Chapter 377
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Chapter 377: Wang Dong’s Deliberations
“Clang!”
The bronze cup in his hand fell to the ground.
At this moment, Wang Dong’s face was filled with disbelief.
“Li Yuanjie is dead?”
Looking at the grayed-out name before him, Wang Dong’s first reaction was that it was impossible.
Li Yuanjie was a Beastman Civilization player.
Although Beastman Civilization was relatively common among various special civilizations, no one could deny that it was notoriously strong in the early stages.
With the formidable individual strength of the beastmen, there were basically only three ways for ordinary Human Civilizations to defeat them.
The first method was to rely on excellent equipment, but how good could equipment be in a Bronze Age civilization?
The second method was to contend with them using elite troops who had undergone high-intensity training.
However, forming such elite troops in the early stage would likely require a significant investment, and there was even a chance of losing everything in the end.
As for the third method, it should be the most common.
To put it bluntly, it was a human wave tactic, using sheer numbers to overwhelm and crush the Beastman army.
However, Luo Ji had been continuously invaded by the Bronze-tier players within their alliance for several months in the early stages, so he couldn’t have avoided troop losses.
How could he have so many troops to overwhelm the beastmen?
Considering all these reasons, Li Yuanjie could almost do as he pleased in the Bronze tier.
Only the top-ranked players on the tier leaderboard could make him wary.
But now, what baffled Wang Dong was that Li Yuanjie was dead? Dead at Luo Ji’s hands?!
“Did he encounter some natural disaster or plague during the invasion war?”
Wang Dong rubbed his temples forcefully, then his expression froze.
“Or is that Luo Ji also a special civilization?”
As this thought arose, Wang Dong found it increasingly plausible.
“That’s right, if he wasn’t a special civilization, how could he have the ability to kill a Bronze-tier player within my alliance just after rising to the Bronze tier?”
For a moment, Wang Dong’s mind raced with countless thoughts.
Li Yuanjie was the player he had invited using his only invitation slot.
His original intention was to nurture Li Yuanjie into his assistant, and Li Yuanjie indeed proved to be capable, even opening a World Shard and triggering the Beastman Civilization.
This undoubtedly made Wang Dong value him even more.
However, Li Yuanjie was now dead.
In other words, the assistant he had meticulously cultivated was lost and could not be recovered.
Thus, Wang Dong was now faced with two paths. One was to find a way to kill Luo Ji to vent his anger, and the other was to win over Luo Ji and have him replace Li Yuanjie as his new assistant.
Frankly, Wang Dong was currently leaning towards winning over Luo Ji.
Li Yuanjie was already dead.
By now, his body was probably cold.
Killing Luo Ji would indeed allow him to vent his anger, but it wouldn’t offer any benefits.
To put it simply, it was a thankless task.
Conversely, if he could win over the other party, the benefits would be obvious.
After all, having an assistant with a special civilization was not something easily acquired.
Although, according to the system’s balance, ordinary Human Civilizations were not necessarily weaker than special civilizations.
Whether they were strong or weak depended purely on the player’s methods.
In other words, there were only trash players, not trash civilizations.
However, one point remained undeniable, throughout the early stages, special civilizations indeed held a significant advantage against a group of rookies.
Losing one Li Yuanjie, but gaining a Luo Ji who was possibly stronger as an assistant, wouldn’t be a bad deal at all.
However, if he were to do this, he would have to consider Liu Ye’s feelings.
Unlike his situation, Liu Ye’s deceased was his younger brother.
Although not blood-related, judging by Liu Ye’s demeanor, their relationship was clearly good, and Liu Ye was determined to kill Luo Ji to vent his anger.
Under this premise, if he were to win over Luo Ji, it would inevitably create a rift with Liu Ye, or even cause a complete fallout.
Currently, as a Black Iron-tier player and the co-leader of the alliance, Liu Ye undoubtedly held greater value.
Not to mention, Liu Ye had just assisted him in battle.
Turning against him now felt a bit unreasonable, even for a materialist like himself.
However, in the long run, Luo Ji’s value was hard to say.
It was possible that he was even more valuable than Liu Ye, especially since Liu Ye didn’t have this kind of ability when he first rose to the Bronze tier.
This was truly a perplexing issue.
As his thoughts raced, Wang Dong’s brows furrowed deeper.
“This is tough to handle…”
After much serious deliberation and another sigh, Wang Dong finally made a decision, he would first probe Luo Ji.
Meanwhile, Luo Ji, who had just annexed the Beastman Civilization and was leading a team to survey his new territory, was surprised by the message he had just received.
“Wang Dong?”
Within the Zongheng Tianxia Alliance, Li Yuanjie seemed to be a lone wolf, having little to no contact with other alliance players.
Therefore, Luo Ji didn’t gain much information about the Zongheng Tianxia Alliance from the previous interrogation.
The only piece of information he got was that Wang Dong, the leader of Zongheng Tianxia, was the senior player who invited Li Yuanjie into the game.
Knowing this connection, Luo Ji, after eliminating Li Yuanjie and annexing his Beastman Civilization, was naturally prepared to be targeted by Wang Dong.
However, he hadn’t expected the other party to approach him like this.
Still, since he was the leader of a hostile alliance, there was no need to be too polite with him.
Wouldn’t being overly polite make him seem uncertain?
With this thought, Luo Ji decisively sent a straightforward reply.
“What does the Zongheng Tianxia leader want with me?”
Upon seeing this reply, Wang Dong’s brows slightly furrowed.
The fact that the other party knew his identity meant that he should also be well aware that he was a Silver-tier player.
However, from the lines of the message, he could clearly sense the other party’s confidence.
A mere Bronze-tier player speaking to him, a Silver-tier player, with such confidence? Where did this newcomer Luo Ji get his courage?
However, the truth was that Luo Ji was indeed quite confident.
The big shot Gao Su, who was covering for him, had already made it very clear that this so-called Zongheng Tianxia Alliance was just a bunch of nobodies in his eyes.
The real trouble came from his sworn enemies.
When it came down to a life or death situation, how could Luo Ji care so much?
He would simply drag Gao Su in to wipe out these guys.
As for Gao Su’s sworn enemies, he would deal with them when the time came.
At worst, he would adapt to whatever came his way.
He wasn’t unfamiliar with unfavorable situations.
He was best at secretly developing his territory.
