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

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But as long as there's 20%, or even 10% of people changing their own destinies, for human civilization Level 18, that's already a significant number.

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After dealing with these troublesome matters, in the following months, the operations of Green Grass Town finally began to get on the right track quickly.

One new era enterprise after another was gradually established, like machinery factories, infrastructure teams, greenhouse farms, and breeding farms—these industries' technical challenges were not too high, yet effectively fostered talent.

All of everything started from nothing, from small to big.

The technology of the Green Grass People and that of humans was not quite the same. The Green Grass Civilization had no chip technology, centering instead around engraving and biotech.

Although at first there were inevitably some hurdles, even the intelligent Lady Conch encountered some stumbling blocks.

But with the help of the "Green Grass Paradise" learning materials, as long as one was willing to put in the hard work, one could always master the corresponding skills.

And each of the workers really did enjoy the pleasure and benefits of the development of civilization.

In reality, many people don't dislike learning, but rather dislike setbacks.

When effort leads to gains, when one's own labor can have a significant effect, a form of social fulfillment is achieved.

And social fulfillment is already a kind of higher-level pleasure.

This is a positive feedback effect, creating a virtuous cycle.

Within it, a large group of progressive individuals also eagerly emerged.

For instance, the owner of "Super Thinking," Comrade Desert, 24 years old, holding multiple jobs, and becoming a technical backbone of Green Grass Town at an extremely fast pace.

Then there's Guo Weiqiang, a guy who looked burly but was actually quite patient, talented, and willing to work hard.

He spent up to 18 hours a day on learning, which was much more than Lu Yuan.

Gradually, Guo Weiqiang also began to understand some engravings. Following Lu Yuan and Lady Conch, he became the third person who could initially understand the engravings.

While he could not yet carve them himself, he was able to determine if engravings were operational and repair some of the simplest damages.

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With the gradual increase of talent, the industrial capacity of human Level 18 civilization finally began to improve—on this day, the launch of the Sky City separation plan officially started.

To lift Sky City, one had to first separate the inner ring of the city, which was a considerable task.

It all depended on the legacy of the Green Grass Civilization, the heavy-duty cutter!

This device, made from the tendrils of the opium poppy, had cutting gears so large, they were a full three hundred meters in size, posing a risk of injuring people.

But the current educational level of the workers was really not up to par; they were all ducks being forced onto a perch, growing through practice.

After one accident, Lu Yuan immediately went to the hospital to visit the injured—it was, after all, a matter that would affect morale.

The injured person's leg had been cut off by the cutter, and the whole person was stuffed into some flower bud, with the wound healing over more than a month.

"Guo Daqiang, how do you feel? Do you have any sensation in your leg?"

"I feel pretty good, Mr. Lu, my leg is tingling! It's exhilarating."

"What?" Lu Yuan sweated, wondering why this was different from what he had imagined.

This worker named "Guo Daqiang" excitedly said, "I've recently experienced the feeling of being alive!"

"Before, I was the walking dead, no thoughts, no education, it's only now that I'm truly alive! Very passionate!"

"The feeling of being alive, it's great! Lying down is really boring!"

Lu Yuan suddenly remembered that this construction team seemed to be under Old Cat's command; was "life and death" a compulsory subject in their philosophy?

He turned his head and asked another engineer, "How about you? How do you feel? How is the workload recently?"

"Captain Lu, I'm also alive!" The guy was full of enthusiasm, the flesh on his face quivering in excitement.

"I know you're alive..."

"No, before I was actually dead, now I am truly alive... I'm thinking, deciding my own destiny. The past me didn't have such awareness!" His face was fervent.

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"We must learn from this accident and live well!"
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"That large cutting machine is really sharp. If it slices us in half, won't we really die?"

"Hmm... that makes sense."

"Captain Lu, what do you think 'living' is?"

Lu Yuan trembled slightly, always feeling like he was being tested by his subordinates.

Fortunately, his memory was excellent. From a corner of his brain, he retrieved the standard answer, "I am the prime mover; I decide everything about myself. I am no longer the one being moved, decided for, dominated, powerless, gloomy, and waiting idly like the weak. That is living!"

It was as if this sentence was a spell imbued with strange powers.

It wasn't just the patients, but sometimes the doctors and nurses in the hospital shouted slogans too, "Before, it was death; now, we are truly alive!"

After coming out of the hospital, Lu Yuan's mind was filled with the words "live." He felt that the "18 Human Civilizations" had been spiritually contaminated by Old Cat...

But this thriving feeling was indeed immensely satisfying.

At first, Lu Yuan had found leadership to be troublesome, but now he quite enjoyed it, reluctant to think of anything else.

Perhaps Earth too had once experienced such an era, albeit briefly, but it had indeed occurred.

Happiness in life is not about how big a house you live in, how luxurious a car you buy, how beautiful a wife you marry, or how many servings of fried chicken you eat. When an individual's life, the city's fate, and civilization's destiny are bound together, one feels a profound sense of meaning and a happiness that egoists can never comprehend.

Above Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at the peak of self-actualization, there is also transpersonal psychology, which includes altruism, compassion, and quasi-religious experiences.

Lu Yuan, who was born in an era of materialism, was also experiencing this simple, dedication-centered social atmosphere for the first time.

He didn't know how long it would last, but for now, it was truly good.

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"The possessor of a Divine Skill is indeed the foundation of a civilization."

"I've noticed that Divine Skills always seem to appear in suitable people."

"This might be an inevitable choice of history..."

When he received the Milestone Award of Civilization, Lu Yuan had also pondered a question: If "God" distributed a "Divine Skill" to an idiot or an old person on the verge of death, wouldn't it be a tremendous waste?

Now, he had a vague understanding that such a scenario likely...

wouldn't happen.

Because the emergence of "Divine Skills" might have a tendency.

Out of the 382 people, there wasn't a single idiot or anyone close to death; they were all in their prime.

There must be a reason for this.

That is, the person most compatible is more likely to give birth to a Divine Skill.

Someone who doesn't think much couldn't possibly develop "Super Thinking."

Someone lacking deep reading abilities is also unlikely to possess "Rune Reading Talent."

Humans and Divine Skills have a mutually fulfilling and attractive relationship.

Of course, there is an exception, unless a civilization has only one person, with no choice at all.

Otherwise, even with just two people, "Divine Skills" will still automatically select the more suitable one of the two.

While reading through the Green Grass Civilization's leftover materials, Lu Yuan muttered, "Raising Sky City should also have a Milestone reward... The milestones ahead are becoming fewer, and it might be tough to get more."

"If this time there's a great ability awarded, let's just intercept it."

When "God" distributes an award, a bright white light appears.

If you react quickly enough, you could actually intercept the white light.

The vines of the Opium Poppy entwined all over Sky City should be able to intercept the white light without much trouble.

Lu Yuan had no guilt about this action whatsoever.

In fact, he even wanted to manage all the "Divine Skills" and plan altogether!