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

Chapter 622: Chapter 452: It turns out, it’s not the power of God, but human strength.

The red Light Screen in the sky was slowly recovering, the hole that had been forcibly breached healed as swiftly as the surface of the water.

People gazed skyward, unable to suppress a deep sense of awe.

“Why does ‘God’ want to protect civilization?

What’s the intention of ‘God’? What redemption value does humanity, as weak as ants, have?

No one knew the answer to this question.

But in any case, Yunhai City truly had to thank the existence of the Light Screen this time.

“Has it really been driven away?” Li Chunhong asked in a hoarse voice, struggling to remain calm.

“Deviation from normal is a sign of the supernatural,” the people didn’t dare to take anything lightly for the time being.

They could only stare at the rapidly vanishing shadow, forcing their brains to work at full capacity.

Tension and anxiety filled their hearts.

After several dozen seconds, a soldier reported: “According to the high-altitude drone’s reconnaissance, within a thousand kilometers, the monster cannot be found!”

Everyone kept silent, their minds blank.

A somber religious atmosphere emerged throughout the city, in the minds of all the witnesses.

Perhaps, in the remote ancient past, the most primal religions appeared just like this.

In the era when Fire was sparked, people labeled everything they didn’t understand as an incarnation of ‘God’: the sunrise and sunset of the Sun, the Moon and Lightning, Hurricanes and earthquakes, all were parts of God.

This time, it really exceeded comprehension!

In a theistic city, everything could be attributed to the so-called “God,” communal worship could quickly restore confidence, and even the ability to mobilize society could improve.

But the Great Dong Country has long been atheist; the sheer number of people witnessing this event could potentially lead to societal instability.

After all, the confidence of the citizens is very fragile at the moment, they would rather grasp at a straw of salvation, no matter how illusory, than believe in humanity’s own strength.

Various cults proliferating later would mean more trouble.

Even the higher-ups were starting to waver in their thoughts.

“Does ‘God’ really exist?” someone murmured to themselves.

God, of course, would not provide any response—just as the merciless heavens watch the world’s life and death, it is always indifferent.

It was at this moment that a soldier transmitted a report on the headset: “Report, I think it might not be the so-called ‘God’. I just saw the Twin Ginkgo Tree burst into violent light.”

“Now it lies exhausted, completely wilted!”

“What?”

“Is the Twin Ginkgo Tree that powerful? Impossible…” Several professors from the laboratory gradually recovered from their suffocated state, exchanging glances.

The soldier said with some uncertainty: “Colonel Li Jun just invited Mr. Lu in the Wutong Dream… ”

“Just a few minutes ago…”

“I’m not sure what the situation is now…”

“Could it be…”

Even though the method of crisis aversion was astonishing, everyone showed expressions of joy instead.

Consequently, the atmosphere became somewhat more relaxed.

It turns out, it wasn’t God!

It was human power!

Maybe this is what it feels like to have powerful support?

Or maybe it is the stabilization of worldviews and values? Either way, the atmosphere of despair seemed to flip in an instant.

The principle of ‘humans will conquer nature’ is engraved in everyone’s genes; people would rather rely on their own power, instead of some illusory being—Lu Yuan is considered one of their own, after all.

“This is the means of a Third-level Civilization…”

And there were still people doubting and wondering, “Or maybe, is it actually a deity?”

“Hard to say.”

Everyone still didn’t dare to let their guard down because the Frost Mist Demon could return at any moment… and many citizens might have mutated from getting caught in the downpour!

Li Chunhong collected his emotions and commanded loudly: “All military personnel, stay alert. If you encounter humans who have mutated, try to capture them alive, do not kill them rashly!”

“There might still be a chance for rescue.”

“Prioritize the order in the Sanctuary, ensure a sufficient supply of food, water and heating. Organize militia teams, clean up the snow.”

“And… that chunk of flesh that fell, seems to have collapsed a building… someone needs to deal with that thing…”

“I’ll take the soldiers to take care of it,” said a Level Three colonel, saluting.

“Be careful, get the tanks over there. There might be monsters emerging.”

“I know.”

Watching the people hurry off, Li Chunhong sighed, hastily arranged the follow-up work, then drove to the Supernatural laboratory.

The snow on the road carried a hint of tar-like color.

The sticky blood, emitting a disgusting, foul odor.

They must urgently clean up these things!

But they weren’t worthless; these were extremely precious Supernatural materials—in the barren Safe Zone, calling them Gold wouldn’t be an exaggeration!

They could improve the Mind-based radiation background significantly enlivening the local Mind creatures’ growth environment.

“That is, if used properly; otherwise, who knows what kinds of bacteria or viruses might breed.”

Bicycles were scattered everywhere in disarray, and the green Plants had been frozen into icicles.

Even the River that flowed close to the City had its surface frozen over.

“This is the influence of a Catastrophe Level Anomaly…”

“Without an hour passing, it turned our City into this state,” Li Chunhong couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.

“If we didn’t have the support, would we have just perished?” The car driver was increasingly skeptical about life.

“Then we would have been done for. Our Nuclear bombs turned into duds; could there be any illusions?” Li Chunhong said with a smile, shaking his head.