Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1958 The Transformation of the Elf Forest

Centered on Black Moon City, the popularization of electricity in the Great Zhou Dynasty gradually unfolded. With the promotion of electricity, the power bureau suddenly became one of the busiest departments and units in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

During this process, winter quietly arrived.

This winter has been busy for the Great Zhou, and it has also been quite different for the elves living far away in the Elf Forest.

"You know, that brat Carter, he's been gone for so long, why hasn't he sent a single message back? He never even comes back to visit?"

On a new day, the weather was quite nice. Two middle-aged elves sat outside the treehouse, basking in the sun and chatting.

One of the middle-aged elves, while talking about his son who went to work in Da Zhou, couldn't help but start complaining.

Upon hearing this, the other middle-aged elf was visibly taken aback, and then expressed his surprise.

"Has it been a long time? Didn't they just leave a few days ago?"

"..."

After these words were spoken, the two elves looked at each other in bewilderment.

In this brief exchange, the strange one was definitely not the middle-aged elf who answered, but Carter's father.

It's important to understand that for elves, a long-lived race, three to five years can be summarized as "some time ago" according to their concept of time.

Carter and his team set off in the spring, and it's only the beginning of winter now, so it's only been about half a year.

For the elves, this time span truly felt like 'a few days ago'.

After a moment of silence, Carter's father clearly realized that the problem lay with him.

Carter's father didn't feel it when his son was around, but after his son left, he was fine for the first few days. However, after that period, Carter's father couldn't help but think about his son whenever he had free time.

The Elves are the same in this respect.

It's worth mentioning here that most of the elves who were ambitious at work, dissatisfied with their current lives, and curious about the outside world left at the beginning of the year, mainly the younger generation of elves.

Those who remained in the Elf Forest at this time were mostly content with the status quo, primarily consisting of older generations of elves.

Under these circumstances, an old elf like Carter's father, who has been idle for most of his life, is a typical example. Even with the stimulation of desires, it is difficult to make him particularly diligent, and he spends most of his time idly.

This made him think about his son almost every day, wondering how his son was doing and worrying about whether his son would get into trouble outside.

It is no exaggeration to say that since then, Carter's father has lived with mild anxiety every day.

This is why what should have been an incredibly short time for them became agonizing and long.

Realizing this problem, Carter's father visibly became dejected.

Seeing this, the middle-aged elf beside him couldn't help but offer a suggestion.

"Don't worry, with so many clansmen together, what could possibly happen? I think you're just too idle all day long, why don't you find something to do?"

"Find something to do?"

Carter's father muttered something under his breath.

"What kind of work are you looking for?"

"Make money."

After saying that, the middle-aged elf stood up.

"It's almost time, I have to go to work. I was thinking of buying my child a new winter coat this year."

The middle-aged elf couldn't help but chuckle when talking about his child. Compared to Carter, the middle-aged elf's child was not yet a hundred years old. In the Elven race, it takes three hundred years to reach adulthood, so being under a hundred years old is equivalent to a human child under six years old, which is the most adorable time of their life.

In order to buy new winter clothes for his child, the father was motivated to do so. He dusted himself off and happily ran off to work.

During this time, Carter's father watched his friend's departing figure, speechless with emotion.

But he did take some of what the other person said to heart.

"Is it making money?"

The changes that the goods from Da Zhou brought to their lives were visible to the naked eye.

Even Carter's father admitted this; at least Carter was quite happy with the coal stove he bought before, and it was more effective in colder weather.

Previously, he was content as long as he could afford honeycomb briquettes and occasionally go to the trade market to improve his meals; he lived a very leisurely life.

Now, the neighbor's words have undoubtedly shaken Carter's father's resolve.

How about I do a little more work?

Similar incidents are occurring throughout the Elf Forest.

With the most energetic and mischievous young elves all out working, life in the elven forest has indeed become peaceful.

But after a long period of tranquility, many of the older generation of elves began to feel melancholy.

The older generation of elves, gradually realizing that they would feel restless if they were idle, began to find things to do.

Then I quickly realized that it would be better to find some work to do.

When they're busy working, they won't keep thinking about their brat at home.

They also made more money, which allowed them to buy many good things at the trade market and improve their meals. It was a win-win situation.

Don't tell! You really shouldn't tell!

Although he wasn't used to it at first, after getting used to it and spending some time with it, Carter's father found that life was actually quite good.

With good food every day and the addition of various daily necessities, life has become more comfortable.

As for the physical exertion from work, it's still necessary to get some exercise.

Just now, during his lunch break, Carter's father slurped down a bowl of noodles at the trade market and bought himself a new pair of thick, warm work gloves.

With these gloves, he felt that even if the weather got colder, he could still chop down trees and make money like crazy!

This feeling was almost like acquiring a new, special piece of equipment, making him eager to try out its 'power'.

With this in mind, Carter's father put on his gloves, humming an unknown tune, and walked briskly straight to the logging camp.

Just as he was about to unleash his power, a deafening roar suddenly came from afar, causing many elves working in the lumberyard to stop what they were doing.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

At the same time, a sharp roar, tinged with a hiss, shattered the tranquility of the elven forest. A monster, entirely black with nine ferocious snake heads, appeared at the other end of the forest.

The wood elf sentinel hiding nearby looked terrified and shouted towards the large tree beside it...

"Emergency! Immediately notify His Majesty! The Dark Elves have returned!!"

(End of this chapter)