I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 327 - 249: Riding an Insect to a Duel

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Sky City plummeted back into the lake, causing the ground to shake violently.

The city’s descent stirred up a tsunami-like spray of water in the lake.

A large wave of monsters by the lake seemed shocked by the sudden appearance of the Insect Soldiers and did not rush in immediately.

Those that didn’t charge into the sewers took to their wings and fled.

Lu Yuan inwardly lamented the loss, as this time, using the "Beetle in a jar" tactic with the Insect Soldiers looked successful but actually only eliminated about a third of the enemy forces.

Now that this card had been played, the enemy would no longer be easily lured into the sewers.

"If we continue like this, a prolonged standoff still puts humans at a disadvantage."

Besides the melee in the sewers, the city above was quiet for a few minutes.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan’s pupils dilated when he saw a squad of monsters in the sky dropping torches.

The torches flew down, landing on the Opium poppy trees.

A white vapor rose from the trees to extinguish the flames.

But the brief blaze still damaged the Opium poppy trees nonetheless.

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Although the Mandala Empire was not exactly a technologically advanced civilization, it could still produce simple materials like fuel.

"This is bad! If we keep consuming resources like this, the Opium poppy tree might die."

Lu Yuan’s Insect Soldiers, although capable of flying, were still easily disrupted mentally once they left the environment protected by smoke bombs.

Lu Yuan suddenly made up his mind and said through his headset, "Everyone, the war is at a deadlock. Our air defense isn’t strong enough, and over time, we might lose."

"Their rear is exposed, and I want to sneak over there and kill the mastermind behind this!"

Sha Kan’er and other soldiers, along with three Worm Kings, were taking cover and firing wildly when they heard Lu Yuan’s voice, and were stunned.

"Captain Lu, isn’t that too risky? How can one person..."

Lu Yuan seriously said, "The battlefield has already seen a massive deployment of Insect Soldiers; one more or one less me won’t make much difference."

"We should be able to hold off this wave of attacks.

"But the battle of attrition that follows might not be so easy to fight..."

Everyone remained silent. Now that the battle had come to this, they indeed had the advantage of time, location, and people, but they could not assume the fight was won, as the enemy’s main forces were still intact.

Lu Yuan continued, "Especially the Opium poppy tree, constantly doused with high-altitude fuel, might not hold up in the long run."

"If the Opium poppy tree falls, the city won’t fly, and we will eventually be annihilated."

"Don’t worry about me; I have my ways to save my own life. If it comes to it, can’t I just run away?"

The crowd was silent, not offering much comfort, as after all, Lu Yuan was the highest commander and his words showed confidence.

"Captain Lu, be careful."

"Buddy, take me with you," Old Cat said. "You’re strong, but fighting an unknown Spirit Word user, you might not win."

"I’m not of much use staying on the battlefield anyway; might as well go with you."

Lu Yuan quickly agreed.

Having an old comrade on the battlefield was indeed reassuring.

"Please take me with you," a familiar female voice transmitted through a channel on the headset.

"What use are you? The monsters are here to capture you," Lu Yuan couldn’t help but say.

Miss Conch said, "If you lose control of your mind, I can try to wake you up...I will transfer my soul into that Soul Gem, which you can easily carry."

She added, "Don’t worry, I won’t hold you back."

Lu Yuan bit his lip, pondering for a moment.

Miss Conch was actually a tough person beneath her soft exterior. Since she had made up her mind, there was no need for pretense, and she was indeed useful.

So, seizing the moment while the battle was intense, he reassured a few battlefield commanders and then hurried to the Central Shelter.

Here, the women and children were very quiet, simply waiting quietly together, not saying a word.

Occasionally, when they looked up at Lu Yuan, their eyes twinkled with confusion.

Nobody knew what the future held.

The children were shivering with fear, their little faces pale.

Perhaps they were regretting why they hadn’t worked harder to build a stronger civilization, or maybe they were just daydreaming?

At such a moment, Lu Yuan couldn’t possibly offer the children any motivational talks.

...

Old Wolf and its mate, wagging their tails, approached Lu Yuan.

This old buddy was of no use in such a cruel war, relegated to just hiding here.

Lu Yuan stroked its head, and Old Wolf immediately lay down, its one eye reflecting its master’s hurried silhouette—just like when it faced the Fire Lizard, the master seemed a bit lonely and uncertain.

But now, it was not as worried about its master as it used to be, for the master now had many reliable companions.

"Win, and then I’ll play with you."

Lu Yuan hurriedly approached Miss Conch’s room where her physical body lay in a flower bud, now a vegetative plant.

And her soul entered that Soul Gem.

Miss Conch conveyed through telepathy, "Place the Radiant Spirit Crystal on the little leaf above my forehead."

"Those monsters might sense my presence, a little disguise would be good."

Lu Yuan nodded, took out the "Radiant Spirit Crystal," and upon touching the leaf, the crystal burst into bright light, simulating a profound and mysterious soul fluctuation, as if a great treasure was here.

"Is this something you came up with using Engraving? Not bad."

"Hmm…"

"I’m still not used to this form of yours."

"Hmm hmm…" Miss Conch was indeed very obedient at critical moments.

Lu Yuan held the Soul Gem, closed his eyes, and instantly teleported through a thick wall, directly into the Insect Race’s warehouse.

Outside, black smoke from burning fuel was everywhere, while the Opium poppy was shooting at the swarms of fuel-spilling monsters with its leaves.

The battle in the sewers was still ongoing, with the Insect Soldiers being formidable and ferocious, but even tens of thousands of pigs would take a while to kill; this war might last a very long time.

Lu Yuan called out the flying bug hiding in the warehouse, "Sky Fortress."

This thing actually couldn’t fight much and had been hiding here like an ostrich.

He also summoned an "Invisibility Bug"—this fellow’s ability was Supernatural Invisibility, looking like a rag and shivering next to "Sky Fortress."

"It’s all on you to command! I’m off!"

"Don’t worry, Captain Lu… the shelter won’t fall before we die!"

"Quick, fire! Fire! (*static noise)"

Lu Yuan didn’t dare delay, issued a control command, and "Sky Fortress" swelled like a hot air balloon, carrying him into the sky, flying toward the direction of the Mandala Empire.

"Sky Fortress" was actually still growing, but its speed was pretty good.

It expanded to a diameter of 50 meters, flying higher and higher, and soon surpassed 20,000 meters.

The inside was quite spacious, with reddish walls made of flesh, which felt a bit like leather, almost maintaining a constant temperature of 30 degrees Celsius.

Under the protection of the "Invisibility Bug," no monsters attacked him for the time being. All the attention of those human-skin monsters was focused on Sky City.

Lu Yuan kept taking deep breaths to relieve his tense emotions.

He didn’t know what level of monster he would face.

Below, Sky City was witnessing a fierce battle, with piercing screams and the sound of artillery fire still audible at this height.

Lu Yuan didn’t know how many people had died, nor did he know if they could overcome the enemy.

"Do your best… realize fate, fulfill human duties."

He was contemplating his trump cards and the potential wars that might erupt in the future.

Lu Yuan seemed to be a warrior of strength, but in reality, he had always liked to plan first and move later.

"The most powerful weapon in hand is the depleted uranium bomb. It carries radioactive contamination, can’t be used in the city, but outside, I can fire a few shots…"

"However, I have only three rounds."

"Give me one."

Lu Yuan twisted off Old Cat’s head, fished out the messy machine gun structure inside, made some space, and then stuffed in the depleted uranium bomb.

Old Cat felt very secure; it could now serve as a suicide robot.

"There are also some mines, but their power is ordinary."

"Resin smoke bombs, only three. Ah, I wish I had prepared more of these."

"But the most reliable thing is still my melee ability…"

Perhaps because there hadn’t been a life-and-death war in a long time, he always felt his preparations were not fully adequate, and he still knew too little about the enemy. After all, a depleted uranium bomb is not a nuclear bomb, and he didn’t know how powerful it would be.

"Don’t be nervous, comrade." Old Cat squatted down, "If we can’t beat them, just contaminate them with nuclear waste. It doesn’t matter if you get contaminated yourself, death is just death."

Lu Yuan was made very nervous by it; who wanted to die?

"Hiss!" A sudden white mist sprayed out from a pipe.

Lu Yuan touched it, and it turned out to be air conditioning.

The "Sky Fortress" indeed had decent facilities, even air conditioning equipment.

"Damn your technology is awesome… It makes me want to live inside here."

"Ah???" It took Miss Conch quite a while to realize this was a compliment, not a scolding, and she dumbly responded with a "Hmm."

"Where should I put you?" Lu Yuan, now wearing armor, held Miss Conch’s Soul Gem, trying different spots to place it, feeling like he was holding a fragile gold mountain.

A 34-point Spirit, initially he only knew it was very valuable, but he still lacked a proper concept of it.

Now that he was in charge, he understood its value.

Ideal Energy is everything in Pangu Continent.

If used for "Control," a 34-point Spirit could allow him to control the entire Insect Race, including the Queen, all billions of insects!

And that would still only use a little bit!

Lu Yuan suspected that Miss Conch’s mother had used some method that allowed her to devour most of the Spirit of the Green Grass Civilization.

And the Life Essence that remained in the Opium poppy and was seized by him was just a tiny bit of gain.