They really did see a mountain of garbage.
Some rather tiny creatures lived here.
They roamed back and forth through the garbage mountain, searching for food.
But this mountain was not actually garbage.
It consisted of extremely rare, special minerals that the creatures of this world simply did not recognize.
The most common characteristic of many of these materials was their hardness.
Precisely because they were too hard, they could not be used, worn down, or made into effective tools.
And so the lifeforms of this world rejected them.
The creatures of this world had a peculiar way of life.
They survived by roaming and migrating, and through a special form of attraction and reproduction.
To them,
Only things that could help their young improve their chances of survival, or could be swallowed directly to raise their cultivation,
Were useful.
As for these stones they dug up, anything of little use was tossed onto the garbage pile.
At the same time, the Demon Emperor also spotted the fruits they were searching for.
He had originally thought those rule fruits grew on some kind of tree.
But then he saw an ostrich-like ultimate lifeform continually digging at a rock until it found a stone fruit in a crevice.
The important thing was that it did not swallow the fruit itself, but turned and gave it to its young.
More importantly, that youngster swallowed it in a single bite, as though eating an ordinary piece of fruit.
The sight made the Demon Emperor stare wide-eyed. "What a waste! Eating it like that wastes a huge portion of its energy."
Chaos Heaven was equally dumbfounded. "Before, I only thought this world was rich. Now it seems its wealth knows no bounds."
"Such precious fruits can be dug up so casually. I seriously doubt