Chapter 597

Chapter 597: A Pleasant Surprise

Over the past half month, large groups of tigermen had been showing up at barbecue shops and Kaifeng Chicken every single day.

And they would eat until each shop ran out of stock…

Upon hearing this news, Luo Ji was left completely speechless.

Well, if they wanted to eat and drink, then so be it.

As long as they did not cause any trouble.

Besides, although the sum of money he had rewarded Hu Jie with was not small, with that rate of eating, it should have been completely spent by now.

Sure enough, the originally thick stack of money notes had already been completely used up by Hu Jie and the others.

In the Myriad Worlds Civilization, one needed to work to earn money.

This matter had clearly been explained to Hu Jie by Luo Yong long ago.

The problem was that there were basically no jobs suitable for the tigermen.

After going around in circles, this troublesome group of tigermen was ultimately forced by livelihood issues into being “tricked” by Luo Ji into joining the army.

For now, they were training together with the Xuanjia Army stationed in Mirror City.

Meanwhile, on the other side…

Compared to the tigermen, the situation of the catmen truly exceeded Luo Ji’s expectations.

Luo Ji had already known that the human race would basically have no ill will toward the catmen.

After all, these little fellows looked harmless to both humans and animals.

But what he never expected was that the catmen would integrate so smoothly.

Simply put, in just half a month’s time, over eighty percent of the catmen had already found proper jobs within the Myriad Worlds Civilization.

Unlike those beastmen full of muscles, the catmen seemed unexpectedly well suited to life in the Myriad Worlds Civilization.

They did not even need a specially built tribal settlement.

They could simply live together with humans.

Driven by curiosity, Luo Ji specifically sent people to investigate some workplaces where catmen were employed.

The result was that these jobs were truly all over the place.

Some catmen worked as shop attendants, some helped out in kitchens, some worked in printing factories, and others served as carriage drivers…

They were practically everywhere.

On this basis, Luo Ji even had people ask the shop owners about the catmen’s work performance.

The feedback was unanimously positive.

Everyone said that they were diligent and learned very quickly.

A series of surprises prompted Luo Ji to immediately open the catmen racial panel.

Previously, due to having very few beastman points, he had not been in a hurry to check upgradeable projects, to avoid frustrating himself.

But now, looking at the only currently upgradeable catmen project, Luo Ji suddenly realized he had struck gold.

The catmen project was displayed as follows:

[Catman Helper (Special Profession) (Level 0):
Catmen possess intelligent minds and excellent learning ability. When catmen occupy working positions, overall work efficiency increases by 5%.]

This was an auxiliary-type beastman race!

The system had clearly designed the catmen to, to some extent, make up for the utterly terrible development and productivity of beastman civilization.

Of course, beastman civilization’s low productivity and development ability were probably bottom-tier among all civilizations.

It was absolutely not something that a single catman race could save.

Therefore, the system’s purpose was likely only to prevent the beastman civilization from being too miserable.

There was no intention of saving it completely.

Otherwise, beastman civilization would be utterly overpowered.

Obviously impossible!

For beastman civilization, the existence of the catmen was a case of “better than nothing.”

But within Luo Ji’s Myriad Worlds Civilization…

This auxiliary effect was truly a treasure pickup!

It was a genuine pleasant surprise.

Without hesitation, Luo Ji still had twelve beastman points on hand.

Just enough to spend ten points to upgrade “Catman Helper” to level one.

After closing the system panel, Luo Ji was in an exceptionally good mood.

He then began, unhurriedly, to check on the situations of the other beastman groups.

The goblins received by the goblin tribe and the wolfmen received by the wolfman tribe needed no further discussion.

Thus, Luo Ji’s attention was mainly focused on the badgermen.

According to Li Ke, there were many branches of badgermen.

Just as dogs and wolves had many breeds.

Badgers also had many varieties.

The group previously enslaved by the tigermen had already been confirmed, after personal verification, to be dog-badgermen and hog-badgermen.

He did not know about the other varieties, but in Luo Ji’s view, the combat strength of these two types was rather ordinary.

Goblins at least had a numerical advantage, but the badgermen did not even have numbers on their side.

At present, Luo Ji’s beastman army lineup was already fairly complete.

The front line consisted of minotaur infantry, with goblin halberdiers behind them.

Ranged units included redfox archers, while cavalry consisted of wolf cavalry.

There were also giant war units like the elephantmen.

The newly added tigermen were likewise a very powerful troop type.

There were also special units such as the Swift Wolf Warriors.

By comparison, Luo Ji found himself unsure where to place the badgermen for the time being.

Perhaps later, when he had enough beastman points, he might unlock some kind of special badgerman unit.

At that point, they might serve some unique purpose.

But for now, their value was not particularly high.

Still, leaving such a large group of badgermen idle did not seem appropriate either.

After all, the Myriad Worlds Civilization had a work system.

He needed to find something for the badgermen to do, so that they could become self-sufficient.

Rather than relying on constant government support.

With this thought in mind, Luo Ji naturally decided to check what these badgermen were good at.

After asking, he discovered that they were skilled at digging.

“Should I assign them to the mines to dig ore?”

Just as Luo Ji was thinking this.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

He thought of a job perfectly suited for the badgermen.

And it was a massive project, one that could not possibly be completed in a short time!

That job was digging sewers.

This massive project had always been part of Luo Ji’s contingency plans.

But it had never been implemented.

Because it was far too time-consuming and labor-intensive.

And the Myriad Worlds Civilization was developing everywhere, with manpower shortages in every direction.

In the short term, there was simply no surplus labor to spare.

Thus, the sewer project had been pushed back again and again…

Until he had almost forgotten about it entirely.

The importance of sewers was beyond question.

They had already existed in the early stages of human civilization and had a long history.

In modern society, there was no city without sewers.

In addition to draining sewage and rainwater to maintain urban cleanliness.

Many important city constructions also required the existence of sewers as a prerequisite.

These badgermen, who currently had nowhere suitable to be assigned, just happened to be good at digging.

Assigning them to dig sewers was simply perfect!