Chapter 1246: Chapter 704: News of the Human Mother Civilization (3)

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On the human side, more and more craftsmen have heard that Lu Yuan will personally lead the next grand event, and the anticipation is growing.

Because Commander Lu has been secluded for a long time, rumors have spread widely, and everyone is holding their breath!

Moreover, in past collective projects, Lu Yuan did not participate very often. It wasn’t just because Commander Lu was too busy but also due to the principle of “self-reliance.”

“… You can’t expect everything to rely on me! The development of Human 18th Civilization requires the joint efforts of everyone! Whether it’s competitions or exchange conferences in the future, organize and participate by yourselves; you don’t necessarily need me to lead you. The Human Civilization must be independent and autonomous, building a first-class team of craftsmen talent!”—these were Lu Yuan’s original words from three hundred years ago.

But this time, with Commander Lu personally leading the team, not winning first place would be truly over-the-top!

Thus, the heavy pressure accumulated on Lu Yuan’s shoulders.

It left him unable to eat, unable to sleep.

“I really brought it on myself, why did I want to show off back then?”

Lu Yuan was subtly doubting life, looking at the mountain of documents. There were plenty of experts among humans, but these plans were still too far from “Myth Industrialization.”

And he himself was devoid of inspiration.

There really wasn’t a drop left!

A craftsman’s inspiration requires life experience, requires opportunity. He had just experienced a major inspiration and then slept for over a decade; now he could barely produce a fart.

So he could only settle for the next best thing, which was to seek some minor inspiration—using a long-unused “Crash Artist!”

But he soon found this method ineffective because his wife is now a strong Innate Mythical Level, with attraction like a high-intensity magnet. Just by using a few Divine Skills on him, Lu Yuan’s spirit faltered, showing the same charmingly wild expression as Old Wolf…

When he came to his senses, he found himself in Wise Mode, his entire energy drained.

“It’s over. The battle between spear and shield, initially balanced, now the spear far outweighs the shield. My willpower is vulnerable!” Lu Yuan sighed to the heavens.

Of course, there are other ways, like the Legendary “inspiration mushrooms” from the underground rift.

With innate mythological resistance, one can completely withstand the side effects.

There’s also the innate plant “Enlightenment Tree,” which completely serves as an upgrade to the “inspiration mushrooms,” capable of unleashing higher-level inspiration.

But Lu Yuan didn’t recklessly use them.

“When it comes down to it, I’ve just had fewer experiences recently.” Lu Yuan sat in the office, analyzing the current predicament, “Indulging in reproduction, unable to extricate myself, like having a new wife and unable to stop.”

Old Cat sat across from him, transmitting a pile of documents: “Then use reproduction as inspiration.”

“Not really, if I do that, the whole world will know my Old Lu is a pervert…”

“Haha,” Old Cat showed no sympathy, adding pressure on Lu Yuan, “First big event, the fourth Highest Craftsmen Competition, civilizations from Northern Territory and the Iron Key Race will participate, an unprecedented spectacle.”

“Oh, the Northern Territory team.”

“You know the teams from the Northern Territory, their craftsmanship strength is no less than the Buzhou Alliance. Their materialism level is also rapidly advancing, gradually catching up.”

With special support from Gui Wen, plus humans continuously transporting equipment to the rear to establish sub-bases, the material strength is indeed significantly enhancing.

“The Iron Key Race also has a Fourth-level Civilization; they haven’t participated in the past few years. They should be holding back something big…”

“This time the rewards are even richer than previous rounds; the top ten all receive Immortal Materials.”

Lu Yuan wasn’t too concerned about the rewards. Stronger competitors actually motivated him even more.

“Second big event, Tado and their team went home. Rize Civilization’s city just docked nearby the space tunnel within 300,000 kilometers, and we dispatched a military force to send them home.”

“Their city isn’t too far from the Iron Key Civilization’s base camp; they should join the civilization cluster there.”

Lu Yuan nodded. He had quite a favorable impression of the lizard folks. Sending them safely home was a reasonable arrangement.

“There’s also the third big event.” Old Cat paused, “At the end of the space tunnel, near the Great Desert of Kusi, some suspicious man-made remnants were found, like cans, mineral water bottles, and so on. They’re relatively new, likely left in the last few years.”

“There’s plenty of this stuff on Pangu Continent, isn’t there?” Lu Yuan was speechless; there are plenty of civilizations that dump garbage everywhere.

The alliance has been hosting numerous meetings for the environmental cause. Some civilizations, to save industrial costs, directly discharge pollution into the rivers. When downstream civilizations protested—”You’re polluting all the water, what do I do?”—the matter stirred up a storm. The water resources of the entire Buzhou Ruins are limited!

The issue was quite a stir, and the alliance is urgently drafting laws to regulate environmental protection.

You have to realize the Buzhou Alliance has military power. [Flame Demon], [Ancient Insect], and other anomalies are part of its arsenal. However, advancing the environmental cause still takes a tremendous amount of time and effort.

Thus, life waste can be found all over Pangu Continent.

“Take a closer look at this mineral water bottle.” Old Cat’s tone was somewhat nuanced.

Lu Yuan squinted at the bottle; it resembled a Farmer’s Spring bottle. The label was gone, but there was a line of laser-printed production dates on the bottleneck.

Initially, he found it puzzling—what could a transparent plastic bottle reveal?

But gradually, his breathing became heavier because this line of production date was—Arabic numerals!