Chapter 183
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Chapter 183: Movements of Both Sides
On the other side, in the central region, within the stronghold of the player alliance ‘Zongheng Tianxia’…
Inside a dim room, only a muffled ‘bang’ was heard.
A burly figure instantly crushed the cup in his hand.
Just seconds before, he had thoroughly confirmed the death of his cousin Cao Peng from a player within the alliance.
Indeed, this person was Liu Ye, the Vice-Chief of Zongheng Tianxia!
This explosive sound clearly startled Yan Sheng, who was standing below, causing his heart to skip a beat.
He could feel Liu Ye’s beast-like pupils scanning him back and forth.
Only at this moment did Yan Sheng clearly realize that he had truly underestimated players of the Black Iron rank before.
Just by being stared at by Liu Ye like this, he felt a powerful sense of oppression that almost suffocated him.
In his ears, his heartbeat pounded with deep thuds.
A drop of cold sweat slowly slid down his temple.
Yan Sheng didn’t know how long this state of silence lasted.
For him at that moment, every second felt as long as a century, until a sigh resounded in his ear…
“Sigh—”
Along with a sigh, Liu Ye’s gaze moved away from him.
The suffocating sense of oppression also vanished with it.
“You’ve worked hard.”
“This favor, I, Liu Ye, have noted it.”
Although a player alliance was merely an interest group with no strict hierarchy, being able to sit in the position of Vice-Chief in a player alliance clearly required a certain degree of shrewdness and emotional intelligence, in addition to sufficient strength.
Yan Sheng had done his best.
Liu Ye could see that the forces sent to support him were almost completely wiped out, and Yan Sheng himself was badly injured, arguably barely escaping death.
Several layers of bandages were wrapped around his body, and the scent of blood could not be concealed at all.
The cost was undoubtedly heavy.
Under this premise, if he vented his anger on Yan Sheng, who would dare to help him in the future?
“Regarding the loss of your forces, consider this item as compensation.”
As he spoke, Liu Ye retrieved an item from his system inventory.
Unlike when they were in their respective worlds, in the neutral zone, players could trade face-to-face.
Without declining, Yan Sheng accepted the item, then spoke again.
“I still have many matters to handle on my side, and I also need to recruit and train forces again.”
“So, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first.”
Having said that, Yan Sheng did not linger, turning and quickly leaving.
After seeing Yan Sheng depart, Liu Ye, who had been acting quite composed, finally allowed his long-suppressed emotions to completely erupt at this moment!
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!” He started smashing things wildly.
The once relatively neat room was almost instantly reduced to ruins by him!
Liu Ye just sat there.
In the darkness, his beast-like pupils actually lit up with a chilling, dark green arc of light…
“Luo Ji, Ye Qingxuan, is that right?”
After a bout of venting, Liu Ye calmed down slightly.
He was absolutely going to settle this score.
But at the same time, he also clearly knew that for a Black Iron rank player like himself, dealing with these two low-rank players would be a very troublesome matter.
Therefore, he needed to borrow the strength of other players within the alliance.
He quickly opened a group in his friend list.
There were quite a number of players in the Zongheng Tianxia alliance.
He would add players with whom he had a certain degree of acquaintance into a group.
Then, with a cold face, he quickly sent two messages into this group.
“Luo Ji and Ye Qingxuan.”
“Reward: a Silver-tier ‘Blade and Shield Soldier Specialization’ skill book.”
“I want these two people dead!”
Meanwhile, in Luo Ji’s world, under the protection of the Truce Token, their days could be said to be quite leisurely, except for Liu Zheng…
This matter was quite amusing, to be honest.
Perhaps stimulated by Bai Ze’s current strength, after learning that the cavalry chief was the very same young man he had previously overwhelmed, Luo Yong, spurred on, immediately pulled Liu Zheng and began his practical combat training.
This wouldn’t have been an issue, but the problem was that they fought from morning till night!
And every day!!
During this period, Liu Zheng felt like he was going crazy.
His whole body ached and was sore.
His stamina wasn’t as good as Luo Yong’s.
Who could endure such training?
In the end, he decisively sought out Luo Ji to pour out his grievances.
However, for Luo Ji, it was a good thing that Luo Yong wanted to improve his strength.
He was more than eager to support it, and he wished Luo Yong’s Bravery level would rise to 4-stars sooner.
How could he possibly stop him?
Nonetheless, he also had to consider Liu Zheng’s feelings.
After pondering for a while, he simply set a limit on their sparring sessions.
They were only allowed to spar twice a day, arranged for the morning and afternoon respectively.
The rest of the time, they would train individually.
Through this method, he finally managed to appease both sides.
Furthermore, the tribe with a population exceeding 80 people that Sun Li had previously reported, facing the absolute power suppression of Mirror Tribe, was basically annexed effortlessly by their tribe.
In a short period, the population of Luo Ji’s civilization also soared by another significant margin.
The increase in labor had a very direct impact on the construction of the fourth branch city.
From the start of construction until now, in just half a month, the fourth nranch city had already taken initial shape, and was named ‘Wild Horse’ by Luo Ji, who had always been rather unskilled at naming things!
After all, his original purpose for establishing this fourth branch city was to acquire warhorse resources, so naming it ‘Wild Horse Tribe’ was quite fitting.
Various architectural facilities were also under full construction.
If efficiency wasn’t enough, they would pile up manpower!
They aimed to complete the work before the Truce Token effect ended.
Picking up the cup beside him, Luo Ji was currently flipping through the reports regularly submitted by the Inspection Team.
The Inspection Team was equivalent to supervisors within the tribe.
They had to confirm whether the tasks Luo Ji had assigned were being accurately executed.
Excluding emergency reports in special circumstances, they generally submitted a work report every seven days, or once a week.
By the way, the captain of the Inspection Team was Luo Jin.
Luo Jin’s current forces were divided into two parts, ‘Inspection’ and ‘Reconnaissance.’
The work situations in various departments were generally fine.
At the end, they also reported on Bai Ze’s recent situation, which Luo Ji had specifically instructed.
After all, he was a fierce general.
Although he was demoted to being a horsemanship instructor due to his loyalty not meeting the standards, he still had to be watched a little.
According to the Inspection Team’s report, Bai Ze had already completely integrated into the life here.
His daily work as a horsemanship instructor was not only without slacking, but surprisingly industrious.
For this, he was even specially given a bonus as encouragement.
As for the wages he earned, after deducting the portion for debt repayment, most of the remaining amount was basically spent on buying gifts for Liu Yuan.
This resulted in the fellow, despite technically being half of a high-income individual, still living quite frugal daily life…
Seeing this, Luo Ji also felt a wave of speechlessness inwardly.
“Love not only lowers one’s IQ, but also makes one poor…”
