From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 354 Time flies by

Author: Dong Ali

Chapter 354 Time flies by

"Azshara, come and try to merge with me."

In the real world, the giant elf spoke his first words in a long time span after opening his eyes.

And if there was anyone else who was a little bit more annoying in the joy of research breakthroughs, the answer would undoubtedly be his partner.

So when Nesta's words, like a bell, finally reached the ears of Ms. Light in the Light, her face immediately became a little weird.

With the deeper purple rhyme on her face, Azshara raised her head and looked at her husband, who was over a hundred meters tall. She immediately felt troubled and annoyed, and responded with some annoyance.

road,

"What nonsense are you talking about here, with this body of yours? Do you want me to stretch myself to death for everyone to see?"

"Forehead"

Hearing this, Nesta immediately realized the misunderstanding.

The long wait formed by successive researches seemed to have given Azshara some different expectations, which led to the emergence of this subtle bias at this moment;

On the other hand, the elders such as Coarse Tooth and Jian Ya showed various expressions of suppressed laughter.

Her mind was spinning, and Azshara herself quickly reacted. She glanced at Nesta as if there was nothing, and walked forward without any explanation;

Then she stood up straight and placed her hands on the knees of Nesta, who was sitting cross-legged like a hill. Even though the huge difference in body shape between the two made the scene look a bit funny, the two were still completely integrated without any distractions.

In just a moment, the giant elf, which had not changed much in body shape, took shape again, opened its eyes whose thoughts were still unknown, and then murmured,

"As expected."

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This was just a small meeting held during a break in research, and the dozen or so elves present, either in real form or as projections, were mostly old faces from the past;

Therefore, relying on their familiarity with the two, they immediately heard the source of the speaker's consciousness from his voice, and understood that this was Nesta's thinking.

Therefore, the rough tooth among them immediately asked,

"What happened? Is there something wrong?"

"I just discussed it with her. Whoever is inside first will immediately return to this world and squeeze in the outside consciousness;"

At this time, Nesta responded angrily and said,

"But Azshara hasn't done this until now."

"so?"

"So, I probably won't be able to get inside through the combination."

Upon hearing this, the elves present immediately burst into an uproar.

You know, since the inner perspective was accidentally discovered by Nesta and Azshara, it has been giving the Republic tremendous help in the scientific research of magic and the understanding of the world;

But now, for the first time, there is a situation where they cannot enter, which makes them have some additional worries.

If this is the price that evolution has to pay, then the vast majority of researchers would rather stay at the current level for the rest of their lives rather than seek advancement in life in exchange for lowering scientific research capabilities.

However, this uproar only lasted for a moment, because they quickly thought of another possibility.

"Maybe it's a matter of mental strength?"

"I think so"

The keen fang was the first to make such a guess, and Nesta also nodded to express that he had the same idea.

At this time, unlike the cumbersome separation process in the past, Nesta easily squeezed out a group of cells belonging to her partner from the body, and easily cut off the combined state of both parties without decomposing herself.

of continuation.

Then, this mass of cells quickly condensed into the form of Azshara, and after taking shape, it leaned on Nesta's huge face and sat firmly on his shoulders.

Although it cannot be compared with Nesta's efficiency in the previous period, after so many years, Azshara's size has reached nearly 25 meters, forming a body of about 1:5 with her partner.

Proportion;

So at this moment, based on body type alone, the relationship between them is more like a father and daughter than a couple.

Of course, these details are not the focus of the moment, so Nesta continued without paying much attention,

"It should be the difference in the size of the mind. After the merger, I occupied an absolute dominant position over the body, so I couldn't be randomly squeezed into it like in the past."

"So, as long as an individual of the same level appears, we can return to the original situation?"

On the shoulder, Azshara touched the huge crystal on his forehead and whispered in speculation.

"Well, that should be it."

"But even if we start a new stage of meditation from now on, it will still take. Based on the previous efficiency, it should take about several decades to really catch up with you, right?"

With some uncertainty, Jian Ya, whose real body is here and sitting with his legs crossed, said this,

"This integration process is indeed a bit too complicated. Regardless of this, what should you do in the meantime?"

Nesta just smiled softly when he heard this, and after tapping the magic crystal on his forehead with his index finger, he said,

"I had some vague guesses before, so I specially reserved the part of the volcanic salamander gene that is responsible for forming the magic crystal."

As he spoke, the forehead where the magic crystal was embedded seemed to surge like waves, and then flesh tendrils quickly formed like tentacles to separate the crystal, and extended to send the purple crystal to Nesta's hand.

After taking it in his hand, he gently raised the crystal and asked with a somewhat nostalgic sideways glance,

"Do you still remember the time when you performed surgery on me in the West Bank?"

Azshara nodded, indicating that the fear that came from her heart was still unforgettable, and confirmed thoughtfully,

"I remembered that the 'reality' you saw through the magic crystal as you described it seems to be somewhat similar to the internal perspective?"

"Yes, I feel that they should actually be the same thing. The internal disturbance of magic crystal spells is, after all, what our spell abilities are imitating."

As he spoke, the round crystal that was constantly thrown up fell into his palm, and then densely packed tentacles rose from between his skin;

When the tentacles touched the downward side of the crystal, the latter immediately began to soften, and the former deformed into the shape of the nervous system, completely integrating into it in a short period of time.

Later, when Nesta made slight adjustments to the signal conversion process in the body and gently closed his eyes,

The next moment, the complex field string structure appeared again, and this time it was directly projected into the meditation space.

First, he controlled the diffusion and contraction of his mental power, and the field string perspective in the meditation space also expanded or contracted accordingly;

Then, when he turned to control the subtle levels of mental power, the field string projection began to continuously change between complexity and simplicity.

In the end, he focused his mental power in front of him, focusing on a corner of the experimental cabin filled with life gas. A clear molecular structure appeared in his perception, while all other interferences simply disappeared.

Nesta doesn't know whether the Warcraft can do this, but no matter what the fact is, it doesn't really matter, because at this level, compared to the internal perspective when combined, it already has

considerable advantage;

Putting aside the other conveniences, the fact that your consciousness is still in your body is the biggest good news at the moment.

Because this means that the powerful thinking calculation power possessed by the body at this moment has not been abandoned by perception. He can maintain the analysis synchronously when conducting 'observation', instead of having to 'remember' first before proceeding as in the past.

Let’s return to reality for another analysis.

In comparison, the several spell-like abilities naturally possessed by the magic crystal can only be regarded as secondary gains.

Immediately, he informed the researchers at the scene of the good news, and the elves who also understood the significance also showed obvious excitement.

"So, the first thing we need to do now is to integrate this 'new elf gene' into the ethnic group?"

With an expectant expression, Jian Ya rubbed his hands together like a fly, then grinned and said.

"It should be so, but isn't the amount of work a bit too large?"

The worries expressed in Ruya's speech are not unreasonable. Looking at it now, this is indeed a huge project.

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Since Nesta started the pre-research on the life level breakthrough (the most time-consuming), he went through the tedious implementation process (the second time-consuming), and then took over and conquered genetic engineering (the shortest time-consuming), and

After first trying it on myself (it took time every time), the calendar was flipped to the rune calendar year 473 in a blink of an eye;

The year when the research officially began was actually Year 223 of the Rune Calendar.

In other words, a full 250 years have passed by so far, and all the situations that have occurred during this period have already made the Republic completely different from the past.

For example, the number of elves has increased by a net increase of 4.8 billion during this period, and combined with the nearly 2 billion accumulated before, the total population size is 6.78 billion;

This kind of data even shocked Nesta when he first woke up. It was almost the same as the total population of the earth before he crossed over.

And with such a huge population size, how can we carry out a comprehensive genetic modification project now?

You must know that in addition to the elves who have already been born and need to be transformed, the larger number of dormant reproductive cells retained in the 'warehouse' are also waiting for rewriting at the genetic level.

So this seems to be a big problem indeed, and it also makes Nesta fall into meditation and start to think about how to proceed.

Just a moment later, muscles were surging in his legs where he was sitting cross-legged, and then a ball of fleshy paste separated from the main body, forming a small Ness 3 cm wide, 7 cm long, and 2.5 cm thick.

tower.

After taking shape, the little Nesta seemed to be feeling something with closed eyes, and then opened his eyes for a few breaths and made simple gestures in the air. Then a fireball several meters long appeared out of thin air and disappeared for no reason;

Then, this miniature Nesta opened his mouth and said,

"500 grams, this is the lowest amount of material that I can achieve after combining my thinking and spellcasting abilities."

At the same time, at the clavicle of the shoulder on the other side where Azshara was sitting, larger muscles turned into liquid as they surged, and then one miniature Nesta after another gradually took shape in the clavicle 'pool'

.

They first fluttered inside as if swimming, then climbed onto the 'shore' one after another, running from the front and back of the neck to the other side, and under Azshara's shining eyes, they all climbed onto her

everywhere in the body.

A giggle came from her mouth. Azshara gently grabbed a miniature Nesta that was picking her navel, put it in her hand and played with the little bird with her fingertips, and then seemed to ask,

He also said as if to supplement,

"So, the current weight of 230,000 tons can be divided into a total of 460 million thread clones with the ability to cast spells?"

"Well, that's right~"

After answering, the 'unbearable' little thing in his hand immediately melted into liquid. It flowed from between the fingers and dripped down to Azshara's leg, and then followed the wonderful curve all the way down, from

The tips of her bare toes dripped down to the giant elf's chest and abdomen, and merged into Nesta's body again.

After a while, Nesta, who had completed the verification, withdrew all the thread clones and immediately came to a conclusion.

"In this way, we will not carry out a one-time comprehensive rectification, but continue to follow the old path of implanting organs. Don't we have cell samples of every citizen in the warehouse? We can use some of them as materials to cultivate genetically integrated organs.

, and then just let the little ones assimilate and integrate on their own;”

"There are two things we need to confirm first."

"First, besides the genes I have chimeric, what other genes do we need?"

"Second, how to set the expression time of these genes and distinguish those that should be awakened innately, and those that need to be opened step by step in the growth process;"

"In addition, at what point should these genomes that need to be progressively opened as they grow awaken?"

"Once I have determined these things, the remaining things are actually not difficult for me to handle."

"Have you already made an estimate?" Tuya asked with concern. After all, this is not a small amount.

"Well, with these 460 million thread clones operating at the same time, I am confident that I can complete the transformation of all nearly 6.8 billion integrated genetic organs in 20 days, and then cultivate them in about two or three months to take shape.

Once the transplant is done, the rest of the things should be easy to handle, right?"

"Well, indeed. The rest is just an organ transplant. The little guys can do it independently. If it doesn't work, can you still seek help?"

After hearing Nesta's conclusion, the old faces present sighed at the huge number of clones and nodded in agreement.

On the other side, Freya, who was attending the meeting as a projection because she was not on her home planet, asked alone,

"Can't we use the method of giving corresponding functions to the mimic body to create a modified warehouse specifically for genetic engineering?"

"Not yet. The micro-processing ability of the mimic body is at least one order of magnitude lower than mine, so there is no way to cheat in this way at this stage."

After answering her doubts, Nesta said again as if she remembered something,

"But you reminded me that our Inscription Industrial Machine can be upgraded again, and the Intelligent Brain is smaller in size and more powerful, which should make the Republic's overall industrial level undergo an earth-shaking growth."

"Also, I remember there are more than 300,000 quasars of various types. Where are they now?"

The tips of her fingers were entangled with her partner's purple hair, and Azshara, who was still sitting on his shoulders, immediately answered the question.

As she thought, she projected a spherical shadow in front of Nesta. Its interior was not quite in line with the real scale, depicting a magnificent and beautiful picture.

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At the center is a sphere that seems to be glowing and heating, and inside the outer periphery of this sphere of light is a lonely track;

Four spheres, one large, two small, and one ultra-small, appeared in this orbit. While they were entangled with each other, they were also revolving around the central luminous body.

Looking outside now, starting from a relatively far distance, seven more spheres that are much larger than the three sisters and one son in the inner circle appear one after another;

And among them, the one in the forefront orbit is even larger. In terms of volume alone, it is even much larger than the sum of all the balls except the central light ball.

In this way, there are already eight orbits that have appeared.

Further outward, after passing through an obviously abnormal area and passing through the hundreds of 'So-and-so bases' distributed in it, you will arrive at an area composed of millions of dots.

The 'outer ring' has a relatively huge span;

In this 'outer ring', in addition to millions of point-shaped bodies, there are also tens of thousands of them labeled 'Excavator No. XX', 'Tractor No. XX', and 'Melter XX number'.

The creation of 'Collector So-and-so'.

And further outward from here, there are various realms composed of extremely sparse and very uneven density of dust. The signs they appear are 'dispersion zone', 'wind realm', and 'magnetic realm'.

'Gravity Boundary', 'Outer Domain', etc., and the boundaries represented by several of them will overlap with each other;

And in these realms, more than 200,000 creatures with marks can be seen.

And the words prefixed in front of the numbers are mostly in the style of 'shielder', 'patroller', 'protector', 'scientific researcher', 'sampler', etc., which seem to be similar to the ones on the outer ring.

There are huge functional differences between those creations.

At this point, the situation has actually become quite obvious. The projection ball summoned by Azshara is actually the general map of the parent star system.

But it is also obvious that there is another point, that is, many of the contents shown in it are already different from the situation that Nesta is familiar with;

First, the three inner rock-based stars have changed dramatically. Among them, the Purgatory Star and the Death Star have completely broken away from their original orbits. Not only do they share the same orbit with their parent star, they even revolve around their centers.

The 'big moon' that is obviously not too far away is performing secondary revolution at all times;

Secondly, the inner asteroid ring has been completely emptied, and there are almost no stars. Some of the materials have become raw materials for the construction of large and small quasars, and other materials have been sent to the inner periphery for storage;

Thirdly, the outer giant planets have lost almost all their natural satellites and have been stripped of their beautiful star rings. Only one of the four giant planets is left, which is guarding the 'status maintenance fortress'.

Below, it is constantly rotating around the four-orbit star alone;

Fourth, a rock-ice co-base planet seems to have been lost in the outermost orbit of the parent star system, and has been replaced by hundreds of quasar bases with a diameter of more than a thousand kilometers;

Fifth, the outer ring has become much sparser than in the past, and depending on the situation, it will one day be completely emptied like the inner ring, and the destination of the matter in it is basically the same as the latter, and it is nothing more than acting as a

Building materials, or reserve in advance;

Sixth, there are more than 300,000 quasar creations in different realms. They vary greatly in size and have different functions. They seem to be performing many different tasks.

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Azshara pointed to various places in the general star map and explained softly in her partner's ear,

"Most of the quasars perform tasks in the wind, magnetic and gravitational fields 1 to 2 light-years away. The rest are mostly concentrated in mining or collecting scattered stars in the outer ring belt, or acting as logistics in each belt and important intermediate points.

base."

"Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, they probably won't be able to come back in a short time. If you want to transform them, you can only project them over for the time being."

"Well, I focused on genetic engineering before, so I didn't pay much attention;"

Nodding to express understanding, Nesta asked again with some curiosity and expectation,

"So, it turns out that there really is no distance limit on the Belief Corridor?"

"Yes, at least that's the limit of distance reached now."

Azshara first expressed her affirmation, and then gave a slightly detailed explanation.

"As long as the traction is successfully carried out and stabilized, the virtual realm can maintain the link state, the projection can be sent there without any obstacles, and there is no stagnation in time perception. It is as if everything is completely synchronized.

That way."

After receiving this accurate information from his friend, Nesta suddenly had endless associations in his mind, which were quickly condensed into one

In fact, there was a vague idea that came to his mind when he made the breakthrough, but due to his sense of responsibility and public spirit towards the Republic, he hesitated to try it in his home star system;

But now, now that he has understood the specific results of the virtual realm verification, this thought in his heart can no longer be suppressed.

So Nesta asked again,

"Is it possible to travel on a star system level? What is the fastest speed we can achieve now?"

Azshara frowned slightly, already having some bad guesses in her mind, but she still answered the question seriously.

"When we turn away from the parent star, we can use the light sail field to increase the speed to 0.35 to 0.55 times the speed of light, but in most cases this can only be regarded as a one-way street;"

For the time being, she suppressed the vague uneasiness in her heart and continued to respond,

"Although some high-power laser return stations have been deployed in the wind belt and gravitational cloud belt, you know, it is too vast there, so it is difficult for them to play a big role."

"Aissala is right. Often in order to reach the laser projection range of the return station and adjust the light angle, we need to go even further than the destination;"

Fang was actually very curious about what Nesta wanted to do, so at this moment he continued what Azshara said and explained,

"But after accurately calculating the routes, we can actually use them. At least when our outer spaceships go to the border, most of them use the reverse laser of the return station to complete the deceleration."

"Fangs!"

The second half of these words made Azshara yell at him in annoyance, then turned back, frowned and stared into her partner's eyes and said word by word,

"Nesta, what are you thinking about? I said this technology is not perfect yet, so we can't take risks with it for granted;"

"Don't be like this, I haven't had time to say anything yet?" Nesta explained with a smile as she poked her face, which was dark purple due to anger, with her fingertips.

Azshara stretched out her hand to push it away, but because it couldn't be pushed away at all, she became even more angry, and shouted angrily,

"Open it for me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll start, I'll start."

Although she really took away her fingers with a smile, Nesta then grabbed her partner's waist with her backhand, locked her 'small and exquisite' body into her arms, and whispered in a hot voice,

"Don't think too much. I'm not planning to do anything too extreme. I just have a vague idea that I want to confirm."

"Is it true?"

The evolutionary path of the elves is by no means one of indifference. On the contrary, there is a sense of letting oneself go. Therefore, Azshara, who has been in the wilderness for more than 300 years, seems a little sensitive at this moment, even when the hot wind blows. Even the sound became a bit softer.

"Of course it's true. Please tell me the specific situation. I can find it out myself, right?"

"Hmph~"

First, she gave him a 'white' look with her beautiful eyes, and then used her slightly watery gaze to scan the gathering of elders participating in the meeting below.

Then, while Azshara was thinking, 'Why don't they get out yet?', she hummed and explained,

"So far, all the ships we have sent to the outermost realm are controlled by brains and projections, and there is no physical elven compatriot inside."

"Why?"

"What else could it be for?"

After twisting her body slightly and finding a comfortable position to sit down, she stabbed and said again,

"During previous verifications, several spacecraft missed the laser speed bump due to route deviation, and finally broke out of the gravitational boundary completely at 0.45 times the speed of light. The built-in engine could not complete the deceleration at this speed. We I just let it continue to fly away."

"Well, I understand."

Almost instantly, Nesta caught another layer of meaning contained in this, and continued to ask with interest,

"So, these spacecraft are actually still controlled, right? Now they have become real pioneers in interstellar exploration, right?"

While asking, he linked his thoughts with the virtual world and immediately captured the required information.

"Haha, December 39, 441, March 31, 463, 467 in the rune calendar. A total of seven 500-kilometer-class exploration ships were 'lost'. Let me take a look."

"Hey! All the good guys have arrived in the star system next door, and they are four different ones!"

(End of chapter)