Chapter 487
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Chapter 487: Intimacy Level
Adjusting his emotions and pulling himself together, Luo Ji decisively decided to research this “intimacy level.”
Opening the system panel, he found that it had indeed changed again, now displaying an intimacy level between races.
Luo Ji studied it briefly; the maximum value seemed to be 10 points of intimacy.
Moreover, this intimacy could be both positive and negative.
The maximum negative value was also 10 points.
In other words, counting both positive and negative values, it spanned 20 points.
If it reached a negative value, it undoubtedly meant feelings of aversion or even hatred had developed.
Currently, the intimacy levels of the five beastman tribes towards humans were as follows:
[Wolf Tribe: 5, Minotaurs: 5, Kobolds: 3, Elephantmen: 4, Foxmen: 2]
Undoubtedly, these were not high values. Luo Ji made a simple categorization:
[0-3 points: Normal, 4-6 points: Friendly, 7-9 points: Close, 10 points (max): No need to say more, just get married, and race is not an issue.]
It’s also worth noting that the intimacy values above were already after receiving the +1 intimacy effect from “Racial Coexistence.”
This meant that before that, apart from the Minotaurs and Wolf Tribe, the other three beastman tribes generally didn’t even reach a “friendly” level towards humans.
For the Wolf Tribe, Luo Ji had always valued them highly.
This intimacy level was not too surprising.
As for the Minotaurs reaching this value, on one hand, it was probably due to their inherently simple and honest nature.
On the other hand, it was likely thanks to Luo Yong, who had previously held a wrestling competition with them in their tribe, essentially integrating himself with them.
Through Luo Yong, the Minotaurs gained a decent impression of humans.
With the effect’s boost, the Elephantmen’s intimacy towards humans also initially reached a friendly level.
However, what surprised Luo Ji was that the Foxmen had the lowest intimacy towards humans, with only 2 points.
The Kobolds, after receiving the effect’s boost, actually had 3 points…
After a bit of thought, Luo Ji understood this situation.
The Kobolds having 3 points of intimacy was probably due to Luo Ji’s previous fair handling of their issues.
As for the Foxmen, among the beastmen, they were likely a more “suspicious” race.
This inherent nature meant that even if they appeared amiable on the surface, their hearts might not necessarily be close to you.
To put it more bluntly, they might be flatterers who praise you but inwardly don’t respect you.
This set of values displayed the beastmen’s intimacy towards humans.
Below this, the intimacy of humans towards the beastmen was shown:
[Wolf Tribe: 4, Minotaurs: 4, Kobolds: 1, Elephantmen: 2, Foxmen: 3]
The differences between the two sides were quite evident.
Taking the Elephantmen as an example, their intimacy towards humans was 4 points, reaching a friendly level.
However, their massive size evidently caused humans to be wary of them, so humans’ intimacy towards the Elephantmen was only two points.
The Kobolds having only 1 point of intimacy was within Luo Ji’s expectations.
It was quite clear that humans disliked Kobolds and harbored grudges against them.
Although Luo Ji had punished the Sun brothers and upheld justice in the previous incident, it hadn’t changed humans’ perception of Kobolds.
For Luo Ji, having such clear intimacy values for reference was relatively reassuring, yet also a bit vexing.
Having understood the intimacy system, the development projects in the second column of the Luo Ji’s Civilization panel were undoubtedly useful to Luo Ji.
But the problem was that these three projects couldn’t solve the current grain transport issue that was troubling him.
Sighing softly, Luo Ji placed his hopes on the upcoming Beastman Civilization panel.
Earning Beastman Points was simple: one word, fight!
More specifically, it meant engaging in combat using beastman units.
In the previous series of battles, the Elephantman Slingers had contributed greatly to Luo Ji, earning him a significant number of points, accumulating to 89.
What Luo Ji wanted now was a force capable of contending with the grassland cavalry in a snowy environment to ensure the safety of his grain transport teams.
After pondering over the pages of the various beastman tribes, Luo Ji ultimately chose to open the Wolf Tribe page.
In terms of overall quality, the Wolf Tribe was arguably the highest among the five beastman tribes currently under Luo Ji’s control.
The page for the Beastman Civilization displayed an extended, branching development panel.
At its center was “Wolf Tribe Totem,” from which two branches branched out, “Werewolf Warrior” and “Wolf Totem Pole.”
[Werewolf Warrior (Unit): Unlocks the special Wolf Tribe unit ‘Werewolf Warrior.’ This unit’s combat power increases by 5%.]
[Wolf Totem Pole (Special Building): A Wolf Tribe totem pole carved with totems, a symbol of Wolf Tribe spirit and honor. Wolf Tribe tribes with a totem pole will see all Wolf Tribe warriors’ default morale +5.]
The Wolf Tribe Totem Pole clearly belonged to the “Building-type” project.
Luo Ji had no interest in this for now.
He decisively focused his attention on the “Unit-type.”
[System Notification: Do you wish to consume 10 Beastman Points and 10,000 Civilization Points to upgrade the ‘Werewolf Warrior’ project to Level 1?]
He decisively clicked “confirm.”
However, after the “Werewolf Warrior” project upgraded, the subsequent projects didn’t show any signs of unlocking.
As a veteran gamer, Luo Ji quickly understood after a little thought.
It seemed the prerequisite level wasn’t high enough!
What was meant by prerequisite level? Simply put, if you wanted to unlock the second skill on a skill branch, you first had to upgrade the previous skill to a certain level.
It might require upgrading to Level 2, or Level 3, or even Level 4, Level 5…
Realizing this, Luo Ji glanced at his remaining 79 Beastman Points, his expression subtle.
At a time like this, upgrading seemed to be the only option.
[System Notification: Do you wish to consume 50 Beastman Points and 100,000 Civilization Points to upgrade the ‘Werewolf Warrior’ project to Level 2?]
Luo Ji clicked “confirm” again.
Upon completion of the upgrade, looking at the unchanged development panel, Luo Ji felt a wave of despair.
This Beastman Civilization tree was truly a pain!
Judging by the situation, Luo Ji estimated it would require upgrading to Level 3 to unlock anything further.
The only thing that offered him a little comfort was perhaps the change in the Werewolf Warrior’s combat power bonus after upgrading to Level 2.
[Werewolf Warrior (Unit) (Level 2): Unlocks the special Wolf Tribe unit ‘Werewolf Warrior.’ This unit’s combat power increases by 10%.]
