Western Continent, the main city of elves

The elves have an inseparable affection for nature, and although they have been at war almost all the time during this era, this sentiment has been worn out a lot, but the nature deeply rooted in the soul will not change.

But that doesn't mean they're stuck in their own world.

Now the main city of elves is much more lively than before, many people are quite curious about the legendary elves, and they have come to visit, and the mother tree of life, which violates the laws of life, makes many scholars scratch their ears and cheeks.

The routes of the Furious Sea have been completely opened to everyone, and orcs, humans, and dwarves from the north and south of the land will also come here by boat.

Now the biggest force in the Western Continent is not the major churches, but the United States of Freedom, which has just established a complete behemoth from the bloody field to unify the Northern Continent, so that the orcs of the Southern Continent have to temporarily avoid the edge.

Among them, the Sost Energy Company occupies an absolute dominant position, not only the United States of Freedom, but also the orcs and dwarves are faintly restrained by it.

You must know that as early as a few years ago, before the fall of the Duchy of Solan, Sost's business had already expanded to the southern continent, and nearly seventy percent of the business with the people of the Metaverse on the fog battlefield had to pass through Sost's hands.

If the United States of America was the first superpower in history, then Sost Energy is a behemoth of the same size that can even affect the entire world.

But even if this is the situation in the Western Continent now, it can't stop people's curiosity and greed, just like the people of the Metaverse, the Atlanta has also set off a gold rush in the Western Continent.

However, there are many people who have seized the opportunity to leak through the cracks in Thorst's fingertips and make a lot of money, and the elves are one of them.

The Wood Elves are located in the Western Continent, which has natural advantages, and Sost's focus on building the Western Continent also provides convenience for them, such as electricity.

The current main city of the elves no longer relies on glowing plants as lighting, and the complex power lines are connected from afar, relying on the entanglement of plant roots to bury deep underground, bringing a more convenient life to the elves.

The special plants are sold as decorations or special products to tourists from afar, with the best of them being large potted nuts that glow.

Sometimes even the Elven Elders' House will sigh that they have used more convenient electric lights, but these people from the north and south have begun to flock to the glowing bonsai, the world is really wonderful.

And the reason for this situation is Dinah, who has followed Ferrante's advice.

After the end of the Western Continent War, Dinah took over the position of female general, became the leader of the Natural Legion, and entered the House of Elders.

The so-called three fires for the new official to take office, after Dinah became the youngest elven elf elder, wrote three proposals in a row.

The first is to change the mentality of the elves and connect with the outside world, especially the Sost Energy Company, which must establish a connection with the existence of this country, whose influence has surpassed the country.

The second is to relax the selection of the natural legion and popularize the natural magic as an ability that everyone in the elven clan can use.

The third is to set up their own research institute, the elves have a long lifespan, there is no shortage of wise people, in this new era, the importance of knowledge is undoubted.

These three proposals caused an uproar in the House of Elders, but at Dinah's insistence, after a long period of discussion, they were finally implemented.

............

On this day, in the Elven Academy, Dinah was teaching her people to learn divine arts.

After a while, someone came running from outside, whispering something in Dinah's ear, and then she nodded, looked at the darkening sky, and left.

When the sun set, the main city of the elves was lit up, and the brightness of the electric lights was faintly covered by green leaves, which was not dazzling, but had a special beauty.

Dinah walked all the way, and when she passed the Mother Tree of Life, she saw that the tourists around her had dispersed, sighed helplessly, and then walked up to the vines not far away, and came to a tree house.

Green light spreads from the palm to the wall, and the lights in the treehouse flicker, illuminating the room.

This is the result of the Elven Research Institute, there is no external switch, relying on the magic wave trigger, controlling the circuit hidden inside the wall of the treehouse, without affecting the aesthetics.

The treehouse appears to be a conference room, and if viewed from the outside, it is completely pitch black, and this is a new product from Sost, single-sided glass.

Then Dinah sat down on the main seat and waited quietly, and after a while, about a dozen elves arrived one after another, filling the empty seats.

Seeing that the people had arrived, Dinah didn't make any more tricks, and opened her mouth directly.

"How's the progress of the research institute regarding the mother tree?"

The elves below looked at each other and were silent, and finally an old man explained: "There is no way, we have been researching for a long time, and we still can't find a way to make the mother tree give birth to new individuals again. ”

"We can't even figure out how the mother tree lives, and if we dig deeper, we have to collect samples. ”

"No, that's blasphemy against the goddess of nature, we can't damage the mother tree. ”

All at once everyone quarreled.

The Mother Tree of Life is the foundation of the Elves, and if the Mother Tree is unable to give birth to new individuals, the Elves will have to rely on the Tree of Life cultivated from the root system to continue the group.

But the individual born like that is not a complete elf at all, not only will the lifespan be greatly reduced, but the physical fitness will also be slightly worse.

As recorded in the classics, the elven warriors who were once born from the mother tree are not at all comparable to other races.

The argument continued, and Dinah looked at the men and slapped the table hard.

"Don't make any noise! Samples of the mother tree can be collected from the leaves and so on, and it is not necessary to destroy the mother tree. ”

"But the elder...... The study of leaves is too difficult, and it is better to have a ...... root system," said one of the elves boldly.

"Roots?" Dinah's eyes narrowed, "Let's put this matter aside, how is the progress of the other subject, don't tell me there is no way, do you know how much we paid to get this knowledge from Sost Energy?"

As soon as Dinah spoke, the room fell silent again, and all the researchers didn't know what to say.

For another project that Elder Dinah personally presided over, the resources devoted were not inferior to the study of the mother tree, but its content was a secret that even the House of Elders did not know.

Racial reframing.

This is a top-secret research project, originally proposed by Dinah, with the intention of exploring the nature of life, completely changing the racial characteristics of the elves, making the individual more powerful, and improving the natural breeding ability of the elves.

The ultimate goal is the evolution of the race.

The project was initially strongly opposed by individual researchers, who claimed to be blasphemous and wanted to report it to the House of Elders.

And then...... There is no then.

Dinah clearly knows that the world is not what it used to be, and the elves need to find their way out while enduring it.

But there are always some people who don't want them to do this, for example, now, even the orcs have begun to research firearms and thermal weapons, but what about the elves?

No one wants to send research materials ...... Even when they were traded to them, the resources of the Western Continent were in the hands of others, and items such as gunpowder raw materials were listed as prohibited items by many forces.

Blockade, the elves are being blocked by everyone.

It is precisely because of this that Dinah came up with the idea that thermal weapons are other people's strengths, but elves also have their own strengths, that is, their bodies are completely different from other races, and even in terms of racial superiority, they have always stood at the top.

Race reconstruction, evolution, this is the path that Dinah has chosen.

The room was silent as one of the researchers stood up, bowed his head, and said, "Elder, this matter ...... Some discoveries have been made, but you still need to see for yourself. ”

............

An underground building outside the main city of elves, the roads inside are intricate, and for elves who can drive plants, this kind of underground work is not too easy.

Dinah and the other researchers turned left and right in the tunnels, eventually arriving at a secret room.

In addition to some researchers, there are also various instruments in the secret room, of course, it is also produced by Sost Energy.

Everyone walked in, and the leading researcher came to the front of the chamber and lifted a black cloth, revealing something similar to a culture pod.

It was filled with a green solution and soaked in an unconscious elf, one of the first to raise objections and want to report to the House of Elders.

The elf's eyes were closed, his body was wrinkled, his handsome face was ugly, and there were gills of tissue growing behind his ears.

"Elder. The researcher invited Dinah forward, "Through research, it has been found that the bodies of our elves are inextricably linked with plants, so the first conjecture of the research is also to move closer to water, sunlight, etc. ”

"This person was injected with a generation of medicine half a month ago, belonging to the direction of fish, not only grew gills, but also greatly increased strength, but his lifespan may be drastically reduced, and other data are still being analyzed. ”

"Fish?" Dinah shook her head, "we are a terrestrial race, we don't live in the sea, the direction must be changed, and the longevity must be compromised, but the ability to reproduce naturally must be improved." ”

"Yes, Elder, I'll show you the other test subjects......"