From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 339

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 339

Conclusions related to soil fertility and climate change assessment were quickly generated and reflected in the next scene.

In the parliament hall, there were hundreds of members with different figures, as well as representatives of various executors gathered again. On the podium in the center, a great elf who looked like a famous scholar was standing in front of a huge illusory sphere.

Making a speech;

"Gentlemen and ladies"

After an ordinary and brief opening procedure, he continued to speak to all participants,

"Taking the north and south directions, as well as shallow and deep sea areas as targets, we have observed this conclusion."

As the discussion report officially began, the sphere beside him also continued to change its display form as his words progressed. The land and sea above it were seen receding, and the mountains and rivers gradually disappeared. Sometimes it was enlarged to a small part, and sometimes it was

Overview of the big picture;

While 'offsite', Alena was listening to his narration while calling up the information of the corresponding year from the terminal, preparing to compare it to understand what the scholar said.

The first thing she looked through here was the "City Development Summary" from 125 to 150 years of the Rune Calendar, and she gained a deeper understanding of the original situation.

According to the 'Summary', it is shown that the Republic has experienced two rounds of 100 million-level elf increases in that era, and combined with the number accumulated in the past, it has a total population of nearly 230 million.

In addition, there are 100 million embryos, or virtual elves, who are in different stages of development.

In the era shown by the light curtain, the Republic was based on the population of these elves, surrounding two types of mother trees, the 'near-god level' and the 'beast king level', in the black forest with a total area of ​​20 million square kilometers.

, developed 1 super large, 8 large, and 14 medium-sized cities, totaling 23 large and small cities.

Among them, the super-large city naturally refers to the 'Elf Headquarters', which is also the area where the Republic's various scientific research, production, and military industries are most concentrated.

In the 'Headquarters', there are 30 'Near God Level Mother Trees' and 150 'Beast King Level Mother Trees'. Together they form a core urban area with a radius of 70 kilometers, in which approximately 50 million real-life elves live.

The bodies of nearly 50 million unborn elves are preserved;

The 'Headquarters' extends beyond the river and surrounds the forest, radiating to an area of ​​nearly one million square kilometers. There are also 'scientific research centers', 'military stations', 'production centers', and 'mining refining' scattered throughout it.

'These facilities can be said to be a super-large comprehensive industrial base that is well-defended and whose output can easily supply the population of all races in the world.

Within the core area of ​​​​the headquarters, the radius of only 70 kilometers may not be too exaggerated in terms of breadth, but at the spatial level, it has expanded a huge usable area through "rising and descending";

In terms of ‘rising’, with the support of powerful materials, engineering and other technologies, buildings measuring thousands or hundreds of meters are by no means rare in the core area;

As far as the 'downward extension' is concerned, the conventional part alone can often excavate more than a thousand meters of space underground, while the 'unconventional' series of laboratories, strategic reserves and other facilities are even more exaggerated, such as the most extreme

The 'Earth Core Laboratory' has penetrated 6,000 kilometers underground in that year alone, which is truly close to the 'external core' area.

Therefore, the concentration of 50 million real elves and 55 million embryos or virtual elves here will not only not make this place appear cramped, but will even leave enough room for space.

The next eight ‘large cities’ developed rapidly based on the past ‘large settlements’ after realizing the ‘explosion of population’;

Although they are far less exaggerated than the main headquarters in terms of scale, the core area can also have a radius of about 35 kilometers, and the extension radiates to hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and is also equipped with a series of military, production and other bases. It is also a

Huge core industrial chains everywhere;

There are 3 'near-god-level mother trees' and 12 'beast-level mother trees' planted inside them, each with a mouth of about 12 million. They also contain about 4.3 million unborn elves.

Various stages of the body.

The remaining 14 medium-sized cities are smaller in size than the previous two. There are only 11 'Beast King Level Mother Trees' in them, with an average population of about 5 million each. The preservation of the bodies of unborn elves is

Around 1.65 million.

In addition to these 23 large and small cities, the Republic has also established bases of different levels and functions on the seabed, mountains, continents, high altitudes, orbits, etc., but most of them are only responsible for military, production, etc.

Various tasks such as scientific research are not regarded as "cities" by the big elves because there are no permanent residents and no elf bodies in them.

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Alena withdrew most of her attention from the 'Overview', but part of her mind was still immersed in the images, especially the huge, high, and deep city shown in the images in this part.

To her, the various pictures have a realistic beauty that is different from virtual reality.

"call"

She breathed a long sigh of relief, forcibly ending the remaining shock in her heart, and once again focused her energy on the narration of the scholar "in front of her", wanting to hear what the "accident" was that year, and see if it was consistent with her guess.

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"Relevant evaluation data clearly show us that the soil bearing capacity has been significantly and rapidly declining in these years in an area centered on our headquarters and covering an area of ​​up to one million square kilometers;"

The scholar in the image is frowning and talking, and from time to time he points to the 'Mother Star Projection' beside him to give corresponding explanations.

"First zoom in on the relevant area, then color."

The image of the parent star disappeared, leaving only the projection of the center area at the original location, and not only the surface part, but also the displayed content even penetrated into the geological layer, forming a three-dimensional trapezoidal area, and then continued

words,

"Dark green - green - light green - white. If you use the depth of color to outline the carrying capacity level of the land, you can intuitively understand the impact of this department."

He pointed to the areas of different shades of color and explained,

"As you can see, the underground of the core urban area is completely white. There is no concept of 'carrying capacity' here, because all the things distributed in it are elves' creations. They will only absorb but not release;"

"Extending outwards to the area radiated from the core urban area, this is also the area where we first started to consume. Although we have been replenishing it with 'war corpses', 'chemical fertilizers', etc. over the years, this large area is barely visible.

'Light Green' still proves that the consumption rate is much greater than the replenishment rate;"

"Look here again, this is the root group of the 'near-god-level' mother tree that has spread here. Only more than twenty years have passed, and the place they passed has become almost white, and in order to absorb more nutrients,

And it continues to extend outward;"

"The area that the road ahead points to, I think it will inevitably end like this in the future. Do you have any objections?"

The other participants nodded at this, indicating that this was roughly the same result as the mental calculation at that moment, so they motioned for him to continue.

The scholar also nodded and continued to describe his own opinions.

"In addition to the 'near-god-level mother tree', the consumption of the 'beast king-level mother tree' cannot be underestimated. Others include the 'super-large brain array' and the 'super-large-scale totem industry chain'. Their root systems in the ground are also

It continuously absorbs the required nutrients, and continues to expand and dive deep into the absorption area."

"The order of the known consumption scale is roughly as follows: Near God Mother Tree - Beast Queen Mother Tree - Super Large Intelligent Brain Array - Ultra Large Scale Industrial Chain - Large Intelligent Brain Array"

"And within the headquarters, how many such 'huge consumers' are gathered now, everyone must be very clear. The calculation of the final summary data shows that if we do not introduce an effective measure, then from the surrounding ten

Starting from 10,000 square kilometers of land, up to one million, over one million areas.”

"Everywhere where the underground roots can spread, one day in the next two hundred years, it will no longer be able to extract any nutrients, and will eventually turn into a desert without any grass."

As he thought, the projected picture changed again, from the main part to the entire black forest and the entire continent, and the scholar pointed to the deduction picture and continued to speak,

"This 'desertification' process will never end here. Our 23 cities will first drain out the entire black forest, and then follow the instinct of plants to go north into the mountains, and then into the mainland, and repeat this process again until

until the whole world is sucked dry;”

"At that time, our own lives will never be easy."

When he said this, the speaker's face became very solemn, and he reminded the other participants,

"In the north, there are also hundreds of our mainland base stations, countless 'reconnaissance forests', and 'secret bases' everywhere, as well as 'sect holy places' based on the 'mainland base stations', which are also '

The base station's extended rail network, and the missionary cities at the hubs of the network;"

"Among them, there is almost no major company that does not rely on nutrients from the earth to operate, plus the consumption of 'super improved seeds' in agriculture and animal husbandry."

"So taken together, desertification around the world will only come faster than we imagine. In addition, there are two issues that I think everyone must reach a consensus on."

The scholar once again faced the people in the venue and continued,

"First, although they are all 'plants', the 'totem plants' transformed by our hands are very different from the plants in nature. Natural plants will wither and wither one day, no matter what, they will

Will eventually return to the earth;"

"However, the series of functional totem plants we have, represented by the mother tree, can be approximately regarded as immortal!"

"And they are not pure. Whether it is the raising of elves or the maintenance of the confinement of higher life forms. Many of these functions must be realized based on the operation of totems, and the totems engraved on them rely on sunlight.

, air, and soil nutrients can work, and the consumption required is much greater than that of natural plants."

"Although some 'totem plants' produce products that will be damaged after absorbing nutrients, will lose their effectiveness, and will eventually be destroyed and decomposed before returning to the earth;"

"But there is still a considerable part of the nutrients that will be directly solidified into the production end itself. Therefore, as long as these production ends continue to exist for a long time, then 'giving back to the earth' is nonsense."

"The most obvious of these is our 'mother tree' at each level."

"The effects of confinement, damage, damage maintenance, etc. are all nutrient conversion items, but their ultimate goal is to cultivate elves, and during the cultivation process, a larger amount of nutrients needs to be absorbed in order to cooperate with the high-energy cell fluid

Produce the effect we need, so the 'elves' can be approximately regarded as the 'products' of the mother tree;"

"But what kind of characteristics does this 'product' have? Everyone here must know it well. It is undoubtedly that it eats more, excretes less, and has a long life;"

"Furthermore, the elves, or all elves including us, are relying on the life force field and the corresponding force field enhancement methods to continuously increase their possession of matter;"

"This kind of 'possession' no longer simply refers to 'nutrient consumption', but in a broader sense, the possession of 'matter' itself;"

"It would be fine if our lifespan is shorter. At worst, we will turn into a handful of loess in three hundred years. At that time, nature will give back to nature as much as it takes."

"But everyone also understands that in fact, there has not been a single case of natural death recorded so far, and we have not even observed signs of aging."

"All of this, combined with the population growth of 100 million in the past ten years, even now it is not too exaggerated in terms of 'possessing material', and it cannot even be compared with the consumption caused by the root system of the mother tree;"

"But if we interpret this in the context of the rapid expansion of ethnic groups, then this kind of 'possession' has shown a significant and continuing upward trend, whether at the individual or overall level;"

"Perhaps in a hundred or a thousand years, as our numbers increase, and as the average cultivation level of the ethnic group improves, the amount of 'possession' we can form will reach a point that cannot be ignored."

"Going back to the similarities and differences between natural plants and totem plants, in addition to the 'differences', there is actually one most critical 'similarity', which is the 'carbon fixation' and 'cooling' effects."

"As we all know, we use a huge amount of totem plants in various industrial chains, and we seem to have a habit of 'planting them wherever we go', and thus have created numerous 'totem forests' in the northern continent.

And the 'Totem City' that also has plant properties, like the previously mentioned 'Continental Base Station', 'Scouting Forest', and the 'Church Holy Land' and 'Hub City' that are their extensions;"

"In this survey, we have observed a decrease in average temperatures all over the world. This is a not yet significant, but absolutely stable trend, and we initially suspect that it is directly shaped by 'abnormal plants' ', which is a sudden increase in the number of 'totem plants';"

"If this decline continues, or even lasts for hundreds or thousands of years, there is no doubt that the northern permafrost will spread southward year by year, and eventually turn the entire northern region into a country of ice and snow; at the same time, , the polar ice caps thicken and expand, sea levels will fall accordingly, and the climate in the rest of the continent will also undergo huge changes."

"Everyone, thousands of years from now will not be completely the 'world of the younger generations'. If nothing happens, all of us here seem to be able to continue to survive in that era."

"So, it is not feasible to 'leave the future affairs to the elves in the future', because we can also taste the bitter fruits planted now."

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When she saw the short film here, Alena felt something in her heart, and she immediately thought of it based on what she had learned in the virtual realm.

As long as the need for the expansion of the group remains unchanged, the upbringing of elves will not be terminated or reduced;

Because the increase in the number of elves plays a vital role in almost all matters, the Republic cannot compromise on 'population growth' for the sake of environmental protection, which means that various functions within the mother tree must continue being operated.

As a result, there will be a chain reaction in production.

The increase in quantity means the consumption of more materials. Not only can the production of food and industrial products not be reduced, but it will even increase year by year. Plant-based factories must naturally continue to produce;

In the end, these 'operations' and 'productions' will be transferred to the demand for nutrients from the earth, and they will continue to be consumed endlessly, with almost no 'feedback'. It seems that the entire mother planet will be sucked into a wasteland. Impossible.

And that's not all. The large and small elves in practice will also use the transformation of the life force field to occupy more "matter" in a broader sense. The consequences of this are not what can be imagined now.

This seems a bit ironic. The elves, who have always claimed to be civilized, are like blood-sucking insects who don't know how to give back. Now and then, they have become the most threatening ethnic group to the home planet?

'It doesn't seem right. At least from what I learned and saw in the virtual realm, things don't seem to be going in the worst direction?'

Thinking of this, Alena frowned slightly, and based on where she was standing at this moment, she roughly analyzed a certain possibility.

'Is it because the great elves have turned their attention to the universe, such as the sun we just saw? Otherwise, how could the mother tree be raised into orbit?'

And then, the next scene shown in the short film immediately gave her the first part of the answer.

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The announcements made by the special analysis team are meaningful, and the great elves who can sit in the council chamber are almost all individuals with extraordinary wisdom;

Therefore, after realizing that what the publisher said was indeed in line with speculation, a certain forward-looking sense of crisis emerged.

So after that, the meeting immediately turned into a discussion, and all parties present tried to propose various solutions for the short, medium, or long term.

In the process, the first thing to be formed was a kind of "treating the symptoms but not the root cause" plan for "soil bearing capacity". The essence of it is "equal distribution" and seeks to alleviate the deterioration trend in the short term.

Specifically, it is to spread the excessive consumption that is currently concentrated in only one corner of the Black Forest to the entire continent and even the ocean area, thereby spreading the consumption and slowing down the rate of deterioration.

And at this time, the number of the various races on the mainland has increased sharply due to the advent of peace. They may become an important and more convenient way to deal with birth, old age, illness and death, as well as a series of life and production metabolism that they can produce in their daily lives.

convertible resources;

Therefore, compared to the nutrient-poor deep sea, the northern continent with more abundant materials is more attractive at this point

But the question also arises: will the migration of elven cities have an impact on the 'faith' of various sects? How to explain the concentration of angels who should live in the 'god's domain' descending to earth?

In other words, we need to use domains to permanently obscure the ‘accessibility’, ‘visibility’ and ‘perceivability’ of certain areas.

In response to this, a great elf stood up and spoke,

"Isn't this equivalent to increasing consumption? Anyway, for the northern sects, two to thirty meters of external armor is the real 'Angel'. Why don't we use the 'Angels in the Mortal Race'

How can I appear in Hokuriku openly and openly?"

Bowing slightly in the direction of the Speaker's Seat and the 'Elders' Seat', the great elf continued,

"Although we have no need to rule the Hokuriku, if we were born as an 'angel mortal' and naturally formed some kind of 'alliance leader' status, it would save a lot of trouble for the Republic, right?"

"This should solve both problems."

"The first is the cognitive difference between the affiliated city-states in the mountains and the sects in the Hokuriku. After all, when we ruled the former, we never said anything about angels and not angels. Now we just use this opportunity to fool them.

;"

"Secondly, although it is difficult for true gods and angels to ask believers for anything other than faith, if we are 'mortal', then there will be no such restriction, right?"

He looked at the contemplative congressmen and continued to express his position,

"Although the form may be somewhat different, in this way, part of the production needs can be transferred to the northern sect through trade, just like we did with the affiliated city-states;"

"For example, food production, mining and refining, and the production of more basic materials. The Republic will continue to control the source of technology, such as the transformation and provision of grain and breeding animals, and the manufacturing of production tools, etc.

"

"In this way, the demand for totem plants will be reduced a lot, and the consumption of carrying capacity will also be slowed down. So, what do you think?"

After a period of "buzzing" discussion, the proposal was passed as a preliminary bill, and an implementation preparatory group with the participation of the parliament and the executive government was quickly established to prepare for the completion of various specific details.

Entering the implementation stage.

After the foundation of this proposal, various other suggestions are gradually formed, the most critical one of which is the 'totem denutrition operation', which aims to use the most convenient and least valuable tools nowadays.

Electric energy to directly drive the totem;

The reason is that there are really not many ways to obtain electricity for the Elf Kingdom.

For example, orbital light extraction station-microwave conversion-delivery to the surface-conversion of electricity is a relatively mature path;

For another example, using the field to create directional constant-strength wind zones and constant tidal zones, thereby converting them into electrical energy, is also a method that can be used;

It is even said that it is not impossible to use the field to form a "constant thunderstorm zone" in a suitable area, thereby eliminating the step of generating electricity and directly obtaining electric energy.

The current problem almost only lies in the most fundamental aspect of ‘totem activation’.

And at this moment, as if he thought of something accidentally, the pioneer who had not spoken for a long time suddenly asked,

"The 'Atomic Energy Research Institute' has been established for decades, right. What are the latest developments in weaponization and energy?"

At the bottom, a certain elf stood up immediately after hearing the words, and after bowing slightly to the superior, made a targeted report

The content of this chapter was originally intended to be an indirect profile description of 'Alena''s growth in the virtual realm through the forms she came into contact with through 'textbooks', 'stories', 'movies', etc.

Like the previous 'Kulu Snow City Incident';

But there seemed to be a big problem with the rhythm, so the process of ‘virtual realm growth’ was hastily ended.

(End of chapter)