Chapter 370
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Chapter 370: Better Safe Than Sorry
A major battle had just ended, and the matters awaiting Luo Ji’s attention could directly pile up into a small mountain.
Casualties were still being tallied, but Luo Ji was already mentally prepared for the results.
To swallow this beastman civilization, he had undoubtedly paid a considerable price in casualties in this war…
Yet, he didn’t even have time to feel heavy-hearted.
Before the exact casualty figures were released, he still had many things to do.
For instance, he was currently rushing to Iron Wall City with the head of the Architectural Engineering Department and a team of people.
The west side of Iron Wall City’s walls and gate were still relatively intact, but the gate mechanism had been burned down.
After some effort, everyone quickly walked towards the East Gate after entering the city.
Buildings and houses along the way had suffered some damage, more or less.
However, compared to the east wall of Iron Wall City, these were clearly nothing.
The outer surface of the entire East Wall was covered in several huge cracks.
Some parts had even completely collapsed, and its overall state was close to semi-destroyed.
According to Zhao Pan and Li Ke’s accounts, during the battle, there seemed to be a series of large explosions on the city wall.
The East Wall was undoubtedly destroyed at that time.
Of course, the damage caused by the Elephantmen throwing boulders at the wall during the day and Zhao Pan’s large fire clearly also contributed.
In this era, Luo Ji hadn’t discovered gunpowder.
The only things that could explode were fire oil barrels.
It was probably the fire oil inside the barrels that ignited.
This fire oil, as a military supply in Luo Ji’s civilization, had a very high concentration.
A single spark could ignite it directly.
Furthermore, being contained in the sealed space of wooden barrels, it couldn’t help but explode.
As for the exact situation, that was unknown.
After all, there were no eyewitnesses.
Even if there were, the series of large explosions would have left virtually no chance of survival.
Li Ke said that due to this explosion, their Red Fox archers, originally stationed on the wall, were all wiped out…
After sighing a few times inwardly, Luo Ji looked back at He Shu, the head of the Architectural Engineering Department, who had a pained expression.
“Can this wall be repaired within a month?”
“If… we send more manpower…”
As he said this, He Shu looked completely on the verge of tears. “Damn it, looks like I’ll have to work myself to death again.”
“Tell me exactly how much construction material and manpower you need.”
“Iron Wall City is the first line of defense on the eastern border.”
“Before the next invasion from the outsider beings, this wall must be repaired.”
Facing Luo Ji’s serious tone and expression, plus the mention of an outsider invading, He Shu, realizing the seriousness of the situation, quickly became serious.
“Your Majesty, rest assured, your humble servant will definitely repair this wall within a month!”
“Very good.”
Luo Ji nodded with satisfaction, looking at the determined He Shu.
“Work hard, I won’t mistreat you. Notify them that this month, the salaries of all members of the Architectural Engineering Department will be doubled.”
“Once you have finished repairing the walls of Iron Wall City and Shangyuan City, I will have further rewards.”
After simply encouraging and appeasing He Shu, Luo Ji spurred his horse, rushing back to Shangyuan City that same day.
By then, the detailed casualty report had already been compiled.
This battle had caused his Myriad Worlds Civilization’s total military strength to be reduced by nearly half!
A heavy blow struck directly at his heart, making him feel a moment of difficulty breathing.
After calming down for about 10 minutes, Luo Ji’s voice slowly sounded.
“Notify them that in 3 days, a military funeral will be held outside Shangyuan City, and the injury subsidies and pensions for the casualties should also be distributed as soon as possible.”
“Yes.”
After a guard beside him responded, he quickly walked out of Luo Ji’s temporary office to relay the order.
At the same time as one guard ran out to relay the order, another guard stationed outside also quickly walked in.
“Your Majesty, Luo Jin, commander of the Mirror Division, requests an audience.”
“Let him in.”
The people from the Mirror Division were here to escort Li Yuanjie back to Mirror City from Shangyuan City.
Although Luo Ji had handed Li Yuanjie over to Zhang Tang for interrogation, Zhang Tang’s Dark Division had only recently been established and had relatively limited manpower.
And the target to be escorted this time happened to be the ‘beastman,’ a novel and dangerous species.
Therefore, to be safe, the escort mission was still assigned to Luo Jin.
“Your humble servant Luo Jin, greets Your Majesty!”
Looking at Luo Jin, who was covered in dust from travel, Luo Ji raised a hand.
“You’ve worked hard on this journey.”
“Thank you for your Majesty’s concern, your humble servant is not tired.”
“This time, when you’re escorting Li Yuanjie, be extra careful on the way. To be safe, I’ll have Luo Cheng escort you with a troop of cavalry.”
“Your humble servant understands.”
Hearing this, after responding, Luo Jin also felt a bit curious.
Although he was the commander of the Mirror Division, he had only heard about ‘beastmen.’
And this time, upon arriving at Shangyuan City, he immediately came to request an audience with Luo Ji.
So, he truly hadn’t seen what a beastman looked like with his own eyes.
However, Luo Ji clearly had more things to instruct.
He also needed to continue preparing his Myriad World Civilization’s people, to prevent unnecessary commotion when the beastmen appeared in their sight.
At the same time, this battle naturally had to be spread through the mouths of storytellers.
However, the content needed to be altered.
He was, after all, going to annex the beastman civilization.
In other words, after this invasion war officially ended, the beastmen might become a part of his Myriad Worlds Civilization.
Before, when there were only humans, there was already some unrest caused by differences in former nations.
And this time, even the species were different.
This ‘vaccination’ would undoubtedly need more doses, to prevent anything uncontrollable from happening later.
After giving some instructions, looking at Luo Jin as he retreated, Luo Ji instead began to worry about another matter.
That Li Yuanjie, after using the world fragment and triggering the beastman civilization as a special civilization, he himself also turned into a werewolf due to genetic mutation.
Then, if he were to activate the ‘Civilization Conqueror’ skill and annex the beastman civilization, would he also genetically mutate into some beastman race?
Thinking of this, Luo Ji decisively shivered.
Although he himself felt it was unlikely, what if? What if it happened?
For such matters, it’s not the probable that scares you, it’s the improbable!
He had never encountered a situation like this before.
After all, neither his nor Ye Qingxuan’s civilizations were ones that would produce special races.
At the same time, he felt that asking anyone about this issue would be useless.
‘Civilization Conqueror’ was a civilization trait unique to his special civilization, who else had it?
Even asking an expert like Gao Su probably wouldn’t give him an answer to this question.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji couldn’t help but fall into deep contemplation.
