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

Chapter 650: Chapter 471: Terror, Immense Crisis!

“It seems like we’re being underestimated, comrade…” Lu Yuan is in Green Grass City, but his heart is on the frontline.

He is still very concerned about this matter, so he couldn’t help but crack a joke on the long-distance communication channel.

Old Cat responded with exasperation: “Relax, this is just the beginning. It looks like the Lanpeng Civilization doesn’t know the terror of Pangu Continent, their thinking is still trapped in the past. Let’s give them a proper lesson.”

“I now feel that the rule of Gambling Fighting is truly a stroke of genius.”

Lu Yuan laughed and said, “You handle it all, but don’t actually start a war.”

Following the etiquette of the interstellar era, both sides exchanged electronic products and cultural books, which were quickly interpreted by their respective specialists—admittedly, this system makes some sense as it allows each side to understand the other’s culture and assess their strength.

The related translation and decoding work may take several days.

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On the afternoon of the second day, Lu Yuan was reading an alien novel that had just been translated, “Gree Travelogue.”

The gist of the story is about a lower-class Birdman from the Lanpeng Civilization and a Princess from the Royal Family falling in love after their encounter. To maintain the dignity of the royal lineage, the family forcibly separated the lovers, but the commoner Birdman proved the superiority of his own lineage through his actions, shaming the Royal Family.

In short, it was a series of melodramatic plots that left him bewildered.

“Is this really considered a cultural masterpiece?!” he exclaimed.

Suddenly, he heard a few “thump thump thump” knocks on the door.

“Come in!”

It was the three Worm Kings returning, all looking utterly exhausted, as if they were at the end of their rope.

Lu Yuan put down the alien novel and asked, “What did you find out?”

In recent days, he had specifically dispatched the best scouts from the Insect Clan Army to investigate the Snake-man Palace.

A Level 10 Worm King is much stronger than an ordinary Human Investigator.

However, all three insects were trembling all over, nearly breaking down the moment they saw Lu Yuan.

Worm King · Lu Da leaned close to Lu Yuan’s ear and whispered a few words.

“King, there might be an S-level Idealist Interference inside the palace. As soon as we approached, we were stricken with terror and nearly mentally collapsed,” he said.

“But the thing seems to be inactive. Otherwise, it would have killed all of us on sight!”

Lu Yuan broke out in a sweat, his complexion turning pale and then flushing, it took him a long time to clench his fists and exhale a breath of turbid air.

An S-level, which is Catastrophe Level Ideal Energy fluctuation.

According to Lu Da’s description, it was probably a Ghost!

Only a Ghost can render a Level 10 life completely immobile with just its aura.

Although a Demon could also do that, they are generally huge in size and wouldn’t fit inside a palace.

The pressure suddenly mounted, as Lu Yuan racked his brain in contemplation: “Is a Ghost really hiding in that palace? Shouldn’t it be some kind of Monster? What’s going on?”

“Here’s the photograph and video we took.” Lu Da produced a camera.

After connecting to the computer, the images were blurry with pixelation here and there, a result of Idealist Interference.

The boundless grassland and ancient palace, the sky with its clouds, the land with its roaming beasts, soulless-eyed Snake-men basking in the sun, Mandala Flowers growing wildly, all convey a vast and desolate sentiment.

“Did those Snake-men notice you?”

“Yes, we are certain but did not dare to approach the palace… They seem to have lost their wisdom.”

Lu Yuan pondered for a long time but couldn’t come up with a reason.

If necessary, he would indeed have to enlist the power of the Greedy Demon God and investigate personally.

If it were a ghost-level catastrophe, it truly exceeds human endurance limits. Even with the Birdman civilization, the ultimate outcome would remain the same.

However, at this moment, the Insect Clan Army sent another report: “Beep ba, beep ba!”

It was the Sky Fortress blaring loudly from outside.

Lu Yuan hurriedly ran out and smelled a rotten, odd scent, mixed with a hint of sweet fragrance… It smelled a bit like the mysterious Mandala Flower.

A large swarm of Big Locust Valley insects had carried a strange object out from the cargo hold of the Sky Fortress, wagging their antennas and long legs.

Lu Yuan’s pupils shrank instantly as he saw a corpse.

A Stone Man, possibly 10 meters tall? Weighing perhaps several hundred tons.

The surface of its skin was embedded with sparkling minerals, shimmering softly under the sun, and the black gem-like structure on its head had a unique texture and sheen.

There was a fatal wound on the chest of the corpse, where the thoracic cavity had completely collapsed.

The Sky Fortress and a group of investigating insects were very proud, all waiting for Lu Yuan’s praise.

“Where did you find this thing? Why is it still dripping wet…”

But Lu Yuan’s words were cut short, and his expression darkened because he had identified a very strange result.

[A body once occupied by a Demon, race unknown.]

[Too much time has passed; it no longer has any value for use.]

This should be a corpse from the Eighth Epoch that has remained intact until now, preserved much better than the Donkey-headed Monster, but clearly, it had lost its core and was now just an empty shell, incapable of moving again.

“What’s going on… How come there’s a Demon’s corpse?!”

At first, Lu Yuan was puzzled, but the next moment, he was truly frightened, his soul nearly jolted out of shock!

“Wait… Where did the Demon go?!”

Demons are undying.

They can always resurrect.

And the current corpse was just an abandoned body.

It might have already taken over some human’s body!

At this thought, Lu Yuan truly felt a chill, something he had not felt in a very long time. He immediately transferred his soul into the Greedy Demon God and began to observe the entire city with maximum effort.

“Possession is an absolute ability of Demons; even the Opium poppy is a possible host!”

“But initially, they are weak… Without enough Ideal Energy, they would likely only take over the weakest beings.”

“We’ve been here for quite some time. Almost nine months now, who knows how much strength it has recovered.”

This time, Lu Yuan was truly tense, meticulously observing every person in Green Grass City, listening to their heartbeats, blood pressure, and feeling their emotions.

Nothing, he detected nothing out of the ordinary!

Everyone seemed very normal…

Yet it felt like everyone was not normal at all.

He even doubted whether the Greedy Demon God’s capability to perceive could accurately determine if a person was possessed.

No matter how powerful the Greedy Demon God was, it was not all-powerful.

If one of the Four Great Calamities could be so easily seen through, would it truly be a catastrophe?!

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(Kevin, the word count is less this time, sorry!)