Chapter 65
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Chapter 65: Mutual Benefit
Facing the situation, Luo Ji was a bit stunned and almost teared up.
“Big boss, isn’t it inappropriate for you big shots to drag a newbie like me into your fights?”
“I’m so scared!”
In a strategy development game, “development” makes up half the word.
If you haven’t even developed yet, going into a fight is just asking to be cannon fodder.
As a newbie, playing it safe and focusing on farming is the best strategy.
Gao Su, being a veteran of strategy development games, clearly understood this, so he showed no surprise.
Though not completely silent, he was surprisingly poker-faced.
“Don’t worry, I don’t need your help to fight right now. I just need to confirm a trustworthy ally first.”
“Although it’s awkward to say, how do you know I’m trustworthy? This is only our first day meeting, right?”
Luo Ji’s expression grew increasingly innocent as he spoke.
“Simply put, our situations are mutually beneficial.”
“Both of our civilizations developing will benefit each other.”
Gao Su’s words were a bit disjointed, giving Luo Ji a headache.
“How is it mutually beneficial? Please explain it in detail. Also, is it because you pulled me into the game?”
“Exactly.”
Gao Su nodded.
“You’ve played many games, so you should know about the ‘friend invitation’ feature, right?”
“I do.”
“‘Civilization Rise’ also has a ‘friend invitation’ feature. However, each player can only use it once. This means I can only invite one friend to become a ‘Civilization Rise’ player. As the sole invitation slot, did you think I would just give it to anyone?”
“Uh, probably not.”
“Right. So, before inviting you, I thoroughly researched you. Of course, to put it harshly, you could call it an investigation.”
Luo Ji’s facial muscles twitched upon hearing this.
“So, that’s how you knew I was in Z-City and a Z-University student?”
“Yes.”
Gao Su nodded.
“I hope you understand. After all, it’s the only slot, and I didn’t want the person I found to be a good-for-nothing or an idiot.”
His mood was very subtle.
Having his intelligence, character, and ability acknowledged was pleasant, but being investigated still felt a bit uncomfortable.
“You can continue with the mutual benefit topic now.”
“To put it simply, we can both receive growth packs.”
“Isn’t that just a tactic from those crappy domestic mobile games?”
Luo Ji was speechless but also somewhat understood.
“So, when I reach various stages of development, the system will give us rewards, right?”
“Exactly.”
Gao Su nodded generously.
“That’s it?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Luo Ji realized something was off.
“Wait! Is there something exceptionally good in these packs?”
“There are treasure chests.”
“Alright, now we can talk about the treasure chests…”
Luo Ji felt exhausted.
As a newbie, there was simply too much he didn’t know.
“‘Civilization Rise’ has a different method for acquiring treasure chests compared to regular games. Normally, they can only be obtained through war. The victorious side in pvp battles will receive a treasure chest reward. Treasure chest levels are divided into Bronze, Black Iron, Silver, and Gold. The higher the level of the treasure chest, the better the items inside.”
“So, the key is the items in the treasure chest?”
A hint of interest appeared in Luo Ji’s eyes.
“What kind of things are there?”
“Skill books, special items, blueprints for artificial wonders or special buildings. It depends on what you need. There are many things, too many to list, but the best item is universally recognized as…”
“What is it?”
Luo Ji promptly echoed, playing along.
“World Fragments.”
“What’s their use?”
“That brings us to the various stages of human civilization’s development. The normal development sequence for a regular civilization is the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Steam Age, Electrical Age, Atomic Age, and the current Information Age. But once a World Fragment is used, new branching paths will appear in this normal development sequence!”
At this moment, even the usually calm Gao Su’s tone carried a hint of excitement.
“You mean…”
“For example, what if after the Iron Age, humanity didn’t enter the Steam Age, but instead entered another entirely new era of civilization?”
“Like a Mechanical Civilization, or perhaps an Orc Civilization…”
Luo Ji wasn’t a rigid, traditional strategy development game player.
Besides traditional ones, he had also played fantasy-themed dungeon series and Warhammer series.
He found himself completely unable to resist the possibility of developing into an unknown civilization.
What did an unknown civilization represent?
It represented unknown special buildings, special troop types, and even special races!
How could he possibly resist that?
At the same instant, he felt the game’s pure malice.
The game didn’t explicitly demand that players slaughter each other, but at the same time, it threw out an irresistible, luxurious reward and told you,
“Win the battle and you can get a treasure chest!”
“Treasure chests have World Fragments and various items!”
“They can trigger unknown civilizations, special buildings, special troop types, special races!”
This was outright instigating trouble!
It didn’t ask him to fight, but it was desperately tempting and inciting him!
Luo Ji could already imagine the miserable situation he would face once his newcomer protection period ended.
Facing such temptation, he, a man who swore to become the ‘Farming King,’ felt an urge to throw away his hoe and switch professions to become a warmonger.
Why farm anymore?
Gentlemen, I love war!!
Gao Su knew this very well that Luo Ji had no resistance to special troop types and special buildings.
In games, no matter how strong or effective they were, he just loved building special troop types and various wonders.
‘Wonders ruin nations’ that was this guy!
In the past, he would have been a typical incompetent ruler obsessed with grand projects.
But what made it frustrating was that this incompetent ruler usually won when fighting him…
“It seems I don’t need to say anything more.”
“Besides fighting, the only way to get treasure chests is through growth packs, right?”
Luo Ji threw a question back.
“Yes.”
Gao Su nodded.
“What are the requirements for getting the packs?”
“Game ranks are divided into Bronze Civilization, Black Iron Civilization, Silver Civilization, and Gold Civilization. Winning against other civilizations earns you experience to raise your rank. Once you reach the corresponding rank, you’ll receive the corresponding rank’s growth pack. Any questions?”
“No questions! From today onward, we are an alliance with a shared destiny!”
