Chapter 139 The Secret of the Elf

Russell was slightly startled when he heard this.

"I thought that elves don't care about life or death..."

Of course he also knew that the elves' privileges actually came from the dragon's acquiescence.

But perhaps it was the presence of Tovatus that gave Russell the impression that "elves are not all Lezi people".

Now it seems that Elf Feng Ping was killed.

"Elves do not care about life and death...but that doesn't mean they don't care about death."

Grandma Lan shook her head happily, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Obviously this is not the first time someone has asked this question. She even has experience: "You have all ignored one thing. That is, not all elves can live forever. Only the eighty-four special ones who are burdened with 'destiny' The elves, that is, the eighty-four elven directors today hold memory backups..."

"...Indeed. It was my fault."

Russell nodded and agreed: "In this case, it is impossible to develop a tradition of not caring about life and death among the elves."

Although the number of ordinary elves is small, it is not that small.

There are more than 300 million people in this world, and the proportion of elves is one in ten thousand.

Not all elves become "directors." There are also some who exist as artists, writers, and craftsmen... It’s not like there are elves who fail to start their businesses and are penniless.

Different from those eighty-four people. Although they live long lives, they are not immortal.

"Even those eighty-four people may not be willing to be 'reincarnated'."

"Because growing up again will delay a lot of plans and make myself vulnerable."

"There may be a reason. Another reason is...even in the Elf Director's philosophical view, 'reincarnation' is not completely regarded as 'resurrection'.

"Individuals are completely different. Even if they hold the same memory, because different bodies have different genes, genders, hormone levels, and personal talents, they may not be able to live as the same person in the end... let alone , in fact, the memory is not exactly the same.

"The life of an elf is very long. Even if there is only a little difference at the beginning, the difference will become very obvious after a thousand years."

"...You are obviously an immortal species, but are you very sensitive to this kind of thing?"

Russell murmured.

If this "right to restart life" is placed among the short-lived species... although there may be some controversy, there will never be any hesitation. Everyone must be ecstatic.

——Isn’t this a common scenario of rebirth after death in novels?

As a result, the elves who can live longer are taboo about this...

Hearing this, Grandma Lan gave Russell a meaningful look.

"It seems you don't know yet."

"……What?"

"I'll think about it for a moment. Is it okay to tell you..."

"Since Bad Day introduced me to you, he probably wanted me to tell you about it."

She grinned slightly.

But there was no smile on his face.

The wrinkled old face suddenly looked a bit scary.

"Have you ever seen what an elf fetus looks like?"

She asked in a low voice: "In other words, have you ever seen a human fetus?"

"……I have no idea."

Russell shook his head hesitantly: "Human fetuses... I've seen them before. The ears of human fetuses are round, and they don't have any spiritual characteristics."

His first reaction just now was the special case of "The Inferior" - he is a hybrid of elves and demons, which proves that elves are also fertile.

But it seems that he has never seen an elf in "fetal" form. I have never even heard of it... Even "Tovatus", who is a young elf, looks like a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old.

He didn't even know whether elves' fetuses also had long ears, or were the elves' long ears themselves a spiritual characteristic?

"Then let me tell you this secret... After all, it has something to do with Bad Day, and it's normal for him not to want to talk about it. I can't take this matter to my grave."

Grandma Lan sighed: "If you don't know this, you will never understand what mission the Tower of Babel carries...nor will you understand the significance of the deer's head statue.

“While I’m obviously retired, my mission to ‘Leave the Secret’ on is still close to my heart.”

——She no longer even hides that she was once a member of the Tower of Babel.

And when she said this, Russell suddenly saw a bit of death in this old man.

"Have you never thought that since humans can gradually acquire spiritual characteristics...can they gradually lose their spiritual characteristics?"

Grandma Lan's first words made Russell's eyes widen.

He was vaguely aware of something.

What would it be like if humans lost their spiritual characteristics...

"That's the elf."

Grandma Lan replied: "Elves are not a naturally born species. They do not rely on reproduction to increase the population, but are transformed from humans...the evolution of humans.

"It's just like after you get a disease, you will have antibodies after you heal. If you get 'recovered' from psychic disease, you will no longer get psychic disease, but become an immortal species. The long ears of elves, that's Proof of Psychiatry's Healing.

"So, of course, there will be no elf fetuses. Because in order for the psychic disease to stabilize, it will take at least the beginning of puberty.

"From that time on, if the elves' top-secret technology removes their spiritual characteristics... humans will become elves."

Grandma Lan did not hesitate to reveal the top secret in front of Russell that as long as she knew it, she would be sentenced to death: "That's why the elves strictly control the quantity - they can strictly control the quantity.

"This is the secret of the elves."

The elf director can be reborn immediately after death. How is this possible?

Even if you get permission to "reduce one person and give birth to another child", it still takes a long time from pregnancy to childbirth.

As elves are immortals, the time it takes to conceive a fetus should also be longer.

Russell's initial thought was that elves might have a "fetal base" with many empty shells stored in it.

Just like in a science fiction movie, there are rows of cultivation chambers. Every time you get permission, one will be released from it, or a memory will be implanted.

...But if you think about it carefully, there are actually obvious loopholes. The current world is in the year 1202. It is known that some elves were born before year 0... Do the elves of that time really possess such excellent technology?

How do they keep the elves completely pure?

Now Russell finally understands.

Why are elves and humans not reproductively isolated but not allowed to have children...

Why are the aesthetics of elves so close to humans...

Why can the dead elf director be resurrected immediately...

Suddenly, Russell thought of the shining silver "antlers" of the deer head statue, which seemed to be wrapped in a layer of tinfoil.

——The appearance of the deer-headed statue is like that of a beautiful girl, but it also has huge antlers that only stags have; its calm and heavy temperament is filled with the sense of reliability of an elder, but its face is as childish as a child.

At that time, Russell thought that perhaps the spiritual characteristics of the deer head statue itself had been damaged in the war, and the antlers were external clothing, rather than ordinary antlers coated with a metal film.

But now it seems...

Chapter 2 hasn’t been finished yet, it might be a little later~