Chapter 1021 Tree Elf Salesman

In fact, busy daily life is also very interesting. This idea came to me after I followed Lilina and personally guided...well, I got involved in the work of tree elves building their homes for a few days.

The tree elves need a new home. After we solved all the problems of the sleepers, this issue was placed in front of everyone. They have a population of 2.6 billion and have their own independent cultural system. They are another country whose name is not even known. They are weakly divine creatures created by the goddess of life. The combination of these characteristics means that we must at least give these elves an independent planet as their new home.

Now they are temporarily living on their home planet. However, the home planet lacks the facilities and resources needed for the survival of carbon-based colonists. Gaia has activated three super huge ecological domes, but they can only meet the needs of the tree elves for a short period of time. Moreover, the active psionic environment of the home star is also a potentially fatal threat to ordinary races at any time, so they need to move as soon as possible.

The tree elves are the last dependents of the old empire. They completed the last mission entrusted to their people by the old empire, and also brought vital intelligence to the new empire. All this made Sandora and I have a deep love for these pointed ears. The elves have special feelings - or to put it bluntly, favorability, so we have arranged additional preferential treatment for this race: preparing a planet for them in the shadow space.

The current shadow space has expanded to an incredible size. According to Bubble, it is now approximately the size of a galaxy - this refers to its full border size. In fact, the edge of the shadow space gradually transitions into a lawless zone. The last one is connected to the void, so about a quarter of its space is unusable, but even if it is equivalent to three-quarters of the Milky Way, this is an exaggerated size. It’s hard to imagine that in the beginning, its prototype was just a projection of K city into a different space. Now that the expansion of shadow space has temporarily stopped, and is not expected to start expanding again for a long time, its current size is what Bubble considers to be the optimal size. If it is too small, it will waste the bandwidth of the shadow space control network, and if it is too large, it will lead to a decrease in stability.

Such a vast space. The places we can use are still limited. Many military facilities, even giant facilities like the Planet Fortress Manufacturing Factory, only cover an area the size of a star system. Ninety-nine point or several nine percent of the area in the shadow space is In the waiting area, Shandora has planned to gradually fill these gaps with colonial stars and military fortresses in the next few thousand years, and now the tree elves have become the first batch of non-Xiling residents in the shadow space. We are far away from our motherland. Star Gaia creates a small star system at a distance of about one hundred astronomical units. The sun of this star system was picked up by Little Bubble when he went out to play last time...

Uh, I'm right, that girl picked it up. You know, Little Bubble likes shiny things. Last time she led Ji Shanshan and a group of royal guards out for a walk, and it turned out that they looked at it from a very appropriate angle. Seeing a very shining star, Her Royal Highness ordered the thing to be picked off on the spot. Qian Qian was also accompanying her when she went out for a walk - I don't need to explain it later. It's not weird what happened to an ignorant little girl and a big girl without thinking. After confirming that there is no life around the star, Afterwards, the Royal Guard actually dragged this thing to the shadow space. But after dragging it back, Little Bubble lost interest in it: Her Royal Highness wanted a bright ball the size of an egg, not this nuclear reactor with a radius of 780,000 kilometers. She didn't expect that the toy she was interested in would be so big when she got closer.

This somewhat innocuous star has been sitting idle in the shadow space for several months, serving as a testing ground for Misaka's detectors. Now it is finally put to use. It has been repaired and the aging equipment has been reset. The element core, after removing the reaction waste, replenished enough hydrogen and helium that are beneficial to the health of the star, lost a little weight, and then dressed up to act as the sun of the tree elf.

There are currently only three planets in the new star system. The innermost one is a resource-rich mineral planet. We found it in a desolate sky area and dragged it back to the tree elves as a source of industrial materials for future development. The second planet is located in the habitable zone of the new star system. This is the new home of the tree elves. This planet is slightly larger than the earth - it has a surface environment that is almost the same as that of the green star. Its predecessor was a retired planet battleship. , formerly known as "Dawn of War", this planetary battleship was hit by Shepherd's suicide spacecraft during the Battle of the Great Nebula, and its shield generator and armor layer were destroyed. It has not been completely repaired to this day. Due to the early "Zero" level planet The original efficiency of battleship technology is low, and Tavel has obtained many crucial new technologies from the Warsong. This type of decommissioned planetary battleship has basically been eliminated. Sandora has been thinking about how to re-deploy these war relics. It was a headache to use it, but now we finally solved the use of one of them: making a home for the tree elves. This starship that has experienced many battles has been re-covered with a thick crust, and the rivers, lakes, seas and atmospheric system have been reset. As long as the basic atmospheric balance is stabilized, immigration can begin. Now it has a new name: Oasis (yes, it was the name of the small world in the heart of Green Star Land). This name was unanimously agreed upon by the tree elf navigators, who hoped to commemorate their hometown in this way.

Located at the outermost edge of the new star system is the ancient starship that has completed its historical mission: Green Star.

The green star is now no longer suitable for life. Its core is highly cooled, its mantle structure is completely destroyed, and it lacks sufficient power for geological changes. More importantly, the layer of green gel crystals covering its surface has deteriorated. It has been for tens of thousands of years. Exposure to harsh environments, and possibly even resistance to the void, caused the gel shell to become a restricted area for life. The cost of clearing the shell and transforming the Green Star was enough to create three colonial stars of the same specifications. After growing up with the tree elves, After discussions among the researchers, Sandora and I decided to give up the reconstruction of the Green Star, and instead placed it at the outermost edge of the new star system and preserved it as a monument that witnessed history.

As for the oasis star that was originally located in the center of the earth, it has now been moved outside by space technology. It looks ugly now, and can no longer see the lush and magical beauty it once was. After the mother tree was peeled off from it, what was left were countless huge ravines and deep holes that penetrated the entire planet. Only carbides accumulated by plants for thousands of years and some very ancient monitoring equipment can be found in the cave: these equipment have even been forgotten by people. After one profound and complex ancient device after another broke down, the tree elf navigators completely gave up on repairs. These things are gone. Now this planet, which is smaller than the moon, is still the moon of the tree elves. It was placed in the orbit of the new "oasis" and orbited its home star in twenty-two days.

On the Oasis - a term that would henceforth refer exclusively to the new home of the tree elves. It’s the ecological planet that was transformed from a star battleship—Lilina and I and several tree elf navigators personally participated in the launch ceremony of the transformation project, including the patriarch who was the representative of the tree elves and the former captain of the Green Star. , the eldest elder among the tree elves. When the first atmospheric control tower was lowered to the surface from a low-level orbit by the carrier, and began to rumble, the patriarch sighed softly.

"Finally our stop. Thank you for your generosity."

I smiled: "Your contribution to the empire will be remembered forever, you deserve it."

In fact, I almost said this just now: No need to be polite, we are all on our own - I didn’t say this because Lilina pinched my little finger in time. This girl has been with him for a long time, and now she knows exactly who she is around her.

"Actually, the tree elves didn't have a close relationship with the empire when they set sail," Lilina looked up at the patriarch, "I remember that not long after you were rescued by the imperial army, something happened to the empire. I didn't expect you. The loyalty is so high.”

"The tree elves are a race that values ​​commitment," the patriarch thought for a moment and then added. "Of course, what's more important is that we can't find where the brakes are..." This means that their mission of tens of thousands of years is entirely due to their inability to stop.

I suddenly felt that this old lady was too real - is it appropriate for you to say this in front of me?

A weird master like Lilina couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Taking this opportunity, the patriarch began to pull the elders around him to look at the towering atmospheric control tower on the great plain in the distance. It was one of the most important buildings in their new home. . The elder of the tree elves was too old when I saw him in the Green Star control room. The old man was already a little unclear, and he seemed to be a little more rickety today. The former starship captain was still wearing his fleet uniform that he would never change, and looked at the patriarch's instructions with confusion. Looking at the tower, he suddenly shouted: "You said we have arrived at the station?"

His voice was so loud, but the patriarch was used to it and answered with the same loud voice: "Yes, the mission is completed, this is the new home of the tree elves..."

"We want to live on the surface?" the old man shouted with a louder voice, "Oh, okay, go find my log and let the boys prepare some air chambers. Maybe the atmosphere will leak again..."

The patriarch spread his hands to me helplessly: "He was confused again and thought Green Star was on his way."

I looked around and saw that all the Green Star navigators were old. The old lady like the patriarch was actually the youngest among the navigators. They were working for a long time during the journey and were in the dormant cabin. It has been too long outside. When Green Star set sail, most of the navigators were in their prime, and now, their captain is so old that he can’t even remember his own name - but he still remembers his ship. Long log. I think that maybe the problems of these old people should be solved before the tree elves move into their new homes. They deserve to be compensated for their arrogant ten thousand years of hardship, and I should be able to compensate them for everything they want: youth, life, and health. It doesn't seem to be a difficult thing to regain one's physical strength, or even live a new life with a newborn body. At most, Dingdang will be able to exploit his own loopholes again...

However, when I mentioned this, the patriarch and several navigators shook their heads at the same time.

"That's enough for this life," a white-haired old man smiled cheerfully. "The tree elves can live for more than 100,000 years - this is calculated according to the new empire's counting method. The mother tree given by God gave We have a very long lifespan. Compared to other races with short lifespans, most tree elves squander these years very extravagantly. But I think at least we old guys live a more meaningful life than other tree elves. It seems very important for us to complete something. It’s a great mission, and I won’t have any nostalgia for it in this life. The ancestors of the tree elves left behind a saying: The soul of a traveler will eventually get tired. Now we just want to take a rest, and we have no other requirements.”

I think we should respect their choice, so I won’t force it, but I will promise it. As long as the navigators have any requirements, the empire will try their best to satisfy them.

When Lilina and Lilin left the new oasis, she mentioned some of her plans.

"The new oasis planet will still take some time to build. The tree elves will not all immigrate to their new home in a short time. Now they are temporarily shunted to other worlds. Our macro world is developing very fast. In many worlds, the 'Space-Time Administration' even It is an overt organization that can actually affect the world structure - although it has not been made public. Many of the tree elves that have been diverted now live in the macro world, arranged by local prosecutors or special commissioners. Some tree elves live in the name of the local administration. Among the various bases under the control, some were taken in by nearby families, and I discovered some very interesting characteristics of this race."

Seeing my cooperative expression of curiosity, Lilina smiled proudly.

"They are really born travelers - or, in other words, diplomats. The tree elves are very adaptable to this kind of cross-world transfer. Even some younger tree elves who have been dormant for a long time in the past tens of thousands of years are still interested in this. They are very interested in the life of living in a different world. They can adapt to the customs and culture of the new world in a very short time, and master the local etiquette without any teacher. The tree elves who are arranged to live with the local residents are even more impressive. I was surprised. Originally, I was worried that they would affect the daily lives of the families responsible for hosting them, but the feedback came back that they had reached an agreement with everyone: these gentle elves were born to be goodwill ambassadors!”

To be honest, I didn't know much about these details before. I know that Gaia was responsible for temporarily settling these elves at the beginning, but they were later transferred to the Immigration Management Department. The Immigration Management Department is linked to the Time and Space Administration. Now it seems that the military capital of Shadow City is indeed not suitable for arranging a population of 2.6 billion, so these tree elves were sent to various parts of the macro world to temporarily settle down. This was originally an emergency move. But it seems... the elves are very adaptable?

"Of course there are exceptions," Lilina added, "the navigators, the staff who stayed awake for a long time during the voyage, and the last batch of tree elves civilians who entered the hibernation cabin, they have already responded to any form of We are tired of traveling. These tree elves account for about 10% of their entire family, which is two to three hundred million people. These people want to have a stable home. In this way, we will first arrange for the two to three hundred million people. As the population increases, the eco-domes in the early stage of the New Oasis Star can accommodate so many people, so our workload will be reduced invisibly."

"Then what?" I instinctively felt that Lilina had other plans. She was used to finishing the small things first, and then the main event came later.

"Then? Then we have 2.4 billion salesmen left," Lilina shrugged. "Boss, haven't you noticed? Your empire has a colonial bureau, a local colonial governor, and a fleet, but it only lacks the ability to carry out various tasks. There are liaison officers running between colonies and special envoys in contact with the lower world. This is not normal! The censors in each world are equivalent to the role of colonial governors. What they should do is fixed days every quarter. Come to the Shadow City to report on your work, instead of coming in person to report on trivial matters every now and then. Imperial soldiers from the Space-Time Administration should not be running around outside all day long. Many members in the Macro World live in remote and desolate small places. When they communicate, they need to send people from the headquarters - if your empire is compared to a country on the earth, then the current situation is that if the pigs in any small mountain village do not give birth, the capital will have to send someone at the department level. Don’t you think something is wrong when a cadre goes down to offer condolences?”

I thought for a while and shook my head: "I really didn't realize that before..."

"Of course, the most important reason is that the imperial soldiers are really no longer suitable to serve as envoys," Lilina said with a defeated expression on your face, "Now when the capital world and the border world are basically sending out to communicate, Imperial soldiers, I’m not saying that those big-headed soldiers are not smart, it’s just that...it’s probably only your big-headed soldiers who can load their guns and wait for the president to sign the contract..."

Me: "..." Damn it, this seems to be true!

"Be close to the people, be close to the people," Lilina said with a look of sorrow on her face, "When Macro World was first established, it was an organization oriented to the lower-level civilizations, but in the end, you hired a group of imperial soldiers as couriers. In which community did you see the people who collected water and electricity bills were the People's Liberation Army? uncle?"

I was finally defeated by Lilina's endless wonderful metaphors, and raised my hands in surrender: "In other words, you plan to let the tree elves join the Space-Time Administration and act as... what is that called?"

Lilina looked at it solemnly: "Liaison officer, you see, those tree elves are stable and kind-hearted, patient, responsible, and friendly. This makes them suitable for liaison with ordinary civilizations. And they themselves are vassal races of the empire, and Ai The Xerath Salvation Army or the Eden Federal Government Army can also be regarded as your cronies, and then they can be absorbed by the whole clan into goddess believers. Now the Life Goddess Religion is the state religion promoted by you and Sister Sandora in the macro world. ', you also know the situation, basically believing in the person in your pocket is equivalent to believing in you... I mean, research has found that goddess believers are more likely to arouse the favor of the residents of the macro world. To sum up, tree elves may They are the most common liaison officers in the macro world from now on. They can replace your imperial soldiers to run errands in various worlds. You can save a large group of troops, and by the way, the Space and Time Administration does not need to answer complaint calls every day..."

Is it necessary for this girl to attack my weakness in the last sentence? The imperial soldiers were confused about who to provoke whom. Well, there seemed to be quite a few "who" they usually provoke... (To be continued)