Chapter 77
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Chapter 77: Unstable Factor
Taking Luo Yong and Black Jackal from the Armament Department, Luo Ji left Little Fox there, which was his true intention all along.
He liked such good employees who could immediately get to work!
The research and development of bows and arrows were just around the corner!
After leaving the Armament Department, Luo Ji didn’t forget to make a trip to the medical department, instructing them to prepare herbs for wound treatment and to send someone to the Black Rock Tribe to call Luo Jin back.
As for settling the new members, that was directly handed over to the tribal people.
He wasn’t boasting, but his Mirror Tribe had truly rich experience in settling newcomers and Luo Ji no longer needed to worry about it.
So, with time on his hands, Luo Ji decided to first inspect various parts of the tribe.
In the two days he was offline, over twenty days had passed in this other world, so the progress was different.
The first priority to check was, of course, the Mirror Tribe’s defensive fortifications, as this had always been his top concern.
Before, he had rushed to lead people to support and hadn’t had time to look closely.
Now, after a quick inspection, he immediately found that the outer defense line was almost complete, basically only missing the city gate at the main entrance.
Fortunately, before going offline, he hadn’t forgotten to further improve his city gate design.
For this, he had even researched various obscure materials.
Now, while he still had time, Luo Ji quickly redrew the improved city gate design.
This was the final version after multiple refinements.
“Done!”
From the structure of the city gate to the detailed construction of the pulley system, Luo Ji had meticulously studied it from beginning to end, no exaggeration.
There were absolutely no problems with this design.
Now, he just had to wait for the construction team to build this city gate.
With two months remaining until his newbie protection period ends, this city gate should be completed in time.
Time passed quietly. As things happened suddenly, by the time Luo Jin rushed back to the Mirror Tribe, it was already the next morning.
“Chief, you called for me?”
“Yes, I have an important task for you.”
Counting the time, Luo Jin probably only stayed in the Mirror Tribe’s camp for thirty minutes, maybe even less.
He rushed there and left just as quickly, many people didn’t even know he had returned.
On the new day, after breakfast, aside from a small number of newcomers who were temporarily unable to work due to injuries, Luo Ji, as usual, assigned most of the new recruits to the lumberjack and mining teams for physical labor.
Then, he selected loyal individuals from the veterans of these two teams and assigned them to various departments and teams that matched their talents and specialties.
And in this usual routine, one difference was that Luo Ji began to expand the number of warriors in the tribe!
Previously, he hadn’t increased the number of tribal warriors due to considerations of tribal manpower and burden.
But now, to prepare for a possible player invasion two months later, Luo Ji felt it was necessary to make good preparations.
However, suddenly expanding military strength on a large scale to boost the tribe’s combat capability in a short time was clearly not advisable, as it could easily lead to collapse.
How could a situation that had been built up with such difficulty be messed up so carelessly?
Steady progress was the way to go.
After weighing the pros and cons, he cautiously increased the number of warriors by only ten.
Don’t forget, Luo Ji had Zhao Pan, a great general good at defending cities, under him.
He already had a plan in mind.
It didn’t matter if the troop count was low.
If they were outnumbered, he would simply fight a defensive battle.
He had fish and fields in his city.
Relying on the city walls for cover, combined with Zhao Pan’s ‘Immovable as Mountains’ defensive talent, he would then show them what a farming-style strategy was!
This guy, from the very beginning, intended to turtle up in the city.
He wasn’t afraid at all, okay?
As long as he had a plan, everything he did would be with confidence.
Luo Ji was a typical example of this.
As a crucial part of his farming-style strategy, the construction of defensive fortifications was clearly his focus for the coming period.
Under his supervision, the progress of the city gate and wall construction made him quite at ease.
If all went smoothly, it was estimated that they could be completed in less than half a month.
Luo Ji was in quite a good mood, even humming a tune.
If there was anything else that worried him, it would be the matter he had instructed Luo Jin to do two days ago.
That was an unstable factor.
If possible, Luo Ji wanted to deal with that unstable factor within a week.
“I wonder how things are going…”
Just as Luo Ji was thinking this, someone arrived.
“Chief, Liu Chuan of the reconnaissance team requests an audience.”
Luo Ji’s spirits lifted.
“Let him in.”
Without any preamble, Liu Chuan, covered in dust from travel, spoke as soon as he entered the tent.
“Chief, the captain asked me to relay a message saying that everything is ready!”
“Good!”
A look of joy flashed across Luo Ji’s face upon hearing this.
“Then let’s depart immediately!”
Without hesitation, he had already made the necessary arrangements.
He left Zhao Pan with three wolf warriors and ten newly trained tribal warriors to guard the tribal camp.
The other thirteen warriors, including Luo Yong and Black Jackal, would accompany him.
Liu Chuan led the way.
The group traversed the dense forest from daytime until dusk, finally reaching the outer perimeter of the marked location before nightfall.
Their purpose for this trip was to hunt the saber-toothed tiger!
“Before we proceed, everyone, please apply this to yourselves.”
As he spoke, Liu Chuan quickly opened the animal skin bag hanging from his waist.
A foul stench immediately emanated from it, making Luo Yong retreat two steps on the spot.
“Damn! What’s in there?”
“Saber-toothed tiger feces.”
The answer made Luo Yong and the others’ faces turn green, but Liu Chuan himself didn’t care at all.
He reached in, grabbed a handful, and smeared it on himself, urging them as he did so.
“Don’t dawdle, hurry up.”
“This is the only way to mask our scent so the saber-toothed tiger won’t discover us.”
For reconnaissance soldiers like them, who needed to perform long-term reconnaissance missions in the wilderness, animal feces were valuable.
Not to mention saber-toothed tiger feces from an ancient overlord, it wasn’t easy to get hold of this.
Originally, Luo Yong and the others weren’t that picky, but under Luo Ji’s management, the Mirror Tribe’s hygiene had always been excellent.
To prevent contagious diseases, Luo Ji had always advocated for everyone to clean their bodies frequently.
After they developed a habit of being clean, making them smear feces on themselves was a bit difficult.
At such a time, Luo Ji was the most decisive.
After all, he was the one who taught this trick to the reconnaissance team.
He was mentally prepared and didn’t need to smear it directly on his skin.
Smearing it on the animal hides they wore would have the same effect.
As long as the scent was there, that was all that mattered.
And when Luo Yong and the others saw that the Chief himself had applied it, what else could they say?
They all pinched their noses and followed suit.
And so, this foul-smelling group of people stealthily lurked in the dense forest.
