Chapter 306
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Chapter 306: The Temptation From a Single Player
[System Notification: Player ‘Zhang Yicheng’ is invading your civilization!]
Time slipped by.
As the ceasefire period expired, Luo Ji’s civilization welcomed a new invader!
Luo Ji, who had already deployed defensive troops to his border cities, remained quite calm.
Unlike before, this time he showed no hint of relaxation or carelessness.
Key cities were personally guarded by powerful generals like Zhao Pan, Guo Jia, Liu Zheng, and Liu Meng.
It was safe to say he was fully prepared!
On the second day of the invasion, a messenger on horseback delivered a front-line battle report to him.
Luo Ji read the content and his first reaction was, this wave is incredibly stable.
In this invasion, the city under attack was Iron Wall City.
Its city walls had been fully constructed by the artisans in the rear during his previous all-out war.
With this advantage, plus Zhao Pan and Liu Zheng, two great generals, one civil, one military, stationed there, along with Liu Tao and Zhang Lue, two capable vice-generals under their command, it was no exaggeration to say that Iron Wall City was truly an ‘iron wall’ city!
It’s worth mentioning that the entire defensive line extending from Iron Wall City included Shangyuan City, Songhe City, and Great Zhou City!
In other words, almost none of them were easy to attack.
This invading player had drawn an exceptionally bad hand!
Luo Ji unhurriedly gathered his forces and began dispatching troops to Iron Wall City.
However, when he arrived at Iron Wall City with 1,000 vanguard troops, the situation before him left him dumbfounded.
“Huh? They retreated?!”
Luo Ji arrived at Iron Wall City on the 4th day of the invasion with 1,000 vanguard troops.
However, the enemy had spent 3 days, launched two rounds of attacks, and then quite decisively retreated.
In other words, he seemed to have made a pointless trip, which made Luo Ji feel a bit dejected.
But upon further reflection, this seemed to be the normal behavior of a typical player, right?
“This invading player isn’t from the ‘Dominating the World’ Alliance?”
As this thought flashed, Luo Ji asked Zhao Pan.
“How many troops did the enemy bring, and what were their casualties?”
“As for troops, it was roughly 1,000, but casualties were minimal.”
Zhao Pan clearly had a grasp of these matters, answering almost immediately.
“The enemy advanced very steadily during the siege, essentially probing our defensive forces without launching a full assault.”
“In such a state, combined with our shield-wielder unit’s defensive line, significant casualties were unlikely.”
“Your Majesty, this humble general has sent several scouts to pursue them, but there has been no news back so far.”
Zhao Pan was as reliable as ever in his work.
As Luo Ji pondered this, Zhao Pan, standing beside him, spoke again.
“Oh, by the way, there’s something strange.”
“What’s strange?”
Luo Ji asked instinctively.
“The enemy didn’t bring any siege weaponry. They did bring a ladder unit, but honestly, in those two rounds of siege, the ladder unit barely moved, and it was essentially just for show.”
Hearing this, Luo Ji’s brows furrowed.
At this stage, wasn’t it common knowledge for invading players to bring siege weaponry during an invasion battle?
Although ladders were considered siege weaponry, they honestly only served an auxiliary role.
If you truly wanted to fight a siege battle, you had to bring out your main equipment!
At this thought, Luo Ji’s brows furrowed even more, almost twisting into a knot.
“That shouldn’t be right. Even a cautious player wouldn’t face an unknown opponent without bringing even one slinger. If they did, they wouldn’t be able to attack even if they could. Unless…”
As his thoughts raced, Luo Ji’s pupils suddenly contracted as if he had realized something.
“Unless this Zhang Yicheng never intended to attack the city from the start!”
“And the reason for this is that he knows I’m not an easy opponent, and among the Bronze-tier players currently, only players from Zongheng Tianxia know this!”
The thoughts in his mind suddenly became clear!
The deaths of Wang Luchong and Zhou Dongnan had made the “Zongheng Tianxia” players thoroughly serious.
Their previous modus operandi was “first come, first served, and whoever gets the bounty, it’s theirs.”
In essence, it was a tactic of bullying novices, a race to see who was faster, and also a situation resulting from their extreme confidence in their own strength.
Now, after realizing that Luo Ji was not a novice to be slaughtered at their whim, they had clearly slowed down in a true sense and also become serious.
This was not a good sign for Luo Ji, because it meant that once the enemy made full preparations and officially launched an attack, the difficulty would far exceed that of the previous Zhou Dongnan!
Time continued to flow.
On the 6th day, a scout returned to Iron Wall City and reported the enemy’s whereabouts.
The enemy had not stopped along the way, seemingly scouting the terrain while retreating into the distance, clearly indicating they had no intention of clashing with him again, and on the seventh day, they predictably chose to withdraw.
[System Notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for winning the defensive battle!]
[System Notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for obtaining the item ‘Bronze Treasure Chest × 1.’]
Listening to the system notifications in his mind, Luo Ji was not particularly happy about this victory.
It was a bronze treasure chest, as expected, which Luo Ji ignored.
Instead, he checked the civilization points gained, only a little over 20,000 points.
This was definitely not the normal assets of a Bronze-tier player.
The opponent had essentially spent all their savings and then launched a reconnaissance battle, typical of those probing an opponent’s true strength.
There were indeed people who would do such a thing.
In the game, this type of player was called a “bare-bones” player.
It might seem like an advantageous approach, but overall, it had more drawbacks.
For the simplest example, in the auction house, a popular Silver-grade item often cost millions of civilization points, and Gold-grade items started at several million.
In the auction house, competing for these rare items was a test of who had more savings and who reacted faster in that instant!
You might blink, and the item would be snatched by someone else.
Players who forcefully spend almost all their civilization points before each battle essentially can never afford the items they truly want.
This is just one aspect, there are many more drawbacks to such an approach.
Therefore, Luo Ji never forcefully spent his money.
He spent it when needed and saved it when not.
