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

To test this hypothesis, Lu Yuan pressed his backside against the cave wall, entering a brief state of meditation—he began to hypnotize himself, imagining that the cave grew a mouth and viciously attacked his buttocks.

The cold walls were uneven, a blend of the smell of blood and the stench of scorching, indescribably foul.

In that hazy fantasy, his buttocks suddenly felt something bite into them, then a sharp pain flared up!

Lu Yuan opened his eyes, reached for his backside, and sure enough, a bloodshot eye had really grown out of it.

"Did the cave wall change at all?"

Old Cat’s eyes widened, "Just now the wall didn’t change... but an eye has grown out of your ass!"

Old Cat was very excited, "I’m not good at other things, but I excel at hemorrhoid surgery, shall I have a go?"

It even rubbed the cold eyeball with its fluffy paw.

"Cut the crap, I finally understand the conditions under which the Monsters attack," Lu Yuan shuddered as it touched him, "It’s the subconscious. I’d just deeply hypnotized myself, considering the cave walls to be very dangerous, capable of biting people."

"Sure enough, as soon as I got close, I felt as if I was bitten, and an eyeball grew out of my backside."

"The initial attacks by those monsters didn’t actually cause any real damage."

"But still, getting bitten is unsettling, so the subconscious unease made these eyes grow out..."

This conjecture wasn’t far from the truth.

"Makes sense, so at first I couldn’t see, but you saw your own eyes growing out... because you scared yourself."

"But you can’t control the subconscious," Old Cat was still fiddling with Lu Yuan’s "hemorrhoid," "Even if you recognize this fact, it makes you even more uneasy. This place, for you, is fraught with anxiety."

"Isn’t that so... after all, monsters really do exist, and they could truly chop off my head," Lu Yuan said with a bitter smile.

This blend of reality and illusion, the merging of the tangible and intangible, was indeed terrifying.

Even after understanding the principle, it was still impossible to avoid a deep sense of panic.

Lu Yuan felt his skin all over starting to prickle, as if countless eyes, like bamboo shoots, were about to burrow out from under it.

He quickly repressed his thoughts, not allowing his mind to wander, but the problem with humans was that they had too vivid an imagination... Lu Yuan couldn’t help but starting to imagine what he would look like covered in eyes.

The more he thought about it, the more his body prickled with pain.

This intense, ant-bite-like pain engulfed Lu Yuan’s nerves, swiftly overwhelming him.

"Argh!" Lu Yuan couldn’t help but roar, turning to look, it was that damn Old Cat, viciously biting his neck.

"What are you doing? You scared me to death!"

"Buddy, I noticed you were a bit delirious, so I had to give you a shock... If I bite you, you won’t grow an eye, rest assured."

Lu Yuan waited for a moment, and it seemed like indeed no eyes had grown...

After all, his subconscious also believed that being bitten by Old Cat was no big deal.

"Humans really are fragile, it would be great if I had some spiritual power."

"Stop wishing for another ability all the time... You can resurrect, Old Lu, think about that, your ability to resurrect."

"..." Lu Yuan sighed deeply, being able to resurrect was indeed awesome, giving him ample confidence.

He calmed down, thought for a moment, and indeed did not immediately gouge out the eyeball on his backside.

After all, the buttocks were quite far from the brain, and if it really became a problem, cutting it off would be quick.

He wanted to know what would happen with this eye growing on his body.

Many things, indeed, could only be known by experiencing them firsthand.

He used his Extraordinary Spark to stay on guard while sensing the information transmitted by the eyeball on his buttocks.

"It’s a strange feeling."

This eye on his buttocks could also perceive the outside world.

Its gaze could penetrate through his pants.

Misty...

It felt like being in the midst of a starry sky, where the twinkling stars... might also be pairs of eyes...

There were too many to count, possibly tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, giving a strangely familiar feel.

Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine and quickly shook his head to maintain a clear will.

Pioneer’s Eye: [An eye on one’s buttocks, formed by an unknown ability, will cause your spirit to become disoriented.]

[If more similar eyes grow on your body, you might see deeper into Different Space, but the side effects are also evident.]

[You’re just flesh and blood; do not overestimate your willpower. It’s like overdosing on anesthesia; you will definitely lose consciousness. With more eyes, you’ll lose complete control.]

Some strange double images appeared in the space, and at the location where the electromagnetic waves were emitted, there was vaguely a cave, not clearly visible.

The eye on the buttocks kept twitching, the speed of its blinking became faster and faster.

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and used the Extraordinary Spark to suppress the frenzied eyeball.

"So, it means only those with extra eyes on their bodies can see extra things."

"The more eyes you have, the deeper you can delve into the depths."

"But at the same time, the higher the chance of being controlled... That’s essentially the rule."

"You mean I should grow a few more?" Old Cat said.

"Yes, even though I have plenty of resources on me, I can’t keep using them indefinitely here. Plus, my mental state is only going to get worse."

Indeed, Lu Yuan’s mental state was not as good as it was at the beginning; the feeling of alarm and paranoia was becoming more and more intense.

An icy chill crept in from all sides, as if monsters might attack from the darkness at any moment.

And the wounds on his shoulder and palm hurt more and more as if what was scraped away was trying to grow back.

The eye on the buttocks conveyed a flood of chaotic information, causing him a faint mental disturbance.

He made up his mind: "Come on, I need at least one more eye to reach the deeper layers."

"Get it on your mammoth, and not on your butt again."

"The chrysanthemum is still useful, the mammoth is useless," Old Cat said, "That organ really has no use, emasculating yourself is actually quite convenient, not much blood flows; on the other hand, don’t you think it’s magical and a bit sexy to have an eye there?"

Lu Yuan was on the verge of a breakdown; he had to admit Old Cat made a lot of sense.

It wouldn’t affect mobility if that thing was cut off.

But to emasculate oneself, wouldn’t that make one Lin Pingzhi?

"A man can die, but living without Kun is impossible."

"Then put it on your testicle, you have two, turning one into an eye doesn’t make you a eunuch," Old Cat never joked on critical occasions, "It’s also easy to cut off."

Lu Yuan was silent.

A minute later, through self-suggestion, he felt a heart-wrenching pain on his testicle.

Something was torn apart, and blood stained his underwear red.

Another grotesque eyeball had grown inside him.

The Monster’s ability was truly terrifying; as long as he believed he was injured, an eye would immediately sprout at the site of the wound.

Of course, you could also strengthen your resolve to the extreme, or control your subconscious through some hypnotic ability, to become immune to such spiritual attacks. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But you would be forever stuck on the first layer, never finding the Monster’s true body.

The Monster would not fight an enemy that could suppress itself.

This was indeed a nearly unsolvable ability, only an Anomaly like Demon could combat another Anomaly.

Drenched in sweat, Lu Yuan slowly came to; his vision became even more vague, and the underground cave was riddled with double images, with shadows occasionally peeking out, eyeing him.

"How are you holding up?" Your journey continues on empire

"Became half a eunuch, not too wonderful, but I can still hold on."

This time, Lu Yuan finally saw the hidden second layer of the underground cave, indeed a deeper cavity, dark as if leading to endless space and time.

"I’m going down."