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

"This kind of getting along is what lasts... He seems to want to foster more extensive cooperation... Human civilization?"

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"Let’s go, Mr. Turtle!"

"Let’s take a stroll on Pangu Continent and come back after a while."

The Undying Giant Turtle was living quite freely.

Actually, with its philosophy of survival, as long as it wasn’t caught by bad people, it could live well anywhere.

Hearing Lu Yuan’s call, this fellow came running over, like a charging rhinoceros.

"Is this... the so-called Safe Zone Light Screen?" The Undying Giant Turtle widened its eyes, looking left and right, even sniffing with its nose.

There was no smell at all.

This gluttonous turtle, taking advantage of the light screen’s inattention, fiercely licked it.

A wave of dust and glitter passed, and its tongue disappeared, blood spraying from its beak.

"Wakaka! Damn your Gram!"

The turtle roared angrily, spouting some nonsensical ancient language.

"Meow?" Old Cat exclaimed, scoffing, "My dear turtle, do you want to learn what true dying is?"

As a turtle that regarded face as its life, it wouldn’t allow itself to lose face in front of a large crowd.

Especially seeing a big group of Rize people pointing and whispering, the Undying Giant Turtle became a bit agitated.

Seemingly wanting to show off deliberately, the giant turtle regenerated its tongue and sneered, "Let me show you what Mr. Turtle is capable of. What is dying? You think this thing can kill me?"

"I don’t believe it!"

Various patterns on its turtle shell began to shine, those mystical and vibrant complex patterns, flickering like stars and constantly moving.

It turned into a black rock, emitting an ancient and old charm.

With a forceful push of its hind legs, it ferociously slammed its turtle shell against the Safe Zone’s light screen!

Honestly, at that moment, Lu Yuan was indeed a bit nervous.

He was worried that his "good brother", whom he had tricked and cajoled, might just die out of the blue.

After all, it wasn’t a ghost; its "undying" had limits.

The Rize people standing by were also confused, not understanding what the turtle was up to, their murmured conversation intensifying.

The next second, the turtle shell collided with the light screen!

The shell was struck by the light screen till it was glowing red!

Like lava, masses of red material splattered from its back, directly vaporizing into a cloud of red smoke.

Those complex patterns shone even brighter, reflecting golden sunlight.

The Undying Giant Turtle was really outside the Safe Zone.

It succeeded, physically overcoming the Safe Zone’s light screen... although it suffered some severe damage, the turtle was injured, its shell red-hot, and its body had shrunk a bit.

But this was indeed the first Extraordinary Ability to forcefully breach the Safe Zone, leaving Lu Yuan in awe.

The Rize people were speechless, chatting among themselves that "the Safe Zone is getting worse" and "the light screen definitely can’t annihilate a ghost."

Others, holding cameras, took photos of the turtle.

"Speaking of defensive abilities, this turtle, who has lived who knows how long, truly became crafty. No wonder it has survived till now."

"So, we’re off, goodbye!" He waved his hand, saying goodbye to the Rize people, "Prepare the helicopter early so I can visit other cities."

"Understood, don’t worry!"

"Whoosh!"

Lu Yuan easily translocated from the Safe Zone to the Pangu Continent.

The city behind him disappeared.

The bustling crowd also disappeared.

He sighed softly, lifting the significantly reduced turtle onto the speedboat and starting the engine to leave.

The giant turtle was still humming, its shell patterns constantly changing like flowing water.

But having acted tough and saved face, it felt a bit smug: "What is dying? If you dare, tell me the answer, you stinking cat. Make me die if you can."

"What is living? If you dare, tell me how to live, you turtle." Old Cat was quite sharp-tongued.

"I’m the turtle? What’s that cursing formula... forgotten it! It’s infuriating!" The turtle was very angry.

The two began to exchange pleasantries.

Listening to the small animals quarreling, Lu Yuan suddenly felt the atmosphere heat up along the way.

The engine started, the speedboat sped off, leaving a white wake on the surface of the river, like a long, snow-white rainbow.

He experienced a kind of exhilarating joy!

No longer did he have to, like before, rely solely on talking to himself to relieve the boredom of just him and his dog.

Before... it really was miserable!

Now this feeling...

"Ah!!" he began to shout loudly.

His loud voice traveled far and wide in the open wilderness, occasionally startling a few birds that flew past from high above. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Old Cat and the turtle, seemingly infected by his emotions, also began to shout—Old Cat was actually puzzled, wondering why an artificial intelligence would need to shout? Oh well, never mind, consider it a bug!

In the midst of this howling, the areas of the turtle’s shell that had been burnt by the light screen healed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Lu Yuan’s Tree of Life also had a strong healing ability.

But the Tree of Life is purely Life Force, a universally present Mind mechanism.

The power of the Engraving and the Tree of Life are based on two different principles.

Lu Yuan briefly studied it.

The scope of the Tree of Life is broader, effective also against diseases like cancer, ALS, and high blood pressure.

As long as one crazily infuses Life Force, there’s always some effect.

However, the Engraving seemed ineffective against these perplexing diseases...

But the healing effect of Engraving is faster!

The healing effect of the Tree of Life is slow.

The healing through Engraving seems to be achieved by over-drafting a small amount of Life Force, but the effect of the treatment was really visible to the naked eye.

"They really are two different things, each with its own merits,"

"For the Undying Giant Turtle, the side effects are practically zero."

In 10 minutes, the giant turtle had essentially recovered to its original state, once again lively and energetic.

And its Shape Attribute became 21.1, dropping a bit, and its size also shrank by about 10 centimeters.

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"So this is what being Undying is all about... every time it gets injured, it shrinks a bit, and in the end, it will turn into a stone," Lu Yuan muttered, stroking his chin.

"Humph, I’m truly undying only when I’m in full hibernation! Not even a [Ghost] can destroy me!"

"Once I enter the final hibernation, I won’t wake up until the next Epoch, and I’ll lose most of my memory, sigh."

"Are you a masochist?" Old Cat asked.

"How could I be?" Tears suddenly streamed from the turtle’s eyes, "It just hurt so much! Mr. Turtle can endure a lot, but that doesn’t mean I like it."

Orange Cat didn’t understand why this fellow suddenly became sentimental.

Could it be related to its experiences in the "Great Lai Empire" laboratory?

So the two passionately embraced, the furry cat paws gently patting the turtle’s shell: "From now on, if you think of sad things, tell Mr. Cat; don’t hide them."

"Mr. Cat... I’m suffering! I couldn’t die in the laboratory, no matter what."

"I could only live! It was suffering! Back then, all I could think about was how I could die?"

Old Cat got mad and launched into a frenzy of wild scratching.

"..."

The unsympathetic Lu Yuan, witnessing these two madmen’s bizarre behavior, was somewhat unable to understand.

He stated with righteousness: "I’m convinced that right now, only my mental state is normal."

He was subtly curious, wondering why his civilization milestone hadn’t yet been completed?

Capture and utilize the Anomaly... shouldn’t it be completed?

"God, didn’t you see this turtle is an Anomaly?! Genuine article!"

Lu Yuan looked at the sky, then looked again at the Undying Giant Turtle.

"Is it that it hasn’t been utilized yet?"

But... he clearly utilized it!

The Undying Giant Turtle had helped him clear a lot of resin inside the [Ghost]’s room...

Wasn’t that utilization?

A hint of doubt rose in his mind: "Could it be that in that hidden space, even God couldn’t observe?"