On the opposite side of the sub-plane tower, in the meeting space of the Turtledove Alliance. Twenty-six long chairs were arranged at equal distances around the circular table.
All the World Trees that were still alive in the maze were present. If someone had a Leica and sent a picture to keep as a souvenir, it would be a legendary scene in the future.
However, the gathering of the World Trees was not to reminisce about the past, but to discuss the transformation plan of the maze. There was a dispute over the details of the process. The point of conflict was the persistence of their new friend, Gaius.
To put it bluntly, the dependents of the World Trees were used to replace immobile plants to attack other places. With the defensive strength of the World Trees in their own domain, as long as they were not suppressed by other World Trees, it was almost impossible to attack. However, as long as they were suppressed, the dependents would be the last line of defense of the World Trees.
The powerful empires in history were able to burn down the World Trees because their collections contained the holy artifacts left behind by other World Trees. Only then could they resist.
In the process of defense, the main force would definitely be the World Trees, and the dependents would only be used for miscellaneous tasks. Only when the battle extended beyond the domain of the World Trees would it be time for the dependents to shine.
After a long period of cooperation, the World Trees had chosen the elves as their dependents because the elves had excellent physical qualities in all aspects, as well as excellent magic perception, and high intelligence. Their comprehensive evaluation was also at the top of all the Homo Sapiens races, and they were even the best race. Only after a lot of effort did they form a symbiotic relationship with the World Trees.
However, Gaius, who had been cruelly treated by the elves, was unwilling to trust this race anymore. Not only did he secretly summon demons, but he also killed all the elves who belonged to the Belzinsh Kingdom who came to his domain. It was indeed difficult to imagine that the other World Trees would reconcile with the Elven Kingdom at this point. Of course, Lin did not intend to persuade him to do so.
The dependents that Gaius had chosen — the demons — would naturally not be accepted by the other trees. Regardless of whether they were good or evil, did the demons know what it meant to cooperate obediently? How could they ensure that the elves and demons would not fight each other when they cooperated?
Gaius did not continue to insist. Or rather, even if he wanted to insist, he had nowhere to go now that all the demons had been killed. Therefore, he made a decision that all the World Trees did not understand. He would not protect or take in any of his spawns. This was equivalent to giving up the World Tree's only offensive ability. After being suppressed by the other trees, Gaius would be defenseless and at the mercy of others.
When Lin and Gaius discussed this matter in private, he did not express his opinion and only respected the other party's decision. However, when it came to the high seat meeting, the other World Trees all objected.
The main force of opposition was, of course, Mackinin, who loved to sing the devil's tune. He said, "Thou must know that we have an agreement to protect each other. If any side is attacked, please send reinforcements. However, you do not have any troops in your hands, which means that you are protected by us, and you do not need to pay any price. How can this be the attitude of an equal partner? "
Although Mackinin's words seemed to be haggling over minor matters, they were correct. Of the twenty-five World Trees, some were strong and some were weak. It was inevitable that the strong would pay more and the weak would pay less. But if they were like Gaius, they wouldn't have to do anything and would just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. In the long run, it would be easy to bury the beginning of a dispute, and that would not be a good thing.
However, Lin and Gaius had already discussed what to say about this level of matter. The World Tree, which had taken the form of a hunchbacked old man, said, "Everyone, although I cannot provide troops. However, I can provide you with anything other than military strength. Do you think this price is enough? "
"Anything other than troops?" Mackinin asked doubtfully. "Anything?"
"Do you want the foundation of advancement? Fine, come and get it yourself. In any case, don't put those disgusting elves in front of me. Everything else can be discussed. "Gaius did not hide his likes and dislikes. It seemed that this fellow had indeed been quite disgusted by the elves in the past.
At this moment, Lin also helped this new partner and said, "I know that all of you, Your Majesty, will hope that every participant of the plan can display the same value. However, there is no fairness in this world. Everyone has strong and weak forces. If we unify the labor, troops, or other project standards that everyone contributes, will it become a situation where the strong have it too easy and the weak can't do it? If the strong contribute more and the weak contribute less, how can this represent that everyone is on equal footing? If everyone contributes less, will this matter still need to be done? Why don't we just pack up our things and go back to wash up and sleep? That will save us trouble and trouble. "
A certain someone's words were neither light nor heavy. Although the World Trees were plants, it was not that they did not understand people's hearts and principles. They just sometimes ignored them. Lin's suggestion here naturally caused them to think.
Of course, it was not over yet. Lin continued, "Furthermore, do you all hope that whoever still has strength should contribute their strength without reservation?"
"What's wrong with that, human?" a World Tree asked, puzzled.
"What's wrong is that when the person who still has strength is yourself, are you all willing to easily invest all your efforts into the Labyrinth Transformation Plan? You also have to completely give up all your efforts that you have done or are doing. Are you all willing to be forced by other existences of the same status as you? "
"Human, you have a lot of ideas. What do you think about this matter? "a World Tree asked, trying to smooth things over.
"The so-called contribution is only the number of troops supported. Is this just a hard standard? I don't think so. In our plan, everyone has a myriad of things to do. It's even more wrong to simply ignore the contributions made in these matters. So, if you all really care about this kind of thing, then make a mathematical model. According to the type of contribution, give parameters and give them upper and lower limits, and finally get an expected value for the matter to be completed. "
Lin used the Whiteboard Technique to show a few simple economic models, and there were annotations. Lin did not even have the desire to explain something of this level. Instead, he talked about the things to take note of when constructing the model, as well as the methods to use the model. Finally, he said,
"I believe that with Your Majesties' abilities, it should be a piece of cake for you to accomplish this. Especially the quantification of each work, I believe that no one has a better say than the people involved in the actual operation of the matter. And after obtaining this model, I believe that you all can deduce what kind of change the increase or decrease of each contribution will have on our goal and make the most suitable choice. "
"What do you mean by the most suitable choice, human?" another World Tree asked.
"It's very simple. Under the premise of respecting the wishes of your Majesties, what is the best expected value that can be obtained? Perhaps this is still a distance away from the best expected value that you can obtain if you all give your all. But the difference in the middle is not something that you can accept. If you still can't accept it, then how will you adjust it? Or do you have to sacrifice your own will and put all your efforts into the plan, and have to complete everything in the shortest time possible? "
"Human, have you ever thought that the reason why we are in such a hurry is that we hope to complete all the plans in your limited life? A human's lifespan is too short. Especially now that you are not considered the younger generation among the humans. When you will be ordered to end, I think even the gods can't be sure. "
In the face of the World Tree's straightforward words, Lin could only smile bitterly, not knowing how to answer. In the end, he could only say awkwardly, "No one in this world is still operating. To be honest, until now, the Mystery Land Transformation Plan has been perfected, and I don't think that I am as important as I was in the beginning. And the truly troublesome part is the preparation in the early stages. The waiting in the later stages is just waiting for the moment when the conditions are right. So, without me, as long as the foundation is solid enough, your Majesties will be able to complete all this by yourselves. Unless you don't plan to continue playing and give up. "
Regardless of whether what they said about the length of a certain person's lifespan was pretentious or sincere, the World Trees did not intend to continue this topic. Instead, they began to discuss and derive the mathematical model that a certain human Mage had mentioned. Of course, Lin participated.
With the computing power of more than 20 World Trees, the model was built very quickly. It was just that a certain person did not dare to say whether it was correct or not.
However, the constructed mathematical model showed that the World Trees, whose strength was ranked at the bottom, were all in a state of imbalance of resources. And the World Trees, whose strength was at the top, had surplus.
This showed that the strong were getting stronger, and the weak were getting weaker. This was because while the strong were making a lot of contributions, they still had the energy to do other things. On the other hand, the weak not only had to fork out their family's assets, but they also had to donate blood to catch up with the strong.
At this time, Gaius's method of purely being a logistics staff and providing the necessary resources and assistance was precisely to help the World Trees who were at the bottom. It allowed them to obtain more useful results, or to focus their resources where they were more needed. As for the strong, such as the two Ancients, of course, they did not need Gaius's help.
And to Gaius, his contribution points for doing so would not be any less than those who sent troops to fight and kill everywhere.
Most importantly, the four Elven Kingdoms had been dealt with. To the World Trees, there were no longer any targets worthy of them taking the initiative to attack. The next battle would only be a battle to protect a certain World Tree, in order to deal with the attacks from the human kingdoms or other Homo sapiens.
Since there might not be a war, compared to the resources and services that Gaius could provide, they were all fixed. As long as one was not too stubborn, they would be able to understand the opportunity cost between the two.
Therefore, the World Trees agreed to Gaius's arrangement. The incident of him hating the elves came to an end.
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