Chapter 374
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Chapter 374: A Troubling Question
After commending Zhang Tang and watching his retreating figure, Luo Ji couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.
He really had found a good choice for the Dark Division of the Mirror Division.
Taking a sip of tea, and having been interrupted by Zhang Tang, he no longer felt like taking a nap. He immediately perked up and began to flip through the report Zhang Tang had delivered.
He desperately needed information and intelligence from special civilization players for comparative analysis.
He practically forgot his fatigue, his gaze going directly to the matter he cared about most.
Luo Ji had actually been wondering if ordinary civilization players, if they captured special racial units, could they then, after a bit of development and cultivation, also have these special races appear in their own civilization?
Li Yuanjie, as a member of the beastman civilization, certainly knew this, because other players must have done such things!
As it turned out, such things had indeed happened.
And Li Yuanjie, of course, would not allow ordinary civilization players to possess his beastman units.
So after such incidents occurred, he would certainly attack again.
But he found that his actions were completely unnecessary, because all the captured beastmen had died.
They weren’t killed by the opposing player, it seemed they died from symptoms similar to acclimatization sickness.
And such incidents had occurred many times afterward, with no exceptions.
Moreover, thinking carefully, the human captives he had taken didn’t seem to live long either…
This conclusion was undoubtedly useful to Luo Ji.
But he felt that the root cause should lie in civilization characteristics.
The characteristics of beastman civilization were suitable for beastman survival.
But once they had to survive for a long time in another world without these characteristics, over time, beastmen would develop ‘acclimatization sickness’ symptoms and then die one after another.
The same applied to humans in reverse.
And speaking of civilization characteristics, this report undoubtedly also contained records.
And it was indeed similar to Luo Ji’s previous analysis, where every civilization emphasized a certain balance.
If an attribute chart were laid out, normal human civilization should be the one with the most balanced attributes across the board.
However, beastman civilization was clearly very unbalanced, its own development, technological, and technical capabilities were all very low.
But conversely, the beastmen’s combat abilities were exceptionally outstanding.
Indeed, just as Luo Ji thought, this was a civilization that developed purely through plunder and destruction.
Of course, his previous analysis was definitely not as detailed as what Li Yuanjie had confessed.
The report Zhang Tang sent clearly stated other flaws existing in the beastman civilization.
For example, poor hygiene, beastman cities often experienced outbreaks of epidemics.
Another example was relatively chaotic order, quarrels and brawls were very common in beastman cities.
Training them formally was extremely inefficient.
These flaws decisively gave Luo Ji a headache.
This beastman civilization was severely unbalanced, much like a leveling game where you could add attribute points upon leveling up.
This beastman civilization had put all its attribute points into strength.
Incidentally, because it was a special civilization, its standards for promotion to higher ranks were also different from normal civilizations.
Some exceptionally unique civilizations had special promotion standards.
As for what those specific standards were, it depended on the particular circumstances of each civilization.
Rubbing his temples vigorously, Luo Ji felt a bit uncertain.
He wondered if his human civilization could compensate for the beastman civilization’s low development, technological, and technical capabilities.
Regarding hygiene, Luo Ji’s own civilization already had the position of sanitation workers.
At worst, he could just expand their scale, and hygiene conditions should improve to a certain extent.
As for the order issue, ultimately, it lay in the beastmen’s untamed wildness, their resistance to discipline.
This was a bit troublesome, he still needed to ponder how to resolve it specifically.
Compared to that, it was the problem of low development capability that gave Luo Ji a bit of an idea.
After signaling the surrounding guards to withdraw, Luo Ji swiped his finger.
A stack of design blueprints immediately appeared in his hand.
That’s right, these were the ‘Yong Ding’ blueprints he had previously obtained from opening a treasure chest.
As one of the Nine Provinces Cauldrons, the Yong Ding itself was a solid 4-star wonder when taken individually.
The Xu Ding he previously acquired from Zhou Dongnan had increased his development speed by 20%.
By rights, this Yong Ding should also have a development speed bonus, right?
Building the Yong Ding should at least boost their development speed, shouldn’t it?
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind for a moment, Luo Ji gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
He told someone to contact Zhou Yi and have Zhou Yi gather all the skilled craftsmen who had originally forged the Xu Ding for Zhou Dongnan.
Of course, unlike Zhou Dongnan, as a player who greatly valued civilization development, he certainly wouldn’t let his territory fall into a state where people were struggling to live.
So this time, he would directly issue a public notice, clearly stating that skilled craftsmen were being hired at high wages to forge the Yong Ding, with additional substantial rewards upon its completion!
With this, the people of Great Zhou City, Shangyuan City, and other cities would likely have no objections.
As soon as Luo Ji’s announcement went out, it immediately sparked heated discussions among the people.
However, fortunately, his image as a wise, valiant, diligent, and people-loving ruler had always been deeply ingrained in their hearts.
After having accumulated enough popularity, such an action wouldn’t cause any problems.
Even if something did happen, the Mirror Division’s people would handle it.
Ever since the incident where someone tried to sway public opinion last time, Luo Ji had placed great importance on controlling this area.
Whenever there was a major event or a major announcement to be made, he would definitely have the Mirror Division’s people act first.
Normal discussions among the people, of course, were not a problem.
But if he discovered any malicious scoundrels trying to secretly cause trouble and stir up discord, hehehe, they would all be “invited” to the Mirror Division for tea, and could only come out and be decent people again after undergoing “re-education!”
This matter proceeded quite smoothly.
The old craftsmen Zhou Yi had called previously were mostly willing to come.
As for the one or two who were unwilling, Luo Ji didn’t force them, and he let them be.
As an emperor, one should have the magnanimity of an emperor.
Within his Myriad Worlds Civilization, there were so many skilled craftsmen, could the Yong Ding not be forged just because one or two were missing? Don’t be ridiculous.
Bronze was in place, craftsmen were in place, casting furnaces were in place, casting tools were in place.
After that, Luo Ji distributed the Yong Ding blueprints, and construction began the very same day.
As the saying goes, “practice makes perfect.”
Although strictly speaking, the Xu Ding and Yong Ding were two bronze cauldrons of different designs, the craftsmen who had forged the Xu Ding should at least have some experience, right?
Luo Ji didn’t expect these craftsmen to forge it for him in minutes.
But at least it shouldn’t be like Zhou Dongnan’s time, where it took ten years to build, that would truly mean waiting until the flowers withered.
