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

When it comes to the matter of Engravings, one cannot fail to mention that among the tens of thousands of people from The Sha Li Clan, Lu Yuan did pick out a few who had a smidgen of talent as Rune Readers—being the first generation to arrive at Pangu Continent, they had the highest probability of possessing a Divine Skill.

Engravings are formidable, a knowledge capable of changing destinies, and he owed The Sha Li Clan quite a favor. Using this knowledge to repay them was not out of the question.

Unfortunately, the prerequisite for entering this field was a mastery of advanced mathematics.

This difficulty in learning made those brutes scratch their heads, as they didn't even understand elementary mathematics, struggling with three-digit addition and subtraction by counting on their fingers.

Thus, after much fuss, Lu Yuan lost his patience and let Old Cat or the Conch take over the teaching. If they couldn't learn, then so be it.

"What should I do next? The legacy of Sky City, I really don't know how to obtain it..." Lu Yuan considered to himself.

"Perhaps study the Engravings for a few more years? Right now, the most urgent matter is to help The Sha Li Clan secure a stable water source, which could also be considered as fully repaying the favor."

"I need to think of a solution..."

"Should I dig for deeper groundwater, or should I steal from Sky City?"

However, at this moment, suddenly, Lu Yuan heard a noisy commotion.

Looking out, villagers were crying out "wah-lah-lah," charging toward the direction of Sky City as if they had lost their minds.

This kind of incident was happening almost daily. Apart from knocking them down and tying them up, there were no other good solutions.

But the amount today was extraordinarily large; at a glance, there were several hundred people, men and women, young and old, each and every one was present.

Lu Yuan's heart thumped heavily. Before he could take action, those villagers collapsed one after another to the ground, foaming at the mouth as if they had epilepsy, convulsing non-stop.

"What happened?!"

Lu Yuan moved them to a shady spot and looked in the direction of Sky City.

A nameless purple mist rose in the center of the city.

Whispers and murmurs of terrifying and forbidden languages spread.

In that moment, he nearly lost his consciousness.

But the next second, the Eternal Spark jittered wildly, forcibly pulling his consciousness back.

Lu Yuan bit the tip of his tongue and performed an Identification on himself.

He found that a debuff had been applied to him.

[Field·Confusion: Intelligent life within the range of this field will gradually lose their mind, eventually leading to the separation of the spirit.]

Just for a moment, cold sweat climbed up his back, and his heart hammered at a frantic pace.

What was this thing?!

"Comrade, something terrible has happened! All the villagers have fainted!" Old Cat ran in through the doorway, with a serious expression on his face.

"There must have been an incident in the center of Sky City. These people are going to die."

Lu Yuan ran around the village shouting, "Is anyone still conscious? Answer me!"

"I... I..."

A low moan came from a room.

It was the Militia Captain Sha Kan'er, a Level Two expert, and also the strongest in the village.

He was lying near the well, his chest heaving violently.

Lu Yuan quickly took out a bottle of Soul Baby Fruit juice and fed him a few drops with a syringe.

After drinking just a bit of the juice, Sha Kan'er began breathing heavily, seeming to regain some consciousness: "I had severe hallucinations... The Ascension Ceremony is about to start... This voice keeps calling me... It's giving me a splitting headache... I can hardly resist."

Lu Yuan tossed the bottle of juice into a bucket and diluted it.

He then took out several buckets of pure water, threw the Ice Qilin Core into them, and froze the liquid inside.

Swigging down a cup of iced water, Sha Kan'er finally jerked alert, his eyes widened, and he shook his head vigorously.

Lu Yuan hurriedly said, "I need your help to wake up the warriors in the village and get them to drink some of this—keep their spirits from being hooked away."

"If you have the strength to go to other villages, please also take a trip and distribute some of this water."

"Old Cat, what about the camels? Are any still awake?"

"All the camels have fainted!" Old Cat shouted back.

"I'm leaving the tricycle to you, along with two more Soul Baby Fruits... move people into the Black Iron rooms as fast as you can."

Lu Yuan took out a steel roll made from "Black Iron" from the Storage Space, weighing two hundred kilograms and about one millimeter in thickness, that he had commissioned from Rize Civilization.

This layer of Black Iron had the property of isolating superpowers; although not completely insulated, it was better than nothing.

Sha Kan'er also knew it was a matter of life and death now, so he took several silver needles and inserted them into a certain acupuncture point. The intense pain made his whole body tremble, and he forced out a few words through his throat, "Okay, even if I die, I'll withstand it and complete this task."

He struck and kicked several young men with decent strength, then fed them the juice.

The young men woke from their confusion, each with a splitting headache, and their expressions shifted drastically at the sight of the nearly annihilated village.

...

After giving these instructions, Lu Yuan, together with his companions, rode the Undying Giant Turtle toward Sky City.

The severity of [Field·Confusion] kept increasing, creating an extreme sense of terror.

Lu Yuan constantly struggled with hallucinations in his head, only able to use the power of the Eternal Spark to suppress them.

And his companions on the turtle's back each had their own thoughts.

"Lu Yuan, if there's a really strong monster there, once it leaves, we'll be able to pick up the legacy of Green Grass Civilization just the same," said one companion.

"It can't stay here forever." Old Cat was always cold and rational.