On the opposite side of the secondary plane tower, the high-seat meeting space of the Ikaruga League. Twenty-six long-backed chairs are arranged equidistantly around the ring table.

All the surviving World Trees on the Lost Land gathered together. If someone has a Leica in his hand and sends a photo to take a souvenir, it will be a legendary-level picture in later generations.

However, the World Tree gathered was not for the sake of reminiscing about the past, but for the next Lost Land Transformation Plan, and the details of the process were a bit of a dispute with various filings. The point of conflict lies in the insistence of his new friend, Gaius.

The dependents of the World Tree, to put it bluntly, are used to attack other places in place of immobile plants. With the defensive strength of the World Tree itself, as long as it is not suppressed by other World Trees, it is almost impossible to attack it. But as long as it is suppressed, the dependents will be the last line of defense of the World Tree.

Historically, powerful empires were able to burn the World Tree because their collections contained relics left behind by other World Trees, so it was possible to confront them.

In the process of defensive warfare, the main force must be the World Tree, and the dependents are only used for miscellaneous purposes. Only when the battle extends beyond the realm of the World Tree is the time for the dependents to play.

After a long period of cooperation, the World Tree chose the elves as their dependents, because the elves are quite good in all aspects of their physical qualities, as well as their magical perception ability, and their intelligence is also good. The comprehensive evaluation can also be ranked in the forefront of all Homo sapiens races, and even the excellent race that ranks first, only after the big waves dig out the sand, it has become a symbiotic and coexisting relationship with the World Tree.

But Gaius, who had been brutally treated by the elves, was unwilling to trust the group anymore. Not only did he summon demons in secret, but he also killed all the elves who came to his realm and belonged to the kingdom of Berzinsh. It is really difficult for the two sides to come to this point, and imagine that the other world trees are reconciled like the elven kingdom. Lin certainly didn't intend to persuade him to do so.

The original race of dependents chosen by Gaius, the demons, of course, could not be accepted by the trees. Regardless of the question of camp or good and evil, does the devil know what it means to cooperate obediently? And how do you make sure that the elves and demons don't fight themselves first when they cooperate?

Gaius didn't hold out. Or even if he wanted to persevere, now that the demons had been killed, there was nowhere to hold on. So He made a decision that puzzled all the World Trees, that He would not shelter or take in any of the Clans. This is equivalent to giving up the only attack ability of the World Tree, and after being suppressed by the other tree powers, Gaius will be defenseless and slaughtered.

Such a decision, when Lin negotiated with Gaius alone, did not express an opinion, but only respected the other party's ideas. But when it came to the High Seat Conference, the other World Trees were all opposed.

The main force of opposition is, of course, McKinin, who loves to be a contrarian. He said, "Know that we have a covenant to protect one another. When either side is attacked, you send troops to help. But because you don't have any troops in your hands, it means that you are protected by us, and you don't have to pay any price. Isn't this the attitude that equal collaborators should have? ”

Although what McKinen said seemed a bit calculated, it was true. Twenty-five World Trees, the forces are strong and weak, and it is inevitable that the strong will pay more and the weak will pay less. But if you are like Gaius, you don't have to pay anything and sit back and enjoy it. In the long run, it is easy to bury the beginning of a dispute, which is not a good thing.

However, for a matter of this magnitude, Lin and Gaius had already discussed it. The World Tree, which incarnates the image of the rickety old man, spoke: "Gentlemen, although I cannot provide troops. But I can provide anything other than troops. Do you think this price is enough? ”

"Something other than troops." McKinen asked suspiciously, "Anything?" ”

"Want to advance to the base? Okay, get it yourself. Anyway, don't put the disgusting stuff like the elves in front of me, everything else is easy to discuss. Gaius made no secret of his likes and dislikes. It seems that this benevolent brother was indeed disgusted by the elves in the past.

At this time, Lin also helped the new partner and said, "I know that Your Majesty will hope that every participant in the plan can play the same value. But there is no fairness in this world. If you unify the standards of labor, military strength or other projects, will it become too easy for the strong and impossible for the weak? If the strong pay more and the weak pay less, how can this mean that you are on an equal footing? If all the kings pay less, then do you still want to do things? Or just pack up everyone's things and go back to wash and sleep. You save trouble, save me trouble. ”

Someone's words are not light or serious. Although the World Tree is a plant, it is not that they do not understand people's hearts and do not understand the truth, but sometimes they ignore it. Lin brings it up here, which certainly causes them to think.

That's not the end of it, of course. Lin continued: "Besides, do you hope that when anyone has the strength to spare, they should contribute their strength unreservedly? ”

"What's wrong with that, human?" A World Tree asked puzzled.

"What's wrong is that when this person who has spare power is yourself, you are willing to easily devote all your efforts to the transformation plan of the delicacy? It's also about giving up completely what you've done, or what you're doing. Being so forced by other beings of equal status as yourself, can you be willing? ”

"Human, you have a lot of ideas. What are your thoughts on this? A World Tree asked.

"Is the so-called contribution only a hard criterion for the number of troops supported? I guess not. There are a lot of things to do in our plan. It is even more wrong to pay attention to these things if you ignore them easily. So if you want me to say that you really care about this kind of thing, then make a mathematical model. According to the type of all contributions, the parameters are given, and they are given upper and lower bounds, and finally the expectation value of a thing is completed. ”

Using a whiteboard pen, Lin presented several simple economic models with annotations. With this level of something, Lin didn't even have the desire to explain. Rather, it's about the considerations for building a model, and how to use it. Eventually, he said:

"This matter, I think with the ability of your majesty, should be easy. In particular, I believe that there will be no one who has more say in the quantification of each task than the people involved in the actual operation. And with this model, I believe you can make the most appropriate choice by calculating how each contribution will change our goals. ”

"What's the best option, human?" Another tree asked.

"Quite simply, what is the best expectation that can be obtained under the premise of respecting the wishes of your majesty. Perhaps this is still a short distance from the best you can expect if you do your best. But this gap is not acceptable to you. If it's not acceptable, how do you adjust it? Or do you have to sacrifice your own will, put all your energy into the plan, and have to complete everything in the shortest possible time? ”

"Human, have you ever thought that the reason why we are so urgent is that we hope to complete all the plans in your limited life. The lifespan of a human being is too short. Especially now that you are not a young generation among human beings. When it will be ordained, I don't think the gods can tell. ”

Facing the straightforward words of the World Tree, Lin Wei had a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, not knowing how to answer. In the end, he could only say embarrassedly: "There is no one in this world, everyone is still running." The Lost Land Renovation Project, to be honest, has been perfected to this day, and I don't think I'm as important as it was at the beginning. And the real trouble part is in the early preparation; The later waiting is just waiting for the moment when it will come to fruition. So without me, as long as the foundation laid in front of you is strong enough, Your Majesty can accomplish all this on your own. Unless you don't plan to continue playing, give up on your own. ”

Regardless of whether the previous remarks about someone's longevity were contrived or sincere, the World Trees had no intention of continuing the topic. Instead, they began to discuss and derive what a human magician called a mathematical model, and Lin was of course involved.

With the computing power of more than 20 world trees, the model was quickly established. It's just that whether it's right or not, someone doesn't dare to make an assertion.

However, the mathematical model that has been constructed shows that the World Trees in the lower stages of the world are in a state of resource imbalance. And the World Tree with the highest strength is more than abundant.

This illustrates the phenomenon that the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker. Because while the strong man has made a lot of contributions, he also has the power to do other things; And the weak not only have to dig out their family and capital, but even have to transfuse blood to catch up with the contribution of the strong.

At this time, such as Gaius's approach, simply being a logistics staff and providing the necessary resources and assistance is precisely a good way to help those World Trees who are in the lower echelons of strength. Allow them to get more useful results, or to focus resources where they need them most. As for those who are strong, like the two ancient ones, of course, they don't need Gaius's assistance.

And for Gaius, he did not contribute any less than those who sent troops around to fight and kill.

The main reason is that the four elven kingdoms have been solved, and for the World Tree, there is no longer a target worthy of their initiative. The next battle will only be a battle for the defense of a certain World Tree, in order to deal with attacks from the human kingdom or other Homo sapiens races.

Since the war will not necessarily be fought, the goods or services that Gaius can provide are fixed. The opportunity cost between the two, as long as you are not too drilly, you can figure it out.

So the World Tree agreed to Gaius's arrangement for him. The elven disgust incident came to an end.