Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 861 - 854: The Origin of "Elf

Chapter 861: Chapter 854: The Origin of "Elf

In early Ancient Aud language, there was no concept of Snow Elves; even the successors speaking Tasta language later had an ambiguous term for Snow Elves.

The Ancient Aud language referred to Snow Elves as the Snowman Tribe because they believed those people transformed from the snowmen built during winter. The later Tasta language inherited this term but with some modifications.

In fact, these modifications were mainly driven by Earth scientists. According to their research, it had been found that Snow Elves and the Wood Elves from the southern Ilanadale were likely the same species. Therefore, in the context of the Earth language, the Snowman Tribe was directly translated to Snow Elves.

Later, as the exchange between the two worlds deepened and Tasta language was heavily influenced by Earth’s culture, it adopted the Earth terminology for Snow Elves and even standardized the names for other elf races.

In current Tasta language, the suffix for the term elf is the English Elf. The unmodified Tasta language didn’t have a concept for elves. For example, Wood Elves were known as the Woodman Tribe, and Night Elves were referred to as the Darkman Tribe.

After the modification of Tasta language, when words related to elves were suffixed with the English Elf, the Woodman Tribe could translate to Wood Elves, the Darkman Tribe could translate to Night Elves, and it was the same with Snow Elves.

All this was the result of Earth scientists’ tireless research and exploration, which finally led to these relatively accurate findings.

In fact, there are many such examples. When Earthlings first made contact with Otherworld inhabitants, both sides were very unfamiliar with each other, so the cultural exchange and translation were too conservative. They always tended to look for concepts they understood to explain things from another world.

The most typical example from the Otherworld would be firearms and technology. Otherworld inhabitants didn’t understand these concepts, so they naturally used their understanding of magic to generalize these things. Thus, Earth’s technology was referred to as Otherworld’s magic, and firearms were called magic weapons.

There are numerous other such examples, not just from the Otherworlders. Even Earthlings have made many mistakes in this regard.

For example, the Beastman Race and the Sub-beast Race, which the Advance Team always complained about, are misconceived notions from Earth’s understanding due to lack of knowledge about the Otherworld.

In the Tasta context, the Beastman Race refers to barbarians, so it should rightfully be translated as Barbarian Race or simply Barbarians. But when Earthlings saw the fierce appearance of the Beastman Race, their first thought was of the Earth concept of Beastman or Orc.

However, in Earth’s perspective, such creatures are understood to be fantasy species with both beast-like and human traits. Such a mistranslation led to subsequent errors in translating the Sub-beast Race.

According to the Advance Team’s field investigations, it’s known that the Sub-beast Race and the Beastman Race are reproductively isolated, and their appearances and body types are distinctly different; they’re not even the same race. So, the idea that the Sub-beast Race is a subspecies of the Beastman Race is completely wrong.

As mentioned before, the Beastman Race appears somewhat out of place on the Otherworld Continent. Because the Beastman Race is almost reproductively isolated from all non-human races and can only reproduce with the Human Race. Thus, some Earth scientists have suggested that the Otherworld’s Beastman Race may have originated from another planet or plane.

Although they are called the Sub-beast Race, they do not have reproductive barriers with most races on the continent; they can mate and produce offspring with the Human Race, the Elf Race, or the Dwarf Race.

From this discovery, it’s clear that the Sub-beast Race is definitely not a subspecies of the Beastman Race. It would be more accurate to say that the Sub-beast Race should be referred to as the Beastman Race, while the Beastman Race should be changed to the Barbarian Race or Barbarians.

Fortunately, in the latest scientific journals on Earth, the translation of the Beastman Race has become Barbarian, meaning savage people or Barbarians. As for the Sub-beast Race, since the concept and term have become deeply entrenched and are essentially accurate, it continues to be used.

Going back to the Snow Elves, there is still an unresolved issue. Some research indicates that the distribution of Snow Elves and their mixed-race descendants is not confined to the Snow Domain.

There are eyewitness reports that even in the Ancient States archipelago, located in equatorial regions, there have been traces of Snow Elves.

Snow Elves should theoretically only be adapted to survive in the high-latitude, frigid regions, so why can they also survive in the low-latitude, sweltering areas? Could this mean there is a regulatory mechanism within the Snow Elves’ bodies that, upon arriving in tropical regions, initiates temperature control, ensuring their internal temperature doesn’t get too high?

If that’s the case, then the Snow Elf species would be way too overpowered. They would be capable of surviving both in harsh, high-latitude climates and in warm, low-latitude tropics, fitting perfectly with the Elf Planet Project’s criteria.

Of course, all of these are still speculations, and Luo’er doesn’t have any actual data to support his claims. Moreover, research in this area is not his forte, so he’ll leave it to the scientists of Earth to delve into.

Xilia continued to ride her horse without joining the others inside the carriage. The carriage provided by Melia featured a Rune-powered system, fueled by Magic Crystals, capable of emitting heat, ensuring the interior temperature of the carriage remained at a relatively comfortable level.

This was probably the Otherworld’s version of an air conditioning system, but this wasn’t anything special for the Otherworld nobility. They had already known how to use Runes for heating even before they had contact with people from Earth.

The well-equipped noble cavalry’s armor brimming with integrations of numerous Runes is one such example. The armor is likewise etched with heating Runes powered by Magic Crystals, guaranteeing that the knights wouldn’t freeze even in bitterly cold regions.

It should be noted that since Runes emit a cold light, glowing Runes do not produce heat and can only serve as a lighting system. The Runes capable of generating heat are typically non-luminous, and even if there are glowing Runes, the emitted light would still be cold.

The basic principle of heating Runes involves generating heat from the friction caused by the entanglement of magic particles, so it requires a design that allows for high-speed circulation of magic power. This can be calculated through formulas.

So essentially, there’s no uniform design for heat-generating Runes. As long as they can ensure the rapid circulation of magic power, they can produce a certain amount of heat.

For a Mage like Tangmo, who has conducted extensive studies on Runes, it’s entirely possible to collaborate with Baiyue’s computing abilities to independently create new heating Rune designs. For her, it’s merely a question of workload.

And since the circulation of magic power can generate heat, in principle, if a Mage continuously uses high-intensity magic, they can produce a certain amount of internal heat, ensuring they won’t freeze to death.

Of course, the prerequisite for this idea is that the Mage needs to have sufficiently high magical aptitude; otherwise, they would die from Magic Power Erosion overload before generating any heat.

But Feng might just be an exception, as her method of magic operation involves storing magic power inside her body and releasing it during combat. And because the amount of magic power she releases at once might be greater than the magic a Mage uses to run a level four spell, the heat produced is also substantial.

In this way, Feng could easily release some magic power to warm up when it gets colder, then reabsorb it. It is for this reason that most of the time, Feng doesn’t hide inside the carriage but instead rides outside, letting the wind and snow erode her.

Upon seeing Xilia riding alone outside, Luo’er, as the Captain, always felt uncomfortable about it, so he simply left the warm carriage and rode out to follow Xilia up ahead.

"Why don’t you take a seat inside the carriage for a bit?" Luo’er caught up with Xilia and asked with concern.

"No need..." Xilia glanced at him with a hint of disgust, then firmly shook her head.

"Don’t be so standoffish, we..." Luo’er continued, still smiling.

"No means no!" Xilia frowned and glared at him, her voice rising.

"Alright, sorry to bother you..." Luo’er coughed awkwardly and then fell silent. His rebuff clearly irritated Fulajie’er, as Luo’er could distinctly hear her grinding her teeth beside his ear.

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