Chapter 461
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Chapter 461: There Must Be a Catch
At this moment, Lu Rui was trembling with rage.
After a frenzy of smashing and venting, he took two deep breaths.
Remembering that he hadn’t finished reading the urgent report, Lu Rui picked up the pages from the chaotic wreckage.
Suppressing his volatile emotions, he continued reading.
As he read, Lu Rui’s tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
It had to be said, the general who wrote this urgent report was also a clever man.
He knew to write the news that the invading army hadn’t engaged in widespread slaughter or looting, and that the soldiers hadn’t been completely wiped out, towards the end.
After receiving utterly terrible news, hearing a few relatively good pieces of information can always calm one’s emotions a little.
But if it were the other way around, with the devastating news of all the supplies and weaponry in three cities being emptied written at the end, then regardless of his mood before, his composure would definitely explode upon seeing the final details.
And the general responsible for leading the relief efforts would probably also be branded with the crime of ‘ineffective support’ and suffer along with it.
So, writing urgent reports was also an art.
However, after mentioning a few somewhat fortunate pieces of news, at the very end of the urgent report, the general also wrote about another matter.
That was, according to the information provided by the defending soldiers, the invading army had two gigantic monsters.
Initially, upon hearing this news, the general’s expression was undoubtedly subtle.
He even somewhat suspected that the soldier was trying to excuse his guilt and had fabricated this lie.
After all, the city had fallen, and all supplies were gone.
When such things happened, the defending forces were undeniably at fault.
Not to mention being continuously breached across three cities by the enemy in such a short period.
Once punishment came down, the defending forces of these three cities would surely not have an easy time.
So, his suspicion wasn’t unreasonable.
But the problem was that more than one soldier had seen monsters.
10, 20, 30… Even soldiers from all three cities claimed to have seen monsters.
This made him question whether there truly were such monsters.
After much deliberation, he finally decided to include this matter at the very end of the urgent report.
Upon finishing the report, Lu Rui’s expression instantly changed.
“Special race? Special Civilization?!”
Unlike the generals within his own civilization, as a player, he at least knew a bit about these things.
In the eyes of high-tier players, even special civilizations always had ways to be dealt with.
Because they knew that the system would consider ‘balance,’ and special civilizations were not invincible.
But for low-tier players like those in the Bronze Tier, it became an entirely different matter.
In the eyes of low-tier players, special civilizations were basically directly associated with the terms ‘powerful’ and ‘big shot.’
They instinctively felt that special civilizations were not to be provoked.
Often, before the battle even began, half of it was already lost.
Undoubtedly, Lu Rui was one of them.
Upon receiving this intelligence, Lu Rui almost immediately abandoned any thought of revenge.
The ‘big shot’ had only emptied the warehouses of his three cities and essentially done nothing else, which already indicated his stance.
From the current perspective, the other party had probably just randomly picked him for a casual match, with no intention of forming an enmity.
Such a matter could only be considered his bad luck.
Under this premise, if he were to foolishly press the matter, it would truly be seeking his own demise.
It must be said that in terms of military development, Lu Rui, despite being overly ambitious and a bit naive, was at least quite open-minded when it came to his mentality.
From this perspective, he might surprisingly be the type who lives long.
By the time this urgent report reached Lu Rui, it was already the 5th day of the invasion.
As soon as the 7 day period was up, Luo Ji retreated quite decisively.
And before that, Zhu Zihan, who had invaded his civilization, had retreated half a day earlier than him.
If it weren’t for the system notification, Luo Ji would have almost forgotten about that person.
He had essentially won a defensive battle by lying down, earning some Civilization Points and a Bronze Treasure Chest for free, so there was nothing to complain about.
Returning to the matter at hand.
The achievement of consecutively breaking three cities in a short period of time, without a doubt, sealed Luo Ji’s victory.
While earning a sum of Civilization Points and Special Points, the system also awarded him an Iron Treasure Chest.
Evidently, the system felt the opponent was too weak; otherwise, this achievement should have warranted a Silver Treasure Chest at least.
But it didn’t matter.
Even without counting the treasure chest, just the supplies that filled an entire caravan meant he definitely hadn’t lost out on this venture.
Not to mention, his business trip hadn’t even officially begun yet!
No sooner had Luo Ji returned to his residence in Myriad World Civilization, a message from Lu Rui arrived.
“Big shot, that’s too much! You can’t bully people like that!”
Luo Ji chuckled upon seeing this message and replied.
“Don’t give me that. I didn’t engage in slaughter or looting, nor did I wipe out your forces. I basically just took resources. Don’t you think I’ve been quite benevolent? It’s not like I’m going to invade just to stroll around and leave without taking anything, is it?”
Lu Rui, seeing this message, had an ‘I’m speechless’ expression.
Because what Luo Ji said was actually the truth.
Although as the victim, he was quite miserable. But these days, players who, after breaching a city in an invasion battle, neither slaughter nor loot, nor wipe out forces, are definitely considered benevolent.
If everyone in this game could do that, the entire game atmosphere would probably be much more harmonious.
For a moment, Lu Rui was at a loss for words.
Meanwhile, Luo Ji quite decisively sent another message.
“Be direct. The defending generals of your three cities and your city lords are all in my hands. Each of them should be considered a talent, right? One price: five Silver-tier items, plus twenty Iron-tier items. I’ll return them to you.”
Faced with Luo Ji’s asking price, Lu Rui’s heart twitched violently.
He quickly replied.
“Big shot, five Silver-tier items are too expensive. At most three items. That’s my limit.”
“Three items are too few. I won’t even bother with the Iron-tier items; they’re just a bonus and practically meaningless. I have six captives here, and all of them are talents who served as defending generals and city lords. You want to redeem two with one Silver-tier item? Aren’t these talents a bit too cheap then?”
Lu Rui was speechless again.
After a moment of internal struggle, he gritted his teeth, as if having made a huge decision, and sent a message.
“Big shot, how about I redeem those six people with one Gold-tier item?”
Upon seeing this message, Luo Ji’s eyelids immediately twitched.
Theoretically speaking, considering its rarity, a Gold-tier item was worth far more than five ordinary Silver-tier items.
Why would a normal person make such a losing deal?
Therefore, Luo Ji was almost certain that there must be a catch.
“What Gold-tier item? Be specific.”
Lu Rui’s heart pounded at this, clearly unsure himself, as that item was indeed very peculiar.
“It’s a Gold-tier Grand Opera House Blueprint.”
