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

Chapter 52 - 49 Hunting in Winter

The leather overcoat he wore was still very warm, but the air in the forest was rather damp, causing the cold to have a penetrating effect, as the ceaseless chill burrowed into his pores through the gaps in the clothing.

If it wasn’t absolutely necessary, he really just wanted to hide in the house, warm himself by the fire, and read a book.

The reason he ran out here was to take advantage of the great opportunity when everything was hibernating to make a big score!

In winter, there were no annoying insects, nor were there poisonous snakes or thorny bushes everywhere, isn’t this the best time for scavenging?

The mere thought of scavenging energized Lu Yuan, his eyes shining brightly as he quickened his pace.

All was silent except for the "shush" of his boots on the snowy ground.

With a shield in his left hand and a dagger in his right, Lu Yuan felt a surge of valor, feeling very much like he was conquering nature.

But then again, even the pack of wolves he raised had begun to hibernate.

Wolves on Earth actually do not hibernate, but the wolves in the Pangu World, in order to fight against the harsh environment, evolved the skill of hibernation.

Before the onset of winter, this bunch frenziedly ate everything in sight, even gnawing on the sod, fattening themselves up.

Their fur grew longer and longer too.

As the heavy snow approached, the wolf pack dug a mud den with their claws, and both big wolves and little wolves crowded together, keeping each other warm.

Now with the snow layer getting thicker, it served perfectly as their quilt.

"Aoow?" Old Wolf followed beside Lu Yuan and let out a howl.

It was puzzled, What are you doing running out in the middle of winter?

Enough to freeze a wolf to death.

Old Wolf did not fall into hibernation like the others.

After all, hibernation is just a means of reducing energy consumption.

It was now someone’s dog, with plenty of food, so naturally, it didn’t hibernate.

"Heh heh, look ahead!" Lu Yuan squinted his eyes and spied a big, bulging mound ahead, with a two hundred meter tall enormous plant standing on it, carrying clusters of cob-like growths similar to corn.

[Medium Extraordinary Plant, Poales, family Poaceae, Corn.]

[A massive corn that has grown for at least a thousand years, evolving from a herbaceous plant to a perennial woody plant, its fruits and seeds containing rich nutritional components.]

Lu Yuan had coveted this thing for a long time!

But where there is a treasure, there must be a guardian.

This corn isn’t aggressive like the Cannibal Flower, and without a guardian, it would have long been devoured by wild animals.

In the ruins of the Meida Civilization’s cities, apart from the big bosses and the underbosses, there were naturally also Extraordinary Creatures of minor thug level.

In the hollow of the corn tree, there was a snoozy giant bear, guarding this super-sized corn.

[A robust Pangu Grizzly Bear, 2.8 meters tall, weighs nearly a ton.]

[Part of the bear family, known for their thick skin, dense muscle, and extraordinary strength, capable of killing a wolf with a single slap.]

[This brown bear, due to its regular consumption of corn, has evolved extraordinary talents and thus can be considered an Extraordinary Life.]

[Shape: 17.8-19.2]

[Qi: 6.9-8.2]

[Spirit: 1.1-1.4]

[Ability: Strange Power Technique, temporarily significantly increasing strength.]

[Extraordinary Level: Level 1.]

With that exaggerated "Shape" attribute nearing 20 points, it was indeed quite monstrous!

The bear was at a similar Extraordinary Level to his own, and Lu Yuan was not willing to go head-to-head with it.

A massage from that bear paw was no joke.

"You go and distract it, and I’ll steal the corn," Lu Yuan turned his head, and formulated the battle plan.

Old Wolf, with its keen animal instincts, sensed the danger, its legs trembling, tempted to leave first.

"Look at you, all timid, it’s only a Level 1 Extraordinary Creature." Lu Yuan patted its butt and urged it forward.

Old Wolf had a look of utter despair, eyeing him helplessly with one eye.

Brother, I’m Level 0!

"..."

Using the method of setting traps that I used for the Fire Lizards for safe hunting isn’t a bad idea.

But Lu Yuan had been addicted to cultivation and couldn’t extricate himself recently, spending half a month preparing a trap just to hunt a silly bear was really unnecessary.

Furthermore, he had plenty of Fire Lizard Meat, enough to eat a pound a day for a thousand eight hundred days, and it was of much higher quality than the meat of a Level 1 bear!

On the other hand, it was a female bear with two cubs.

One cub was brown, and the other was yellow.

Although survival of the fittest is the norm in these lands, as a human, Lu Yuan still didn’t want to see "Xiong Da" and "Xionger" lose their mother.

"I’ll just steal some corn while they’re sleeping, and leave it at that."

As for his three-dimensional attributes, after several months of diligent cultivation, there has naturally been great progress.

[Shape: 10.4]

[Qi: 8.3]

[Spirit: 7.9]

[Extraordinary Level: Level 1.]

Lu Yuan slightly bent his arms and clenched his fists, his biceps bulging with a curve full of power, the abundant strength filling him with confidence.

No one would have thought that seven months ago, he was just an ordinary person.

But seven months later, he had become a little Superman!

Whether it’s jumping power, strength, or running speed, he had greatly surpassed human limits.

Even though his Extraordinary Level was still Level 1, according to the Meida Civilization, once he cultivated to a certain degree and the Extraordinary Spark underwent transformation, he would be able to advance to Level 2.

He had a feeling that he wasn’t far from this stage.

Of course, Lu Yuan found that his cultivation speed seemed to have slowed down a bit.

The first point in All Attributes took him two weeks.

Now, the second point in All Attributes took him four weeks.

The third point in All Attributes even took six weeks.

This was normal; the difficulty increased with each attribute point.

In Meida Civilization, it took common citizens years or even a decade to improve an attribute point.

Only a handful of geniuses could count this time in months.

Lu Yuan, possessing the "Fire Red Crystal Stone" and supplemented by Lizard Meat, managed to use "weeks" as his unit of time.

Upon reflection, his talent in "Extraordinary Fire" ability was just mediocre, without the aid of external resources he would be that kind of unremarkable cultivator who couldn’t make any waves in a lifetime.

Fortunately, he had plenty of external resources, enough to pile up even a waste.

"Fire Lizard Meat can increase the growth rate of the ’Shape’ attribute, so my ’Shape’ attribute is far ahead of the other two."

"Other Extraordinary Ingredients should be able to boost the growth rates of ’Qi’ and ’Spirit’; indeed, I need to think of a way to find other Extraordinary Ingredients."

Thinking this, Lu Yuan signaled to Old Wolf to be alert to the surroundings while he, alone, quietly moved towards where the Pangu Grizzly Bear was sleeping.

From a distance, he could hear the earth-shattering snores.

This mother bear really seemed like a local tyrant, sleeping carefree in her lair.

Lu Yuan climbed the Corn tree with great care, breaking off several Corn cobs and stuffed them into his Storage Space in a frenzy.

Gosh, you wouldn’t know it from a distance, but up close, it was clear that the Corn had grown incredibly large, each one half a meter in length and weighing several tens of pounds!

One Corn cob was enough to last him half a month.