Chapter 699: The Price of Growth

Subsequently, Zhang Wenliang and the three followed the elven queen on foot, while the fighter and mecha stayed in place for the time being; Most of the fighter jets and mechs in the distance began to land on the ground, and a small number remained in the air to prevent accidents. However, these people are not without nothing to do, they need to collect samples and collect various numbers to facilitate the landing of humans. Even vaccines, etc., are already being prepared. If you want to survive in an environment for a long time, nanomachines and other technologies can't do it - too much use of the power of machines will degrade human beings themselves! Not to mention, vaccine technology is also one of the top biotechnology technologies - in a sense, it is no worse than nanomachine technology!

The hovercar gently followed behind Zhang Wenliang and the others, and the computer carried on it could be used as a translator and so on. Of course, because there are too few materials, we can only simply translate a few limited words, and we can only simply translate a limited meaning. On the way forward, Zhang Wenliang proposed to stay here for a period of time and learn the language so that the two sides can have more in-depth exchanges. At the same time, some researchers will be dispatched to analyze language and other aspects. In this regard, the Elven Empress can only agree - otherwise she will not even be able to communicate, how to communicate!

Before that can happen, though, the Empress has two more things to do.

The first thing is to welcome! For this, the empress has prepared a grand ceremony. This ritual is actually used by the elves to celebrate the festival. A ritual used to celebrate the birth of an elven royal family every hundred years. But now there is really no good way to celebrate, and the empress has to take out this etiquette; However, some inappropriate links will be omitted.

And another thing. It is to lead these guests who have "come from afar" to meet the high priest who is no longer able to sustain himself. The reason why the high priest has supported until now, in addition to worrying about the elves, also wants to see what kind of civilization this civilization he has summoned. Will they be able to bring new life to the elves?!

Stepping on the ground, looking at the brilliant flowers, green trees, and lively and cute animals, Zhang Wenliang, Dongfang Xiaoyun and Gao Chengyang followed the Elf Empress into the core area of the Elf Clan with a smile.

Far away. Zhang Wenliang and the three of them saw the altar on the picture of the information received by the human society; It's just that the youth on the picture information is gone. Now all that catches the eye are dry bones and old bodies. However, with his memory and strong spatial thinking ability, Zhang Wenliang discovered the location of the skeleton and white-haired "bamboo pole" here. Nothing has changed.

They. Waited 20 Earth years! 20 years without moving! This perseverance, this dedication. Zhang Wenliang had to be moved. In particular, the dry bones that shimmered with divine white light—the six decaying bones, actually shimmered with a sacred, faint white light, which was incredible. They remained in this state until they died, even after being reduced to dry bones. All stay in this posture! It's a kind of perseverance that touches people – it doesn't know race!

Perseverance and dedication are enough to transcend races and civilizations and influence other intelligent beings. Zhang Wenliang took the lead, and the three of them stood upright, bowing solemnly at ninety degrees. It's a tribute to the warriors who gave their way to the strength of the race, and it is a tribute to that great spirit. There is no shortage of such people in mankind, so mankind has today! And the elves also have such warriors, and they have asked for rescuers for the elves; This altar, in a sense, has played its greatest role only at this moment; This spirit of persistence made Zhang Wenliang seem to see the heroes of ancient China, and his recognition and acceptance of the elves in an instant deepened too much. This is, a recognition from the spirit and soul.

"Thank you......" The Elven Empress was even a little choked up for an instant. That spirit of dedication and respect doesn't need words. Sometimes simple recognition is the greatest encouragement and praise.

"You're here." The High Priest spoke slowly. The breeze blew, and a few strands of white hair flew away with the wind. Then, with a smile, the high priest remained motionless......

The breeze continued to blow, and the white hair on the high priest faded away little by little; Then the vines wrapped around the high priest slowly retracted and returned to the mother tree; But the high priest turned into dust in the sky with the breeze......

A generation of wise men is gone!

"High Priest......" the empress wept and fell to the ground.

"Hey......" Zhang Wenliang sighed, and guessed a few points about the high priest's table; For this wise man who has been waiting for the elves for 20 years, there is only heartfelt admiration left.

Next, under the persuasion of Zhang Wenliang, the elven clan held a grand funeral for the high priest and the six warriors; At the funeral, Zhang Wenliang presented a hand-woven wreath on behalf of mankind; This wreath is designed by the ship's top craftsmen and made of a variety of materials, which is beautiful; In the middle, in elven characters and Chinese characters is written a "lay". The first step of the fusion of the two intelligent races was actually completed under such conditions.

The High Priest also had six warriors who exchanged their lives for the respect of two civilizations. Many elves wept, while many humans had moist eyes.

Later, human beings began to enter the elven race to survive and communicate; With the cracking of communication and language, human beings have gradually adapted to this world, and the basic communication with elves has also been roughly solved; And if it is an auxiliary computer, it is enough to complete the communication on the political zhì. During this period, both parties lived in harmony; It's just that the earthlings have not taken off their protective clothing - they can only do this without thoroughly studying the living environment here, and without vaccinating each other. However, now all earthlings have been injected with some of the vaccines that have been researched.

According to the timekeeping method of the elves, after the curly leaf grass has been expanded and contracted 20 times (heaven), the elves first held a grand welcome ceremony, and thousands of elves welcomed friends from distant worlds with dancing and singing. The 20-day exchange has also allowed the Elf Empress to truly understand the vastness of this world. Especially after really knowing the distance of the earth from here, the high-level of the elf race was amazed. It takes 11.2 years to transmit the signal, and 20 years for the ship to fly - this time would be doubled in units of measurement if it were changed to elven time!

Curly-leaved grass is an amazing plant. It stretches its leaves for every second and is one of the most important timekeeping tools for the elves. It can only be said that there are no wonders in the world; The cycle time of curly-leaved grass is 25 hours.

But the more she knew, the more worried the empress became. These humans have crossed such a long distance, and it is clear that it is impossible to go back. Especially when the High Priest sent a distress signal, he said that the elves were willing to submit to the rule of the Savior - then the meaning of these humans was already coming out. But, let's be honest, no intelligent life wants to be subservient!

Especially now, although it has been more than 20 days of contact, human beings have always expressed their love for peace. And there is no muscle show. Let the elf queen inevitably have a kind of luck in her heart. These days, those fighters, mechs, etc., in addition to leaving the think tank, are constantly rotating. to maintain vigorous combat effectiveness.

But the Empress underestimated human wisdom too much. For this expedition. The Empire is very well prepared, with a special think tank to analyze the behavior habits of intelligent beings. Intelligent life will always be a little clever - just slippery!

And the Demon Dragon Clan is very face-saving. It was sent to the door immediately - it was said that there had been no movement for more than 20 days, which made the demon dragon clan not very comfortable: I hadn't swallowed a few elves to taste it for a long time, and I was already hungry and hungry!

Finally, a team of demon dragons couldn't help it, more than 5,000 demon dragons came across the ocean, the magic power under them was rolling and surging, and the wind and dark clouds and lightning roared, like the end of the world. The power of magic fascinates human scientists.

In the past few days, human scientists have roughly figured out the general reason for the generation of magical elements here; Because of the perennial light and energy accumulation, and being sealed and unable to spread, a strange magical power has formed here; This kind of power is different from the power of the practitioner, but the practitioner says that it can be absorbed and is very comfortable. However, the mechanism of generation has not been understood.

And it just so happens that the magic dragon that has come over now has also made scientists very happy - they can actually feel and study this strange power! To be honest, if we can really study and understand the nature of magic and magical power, it will be of great significance to the progress of human society! Because - new energy! Energy is always an immortal topic for technology!

The cultivation is too high-end, and its power system and so on make it impossible for technology to be directly studied; And the current magic power just allows technology to catch clues, and will benefit the mechanical technology of human beings to get closer to the superpower civilization! Or rather, add a new backbone to the human tech tree! Some scientists believe that as long as human beings can move forward, we should not discriminate against superpowers and should not rely too much on technology. In any case, human beings themselves are the core, not technology. At this point, cultivation is much better than technology.

"5000 magic dragons. 1 with a length of 100 meters, 10 with a length of 90 meters, more than 50 with a length of 80 meters, 300 with a length of more than 60 meters, and the rest are less than 60 meters. Zhang Qiang quickly analyzed. Mu Yunshuang is protecting Zhang Wenliang, so this is just Zhang Qiang's battlefield.

In addition, through the analysis and understanding of Guò during this time, humans also probably know that the longer the body length of the demon dragon, the greater the ability; And every ten meters or so is a threshold; The difference is very clear. Although there will be different differences in individual cases, such as 61 meters, 59 meters, etc., it is still possible to distinguish the grades more clearly. And when it reaches a length of 60 meters, it can cast magic without interruption, and its ability can be increased to a very powerful level; Already belongs to the elite.

"1000 fighters and 1000 mecha are ready, try to eliminate those below 60 meters, and the rest will be used to test the power of magical civilization, and also to cultivate soldiers' hand-to-hand combat ability." Zhang Qiang can see that there will inevitably be a lot of hand-to-hand combat in human battles in the future. Such a superpowered civilization will never be the only one in front of you in the universe! Maybe those superpowered civilizations will be even more powerful!

This is like the battle on the earth back then, whether it is an air raid or a naval battle, if you want to complete the substantial occupation, you must have a land battle!

And in the same way, if you want to gain this world completely and subdue the intelligent races here, melee combat is essential! This may be a test of the expansion of human civilization!

As soon as the two sides began to fight, they suffered from each other.

The small lasers, rail cannons, cannonballs, etc., of the human beings, with their speed and powerful attack power, have caused heavy losses to those relatively weak in the Demon Dragons.

But this time, the magic of the demon dragon also made the human heart palpitate. Those powerful demon dragons can be separated by more than ten kilometers, and control the magic directly generated next to fighter jets, mechas, and other positions, which is impossible to prevent. Obviously, in the previous contact, the demon dragons kept a hand! What's more, magic is a strange energy, and it can even cause something that is "energy toxin", penetrating steel and directly invading the human body!

This is a battle of civilizations and a battle of wisdom.

On the one hand, there is the power of machinery, straight to the point! But it's so powerful that once you get hit, you basically can't be spared! Moreover, advanced technology has made it rare for the locked dragon to survive.

But the magic attacks of the other side are elusive, and the magical energy is everywhere in the world. Some powerful magic dragons can even control the magic power to explode directly against fighter jets, mechas, etc. Mysterious means such as lightning, fire, meteorites, high and low temperatures, and even direct spiritual impacts have also cost hundreds of deaths to human beings! This is the first combat attrition since mankind entered the cosmic environment! The mysterious "energy toxin" brought humans into contact with this kind of combat for the first time, and there were also many casualties.

In the magical attack, there is a strange energy attack, they ignore the defense of steel and act directly on the human body. So much so that the mecha and fighter jets with strong physical defense on the outside could not resist the erosion; While there is no damage on the outside, the warriors inside are dead!

Zhang Qiang was not anxious, so he watched quietly. Without bloodshed, there will be no growth!

If we want to survive in the universe, human beings are still far, too far behind! I remember when I left, my grandfather Zhang Jingyuan said this: In addition to the development of science and technology, the dedication of heroes, and the continuous outbreak of scientists, what is more important is this: war!

Although it is very cruel, Zhang Jingyuan believes that it is war that promotes the development of human society! This war is not only a war of bloodshed and death on the surface, but also includes all kinds of cold wars and economic wars -- these wars often cause no fewer casualties than direct wars!

And now, humanity is too smooth in the space age, which is not conducive to future growth. Therefore, saving the elves this time can be regarded as a test for mankind.

Although war is cruel, it is one of the ladders of civilization progress! In the scorching of blood and fire, human beings can be as strong as steel! (To be continued......)