[A "wave" is suspected to have erupted in the forests of Baiyue Province?! An alien visitor from Nanmen Er said - you guys are suspected of being too urbanized.
——"Goblin Observer"]
[It is reported that the special envoy from the planet Gaia who is visiting the Port of Fries has shown psychic qualities and successfully established a spiritual connection with the mutant slime mold mother nest in the Baiyue Province, accelerating the growth of plants in the area!
It is currently unclear the specific effect and scope of this ability, and whether it can be used in other fields. We call on the Alliance to disclose more valuable information to satisfy the curiosity of the wastelanders and address the concerns of His Majesty Saren.
According to rumors, since learning that the Alliance has mastered more powerful mind interference technology, His Majesty has moved from his original bedroom into a house made of iron.
——"Survivor Daily·New Sailing Port Edition"
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Dawn City, the administrator's office of the Alliance Building.
Chu Guang, who was sitting at his desk, listened carefully to Heya's report on the latest research progress on the Baiyue Province's Mother Nest.
"The results of the analysis came out. 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."
When speaking of this, Heya paused for a moment and continued.
"According to our research, this pheromone not only accelerates the growth of vegetation, but also prolongs the estrus period of animals, thereby accelerating the reproduction rate of local wild animals... These clues are enough to prove that the ecology of Baiyue Province is
The environment is completely dominated by the brood consciousness active in the area."
Good guy.
It’s okay to extend the animal’s estrus period…
The expression on Chu Guang's face was a little strange, and he was suddenly curious whether this would accelerate the population growth in the Baiyue Strait area.
However, this kind of thing cannot be seen in the short term.
And unlike animals, the desire to reproduce is not entirely dominated by the lower body, but also by houses, cars, and a lot of messy things.
He coughed slightly and said.
"So... the 'wave' that happened in Baiyue Province actually expanded not the Mother Nest, but the forests affected by the 'Mother Nest'?"
"It can be understood that way, but the mother nest has also expanded. After all, the original strain of Naguo has a symbiotic relationship with the animals and plants in the area." Heya nodded and continued in a concise tone, "It is reasonable to speculate that Nanmen II
The ecological maintenance system is also based on a similar principle...A variety of life forms together constitute a collective consciousness, and the regulation of the ecosystem is completed based on the autonomous consciousness of the collective consciousness."
This sounds a bit awkward.
To put it simply, Gaia is not just a slime mold. The slime mold that people observe is just its projection in the three-dimensional world.
Chu Guang tried to understand it, pressed his index finger between his eyebrows and said.
"The one in Nanmen 2 is the fully functional version, and the one in Baiyue Province is the castrated version...is this what you mean?"
"This is indeed true from the perspective of existence form!"
Heya looked at him with sharp eyes and continued in a serious tone.
"The 'Insofu Tree' in Nanmen 2 has no representational entity that can be seen in three-dimensional space. Even if it is destroyed countless times by neutron torpedoes, it can still completely reset the destroyed ecosystem. And the mother in Baiyue Province
The nest has a specific entity, and it is the original strain of Naguo that grows near the roots of the plant. As long as the original strain of Naguo is eliminated, it can be removed from the land of Baiyue Province!"
"But! From a practical point of view, its function has not been emasculated much. On the contrary, it may not be more suitable for our needs than the ecosystem maintenance device of Nanmen 2! The existence of entities means that we can more easily
It can control it and help us communicate with it and even trade with it!"
"It does sound interesting..." A thoughtful expression appeared on Chu Guang's face, and his index finger tapped rhythmically on the desk.
After a while, he looked at Heya and said in a half-joking tone.
"I even think that it might be used to help us transform a few more habitable planets."
A happy smile appeared on Heya's face.
"I think so too."
Although Xiaoyu also has similar abilities, the ecosystem formed by Xiaoyu's slime mold is too monolithic in every sense of the word.
No matter how many variations its fruiting bodies have, they are essentially just slime molds and cannot evolve into forests or grasslands.
The mother nest of Baiyue Province is different.
It can break through the DNA isolation between species, thereby forming a biosphere composed of multiple species.
As a member of the entire biosphere, it only plays a very small part!
Even after completing the planetary transformation, you can also remove it from the stable ecosystem or shrink it to a specific province!
From a technical point of view, it is completely possible!
Chu Guang even thought that maybe there was no need to solve this problem from a technical point of view, and maybe just discuss it with the guy.
For example, every time this guy transforms a habitable planet, a nature reserve similar to Baiyue Province will be designated on the planet for it to stay.
Looking at Chu Guang who was lost in thought, Heya couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly.
She knew at a glance that this guy must be thinking about how to use this brood to maximize the interests of the alliance.
But these things are not her job.
After finishing 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 meditation, looked up at her, smiled and nodded.
"Well, I'm waiting for your good news."
To be honest, there are so many excellent brains in the league, and his presence as a manager is really not high. After all, there are people doing everything.
Sometimes he is quite envious of those players.
Especially that boy Ye Shi.
There are few people in the entire server whose experience is more legendary than this guy's, so much so that he even wants to open a small account and go to the forum to plan and slash his reputation.
Watching Heya leave, Chu Guang picked up the tablet on the table and was about to take a look at the research report on the "puncher" from the scientific expedition team. Suddenly there was another knock on the door that had just been closed, and he saw the office secretary.
Walked in from outside with a bill.
The secretary was transferred from the players' merchant guild to a clerical job in the Alliance Building, and her name was Shuangxue.
Speaking of which, she is one of the first residents of the alliance, and seems to be from the "Frostspear Tribe".
Of course, after living in the Alliance for such a long time, the refugees who have settled down no longer use that ridiculous name.
Chu Guang remembered that after several demolitions and the absorption of new tribesmen, the refugees of the Frostspear tribe had renamed their village Frostspear Town.
Among the several town-level administrative units under the jurisdiction of Shuguang City, this town with a name that sounds rich in martial arts can be regarded as the first to catch up with the dividends of the development of the times and become rich.
"...Sir, the Ministry of Finance has sent a bill, which is about the national compensation applied by the Potato Port City Hall." Seeing Chu Guang looking here with a smile, Shuangxue felt that her cheeks were getting hotter and hotter.
, as if steam is about to float out.
Chu Guang didn't observe her mental activities carefully, he just remembered the past events with emotion, nodded with a smile and said.
"Put it on my desk."
"Okay." Shuangxue replied slightly stiffly, nodded and neatly placed the document in the corner of the desk, and then hurriedly slipped out of the office with a red face before the flaw was exposed.
Chu Guang reached out and picked up the bill transferred from the Ministry of Finance and took a look at it.
According to the assessment by the financial staff of the Port of Chips City Hall, the unexpected experimental behavior of the Alliance Biological Research Institute caused a direct economic loss of nearly 7 million silver coins.
Therefore, Fries Port hopes to receive state compensation from the Ministry of Finance.
People from the Ministry of Finance reviewed the amount and figures of the bill, and after confirming that there were no problems, they transferred the relevant application to the administrator's office for signature in accordance with the legal procedures for special budget approval.
And this is probably the only thing Chu Guang needs to do personally today.
Chu Guang read the bill and application documents from beginning to end. After confirming that there were no problems, he reached for the pen used for signing in the drawer.
However, the moment he opened the drawer, he was stunned for a moment.
"Xiao Qi, have you seen my pen? The one used for signing."
He signed a lot of documents with that pen, and he planned to keep it as a collection ornament after he retired, but why did it disappear?
"Eh?! Isn't it in the drawer?"
Xiao Qi, who was sitting on the pen holder, was also stunned. She jumped down from the pen holder and went to the drawer. She was surprised to see that the pen in the drawer had disappeared.
"Strange……"
It clearly remembers being here...
Although Chu Guang also found it a bit strange, after all, what was lost was not an important document, just a pen.
"Maybe it was that time I signed and stuffed it in my pocket..."
After calming down, Chu Guang looked at Xiao Qi lying next to the drawer and said.
"Can someone from the office secretariat please send me another pen?"
"Received!" Xiao Qi nodded, and after calling the staff of the Secretariat, she then looked at Chu Guang and asked, "Master, don't you need to talk to the people in the Guards Corps? Even though it's just a pen,
But this is your office, Xiaoqi thinks you still have to pay attention to it."
Although he felt that it was a bit of a fuss, Chu Guang thought about it and it seemed to make some sense, so he nodded and said.
"Let's talk to Lu Bei."
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French fries port.
At a resort hotel not far from the beach, a group of people were resting after having a good meal.
The little koala became interested in the marble statues in the hotel garden.
Especially after learning that the designer was a Valantian artist, it even had the idea of wanting to visit the Triumph City.
I heard there are many similar works of art there.
As for Professor Sun Zewen, he was still following this robot that was said to have a "machine soul" as before, his eyes burning with enthusiasm and his mouth talking non-stop.
The fairy-like old professor's appearance when they first met has disappeared from him.
His personality has completely collapsed.
in addition.
Due to the forest wave incident in Baiyue Province, the number of people accompanying the two envoys from Nanmen to visit the "Ancestor" planet suddenly increased significantly, becoming a tour group of more than 50 people.
In addition to social science researchers, there are also a large number of researchers from the Alliance Institute of Biology.
For example, Ms. Chen.
Under her influence, Lao Bai, who was preparing to counterattack the Lagrange hotspot space station at the military base near the space elevator, was also pulled over. As an accompanying bodyguard, he was responsible for the safety of the scientific researchers of the Biological Research Institute to prevent the spies of the Enlightenment Society from making big news.
What.
After all, the Baiyue Strait is not within the alliance's core control area, so security issues still need to be paid attention to.
However, Lao Bai feels that it doesn't make any difference if he has more or less of him.
After all, the Burning Corps' "strongest perception players" were following the team, and it was hard for him to imagine what kind of spies could defeat these guys.
Not to mention that this perception player recently unlocked the only "psionic" talent in the entire server.
I'm afraid the assassins of the Enlightenment Society were caught before they even showed up, which is no different from giving away their heads.
Just when Lao Bai was dozing off, Dora, who was looking at the sky and watching the stars, suddenly remembered what happened during the day, looked at Ye Shi with big curious eyes and asked.
"Speaking of which, what exactly is that 'fertilizer'?"
During this day, she saw so many things she had never seen before that she forgot the thing that made her most incredible and curious.
This question was a bit out of line. Ye Shi scratched the back of her head for a long time and tried to say it in a way she could understand.
"To put it simply... it's a stimulant used on plants. I can't tell you the specifics."
Dora nodded in understanding, and then asked excitedly.
"Then our tribe, the Doma people... will they also have this ability in the future?"
Ye Shi thought for a while and said.
"It's a little hard to be honest."
Those big eyes that couldn't hide anything were quickly filled with disappointment, and Dora whispered in a disappointed voice.
"Why?"
Ye Shi made a helpless expression.
"To be honest...because you are too full, you probably won't have the need to invent such a thing."
As long as you coquettishly interact with the sacred tree, you can harvest a large basket of fruits. If you consult with the pterosaurs in the sky, you can know the migration trajectory of the herds and the movements of their prey.
This ability has reached the category of magic, and can even be said to be magic in a certain sense.
Coupled with the inexhaustible biological resources of the Gaia planet, they have lived a life of food and clothing for countless centuries in advance.
He could imagine the migrating Qiu people starving on the road, but he could not imagine the hungry forest people.
Farming?
fertilizer?
What it is?
Doesn't food fall from the sky?
From the perspective of a forest person, Dora could not fully understand what he said, but she instinctively felt that the "ancestor" was definitely right, and she couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
But at this time, another ancestor next to her put his hand on her shoulder.
"Not necessarily."
Dora raised her head and saw the sister named Han Mingyue smiling at her and continued in a pleasant voice.
"Hunger, war, poverty, disease...these factors do play a catalyst role in the development of civilization. Their existence forces civilization to step out of its original comfort zone and actively change the status quo. But I still have to say, these are not the only ones.
Only negative factors can serve as catalysts, and some positive factors can also serve as catalysts."
Ye Shi raised his eyebrows with interest.
"for example?"
Han Mingyue said with a smile.
"For example, eating too much."
"Pfft, it's okay to be too full..." Ye Shi was about to give an example to refute, but then he thought about it and it seemed to be the same thing.
Isn’t this the case for players?
Because they were so full, they did strange things all day long, which actually promoted the economic growth of the alliance.
In fact, it's not just players. As the Wastelanders gradually got rid of their precarious life of escape and lived a "too full" life in various settlements in the alliance, they also performed unexpectedly in all walks of life and fields.
function.
The most typical example of this happened to be right at their feet in French Fries Port.
The "Abu Aerospace" founded by the former commander-in-chief of Borneo.
Since its establishment, it has recruited many skilled workers who fled from Borneo Province and engineers from the South Sea Alliance.
Relying on the recycling and integration of Prosperity Era's aerospace industry chain technology, this company has already emerged in the fields of plasma engines, aerospace semiconductors and control devices, and is increasingly participating in the alliance's space industry chain.
It's hard to imagine this is a start-up.
The man who founded it was just a laborer moving boxes on the dock a long time ago.
"When you say that, it seems true."
Seeing that this expert could not argue, Ye Shi turned 180 degrees on the spot, looked at Dora aside, coughed and said.
"Look, actually I'm not completely right, and I have my own limitations... Of course, the same goes for her, and what she says doesn't mean it's necessarily correct. Just listen to it."
The last half of the sentence added is purely for respect.
Although he is no longer as competitive as he was back then, sometimes some things that have become a habit are not so easy to change.
In comparison, Dr. Han is indeed much more mature.
Looking at Ye Shi who was trying to hold his respect, she nodded with a smile and accepted the step, then looked at Dora who looked confused and said.
"This is indeed the truth. What I said does not mean it is correct. It is just some theoretical things and is for reference only."
Dora glanced at the two ancestors blankly and said in confusion.
"Then what is? Correct."
Ye Shi shook his head.
"There is no such thing, whether it is what I said or what she said, it is just an opinion. Just like you use religion to explain the existence of the Tree of Insof, we use the theory of dimensions to explain its phenomenon...
We are not saying that your method is completely wrong, but that it lacks objectivity. And for you, this lack of objective explanation may not be inferior to our explanation."
Knowledge that cannot be passed down has no meaning. The very existence of the Doma people has proved this.
The sixteen crew members taught the tribes in the forest the dimensional theory that they may not fully understand. The end result was that the forest people were 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 to make fire, metallurgical forging, burning lime, and slash-and-burn farming.
With the help of these practical technologies, those Qiu people used their creativity and lived in stone houses first. They even figured out the "lizard stirrups" that their ancestors had not taught them by analogy, and trained the primitive tribe's version of
Shock Cavalry.
If the area where they live had not been restricted to the Forbidden Forest by conservative ideas, the spiritualists in the forest would have been wiped out by this group of materialists who took the lead in arming themselves.
Looking at Dora who seemed to understand, Han Mingyue smiled and nodded, and then continued what Ye Shi left unfinished.
"That's it, you don't have to be too impatient. From the height of civilization, you have enough time to gradually understand all the things that you didn't understand originally. You will always understand what you should understand."
"As a current person, you only need to live a good life now and make the best preparations for the foreseeable future."
"As for things further away, that's not something you should consider right now."