Chapter 348
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Chapter 348: Restless
Hours earlier, in Mirror City.
Before sunset, the latest battle report from the front line was swiftly delivered to Luo Ji by a messenger on horseback.
After quickly reading the report from the front, Luo Ji’s mental state became even more tense than before.
Li Yuanjie was actually a special civilization!
This was something he absolutely had not expected.
It was his first encounter with an invader from a special civilization, making it impossible for him not to be nervous.
The battle report mentioned monsters with long trunks and large ears, possessing huge tusks, yet walking upright on two legs.
Based on the limited information, Luo Ji immediately thought of Orcs!
Could Li Yuanjie be from an Orc civilization?
In some fantasy strategy games, Orcs were a very common troop type.
Physically strong Orcs often possessed individual combat abilities far exceeding human soldiers.
However, since it was a strategy game, for the sake of balance, a troop type, while having strengths, would definitely also have weaknesses, and Orcs were no exception.
As for the specific situation, Luo Ji was temporarily unclear and could not jump to conclusions based solely on speculation.
Nevertheless, the mere appearance of this Orc civilization was enough to make him restless.
Rubbing his brow vigorously, Luo Ji asked.
“Has the convoy transporting provisions and military equipment departed?”
“It departed an hour ago, Your Majesty.”
Luo Ji nodded, estimating the time in his mind.
The convoy, carrying heavy military equipment like triple-bow crossbows and provisions, moved slowly.
It would take at least 4 to 5 days to reach Shangyuan City.
On the other side, the reinforcements from West Plains City and White River City, led by generals Guo Zhen and Liu Meng, both possessed the ‘Speed is of the Essence in War’ tactic.
If they force-march, they should be able to reach Iron Wall City within 1 to 2 days.
In his previous handwritten order, Luo Ji had instructed them to adapt to the situation, but now the situation had changed too drastically.
The enemy was not human at all.
Facing such an unknown troop type, he was now somewhat worried about Guo Zhen and Liu Meng acting rashly.
As his thoughts raced, Luo Ji quickly wrote two more handwritten orders and handed them to two guards beside him.
“You two depart immediately. Ride swiftly to catch up with the reinforcement troops from White River City and West Plains City, and deliver these two new handwritten orders to Guo Zhen and Liu Meng.”
“Also, He Liang, you personally make a trip to the Armament Department. Tell the people there to assign half of their workforce to work overnight these few days, continuing to produce military consumables like stone bullets, arrows, and heavy crossbow bolts. At the same time, check the progress of handgun production.”
Order after order was issued from Luo Ji’s mouth.
The outbreak of war was destined to make this night anything but peaceful.
After instructing everything, Luo Ji quickly wrote another letter, rolled it up, and inserted it into a small bamboo tube about the thickness of a finger.
Then, he quickly walked out of his office and blew into the jade whistle in his hand with a unique tune.
The sound echoed between heaven and earth.
In the distant sky, a hawk’s cry came, and Shadow, having heard the whistle, flew to Luo Ji in a few breaths.
His Shadow was spiritual and very intelligent.
Upon hearing the unique tune of his jade whistle, it would fly back.
Of course, this was assuming it was nearby.
If the distance was too great at the time and it couldn’t hear, then there was nothing he could do.
It seemed his luck was good this time.
Quickly throwing it a piece of prime roe deer meat, Luo Ji smoothed Shadow’s feathers, then tied the small bamboo tube in his hand to Shadow’s talons.
“Shadow, go find Snow Feather and Ge Ge, and deliver this to the grasslands!”
Hearing Luo Ji’s words, Shadow blinked its spiritual eyes.
With a cry, it spread its wings and soared high, quickly flying towards the grasslands!
Snow Feather and Ge Ge referred to Bai Ze’s white eagle and Burigude’s golden eagle.
Burigude had named his golden eagle Ge Ge.
In their grassland people’s language, Ge Ge meant light, or could be understood as the sunlight that brightened the horizon before dawn.
Understanding this meaning, the name Ge Ge was quite fitting for the golden eagle.
Some time ago, Luo Ji accidentally discovered that Shadow could find the locations of its two other brethren, Snow Feather and Ge Ge.
Thus, a flash of inspiration struck him, and airborne message delivery was born.
This was arguably the fastest communication method within his civilization, apart from wolf smoke.
However, the requirements were too high, even his Shadow was limited to maintaining communication between him, Bai Ze, and Burigude.
As for having Shadow deliver messages to Guo Zhen, Liu Meng, Zhao Pan, and the others, Shadow simply didn’t know the way.
Perhaps with time, it could gradually learn, but for now, it was out of the question.
After Shadow left, Luo Ji turned and walked back to his office, quickly opening his development panel.
He switched to the military development panel and glanced at it.
After some time, he had accumulated some military points, but the problem was that he had no projects that could counter Orcs to upgrade!
After this battle, he might unlock a few, but there were none available now, and with a major battle imminent, he couldn’t wait until then.
After some thought, Luo Ji finally decided to temporarily upgrade ‘Formation Enhancement’ by 1 level to comprehensively improve the effectiveness of army formations.
Then, he also upgraded ‘Military Equipment Enhancement’ by 1 level to increase the power of military equipment like triple-bow crossbows.
After all, the battle report mentioned 4 giant beastmen.
Based on the description of long trunks, large ears, and tusks, Luo Ji felt they resembled elephants, likely an Elephantman-like troop type.
To deal with such thick-skinned, large troop types, triple-bow crossbows were definitely important offensive equipment.
Considering the possible existence of other thick-skinned Orc infantry types, Luo Ji deliberated for a while and then decisively upgraded ‘Archery’ by 1 level.
Afterward, having finished upgrading military development projects, Luo Ji quickly clicked into the medical development project section.
There was nothing much to ponder here.
On the battlefield, ‘wound treatment’ and ’emergency rescue’ were crucial.
He decisively upgraded ‘wound treatment’ by 1 level and ’emergency rescue’ by 2 levels.
After all, it was a fight against Orcs, and he felt there would be significant casualties.
Upgrading these two projects would definitely be useful.
With this wave of research complete, the outside world had completely darkened.
According to his original plan, he should have rested in Mirror City for a night, arranged all necessary matters, and then set off for the front line with the last batch of reinforcements early the next morning.
However, at this moment, Luo Ji was undoubtedly restless.
