attack city

Only seventy people were admitted, only fifty-two of whom were within the maximum population limit.

That is to say, there are now 105 people in Shenlong City, 82 of whom are within the maximum population limit statistical range, and have reached the 80% population line for upgrading to the town level.

In the second stage, when a city's population reaches the upgrade line, it is usually considered full. This is not a formal standard.

The reason is that cities with a slightly higher level will reserve a few positions for scarce personnel they may encounter, such as senior engineers, because such people are too rare in the wasteland world.

It's okay when new human beings appear. When new human beings don't appear, these people are all displaced from big cities, and small cities can't cultivate them at all.

The larger the city, the greater its survivability, so the probability of a large city being destroyed is also lower.

Usually, a city lord would not expel the citizens casually without making any mistakes, as that would easily put everyone in danger.

In history, many cities collapsed from within.

Although cities are the only place for survival, humans are definitely the most complex creatures in the world. It is unpredictable if someone goes crazy.

It is not uncommon for some people to want to die with others, and to drag the entire city with them.

In fact, Xiang Yang has always felt that the internal structure of most cities is somewhat similar to an army. The city lord is the commander, the warriors are the combatants, and the other city residents are similar to the logistics personnel.

Although the status of some city residents will be different, no matter what, most cities will not treat any of their members badly, but it is a basic requirement.

This is the basis of cohesion.

After all, once people's hearts are lost, everything will begin to decline.

Therefore, even if some children's parents are sacrificed, a normal city lord will not abandon their children. If they are combatants, they will even treat them according to the treatment of their parents.

Therefore, it is not advisable to resolve this contradiction by entering one and expelling the other.

In the second stage, it becomes increasingly difficult for a city to increase its maximum population capacity through upgrading, because it becomes more difficult to upgrade.

Unlike the first stage, if you are lucky, you will even level up soon.

It's no problem if you don't reserve a seat, because if you have to recruit people, you will only have one or two more people temporarily, and this contradiction will be resolved through upgrades soon, and it will be bearable.

So in the second stage, the method adopted is to leave a few positions.

Of course, the other reason is that——

Except for extreme cases, the energy block rewarded by the population minus the energy block consumption brought by the population is positive.

The more people there are, the greater the amount of extra energy blocks will be.

The so-called extreme situations refer to abnormal conditions such as damage to the outer wall of the city, and the consumption will increase abnormally and massively. At this time, the ratio of population reward and population consumption will definitely become negative.

The larger the population, the larger the negative number.

But this is not how the city operates.

Under normal operating conditions, when the city level is low, the positive difference between population rewards and population consumption will have a huge impact on a city.

For example, for a villa-level or even manor-level city, the extra half energy block is a good fortune.

Especially in new cities that were planted not long ago, it takes several months to grow rice. Resources are not so easy to obtain, and they lack energy blocks.

But for village-level cities, the positive difference between population rewards and population consumption is just general wealth. For town-level, county-level, or county-level cities, it begins to slowly become insignificant.

This is just like if there is a hundred yuan on the ground, in front of a billionaire, people may not take a second look, let alone bend down to pick it up.

Therefore, in the second stage, the status of the energy block quota for the population reward begins to become lower and lower. A few blocks a month will not have a decisive impact.

What's more, as the population increases, the demand for food, water supply, etc. will become greater.

Even though crops in cities are unlikely to encounter disasters such as locust plagues or droughts, they often encounter reduced harvests.

Comparing the two, it is difficult to say whether it is a loss or not. This thing is also difficult to calculate, and there are too many uncertain factors.

Therefore, starting from the second stage, most cities do not care whether they have a few fewer people.

Therefore, the higher the level of the city, the more likely it is to leave some unused positions.

Originally, Xiang Yang only planned to leave five or six positions. Even though he had a lot of energy blocks, his precision parts processing factory did not have any raw materials yet and was empty. He had not started planting food, and even if he did, he would not be able to harvest anything.

It'll be in a few months.

There is also the huge consumption capacity of Shenlong City.

The more energy blocks should be reserved at any time, the better. Especially when he was targeted by other cities a few days ago, he understood the importance of this even more.

Even if there is an extra piece, he thinks it is good.

Now at the village level, Xiang Yang still values ​​the difference in energy blocks due to the population reward. Perhaps at the town level, he will not care so much.

But things are different now. After taking over Western Forest City, Shenlong City will obtain all the opponent's supplies. This is a city's spoils.

Shenlong City should not be too strapped for a long time.

Therefore, if possible, Xiang Yang plans to leave a few more positions. In fact, he just doesn't have to run around and look for the distress signal of the city's destruction.

The radios between the main continent and the replica continent are separated. In the main continent, no information from the replica continent will be received.

Here, the probability of getting a distress signal is not so easy.

After crossing the city cemetery canyon and entering the main continent, there was no information in the distress signal option of the people without a city until the Western Forest City was just wiped out.

Half an hour later, Bai Qianxue was in the ruins of Western Forest City, reporting specific statistics on the resources of Western Forest City through the internal communication channel.

"There are only twenty-two energy blocks." Bai Qianxue said.

Only twenty-two! Xiang Yang was also speechless for a while, thinking to himself, how poor they are.

In this battle, it can be seen that the consumption of Western Forest City is not very high. Compared with the distance they moved and the degree of acceleration compared with Shenlong City, it is basically equivalent to standing still.

On the other hand, in Shenlong City, one brutal collision consumes about nine energy blocks, and two times consumes eighteen energy blocks. This is because they are closer and the acceleration distance is shorter, so the consumption is smaller.

The energy cannon has ten energy blocks at a time. If you fire six cannons, it will be sixty. This is fixed.

Generally speaking, brutal collision seems to be more cost-effective than energy cannon, but this requires an extremely close range. Not only is the energy consumption of moving closer not included in it, but the risk is also extremely high.

Because most cities have very powerful urban combat weapons for close combat.

In close combat, both cities will usually suffer greater damage.

Among other major consumers, the consumption of flying, defense mode and attack mode also totals about 20 energy blocks.

In addition to various other items, the total consumption reached more than sixty.

This battle consumed a total of 161 energy blocks, not including the subsequent repair operations, and the final total consumption was about 200.