From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 154 ‘Tree embryo’ and the frontier construction site about to ‘meet’

As mentioned before, Nesta and Coarse Tooth are now using the giant tree to conduct research related to the developmental environment, and the tree has already grown related results - egg-shaped objects.

Among these egg-shaped objects, two are actually real eggs, produced by small and medium-sized poultry in the tribe;

The remaining 7 are all the result of the egg formation of moose and wolf embryos.

This is a controlled experiment used to observe the effects of changes in energy content in the incubation environment;

Nesta combined eggs, embryos, and plant fruits, and then used intracellular fluid extracted from cave wolves that was full of energy substances to incubate test subjects, thereby obtaining a series of observational results.

And today, just as Nesta's rough teeth were either happy or worried, he was conducting ultrasonic observation on the nine 'eggs', an egg on the side shattered with a snap, and the wet and fluffy 'chicken' inside seemed to be...

'Falled' down.

The two witch doctors seemed to have been prepared. There happened to be a soft carrier underneath the 'fruit';

And because the vines at this time had almost reached the surface, the little 'chicken' did not fall to death, but instead flapped its little wings and looked full of vitality.

It has almost all the elements of a normal chicken, and is even much larger than its ordinary compatriots when they are born.

Nesta bent down and picked it up in his hands, carefully observing its physical characteristics;

The conclusion drawn is that this is just a bigger 'chicken', and there is actually no essential difference between it and its domesticated ancestors in the tribe.

"It's not considered a failure. This thing doesn't have much potential to begin with. If it can grow so much, it's already a positive reaction." Nesta said to Coarse Tooth.

"Well, it mainly depends on the changes in the moose and wolf embryos. Judging from the current situation, the results should be good, but the conditions seem to be a bit harsh."

On the contrary, the two embryos with the smallest 'gestational age' at the time of connection, which could almost be said to have been transferred into the 'fruit' not long after becoming fertilized eggs, are now the ones most likely to achieve a benign outcome.

Group.

As a result, while the embryo grows slowly, the biological essence is approaching the direction of a higher-order individual within the group.

Since there were two mixer trucks that were always working next to where the captain and the rest of the team members were, the sound was actually noisier than where Aisa was in front.

"Forehead"

Azshara's reason is quite reasonable. As the tribe's most advanced combat and research force, she does have a lot of concerns about being pregnant;

But Nesta's reason was a little difficult for Cou Ya to understand. After some thinking, he came up with a vague guess and confirmed,

However, from the perspective of magical observation, the changes they produced in the high-energy environment were the least significant among the many control groups;

This change first had a considerable impact on the frontline construction sites, and the supply of various construction machinery suddenly increased a lot;

Moreover, with the large-scale supply of semi-finished ‘wood, stone and concrete’, the speed of roadbed construction is also advancing by leaps and bounds as if on steroids;

These production units that can be added immediately, combined with the current situation that there is no longer a need to consider the physical strength of the 'Power Post' trolls, are likely to push the 'industrial' production capacity of each sub-base upwards by a large margin.

When connected, the two No. 2 eggs in the middle of the 'gestational age' are simply 'dying' at this time, and it seems that they may not survive the moment of 'breaking the eggs' and will die.

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While the work in the cave base is in full swing, the No. 2 sub-base located in the nearest east is actually no less generous.

Coupled with the application of lubricating oil, its impact on the ears is actually not very serious.

Because the tribe's engineering vehicles all use 'troll power', unlike the Earth in Nesta's previous life, the biggest source of noise for these engineering vehicles is just the various gears in the power box meshing and the bearings rotating.

sound;

No matter what time period the egg-laying embryo undergoes tree union, the embryo itself can grow without damage; while the viviparous embryo can only be transferred when the early fertilized egg and the mid-late period when the fetal shape is basically mature;

If the gestational age is in the middle of the two, there is a possibility of fetal death.

"That's true. However, if the speculation you mentioned is true, then it is possible that the offspring between you and Azshara will be different from ordinary people at birth? I guess it is also possible for Jianya and me.

, but it shouldn’t be as stable as you and Azshara, right. Why haven’t you guys made any movement for so long? Is it because after advancing, it will affect pregnancy?”

Nesta estimates that the difference between oviparous and viviparous babies is caused by differences in fetal development patterns.

The method of establishing the track in this way was obtained by the witch doctors after repeated verification in the first few hundred meters of road section.

It is unknown whether it was due to the influence of the dilute intracellular fluid provided by the giant tree, but from the moment it began to develop, it embarked on a different path from natural growth;

Although in terms of nutrition, respiration, etc., they also face the same situation as middle-aged eggs;

However, because the environment in which they grew up was changed from the beginning, they actively developed adaptability and actively made choices during development.

On the other side, due to the continuous construction of hydraulic factories, the factories originally built in the city are also moving out of the city little by little like ants;

It was originally expected that it would take 2-3 months to finally connect the track line from the cave base to the second base. After one and a half months, it was not far away from a successful 'reunion'.

Although the witch doctors have tried their best to simulate the structure of the placenta in the 'fruit' and turned it into a place for material exchange between the fetus and the tree;

However, this kind of ‘placenta’, which can even be said to be crudely made, does not seem to be able to completely simulate all the functions of the native placenta;

In addition, the nutrients provided by giant trees are also significantly different from those of the mother. Therefore, they cannot actually fully support the normal development of the fetus, which leads to insufficient vitality of middle-aged embryos.

The so-called ‘three months later’ is actually just an estimate based on the gestation time under natural conditions;

And if a more accurate calculation is made based on the embryo's own formation status, then the egg breaking time will most likely have to be delayed for a long time.

"It seems like a construction site? But we should be on the front line. Wait, could it be the vanguard of Base 2?"

It is precisely because of this that the two witch doctors did not show any emotions such as "surprise", "disappointment", "joy", etc. when one of the shells broke out.

"Moose eggs are born ten days later, one month later, and three months later. The error after ten days should not be big, but there may be some stunting;"

The initial fertilized egg is somewhat special...

Therefore, the captain and vice-captain here could not hear the sound described by Isa at all.

It is worth mentioning that this kind of induction, which is suspected of being a magic crystal, has actually been vaguely and uncertainly observed in the Wolf 2 embryo;

Although it was not as obvious as Wolf Three, it still made Nesta suspicious and felt that this guy might also be able to advance, so he had previously said that he should let it grow as much as possible.

After the vice-captain arrived next to Isa, he listened carefully and heard something different as expected;

In addition to supervising the project, the captain is also responsible for security vigilance, so he said this to the deputy captain.

Although Azshara's 'ovulation cycle' has indeed been lengthened accordingly, correspondingly, her 'ovulation cycle' has also increased at the same time.

The cutting-edge construction site that the perspective is currently focused on happens to be the one that Aisa's production team is responsible for.

Even the small conclusion of 'getting bigger' is quite reluctantly defined.

Nesta laughed, not wanting to continue discussing this issue.

At the beginning, Nesta wanted to use it as a research target, but it had already been removed from the initial "key observation" target due to reasons such as "potential" and "repeatability";

Therefore, logging trucks have basically withdrawn from the front line of track construction and have begun the mission of opening up agricultural land near cities.

Therefore, now there is a 'fruit' corresponding to the big animal on the tree, and its contribution to the research is considered dispensable.

From the observations of the current limited observation group alone, the conclusions that can be drawn are:

At the forefront of the construction site at the cave base, there are two concrete mixer trucks roaring at this time; the hunched drum behind them is filled with tons of finished concrete, ready to be filled into the foundation at any time.

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And the track laying, which has been hindered by the roadbed, has naturally accelerated its progress because there is no delay from the former.

From nine to twelve, to fifteen.

As a result, more and more 'samples' are being transferred to 'trees' one after another. The witch doctors headed by Nesta want to find out a way for future troll body experiments as much as possible.

Safe and secure roads.

Because of the renewal of driving force, a large number of trolls who were originally engaged in "power jobs" were liberated from boring jobs;

For example, Moose No. 3, its inner and outer appearance can already tell the direction of the sub-leader of the moose population;

As for the Wolf 3 embryo, although there was no significant change in appearance, a 'shadow' appeared in the brain during ultrasound detection. Its location happened to be the area where the magic crystal was generated, and it was obviously moving in the direction of the Warcraft Wolf.

development.

Since he was not in the form of a half-tree troll at the moment, Coarse Tooth's speaking rhythm was quite normal;

He handed the 'observation record' in his hand to Nesta, then took the chicken and held it in front of his eyes. He also started observing and started further exploration.

"It's hard to say that if there is no essential change in 'energy', then the next generation will have to be what it is without a corresponding nurturing environment; in terms of 'meat production', I guess we can't count on it.

Unless. Unless we can really produce a 'World of Warcraft Chicken' in the future, it will be possible to increase production."

So at that time, the cave base gathered most of the production team and carried out a collective logging operation, clearing out a large area of ​​treeless areas at once.

In this regard, Nesta is indeed unable to make an accurate judgment now.

"I agree, what about the wolf embryo? No. 2 feels a little reluctant, and may not be able to hold on. Do we still need to take it out?"

When he said the last sentence, his rough teeth had changed color slightly.

Nesta's voice sounded again at this time, and he concluded,

"Let me see, the second egg is expected to burst through the shell within three days. Keeping the original hard egg is indeed a stupid choice;"

At this time, Aisa was operating the engineering vehicle to the farthest end of the construction site, preparing to further extend the excavation work;

Some of his teammates were working in the tunnel, and some were repeatedly stepping on the pedals on the car to prevent the concrete from solidifying in the drum, so that the inside of the drum behind them was always in motion.

"Well, let me tell you. It is estimated that another egg will be born soon. At least judging from the current observations, it should look similar to this little guy." Nesta looked at the record book in his hand.

He responded smoothly with rough teeth.

He conveyed his intention to the captain who was always paying attention to this side, and after getting his permission, he quickly ran over there.

This is probably the general situation of the "tree transfer research". Although it still takes some time to verify all the results, the possibility of the future seems to have ushered in the dawn.

Even because Aisa had stopped driving the excavation arm at this time, the sound was even clearer than before.

But at least after hearing this conclusion, Ruya's expression somewhat recovered, and then he turned to ask,

"Then why does Azshara never look pregnant?"

"Captain!" He stopped controlling the machine, turned around and shouted to the back.

The foundation is about 1 meter deep. After the rough shape is dug out with an excavator, the corners will be repaired by hand and then smoothed with concrete. Then steel and wood strips will be used inside to build a three-dimensional grid structure;

Because no matter what, this question ultimately points to 'travel' and the 'influence of previous life concepts';

It can be said that this is his biggest secret in this world

"Okay, keep working and let other things take their course. Maybe one day I will figure it out."

Therefore, Nesta and Coarse Tooth, as well as Azshara and other witch doctors who occasionally came to help, spent the next period of time transforming the giant tree itself as much as possible;

With their joint efforts, the vines used for 'embryo union' are growing slowly but resolutely.

If it was really the reason he guessed, it would not be good news for the tribe.

Even for the research they were currently conducting, Couya began to feel strong resistance because of his own speculation.

The tribal population, which is already not very abundant, cannot suffer more blows in pursuit of "a small number of elite units" - this is the "population" concept that Couya holds at this time.

"It's not that there may be an impact, but it shouldn't be that thorough. As for the more specific situation, we have to look at our current research to confirm it."

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Except for the 'chicken eggs', among the remaining seven eggs, there are three groups of wolf embryos and three groups of moose embryos;

When connecting to the giant tree, they were marked according to the three 'gestational age stages' of 'fertilized egg', 'early fetal stage' and 'mid-fetal period' according to their initial states.

Finally, the concrete mixer truck will pour fluid concrete into the grid to completely fill the entire tunnel;

"This error may be a bit large. The things inside don't look like ordinary moose anymore. The rough-toothed witch doctor. Let's take out Moose No. 2 before he dies. No. 3 should be able to bring us some surprises."

"

Seeing this, Ruya didn't continue to ask any more questions, and also focused on the matter at hand.

"Haha." Coarse Ya laughed for a while because of half of what Nesta said, then shook his head and continued,

"You have been different from us since you were a child. You used to look for your mother. Now you can have feelings for the non-existent 'child' inexplicably. I really can't figure it out."

"Are you still thinking about 'family'? Do you want to raise your own children?"

In the record book, the observation records at each stage are recorded in detail, and the approximate time of their "shell breaking" is even estimated.

Among them, the two columns of chicken eggs clearly read "Not much change." This is a conclusion that has been reached long before today;

"Oh, it's quite hesitant. Emotionally speaking, I want to take care of myself, but at the same time, I have more worries, so I have to pull it out at the last moment every time. Why should I tell you this? Work, work!

"

As for the 'chicken' eggs, no matter when Nesta combined them with the giant tree at that stage, the embryos inside did not face any 'survival' dilemma.

But when it comes to viviparous moose and wolves, the situation is different.

Because in the middle of the project, there was feedback from the base that it was better to carry out the logging operations in a unified manner.

"The bone density is normal, the muscle density is normal, and there is still no change in the brain area. It really just got bigger."

Then, the vice-captain gestured in the direction of the captain behind him from a distance;

After that, due to the trouble of transferring parts, even the assembly plants that did not have a very urgent need for power were relocated.

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"Always keep an eye on Wolf 2. As long as it doesn't really die, just keep it. It feels a little different from Moose 2."

During this period of experiments, there were obvious differences between oviparous and viviparous animals.

Especially those basic parts factories that require strong and stable power and require continuous production. With the active intervention of the witch doctors, the entire relocation has been completed in just one month.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, he decided to tell the truth.

Nesta said: "We just don't want children for the time being. Whether it's fighting or research, the impact of Azshara's pregnancy is too great; in addition, I haven't thought about what to do after giving birth.

"

Having said that, he lowered his head and carefully read the records.

Nesta didn't want to talk about this somewhat private issue, but then he thought about it. Considering the status that he and Azshara currently occupy, it's hard to say that this is 'privacy'.

This means that the eggs conceived by Azshara can remain active in the abdominal cavity for a longer period of time;

So over time, it’s hard to say whether fertility has increased or decreased.

"How about you go and take a look? What on earth did that guy hear?"

"Let's take a look at the results of breeding first. Wouldn't it be great if we could pass on this large body size to the next generation? At least we will produce more meat." Coarse Ya nodded, and then he was not sure.

said.

After weathering, these concretes will cooperate with the internal steel and wood strips to form a dense foundation layer, and the sleepers and tracks are laid on this foundation layer.

However, the conclusion that they will give birth in three months is full of uncertainty.

The solemn look on the vice-captain's face disappeared in an instant, and turned to reveal a little excitement and expectation.

Together with the "engineers", they started preparing for the construction of a new factory.

Due to the scarcity of observation targets, this thing is currently impossible to study.

But if we only look at the results of him and Azshara, at least it is certain that fertility should not be completely lost.

"I seem to hear something special... a sound!"

Among these orderly and special sounds, Aisa's sensitive hearing was not too seriously disturbed, so he could vaguely hear sounds further ahead, which seemed to be almost the same as those of the construction site behind him.

Aisa drove the engineering vehicle a certain distance and then left the driving position, moved to the operating post on the side, and began to activate the excavation arm in front.

At the construction frontier, which is more than 320 kilometers away from the underground cave base and more than 170 kilometers away from the No. 2 sub-base, the leading production teams of the two bases are busy with their respective work in the assigned road sections.

During the union, the two 'eggs' with the largest 'gestational age' successfully survived and were even about to be born.

He told Aisa, "Wait a moment, I'll go over and take a look."

"What's wrong?"

Although the construction process will be quite tedious and time-consuming, the subsequent maintenance is relatively easier, and it will not require major rework every once in a while.

Specifically, oviparous seeds have all the materials within their original eggs that are sufficient to support the development and maturity of the embryo;

The viviparous species should have been connected to the mother by the umbilical cord and placenta. After the tree transfer, the connection with the mother was lost.

"As for the one in one month, it is already dying and may not be able to survive until birth; what about the one in three months?"

The vice-captain's expression became a little more solemn. He nodded steadily, jumped out of the foundation tunnel in a few steps, and ran towards the far end where Aisa was.

The thick tooth started with an ultrasonic detection technique, and almost looked at the whole body of the 'chicken', and then he said,

At the forefront of the construction site, a construction team was also working intensively at this time.

This team is also a mixed team. Its captain and vice-captain are all from the headquarters, while the remaining eight are outsiders.

The captain's name is Quinates. Before the adaptation, she was actually the hunting captain of the original hunting team;

Due to some special reasons, Quinates was not 'promoted'. Instead, all of her team members from her former hunter days basically became captains and vice-captains of their respective teams due to the reorganization of the production team.

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I don’t know if it’s because of coincidence, or because of the ‘evil’ taste of the witch doctors;

On the construction site at the forefront of the cave base, the captain and vice-captain of the team that Aisa was in were, by coincidence, the team members under Quinatez Zengjin’s command.

It’s time to hit the mark again~~~ I’m really afraid that one day I won’t be able to publish the article before 12 o’clock. If Quan Qin can’t get it, I will really cry~~~

Give me some monthly passes~~~

(End of chapter)