"The mature dragon in need of service" - the black dragon Bornhard, I am really moved by it.

Germ cells are not precious!

These male giant dragons don't live with their wives every day, and they have to pay public food every day! Especially the adult dragons and young dragons, most of them don't have wives yet!

No matter what, they will throw their reproductive cells on dragon beasts, magic lizards, and various female and even male creatures in the territory. For the common interests of the dragon clan, it is not a problem to contribute a little to the mage tower!

And they are black dragons. If they are gold dragons, silver dragons, brass dragons, etc., it may require a lot of persuasion and cajoling, as well as exchange of interests. Black dragons? How can such a thing happen to a black dragon?

Either hand it over obediently, or I'll beat you until you hand it over!

The key is that he really needs this research. He is nearly a thousand years old and will soon enter old age. He has not gotten his wife or any female dragon pregnant for three hundred years...

Even among the female creatures around him, such as cloud giants, lizardmen, ogres, and dragon beasts, he has not gotten any of the genus or other female creatures pregnant for at least fifty years.

This makes the black dragon Bornhard a little nervous. Am I going to die? Am I too old? Am I—can’t have any more children?

No!

Although I have lived for more than nine hundred years, lived with three female dragons, and laid five clutches of eggs, so far, only seven of my children have survived to adulthood!

I want more kids!

More whelps!

More children means a stronger family, which means that they can seize more territory and have more resources!

Big discounts during the experiment! As long as thirty germ cells are provided as experimental materials and meet the requirements, Master Nordmark will personally help with assisted reproduction!

The only problem is...

"This... mature dragons are harder to find... Can we use young and adult dragons instead?"

Grete brushed, brushed, brushed, and kept writing experimental ideas in the draft. When he heard this request, his pen tip paused, he put the pen holder against his chin, and remained silent for a long time:

"...Let's do this. First, ten young dragons and ten adult dragons will line up at the mage tower and call in according to my requirements. The mature dragons...can find as many as they can. If not, they will

Just come in person..."

After making such a concession, Gretel quickly obtained a sufficient amount of dragon essence, and got the answer he expected:

As age increases, even for dragons, sperm motility decreases!

If it drops to a certain level, it is very likely that it will not be possible to fertilize the female dragon’s eggs!

"What should we do?"

The black dragon Bornhard stared hard, stared hard, stared hard, until his eyes were sore, and he could not see through the two pieces of glass of the microscope to understand what "decreased sperm motility" meant.

Don’t those little dots, tiny dots, and translucent dots all look the same?

Who said his sperm motility has dropped?

Use your mental power to perceive the power of life...perceive...perceive...there is no difference in perceiving it!

"Ah, there is still a way." Grete smiled calmly:

"We select the sperm with stronger vitality and then send it in to combine with the egg. We have mature magic to send it in and promote the combination, and we have achieved success with other dragons before..."

"Then, how to choose?"

"This still requires research and experimentation..."

"Hurry up then!"

Needless to say, I also hope it can be done soon. Gretel smiled and pushed the black dragon Bornhard out, turned around and hung up the research topic in the mage tower:

Project goal: Separation of viable sperm.

Topic content: From a tube of semen, separate healthy, complete, energetic sperm that can move forward quickly in a straight line, and move them individually into a complete container.

Project evaluation criteria:

1. Transfer speed: The selection and transfer of all viable sperm should be completed within 30 minutes after the semen is liquefied.

2. Transfer safety: The transferred sperm should still have normal motility after transfer, and should not cause significant damage to the sperm.

3. Transfer accuracy: The transferred sperm contains the total number of B-level sperm (moving forward slowly or sluggishly), C-level sperm (non-forward movement, moving in place) and D-level sperm (immobile).

shall not be greater than 10%;

After the transfer is completed, after the remaining semen, the proportion of viable sperm shall not exceed 20%;

4. Experimental cost...

Detailed description of the subject...

Note:

1. The ultimate goal of this project is to provide assisted reproduction services for high-level dragons. Therefore, researchers need to consider the corrosiveness of dragon semen;

2. Considering the preciousness of dragon semen, it is recommended that researchers replace it with germ cells of other races in the early stages;

3. This topic can be studied competitively, allowing multiple schools of thought and multiple groups to take...

The request that Master Nordmark put forward in person was, of course, immediately taken seriously by all magicians.

Almost as soon as the subject was posted, "ding dong", "ding dong", "dip - do - beep - do", various prompt sounds rang in the ears of the magicians.

:

There is a subject!

There are important issues!

Go grab it!

Go grab it!

Go grab it!

The magician who was giving the lecture put down his courseware and rushed out like a whirlwind;

The magicians who were listening to the class below followed suit and rushed to their respective terminals;

The magicians who were conducting experiments were clanging and clattering. They closed the lid if they could, extinguished the source of the fire if they could, and stopped the power if they could stop it. One by one, they quickly put down their work and went to the information center.

run.

As for those who are just halfway through the experiment and halfway through the reaction, and really can't stop, they can only look at the backs of their colleagues sadly, and then comfort themselves:

“With so many people going, they may not be able to grab it!”

"If the experiment is stopped once, at least their losses will be ready!"

"The most important thing is to do the job well! Ten birds in the forest are worth less than one in the hand!"

"What happened to little Gretel?"

The Lord of Thunder also heard three consecutive "ding-ding-ding" sounds - coming from Archmage Philby's study.

After the sound sounded, his disciple stopped reporting and quickly started to pull the magic crystal panel. Then, his face became very strange. Red followed by white, red followed by white, and finally, he slapped the panel out with a "pop"

.

"Uh...it's okay, it's just that he posted a new research topic..."

Philby tried her best to answer calmly. The Lord of Thunder became curious, so he pulled the magic crystal panel and scratched it:

"..."

I always feel that the idea of ​​​​this topic is somewhat, how should I put it, what is the meaning?

Especially the sentence "replace with germ cells of other races"...

The Lord of Thunder also crossed out the magic crystal panel without making a sound. Just as the writing on the screen went out, another smiling face came over from the other side of the desk:

"What exactly is the subject?"

"It's a subject that has nothing to do with us..." The Lord of Thunder calmly turned off the magic crystal panel and moved it back to his disciples:

"Norrell, and Philby, let's continue to discuss the accelerator's plan to deal with extraordinary seeds..."

Well, theoretically, sperm, eggs, or fertilized eggs are also a type of "seed". I wonder if that little guy Grete has thought of using an accelerator to process "seeds"...

Gretel's research topic has indeed caused a sensation in the Mage Tower. No school has been designated to take over the topic and conduct competitive research, which means that those who demand this topic are not sure which technical route can be adopted;

Then, everyone will...

Work hard!

"I think we can give this project a try!" The head of the school of thought in the Department of Change was immediately blocked in the office by three colleagues:

"Isn't it just a matter of selecting a specific material from a pile of mixed materials? We are good at it! Our alchemy branch is best at purifying impurities!"

"Although what needs to be purified this time are biologically active cells... it is not difficult! We have similar experience, just transplant them and use them!"

The Change Department devoted themselves to Gretel's project with great enthusiasm, and even divided into three groups with three different ideas. At the same time, Archmage Morton from the Conjuration Department also rushed forward with full enthusiasm:

"This magic is very helpful to the naked eye in the treatment work of the medical branch! With it, we can help many patients with fertility difficulties to have children!

——We must win this project! In the past, magic arrays were used to refine penicillin, streptomycin, and various drugs. Adjusting the magic array is the strength of the conjuration system!"

The magicians of the protection and control systems were relatively indifferent to this project. The necromancers pounced on it desperately:
To be continued...