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

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"Now it is the 99th year of the Ninth Epoch on the Pangu Continent… I, Old Lu, am 123 years old, the second generation is almost sixty years old," Lu Yuan sat in his office, lamenting the swift passage of time.

The development of Green City has been rapid these years, with the domestication and cultivation of extraordinary animals and plants, largely recovering to the pre-disaster levels, even surpassing them due to abundant resources.

Technologies from the Source Fire Civilization are slowly permeating into the public, the number of "Human-shaped Puppets" has exceeded one hundred thousand—all are productive forces.

As for the technology of controlled nuclear fusion... it has not been restored yet.

There's no rush, after all, humanity isn't too short on energy sources.

Those fission energy sources can still be used for over a hundred more years!

"So we must start considering the issue of departure, no distance has been closed with our mother civilization at all," Lu Yuan couldn't help shaking his head.

Over the past decade or so, they were still at a standstill... when could they return?

Alright, actually he increasingly rarely thought about the situation of the mother civilization, only occasionally during the quiet nights, he would recall his childhood.

In the latest development meeting, Lu Yuan asked various departments, "Friends, are we all prepared for the latest departure operation?"

"Electric network, energy systems, sanctuary systems, weapons, food reserves, all ready!"

"Sky City... ready to depart at any time!!"

It was evident that everyone was very enthusiastic.

Only a few department heads were constantly complaining, such as the Human Resources Department, and some R&D departments, continuously saying there weren't enough people.

"We really don't have enough hands, produce some more people!"

Nowadays, the human technology tree is rather complex, with Rize physical technology, Green Technology, Spirit Language Technology, plus the newly added Source Fire Technology—these few hundred thousand people, even if all were PhDs, would not be enough!

Even with "Large Puppet" technology, which could liberate physical labor, it still falls short.

"Is overtime not too severe?"

"We strictly adhere to labor laws, but some people volunteer to do overtime and job-hoarding, we can't help that..."

After hearing this complaint from the department head, Lu Yuan not only did not complain but felt a faint joy.

Not enough manpower indicated less competitive pressure.

Normally, people would slowly tend towards laziness and comfort.

But now, everyone still has dreams, searching for a direction they like, engaging in jobs they enjoy, doing things within their capabilities.

If you have sufficient abilities and made some achievements, the government is even willing to allocate resources to invest in you, allowing you to start your own business.

Even young people can easily make a name for themselves.

In these societal conditions, he was actually quite satisfied.

"The issue of population is indeed crucial, we need to follow the plans gradually."

"We must expand the city to obtain more extraordinary animals and plants to sustain a larger population. Otherwise, if the quality declines, that's also unacceptable."

"Exactly, according to the current pace of development, we will be able to achieve the goal of level 3 citizens for all in 20 years. If the population expands, this timeframe will need to be postponed."

"My idea is, if everyone has 12 points of Godhood, we can substantially expand the population... by then the productivity can rise to a whole new level."

People were discussing in abundance.

"If that's the case, we can also plan for our next Moving Mountain Project," a lead from the engineering department seized the opportunity to make a suggestion.

Currently, Sky City is a 4-kilometer square, with three layers—top, middle, bottom—and a Green Mountain to maintain resource balance.

If it needs expansion, to maintain the structure, it must be scaled proportionally— an 8-kilometer square area, which is four times the original, would require four Green Mountains.

Well, this is absolutely a supreme project, taking decades of time...

In any case, it's better to plan in advance, getting the idle engineering teams moving is good too. First, lay a foundation, a framework; when encountering suitable mountains, think of ways to move them, if not, it can also be left for later.

Lu Yuan set these matters aside and started reading other reports submitted by various departments.

"Manufacture of the modified hibernation chamber is complete, reducing human metabolism to one five-hundredth."

"Finally finished..."

This parameter was inferior to the Source Fire Civilization's version, but... it was cheaper!

One million hibernation chambers required only 1000 Spirit Essence in materials, even lower than anticipated.

This device was humanity's ultimate lifeline; Lu Yuan couldn't help but examine its parameters closely, "Maximum hibernation period estimated to be 100 years."

"It can monitor the hibernator's physical condition at any time and possesses automatic awakening capabilities."

A hundred years in the Sky Pit was equivalent to ten thousand years outside; it definitely sufficed.

He glanced at the next report, "Reserve Food Project."

Alright, because a cold disaster had caused a poor harvest and nearly led to a great famine, people were genuinely frightened and strongly advocated for a more robust food reservation system.

This report planned for food reserves sufficient for 100 years within the Sky Pit.

Upon seeing this number, Lu Yuan turned to stone, thinking, really afraid of going hungry, aren't you!

Usually, the cost of reserving food for 100 years was exorbitant; even with large refrigerated warehouses, the food would still rot and spoil, with maintenance alone costing an astronomical figure each year!

However, with the Sky Pit, the issue wasn't so significant—just transport a batch each year, and the rotting would be extremely slow...

Lu Yuan increasingly realized the extraordinary value of the Sky Pit.

Thus, he signed his name on these reports.

The last report was on the fiscal revenue for these past few years.

Nowadays, the majority of minerals had been extracted, hiding deeper underground, making it unnecessary to search loudly anymore.

Therefore, the logistics department specifically inventoried all materials in the National Treasury.

"Gold-plated sand: 198.12 tons, Inferior Level Extraordinary Artifact, Fire Attribute, Earth Attribute, commonly used in weapons, equivalent to 2391.1 Spirit Essence."

"Source Fire Stone: 2,022,121 pieces, equivalent to 3219.2 Spirit Essence, mostly Inferior and Ordinary Level."

Source Fire Stone was the primary material for manufacturing large puppets; over two million pieces meant over two million puppets could be built in the future, a truly delightful prospect.

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"Earth Core Crystal: 1,821 pieces, equivalent to 1182.9 Spirit Essence, total mass about 1.22 tons. Among them, 1,228 pieces Inferior Level, 417 pieces Ordinary Level, the remaining 173 pieces are Rare Level, and 3 pieces Superior Level."

This list revealed that materials used, allocated to research institutes and craftsmen amounted to about 7200 Spirit Essence.

Yet, the reserves in the National Treasury actually exceeded 11,000 Spirit Essence.

This mining operation had unearthed 18,300 Spirit Essence!

The previous fiscal deficit was wiped clean, turning into a fiscal surplus.

It was truly an unprecedented wealth!

The only pity was that these materials were too uniform, all Fire Attribute, Yang Attribute, and a small amount of Earth Attribute, making it difficult to forge training items and only suitable for manufacturing weapons...

But crafting a weapon worth 1000 Spirit Essence was already very luxurious, and the quantity was not small.

Humanity's foundation was ultimately not deep enough; they weren't really willing to turn them into bombs and blast them away.

"If only they were of the Life Attribute," Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

According to the research of Shu Mi Dam Civilization, Extraordinary Artifacts of the Life Attribute were often priced 10%-30% higher than those of other attributes.

"According to our post-assessment, Insect Soldiers might have sneakily consumed a considerable amount of ore during the excavation process... However, the Worm Kings firmly denied such actions, and we had no choice but to come and ask you how much they actually ate."

"We would also like to have a budget if we rent their services in the future."

The director of these reports sounded somewhat aggrieved.

"How much did they eat?"

"It seems even more than what we had in storage..."