Chapter 203

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Chapter 203

As the mastermind behind the entire plan, Liu Ye naturally paid extreme attention to its progress.

Almost as soon as a message was sent in the group chat, he saw it immediately.

[Wang Lucong (Group Member): The player responsible for the defensive battle was eliminated. They couldn’t even hold out for half a day…]

Upon seeing this message in the group chat, Liu Ye’s pupils immediately constricted, a flicker of disbelief flashed in his eyes, and he quickly sent a message.

[Liu Ye (Group Leader): Are you sure you explained the plan clearly to the other party?]

[Wang Lucong (Group Member): First, tell him to fight Ye Qingxuan normally, so Ye Qingxuan sends a distress signal to Luo Ji. Once Luo Ji invades his civilization, he should immediately retreat and stubbornly defend his own tribe without coming out, to gain time. I told him very clearly, Brother Ye, I wouldn’t make a mistake on something like this, would I?]

Liu Ye carefully read Wang Lucong’s message once, confirming that the other party hadn’t misunderstood his plan.

Then his brows furrowed slightly…

[Liu Ye (Group Leader): I’m not doubting you, I’m just confirming the situation. If the plan isn’t problematic, then could it be that the person you found didn’t act according to our plan?]

[Wang Lucong (Group Member): I feel it’s unlikely. On one hand, that guy doesn’t have the guts. On the other hand, he could easily earn 100,000 Civilization Points by simply defending without engaging. Given that, why would he choose to increase his own risk? From what I know, he’s not that foolish yet.]

[Liu Ye (Group Leader): So you’re saying that the other party was directly defeated by Luo Ji, who breached their city gate, even though they were stubbornly defending without engaging?]

[Liu Ye (Group Leader): And it only took less than half a day?]

[Wang Lucong (Group Member): I can only say it’s quite possible. Perhaps we should ask someone in the know…]

[Wang Lucong (Group Member): @Yan Sheng, any thoughts?]

[Yan Sheng (Group Member): …]

[Yan Sheng (Group Member): No thoughts. At that time, I just had a brief encounter with him in the support battle. I’m not clear about the actual tier of the forces on Luo Ji’s own territory. If I had to say, I initially thought he was a Bronze tier player, but I didn’t expect him to still be unranked…]

After sending this message, Yan Sheng, who was currently in his own world, unhappily curled his lips.

“That scoundrel Wang Lucong…”

This really was getting shot while lying down.

Ever since the incident with Cao Peng, his situation in this group chat had become somewhat awkward.

Although Liu Ye hadn’t taken his anger out on him, and even compensated him, he could still feel the change in Liu Ye’s attitude.

This made him keep a low profile and remain dormant for a while, wanting to see how things would turn out, until that guy Wang Lucong mentioned him.

That scoundrel was clearly trying to change the subject.

The failure of this plan made Liu Ye’s dissatisfaction even stronger than before.

In their previous conversation, there was already a faint hint of questioning.

So, this guy deliberately mentioned him, pulling him out to attract hostility!

He, on the other hand, went dormant.

After all, everyone in this entire group chat knew that the person Liu Ye was most dissatisfied with right now was definitely him.

After sending this message, Yan Sheng decisively continued to go dormant.

Primarily, he had already said everything he could.

He genuinely knew nothing else.

Unexpectedly, his single comment actually prompted a lurking member to surface.

[Lin Leshi (Group Member): As Yan Sheng mentioned above, his initial assessment of Luo Ji was a Bronze tier player. That indicates the other party probably already has Bronze tier strength. Given that, as long as enough troops are dispatched, combined with some siege weapons, it’s not impossible to breach a stubbornly defended city wall of an unranked player within half a day.]

[Lin Leshi (Group Member): If you ask me, since the other party’s strength has developed to this extent, it means he’s not far from the Bronze tier. Why not just wait a while until he advances to the Bronze tier? There’s no need to rush for a bit, right?]

Lin Leshi’s words made many lurking group members secretly nod.

In fact, everyone secretly thought the same thing.

Ultimately, regarding this matter, the only one truly desperate to kill Luo Ji for revenge was Liu Ye.

For others, they had no grudge against Luo Ji.

The reasons they acted were, on one hand, to give face to Liu Ye, the Vice-Alliance Leader, and on the other, the reward of a Silver-grade skill book was indeed quite appealing.

However, for players in the Bronze tier, intervening in battles involving unranked players inherently required some effort.

Not to mention, Luo Ji handled things so meticulously, which made the matter even more troublesome.

Anyone with a clear mind could see that Luo Ji was clearly someone who understood strategies and was good at using rules.

Under the restrictions of the system’s rules, it was too tiring for them, as high-tier players, to be constrained and deal with a low-tier player.

It would be better to patiently wait for him to advance, so they could then attack without restraint.

As if sensing the change in these people’s attitudes, Liu Ye’s expression turned ugly.

No more messages were sent in the group chat.

Lin Leshi’s message seemed to have put an end to the topic, but Liu Ye knew clearly that it wasn’t because of Lin Leshi, but rather the result of everyone tacitly agreeing with that statement.

Meanwhile, on the other end, almost at the same time Luo Ji returned to his own world, the invader named Song Rong had already been crushed under the iron hooves of his cavalry forces.

After all, the other party’s objective was to breach his ‘empty defending forces’ main city before Luo Ji could rush back.

It’s likely that as soon as he teleported in, he started racing against time to rush to his death, wasn’t he?

With the opposing player being so eager, it truly was impossible to die slowly.

Imagining the expression on that unlucky fellow’s face at the time would certainly be quite amusing.

Unfortunately, Luo Ji was busy plundering spoils from another player at that time and didn’t get to see it firsthand.

Incidentally, through this battle, Luo Ji also essentially confirmed his previous conjecture.

Conquest Points needed to be earned by fulfilling ‘conquest’ requirements.

Simply put, by breaching the enemy’s city gate, he gained 1 Conquest Point.

By defeating the enemy’s forces, he gained 1 Conquest Point.

And by killing the enemy player, he gained another Conquest Point.

Therefore, ‘breaching the city gate,’ ‘defeating the enemy forces,’ and ‘killing the enemy leader’ could all be considered ‘conquest’ requirements.

As for whether there were other requirements, he would have to slowly test them out in the future.

Incidentally, activating the ‘Civilization Conqueror’ effect and devouring the opposing civilization only required paying 2 Conquest Points.

Under this premise, with a bit of analysis, the amount of Conquest Points earned from killing Xiao Bingyi and Zhang Peng previously could also be roughly calculated.

The total should be 5 points, comprising 2 points from Xiao Bingyi and 3 points from Zhang Peng.

After all, as the invading party against Xiao Bingyi, Luo Ji only fulfilled two conquest requirements, ‘defeating the enemy forces’ and ‘killing the enemy leader.’

Zhang Peng, on the other hand, additionally fulfilled the ‘breaching the city gate’ requirement, earning 1 more point.

Coincidentally, because these two players were not strong and their territories were not large, devouring their civilizations was very inexpensive.

Xiao Bingyi, with only one main city, cost exactly 2 points, while Zhang Peng, who had an additional sub-city, cost 3 points.