Treasure?
Upon hearing the word "treasure," the Elder's heart skipped a beat.
He asked excitedly, "What treasure?"
Lin Yu grabbed his hand and, with a flash of teleportation, they left the manor and arrived inside the national treasury.
"This… this is the national treasury!" the Elder exclaimed in shock.
But their national treasury clearly had formations to isolate space, preventing spatial abilities from entering. Yet Lin Yu had entered, indicating his power far surpassed the formation's limits.
He gasped, that formation had been purchased from another world and was said to be able to block a High God.
Could it be that Lin Yu's true form was equivalent to a High God?
In the past few days, Lin Yu had synchronized his power several more times, and his strength had increased by over a thousand times.
However, at this level of breakthrough, he had reached almost the limit of a Low God.
It was like a bottle with a fixed capacity; to increase the volume further, one had to increase the bottle's capacity itself, meaning breaking through to become a Mid God to continue synchronizing and enhancing power.
Despite this, his true form was still stronger than a High God. Although he was still far from a True God, he was already not to be underestimated.
A formation that could only block early-stage High Gods naturally couldn't stop him.
The national treasury was vast, with various items neatly arranged.
From grains to star coins, to energy crystals, everything was there.
Not only that, but there were also large quantities of rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Lin Yu went to the equipment vault, glanced around, and said, "This equipment vault is so run-down."
The weapon vault contained only a few thousand pieces of equipment.
Anything that entered the national treasury was at least Tier 7 equipment, but with only a few thousand pieces in total, it seemed rather pathetic.
The weapon vault was large, and the few thousand pieces of equipment occupied only a small corner, with most of the area left empty.
The Elder sighed, "With frequent wars, everyone consumes weapons at a rapid pace. Even if the artifact refiners work around the clock, they can't keep up."
"Originally, there were ten thousand pieces of equipment here, but in the past few months, expenses have outpaced income, and the equipment has become fewer and fewer."
He was also quite helpless; there weren't enough artifact refiners, production capacity was insufficient, and equipment had become a bottleneck for awakened ones to become stronger.
Many awakened ones were already Tier 7 but were still using Tier 5 equipment.
Lin Yu smiled upon hearing this, "Since that's the case, I'll help you fill this gap!"
The Elder's mind went back to Lin Yu mentioning learning artifact refining a few days ago.
But how many pieces of equipment could he refine in just three days?
He didn't believe Lin Yu could produce much equipment.
However, the next moment, he was stunned.
Lin Yu waved his hand, and a small mountain of equipment appeared on the open ground of the equipment vault.
It was at least ten meters high and a hundred meters long and wide, with at least hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment.
"This… there must be hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment!" he stammered.
Then, he took two quick steps, picked up a long sword, and examined it, only to be shocked again.
Because this long sword was actually a Tier 9 weapon.
He picked up another one; it was a Tier 7 weapon. He breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed Tier 9 weapons were only a minority.
When his foot stepped on a shoe, he was about to brush it aside, but he happened to glimpse it and could no longer look away.
He quickly picked it up and examined it carefully.
"Hiss, a demigod artifact! This is actually a demigod artifact!"
He knew that he himself only possessed one demigod artifact, and it was an auxiliary one, of little use to him now.
Could it be!
He had a guess, then picked up another weapon and found that it was also a demigod artifact.
Not only that, he examined over a dozen more and discovered a shocking fact: half of them were demigod artifacts.
There were more demigod artifacts than Tier 7 equipment; this was truly astonishing!
His heart pounded, unable to calm down.
Lin Yu smiled, "No need to look further. There are a total of 100,000 demigod artifacts here, and the rest are high-tier equipment of Tier 7 or above."
Upon hearing this, the Elder's legs went weak from shock.
100,000 demigod artifacts, what kind of concept was that?
Each demigod artifact was priceless; if they were all sold, the amount of money would be immense!
Lin Yu said, "Actually, I refined over a hundred million pieces of equipment in these three days. However, most of them were melted down and refined again. Only these are the finest among their respective tiers, so I kept them and have now donated them all to the national treasury. But I hope you can ensure the equipment reaches those who need it!"
The Elder was overjoyed and took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Rest assured, I will not fail your expectations."
"Alright, I'll be leaving now. Oh, and approximately tomorrow, Blue Star will undergo a complete transformation, and there will be significant changes. Please notify everyone in advance not to go out."
"Tomorrow?"
"Yes, you should all be prepared!" Lin Yu said, sighing. "Alright, I'm going. See you tomorrow!"
Lin Yu teleported away from the national treasury.
Only the Elder was left standing there, dazed, unable to snap out of it for a long time. He suddenly pinched his face, and the pain made him wince, finally realizing it wasn't a dream.
The Elder looked at the pile of equipment, his heart filled with excitement.
Remembering Lin Yu's instructions, he immediately left the national treasury.
While the equipment was important, Lin Yu's instructions were clearly more so.
Returning to the Inner Cabinet, he immediately had someone issue a notice.
Soon, someone below drafted a notice. He read it several times, found no issues, and stamped it with the seal of the Chief Minister of the Inner Cabinet, then had it immediately disseminated to the entire race.
Very soon, a new announcement appeared on the official website of the Inner Cabinet.
As soon as the Inner Cabinet posted the announcement, it immediately attracted countless netizens to witness it.
"Our Inner Cabinet has been quite impressive these past three days, posting announcements every other day. Let's see what today's announcement is."
"Hiss, breaking news!"
"What news? I'll go and see!"
A message was pinned to the top of the Inner Cabinet's official website.
It bore the seal of the Inner Cabinet, and since it was posted on the official website, it was absolutely not fake.
The announcement read:
[Tomorrow, Blue Star will undergo a complete metamorphosis and be promoted to the Realm of True Gods. At that time, True Gods from all realms will descend upon Blue Star. Hereby, we preemptively warn all our compatriots not to leave their ancestral lands, not to go out, and to stay with their families as much as possible, awaiting the change!]
[Note: The Inner Cabinet reminds you that the changes to Blue Star can be referenced from the great changes 300 years ago!]
Upon this news, the entire human race was in an uproar.