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

"There’s no treasure at all."

"This whole trip was a doggone loss!"

After a round of inspection, the remaining rooms were all empty, with only the engravings on the walls still vaguely legible.

Lu Yuan, looking at these strange symbols flowing like water, took several pieces of paper from his Storage Space and made rubbings of them all.

But after making the rubbings, he found that the symbols on the paper no longer moved, becoming very rigid things without any supernatural power.

Engravings, indeed, are complicated things.

Lu Yuan sighed inwardly, "Having some is better than none, it’s like recovering a bit of interest."

Only the central grand room had not been checked yet.

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"Should I take a look? Was that guy telling the truth or not?"

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, calculating all sorts of unforeseen accidents in his mind.

And analyzing that bit of description… it’s really hard to discern the truth from the lies.

Here, he was alone. Everything could depend on himself, and at most, he could also rely on the cat by his side.

"Damn it, can’t just leave empty-handed!"

Lu Yuan thought of the Tree of Life; having eaten the corpse of a "Monster", it had already grown another Life Fruit, so he actually still had a life to live.

"So what if you are a ’Ghost’? I’m the Greedy Demon God."

"The Greedy Demon God, having come all this way, never leaves empty-handed." Lu Yuan steeled himself, thumped his chest, and made up his mind.

First, he tied a rope around his ankle.

The other end of the rope was tied to the doorknob of one of the other doors.

He pulled hard on it twice, to make sure it was very secure.

Then he had Old Cat prepare for murder.

"Don’t worry, if any uncontrollable risks arise, I’ll kill you first thing," Lu Yuan said.

Old Cat proudly opened its mouth, revealing the dark barrel of a gun in its throat.

It was now a nuclear-powered mechanical cat, capable of shooting bullets from its mouth.

If it was as big as a tank, it would be able to shoot cannon shells!

"No way, if you shoot at me and my blood splatters out, what then?" Lu Yuan said. "I’ve told you this is a ’Ghost’ taboo. Don’t let the ’Ghost’ out."

Old Cat then raised a claw, pushing out a thin, sharp needle: "Then I’ll use this. It’s filled with over a hundred kinds of chemical toxins, including that Ideal Poison. I’ll inject it into your vertebral artery, guaranteeing a quick death."

"And I’ve also added sap from the Tree of Life, which will make the arterial wound heal quickly and prevent bleeding."

Looking at the needle, Lu Yuan got a body full of goosebumps: "When did you come up with this?"

"When I was bored... don’t worry, if you don’t want to die, the Extraordinary Spark can handle these toxins. So, they aren’t that formidable."

Orange Cat-cat was now devoted to figuring out how to kill Lu Yuan quickly; its mental illness was quite severe.

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"Then there’s this... resin," Old Cat said, picking up a small piece of resin. "In case anything happens, I’ll help you light it."

"But this little bit of resin probably won’t last long."

"Alright then, with multiple layers of insurance, that should be enough. You back away a little."

Lastly, Lu Yuan put on a Black Iron Mask.

He couldn’t bear to use his own Legendary Donkey Head Mask because he could actually end up dying here.

A ’Ghost’ can be truly terrifying, he knew that.

Once everything was ready,

He touched the central room’s door; a cold frost spread from his fingertips to the crown of his head, making his teeth chatter slightly.

It was an ominous premonition.

His sixth sense was hinting at him not to open that door.

The oil lamp on the ground began to flicker with a quivering flame.

The flashlight also started making a ’zzt zzt’ noise.

He instinctively became alert, glancing down at Old Cat.

Old Cat was looking at him too, raising its claw with the needle, as if eager to try it out.

Lu Yuan’s veins throbbed twice, he held his breath, and clenched his teeth.

Strangely, the door was quite light, and it opened with just a slight push.

In the moment he cautiously surveyed the room, an extreme fear surged from his heart and spread throughout his body at an incredibly fast pace.

He saw it—’Ghost’.

In that moment, he almost froze on the spot.

More precisely, the ’Ghost’s’ head was also staring at him.

That rotting visage, the lifelessly pale gaze, was staring intently at Lu Yuan.

Around the head, it was pitch black, and this thick darkness spread out like mercury, significantly reducing visibility.

"Damn it, what is this, some kind of mind field?"

The pupils in Lu Yuan’s mask erupted with red light, his gaze penetrating the dense darkness.

The thing was sealed within a mass of emerald-green resin.

And the amount of resin used was several hundred times that of the ghost hand.

As a result, it looked like a large jelly several tons in weight.

Bubble-like entities were burrowing out of the resin, making the whole mass appear to be boiling.

Without a doubt, the ’Ghost’ was alive.

It was trying to break the sealing.

The next second, the ghost’s head moved.

The head wrapped in resin turned mechanically, looking towards Lu Yuan at the entrance.

Under that gaze, Lu Yuan felt as though all the blood in his body suddenly began to boil.

Darkness spread, and some indistinct, meaningless murmurings penetrated his pores.

In just a brief moment, he lost consciousness, staggering and about to collapse to the ground.

"I’m here! Hey, buddy! While it’s failing to break through the Sealing, get me out of here!"

A voice came from not far away, dispersing some of the obscure murmuring.

The Extraordinary Spark surged wildly, and Lu Yuan felt a heat in his throat, wanting to spit out a mouthful of blood!

But the instinct to fight in a life-or-death crisis made him forcefully swallow the blood back down.

Because once the blood was spat out, what might happen was uncertain.

Luckily, the Ghost was indeed Sealed; otherwise, he would already be dead from that attack.

The bubbles in the resin vanished.

The Ghost failed at its breakout and once again settled into a brief lull... a lull that might last only a few seconds.

Lu Yuan forcibly swallowed the blood, steadied his spirit, and looked around: "Where the hell is the hibernation tank?"

The room was vast, engraved with extremely complex patterns.

The darkness was so thick you couldn’t see your own hand, as if ink enveloped everything, creating an intense feeling of anxiety.

"I’m right here! Hurry over! You need to open the hibernation tank!"

He glanced in the direction of the voice.

Then, he saw an ornate, large copper mirror hanging on the wall, its edges carved with silver snake cloud patterns, exquisitely detailed.

The intricacy of that mirror was so unnatural it seemed not manmade but ’natural’ – yes, Lu Yuan didn’t know why, but the thought occurred to him that he was faced with the wondrous work of an Ideal universe.

In the mirror, Lu Yuan’s reflection appeared, glowing with a ghostly green light.

That reflection, also wearing a Black Iron Mask, slowly cracked a smile at the corners, revealing a sinister grin.

At this moment, Lu Yuan’s scalp tingled, and he couldn’t help wanting to shut the door and retreat.

Pioneer’s Eye: "Suspected to be a Demon from the catastrophe, get out now!"

His heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

Damn, it was a trap.

It was the mirror that had been speaking.

"Hurry, brother, I’m inside the mirror! Quick, come here!"

The reflection in the mirror, with its eerie smile, began manipulating Lu Yuan’s body.

This was a vast and mysterious power.

The light in his pupils faded, and the reflection in the mirror forcefully took over his body.

Whatever actions the reflection made, his body had to imitate.

Lu Yuan instantly broke out in cold sweat, struggling against it, attempting to use Spatial Teleportation to flee.

And quickly deduced the current situation.

This room was not only imprisoning a Ghost.

It also held a Demon with a high level of intelligence.

The voice he just heard was very likely a fabricated story by the Demon to deceive him.

The craftiness of the Demon lay in this.

No civilization could discern the truthfulness of that story.

No civilization could resist the temptation to rescue a researcher from an ancient civilization.

"It’s no use, the connection between soul and body seems to be blocked. Can’t use Space Ability."

At this critical moment, it was too late for regrets or anger. As his shadow appeared in the mirror, he had already fallen for the Demon’s deceit.

Cold sweat broke out from his forehead as Lu Yuan struggled to regain control of his body.

But this Demon, whose age was unknown, was not something he could contend with.

The person in the mirror took a step forward.

He did the same.

Suddenly, the rope around his foot stretched to its limit.

The mirror could control his body, but not physical rules.

Tripped by the rope, his body lurched forward like a zombie, toppling straight towards the ground.

As his nose was about to hit the ground, he braced himself with his hands, preventing his nose from touching down.

"Son of a bitch, damn Demon, dare to trick your Greedy Demon God."

Lu Yuan felt incredibly wary in his heart; he was certain that he hadn’t made the motion to brace himself with his hands.

It was the mirror controlling his body, shielding his nose that was about to erupt with blood.

"In this room, shedding blood is indeed a taboo."

This thought flashed through his mind like lightning.

However, his will still couldn’t control his own body.

The mirror was too clever, having discovered the rope on his foot, and now it was manipulating him to untie it.

Meanwhile, Old Cat in the hallway finally noticed something was wrong with Lu Yuan, ignited the green Resin, and thought to unleash a killing blow.

The green light shone on Lu Yuan’s face, causing his pupils to emit a dim glow, and his icy body began to regain sensation.

The power of the burning Resin was indeed strong.

Lu Yuan’s chest heaved, and he suddenly blew out a breath, directly extinguishing the Flames.

Then he removed the Black Iron Helmet and threw it fiercely at Old Cat.

The helmet thundered through the air with the roar of a tiger, making a resounding "smack" as it hit the nuclear-powered Orange Cat and smashed it against the wall, the furry body breaking apart.