Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1702 We need more pigs!
In response to this situation, the wood elves of the Greenery and Environmental Protection Bureau quickly held a small meeting to discuss the matter.

"I think it's a climate and environmental issue."

“We previously carried out greening projects to purify the exhaust gases emitted by the factory, but we are carrying out greening projects here to resist the extreme climate of the desert.”

"The climate here is not only hot and dry, but also has a large temperature difference between day and night. These trees and vegetation probably cannot adapt to it."

"The problem now is, where do we find plants that are resilient enough to adapt to such extreme climates?"

One question stumped the wood elves.

In their view, this demand was outrageous.

Just then, Drogo, who was on patrol along the border and also responsible for ensuring the safety of the wood elves, overheard this and immediately said something...

"The plant you're talking about seems to grow on our grasslands."

Then, seeing the wood elves who were clearly stunned, Drogo added another explanation...

“The temperature difference between day and night is also large on our grassland. In our area, some trees and vegetation grow on sandy land and no one takes care of them, yet they grow very well.”

Upon hearing Drogo's words, the wood elves' eyes lit up, and they quickly discussed writing a message back to have someone transplant the plants from the grasslands, roots and all.

Of course, they still need to draft out how to say it specifically.

Is this writing okay?

After finishing the draft, the wood elf showed it to the team leader. The team leader glanced at it and tapped the report with his finger.

"Add one more, we need more pigs!"

"..."

The methods for raising pigs weren't ineffective; they felt the problem was a lack of pig numbers.

That vast desert world is no match for a few pigs! They need more pigs!
Clearly, the wood elves did not intend to place all their hopes on the grassland plants that Drogo had mentioned.

After confirming the draft was correct and handing it over to the communications department, the wood elves turned to Shi Lei again, hoping that the reconnaissance troops here could try to collect plants from the desert.

The wood elves' thinking was simple: if other plants couldn't adapt to the desert environment and climate, then plants that could live directly in the desert wouldn't have this problem, right?
Of course, before that, they must also take steps to save the trees in front of them!
Otherwise, before those plants are found or transplanted, the entire forest they painstakingly cultivated will wither and die!

Under this premise, the wood elves' method of dealing with trees that show signs of dying is also very simple and brutal.

After confirming that the tree was not infested with insects and that its roots and stems were not rotten, you simply inject magic power into the tree and that's it.

The magic of the wood elves all possesses the attribute of 'life'.

This simple and direct approach is equivalent to injecting life into the trees, and they can usually be saved.

But in the end, this can only be considered an emergency measure.

If the fundamental problem is not solved, the trees will be saved today, but the same thing will happen again in a while.

But what could they do? They could only tough it out for now.

Fortunately, the Royal Mage Corps is also at the border. With their help, we should be able to hold out for a little longer.

At this point in time, the miniature communication cube had achieved full coverage, and with continuous communication between cities, Zhou Xu confirmed the news in the shortest possible time.

"Pass on my order: take the people from the Greenery and Environmental Protection Bureau and send a team to the grassland area as quickly as possible to find grassland plants growing in the sand. Once found, dig them up by the roots and send them to the Void Border as fast as possible!" "Then send people to various farms to send all the pigs that can be sent there!"

Zhou Xu's actions were undoubtedly highly efficient, but the actual implementation process would obviously take time.

At the same time, with this order issued, it seems that within the Great Zhou Dynasty, pork will likely become unaffordable for some time...

During this period, Jie Liancheng and his team, who were tasked with desert reconnaissance, had recently completed their exploration of the surrounding desert.

To explore further, we'll have to spend the night in the desert.

Just before I officially set off, I received this new mission to find desert plants.

Zhou Chongshan, who was working with him, frowned subconsciously upon hearing the mission.

"With such a harsh environment in the desert, can any plants really grow? In fact, we haven't found any plants in the surrounding area over this period of time."

Xie Liancheng, standing to the side, shook his head in response.

"You know what, there really are plants that survive in this desert."

Although Jie Liancheng didn't know much about the desert, he did know that there were cacti in the desert, or more accurately, giant saguaro cacti.

In addition, there is the possibility that oases exist in the desert.

However, Xie Liancheng clearly had no intention of delving into this topic with them at the moment.

On the one hand, he didn't actually know much, and on the other hand, if he couldn't find it, then everything would be in vain, and talking would be pointless.

Exploring in the desert is arduous; the harsh and extreme environment constantly tests their will and greatly slows down their exploration efficiency.

“This can’t go on. Our exploration force is too large and is now becoming a burden. Fewer people would make our operations much easier.”

The large-scale exploration force was originally intended to guard against potential enemies in the desert and to improve exploration efficiency, but it has now clearly become a burden.

What Jie Liancheng said makes sense; in fact, Zhou Chongshan has already felt it over this period of time.

Missions in this desert environment cannot be carried out using the same approach as in ordinary areas.

"Let the Trapped Camp stay. Their soldiers and mounts are physically stronger, so they can handle any unexpected situations more easily."

The two quickly reached a consensus on this matter.

Jie Liancheng and Zhou Chongshan led the Trapped Camp to continue their reconnaissance mission, while all other soldiers withdrew to the border.

Meanwhile, things weren't quiet on the border either. Besides the wood elves and pigs from the Greenery and Environmental Protection Bureau being busy fighting against the extreme climate of the desert environment, under Shi Lei's arrangement, the border garrison troops also began to conduct adaptive training for the desert environment.

After all, operating in the desert feels completely different from operating on ordinary ground.

Although they are currently focused on internal development and have no interest in expanding outwards or actively seeking trouble, the necessary preparations still need to be made.

If the enemy were to actually come knocking one day, and you found that your troops were completely unable to fight flexibly in the desert environment, that would be truly laughable.

The following days were undoubtedly a bit of a torment for the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even more distressed than them was the Smith Kingdom, led by Fisher…

(End of this chapter)