Chapter 394
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Chapter 394: It’s All About Practice
Earlier, due to his own mistake, He Liang had spoiled Luo Ji’s hunting mood.
Now, as he fished, he worked exceptionally hard, and it wasn’t long before he caught two rather plump-looking saltwater fish.
He expertly gutted, cleaned, and descaled them.
While these guards processed the caught fish, the other guards had already built a campfire.
As long-time comrades, their coordination was, without a doubt, incredibly seamless.
Luo Ji didn’t know much about fish; in modern times, he wasn’t someone who particularly enjoyed eating fish.
However, in this other world, these all-natural wild fish truly had tender and delicious meat, making even him, someone who didn’t enjoy fish, unable to hate them.
Turning the branch in his hand, Luo Ji leisurely grilled the saltwater fish.
As soon as he raised his hand, He Liang, waiting nearby, attentively handed him a bag containing cumin and chili powder.
Facing the offered cumin and chili powder, Luo Ji usually sprinkled them generously.
This time, however, he unexpectedly waved his hand.
“Not this time. Hand me that bowl of coarse salt.”
Everyone present looked surprised, but despite their confusion, He Liang immediately handed the bowl of coarse salt to Luo Ji.
Luo Ji unhurriedly picked up some coarse salt and began to sprinkle it on the fish.
Grilled fish seasoned with cumin and chili powder would naturally taste good, but in his opinion, too much seasoning would overpower the inherent flavor of this wild saltwater fish.
A little coarse salt was just right.
At this moment, Luo Ji’s grilling technique was remarkably seasoned. How did it come about? It’s all about practice!
A steaming, fragrant grilled fish was soon ready.
He blew on it and then took a gentle bite.
In that instant, Luo Ji knew he was right.
The salt-grilled fish, simply seasoned with coarse salt, had a subtle saltiness that almost perfectly highlighted the original deliciousness of the saltwater fish.
Its tender flesh made him almost unable to stop.
After habitually eating strong flavors, an occasional light meal was also excellent.
Luo Ji, having devoured four salt-grilled fish in one sitting, patted his belly with satisfaction.
Just as he was about to rest a bit longer before heading back to Mirror City, a system notification suddenly rang in his mind.
[System Notification: Player ‘Zhang Dadong’ is invading your civilization.]
“Damn it!”
So, unexpected situations really were the most annoying.
With an enemy player invading, Luo Ji no longer had any leisure to rest.
He immediately mounted his horse and, with his guards, galloped back to Mirror City.
Halfway there, He Liang’s voice suddenly rang out.
“Your Majesty, look over there!”
Luo Ji’s gaze swept over, following the direction He Liang pointed, and a soaring wolf smoke immediately entered his vision.
He quickly pulled out the binoculars from his waist to confirm.
“That direction is… West Plains City?”
West Plains City’s defensive forces were not weak.
After all, Luo Ji’s Myriad World Civilization had few cities to the west.
If West Plains City fell, invading players could completely bypass Giantwood City, advance directly, and strike straight at his capital, Mirror City.
With such a risk, Luo Ji naturally had to prepare strongly.
Thus, West Plains City, in addition to its numerous defensive troops, also had Guo Jia and Guo Zhen, the two brothers, personally stationed there.
Facing this combination of a strategist and a warrior, it wouldn’t be easy for ordinary players to overcome the Guo brothers.
Moreover, Luo Ji also pondered for a bit.
He had no impression of the name Zhang Dadong, which basically ruled out the possibility of him being a Zongheng Tianxia player.
Also, there didn’t seem to be such a figure in the top 200 of the Bronze rank leaderboard.
“It seems an ordinary Bronze rank player has invaded.”
Realizing this, Luo Ji visibly relaxed, but he couldn’t afford to be too complacent.
With this thought, Luo Ji decisively pulled on his reins.
“Change course! Head directly to West Plains City.”
At the same time, with the wolf smoke ignited, the defensive battle for West Plains City had undoubtedly begun.
Standing on the city wall, Guo Jia and Guo Zhen, after the previous great battle with the beastmen, were both relieved to see that the current invader was human.
They quickly assessed the enemy’s strength, estimated to be around a thousand, with siege weapons that were fairly standard.
This almost caused Guo Jia to fully exhale a sigh of relief.
Looking at the ballistas being pushed forward by the enemy, Guo Jia waved his hand, directly ordering the three-bow crossbow to snipe them.
After several volleys and slight adjustments to the attack angle to confirm accuracy, the invaders definitely experienced their might.
Zhang Dadong stared blankly at his two destroyed ballistas.
In an invasion battle, it wasn’t particularly rare for both sides’ ballistas to attack each other and for one player’s ballistas to be destroyed.
But the problem is, he wasn’t even in attack range yet!
Even with the height of the city wall adding to their range advantage, it shouldn’t be that exaggerated!
His ballistas were estimated to be over a hundred meters from entering attack range, yet the enemy’s ballistas had actually fired directly? And they even hit!?
After a brief moment of confusion, Zhang Dadong looked as if he had seen a ghost.
“Did the other side max out their military equipment project? How many military points would that take? Or do they have some skill or talent bonus?”
He looked at the wreckage of his two ballistas, then turned to glance at the thousand troops he had brought.
A muscle in Zhang Dadong’s face twitched.
“Damn it! This round was a loss. I’m out, I’m out…”
A strong dissuasion, Zhang Dadong, who had no feud with Luo Ji, was simply playing an invasion battle casually.
Who knew he’d have such bad luck and pick a tough nut to crack.
Now that his two ballistas were wrecked, he had no intention of throwing in his thousand troops as well.
Civilization points were important, but troop strength was even more crucial.
Whether fighting battles or defending against other players’ invasions, troop strength was paramount!
If he had no troops, what good were a large number of civilization points?
In the eyes of other players, wouldn’t he just be a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered?
This time, Luo Ji was destined to make a wasted trip, but he was willing to.
At this critical juncture, he had just finished a fierce battle with the beastman civilization, and both sides had suffered significant losses.
With Myriad World Civilization’s troops reduced by nearly half, things were inevitably stretched thin.
He had to recuperate well and recover his strength, otherwise, the troop strength within his Myriad World Civilization would only continue to dwindle, which was not a good sign.
Therefore, this wave had to be stabilized, or there was indeed a risk of collapse.
