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

The grace of a gentleman is cut off after five generations, that's what it means.

Even as the Great Commander, there was no way to reverse the civilization's laziness, after all, the example of the Green Grass Civilization was right before his eyes. A long time ago, the Green Grass Civilization also had a sense of battle and was able to overcome the Demon·Opium Tree through war.

But the later Green Grass Civilization was so well-protected that it directly became a decaying civilization.

Even that Demon, who was the Great Elder, was helpless to change it, since the entire civilization had begun to crave enjoyment, and it was impossible even for the Great Elder to change everyone's thinking.

Therefore, the best way was still to "get moving"; with a crisis, opportunities would also arise.

As long as this goal was set from the beginning, the successors would get used to it and would not oppose it.

Moreover, Lu Yuan was feeling a bit overconfident now; as long as he didn't encounter a Ghost Level Anomaly, he felt his combat power was a bit high.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, "Friends, with these three goals, we still need to formulate a detailed development plan."

"We plan to develop here for thirty years..."

"Our population is too small to develop physical technology across the board, and everyone must realize this. Physical technology is good, but it requires tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of people, to develop."

"Thirty years is far from enough for us to soar, so I plan to let Sky City fly to the Rize Civilization to conduct large-scale material exchanges."

"Just purchase everything we're lacking—large machine tools, industrial mother machines, nuclear power plants, all over again."

Such an idea, frankly speaking, is "it's better to buy than to build," which would be quite despised in the Great Dong Country.

However, Lu Yuan, as the leader of a small nation with few people, knew very well that after 30 years, the 18 human civilizations would have at most 100,000 people, not even as many as workers in a steel factory, so forget about developing major industries.

It would be great to even get their hands on the machines!

Were it not for his Face Fruit, the Rize Civilization might not have even sold them.

"But some Idealism Technology, we can still develop."

Now humans have access to Insect Technology, Green Technology, pure Physical Technology—these three pathways all have great potential.

Oh, right, there's now an additional one, the legacy technology of the Mandala Empire!

"I've coined it the 'Spirit Language Technology'."

Lu Yuan took out some yellow talisman papers from his briefcase, which were drawn with some odd and curious symbols.

A scholar with the Translation Ability, named Zhang Wen, explained, "These strange symbols can be considered a degraded version of Engravings. We consulted over a thousand books in the palace and successfully found some content."

"The Emperor of the Empire, in order to consolidate the nation, expended a thousand years to recruit personnel and developed a miraculous Supernatural Technology."

Everyone picked up the curious talisman paper and began to ponder.

"It does resemble Engravings a bit." Guo Weiqiang muttered to himself, "But I can't understand it."

"It's a custom version, targeted Engravings, only effective on 'Spirit Words'." Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes, "But the underlying principle is still quite simple, roughly about Sealing the functions of 'Spirit Words'."

"What exactly can it Seal?" Sha Mo asked with interest.

"There are quite a few functions, to give a simple example, fertilizing animals."

Typically, Supernatural creatures have an extremely low reproduction rate, and the probability of inheriting "Superpower" attributes is not high.

Hence, the Imperial Royal Family, through long-term exploration, developed a strange breeding mode: using these talisman papers to carry a syllable of the 'Spirit Word'.

Then they would attach the talisman paper to animals, allowing the 'Spirit Word' to take effect slowly, which could significantly enhance the reproduction rate of Extraordinary Life.

"This is an Explosive talisman paper... roughly able to achieve the effect of a standard High Explosive Bomb, and if the formula is improved, I think it can be enhanced."

"But isn't it not very cost-effective economically?" Old Cat questioned.

"Yes, it is so." Lu Yuan did not avoid its shortcomings.

Idealism Technology, obviously, requires Idealist material.

Otherwise, the Empire would have widely distributed such explosive devices long ago.

"Additionally, the Emperor used the function of 'Spirit Words' to Seal himself. To resist the corruption of Painted skin, he sealed himself in a Bronze coffin, the coffin covered with talisman paper. Through this method, he survived the long passage of time."

"The soul of the Painted skin remains under my seal. The powerful ability of 'Spirit Words' is capable of being further exploited."

"Since the Empire can develop this technological tree, naturally we can too, and the required manpower isn't that much. Just a few who can engrave will do," Lu Yuan said.

Each anomaly is equivalent to a thread of Ideal Technology.

The potential for development of Catastrophe Level anomalies is especially robust.

In this way, the heritage of humanity's 18 civilizations really isn't small at all.

Just the assets left by the Green Grass People alone are enough to make humanity rise.

Plus, with the Insect Technology, [Spirit Language] Technology, the Undying Giant Turtle, this heritage, compared to such a small population, is simply excessive!

But people must grasp the essence of it, otherwise as it is now, being a little proficient in everything, everything is loose, and nothing substantial can be presented in critical moments.

"Mr. Lu, how can we make Painted Skin use Spirit Language?" Sha Mo of the technology team asked, "In this technological tree, isn't [Spirit Language] the key?"

Lu Yuan spoke indifferently, "It's simple, imprison the Painted Skin in the Green Grass Paradise and coax it into using Spirit Language."

"We can channel this power and make it into talisman paper."

"But obviously, this method can only achieve some simple functions."

Painted Skin is devoid of intelligence; it only knows killing, spiritual attacks, explosions, bloodsucking, Spirit Devouring—these things it excels in.@@novelbin@@

Asking it to be productive is clearly out of the question.

"Is it possible to extract the Divine Skill from Painted Skin?" Sha Mo asked again.

Lu Yuan shook his head, "No, it is an anomaly, an incarnation of the Ideal Rules, the ultimate embodiment of the [Spirit Language] ability. We can only borrow it, not strip it away."

"Otherwise, we could only do like the First Emperor, forcibly fuse with the soul of Painted Skin and then struggle with our will against it."

"But in the end, it will just make a person neither human nor ghost."

"Oh, there is a second method, by making use of the Conch's ability to simulate [Spirit Language], though the effect will be much poorer."

"This matter, she'll have to practice by herself. Conch, can you do it?"

The Conch was deeply engrossed in romantic fantasies, unable to extricate herself. When she heard the matter concern her, she hastily nodded her head.

After all, in public, she has always maintained a ladylike image.

"I... I'll try when I have some free time," she said.

Of course, there is a third method, which Lu Yuan didn't mention directly—taking control of the Painted Skin.

But that's also very difficult.

On one hand, he didn't have enough Ideal Energy.

Now with everything reviving, the Tree of Life, Insect Soldiers, and more were clamoring for sustenance. The Opium poppy's virtual world requires high power, thus consuming energy as well.

Even the Conch, the indulged Princess of Green Grass, needs to eat deluxe foods to restore her Divine Attributes—treating Soul Baby Fruit and Pomegranate Fruit as regular meals!

So poor!

With money flowing like water, Lu Yuan could only suffer a bit himself, not even having a physical body and had to make do with a lower quality clone to show his face.

Luckily, there was "Magic Cube Energy," with daily production, which kept Lu Yuan from feeling too anxious. (The bigger the historical fluctuations, the stronger the civilizations, and the higher the output.)

But no matter what, he really couldn't squeeze out any Ideal Energy to control Painted Skin, at least it isn't possible for the next few decades.

On the other hand, as the Painted Skin was the direct cause of the Empire's destruction, using it directly would clearly cause unrest among the people.

So... better to put it aside for now.

Thus, many elites discussed for a while that "Engraving" was the largest foundation, so focusing on developing engravings first was definitely correct.

The difficulty of Spirit Language Technology and Insect Technology is not high; even if one cannot comprehend them deeply, they can still provide outputs quickly.

As for Green Technology, it is truly high-end, and inheriting it is exceedingly difficult.

In the end, Lu Yuan emphatically slammed his hand on the table, "In any case, our population is too small; we must vigorously develop Ideal Technology to adapt to the trend of the age. Let's work hard!!"