans shouldn’t eat it, otherwise unknown risks may occur.”
“That’s great…” A fervent atmosphere arose among the team, with several elderly members choking up, they were truly terrified of poverty.
Legendary Level, it’s too unreal.
Inferior Grade, that’s the reality.
“The valuation of Legendary Materials, I remember, is in units of hundreds of Spirit Essences.”
“Indeed, but it still depends on the quantity.”
“Wait a minute… these meridians are also of no small use!”
“Ordinary Level, they are excellent materials for forging equipment…”
Everyone was again shocked, how many meridians was that?
“The bones are also good, Ordinary Level… As for what they’re used for, you will need to use your imagination.”
Another wave of passionate discussion ensued.
This professor was never one to hold back: “Hmm? These eyes seem to be storing some Ideal Energy, they are naturally born Spirit Crystals! There are over thirty in total, each approximately containing one Spirit Essence worth of Ideal Energy.”
“A total of over 30 Spirit Essences…”
Every time the young expert identified some information, everyone would fall silent for a while, discussing and listening with fear and trepidation.
Eventually, they became numb to it.
Fear? Dread?
Happiness? Gratitude?
Over ten thousand people died, and a massive amount of materials were obtained. Even a middle-aged man like Li Chunhong, who had experienced a lot, couldn’t help sweating profusely, his heartbeat continuously accelerating.
It’s incomprehensible!
More than a thousand!
To think that in the past, including the parasol tree, their entire wealth added up to just over a hundred!
Suddenly, it might have increased tenfold!
This is truly… a world-view overturning moment.
Even those casualties now seemed like a very worthwhile matter.
“Professor Ma!!” The exclamations of the crowd woke Secretary Li from his contemplative state.
This professor in charge of identification had actually started to get a nosebleed, he had overused his Divine Skill, and it was overloaded!
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The works of collecting the war spoils continued until twelve noon the next day.
The best ten craftsmen of the city worked through the night to disassemble all the materials, and hundreds of experts carried out the valuation.
“The final data of the war spoils has come out, valued at 1102.9 Spirit Essences… this is truly an unprecedentedly huge harvest.”
When Li Chunhong released the report, his voice was trembling.
And the people below were all abuzz, rubbing their hands together with excitement, their eyes red with agitation.
Li Chunhong steadied his mind and said with fervor: “With the resources at hand, we can cultivate more Extraordinary Plants, create more powerful weapons.”
“Some of the Ideal Components are suitable for engraving resistance to cold engravings!”
“This means we no longer need to rely on other cities, and can achieve self-sufficiency in terms of weaponry.”
“Comrades, we must firm up our will to fight! Although this unexpected war has brought us huge losses, we have also won a lot!”
“You have to understand that the Pangu Continent itself is a jungle world where the strong prey on the weak. Abandoning unnecessary illusions and embracing the harsh reality are our next important tasks.”
“Even if we are just one city, we should overcome this powerful enemy, and moreover, we also have compatriots far beyond the horizon, with Mr. Lu Yuan as a role model… He alone was able to create something out of nothing, we already have so much, how can we not overcome a difficulty?”
“Comrades, let’s work hard, we must win our future with our own hands.”
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And so, after one war, the first branch of human civilization, Yunhai City, stepped into a brand new stage of development!
And the Human 18th Civilization, Green Grass City, was also rapidly developing.
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Time passed again, and now it’s the 207th year of the Ninth Epoch, which is also the 52nd year that Sky City has stayed near this big Crack…
Compared to the original 50-year plan, it was only a slight delay of two years.
Developments always come with their twists and turns, but overall, the nurturing of the next generation has gone quite smoothly.
The population of Green Grass City has ballooned to 1,017,000 people, more than doubled, perfectly hitting the target we had set.
Next up, we just need to maintain an annual birth rate of around two thousand to ensure a fairly reasonable age distribution.
And today marks the graduation of many students, and quite a few kids are about to step into society…
Each generation of students looks quite similar on the surface, but there are subtle differences in reality. After all, economic conditions determine their ideological foundations, and compared to previous generations, these kids really did grow up in a nurturing environment.
[My name is Hai Zhiyun, I’m 23 years old this year.]
[Finally, the day to step out of school has come! My three sisters are super excited… Well, I don’t know what they’re so excited about, maybe it’s because I’m pretty handsome.]
[To get back to the point, I am the first lucky person in Green Grass City to be born with double “Divine Skills” naturally – “Super-thinker” and “Thought Upload”.]
[I can upload my soul to a computer. It’s a very special ability, extremely rare!]
[Coupled with “Super Speed Thinking”, it means that I can temporarily become a self-conscious computer, comparable to a small-scale Strong AI, and everyone praises me as a boon for the development of technology.]
[Just last month, I successfully completed a Thought Upload experiment. Within an hour, I finished a month’s worth of data processing work for a 30-person team.]
[Everyone congratulated me.]
[But it didn’t feel good. When I become a computer, I slowly lose human emotions, leaving only pure, cold rationality.]
[Sometimes I get caught in prolonged emptiness, pondering over some philosophical nihilism, feeling like the world is fake, with only that mass of data being real.]
[This feeling is too lonely, and hard to bear.]
[In history, many “Mind Uploaders” who appeared could develop self-destructive tendencies, further leading to the destruction of civilization.]
[But obviously, I’m not like that. I have my family and friends to think about. I love every nook and cranny of Green Grass City, and I cherish our civilization.]
[I want to push forward the technology of our civilization!]
History is always in Reincarnation.
Or perhaps, every smart person likes to record some trivial matters of life.
As the pride of Green Grass City, Hai Zhiyun closed his eyes and recorded his current feelings in his phone within a second using “Thought Upload”.
Then, he spent another second listening to a once-popular song on Earth—[“Rat Love Rice”], and even cheerfully hummed along.
“Thought Upload,” a terrifying Divine Skill, is documented in the records of the Shu Mi Dam Civilization.
The owners of such Divine Skills have a high probability of losing emotions, developing depressive tendencies, self-destructive impulses, and even dragging their entire civilization down with them!
On the other hand, the owners of “Thought Upload” are outstanding scientists—especially in the field of materialist sciences; their remarkable computational capabilities allow them to do the work of hundreds or even thousands on their own.
Provided that—they have a big enough firm goal; and… sufficient willpower to endure the side effects of using their abilities.
Luckily, influenced by his “parents”, Hai Zhiyun remains quite optimistic… Well, if you’re high EQ, you call it optimism, if you’re low EQ, you call it being neurotic.
“Brother Yun! Recording your life again?”
A chubby kid came running over, he is Hai Zhiyun’s best friend, named Hai Dafu, big and sturdy with a bit of baby fat.
Just like those old web novels from two hundred years ago, the main character always had a fat friend by his side. Readers never had to worry that the fat friend would cause any romantic trouble for the protagonist.
“Of course I’m recording, stepping out of campus means becoming the workhorse of society! No more all-nighters playing games, nor binge-reading web novels. The good times are over just like that.”
Hai Zhiyun secretly writes stuff like “I’m going to push everything forward,” typical of a teenager, but on the surface, he presents like any ordinary young man, and even acts like an internet troll.
This is normal. A civilization, after all, has its own set of imperfections.
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“Mind Uploaders” tend to have an obsessive-compulsive mindset, finding everything less than perfect, so spewing out a few snarky comments to vent is actually a good thing.
Conversely, those who are gloomy and keep everything bottled up inside are more likely to end up making trouble.
The chubby kid exclaimed, “You’re clearly the leader of the research institute… Others are supposed to work for you. You’re holding a whip, lashing out hard from behind!”
“You found out about that, huh? I secured 200,000 Extraordinary Points and 10 million Green Grass Coins for research funding!” Hai Zhiyun said exuberantly.
Spirit Essence as a unit of measure is incredibly vast, and most labs don’t even get 0.1 Spirit Essence worth of funding in a year, plus it’s described as purely idealist, not very useful for those things that are half-idealist, half-material.
Therefore, Humans came up with the unit of Extraordinary Points, to more conveniently measure value in the semi-idealist domain.
As for Green Grass Coins, they’re like ordinary currency, used in environments where the extraordinary domain isn’t involved.
“That’s a lot!”
“Of course, it was funded by my dad.”
“Why doesn’t my dad fund me, Hai Dafu?” Fatty almost cried. If you’re handsome and rich, what about me?
“My dad almost cried out of pain when he took out that money.”
“My dad is just that stingy.”
The two bantered like they were performing a comedy sketch, nearly laughing at their own jokes.
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