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

Li Chunhong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling a chill throughout his body, hardly daring to dissolve the Safe Zone anymore...

Without an expert like Lu Yuan, how could Yunhai City deal with such a monster?

Should they bomb the city with heavy weapons?

But since the monster could instant teleport, even nuclear bombs might not hit it.

However, not dissolving the Safe Zone and constantly avoiding conflict would lead to a slow death like the Meida Civilization...

Making decisions about fate was indeed a difficult matter.

"Everyone, please keep this confidential... The Safe Zone cannot be dissolved in the short term, we must not trigger too much panic,"

"This matter, must be kept a secret."

"Agreed!"

"Seconded!"

After a brief discussion and mutual communication, they did manage to come up with a few points.

"The Communicator on Lu Yuan's end seems to be broken."

Because all human cities had their communications cut off at the same time.

The screen had shut off automatically, not because they had actively disconnected.

On further consideration, the Communicator on Lu Yuan's end was of poor quality to begin with; the Donkey-headed Monster might have wanted to do something, and after fiddling with it, it directly caused the Communicator to become scrap.

This could be considered a blessing in disguise for humans, otherwise, some unimaginable events might have happened.

"Second, that monster seems to possess higher intelligence."

"It could at least recognize that it was a Communicator and then attempted to launch an attack on humans..."

This aspect was quite dreadful, sending chills down one's spine!

Humans are not the fastest or the strongest creatures in nature, but they stand at the top of the food chain because of their intelligence.

Now, the appearance of an enemy that seemed to possess intelligence was truly nerve-wracking.

Another big question...

Was Lu Yuan dead?

I don't know.

This time it was truly impossible to judge.

This pioneer of humanity had just lost contact.

"Since we can't judge, let's assume he's not dead! We can't afford another blunder."

"Even in external communications, assume he's alive. Any city that denies his contributions must be morally corrupt and degraded,"

Li Chunhong tapped the table lightly, "But the care for his relatives must be thorough. The treatment for the families of martyrs will be prioritized before discussing other matters."

"Understood."

After reaching a tentative conclusion, Yunhai City made resolutions to "quickly restore industrial capabilities, rapidly spread the Extraordinary Spark, decipher the data sent by Lu Yuan, take small yet quick steps to stabilize development, use Divine Skills to locate Lu Yuan, and manufacture heavy weapons."

Pangu Continent still needed to press forward.

But now, dissolving the Safe Zone was truly irrational.

People could not place their hopes in the elusive Qi Fortune, nor could they expect to never encounter disasters.

Such supernatural monsters, even encountering just one, would bring significant losses!

Even without nuclear bombs, shouldn't they manufacture some heavy weapons anyway? The more, the better!

After the meeting, Professor Zhang whispered a few words secretly to Li Chunhong, "Mr. Li, we've contacted a few other human cities privately. Other cities might descend into chaos..."

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Hui explained, "There's a severe shortage of food. The common people can't survive, and the lower classes spontaneously voted to dissolve the Safe Zone..."

Li Chunhong was stunned for a moment, then sighed deeply. Yes, the first civilizations to dissolve the Safe Zone would indeed not be the strongest, but rather the weakest...

The world was just that cruel.

Professor Zhang continued, "In the spirit of internationalism, professors at that city's university are willing to contribute some information."

"They just hope that after the chaos, other cities would be willing to accept refugees. A distance of ten thousand kilometers can still be covered by plane."

Li Chunhong frowned, "The Safe Zone cannot be crossed, and outsiders can't come in. How can we accept refugees?"

"We surely can't dissolve the Safe Zone just for them, can we?"

"That's true, but they will try everything to delay the dissolution. If we dissolve our Safe Zone simultaneously, they hope to seek refuge with us."

"If that's really the case, I don't see a big problem…"

Li Chunhong made the decision on the spot, not because he was saintly, but because those eligible to board a plane are usually talented.

Especially those with "Divine Skills", the more the better!

Besides, he estimated that it would take at least two five-year plans for Yunhai City to dissolve the Safe Zone, and it wouldn't be swayed by other cities' upheavals.

What happens after ten years... no one could estimate.

Drawing a pie in the sky is always good.

Just then, his cell phone suddenly rang, and he quickly answered it.

"Good news! Mr. Li, Lu Yuan's sister..."

"What about her?"

"She has awakened the Dream Sensing ability..."

"What?!"

Dream Sensing, a miraculous ability that could ignore spatial distances and communicate remotely in dreams.

Dream Sensing, in a practical sense, was actually of little use.

Because wasn't making a phone call a hundred times more convenient than conversing in a dream?

But now...

Li Chunhong slapped his thigh, his face creased with worry, and he couldn't help but curse, "This ability, it came too late! The person has disappeared and only then it arrives!"

"Well, well, let her join the search plan."

Who knows, maybe a miracle could happen?

...

Lu Yuan's sister, named Lu Qingqing.

Alright, as an ordinary high school student, she had no idea how famous her older brother was.

All she knew was that her brother Lu Yuan, had fallen outside the Safe Zone into the Pangu Continent.

As for what kind of magical world the Pangu Continent was, she was equally unaware.

What her brother's situation was, she knew even less... From a high school student's perspective, the entire city falling into the Pangu Continent was only the third day, what could happen in three days?

"Hello... I'm someone who just awakened her ability last night... This ability is somewhat like dream sending."

"Use my ability to contact my brother? I think it's a bit difficult... very difficult, I simply do not know where he is."

Lu Qingqing's voice was timid, although her nature was lively and cheerful, and she would occasionally refer to herself as "I."

But facing a crowd of government officials, she inevitably felt a bit intimidated...

Across from Lu Qingqing sat a middle-aged lady with glasses, her expression meticulous, resembling the most serious head teacher.

There was also an 18-year-old girl, who happened to be her schoolmate, named Han Yue, a beautiful girl.

As the city entered the Pangu Continent, the number of ability users greatly increased; even though most abilities were not very useful, there were still some people whose abilities were useful.

Especially the various Divine Skills, a treasure of a civilization.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we need to join forces to execute a challenging task—the Pathfinding Plan!"

The middle-aged lady with glasses, named Li Lan, spoke seriously, "I am Li Lan from Yunhai City's Special Affairs Department."

"My ability is Locating People. As long as you tell me a person's specific appearance, features, name, the more specific information I have, the higher the probability that I can find their location."

"Lu Qingqing, your ability is Dream Sensing."

"Han Yue, your ability is Dream Entry."

"The combination of our three abilities might be able to locate Lu Yuan, who is far away, and communicate with him in a dream." (Note from the author: Don't ask me why there are three ladies, if there was a man, you would say that the sister got taken advantage of.)

This plan could only be described as bizarre!

Locating People, Dream Entry, Dream Sensing—cooperating, it was indeed possible to communicate with the far-off Lu Yuan.

But this was only theoretically possible; in practice, it was significantly harder.

Regarding the research and application of superpowers, humans were still at a fairly primitive stage.

The young girl Han Yue raised her hand to signal, "Can superpowers really be used like this? Well, I'm not against it... but who is Lu Yuan?"

"He's my brother, who irresponsibly ran outside the Safe Zone."

"Ah?" Han Yue elongated her sound, surprised, "Isn't the Safe Zone insurmountable? Your brother is so incredible that he could go out on his own?"

Lu Qingqing replied irritably, "Playing recklessly with his own abilities, he has gone missing... he probably isn't dead?"

Li Lan, after all, was a high-ranking government official and knew many secrets, her head tingled from listening to two high school students.

Teacher Lu is not someone you can judge recklessly... That man is currently battling what level of monster?

He is now considered a grandmaster in the military!

But facing such high school students, she couldn't reveal too much, as it can't be expected that these students, not yet in society, have such a high sense of confidentiality.

"Ahem... Ladies, what first needs to be clear is, Lu Yuan is very important; we absolutely must find him."

"You will also receive priority inheritance of the Extraordinary Spark..."

"If we can find Lu Yuan, your college entrance exam... actually, you don't need to take it... you can choose any university, any major you want."

"Ah?!" Both short-haired girls simultaneously voiced their surprised query—although the national college exam had not yet been reinstated, in the students' minds, universities would eventually restart, a sincere belief.

...

Soon, the three began their first attempt.

Lu Yuan's sister, Lu Qingqing, had put on her brother's clothes and trousers.

Alright, they were several sizes too large.

A girl in men's clothing looked somewhat oddly adorable.

However, this step was necessary; Lu Yuan had disappeared, and these clothes at least had some causal connection to him.

What exactly this "causal connection" was, could only be understood as a kind of metaphysics for the time being...

Next, Lu Qingqing and Li Lan needed to enter a state of sleep...

This step was quite simple; there were several hypnotic ability users in Yunhai City, who could just swing a pocket watch around a few times to hypnotize someone.

Then, the Dream Entry ability holder, the student Han Yue, would connect everyone's dreams together.

This step was somewhat difficult; Han Yue was a Dream Entry ability user who had awakened many years ago, but it was her first time undertaking the task of connecting dreams.

It took a significant amount of time to finally link the dreams of the three people together.

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(PS: Additional update for Alliance Hierarch "Black Sesame Dumpling"! Thanks to the benefactor for the reward!)