Chapter 222 New Town Construction Plan

While the elves were busy dealing with the aftermath, we were discussing how to solve the construction problem of the new city.

The current size and coverage area of ​​the Tree of Life have seriously exceeded the standard, and it is impossible for us to build a city along its outer area. Because the larger the radius of a circle, the faster its area increases. Therefore, although the current coverage radius of the Tree of Life seems to have only expanded more than three times, if we still build the city according to the previous method, the final area of ​​the city will be But it's not just as simple as tripling.

Faced with such a big tree of life, we must find some way to solve it.

In Essinger's conference room, we turned on the three-dimensional imaging and played the overall structure of the Tree of Life and the three-dimensional topographic map of the nearby area while discussing the construction of the city.

Hongyue was the first to ask: "The first thing we need to decide now is whether the city's area needs to be expanded, right?"

Su Mei said: "The bigger the city is, the more competitive it is, but the increase in area and the increase in competitiveness are not directly proportional. If my estimate is good, this comparison may be a positive curve. , so we need to know whether the current urban area is suitable for continued expansion before we can draw a conclusion."

"I think we have to consider the issue of money first, right?" Jin Coin said: "The original scale of the city is already very large. If we continue to expand the scale, will our guild's funds be enough? I seem to remember our guild's funds. The proportions are planned in advance. If there is such a large amount of investment suddenly, won't our other projects be affected? Besides, our working capital may not be enough, right?"

Rose shook her head and said: "The funds are sufficient, but the problem is still the same as Su Mei said. Do we need to expand the city? Sometimes bigger doesn't necessarily mean better!"

"It's no use guessing like this." I looked up and asked, "Military God, I seem to remember Rose's economic model, do you know it too?"

The voice of the God of War sounded above our heads: "I have recorded the relevant data. Do you need me to do anything?"

"Help me do some calculations. If the city expands, what is the optimal city area? Is it already exceeded?"

The military god's answer was quick. "There is a serious lack of relevant data and I am unable to make an accurate judgment."

"All the deficient parts are calculated using fuzzy calculations. We only need a rough range and don't need to be so precise."

Military God paused for a while this time, and then said: "The current coverage radius of the Tree of Life is 32.8 kilometers. According to my comparative analysis of the data I have obtained, the optimal urban area in South America should be within 3 Less than 1,000 square kilometers, which means that even if the urban space is no longer expanded, the current area has seriously exceeded the reasonable range."

"In this case, what needs to be solved is not the problem of city funds, but the problem of city area." Rose said: "The coverage of the Tree of Life seriously exceeds the expected range. Now we have only two options. One is Just build a city on the Tree of Life. Like those medium-sized elven cities in China, build the entire city on the Tree of Life. The advantage of this is that it is more elf-style. The city will look relatively simple, but for now Look, everyone may still prefer a more dreamy elf city. However, if you need to build a more dreamy elf city, it is absolutely impossible to just keep it as it is now. But if you expand the city, it will exceed the scope of urban rationalization. Overly large cities It will increase our burden, and the benefits will not increase the number of kills, so it is not cost-effective.”

"What about the second option you mentioned?"

"The second option is a little more troublesome." Rose said: "I have communicated with Persephone before coming back. The area of ​​the Tree of Life is not actually fixed. As a special plant, the Tree of Life can actually It is self-regulating to a certain extent. To put it simply, the Tree of Life can actively shrink its coverage area and free up space for us to build cities."

"This method sounds pretty good. But since you put it second, that means this method is flawed, right?"

Rose heard my question and admitted directly: "Indeed, there is a very serious problem here, that is, the tree of life can indeed change its shape according to our requirements, but this process will not be like an animal changing its body posture. Rapidly. With the ability of the Tree of Life, to adjust itself to the size and filling we need, this process may take as long as three to four months. And until its adjustment is complete, we will not be able to start building a city."

"Three to four months? How much money will be backlogged?" Although Hongyue is not in charge of the economy, she was in charge of a guild before she became the vice president of our guild, so she is talking about such a simple funding issue. She could still see it.

"The backlog of funds is secondary." Rose said: "You all know that the Tree of Life is not a simple production unit. Although it can produce many kinds of valuable resources, it is in a static state. Once the Tree of Life enters an active state. Its consumption even exceeds that of most animals, and considering her size, its consumption will be staggering. And I have already learned about it from the elves. The recipe of the Tree of Life is very simple, except for natural sunlight, moonlight and Apart from free energy, the only thing that can be absorbed is the essence of life."

"Essence of life? That thing is priceless!" Eagle exclaimed.

Rose shrugged helplessly, and then said: "The Tree of Life will eat this, and I have no other choice."

I folded my hands under my chin to support my head. Then he frowned and thought, and waited until Rose finished saying this before speaking: "I think this second option can be abandoned directly. There are too many disadvantages, and even expanding the city to create a sub-optimal city is far better than this. "

After listening to my words, Rose herself said: "So I think this method is not as good as the first method."

"But building a city directly on the Tree of Life, isn't it too monotonous?" Hongyue said: "You should have played in the elf cities in China, right? That style of simply replacing the entire city with a tree In fact, I only thought it was pretty good the first time I saw it, but over time it became quite monotonous. I don’t think it’s appropriate.”

"Do we have people in our guild who are engaged in urban planning and landscape design?" I suddenly asked.

The military god quickly replied: "There are such people, and there are also special departments responsible for this. Do you need me to call the directors of the two departments?"

I thought about it and nodded: "Inform them to come."

The two responsible persons came quickly and appeared in the office in less than three minutes. The two people in charge happened to be a man and a woman, and one was a player and the other was an NPC. The management of our guild are not all players. There are also capable people among the NPCs, and there are quite a few of them.

The man is an NPC, mainly responsible for city planning. This department is not very suitable for players, mainly because this position requires relatively high professional knowledge. It doesn’t mean that you can do it well if you are interested. Moreover, due to some special environments or rule settings in the game, there will be more things that need to be paid attention to than in reality. At the same time, some issues that need to be paid attention to in reality have become irrelevant in the game. Because of these differences, even real-life urban planners still cannot directly carry out urban planning in the game. On the contrary, the NPCs living in the game must have a much better understanding of the world they live in than the players. So the cities they set up are often much better than the players.

The other woman is a player in the guild, and she is a non-combat professional. Her specialty is landscape design. According to Military God, she is an animation art designer in reality, which means that landscape design is actually the same as her major, or at least a similar profession.

"President, why did you call us here?" The female player asked first. As a player, she is more casual than an NPC. After all, to the players, the president is just like the King of Kids. His status is definitely higher than that of the members, but it is hard to say how strong the binding force is on the members. After all, if you are in a hurry, you will only lose an account. Although I will be very reluctant to part with it, if I am really impatient, I will give it up. Therefore, players don’t really care about the guild’s senior management. For example, because our guild is relatively strong, it has high cohesion. Members respect the president and the guild senior management very much, but in other guilds, they have great respect. Especially for those weak guilds, members actually don't care about the president. There are many small guilds that have very high membership mobility. For those who change guilds every few days, it would be a shame to respect their president.

Compared with players, the situation of NPCs is different. NPCs cannot leave the game. For them, the game world is reality and everything. Therefore, for NPCs, the president of their own guild is actually similar to the emperor in ancient times, even more exaggerated. After all, the emperor is also restricted by a group of ministers and the rules of each center. On the contrary, the president of the player guild is restricted by But much less. Therefore, for NPCs, the president is a more terrifying existence than the emperor, and must be treated with absolute caution.

"You two come over and sit down first." I asked them to sit in the two temporarily added seats. Then he said to the God of War: "Introduce the current situation to them."

The God of War quickly explained to the two people the problems we are encountering in South America, as well as the situation of the Tree of Life and the two plans Rose mentioned before. After the God of War finished speaking, I said to them: "The second of the two plans mentioned by Rose has been rejected by us. Now we have basically decided to adopt the first plan, which is based on the Tree of Life. Build a city. But we don’t want the city to just have a simple big tree standing there, it’s too monotonous. We need a gorgeous, dreamy, and of course natural elf city. Our city will be a tourist city. It's a hub, it's a symbol, so we can't let it look bare. Do you understand what I mean?"

After I finished speaking, both of them nodded, and then the female player asked me to give them some time, and then she left the conference hall with the NPC. After they left, we had to discuss some other things first, and the two designers didn't come back until more than an hour later.

"President, we have already thought of a solution." It was still the female player who spoke.

"Tell me."

The female player immediately asked: "Can we ask the God of War to cooperate with us? I know he can simulate three-dimensional images."

I nodded and agreed to ask the God of War to help. Then the other party turned around and shouted out the door, and then I saw several NPCs walking in with a bunch of blueprints. The female player, the NPC planner next to her, and the group of NPCs who came in later worked together for a long time before having all the drawings scanned by the God of War. After finishing this, she returned to the table and coughed twice before officially starting the introduction.

"God of War."

Following her words, the current appearance of the Tree of Life was immediately projected again above the conference table in the center of the conference hall, and the three-dimensional image was still slowly rotating.

After this image appeared, she immediately said: "This is the current situation of the Tree of Life. It does look a bit monotonous, and the scattered root systems on the ground are not suitable for the establishment of urban ground facilities. This is very bad. .”

"Then what are you going to do?"

The female player snapped her fingers, and the three-dimensional projection immediately moved laterally, apparently exiting a place outside the Tree of Life and highlighting a long bright line. She pointed at the picture and said: "The highlighted picture you see now is a river. I heard that because of this river, the president even thought of ways to solve this problem."

I nodded and said, "Yes, this river is prone to flooding during the rainy season. If we are not careful, our city construction site will turn into a vast ocean. So we thought of a way to guide the river water underground, so that we don't have to worry about flooding. . You must have had the idea of ​​crossing this river, right?"

What I didn't expect was that the female player actually said: "Yes, I just like this river. Our current city is completely covered by the Tree of Life. If we want to adjust it again, the amount of work will be huge. .So I thought of the river."

"Then your consciousness is...?"

"Use large-scale spells to sink the entire area where the Tree of Life is located, seal the previously excavated underground aqueduct, raise the terrain around the Tree of Life, and reorganize the river channel at the turning point of the river, forcing the river to change its course and flow in. Within our city limits.”

"Damn it, then our city won't be like a vast ocean?"

"What we want is a vast ocean. Since we can't make large-scale improvements to the ground, why not just build a city on the water?"

"Water city?" Those of us present were all stunned when we heard this term. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)