From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 308 Five Years...Changes in the Black Forest and the North

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 308 Changes in the Black Forest and the North in Five Years

The war in the north is still continuing, and in the process, the thirteen tribes in the Far East, which could only be said to be initially unified before, are becoming more and more closely connected with each other;

All signs indicate that they are gradually transforming into a truly unified country.

From this point of view, unless the three Western powers really intend to destroy the Yi tribe in one battle, they will actually become the driving force for the integration of other families.

Specifically

At the high end, according to the information detected by the Elf Headquarters, Jidong has completed the internal integration of beliefs by establishing the "Natural God System";

At this time, the thirteen near gods have integrated their altars and shamans into one unified system, and the sacrificial behavior of the core people in the country has also changed from a single near god to a direct one.

Pointed to the entire pantheon.

And with such methods of sacrifice and organization, the feedback from the near gods inside became extremely strange in the observation of the witch doctors.

On the whole, there seems to be some kind of connection between them, such as "connecting branches with the same energy" and "sharing power", and the flow and exchange of information represented by their respective fields can be vaguely detected;

At the level of a single individual, the thought fluctuations of a near-god have also undergone tremendous changes. They seem to be becoming 'unlike themselves', at least no longer like their original selves before they formed a pantheon and shared beliefs.

The witch doctors on the track speculate based on this, that if this change can continue, then there may be irreversible changes in the personalities, physical forms, and even the shaping of the rules and fields of these thirteen near gods.

Of course, that may be an extremely long evolution process, and the specific length of time should be closely related to the number of believers and their piety.

In addition, another doubt also arose in Nesta's mind, 'Although they are not gods yet, are they too easily distorted?'

Of course, he has never actually been to other worlds, nor has he seen the existence of other demigods or gods, so at this time he only had doubts and did not dive into thinking about 'why'.

At the same time, the elf investigators, as well as the alien spies who were controlled, or controlled without knowing it, reported another discussion that was taking place in the Far East.

The Caotai team's "Natural God System" seems to be weighing whether all servants and slaves in the country should be included in the scope of belief.

The witch doctors speculated that these thirteen near gods may not have noticed the changes in their bodies, and the reason for such a plot may be that they have tasted the benefits brought by the "expansion of the scope of belief" and therefore want to further strengthen each of them.

and the collective power of the 'pantheon';

Or maybe they have already noticed it, but under the pressure brought by the three Western powers, they can no longer care so much at the moment?

But in any case, from the attitude of those shamans who are still arguing, it can be vaguely seen that 13 Jinshen seems to have not finally made up his mind, otherwise the shamans would not be able to argue on their own.

In addition, the intelligence also mentioned something unusual.

The reason why such a discussion can appear and take shape in the Far East is that there must be a driving force behind it;

At least, the investigators intercepted the electromagnetic signal from the Mammoth Kingdom, and after deciphering it, they determined the role of the two kings in promoting it, but the traces of other parties' involvement are not yet known.

Judging from the current situation, the protector has obviously completely isolated the beliefs of its people, but at this time, it has begun to push the Far East Near Gods to accept it. Is this a trap for the Far East, or is it using the thirteen Near Gods to open the way?

pioneer?

For the time being, the witch doctors cannot make a judgment on this.

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Different from the treacherous changes that occurred at the high-end level, the "mundane" power of the Thirteenth Division of the Far East showed a considerable degree of resilience in the war after being accelerated and deepening the progress of integration.

Even if each race within it is relatively weaker than the three strongest in terms of individual strength, the slave army cannot compete with the West in terms of quantity and combat power;

But there is one thing that for them is their ‘advantage’ – the total population of the core race.

The main population that can be gathered after the integration of the thirteen departments is actually much larger than the top three in the West;

And this numerical advantage can only be truly developed after a unified pattern is formed from the near-god level within it from top to bottom, and combined with other advantages brought by home games, it creates a battlefield.

A change in strength that cannot be underestimated.

After that, they not only gradually blocked the offensive of the three Western powers, but also used their flexibility in food and grass rationing and troop dispatch to create many victories in local areas.

In addition to the defenders of the first-line fortress group in the middle road who were responsible for the hard resistance, the Far East not only sent troops to go around to cut off the supply lines, but also left larger mobile troops on the second and third lines to supplement the troops to deal with them.

Emergency situation.

For example, when the Mammoth Kings suddenly launched an attack on the southern front, after the Far Eastern Kingdom learned the information by 'accidental', they immediately mobilized a force several times that of the enemy, lurked in the southern fortress group, and provided the incoming people with

A head-on attack caused some of the Mammoth Kingdom's plans to fail.

After that, several main tribes known for their speed further penetrated into the territory of the Fang Kingdom and the Mammoth Kingdom, and launched several sneak attacks on their servant tribes and shelter settlements in the Near East. To a certain extent, they were able to

The fighting reached enemy territory;

Moreover, the long supply line behind the Rhine Kingdom was constantly being harassed, which also forced some air cavalry to call back from the battlefield, giving the frontal battlefield more breathing space.

Of course, the top three did not just sit back and watch.

On the one hand, although the two kingdoms did not know what their original purpose was, at this time, reinforcements to the southern battlefield had become an established fact;

On the other hand, the Fang Kingdom in the north and the Rhine Kingdom in the west are also constantly adding troops to the front line. A group of slave soldiers composed of various races are marching to the battlefield one after another. Later, the main forces of each country also have their own troops.

Either for surveillance or to follow up for the purpose of participating in the war.

And under such a situation, the actions of the elves inside and outside the battlefield have actually never stopped.

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In areas far away from the war, or even unrelated to the war, the Black Forest used fleets and airships to transport back a large number of inferior races, and placed them in the broken plains of the mountains, and even on some large overseas islands.

with sporadic distribution;

This fate lasted for several years, and the war on the mainland also fell into a tug of war, which also lasted for several years and is still going on.

In addition, in areas further away from the battlefield and from the Four Kingdoms, the fifth-level witch doctors took advantage of the various busyness of the nearby gods to capture a group of high-level magical beasts;

As a result, the number of mother trees in the headquarters was increased to 200, and at the same time, six were added to the space orbit.

What is related to the battlefield is the espionage activities that occur on the home front.

Utilizing the upgraded micro-processing capabilities, supplemented by long-term ongoing microbial and genetic research, the Black Forest imitated the omnipotent cell structure of the fourth-level and fifth-level witch doctors, and transformed it based on bacteria.

Developed a 'brain-parasitic subconscious control chip';

When the number of parasites is small, it can inadvertently and slightly affect the host's subconscious mind, causing it to perform extremely limited uncontrolled body behaviors without knowing it;

As the number of parasites gradually increases, the core-piece totems will be able to form clusters, and gradually acquire 'monitoring', 'dream influence', 'brain messages', 'intermittent control', 'forced control', and 'replacement brain'

Wait for different functions;

Of course, each 'growth' requires investing in a large amount of parasites, or waiting for them to undergo a relatively long process of self-multiplication;

In the end, the "replacement brain" that is actually the "biological intelligent brain" even needs hundreds of billions of bacteria to complete it, or wait for hundreds of years for the initial parasitic group to deceive the immunity and deceive the host consciousness.

At the same time, the brain is gradually devoured and functional replacement is completed.

In addition, its ‘functionality’ is inversely proportional to its ‘survivability in unsuitable environments’. The stronger the former, the more serious the weakening of the latter;

Judging from the current technology, after integrating the overall performance of immune deception, parasitic ability, actual function, etc., in order to ensure that the parasitic group at least has secondary functions such as dream influence, the headquarters can only use 'detachment cultivation' for the time being.

It is injected into the host body immediately after the injection.

However, although this technology has limitations of one kind or another, it has made visible contributions to the Republic in the field of intelligence. For example, the secret intelligence previously obtained in the Far East came directly from the parasitized Sagittarius.

Satisfy oneself

After the initial attempts in the Far East, parasitic operations against other parties will be launched one after another, such as the Rhine Matron, Princess Fang, and high-ranking members of the Mammoth Tribe, all of whom are excellent candidates.

As for the future direction, relevant research institutes have carried out follow-up projects in the aspects of 'survivability', 'self-proliferation', 'application functionality', 'dissemination', and 'dormancy and startup';

The initial idea is to temporarily target the lower three routes in terms of 'proliferation', and to explore aspects such as 'body fluid transmission' to strengthen its ability to spread within a group.

If the application methods in this direction are developed and perfected, judging from the chaotic bed-and-blood relationships among the various races on the mainland, it is very likely to help the Black Forest avoid the relatively complicated injection process and let them complete the dissemination themselves.

In addition, although the elves did not actually appear on the battlefield, the power of the kingdom had already quietly touched it;

For example, the mainland base stations located near each battlefield area, and even the camouflage forests formed by some reconnaissance trees, began to extend their roots to the closest bloody battle area early on.

Where the root system spreads, the flesh and blood residue that penetrates into the ground will be collected, and then sent to the mainland base station outside the battlefield through the connections between the root systems, and then converted into nutrients and transported back to the black forest.

Later, they will either be used to fertilize the land of the Black Forest, or they will become mother trees and totem plants in the factory to slow down the extraction of nutrients from the earth.

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In the midst of such various actions, the calendar has been turned to the rune calendar year 106 in a blink of an eye.

If we count from the preparatory stage, the war in the north has lasted until the seventh year. If we count from the time of the war on our own side, it will last about five years.

In the past five years, a large number of lives have perished on and off the battlefield, and the vast majority of them are servants and slaves of powerful powers.

The situation is already obvious. When there is no war, they are oppressed and forced to produce. When there is a war, they are the first to die, and they die collectively on a large scale. Even in the twin kingdoms where the oppression is quite obscure, the essence of it is

They are also using the asylum troops as cannon fodder.

In addition, judging from the consistent "killing" methods used by the powerful forces against "low-class prisoners of war", the servants and slaves who chose to surrender will not receive the mercy of the new master, but will first face a wave of shocking attacks.

There is obviously some kind of control and consensus in killing.

All in all, all parties involved in the war seem to be committed to creating a common environment

That is to say, servants and slaves should sacrifice their lives for the clan master. Surrender is shameful and will lead to punishment. Only by fighting bravely can they have a chance to change the treatment level of the clan they come from.

Therefore, the elves also understood one thing through this war, why the so-called "lower species" with such a high fertility rate have not crowded the world until now;

It turns out that non-wartime oppression cannot be considered the overall situation. Today's battlefield consumption of one hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands, or even millions is also one of the important reasons why the north can maintain such an open space today.

Looking at it this way, the northern plateau is simply paradise.

In fact, the elves are self-aware of the actual situation of the city-states under their command, and they know that many of the things they do are not very honorable.

For example, in the mountain city-states that belong to the elves, the totem machine is a highly mysterious, low-material, extraordinary tool that is a gift from an advanced race. All the city-state residents need to do is to learn driving, etc.

'Applied Technology';

And any individual who attempts to carry out blasphemous research on it, or even the area where he or she is located, will face some kind of horrific consequences that are regarded as ‘natural punishment’;

Researchers, as well as some surrounding individuals, may die from corrosion, be killed by sudden lightning strikes, or die of spontaneous combustion.

But even so, even if the subordinates under the Republic grow food that will be repeatedly degraded and raise animals that will degrade periodically, at least they will not be used as slaves, nor will they be sent to die on the battlefield;

Moreover, even if they are in a state of "knowing it but not knowing why", they have indeed been given advanced tools to assist production, and with this, they can live a new life that is definitely not bad, or even good.

'It turns out that we are still very kind!'

Of course, this idea has become the consensus of the elves

But despite such emotion, the changes that have occurred to the near gods in the past few years have gradually made the witch doctors above the orbit become more vigilant.

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In the West, the realm of brave warriors is beginning to become more solidified, and the heroes, destroyed cities, and the history of demise within their 'kingdom' are becoming increasingly clear in the process;

And when this change was fed back to the war, the entire Rhine population was blessed, having a more powerful body, and naturally gained combat power from it.

In the middle, the patron's sphere of influence begins to extend toward the sky and underground.

In the feedback from the two kingdoms inside, a building that looks like a 'Heavenly Palace' appears vaguely in the area representing the sky. Although it is only an unformed prototype, the massive thunder feedback gathered is already quite large.

In addition, the boundary between the bottom atmosphere of the parent star and the outer space of the universe seems to have a certain trend of solidification;

In the feedback from inside, there are even shadows of the sun and stars appearing in the shadows. The former is slowly giving birth to a 'luminous and heating' function based on a certain logic, while the latter is almost completely divorced from reality and is gradually forming a

A mysterious quality given purely by faith and imagination.

Underground, the characteristics of the planet in the Twin Kingdoms area are also changing at an extremely slow speed, and seem to be moving closer to the multi-layered structure of the 'square plane'.

Deeper down, a more complex and distorted natural phenomenon is taking place, which seems to be the beginning of 'death' and 'rebirth'.

In the north, there is also an ocean of life formed by the sea of ​​blood and the lake of decay. At this time, something is slowly gestating within it.

In the Far East region, which faced persecution directly, the war not only caused destruction and death, but also produced more pious beliefs;

And the pantheon, which is composed of thirteen near-gods, is chasing the footsteps of the first three step by step amid the suffering, victory, persistence, and crazy prayers of its people.

The witch doctors don't know now whether all this is a temporary manifestation of practice, or a symbol that they have grown to a certain extent;

But the only thing they know is that they must not allow this situation to continue to develop. If a hundred or hundreds of years later, the entire home planet is fully covered by these two types of near-god realms, the situation they will face may be even worse.

dismal.

At that time, the planet under your feet, which was formed in the universe and moves in the universe, may change into an existence like the 'plane' in fantasy novels;

Nowadays, the world where the 'natural rules' occupy the upper peak may turn to be completely dominated by 'mystery' due to the erosion of the realm of gods.

To put it mildly, witch doctors may have to learn new rules from scratch before they can gain the ability to cast spells again;

To put it more seriously, any bad situation can happen.

But strictly speaking, there is no good news

On the one hand, the witch doctors were able to further understand the field rules and preferences of the near gods during the 'peeping';

On the other hand, the various concrete feedbacks that occurred inside also gave the orbiting witch doctors the opportunity to 'plagiarize' and 'learn from', which may one day become a wealth of knowledge belonging to the elves in the future.

In addition, the Elf Kingdom in the South has far from stagnated in the past few years. Instead, it is embarking on a new round of rapid progress at an unprecedented speed.

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First, the number of fifth-level witch doctors increased to 44;

Although all the original witch doctor heritage from the tribal period has been transformed so far, the growth rate of the tree elves is also very impressive. Among them, Freya is close to the fifth-level promotion period, and the rest of the first three batches were born.

The authors have also started to accumulate related information one after another.

From this point of view, the next round of concentrated breakthroughs is not too far away.

Moreover, the current fifth-level quantity alone has actually played a huge role in promoting many aspects. For example, the 'mimic micro-carving' technology has been enhanced from 1 nanometer at the time of 22 in 1 to today's in an instant.

0.5 nanometer level;

In addition to the 'brain parasite', those who directly benefited from it, such as algorithm array intelligent brains and industrial motherboards, have once again received technological upgrades, and other industries closely related to them have naturally taken this opportunity to advance by leaps and bounds.

Starting from the most intuitive point of view, in the vast majority of industries in the Black Forest today, the concept of ‘labor’ basically does not exist;

Single-digit engineers + intelligent brains + plural totem factories, this lineup can already solve most production problems, and engineers are the most indispensable here.

As for the original labor-intensive industries, some of them were handed over to the northern plateau where the population was growing again for the purpose of stability and development;

With the supply of machinery that 'breaks out of the box', 'iteratively degraded' grain and animal breeds and other production materials, and a deliberately created 'fuzzy essence' heavy-use educational environment, the fertile soil in the mountains is being developed in an orderly manner.

, and supplies abundant supplies to the headquarters year by year.

On the other side, the unmanned base on the seabed has also become another major source of nutrients and metal minerals;

The elves, who have no need for colonization, have successively built hundreds of production bases of various types in offshore and deep seas, using minimal human investment in exchange for a steady flow of material output.

In short, when the processing capabilities of the intelligent brain and mother machine are upgraded again, for the Elf headquarters, which has transitioned labor-intensive industries to the northern plateau, or transformed them into 'intelligent machinery-intensive', the manpower issue, at least in terms of production manpower, will

The problem almost no longer exists.

Of course, the 'laid-off' elves will not starve because of this.

With supplies coming from many directions, it can be said that we are in an extremely wealthy state, and the 'laid-off elves' are not really completely idle;

In addition to the increasingly rich extraordinary professions that require them to try and explore themselves, various scientific research fields also require their investment of energy;

In addition, there is now a more important "education port" that urgently needs the support of prime-age elves, because as time goes by, the elven kingdom has officially entered a period of population explosion.

Even without adding in the increase in mother trees during the war, and only counting the mother trees that were previously owned and have now begun to realize their production capacity, the number of citizens of the Republic increased from 340,000 to nearly 3 million between 1999 and 106, and in the following four years

Lieutenant General further increased to around 8 million;

What can be seen with the naked eye is that in the next cycle starting from the 110th year of the Rune Calendar, this increase will increase again to the level of tens of millions per decade as the production capacity of the new mother tree is realized.

Even if the subsequent growth is not considered for the time being, the current work of raising and educating 2.6 million young elves, large and small, is enough to keep these "laid-off workers" busy.

(End of chapter)