Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 939 Key Issues
Although the war in the south has come to a temporary end and they have won the battle, the way the opposing ratmen clan summon evil demons still makes him worried.

If it were him, he would not be able to deal with this evil demon because he does not have the right means.

In this matter, both Locke and Bolevin are more useful than him.

So just in case, their subsequent actions must be carried out after Bo Levin and Locke have recovered to their best condition.

At that time, even if the opponent summons the evil demon again, they will be able to respond in time with the means of two extraordinary wizards.

Later in the report, they also mentioned that an epidemic had occurred inside the fortress.

Zhou Chongshan and the others may not be aware of this, but as a modern man, Zhou Xu is very clear that in this era when medical development is quite backward, once an epidemic occurs, it is simply impossible for normal humans to resist it based on their physical fitness.

Being able to isolate people in time and prevent the disease from spreading widely is already the limit.

But the soldiers over there managed to get through it with simple alcohol disinfection and antipyretic drugs.

In this matter, it cannot be said that alcohol and antipyretics played no role at all, but the biggest reason was undoubtedly his talent as an 'evolved leader', which changed the physical fitness of his people in the Great Zhou and achieved such an effect.

He had already realized this effect when Zhou Chongshan's training efficiency suddenly increased, breaking through to become a warrior in the Hundred Refinements Realm in a short period of time and reporting it to him.

However, just like the previous blessing effects, the strength of the blessing obtained by each citizen is not exactly the same.

According to Zhou Xu's experience, this may be related to their own qualifications.

Simply put, the better your qualifications, the greater the blessing you will receive.

Zhou Chongshan himself is a four-star brave weapon master. There is no need to say much about his talent in combat. The strength of the blessing he obtains must be not low.

At this moment, Zhou Xu was feeling a little emotional.

Think about it, the warriors and mages in the Hundred Refinements Realm and the Transcendent Realm were something they could only dream of but could not achieve.

Who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, he would benefit everyone around him.

This is also the power of the talent 'Evolutionary Leader'.

Counting on his fingers, including himself, there are now three extraordinary mages and two warriors in the Hundred Refinements Realm in their Great Zhou.

And this number will continue to increase in the future, which is completely foreseeable.

Under this premise, as long as he is given enough time, Zhou Xu doesn't dare to think about it for the time being, and everyone can break through and become extraordinary life forms. But he thinks he can still give it a try to create an ace team composed entirely of extraordinary life forms!

Pulling his thoughts back to his senses, Zhou Xu turned his attention back to the emergency battle report in his hand.

At the end of the report, Soros also asked for instructions, asking whether the troops should take the initiative to attack and counterattack the ratmen territory after resting.

With the help of meditation, it would only take Locke and Bolevin, two extraordinary wizards, a month at most to recover to their peak state.

At this point in time, winter is not even halfway through.

The key to this issue is whether they should send troops in winter.

Normally speaking, the biggest problem with sending troops in winter is the fear of encountering heavy snow.

However, it doesn’t snow much in the southern border in winter. Even if it snows, they are just small snowflakes that can basically be ignored.

Therefore, the key issue for sending troops in winter is not whether it will snow, but the temperature! The living environment of the Lizardmen has certain requirements for temperature and humidity. A drop in temperature will directly lead to a decline in their condition. In serious cases, there is even a risk of freezing to death.

From this point of view, the frequent attacks of the ratmen on the lizardmen in winter may also be one of the reasons.

As their Great Zhou's territory in the southern border continues to expand, the current location of the southern border fortress has actually long been out of the tropical rainforest area, and the climate itself is close to the subtropical zone.

Compared to the tropical rainforest where they originally lived, this is definitely not a suitable living environment for the lizard people.

At this temperature, their condition is actually affected.

But don't forget that after surrendering to the Great Zhou, their living conditions have improved. In winter, the troops will be equipped with winter clothes, especially the lizardmen who are afraid of the cold.

Wearing warm winter clothes and following the climate of the Southern Fortress, the Lizardmen soldiers can basically keep their condition consistent with that of human soldiers. Over the years, they have gradually gotten used to it.

During this process, Zhou Xu was actually wondering whether his talent as an 'evolved leader' was playing a role here.

If so, could he also allow the lizardmen to slowly adapt to the temperature of other areas?

He doesn't need the Lizardmen to survive and fight in an extremely cold environment of minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius, but at least they should be able to adapt to the normal four-season climate changes in temperate regions, right?

However, this operation definitely requires a slow adaptation process and cannot be achieved overnight.

For this, Zhou Xu also showed enough patience.

Under this premise, the further you go into the ratmen's territory in the south, the closer the climate becomes to the temperate zone.

In other words, the temperature in winter will get lower and lower.

According to Zhou Xu's original plan, he was going to wait until the temperature rose in the spring of next year before pushing the southern border troops forward. While destroying the ratmen on the opposite side, he would also allow the lizardman troops to officially move to the temperate zone so that they would have more time to adapt.

But if they send out troops now, the Lizardmen soldiers may have to face the temperate winter climate directly.

In the temperate winter, the lowest temperature can drop below zero degrees, which is a bit dangerous for lizards.

This is also the point that Zhou Xu is most hesitant and entangled about now.

Of course, they can also choose to suspend the attack before the impact of temperature becomes greater, stay in an area where they can still adapt, and wait for the temperature to rise before launching a subsequent offensive.

But this brings us to the question of situation.

Once they turn from defense to offense and take the initiative to attack, they will lose their biggest home advantage, the Southern Fortress.

Under this premise, the ratmen's nests are all underground, and they can basically only destroy them but have no way to occupy them, let alone defend them.

At that time, they could only camp on the open space on the surface.

However, this kind of camp does not provide much defensive advantage at all. Once the rat tide sweeps over, they will most likely be directly surrounded or even completely submerged by the rat tide.

After knowing the conditions they would face, suppose they conquered half of the Corrupt Clan's territory, and then found that if they continued to advance, they could no longer adapt to the climate there, then they would immediately fall into a passive situation of being beaten.

And there is no home advantage. There is no need to say how dangerous this is.

By then they will be caught in a dilemma and might just fail.

(End of this chapter)