Chapter 1377: Chapter 1377: Iron Fools
"Spicy Eye working hard on the sly?" Lou’s mouth fell open, he tried to picture that scene himself, and suddenly felt it was a bit surreal.
"Impossible."
"Should be impossible."
"I’ve known him longer than you." Lou shook his head and said, "I’ve known Spicy Eye for so many years and never once saw him as someone who sneaks around working hard in secret. Absolutely impossible."
Lou kept his mouth open, muttering nonstop.
Ji You laughed and said, "Then just assume he didn’t secretly work hard, and is an actual genius instead."
Lou: "..."
Lou said, "So what’s Yue Qiguang supposed to do now? His logistics team didn’t keep up, the follow-up supplies and all that are probably gone. Right now he can only grit his teeth and fight Spicy Eye to the bitter end."
"So, what do you think Yue Qiguang can do to break the current situation?" After thinking a bit, Lou really wanted to hear Ji You’s opinion.
Ji You sighed and said, "I told you this blockhead Yue Qiguang has had it way too easy all the way here. His confidence is so inflated he really thinks everything’s under his control. He still needs a good beating from society."
Lou kept a straight face, listening.
"Relocating and reconnecting with the logistics team? There’s no time." Ji You looked at Yue Qiguang on the screen, still pondering his decision, and said, "If it were up to me, at this point Yue Qiguang has to rush to Sheng Qingyan’s Commander Base as fast as possible, go straight to the enemy’s gates, and pull off a final showdown! Right now his troop’s morale is high, and he absolutely cannot let that morale get crushed. So he should use that, and directly seize Sheng Qingyan’s Commander Base."
Lou frowned and said, "Seize it directly? Can he?"
Ji You narrowed her eyes and said, "Yue Qiguang isn’t good at strategy, so drop it. Ever heard of wild punches beating a master to death? As long as he’s reckless enough, ruthless enough, what can’t he do? Besides, Spicy Eye’s forces must be spread out now. There can’t be many people left guarding the Commander Base."
Lou was startled: "Not many? How can you tell?"
Ji You raised her hand, pointing to the front of Yue Qiguang’s army, and said with a smile, "Here. Spicy Eye must’ve planted bombs here as well. Once this blows, it’s equivalent to blocking both the front and back routes of Yue Qiguang’s army. By then, whether there are many or few people left at the Commander Base, what difference does it make?"
Lou’s eyes widened: "What?"
"He still has bombs?" Lou couldn’t believe it: "How could he have that many?"
Ji You said, "Going from 0 to 1 is hard, but once you’ve made one, what’s so hard about mass production?"
Lou’s mouth opened: "But where would he get that much Material?"
You know, when Charles had Xie Kui make bombs, it took a ton of energy, and they only managed to make two. Charles deployed all of them inside the base and couldn’t even bear to use one to attack the enemy camp.
That shows how scarce the Material is.
The 6th Camp is in such a situation; in the same camp-versus-camp battle, Lou didn’t believe the 8th Camp would have extra Material. If they really did, then this competition wouldn’t be fair at all.
So Lou felt it was impossible for there to be many bombs.
Ji You laughed and said, "Haven’t you noticed that all the energy and all the Material and equipment used for manufacturing in the entire 8th Camp haven’t been touched?"
Lou: "!!!"
Lou’s mouth gaped: "No wonder I was saying the nights were so cold, yet his team would rather huddle together for warmth than use energy. Also, they’re way too frugal—aside from the Cold Ice Machine, they’ve never used any heat energy at all."
Ji You said, "You sacrifice some, you gain some. That’s how they saved it all up."
Lou: "..."
Lou glanced sideways at Ji You and snorted, "But that’s not necessarily the case. Maybe Spicy Eye doesn’t have any. And besides, it’s not easy to blow up Yue Qiguang’s path. If he really had bombs, he’d have blown it up long ago. Why wait until now?"
"Blow it up early?"
"Why blow it up early?" Ji You rolled her eyes, giving Lou a very disdainful look, and said, "If he blows it early, how does he maximize the gains? The first time you blow up the back route, one, it catches them off guard; two, it hits part of the enemy’s morale and has an unexpected effect."
Listening, Lou couldn’t help muttering, "One explosion can have that many layers of meaning, huh."
Ji You looked at him with utter disgust and said, "It’s exactly because there are too many Iron Fools like you that this competition has no challenge at all."
Lou: "..."
Lou felt insulted and snorted, "Then let’s wait and see. I don’t believe Ah Guang has no tricks up his sleeve."
Right at this moment—
After thinking for a while, Yue Qiguang suddenly moved. He strode a few steps forward, then raised his hand and said, "Don’t be afraid, everyone! Bombs aren’t scary! He’s got one bomb, two bombs—could he possibly make endless bombs?"
"Don’t wimp out! Just fight!"
"Bombs? What’s there to be scared of? Let me tell you—this stuff, we’ve got it too!" As he said this, Yue Qiguang’s dark eyes flashed, and he noticed that after hearing these words, the people below all visibly brightened!
In an instant, their side swept away the panic and confusion, and morale surged up again!
Seeing this, Yue Qiguang thought to himself that learning from that con artist Ji You actually worked. Doesn’t matter if you have it or not, just act like you do. Besides, this thing is only for boosting morale; it’s not like he really has to take it out and use it.
So—
Yue Qiguang kept his black little heart steady and said with a straight face, "That’s right! We’ve got it too! Once we’re on the enemy’s walls, we’ll show them what it means when bombs are even tastier stir-fried!"
"Warriors, listen up!"
"We’ve already taken 15 outposts! We’ve succeeded once, and again! Why? Because we’re brave, we’re strong, we’re invincible!"
"The enemy in front of us is just a head of cabbage!"
"Pick up our blades and just chop!" Yue Qiguang stood in front of the crowd, raising his arm high: "Everyone, march on the enemy’s Commander Base immediately!"
"Charge—"
The crowd, upon hearing this, shouted loudly, "Charge—"
The next second.
The entire army surged toward Sheng Qingyan’s base with an overwhelming, thunderous momentum, their aura fierce and unstoppable!
In a short time, they had already crossed a mountain and were pressing straight toward Sheng Qingyan’s Commander Base!
Witnessing all this, Lou was so excited he smacked his thigh hard and said, "Yes, charge! There’s no need to play any dirty tricks with him now. The only way is to drag the enemy into a fight to the death!"
"..." Ji You’s mouth twitched; for a moment she actually didn’t know what to say.
As expected.
Iron Fools and Iron Fools really do resonate with each other.
Just as Yue Qiguang’s army was charging toward the enemy camp, unstoppable, suddenly a heaven-shaking explosion boomed from ahead. The formation suddenly jolted, and then they felt the ground under their feet start to shake—
Boom—
Rumble—
The arm Lou had been waving suddenly tilted sideways.
