[Baiyue Provincial Forest is suspected of breaking out a "wave"?! A visitor from South Gate 2 said that you are a little too urbanized.

- Goblin Observer]

[It is reported that the envoy of the planet Gaia, who is visiting the port of fries, has shown psionic qualities, and has successfully established a psychic connection with the mutant slime nest in Baiyue Province, accelerating the growth of plants in the area!]

It is unclear what this ability will do and what it will do, or whether it will be useful in other areas, but we call on the Coalition to disclose more valuable information to satisfy the curiosity of the wastelanders and address the concerns of His Majesty Salen.

According to the grapevine, since learning that the Alliance has mastered more powerful telepathic interference techniques, His Majesty has moved from his original bedroom into a house made of iron.

——"Survivor Daily, New Saifan Port Edition"

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Dawning City, the administrator's office of the Alliance Building.

Chu Guang, who was sitting at the desk, listened carefully to Heya's report on the latest research progress of the brood in Baiyue Province.

"The results of the analysis came out, and the suspected 'wave' phenomenon that occurred in Baiyue Province was due to a special pheromone released by the original strain of Naguo, which catalyzed the accelerated growth of vegetation in the forest."

At this point, Heya paused for a moment to continue.

"According to our research, this pheromone not only accelerates the growth of vegetation, but also prolongs the estrus period of the animal, which in turn accelerates the reproduction rate of local wildlife...... These clues are enough to prove that the ecological environment of Baiyue Province is completely dominated by the brood consciousness bodies active in the area. ”

Boy.

It's okay to prolong the estrus period of animals......

The expression on Chu Guang's face was a little strange, and he was suddenly a little curious about whether this would accelerate the population growth in the Baiyue Strait area.

But this kind of thing is not something that can be seen in the short term.

And unlike humans and animals, the desire to reproduce is not entirely governed by the lower body, as well as houses and cars and a whole lot of messy things.

He said with a light cough.

"So...... The 'wave' that occurred in Baiyue Province was not actually expanding the brood, but the forest affected by the 'brood'? ”

"It can be understood in this way, but the brood is also expanded, after all, the original strain of Nago is symbiotic with the flora and fauna of the area," Heya nodded and continued in a concise tone, "It is reasonable to speculate that the ecological maintenance system of South Gate II is also based on a similar principle...... It is composed of a variety of life forms that form a collective consciousness body, and completes the regulation of the ecosystem according to the autonomous consciousness of the collective consciousness. ”

That sounds like a bit of a mouthful.

To put it simply, Gaia is not just a slime mold, and the slime mold that people observe is just a projection of him in the three-dimensional world.

Chu Guang tried to understand, pressed his index finger on his eyebrows and said.

"The second one in the south gate is the full version of the function, and the one in Baiyue Province is the castrated version...... Is that what it means? ”

"This is true only from the point of view of the form of existence!"

Hea looked at him with blazing eyes and continued in a serious tone.

"The 'Tree of Insov' in South Gate 2 has no representation that can be seen in three-dimensional space at all, and even if it is destroyed countless times by neutron torpedoes, it can still completely reset the destroyed ecosystem. And the brood in Baiyue Province has a specific entity, and it is the original strain of Naguo that grows near the roots of the plant, as long as you destroy that original strain of Naguo, it can be removed from the land of Baiyue Province! ”

"But! From a practical point of view, its function has not been emasculated much, but it is not better than the ecosystem maintenance device in South Gate 2 to meet our needs! Having a physical presence means that we can control it more easily, and it is beneficial for us to communicate with it, and even to transact with it! ”

"Sounds interesting...... Chu Guang had a contemplative expression on his face, and his index finger tapped rhythmically on the desk.

After a moment, he looked at Hea and said in a half-joking tone.

"I don't even think it can be used to help us transform a few more habitable planets."

A pleasant smile appeared on Hea's face.

"I think so too."

Although Xiao Yu has similar abilities, the ecosystem formed by Xiao Yu's slime molds is too monolithic in every sense.

No matter how many variations its fruiting body varies, it is essentially just slime fungus, and cannot evolve into a forest or grassland.

And the brood in Baiyue Province is different.

It is able to break down the DNA isolation between species, thus forming a biosphere composed of multiple species.

And as a member of the biosphere, it plays a very small part of it!

Even after completing the planetary transformation, it can be removed from the ecosystem that has stabilized, or shrunk to a specific province!

Technically, it's entirely promising!

Chu Guang didn't even think that he needed to solve this problem from a technical point of view, maybe he just had a discussion with that guy.

For example, every time this guy transforms a habitable planet, a nature reserve similar to Baiyue Province will be set aside on the planet for it to stay.

Looking at Chu Guang, who was in thought, Heya couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly.

As soon as she guessed, she knew that this guy must be thinking about how to use this brood to maximize the benefits of the alliance.

But that's not her job.

After completing the report, she put away the tablet in her hand and said in a gentle tone.

“…… The above is the latest research progress of the Institute of Biology, if there are any new discoveries, I will report to you in time! ”

Chu Guang, who had finished his contemplation, looked up at her and nodded with a smile.

"Well, I'm waiting for your good news."

To be honest, the alliance has so many excellent brains, and his sense of existence as a manager is really not high, after all, someone has done everything.

Sometimes he was kind of envious of those players.

Especially the kid at Night Ten.

There are no more people in the entire server who are more legendary than this guy's experience, so much so that he wants to open a trumpet to go to the forum to plan a knife on Aite Dog.

Seeing Heya leave, Chu Guang picked up the tablet on the table, and was about to take a look at the research report on the "perforator" by the scientific expedition team, when there was a sudden knock on the door that had just been closed, and I saw the office secretary walking in from outside with a bill.

The secretary was transferred from the players' guild to the League Building's clerical work, and his name was Frost Snow.

Speaking of which, she is still the first group of residents of the Alliance, as if she is from the "Frostspear Tribe".

Of course, after living in the Alliance for so long, the outcasts who have settled down have long since lost their name.

Chu Guang remembered that after several demolitions and the absorption of new people, the exiles of the Frostspear tribe had changed the name of their village to Frostspear Town.

Among the several town-level administrative units under the jurisdiction of Dawning City, this town with a name that sounds full of martial arts can be regarded as catching up with the dividends of the development of the times and being the first to get rich.

“…… Sir, there is a bill sent by the Ministry of Finance regarding the application of state compensation by the Port of French Fries City Hall. Seeing that Chu Guang had been looking at this side with a smile, Shuangxue felt that her cheeks were getting hotter and hotter, as if she was about to float out steam.

Chu Guang didn't observe her mental activity carefully, but just remembered the previous things with affection, nodded with a smile and said.

"Put it on my desk."

"Okay." Frost Snow stiffened slightly, put the papers neatly in the corner of her desk, and then hurriedly slipped out of the office with a red face before the flaws were revealed.

Chu Guang reached out and picked up the bill transferred by the Ministry of Finance and glanced at it.

According to the assessment of the financial staff of the French Fry Port City Hall, the Coalition Biological Research Institute's larger-than-expected experimental behavior caused a direct economic loss of nearly 7 million silver coins.

Therefore, the port of French fries hopes to obtain state compensation from the Ministry of Finance.

After reviewing the amount and figures of the bill, and after confirming that there were no problems, the Ministry of Finance forwarded the application to the manager's office for signature, in accordance with the legal procedure for approving the special budget.

And this is probably the only thing Chu Guang needs to do himself today.

Chu Guang looked at the bill and application paperwork from beginning to end, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he reached for the pen in the drawer for signing.

However, the moment he opened the drawer, the whole person was stunned for a moment.

"Xiaoqi, have you seen my fountain pen? The one that is signed. ”

He used that pen to sign a lot of documents, and he planned to become a collector when he retired, but why was it gone?

"Huh?! Don't have it in the drawer? ”

Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the pen holder, was also stunned, jumped down from the pen holder and came to the drawer, and was surprised to see that the pen in the drawer had disappeared.

"Strange ......"

It remembers that it was here......

Although Chu Guang also felt a little unbelievable, after all, what he lost was not an important document, just a fountain pen.

"Maybe it's the time I stuffed it in my pocket after I signed it......"

After settling down, Chu Guang looked at Xiao Qi lying next to the drawer and said.

"Trouble the office secretariat to send another pen."

"Roger!" Xiao Qi nodded, and after calling the staff of the secretariat, he then looked at Chu Guang and asked, "Master, don't you need to talk to the people of the Guards Corps?" Although it's just a fountain pen, this is your office, and Xiaoqi feels that you still need to pay attention to it. ”

Although he felt that it was a bit of a fuss, Chu Guang thought about it and seemed to have some truth, so he nodded and said.

"Let's talk to Lu Bei."

……

Port of French Fries.

At the resort not far from the beach, the group was resting after a full meal and drink.

Little koalas became interested in the marble statues in the hotel's garden.

Especially after learning that the designer was a Willant artist, it had the idea of going to Triumph City to see it.

I've heard that there are a lot of similar artworks there.

As for Professor Sun Zewen, he was still following behind the robot that was said to have a "machine spirit" as before, his eyes burning with fanaticism, and his mouth was babbling non-stop.

The appearance of the old professor who was immortal when they first met was gone in him.

His personality is completely collapsed.

Other than that.

Due to the forest wave incident in Baiyue Province, the number of people accompanying the two envoys of the South Gate to visit the "ancestor" planet suddenly increased a lot, and it became a sightseeing group of more than 50 people.

In addition to social science researchers, a large number of researchers from the Alliance Institute of Biology have also been added.

For example, Ms. Chen.

Under her influence, Lao Bai, who was preparing for a counterattack on the LaGrand hotspot space station at the military base near the space elevator, was also pulled over, and was responsible for the safety of the scientific researchers of the Institute of Biology as an accompanying bodyguard, preventing the spies of the Enlightenment Society from making big news or something.

After all, the Baiyue Strait is not in the core control area of the alliance, and the security issue still needs to be paid attention to.

However, Lao Bai felt that it made no difference whether he had one more or one less.

After all, the "strongest perception players" of the Burning Corps were all following in the team, and it was difficult for him to imagine what kind of spies could beat the ideas of these guys.

Not to mention that this perception player has recently unlocked the only "psionic" talent on the entire server.

I'm afraid that the assassins of the Enlightenment Society will be arrested before they show up, and there is no difference between giving away people's heads.

Just when Lao Bai was dozing off, Dora, who was looking at the sky and looking at the stars, suddenly remembered the events of the day, and looked at Ye Shi with big curious eyes and asked.

"Speaking of which, that 'fertilizer'...... What is it? ”

In the course of the day, she had seen so many things she hadn't seen before that she had forgotten the most incredible and curious thing about her.

The question was a bit over-the-top, and Ye Shi scratched the back of her head for a long time, trying to say it in a way she could understand.

"To put it simply...... It's a stimulant used on plants, but I can't say the specifics. ”

Dora nodded as if she didn't understand, and then asked excitedly.

"And our tribe, the Thomas...... Will you have this ability in the future? ”

Ye Shi thought about it and said.

"It's a little hard to be honest."

The big eyes that couldn't hide things quickly wrote disappointment, and Dora whispered in frustration.

"Why?"

Night Ten made a helpless expression.

"If you want me to be honest...... Because you're so full, you probably won't have the need to invent such a thing. ”

As long as you spoil with the sacred tree, you can harvest a large basket of fruits, and if you discuss with the pterodactyl in the sky, you can know the trajectory of the migration of the beast herd and the movement of the prey.

This ability has reached the level of magic, and it can even be said that it is magic in a certain sense.

Coupled with the endless supply of biological resources on the planet Gaia, they have been living a worry-free life for an unknown number of centuries in advance.

He could imagine the migrating Qiu people starving on the way, but he couldn't imagine the hungry stomachs of those forest people.

Farming?

Chemical fertilizer?

What's that?

Didn't food fall from the sky?

From the perspective of the forester, Dora couldn't fully understand what he said, but she instinctively felt that what the "ancestor" said must be right, and her mood couldn't help but be a little depressed.

But at this time, the other ancestor next to her put his hand on her shoulder.

"Not necessarily."

Dora raised her head and saw that the sister named Han Mingyue smiled at her, and continued in a pleasant voice.

"Hunger, war, poverty, disease...... These elements do play a catalytic role in the development of civilization. Their existence forces civilization to step out of its original comfort zone and take the initiative to change the status quo. But I still have to say that it's not just these negative elements that can act as catalysts, and some positive elements can also act as catalysts. ”

Yajuchi raised his eyebrows with interest.

"For example?"

Han Mingyue said with a smile.

"Like, eating too much."

"Poof, it's okay to eat too much...... Ye Shi just wanted to give an example to refute, but after thinking about it, it seems to be the same thing.

Isn't that the case for players?

Having eaten too much, they did all the odd work all day long, which in turn drove the economic growth of the alliance.

In fact, not only the players, but also played an unexpected role in various walks of life as the wastelanders gradually got rid of the precarious life of outlaws, and lived a "too much" life in various settlements of the Alliance.

And the most typical example of this is precisely the port of fries at their feet.

The "Abu Space" founded by the former Grand Commander of Borneo.

Since its establishment, it has recruited many skilled workers who have fled from Borneo Province and engineers from the South China Sea Alliance.

Relying on the recycling and integration of the technology of the aerospace industry chain of the prosperous era, this company has emerged in the fields of plasma engines, aerospace semiconductors and control devices, and is increasingly involved in the alliance's space industry chain.

It's hard to imagine this as a start-up.

And the man who founded him was a laborer who carried boxes on the dock long ago.

"You seem to be true when you say that."

Seeing that he couldn't argue with this expert, Ye Shi turned directly one hundred and eighty degrees on the spot, looked at Dora on the side and coughed and said.

"You see, I'm not entirely right, and I have my own limitations...... Of course, she is the same, what she says does not necessarily mean that it is correct, just listen to it. ”

The half sentence added later is purely for the sake of honor.

Although he doesn't have to fight for everything like he used to be, sometimes some things that have become habits are not so easy to change.

In contrast, Dr. Han is indeed much more mature.

Looking at the forcibly honored Night Ten, she smiled and nodded to accept the steps, and then looked at Dora with an ignorant face and said.

"It's true, what I said doesn't mean it's correct, it's just some theoretical things, just for reference."

Dora glanced at the two ancestors blankly and said puzzledly.

"So what is? Right. ”

Yashi shook his head.

"There's no such thing, whether it's what I say or what she says, it's just an opinion. Just as you explain the existence of the Tree of Insov with religion, we explain its phenomena with the theory of dimensions...... We don't say that your approach is completely wrong, it's just that it lacks objectivity. As for you, this lack of objective explanation is not necessarily inferior to ours. ”

Knowledge that cannot be passed on has no meaning, as the very existence of the Domas proves it.

Sixteen crew members taught the forested tribes a theory of dimension that they might not fully understand, only to end up with the foresters still living in the trees more than a hundred years later.

On the contrary, Dr. Qiu Shiye did not impart too much difficult knowledge to his "spiritual descendants", but only taught them some simple and practical techniques such as drilling wood for fire, metallurgical forging, lime burning, and slash-and-burn farming.

With the help of these practical techniques, those Qiu people instead used their own creativity, lived in a stone house first, and even figured out the "lizard stirrups" that the ancestors did not teach them, and trained the primitive tribal version of the shock cavalry.

If it weren't for the fact that the area where they lived had been confined to the forbidden forest by conservative thinking, the spiritualists in the forest would have been wiped out by this group of materialists who were the first to be armed.

Looking at Dora, who seemed to understand or not, Han Mingyue nodded with a smile, and then continued with what Ye Shi had not finished.

"That's it, you don't have to be too anxious. At the height of civilization, you have enough time to gradually understand everything that you do not understand, and those who should understand will always understand. ”

"And as a person of the present, it is enough for you to live your life in the present and prepare for the future that you can see."

"As for the further afield, that's not something you should be thinking about right now."

(End of chapter)