From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 282 Rune Calendar Years 67-76

Azshara does not intend to make her plan public before it is truly successful, so as not to cause the dying people to suffer a greater blow during the transition between hope and despair. Therefore, in the early stages, this research was conducted in secrecy.

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At the same time, the research team was "divided into two groups", one part was responsible for the "main body" of the research, and the other was responsible for the "auxiliary" part;

Among them, the former focuses on ‘solution’, while the latter focuses on ‘extending time’, that is, saving the life of the dying person first before talking about anything else.

First of all, the witch doctors examined the bodies of the dying people in the name of physical examination, and realized that the 'freezing dormancy' technology, which was feasible for the bodies of adults and even the elderly, was not affordable for these dying old people;

Because, in the process of switching between freezing and thawing, the cells in their bodies will suffer excessive damage, and their vitality at this time cannot withstand this level of 'violence'.

Therefore, once this plan is implemented, they will either die when freezing or die when thawing. In short, there will be no better outcome than this.

Therefore, the search for milder alternatives has become the current task of the 'auxiliary group', and the method to complete it is not without trace.

In this world, there are many monsters that can live beyond the upper limit of their biological level, and they generally have one characteristic, which is slow reaction, extremely slow metabolism, and they often sleep for months or even years.

Among this type of creatures, some are ordinary animals, and some are magical beasts.

The former relies on pure 'biological characteristics' that have been filtered by time during tens of millions of years of natural evolution;

As for the latter, based on the current guesses about the abilities of Warcraft, it is very likely that it will sublimate corresponding spell-like abilities, which can completely become an important reference for witch doctors.

As a result, the relevant information in the archives was moved out and screened, which helped the vast amount of knowledge accumulated in these decades and nearly a hundred years. The witch doctors selected Warcraft that may have corresponding abilities according to the region and living habits.

out;

Subsequently, a cooperation channel was established with the Department of External Exploration, and investigators working in the corresponding areas were entrusted to bring back some samples.

Because of the convenience of air transportation and the accurate summary of living habits, the plan was implemented quite smoothly. Explorers often only need to follow the map to find a harvest in several searches. In addition, they themselves have acoustic signals.

Scanning capabilities further facilitate its 'targeted' search operations.

Therefore, within a few months, a large number of living samples of various types were brought back to the headquarters and handed over to the witch doctors for corresponding analysis.

For Warcraft, the trait of 'sleep and life extension' may indeed transcend the limitations of living organisms and be transformed into 'expertise' driven by extraordinary rules;

However, this transformation is also full of uncertainties. What kind of abilities will become 'spell-like' and become a trait commonly possessed by this population. The result will still be limited by the core concept of nature of 'survival of the fittest'.

filter.

Therefore, not all 'long-lived species' will convert their 'life extension ability' into spell-like spells, it is even possible that they can be something like 'hardened carapace', 'enhanced digestive function', 'enhanced instant attack power', etc.

For the witch doctors at this time, it did not correspond to the required secondary abilities, but instead became a common spell-like spell under evolution.

Therefore, even though there were many 'samples', the witch doctors finally found only three useful species, but this was enough for the research to enter the next stage.

The three types of spells were first converted into rune spells. After replacing each other's advantages and disadvantages, they finally obtained a spell ability that was more transcendent than its original version, and then totemized it;

Afterwards, several old wind wolves were tested and found that it was indeed applicable, and then they started to 'attack' the dying trolls in the nursing home.

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When the team arrived at the nursing home, Feodosta was basking in the sun in the courtyard with the help of the elf girl. When he learned of Azshara's purpose, neither he nor the kind elf girl

, all showed obvious excitement;

Obviously, the Republic has not abandoned them. Although 'elfification' is still impossible for these dying trolls, it has given them the qualification to wait, and thus shows real hope.

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"Old sir, it's impossible now, but it doesn't mean it's impossible in the future. Our technology is always improving." Azshara said softly in a gentle and encouraging tone, "One day you and your friends here will

, they will all get their own future."

"President of the Parliament, thank you. Old guy, thank you."

Tears flowed from the old troll's dry eyes. He held Azshara's hand weakly and tremblingly. The powerlessness of words could not cover up the light that was evoked again in his eyes, which was the flash of hope.

Next, Feodosta became the first person to receive the totem inscription. Considering the weakness of these old men, the team brought by Azshara did not take him to any regular 'operating room', but

A well-equipped venue was built on-site, and subsequent related work began on the spot.

In the temporary operating room, three witch doctors were carving totems, while outside the quiet room, more than forty old guys facing the same fate were waiting nervously in silence.

Five lights are divided into one light hour, fifteen lights are divided into one light hour, and one and a half light hours. When about three light hours have passed, the door of the operating room is opened again.

At this time, the old Feodosta had his eyes closed, soaked in the transparent and viscous liquid inside;

The nasal cavity is connected to the respirator, but the rise and fall of the chest can hardly be observed. The mouth is also fixed with an esophageal tube, but the nutrition delivery speed is not frequent;

At this time, he seemed to be dead, but also fell asleep, lying so quietly in the transparent coffin-shaped culture chamber.

Azshara also appeared shortly after, and nodded slightly in the eyes of the many dying people who were full of expectation and anxiety, and then said "success", and a few cheers arose as soon as she finished speaking,

And more heavy coughing and gasping sounds.

"Based on the old gentleman's physical condition, he can wait in this dormancy for at least 35 years." After they calmed down a little, Azshara continued, "And your health is better than him, so you can have

50 to 70 years to wait."

There is no need to explain the specific principles to these old trolls, because they are almost the least educated part of the Republic, and they probably won’t understand it even if it is said.

But generally speaking, the core of this method is to 'extremely slow down metabolism' and stop most of the body's operations except 'life support', in exchange for a long 'standby time'.

This method is quite mild for living organisms, and it avoids the destructive effects of 'frozen dormancy'. Even on the dying people with broken bodies, it can work without any hindrance, but there are some

Gains and losses

Although it is gentle, it cannot make the passage of time almost stop on the subject like 'frozen hibernation';

Therefore, the 'standby effect' that can be obtained by this method is also limited, and the body of the hibernator will still be on the road to death due to the gradual loss of vitality.

But Azshara is also confident that with so much time as a buffer, their real way out will inevitably be found in a short or long time.

After that, all the remaining dying trolls underwent totem engraving surgery and entered the training chamber to perform the hibernation process. They will be sent to a safe place where they will not be disturbed to wait for the day they wake up again.

Although the 'ultimate success' did not really come, everything that happened in the nursing home still aroused quite enthusiastic responses in the Republic;

Azshara and the research team she organized this time have earned enough reputation because they helped 43 seniors gain real hope.

This is also the first time Azshara has made a contribution as a 'Parliament Speaker' rather than as a 'Pioneer's Companion'. Although it is not very earth-shattering, it has also brought her through a difficult time.

Although the layer is not dazzling enough, it is a real light.

On the other hand, in contrast to the 'auxiliary team' which achieved results in a short period of time, the 'main body team' has yet to see results.

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Azshara's original plan was to imitate the ancestral altar in the north, and combine it with the heroic spirit sacrifices that our side has been carrying out, so that these old people can gain a layer of 'people's will' blessing, and try to let them gain in the 'black box'

A new form of existence.

However, chaos is chaos, and a black box is a black box. Although the Republic has a certain understanding and speculation about the nature of the "sacrifice" in the north, it is still full of problems when it wants to put it into practical use.

The most important point is that the witch doctors cannot observe the existence of the "people's will", so naturally they cannot make it "operate" according to their own needs;

Even if I thought about using a ‘black box’ to avoid the steps of ‘observation’ and ‘application’, it did not produce any substantial effect.

Therefore, the current conclusion is that the combination of 'receptor' and 'people's will', or 'belief', must have certain prerequisites;

Moreover, when the 'application user' uses this power, he must also need the intervention of some intermediate factors in order to turn it into some kind of power and manifest it, just like the ancestor altar under the control of the shamans.

Like many special abilities

And this 'prerequisite' may be the origin that the altar points to, that is, those 'near-omnipotent beings' can become a qualified 'faith receptor' only if they have achieved one or several of their qualities.

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The so-called 'intermediate factors' that can serve as 'intermediaries' should also be related to the former. For example, the 'water drop-shaped solid' excavated from the altar may have played such a role.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the lack of these conditions that no changes occurred in the dying troll, and it also prevented the witch doctors from having a real impact on the "people's will".

But no matter what the truth is, this path has been temporarily declared a failure, but the ancestor altar in the north is ultimately a huge constraint on the future of the Republic, so related research has not stopped.

However, Azshara herself did not continue to stay in this direction. As a coordinator, she only needed to allocate the required resources and allow subsequent research to continue, which was enough support.

She herself began to focus on other aspects.

The first thing that attracted Azshara's attention was the "chaos in the form of grassroots organizations" shown in the previous 'report';

In this regard, she plans to completely end the traditional production and lifestyle of the 'Ten Troll Squad' and instead promote the 'autonomous body' model that has proven its effectiveness;

In the process of promotion, it is necessary to further sort out and plan its organizational form so that it can be more in line with the current situation and at the same time create an effective link from the grassroots to the central government.

After that, she spent two months inspecting all the cities and fortresses within her jurisdiction. During the process of going deep into the grassroots, she initially formulated a plan. After returning to her headquarters, she discussed and set improvement policies through the parliament.

In the policy, the headquarters and other municipalities in other cities that currently have different sizes and functions will be established as "regional citizen mutual assistance autonomous bodies";

In terms of number and scale, many local governments have at least been abolished and merged, and at most they have been split and reorganized, basically keeping the number of members at around 80 to 130 members;

In this way, approximately 700 such grassroots organizations will be formed throughout the entire Republic at this stage.

In terms of structure, the general representative of the autonomous body is democratically elected on a term-based basis, and is proposed to be named "centurion". His responsibility is not "internal management" but "member representative".

In addition, the 'House of the People' was reorganized into the 'Congress of Centurions', and inherited all the administrative status of the former at this stage, and gained many functions such as 'tax discussion', 'impeachment', and 'supervision';

The purpose of this reform is to establish a "strong, but not excessive" citizen connection organization to safeguard their participation;

After all, the people's wisdom has become enlightened at this time, and the citizens are not weak in terms of intelligence or combat power, so they cannot be placed in the position of being 'ruled' forever.

This improvement plan took half a year to complete, and Azshara also temporarily stopped its actions after completing the planning, and once again entered the buffering stage.

time flow

In the 69th year of the Rune Calendar, the Republic set up an ambush in the eastern part of the Northern Continent and successfully captured three flying monsters of the same type as the original 'raiders'. They then brought them back to their headquarters and started their research.

In the 70th year of the Rune Calendar, the small airship with the hull number 'Far Traveler 01' completed its mission of circumnavigating the equator, proving for the first time in practice the theory that the foot is a 'sphere';

In the same year, the sister ship with the hull number of 'Far Traveler 02' also completed the trip from headquarters to the North Pole to the South Pole to the headquarters. In addition to providing practical supplements to the former, it also contributed to the investigation of the ice at the South Pole of the planet.

the discovery of small continents;

When the two airships returned fully loaded with their respective recorded data, they received a hero's welcome at the headquarters. Azshara personally awarded all the crewmen medals and launched a preliminary exploration plan for the 'Ice Continent'

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In Year 71 of the Rune Calendar, which was the fifth year of Nesta's retreat, Mother Tree No. 1 added a total of 20,000 tree elves to the Republic, and once again sparked joy across the country.

In the same year, except for the 43 near-death trolls who had entered the state of "turtle dormancy", there were no longer any trolls of other age groups in the Republic. It was considered that the goal of "the elfization of all people" was completed ahead of schedule.

In Rune Calendar Year 72, the exploration team arrived at the "Antarctic Ice Continent" by airship and established an outpost;

In the same year, preparations for the production lines of projects such as ‘battleship submarines’, ‘construction submarines’, and ‘high-speed submarines’ were completed;

In Rune Calendar Year 73, the Ocean Druid Project was successful, and the Republic had two witch doctors with the ability to transform and swim at high speeds in the deep sea;

In the same year, the 'Deep Sea Armored Force' was successfully developed based on the research on the above two kinds of monsters, and the 'Mothership Submarine' specifically used to deliver deep sea armored troops also came into being.

From this, the Republic officially began its conquest of the sea. With the assistance of the deep sea advance bases that continuously extended outwards, the sea areas it controlled moved towards a steady expansion to the south and north.

In Rune Calendar Year 74, the ‘Continent Special Environment Analysis Project’ was completed. The Republic discovered suspected signal traces of 437 ‘advanced magical beasts’, 49 ‘ultra-advanced special creatures’, and 3 ‘near-omnipotent beings’ in the northern continent;

And based on the data at hand, after conducting vertical comparisons between races and horizontal comparisons between creatures of the same level, we have a certain understanding of their respective statuses;

Among them, within the 'Higher Warcraft' group, 12 'Higher Weak Units (like Cave Wolf and No. 2 Salamander)', 158 'Higher Active Units (like High Rapid Birds)', and 267 'Higher Weak Units' were preliminarily identified.

Dormant unit (like salamander No. 1)';

In addition, during the exploration of 'ultra-advanced creatures', it was discovered that they seemed to be the 'sacrificial targets of civilized races', and only 13 of them remained intact.

And this is exactly in line with the number of ‘second-class ethnic groups’ in the Northern Continent;

Among the remaining 36 animals, 21 are suspected to be in 'extremely injured dormancy' state, 12 are in 'seriously injured dormancy state', and 3 are in 'dying state';

This is roughly equivalent to the number of 'third-class' and 'fourth-class' ethnic groups in the Northern Continent, but the mutual correspondence has not yet been clarified.

Let’s not mention the other things here, but the headquarters is really salivating over the targets marked as ‘suspected of serious injury’;

Therefore, a more detailed investigation of them was launched. The witch doctors wanted to be more targeted and nibble on a few more soft persimmons.

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In the 75th year of the Rune Calendar, the first tree elves of mother trees No. 2 and 3 completed their development and were successfully born;

In the same year, a total of 80,000 elf embryos were put into the cultivation chambers owned by these two mother trees and began their growth.

Also in the same year, the ‘Affiliated City-State Totem Equipment Popularization Plan’ was launched;

The purpose of the former is to give the people of the affiliated city-states the ability to control totems, and to promote 'individual enjoyment', 'agricultural tools', 'transportation', and 'mining' totem machinery among them, on the one hand to improve their productivity, and on the other hand

It is also to expand the market of the Republic;

However, all totem machines sold will be closely tracked by the Republic, and the department will ensure the ability to remotely destroy them;

In addition, the 'control terminal' engraved on the body of the horned hoof species will also leave a back-up, which can be used to destroy the individual and totem control terminal in the event of an unexpected situation.

And because even if the horn-hoofed species is able to reproduce again, it has not been able to develop a population that is too large in the more than forty years since it has been attached to it;

Therefore, the headquarters decided to launch the "Plateau Filling Plan between Mountains" and officially began to secretly introduce "fourth-class tribes" from the mainland, intending to use them as new affiliated city-states, and many policies will also be aligned with the horn-hoofed cities.

At the same time, the 'Honorary Citizen Plan' and the 'Military Affiliated Plan' have also been discussed and become one of the backup plans to deal with the population disadvantage in the future to see if it is necessary to send them to the battlefield.

In the same year, an expedition team was completely destroyed in the "Ice Continent". Three groups, a total of 9 elf warriors, were all killed. However, the voice messages they sent later arrived at the headquarters, stating that they were attacked by advanced creatures.

the whole process.

However, because it was a high-level creature in perfect condition, it did not yet have the ability to take revenge. The Republic could only secretly note this incident and list it as the primary hunting target in the future;

At the same time, it was also made clear that although the frozen continent seemed to be uninhabited, it was not a place where life was extinct, so the exploration plan was planned more carefully.

In the 76th year of the Rune Calendar, the imaging technique based on the 'Optical Applicable Monster' was developed, and after combining it with the audio signal technology, a totem was produced that could convert the 'acoustic signal' into a 'stereoscopic image'

Application means, but it temporarily lacks real application because "the totem group is too complicated and takes up too much space";

In the same year, the Aero Engine Research Institute and the Huitong Aircraft Research Institute, with the assistance of a land wind tunnel, created the first Totem jet aircraft without the 'air bag';

Although it has shortcomings such as short endurance, high energy consumption, and low load capacity, it still relies on its excellent speed and flexibility beyond that of an airship, opening a new door for the Republic's aerospace exploration.

Also in the same year, Azshara led the ruling government's clan department and the accompanying armored escorts to the northern plateau to inspect the affiliated city-states;

At this time, Nesta had just completed his promotion and woke up from seclusion for the first time. He finally realized that the country was safe and that Azshara had not returned from her trip, so he left a 'love letter'.

After receiving detailed promotion information, he fell into seclusion again.

Nearly half a year later, Nesta awakened for the second time, which immediately triggered a mutation in Mother Tree No. 1. As a result, Azshara quickly returned to the headquarters to check the situation;

After that, she confirmed that her partner was okay and received a message from Nesta. While missing Nesta, whom she had not seen for a long time, she immediately started her journey to the fourth level.

Azshara has stayed in the third level for many years, and the multifunctional cells she transformed have long reached 65% of her body. Her own cultivation path is highly similar to that of her husband, and there is Nesta's persistence on the path ahead.

Open up, so this promotion process proceeds extremely quickly;

It only took her about a few months to complete the work that Nesta took nearly nine years to complete. She completed the construction of the 'Digital Elf Visualization Body' and successfully integrated the 65% of her scattered 'self'

, and was successfully promoted to a fourth-level witch doctor.

Of course, Azshara did not keep the information left by her partner private except for the 'love letters', and handed them all to the council as soon as possible.

From this, the Fangs and Coarse Fangs, which have a conversion rate of about 40%, also gained valuable experience and reference. However, due to differences in road details, the 'conversion' took 2 more years than Azshara.

He completed his promotion the following year.

In addition to them, there are a total of 47 third-level witch doctors in this department at this time. Most of them are native witch doctors from the tribal era. However, their accumulation is not enough for the time being, so their promotion will be delayed for a while. At least they are aware of it.

The integration degree must reach 20%.

Eyes return to Azshara, her successful promotion has also had a huge impact;

On the one hand, it is of course the further strengthening of individual strength;

On the other hand, due to the improvement of 'natural disturbance sensing ability', the Republic has achieved a major technological leap in terms of rune research, totem application, etc., just like what happened when Nesta II was promoted to III.

For example, achieving greater armor performance in a smaller area;

Another example is the various performance attributes of the ‘Wind Wolf Weapon’;

Another example is the huge improvement in the energy efficiency ratio of the ‘reaction chamber’;

At the same time, the volcanic salamander's 'metal enchantment' ability was also analyzed at this moment. Although the specific principle is not yet understood, it can already convert the 'disturbance' generated during it into runes and perform totem manipulation.

Applied.

This is a huge progress, which means that the Republic has initially broken away from the barriers of "plants" in terms of materials and has a broader space for development.

And when these advances are combined with each other, they will become more powerful self-propelled combat vehicles, battleships, and deep-sea submarines.

It is a more powerful and capable individual armor, with powerful firepower, faster speed, higher protection performance, and more agile tactical response.

It is the core of a more portable totem device. The functional core of the mainland base station has been reduced, the reconnaissance tree has become more portable, and even many totem factories and totem buildings in the country will have additional attributes that can be packed away;

If the situation that required a total evacuation occurred again ten years ago, then the elves could pack up almost the entire city and take it away, and then just 'plant' them where they need to be deployed, and they would be able to evacuate them in a short time.

Got a 'new' city within

Of course, if you want to achieve this step, the premise is to conduct a large-scale upgrade of the existing equipment, but this is not something that can be completed in a short time, nor can Azshara alone do it.

Results.

Therefore, she was just repeating her husband's steps at this time, transforming her gains bit by bit after work, gradually turning them into universal technologies, so that the republic could achieve real all-round progress.

In addition, the ability of the 'Digital Elf' to integrate its own thinking made Azshara think of another possibility.

If you can use totems to simulate this process, turn them into calculation floating points one by one, and use "algorithms" to integrate them, what kind of thing will you get?

She thought it was an interesting idea and had a broad enough imagination, so she planned to give it a try with the component team.

The news that came at this time that Freya had been promoted to the third level was another happy thing, proving the vast possibilities possessed by tree elves.

But at the same time, Juya's side reported that his strength was almost impossible to improve, so the warrior's follow-up path was once again put on the agenda;

In the same way, the next step for the War Witches, the next development of the Ancient Tree Spirit, and other things must also be faced in the near future.

(End of chapter)