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Shu Huangfeng also took a small sip, "The most crucial thing is the grains!"

"For cultivating these grains, we've been at it for two thousand years... Seems like we used something... Three Eastern Insects..."

These odd grains, humans naturally also purchased, price... 1 Spirit Essence.

Indeed, they're good stuff. Mutant fruits humans can cultivate vigorously, without spending too much effort yet reaping great rewards.

Then ate some special local products—aged cured meat, a piece of monster meat whose age was unknown, chewing it felt like wood.

But the energy it contained was not insignificant!

It tasted a bit like Fire Lizard's meat.

Upon careful tasting, it was somewhat spicy and quite flavorful.

Lu Yuan said, "Mouse King is wealthy, yet can only live exposed to the wind and sleeping outdoors, truly can be said to be a monk of legend who endures hardship."

Shu Huangfeng sighed, "Being at home everywhere, we have no choice... who doesn't want to live a better life?"

"But we are now a part of the Anomaly, we must rely on Spirit Essence to maintain our own sanity." He pointed to his brain.

"As for our race, we have no future. Our population has stabilized, our ability to produce Spirit Essence isn't high, nor can we procreate the next generation."

"To stay alive, we can only do trades!"

"Earn a bit here, a bit there, and we can get through this Epoch."

This was the truth, observing for a month, that civilization was indeed stagnant, not even a child in sight...@@novelbin@@

Many high-status Ratmen were just drinking themselves into oblivion daily, not even caring much about the trades between humans and the Shu Mi Dam Civilization.

A race that's lost hope could probably be just like this.

If one is just barely surviving, then life is too stagnant and dull...

Shu Huangfeng then lowered his voice, "Young brother, we will be here for a few more years, if your craftsmen have any finished products, feel free to trade with us anytime!"

"Even the less-than-perfect ones we'll accept, and even, give you a little extra on top! How's that, we're brothers, right?"

This Mouse King was truly a smooth talker, now starting to talk about camaraderie, and even playing on emotions.

Luckily the guy was too ugly, those sallow big buck teeth of his had bits of aged cured meat stuck in them, emitting a strange odor—no matter how sincere he was, Lu Yuan wouldn't be swayed easily.

If this Mouse King were a cute girl...

Cough cough, maybe Lu Yuan would have been a little tempted...

There's a saying that clothes make the man, there really is no mistake, some gear can add "charisma", can it really be pointless?

"Big bro, I see you have a bright future, let me point you to another opportunity, a piece of free good news!"

Shu Huangfeng leaned into Lu Yuan's ear and pointed eastward, "There's a big mountain over there, and atop it, a Sky Pit."

"Inside the Sky Pit, time flows at one percent of the rate of the Pangu Continent. That's truly a treasure!"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, a Sky Pit, am I not aware of it?

The Anomaly that was situated within it, I was the one who killed it...

He began to speak, "I've been there too, the entire mountain is a serpentine maze of caves..."

"Young brother, you know about it but don't understand it," The Mouse King waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "That mountain is a relic of the Ancient Era, or even from a time before, built on the sacrifice of lives."

"The civilization of the Ancient Era revered Ideal Technology, not Materialism Technology. The methods they controlled back then were even more strange and remarkable, capable of easily doing what Physical Technology could not."

"Some powerful civilizations, to avoid Epoch Disaster, actively created these 'Time Locks' to separate themselves from the Pangu Continent. Think about it, that's noble time technology, nearly impossible to achieve with physical tech, right?"

Lu Yuan nodded, if you leave it to Materialism Technology to create something like a "Time Lock," it really would be too difficult.

As far as humanity currently knows, there are only spatial distortions related to time.

Either approaching a black hole or boarding a sub-light speed spacecraft.

But Ideal Technology could do it relatively easily...

Of course, the difficulty with Ideal Technology is that it can't be mass-produced at low cost.

Shu Huangfeng continued, "Once, a certain Essence used this kind of Time Lock to avoid the Era Purple An An, it was quite popular."

"But usually there are powerful Anomalies guarding it, now the Anomalies are gone, the Time Lock is left, just leaving an ownerless treasure!"

"Our Shu Mi Dam Civilization doesn't have the ability to dig up that mountain, we can only collect a bit of Qi Fortune..."

"But you all could dig the entire foundation of the mountain, pack it up with Sky City and take it away. Even if it takes decades to move it, it would still be a profit, this is a real treasure, the crafting methods have been lost!"

Lu Yuan fell silent for a moment, "That 'Monster', I actually killed it. But what use is the Sky Pit?"

Mouse King·Shu Huangfeng, still nattering on incessantly, "The wonders of the Sky Pit are plenty, time flows at one percent the speed, capable of Sealing Anomalies. If you want to study 'Ghosts', hehe... with this Sky Pit, safety is assured."

"There are also many materials that aren't easy to preserve, they can be stored inside."

"There are many Extraordinary Items that decay quickly..."

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Lu Yuan felt it wasn't very appealing; his Storage Space also had the capability to preserve materials, did he need to move a whole mountain over?

Shu Huangfeng squinted his eyes, then all of a sudden, he realized something, his mung-bean-like eyes bulging out like fava beans, voice turning sharp.

"You killed it?"