Chapter 43
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Chapter 43: New Discovery
“Chief, that kid will indeed be a threat. If it were now…”
Luo Yong had clearly heard what that wolf warrior said just now.
Of course, he also heard Luo Ji’s refusal, but 100 loyalty did not mean he was a fool who would only follow orders.
When he clearly realized that something would be beneficial to Luo Ji and the tribe, Luo Yong didn’t mind offering his opinion.
“Alright.”
Luo Ji waved his hand casually, his tone carrying obvious confidence.
“That kid’s strength is indeed good, and I don’t deny that once he grows up, he will definitely be a powerful warrior, but that’s all there is to it.”
“The strength of one person is not enough to determine the outcome of a war!”
“Besides, do you think they have no precautions?”
“Charging up now might not yield any benefits.”
“So let them go.”
Where does the charm of strategy development games lie?
It’s obvious that this is not a hack-and-slash game where one fierce general or a hero can slaughter their way through.
While troop types and equipment certainly have strengths and weaknesses, as long as various strategies and tactics are effectively used, even a team of weak miscellaneous soldiers has a chance to defeat a team of elites.
At the same time, as long as one knows how to seize opportunities, a small city-state that is behind in early development can also potentially catch up all at once in the later stages and even become the final winner.
This is where the charm of strategy development games lies.
As if infected by the confidence in Luo Ji’s tone, everyone, including Luo Yong, felt much more relaxed.
Yes, they were no longer that small tribe with only 34 people. They had become stronger, and in the future, they would become even stronger!
And they would fear no enemy!
“Speaking of which, these guys are really strange. If they’re going to leave, why carry so many stones?”
“Aren’t they just looking for trouble for themselves?”
One of the wolf warriors suddenly laughed, looking at the barbarians who were gradually walking away in the distance.
Hearing this, Luo Ji frowned slightly.
“Stones?”
“Yes.”
The wolf warrior confirmed, glancing over there again.
“They even moved quite a bit, black stones.”
“Black stones…”
Luo Ji muttered this to himself and quickly walked forward two steps.
As a modern person who had looked at electronic screens for many years, Luo Ji’s eyesight was not yet nearsighted, but it wasn’t particularly good either.
Keeping this distance, he really couldn’t see clearly what the opponents were carrying on their backs.
But this didn’t hinder his speculation.
Although the tribal chief was young, he was definitely not stupid.
Willing to increase their burden just to carry away those so-called black stones could only mean one thing.
Those black stones were very important to him, and they couldn’t be found elsewhere!
Luo Ji already had a guess, but it needed to be verified.
After seeing the people of the opposing tribe completely leave, Luo Ji waved his hand.
“Let’s go, we’ll go over there and take a look.”
Luo Yong and the others naturally had no objections to this.
Following Luo Ji, they quickly walked to the location of the opponent’s former tribal camp.
After all, it was a tribe of sixty to seventy people, so the occupied area was quite large.
Now that they had moved away, the entire snowy area suddenly became a large empty space, looking unexpectedly spacious.
Luo Ji actually had no interest in this empty camp.
What he was interested in was something that might appear here.
His eyes scanned the camp continuously, finally stopping on a snowdrift.
It had been snowing during this period, and some snowdrifts within the camp itself were nothing unusual.
Others might not pay attention, but for Luo Ji, who was looking for something in this camp, it was a bit conspicuous.
“Dig up this snowdrift.”
Luo Ji said, and while speaking, he himself didn’t stay idle and personally started digging.
Luo Yong and the others naturally wouldn’t question Luo Ji’s orders either.
They all put down their weapons and started working.
It wasn’t a very tiring task.
Eight people working together could basically finish it in just a few moves.
Looking at the ground crack that was revealed after the snowdrift was dug open, Luo Ji grinned.
“Found it!”
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Luo Ji quickly searched with his hands.
When the opponents left, they probably took everything they could.
Luo Ji searched for a long time before finally finding a piece about the size of his fist.
“Haha, hahahahaha!!”
Looking at the stone in his hand, which had dyed both of his palms black, the uncontrollable wild joy in his heart made him burst out laughing on the spot.
The opponents had indeed taken everything they could, but the most valuable thing was something they couldn’t take away, and that was this coal mine mountain!!!
[System Notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for discovering ‘Coal’ resource. You have gained 200 civilization points and 1 industry point, and unlocked the ‘Mining Industry’ project.]
The system’s notification completely verified Luo Ji’s guess.
He had been wondering about this for the past few days.
These people had no food, relying only on drinking water to survive every day, in such a weak state, in this environment of ice and snow, and yet no one froze to death.
Wasn’t this too strange?
Now the answer was right before his eyes, it was because the people of this tribe didn’t make fires with wood, they used this coal!
Coal had many uses, but as a nearly university student, the hundred uses of coal were clearly not within his scope of study, so he wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about them.
But he knew that coal could burn longer than wood and provide a higher temperature!
This alone already demonstrated the value of this coal mine.
As an important fuel, if Luo Ji wanted to enter the Bronze Age or even the Iron Age later, he would clearly have to rely on this coal.
The opponents couldn’t think as far ahead as Luo Ji, but simply as a fuel for heating, coal had already shown its value, which was why they had specifically covered this ground crack with snow before leaving.
If it were ordinary barbarians, they probably wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
Even if they did notice it, they would probably, like that wolf warrior before, consider the coal just black stones and not pay special attention.
But they happened to encounter Luo Ji, a modern person.
He definitely had to occupy this coal mine!
He hadn’t planned to build a sub-city so early originally, but this coal resource was enough to make him change his mind.
“Luo Yong, go notify the temporary camp.”
“Everyone, work together and move the temporary camp directly over here!”
Which was more important, white radishes or coal?
There was no comparison.
He could dig up white radishes and take them back to the Mirror tribe to plant slowly, but could he dig up this coal mine and take it back?
No!
Then he could only build a sub-city!
