Chapter 536
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Chapter 536: Chance, That Subtle Thing!
Back in his Myriad World Civilization, only a little over a day had passed due to the time difference between the two realms.
Essentially, nothing significant could have happened.
Luo Ji wore a smile, his mood consistently good.
After summoning Gawain, he began to examine the goblin civilization’s development panel.
As he opened the panel, Luo Ji immediately asked.
“Gawain, how do you earn these goblin points?”
After several days, Gawain had completely resigned himself to his fate, with his loyalty even automatically rising to 75 points.
At this point, there was no reason for him not to cooperate.
He spoke quite straightforwardly.
“The goblin civilization’s traits are powerful technology and productivity. In other words, you can earn special points simply by performing a large amount of related work.”
Luo Ji nodded.
It seemed earning these goblin civilization points wouldn’t be too difficult.
However, with the beastmen civilization as a precedent, Luo Ji was mentally prepared for certain aspects.
As the development panel fully unfolded, Luo Ji’s heart settled with a glance.
Without a doubt, the goblin civilization’s development panel was a classic skill tree model.
Currently, only one icon could be upgraded, while the others were shrouded in black mist.
Luo Ji guessed that this panel most likely had prerequisite level requirements.
After a slight moment of exasperation, he adjusted his mood and quickly focused on the only upgradable item.
Upon touching it, the introduction page appeared.
[Goblin Tech (Level 0): Products made with Goblin Tech consume 15% less material and cost 25% less military expenditure for deployment. However, there is a 40% chance of malfunction.]
Our Goblin Tech motto is Simple! Easy to use! Cheap! And Powerful!
Ahem… it just sometimes experiences a small malfunction…
Looking at the item named ‘Goblin Tech,’ Luo Ji roughly understood why Gawain could deploy so many siege weapons.
If he wasn’t mistaken, these ‘fragile’ siege weapons produced by Goblin Tech were originally cheaper to deploy than normal siege weapons.
With the added effect of reduced deployment costs from Goblin Tech, they would be even cheaper.
Moreover, this was an upgradable skill.
As the skill level increased, the bonus would definitely grow.
Now, Luo Ji needed to figure out the effects of Goblin Tech after it was upgraded.
“Gawain, what are the upgrade bonuses for Goblin Tech?”
The benefit of subduing Gawain was now clear.
This goblin was informed.
Most initial questions about the goblin civilization’s development panel could probably be answered by Gawain.
In other words, Gawain was like an early-game guide for the goblin civilization!
As expected, Gawain did not disappoint Luo Ji.
He answered quite frankly.
“After upgrading to Level 5, material consumption can be reduced by 35%, deployment costs by 45%, and the malfunction chance drops to 20%.”
Luo Ji’s eyebrows raised slightly at this answer.
These values were truly considerable.
The reduction in material consumption and deployment costs could save a civilization a huge amount of resources and civilization points.
However, that malfunction chance was still a bit of a headache.
As if guessing Luo Ji’s concern, Gawain shrugged.
“Don’t worry, my lord, who can predict chance?”
“It says there’s a certain percentage chance of malfunction, but it’s possible that after an entire battle, nothing goes wrong.”
“Of course, conversely, it’s also possible that something breaks right after you leave.”
“But these aren’t problems. You can bring twenty bed crossbows at once, plus twenty catapults.”
“It’s impossible for every single one to break, right? You’ll still have at least a dozen usable ones.”
In this regard, Gawain was speaking from experience.
As the Goblin King, how could he not have been screwed over by this malfunction rate before?
He definitely had, but he’d just gotten used to it!
Hearing this explanation, Luo Ji couldn’t help but cover his face.
Should he say, “As expected of a goblin civilization”?
He immediately suggested bringing twenty bed crossbows and twenty catapults.
A normal Bronze Tier player, when fighting a siege battle, would bring around five large siege units in total.
Some even only brought three units.
And Luo Ji himself, when fighting his previous invasion battle, only brought two units, including the Elephantmen.
But Gawain immediately suggested forty units!
The difference between civilizations was instantly clear.
However, Gawain’s reasoning was undeniably logical.
Why didn’t ordinary players dare to bring many large siege weapons?
A major reason was the cost!
In the Bronze Tier, the military cost for any large siege weapon was in the tens of thousands of civilization points.
For one invasion battle, deploying ten large siege weapons would easily cost hundreds of thousands in military expenses.
Besides that, you’d also need to bring enough troops.
Which ordinary Bronze Tier player would play like this unless they were going all-out for a decisive battle?
But the goblin civilization was different!
They brought many because siege weapons were cheap!
As long as the deployment cost was low enough, what was the problem with bringing dozens of them?
And just as Gawain said, if you brought twenty bed crossbows, even if four or five broke right at the start, you’d still have at least a dozen usable ones.
Chance really was unpredictable.
Seeing Luo Ji deep in thought, Gawain, eager to prove his worth, quickly added.
“My lord, my lord, and once Goblin Tech reaches Level 3, you can unlock the special unit ‘Goblin Engineers..’”
“Individual goblin unit military costs are very cheap. You can bring two teams of goblin engineers, and even if something breaks, they can repair it immediately. It usually won’t take long to fix.”
Luo Ji’s eyes immediately lit up at this.
Goblin Engineers? That was a good unit!
However, he still needed to clarify some things first.
“Gawain, can Goblin Tech only produce these easily damaged military items?”
“No, it can produce normal ones too, but then the effects of Goblin Tech won’t trigger.”
Luo Ji breathed a slight sigh of relief at this answer.
As long as normal versions could still be produced, that was fine.
Currently, Luo Ji had no goblin points, so he couldn’t upgrade any of the goblin civilization’s projects.
Therefore, his immediate priority was to quickly assign the goblins appropriate work to earn goblin points.
