Chapter 291
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Chapter 291: Pleasant Surprise
Before Zhou Dongnan died completely, Luo Ji still had relatively ample time.
At this point, conquering Zhou Dongnan’s other cities held little significance, but with the idea of racking up conquest points, Luo Ji diligently occupied all the cities.
He finally discovered that Zhou Dongnan indeed had quite a number of cities.
Centered around the Royal City ‘Great Zhou’, the total number of cities in all directions amounted to a surprising eleven!
Of course, the number of cities didn’t necessarily mean greater power, scale and development were what mattered!
Take Wang Luzong, for example.
Although he only had five cities, it must be said that he had many excellent talents in various industries, and all five cities were very well developed.
In contrast, Zhou Dongnan had eleven cities, which at first sounded impressive.
But after a quick assessment, three of those cities were directly labeled ‘better than nothing’ by Luo Ji.
Then there were two more cities with quite mediocre development.
Of the remaining six cities, three were well developed, and three were just passable.
At this point, he understood.
This Zhou Dongnan was a typical player who wasn’t very good at development, one who rose to power and wealth solely through warfare and plundering resources.
Regardless, after accumulating a wave of conquest points, Luo Ji quickly ordered the transportation of resources.
As for population, his civilization currently wasn’t lacking in people.
Those with a foundation of loyalty who were willing to surrender would be taken, while those unwilling would be left to their own devices.
Maintaining this approach, his affairs proceeded quite smoothly over the next few days.
By the time the system prompts sounded in his ears, Luo Ji was already seated in his office in Mirror City.
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for winning this total war!]
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for acquiring item ‘Zhou Dongnan’s Relic ×1’!]
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for acquiring item ‘Gold Treasure Chest ×1’!]
[System notification: Do you wish to activate the ‘Civilization Conqueror’ skill?]
Listening to the string of system prompts, Luo Ji rubbed his temples.
Now that he confirmed earning a gold treasure chest, he was clearly in a good mood.
Although he wasn’t interested in Zhou Dongnan’s poorly developed cities, he was curious to know how many conquest points it would cost to annex these territories.
With this thought, Luo Ji decisively chose to activate the skill.
Subsequently, the system’s prompt sounded again in his mind…
[System notification: Activating the ‘Civilization Conqueror’ skill requires consuming 35 ‘Conquest Points’. Do you confirm consumption?]
Luo Ji’s eyelids twitched noticeably at this number.
It was actually 9 points more expensive than Wang Luzong’s five cities?
Well, the number eleven cities was there, and even if some of them were quite poorly developed, the system clearly wouldn’t give them away for free.
Some basic fees still had to be collected.
But it didn’t matter, because he had no intention of annexing Zhou Dongnan’s civilization anyway.
Besides, did the system not know how many civilization points he currently had?
He only had 33 points in total.
Could it allow him to owe the missing 2 points?
Clearly impossible.
Thinking this, Luo Ji decisively chose ‘No.’
However, with his action, something unexpected happened…
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for successfully conquering the territories of eleven cities in ‘Total War’ mode!]
[System notification: Upon detection, ‘Zhou Dongnan’, the owner of these eleven cities, has died and cannot activate the ‘Territory Redemption’ authority.]
[System notification: Do you wish to spend 1.1 million Civilization Points to confirm the locations of these eleven cities? If the player chooses to decline, the system will randomly select suitable locations for their placement.]
“Pfft–”
Luo Ji immediately spat out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk upon hearing this system prompt.
“What the heck?!”
At this moment, Luo Ji was completely stunned!
After quickly organizing his thoughts, he suddenly realized something, under ‘Total War’ mode, could even enemy player cities be seized as spoils of war?
While marveling at the ‘Declaration of War’ as a truly golden-tier item, Luo Ji also felt a bit gloomy.
Didn’t this clash with his ‘Civilization Conqueror’ ability?
As this thought arose, the system’s prompt sounded again…
[System notification: Player ‘Luo Ji’, please make a decision on confirming territory locations as soon as possible!]
“Wait a minute! Territory?”
Tilting his head, Luo Ji detected something amiss.
The ‘Civilization Conqueror’ skill description stated it could integrate the conquered party’s ‘civilization’ into one’s own.
If the effect was merely as simple as occupying the opponent player’s territory, wouldn’t the system just use the term ‘territory?’
For the same effect, Luo Ji didn’t think the system would be so bored as to deliberately distinguish between two terms.
Moreover, thinking carefully, if the effect was the same, would the system have needed to ask him if he wanted to activate the ‘Civilization Conqueror’ skill earlier?
In other words, in the system’s concept, the meanings represented by the terms ‘territory’ and ‘civilization’ were different.
As this thought arose, Luo Ji couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.
But the system seemed unwilling to let him think for too long, as the urging prompt quickly sounded again…
[System notification: Player ‘Luo Ji’, please make a decision as soon as possible!!!]
“I know, I know!”
Disturbed by the system, Luo Ji’s train of thought was immediately broken.
While feeling slightly annoyed, he quickly opened Zhou Dongnan’s relic.
He had no time to bother with the other items and equipment.
After gaining a wave of Civilization Points, he quickly checked his current points, and saw it was over 530,000.
However, confirming the locations of eleven cities required 1.1 million points, which was not just a small difference.
No matter how he thought about it, it wasn’t enough!
Facing this situation, Luo Ji, in a flash of inspiration, suddenly blurted out.
“System, can I confirm only a few of them and have the rest placed randomly?”
Luo Ji wasn’t entirely sure if the system would answer his question, but as it turned out, the system provided a response…
[System notification: Yes, Player ‘Luo Ji’, please make a decision as soon as possible!!!]
Having received the answer, Luo Ji no longer procrastinated.
He quite decisively chose locations for ‘Great Zhou City,’ ‘Shangyuan City,’ and ‘Songhe City,’ the three best-developed cities.
And placed them to the east of Mirror City, primarily intending to expand his territorial scope eastward and connect it with Iron Wall City and Rocky Mountain City.
After confirming the locations, Luo Ji clicked the confirmation button.
With the deduction of 300,000 Civilization Points, this total war officially concluded.
Having reaped this pleasant surprise, Luo Ji was likely going to be very busy in the coming month!
