Chapter 11
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Chapter 11: Go Big
The next morning, Luo Ji, still curled up in the thick animal hide, almost wrapped like a spring roll, was woken up by 2 system notifications…
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for gaining 100 civilization points (from Mirror Lake)]
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for gaining 6 civilization points (from Mirror Tribe)]
“Huh?”
Luo Ji, who was still recovering from being exhausted yesterday, felt his mind was a complete mess.
He didn’t even hear what the system was saying, and couldn’t even open his eyes.
After unconsciously responding, he groggily pulled the animal hide wrapped around him, rolled over, and continued to sleep.
This state lasted for about another ten or twenty minutes.
Then, all of a sudden, he woke up with a start!
He sat up abruptly, looking at the simple tent he was in, feeling the cold wind occasionally blowing in through the gaps in the tent.
Luo Ji shivered violently, his mind completely clear…
“So it wasn’t a dream…”
He rubbed his head hard, organized his thoughts, and finally got back into the zone.
“That’s right, Mirror Lake can provide 100 fixed civilization points every day, but I didn’t expect the tribe to also provide civilization points daily.”
“But only 6 points is really too meager.”
“Is it because the tribal population is too small?”
“Or is the development too backward?”
Forcibly resisting the urge to shrink back into the animal hide, Luo Ji walked out of his tent with a burst of willpower.
No matter which world it was, getting up in winter was indeed a test of willpower.
“The chief is up! The chief is up!”
Seeing him walk out of the tent, a few children in the tribe immediately giggled and shouted.
Luo Ji could clearly feel everyone’s attention immediately focusing on him.
This made him a little embarrassed.
Judging by this, it seemed like he was the last one in the whole tribe to get up, and his tribal people were clearly waiting for him, the chief, to give instructions.
“Cough, cough…”
He coughed twice to ease the awkwardness in his heart, and Luo Ji slowly spoke.
“Anyway, first make a fire and prepare breakfast.”
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at each other, unsure what to do for a moment.
In this era of food scarcity, they had no concept of breakfast.
Finally, the old man of the tribe came out and said.
“Chief, all the food was eaten last night. If we don’t catch any prey today, everyone will go hungry.”
“Aren’t the roe deer bones still there? Let’s use those bones to boil a pot of bone soup.”
Luo Ji had clearly prepared for this. In fact, if they hadn’t caught that carp yesterday, he would have planned to boil soup with the roe deer bones.
And thanks to that fish, those roe deer bones became their breakfast today.
Although drinking bone soup first thing in the morning was a bit greasy, it was better than working on an empty stomach.
Besides, the bones are full of nutrients!
Their loyalty, which was above 90 for everyone, meant they basically wouldn’t question Luo Ji’s orders.
Now that they knew what to do, they all immediately got into action.
Luo Ji also gradually took charge. Boiling soup didn’t require that many people.
He told the women of the tribe to collect tree vines and make a few more fishing nets, while the children continued to dig for bait.
The men moved some stones and went to smash a few more holes in the frozen Mirror Lake.
Clearly, he planned to develop fishing properly, and the 20% fishery bonus from Mirror Lake couldn’t be wasted.
When they started casting nets yesterday, it was already afternoon, and they only managed to get one carp.
But with an early start today, smashing a few more holes and casting a few more nets, their catch should improve.
The wild fish, once boiled into soup, offered high nutritional value, which would help them manage even a bit of hunger.
The milky white, delicious fish soup had clearly left a deep impression on his tribal people.
Despite the lingering hunger, they were all full of energy.
After giving these instructions, Luo Ji was examining the leftover roe deer bones.
There were quite a lot of bones left from the whole roe deer.
One pot definitely wouldn’t fit them all, as after throwing in a few straight bones, the pot was full.
According to Luo Ji, they shouldn’t be stingy so after boiling one pot, they should boil a few more so everyone could have a bowl of hot soup.
Once the pot of bone soup was ready and distributed, Luo Ji, gnawing on a straight bone, called the tribe’s four warriors and a few other men who were still relatively capable of fighting to gather.
“Brothers!”
“Today, we’re going to do something big!”
As he spoke, Luo Ji pulled Luo Jin over.
“Yesterday, Luo Jin risked himself, tracking those guys and finding their base. Now it’s time to make a move! Our tribe has few people, and doing just a few things leaves us short-handed. This is not a good thing. Therefore, today we will take the initiative to attack, defeat the enemy, and take over the people from their tribe!!”
“Oooooh!!!”
At this moment, the warriors of the Mirror Tribe were full of fighting spirit.
Hearing Luo Ji’s words, they all raised their stone spears and stone axes, letting out a burst of excited roars.
Looking at the reaction of his tribal warriors, Luo Ji was naturally very satisfied.
As someone who liked to play strategy development games, he knew very well that you’re either a farmer or a wolf.
Farming, of course, meant peacefully developing your own city or tribe, digging for resources, training soldiers, and building defenses.
Being a wolf is simple since it basically just means being a warmonger, and directly plundering other people’s cities and resources.
Originally, according to Luo Ji’s personality, he actually preferred to farm peacefully.
With Mirror Lake behind them, their fishing industry would definitely be very stable once developed.
But unfortunately, there were always some people who didn’t want him to live too peacefully.
Those barbarians yesterday were typical ‘wolves.’
After that fight, the other side had lost people and were injured.
They might be quiet for a while, but once they recovered, they would definitely come running back to steal food and resources.
Strike first to gain the advantage!
Instead of waiting for those barbarians to recover and cause trouble again, it was better to wipe them out now!
They could also take over the population of their tribe to use as labor for their own tribe, accelerating their development.
It was precisely considering this point that he chose ‘Campaign Against Barbarians’ when deciding on the military development projects last night!
After finishing breakfast, Luo Ji didn’t waste any time.
He didn’t want to drag this battle out until after dark.
He grabbed a stone spear from the side, took the ten tribal warriors he had selected, and set off menacingly.
