Chapter 520
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Chapter 520: The Meteorite Pit (1)
Time flew by, and a month slipped away quietly.
Myriad World Civilization’s productivity had recovered by about 30% to 40%.
There was still a considerable distance to go before reaching its peak.
Luo Ji estimated it would take at least another 2 to 3 months for a full recovery.
During this period, the truce token that had been hung up naturally expired.
However, in the short term, it seemed no one intended to invade.
After all, Luo Ji’s rank in the Bronze Tier had already risen to 132nd.
As a prominent figure within the top 200, and quite close to the top 100, he was now known to almost everyone in the Bronze Tier, regardless of whether they had known him before.
Coupled with the fact that Luo Ji had been incredibly dominant recently, with his strength and reputation clearly established, other players in the same tier would truly have to weigh their capabilities before attempting to challenge him.
As for the unlucky few whose convoys Luo Ji had completely plundered earlier, they dared not make any rash moves for the time being.
No matter how thoroughly Luo Ji had cleaned out their warehouses, his strength was undeniably apparent.
No matter how furious or disgruntled they were, if they couldn’t win, it was all for naught.
Of course, during this period, a few stubborn players would inevitably challenge him.
Luo Ji naturally wouldn’t be polite to those who invaded.
With a single command, he would directly dispatch his beastman army to eliminate them.
While earning a wave of special points and a bronze treasure chest, he also conveniently captured a wave of surrendered soldiers, replenishing some of his forces.
Speaking of replenishing forces, thanks to the decisions made during the blizzard, Luo Ji’s efforts to win over the people had paid off.
Over the past month, the number of people enlisting in the army gradually increased.
Myriad World Civilization’s military strength had finally started to improve, entering a positive cycle.
At the same time, Luo Ji, having earned another batch of beastman points, silently opened the beastman civilization development panel.
Over time, Luo Ji had become even more acutely aware that the prerequisite levels for beastman civilization were a real pain.
Almost every beastman race had its own independent mini-panel.
Facing such a development panel with multiple mini-panels, some novice players with limited gaming experience could easily spread their limited special points too thinly.
This was because they might think of upgrading all projects with small point costs first, and then tackling the projects with high point costs.
However, if you look at the five beastman tribe mini-panels, if you upgrade the first development project of each troop type to level one, it might seem cheap at 10 points each.
But five times 10 points adds up to 50 points, doesn’t it?
Li Yuanjie, from before, had undoubtedly been tripped up by this very point.
If this were a less combative game, slow, balanced development might not be an issue.
But in this game, dispersing points in the early stages was simply too inefficient.
It was wiser to concentrate points and focus intensely on developing one mini-panel, raising it to a high level to establish a formidable strength that could be showcased.
What Luo Ji was now focusing his points on was undoubtedly the Wolf Tribe panel.
The reason was simple.
On one hand, wolf-men had a higher affinity with humans and sufficient loyalty to him.
On the other hand, the Wolf Tribe’s overall qualities were relatively balanced.
In other words, the Wolf Tribe army had the potential to become a versatile, all-purpose force.
In case of an emergency requiring a specific troop type, the Wolf Tribe army had a high probability of being able to save the day.
However, it was different for the minotaurs.
While minotaurs also had a high affinity with humans and their loyalty was not an issue, and Luo Ji admitted they were powerful infantry, he found it hard to imagine minotaurs playing any position other than frontline infantry.
Compared to wolfmen, minotaurs clearly lacked flexibility and mobility.
Furthermore, they were a bit simple-minded…
Now, back to the main topic.
Luo Ji quickly scanned the Wolf Tribe development panel.
His previous point allocation had already brought the “Werewolf Warrior” development project to level two.
And before, Luo Ji had led his beastman army in a series of major battles, so beastman points were accumulating much faster than conquest points.
But Luo Ji knew that the prerequisite levels were a huge meteorite pit!
The existence of these prerequisite levels sometimes forced him to upgrade development projects he might not even need.
In other words, the beastman civilization panel was a case of points coming quickly, but disappearing even faster!
Too lazy to dwell on it further, he directly spent a large sum of points to upgrade the “Werewolf Warrior” project to level three.
With the increase in level, the fog that had shrouded the path ahead finally dispersed!
This made Luo Ji involuntarily clench his fist.
At the same time, looking at the two revealed troop branches, the frustration he had felt earlier largely dissipated.
The two new troop projects were:
[Swift Wolf Warrior (Level 0) (Special Unit): A special wolf-man unit wielding dual blades, possessing agile physiques and swift offensive capabilities. This unit gains a 10% increase in movement speed and a 10% increase in attack speed.]
This unit made Luo Ji’s eyes light up.
The role of this unit was unlike most of his existing troop types!
With his extensive experience as a hardcore gamer, a little thought was enough for Luo Ji to grasp the strengths and weaknesses of this special unit with almost complete accuracy.
The Swift Wolf Warrior, as a special unit, was not suited for direct, head-on combat with enemies on the battlefield.
Their role should be for pre-battle harassment and covert nighttime operations.
In terms of harassment, Luo Ji already had archer cavalry with a similar role.
However, Swift Wolf Warriors and archer cavalry had two distinct differences in their capabilities.
The first difference was that archer cavalry was affected by terrain, while Swift Wolf Warriors were largely unaffected by it.
Relying on the Wolf Tribe’s agile and swift movement, even in steep and difficult mountain forest terrain, Swift Wolf Warriors would likely be able to perfectly execute the tasks Luo Ji assigned them.
The second difference lay in concealment!
Harassment is short for “assault and disturbance.”
What is an assault? You need to catch the enemy by surprise to constitute an assault.
Archer cavalry, after all, were cavalry units.
Hundreds of cavalry moving together would generate considerable noise.
Enemies could detect their approach from a long distance.
If they encountered well-prepared elite forces, the time it took to charge would be enough for the enemy to form a battle array and engage.
If they met units that countered them, they might even be counter-attacked.
Therefore, archer cavalry’s harassment was a forced assault relying on their mobility, or a “forced raid.”
Swift Wolf Warriors, on the other hand, were for surprise attacks!
They could secretly approach enemy encampments and launch a sudden strike when the enemy was completely unprepared!
If the enemy had such a unit, it would truly be sickening to even imagine.
Moreover, using this unit to flank and attack the enemy general’s main camp would likely achieve miraculous effects.
Of course, these points mentioned above were the advantages of Swift Wolf Warriors.
And archer cavalry, naturally, also had their advantages.
For example, they possessed stronger mobility and the ability to “kite.”
Furthermore, while having ranged attacks, they also had respectable melee combat capabilities.
As such, these two unit types simply had their own unique characteristics and advantages.
It was hard to say which was superior.
