Chapter 599

Chapter 600. How Did I Even…

Oil.

This thing is an extremely important energy fuel for an entire human civilization.

Even in modern society, it has still not been phased out.

In fact, in modern times, if a family owns an oil field, they are basically filthy rich.

How valuable oil is, and how important it is, can be clearly seen from this alone.

Right now, within Luo Ji’s Myriad Worlds Civilization, the best fuel available was the high concentration fire oil that he had spent a huge amount of time refining.

And in ancient times, oil was called “Fierce Fire Oil.”

In other words, oil was far more concentrated than the fire oil currently used in his civilization.

There was no comparison at all.

Luo Ji decisively dispatched an engineering team to build oil wells there, extract crude oil, and refine petroleum.

Starting extraction early was definitely the right move.

And at the same time, just as Luo Ji was enthusiastically making preparations for this matter.

A letter asking for help suddenly appeared before his eyes.

“Huo Qiguang?”

Seeing this name, Luo Ji froze for a moment.

Then his brows immediately furrowed.

“Didn’t this guy already advance to the Black Iron tier?”

Judging from the situation, Huo Qiguang had clearly encountered a powerful enemy in Black Iron tier combat.

However, Luo Ji currently had absolutely no desire to get involved in Black Iron tier battles.

Just as he was thinking of glancing at the contents of the letter and then casually finding an excuse to reject it.

The moment he opened the letter, Luo Ji regretted it.

Because the first line written by Huo Qiguang was…

“I can give you a 4-star artificial wonder blueprint, one of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, the Azure Tripod, as a reward.”

“Damn it. How did I fail to control this hand of mine?!”

As he spoke, Luo Ji viciously slapped the right hand that had opened the letter twice.

This bastard Huo Qiguang had, by sheer coincidence, hit something he desperately wanted.

Just earlier, Luo Ji had been thinking about collecting the three-piece set of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons.

If he could obtain the Azure Tripod blueprint, then completing the three-piece set would only be a matter of time.

And if things went as he expected afterward, triggering the set bonus.

That would be a massive profit.

Huo Qiguang was truly devious.

He knew to put the benefits right up front.

Making it impossible to refuse.

After taking a deep breath.

Luo Ji continued reading the letter with a very complicated mood.

After reading the rest of it, Luo Ji confirmed one thing.

This letter was not mass-sent.

It was specifically sent to him.

Because within the letter, Huo Qiguang directly mentioned his name and his Beastman army.

Thinking about it, that made sense.

What ordinary Bronze tier player had the strength to challenge a Black Iron tier player across tiers?

After thinking it over, it was probably only Luo Ji’s Beastman civilization.

Relying on the Beastmen’s powerful physical strength, even against a Black Iron tier player, they could still put up a fight.

By the way, regarding the reward for this support operation.

Aside from the Azure Tripod blueprint, Huo Qiguang also promised 5 Silver-tier items.

It seemed his situation over there was extremely dire as well.

As for why Huo Qiguang did not ask his predecessor for help.

That was not something Luo Ji needed to worry about.

Maybe it was inconvenient, just like for Luo Ji.

Or maybe his predecessor was already dead.

Who knew.

Luo Ji’s gaze quickly swept down to the enemy intelligence section.

Then a look of understanding flashed through his eyes.

In Luo Ji’s impression, Huo Qiguang had always been a very capable player.

Logically speaking, he should not have been beaten so easily that he needed to ask for help.

This time, the situation was simple.

He had been hard-countered.

Huo Qiguang’s civilization had a large number of cavalry units.

But this wave of invaders were not players from the Central Plains.

They were Arabs.

His cavalry had been completely crushed by Arab camel troops.

Running into a foreign unit type that countered him so badly.

He could only say his luck was terrible.

The temptation of the Azure Tripod and the three-piece set was something Luo Ji could not refuse.

And with a clear understanding of the enemy’s background, considering the forces he currently had in hand, this was not an impossible fight.

In the end, Luo Ji decided to support Huo Qiguang.

The unit configuration panel was quickly opened.

Wolf Cavalry were a must.

With ordinary cavalry being countered by camel troops, he needed at least one reliable cavalry force.

By the way, after several months had passed since then, the Wolf Cavalry had grown to 400 riders.

It could be said to be an extremely formidable combat force.

As for infantry, Luo Ji brought 600 Minotaur infantry and 1,000 Kobold halberdiers.

For ranged units, he brought 800 Red Fox Archers and 500 Goblin Crossbowmen.

For giant war units, all 4 Elephantmen were deployed.

The newly recruited 20 Tigermen were also brought along to get some real combat experience.

On top of that, he added 10 fragile-type triple-bow ballistae and a squad of Goblin engineers, just in case.

This was truly a massive lineup.

After all, they were fighting across tiers.

Bringing more troops and being cautious was the right choice.

As for the rewards.

For Luo Ji, being able to obtain the Azure Tripod blueprint alone already meant he was not losing out.

Not to mention the additional 5 Silver-tier items.

At the same time, he could also conveniently sell Huo Qiguang a favor.

This deal was very worthwhile.

Huo Qiguang had indeed offered a reward that was hard to resist.

After finally choosing “Confirm Support.”

The world before Luo Ji’s eyes began to spin violently.

When he came back to his senses, Luo Ji, leading his Beastman army, had already appeared in another world.

For the Tigermen, including Hu Jie, who were participating in a campaign for the first time, this sudden change was undoubtedly astonishing.

Instinctively, they looked around.

But the moment Hu Jie turned his head.

The scene that entered his vision instantly left him dumbfounded.

Standing behind him at this very moment was an entire Beastman army arranged in perfectly neat formations.

Minotaurs, Kobolds, Foxkin, Wolfmen, Elephantmen, and those green-skinned Goblins.

Every single one of them wore uniform armor and held uniform weapons as they stood there.

This scene was undeniably magnificent.

It was something Hu Jie had never seen before.

An invisible pressure radiated from the orderly ranks.

Making Hu Jie unconsciously turn to look at the figure standing at the very front of the formation.

And in his mind, their previous conversation resurfaced.

“What are you laughing at?!”

“I heard something very funny. Shouldn’t I laugh?”

“…”

“You’ll understand in the future what’s so funny about that sentence.”

Now, Hu Jie finally understood what was so funny about what he had said back then.

It was like a weak Kobold suddenly baring its fangs at him and saying, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll betray you?”

Hearing such a ridiculous question, he would probably laugh until he could not breathe.

This exaggerated display of power made Hu Jie clearly realize his own weakness.

For a moment, his emotions were extremely complicated.