The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 470 Continuation of Civilization
Demps said: "If that happens, wouldn't the race lose its heritage and civilization?"

“It depends on how you define racial development. If you believe that pure racial civilization is the most important, then you will indeed lose a lot.

But this also depends on the characteristics of the civilization itself. The number of elves is growing slowly, and their combat capability and production capacity are not strong either.

Even if the elves can always maintain their powerful magical abilities and rule the Elf Forest, humans dare not invade.

But one day, the elves will witness the large number of humans dying from wars, diseases and starvation due to the population explosion.

Whether to save or not at that time, the impact on a civilization will be huge. Being too enthusiastic or too cold-blooded is not desirable.

Moreover, once biological proliferation occurs and there is no plan for sustainable development, it is only a matter of time before the environment is destroyed.

Please don't think that as long as humans do not invade the Elf Forest, the Elf Forest will always be full of birdsong and flowers.

The environmental problem is a problem for the whole world. Once the environment in Gryn is out of balance, all species will surely suffer, and the elves in the Elf Forest will not be able to escape.

Even if all the elves were wizards at the mentor level, when faced with the collapse of the global environment, all they could do was struggle and then perish together.

Catastrophic environmental changes are inevitable for civilizations without large-scale weather control measures.”

Demps said: "This is getting more and more mysterious, right? Can we change the weather all over the world?"

Feng Yu smiled and said, "Remember the huge mushroom cloud after the atomic weapon exploded?
It would only take a certain number of mushroom clouds from atomic weapons, plus a large forest ignited by the explosion, to produce enough smoke and destruction to change the environment of the entire world and cause mass extinction of species.

We call this type of destruction nuclear winter.

Anyway, there are thousands of ways in which the ecological environment can destroy species. Don't ever think that living things are so powerful. Compared to nature, living things are very fragile.

Moreover, compared to the universe, the world of Grion itself is also very fragile.

Therefore, for civilization, what is important is not to preserve its own characteristics, but to break out of the cradle and head towards the starry sky so that civilization can continue.

Only in this way can civilization become safer.

In other words, compared to existence, personality can be put aside for now. Once you become a civilization at the level of a galaxy or even a star cluster, even if you like to fart, it will become a characteristic that weaker civilizations admire. "

Seeing that Demps obviously wanted to say something, Feng Yu said, "You can try to deduce, if we don't contact other races, can the elves develop technology by themselves?
Absolutely not!

Because elves do not have the hands-on ability of dwarves and gnomes, nor do they have the hard-working spirit of halflings.

If the elves did not develop technology and lost their absolute deterrent to humans, then a race like the elves, which has difficulty growing in population, would not have a stable and fertile living environment. Even if humans did not directly attack the elves, the elves would slowly decrease in number and eventually die out.

One piece of data is very telling: the pregnancy rate of female elves of childbearing age in Cattail City in recent years is five to six times that of female elves in the Misty Moon Forest.

Even if we calculate it five times, do you know what this means?

This means that the total number of elves in an environment like Cattail City will grow five times faster.

It turns out that when the elves were huddled in the Misty Moon Forest, over the course of a hundred years, the number of elves that were born was far less than the number of elves that died.

If Cattail City had not appeared, even if the elves had safely survived the second migration and the plane war, your final outcome would be foreseeable.

And now, in the superior environment of Cattail City, although most of the elf youths have participated in the Iron Army's contact combat, the total number of elves has increased.

It's not just that the elves' mortality rate has decreased and the number of newborns has increased, but because of the good environment, the average life expectancy will also be extended, which will indirectly increase the total number of elves.

Illya has a special department that is dedicated to counting and studying the total number and changes of various ethnic minorities in Cattail City.

After the emergence of Cattail City, not only the elves, but the total number of all races increased, successfully stopping most of the abnormal deaths, and the number of newborns also increased year by year.

In other words, what Cattail City brings to all ethnic groups is not only peace and stability, but also the continuation and growth of their races.

Compared to these, the so-called personality and tradition are completely secondary.

One million elves are not scary even if all of them are magicians. What is scary are the 300 million short-lived humans.

Because once an irreconcilable dispute arises between the two races, even if they use a legion of a thousand people to replace an elf, they can slowly consume all the elves in a few generations.

Therefore, the fate of the minority species is doomed from the day they become a minority. If they cannot restore population growth, extinction is only a matter of time. "

Although the temperature in the laboratory was very high, Anthony and Demps still felt a chill on their backs after hearing Feng Yu's words.

“Moreover, I think that even if the elves had not joined Cattail City and integrated their races, they would not have been able to maintain much of their own characteristics. You are also slowly changing, but the change is very slow, and you have deliberately ignored it.

Teaching humans, accepting halflings, compromise and migration, as far as I know, this would never happen among the elves before."

Demps said, “So change is the right thing to do?”

"To be precise, the change that suits you is the right one.

There is no such thing as absolute right or wrong. Improving the race's ability to resist risks is the best way to continue the race.

This includes the strengthening of the entire population, the increase in total numbers, the expansion of gathering places, etc.

Therefore, when magic cannot do these things, the best way is to turn to technology, protect the safety of the elves, and provide an excellent social environment to allow the elves to grow in number.

When one tribe alone cannot accomplish these things, the best option is to unite with a minority of species that have the same needs.

It is obvious that humans have no such needs. Their numbers have already caused a qualitative change in the race, making them the overlords of Gryn, occupying rich lands and continuing without worries.

Even without us, humans can rely on their numerical advantage, sacrifice and vast territory to win the final victory in the plane war.

The dragons have already seen this, so in order to invest in humans, they are even willing to risk their lives to allow the dragons to participate in the plane war together with humans.

But in my opinion, it is useless for the dragons to do this. There is no doubt that the moment the dragons joined humans, the fate of their mounts was doomed. Their pride and authority will never be recovered. "

(End of this chapter)