Chapter 500
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Chapter 500: The Blizzard’s Return Attack
Meanwhile, in Luo Ji’s Myriad World Civilization, it was nearly half a month later when the battle report from the Battle of the Snow Plains reached Mirror City.
Luo Ji had already completed two rounds of his invasion wars.
Although it was just a cover for the grain transport team and a test of the grassland cavalry’s strength, the casualty figures were still significant.
It also made Luo Ji truly feel the threat posed by these grassland tribes.
“Over 3,000 cavalry, you say?”
Luo Ji pondered for a moment, then rubbed his brow.
“This is probably not all their military strength. These so-called five great tribes really can’t be underestimated.”
Regardless, after several grain transports, the granaries of the three grassland cities were already full.
That should sustain them for about a month.
With the city gates closed, the threat of the grassland cavalry could be temporarily ignored.
What currently troubled Luo Ji was that for the past half-month, the snow in his Myriad World Civilization had started to fall even heavier.
The blizzard he thought had departed had suddenly returned with a vengeance.
The wind and snow obscured visibility, and coupled with the extreme low temperatures, the outdoors was no longer a place for ordinary people.
Previously, the various factories and departments had been cleared of snow and resumed operations after great effort. Now, nearly 70% were forced to stop.
This caused the entire Myriad World Civilization’s productivity, which hadn’t even fully recovered, to plummet to rock bottom.
And now, it was raining when the roof was already leaking.
As soon as the blizzard began again, various troublesome problems started to emerge one after another.
“Cough, cough, cough!!!!”
Violent coughing erupted from a house in Mirror City.
Inside, a middle-aged man lay pale on his bed, his body wracked by fierce coughing that seemed to tear at his lungs!
Each cough also seemed to tug at his head, causing him a splitting headache.
“Dad, here’s the hot water. Drink it quickly. The decree His Majesty issued earlier said that if you’re sick, just drink more hot water, and you’ll get better.”
A 14 or 15 year old boy anxiously rushed to his father’s bedside with a cup of hot water.
The middle-aged man laboriously extended a hand from under the covers, trying to take the cup.
However, a violent bout of coughing made him knock the hot water over onto the ground.
After coughing, he simply collapsed motionless on the bed, his spirit utterly listless.
This sight undoubtedly terrified the boy.
Thoughts raced through his mind as he glanced at the large snowflakes drifting outside the window.
Then he gritted his teeth, making up his mind.
“Dad, put on your coat. I’ll carry you to see the doctor.”
“No… no, don’t.”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man’s consciousness seemed to clear slightly.
He quickly tried to dissuade his son in a hoarse voice.
“The snow outside is heavy, and it’s too dangerous.”
“Dad, I can’t worry about that anymore! If this continues, you’ll be coughing up blood!”
Anxious about his father’s condition, the boy helped him put on a fur coat.
With a surge of strength, his small frame unexpectedly burst with considerable power, directly lifting a hundred-plus-pound adult onto his back.
Then, braving the wind and snow, he quickly headed towards the hospital.
By the time he reached the hospital with his father on his back, he found that his father wasn’t the only one who had fallen ill in this cold winter.
Large numbers of patients had almost clogged the hospital entrance.
Powerless, the hospital staff could only temporarily set up a large tent in conjunction with members of the patrol team.
Staying in this tent was certainly not as warm as being indoors, but it could at least shield them from the wind and snow.
At the same time, the head of the Medical Department, upon receiving the news, quickly wrote an urgent report and had it delivered directly to Luo Ji.
“Your Majesty, an urgent report just came from the Medical Department. A large number of people in the city have fallen ill again. The nursing home in the city is now completely full and can’t accommodate any more patients!”
“The nursing home is full?”
Luo Ji’s eyelid twitched instantly upon hearing this.
In his memory, his nursing home was built quite large.
After all, it could also be used as a hospital recovery ward after winter.
So when he first decided to build nursing homes in various cities, Luo Ji directly launched a large-scale project.
At that time, he was completely in a stance of not planning to expand it again for 10 or 20 years.
Yet now, someone was telling him it was full?!
The subordinate who came to report clearly knew the scale of the nursing home.
As he spoke, his face was full of bitterness.
Luo Ji rubbed his temples vigorously and let out a long breath.
“Go and count how many empty buildings there are in the residential area. Then isolate those buildings and concentrate all patients that the nursing home cannot accommodate there.”
Having said that, as if remembering something else, Luo Ji quickly added.
“Furthermore, have the Medical Department list any resources they need. Satisfy as much as possible whatever can be met.”
“At the same time, provide all patients with an additional meal per day so they can recover quickly!”
As soon as these words were spoken, before the subordinate waiting below could react, Lu Yang, sitting at the side of the Council Hall, couldn’t help but voice his opinion first.
“Your Majesty, forgive my bluntness, but the patients in the nursing home are already receiving two meals a day.”
“In the current situation, our Myriad World Civilization’s grain productivity has significantly decreased, and the total amount of grain is limited. Since winter began, we’ve basically been operating at a deficit.”
“And now a blizzard has started again. In this weather, even the fishing and hunting teams can’t go out. Grain production has plummeted. If we increase their meals by one more, the grain supply might not keep up!”
Luo Ji raised a hand, reassuring the somewhat agitated Lu Yang.
“I know what you’re worried about, but the number of patients continues to grow. If they can’t recover in time, the number of patients will only accumulate more and more.”
“At that point, once the disease begins to spread rampantly, the harm will only become more exaggerated.”
“Therefore, the number of patients in the city must be controlled in a timely manner!”
“Wait 2 more days; I’ll figure out a way for the grain issue.”
However, the very next day after Luo Ji said this, problems erupted again in Mirror City.
“Your Majesty, the previous blizzard caused most of the medicinal herbs planted in the medicine garden to freeze to death.”
“And now the number of patients in the city is still rising. This is the latest report from the Medical Department. If this continues, our reserve of medicinal herbs won’t be enough!”
One bad piece of news after another caused Luo Ji’s heart to sink further and further.
Taking a deep breath, he made up his mind.
“Don’t worry, leave it to me to solve!”
Luo Ji tried to contact Ye Qingxuan.
The situation was quite urgent, and if he could directly trade for a batch of medicinal herbs, it should alleviate his immediate crisis.
However, the system prompted that the other party was in a battle state and could not receive messages.
Although Luo Ji wondered which low-ranked player was so reckless as to dare invade Ye Qingxuan, who ranked first, regardless, the path of trading medicinal herbs with Ye Qingxuan was unfeasible.
But upon reflection, he had originally intended to get through this difficulty on his own.
If he couldn’t even survive a challenge of this magnitude, it only meant he wasn’t strong enough!
With this thought, Luo Ji decisively made his decision.
He gathered his troops and directly launched a new round of invasion wars!
