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

Chapter 581: Chapter 424 Greedy Demon God is Really a Disaster!_2

He actually knew that things were already in chaos, and it was indeed necessary to stabilize the Insect Nest; otherwise, if these guys go insane collectively, it could be troublesome and might even affect humans.

Moreover, with his Spirit Essence skyrocketing to a terrifying amount of 15110, and having a large stock in the Storage Space, it really was a fruitful endeavor.

With food in hand, there’s no worry in the heart.

“No worries, let them forget this incident… There will be opportunities to plunder again!”

“Mushrooms will always grow back.”

…

And 42 days was enough time for human and Underground Alliance negotiations to reach a critical point.

Both sides finally completed a massive exchange of knowledge.

The Underground Alliance traded most of the “Gears Examining Metal Disassembly” and a piece of Legendary Equipment… of course, for safety reasons, they changed its name to “Underground Alliance Forging Analysis,” which is really shameless.

Lu Yuan could tell at a glance that it was indeed an inheritance from the Gear Civilization, and it was another type of inheritance tailored for ordinary craftsmen.

As for the humans, they also provided some knowledge, including “Methods to Advance Level 6 Spark,” “D-Omega Potion Principles,” “Z-Potion,” “Field…” and so on, mostly only trading most part of the knowledge.

After both sides studied the trades and found them of exceeding value, without any deceptive practices, they would trade the rest of the knowledge.

There was no choice, though relations had eased considerably, the necessary procedures still had to be adhered to…

The treatment of unknown life forms, the research into [Withering], had to be taken back to high-level experiments; it wasn’t possible here…

Moreover, there was also a significant volume of trades in terms of materials.

As the population of the Insect Clan was increasing day by day with tremendous growth, there were also large-scale riots of High-level Insect Clan recently.

Every day, there were insects wailing, screaming, patrolling, for unknown reasons, putting everyone under great pressure.

(Lu Yuan: What does it have to do with me?)

So, the next trades might become more complicated.

Thus, humans once again sold some knowledge at an appropriate price, and purchased quite a lot of underground local products and a large amount of mushrooms, with a transaction volume exceeding 600 Spirit Essence!

Everyone was satisfied with this harvest, calling it a win-win situation was not an exaggeration.

Totaling everything up, the trade volume exceeded 3000, and to say it was a full reward wouldn’t be an exaggeration! The mushroom resources obtained this time alone could provide the entire city with more than 10 years of affluent life.

Following that, the Underground Alliance made a somewhat surprising request: they wanted to visit the human city to further increase strategic mutual trust.

Dadao Gang sincerely said, “We have always lived underground, fighting against the Insect Clan, neglecting the reconnaissance of the outer world.”

“If possible… we also want to head to the broader surface… to build a Sky City.”

Well, the intentions of these fellows are not hard to guess, they wanted to acquire more general knowledge, especially about the Pangu Continent’s survival knowledge.

This request was really troubling for everyone.

Visiting the human city was not an issue, like Rat Artisans are even living in the human city.

But survival knowledge, how much is it worth? It’s really… hard to estimate.

Lu Yuan also knew everyone’s thoughts and browsed through the “Underground Alliance Forging Analysis” for a while.

Old Lu changed his nature this time; he felt very generous. Earning 12,000 Spirit Essence in just 42 days, and wealth income yet to be tallied, how could he not be generous?

“This Little Gears Inheritance, it’s actually quite ingenious… no deception involved.”

The Little Gears Inheritance, more suitable for craftsmen with low Divine Attribute, just 12 Godhood points are enough.

Great Gear Treasure Book, one needs 30 points of Godhood to begin, and those who can learn are extremely rare.

The upper limits between them naturally vary, but it doesn’t mean that the value of the Little Gears Inheritance is low.

It’s just like high school mathematics; it can solve many substantial problems already. There’s no need for everyone to study calculus, real functions, or complex functions – those really require talent.

Lu Yuan sighed, “The common sense of the Pangu Continent… how should I put it… it’s worthless on the surface, as long as one survives above ground for a while, one would master it on their own.”

“Or perhaps it’s invaluable, capable of saving the entire race.”

“When we were poor before, we encountered the Shu Mi Dam Civilization, and they also directly gave away a lot of common sense. Like the ‘Spiritual Value System,’ they only sold it for 10 Spirit Essence… and we sold it for 50 Spirit Essence. We were actually very greedy.”

The crowd hesitated to speak.

Lu Yuan sighed again, “Ratmen took care of us, there were factors of winning and losing gambles… but another reason is that we were all struggling in desperation, just like creatures internally fighting within a Gu Worm.”

“Whenever we meet a promising one, we just give them a hand casually.”

“We have been much greedier than the Ratmen, selling knowledge at high prices. We should not be greedy to the point it makes us uncomfortable, although conscience is worthless in the exchange of civilizations, who can predict what might happen in the future? Maybe they might inadvertently help us as well?”

“Or perhaps a thousand years later, they may become allies?”

These words are indeed not erroneous.

Friendship is very hard to form.

Humans only formed a deep friendship with the Rize Civilization because at that time everyone was a Noob Civilization, and there was hardly any guard against each other.

Now encountering this Noob Alliance, helping a bit without harming one’s own interests, why not…

As for the future? That’s not something humans can predict.

Lu Yuan added, “How about this, we can also invite their craftsmen to come and exchange. Let them teach us the Little Gears Inheritance.”

“Craftsmen are essentially hostages, so there’s no need to worry about them causing trouble secretly.”

“Alas, the master leads the way, cultivation is up to the individual… We clearly own many inheritances, I don’t know when our craftsmen here will be able to forge legendary, produce some Craftsman Masters, stimulating them a bit would be good, it’s been too peaceful lately.”

…

Thus, after humans sent out the official invitation, the Underground Alliance also hesitated with a hint of unease.

Eventually, the desire for surface knowledge overcame that hint of worry.

The Underground Alliance dispatched a total of 48 people, 4 from each race, aside from diplomats, translators, scientists, soldiers, it also included more than a dozen craftsmen, who grandly headed to the surface for a scientific expedition!

More than a month passed, the number of insects in the crack more than doubled, and the risk of activities here significantly increased.

“I don’t know what happened, but the insects below are particularly anxious, and occasionally high-level insect clans appear. Our monitoring devices were mostly found and destroyed,”

“And also the mushrooms have completely disappeared. Those insects harvested all the mushrooms overnight… the harvesting capacity of unmanned drones almost dropped to zero.”

Listening to a report from a Snake-man reconnoitre soldier, Lu Yuan, the main instigator, shrank his neck, Was it really necessary to make such a big fuss just because I robbed a little?

“How often do mushrooms grow?”

“The lowest-grade mushrooms grow fast, about a year’s time, they can regrow. But higher grades grow slowly, like the Legendary Naked Colorful Mushrooms, it might take hundreds of years to grow one.” said this lizard-shaped mushroom expert.

“Do Naked Colorful Mushrooms grow in the same place?”

“Yes, high-grade mushrooms almost always grow in the same location, other places hardly grow them…”

“How often does internal strife occur among the insect clans?”

The leading diplomat, Dadao Gang said, “According to observations from my alliance, a major internal strife might erupt once every fifty to sixty years, killing over 90% of the insect clans, and shorter internal conflicts happen every year, with 12 insect clan armies constantly fighting each other.”