Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 76: Entering the Game Personally

Previously, Li Ji's extraordinary demeanor had caused most people present to overlook his age.

Now, upon closer inspection, they realized that Li Ji's handsome and refined appearance also possessed a hint of youthfulness, indeed a young man just past his coming-of-age ceremony.

If calculated based on Li Ji's age, he couldn't have truly studied the classics for only two and a half years, or at least not by much.

Feeling the change in the gazes of everyone at the banquet, Li Ji almost had the urge to dig out a villa with his toes on the spot.

'This is simply a massive social death scene...'

'Jia Wenhe! Jia Wenhe! I, Li Ji, will remember this debt.'

Li Ji secretly vowed, but on the surface, he still maintained a calm and composed demeanor, as if those arrogant words that seemed to provoke everyone had not been spoken by Li Ji himself.

This caused the scene of yesterday's discussion to reappear in Li Ji's mind.

Li Ji's original plan was merely to use Lu Zhi's words to promote Li Ji's reputation.

Just like how Cao Cao's reputation greatly increased after Xu Shao evaluated him as a "capable minister in a peaceful world, a treacherous hero in a chaotic world."

Although Lu Zhi was not a famous scholar like Xu Shao who was good at commenting on others, Lu Zhi was a great Confucian scholar and had also contributed to the pacification of the Yellow Turbans, making him the most famous person today.

As long as he received Lu Zhi's affirmation in public, Li Ji's reputation would inevitably skyrocket, enough to easily dilute the small contradiction between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and it would also make Cao Cao and Liu Bei appear to have the ability to recognize talent.

However, after listening to Li Ji's plan, Jia Xu supplemented Li Ji's plan.

"Zi Kun's plan is quite good, resolving the situation invisibly, but since Zi Kun has decided to promote his reputation, why not be more high-profile?"

"Compared with the many aristocratic children, how weak is Xuande Gong's foundation? Since Zi Kun has decided to display his talents, why not take this opportunity to become the number one person in the world, attracting scholars to contact or rely on Xuande Gong."

"There is a saying: Literature is number one, martial arts is number two."

"If Li Ji can overwhelm Lu Gong, Huangfu Gong, Zhu Gong, and many other famous generals who pacified the Yellow Turbans at tomorrow's banquet with his own ability, then he will take all the prestige of pacifying the Yellow Turbans and become famous all over the world in an instant."

"In this way, there will be countless people in the world who admire Zi Kun! In this way, there will also be countless people in the world who do not服 (fú - submit, be convinced) to Zi Kun!"

"Do you know how many scholars and celebrities the 'Monthly Review' attracted? At that time, Zi Kun, with his great reputation, will use a little trick, even if he goes to Wu County in Jiangdong, he will inevitably make the scholars of the world gather like clouds, and the wonderful benefits are immeasurable."

"And this plan is intended to make Zi Kun's reputation rank at the top of the Han Dynasty, why not name it 'Kun of the Han Dynasty', how about it?"

Arrogant, outrageous...

This was the subconscious reaction that appeared in Li Ji's mind after listening.

Especially the "Kun of the Han Dynasty" thing, Li Ji was almost numb.

Even if Jia Xu repeatedly cited examples to analyze the various benefits and details of this plan, Li Ji still resisted from the bottom of his heart.

Although Zhuge Liang is only 3 years old now in 184 AD, Zhou Yu is only 9 years old, and Guo Jia is only 14 years old, many of the resourceful strategists who left their names in history have not yet grown up.

However, Li Ji, who has always been calm and cautious in his actions, has never had such an arrogant idea, let alone the "Kun of the Han Dynasty", which almost instantly caused serious pollution to Li Ji's pure thoughts.

Seeing Li Ji's appearance that seemed to be resisting from the bottom of his heart, Liu Bei also spoke up to prepare to object.

Li Ji inadvertently observed that the "Strategy Simulator" in his mind actually reacted, showing a message.

[The strategist Jia Xu in the same camp proposed a strategy - "Kun of the Han Dynasty", do you want to conduct a simulation and deduction?]

This is?

This was also the first time Li Ji discovered this change.

Previously, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei had also made suggestions when planning strategies, but this kind of change had never occurred.

'Could it be that the suggestions made by Liu, Guan, and Zhang were too simple or insufficient, so that they did not form a basic strategy at all, so the strategy simulator did not show it?'

At this thought, Li Ji couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Previously, Li Ji realized that a person's thinking is ultimately limited, not to mention that Li Ji's style is too dependent on information, and more importantly, people cannot think of strategies that exceed their cognition or blind spots.

Just like the strategies and plans set by Jia Xu, even if Zhuge Liang can see through them, it is impossible to actively generate similar ruthless strategies in his own thinking.

Now, Li Ji can actively deduce the strategies designed by strategists outside of his own thinking, which is undoubtedly a great supplement to Li Ji's ability.

The stronger the strategists in the same camp, the stronger Li Ji's ability is equivalent to; and the more famous generals and fierce fighters in the same camp, the stronger the pawns that can be used when planning strategies.

Immediately, Li Ji did not hesitate to choose to simulate and deduce the strategy set by Jia Xu.

[“Kun of the Han Dynasty”, this is a strategy that seems outrageous at first glance, but in fact, it subtly fits a certain human nature.

The essence is a strategy for becoming famous, and then using this reputation to attract scholars from all over the world to gather under Liu Bei's rule, so as to absorb a part of the scholars to be loyal to Liu Bei as much as possible.]

[Measuring the information of the known generals and scholars in Julu City at this moment...

Calculating based on Li Ji's ability...

Calculating the various possible interferences or unfavorable factors...

Judgment passed as a feasible strategy...

The current success rate is: 72.9%.]

[Strategy evaluation: This strategy is quite vicious. It uses the momentum of the generals pacifying the Yellow Turbans to achieve its own momentum, and Jia Xu's purpose is likely to promote you as the head of the strategists in the world, so as to hide his sense of existence under Liu Bei's command.

In this plan, you are undoubtedly a "time assassin". Even if there is a 72.9% success rate to make your reputation resound throughout the Han Dynasty, you know very well that you are just taking advantage of the fact that the strongest batch of strategists such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Guo Jia have not yet grown up.

Moreover, once this plan is successful, while bringing immeasurable benefits to you and the forces you are loyal to, it will also make you the target of many strategists. Countless genius strategists will be honored to defeat you.]

Li Ji's thoughts returned from yesterday's scene again, and he muttered the success rate to himself.

"72.9%"

This is undoubtedly the difference between Li Ji's deduction of his own plans and other people's plans.

When deducing his own strategies, because the plans are based on all the information Li Ji knows, this allows Li Ji to directly judge whether it is feasible or not.

When deducing other people's strategies, he can only make the most rational judgment based on Li Ji's ability and thinking, and judge a general success rate of the strategy.

This success rate is not high in Li Ji's view, but considering that once this plan is successful, it will directly supplement Liu Bei's major shortcoming of lacking talents for a short time, and absorb talents from all over the world for his use.

Thinking of Liu Bei's care for him on weekdays, thinking of Liu Bei's desperate gamble in Bo Luojin, how could Li Ji cherish his life?

'Lord, then let me, the strategist, personally enter the game and absorb the scholars of the world to gather under your rule, so as to supplement the current shortage of talents under your command...'

Li Ji took a deep breath, and a trace of firmness gradually appeared in his seemingly indifferent eyes.

'Since that's the case, then come on! Let me try to seize the title of the number one strategist in the world. Even if there are a large number of resourceful strategists who are honored to defeat me in the future, how can that be the reason for me to stand still at this moment?'

At this moment, the people at the banquet gradually reacted from Li Ji's confident and arrogant words, and many people looked at Li Ji with displeasure.

Perhaps, Li Ji's talent is indeed extremely strong, but being so arrogant and claiming that: "The difference in talent between people is incomparable", undoubtedly severely stimulated a considerable number of people.

Especially since most scholars have the habit of despising each other, this made Li Ji a target of public criticism for a while.

A middle-aged scholar immediately stood up abruptly and rebuked Li Ji loudly.

"It's really ridiculous. A mere young child doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. How can he know how many geniuses and wise men there are in the world? How dare he be so arrogant and say that he has mastered the abilities that others have not mastered after only two and a half years of studying the classics."

Li Ji's eyes turned, and the information of this middle-aged scholar appeared in his mind.

A native of Yingchuan, Cai Jie. Li Ji had talked to him a few words at the last banquet. He was very arrogant and self-important. He was a military advisor under Huangfu Song.

Facing Cai Jie's accusations, Li Ji's expression did not change, and he cupped his hands and said.

"I don't know how many geniuses there are in the world. It has only been a few months since I came out of the mountains. I want to ask for advice. I wonder if Mr. Cai Jie has anything to teach besides humility?"

In an instant, these words undoubtedly made Cai Jie's face flushed red, and he opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say anything at all.

In Lu Zhi and Liu Bei's statements just now, it can be seen that Li Ji's strategies are imaginative and interlocked, which Cai Jie cannot compare with.

"Since there is nothing to teach, why not sit down?"

Li Ji said again, with no hint of sarcasm in his tone, as if he was just stating a fact.

Cai Jie was extremely ashamed and angry for a while, and immediately sat down angrily, but he didn't dare to look at other people's eyes at all.

Just after Cai Jie sat down, another scholar stood up, cupped his hands slightly towards Li Ji, and said.

"Li Zikun, in my opinion, you may have some wisdom, but it seems that your eloquence is better than your planning. Could it be that you want to use this to seek fame?"

Ignoring the laughter that some scholars cooperated with, Li Ji slowly looked towards the scholar.

A native of Wancheng, Qiao Xian. Li Ji had a brief conversation with him at the last banquet. Although his appearance was not outstanding, his eloquence was quite sharp.

"Wuwei seeks fame because he hasn't met a worthy opponent since emerging from the mountains. The loneliness in his heart is unbearable, and he feels his progress is limited. Even after fighting across a thousand miles and defeating Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turbans, it was merely a small test of his abilities. Therefore, he intends to take this opportunity to learn from all of you."

Li Ji delivered another fastball, ignoring the traps that Qiao Xian had set in his words.

A finishing blow!

Qiao Xian was initially stunned, completely unprepared for Li Ji's lack of pretense. He openly stated his intention to learn from them, even flaunting his victory over Zhang Jiao after fighting across a thousand miles.

This undoubtedly struck a critical blow to Qiao Xian, a master of rhetoric, exposing his weaknesses in other areas.