The Acid Mist Canyon Plane, the Bartow Plane Mercenary Fortress, Quis looked at the dismembered demon body on the dissecting table and fell into deep thought.

One of the benefits of being a young blue dragon is that it is much bolder. In front of him, if he had been the programmer in the past, he would have been scared, let alone be able to study it himself.

The repeated battles with the Tanari demons have made the research materials in the hands of the ogre witch doctor Palu more and more abundant. Although the demons in the lower realms are all "one spirit and flesh", most of the time, as they are destroyed, their bodies will immediately decay and die.

But as if to confirm the chaotic nature of the imprint in the bottomless abyss, there are always some exceptions, especially when the bloody battle breaks out, and it is not uncommon for the Tanari demons to die in battle.

The ogre Paru, who "always has a potion", is not as smart as Blue and not as strong as Naru, but he is a little more calm and down-to-earth than his two brothers. The voodoo techniques inherited from the trolls were not only fully inherited in his hands, but he even learned to interpret them through continuous hard work.

Through the knowledge of systematic demon anatomy acquired in Aphnanas, which the devils naturally do, Palu was able to skillfully use a long-sized scalpel to cut and separate the flesh and blood of the tough Tanari demons, and the abundance of fresh materials he had harvested in the last few wars gave him the opportunity to use his voodoo knowledge to research and develop new potions in a targeted manner.

"These three demons are Flo Demon, Bagula Demon, and Cowardly Demon, and this is the most biological sample of the Tanari race we have obtained so far, except for the Acid Mist Worm. Palu picked up the sterilized scalpel and wiped it on the leather apron he was wearing, wiped off the remaining high alcohol on it, and pointed to the anatomical specimens one by one: "Through the physiological dissection of at least a hundred of these creatures, I have found that although the appearance and internal organs of the Tanari demons are different—even if they are of the same type, their individual local structures are relatively subtle, but there is a common organ, or tissue, within their bodies. ”

A scalpel was sliced through the limbs of the demons that had been pinned to the dissecting table by spikes, and the silver-plated, thin-bladed knife easily tore through the skin and muscles that had been rendered no longer tough by death. Palu has done the same work many times, so he seems to be at ease.

The dragon's keen eyesight allowed Quest to see very clearly the lymphatic structure inside the incision cut by the ogre, which resembled that of humanoids. It's just that the color of the lymphatic tissue of this Tanari demon is very similar to the surrounding musculature, like a sinuous earthworm all over its body, and it is easy to ignore it if it is not specifically pointed out.

"These lymphoid tissue-like structures are also found in the bodies of low-level acid mist worms," as if seeing Quest's guess, Palu immediately dissected a surviving acid mist worm, and then explained: "In the voodoo technique I inherited, there is a kind of knowledge about how to perform bloodline curses, and the key to its success is to first find the bloodline commonality of the curse object, so I guess this is the bloodline commonality that belongs to the Tanari race." ”

"Very good idea, extremely observant and hands-on. Sneijder, who had just returned from his work after completing Quest's assignment, listened to Palu's explanation and couldn't help but praise.

The half-lich has always had a great passion for research, and has not been biased against Palu just because he is an ogre that the drow elves don't look up to.

Quest also somewhat agrees with the ogre witch doctor's opinion, but he still has some doubts: "As a creature from the lower realm, in fact, life does not need the support of any body organs, and the concept of existence itself is the basis for its existence. We have also found through dissection that some demons have digestive organs such as the stomach and intestines, but do not have excretory organs, so they swallow food not to sustain life but simply to satisfy the body's thirst for flesh and blood. And even if it is the same Tanari demon, the internal organs of the body may not be exactly the same, and their various organs are like a kind of randomly created filling. What is the special function of this ubiquitous common tissue or organ?"

The question was to the point, and Palu snapped his fingers excitedly, signaling everyone to be calm, and he wanted to use the experiment to tell everyone the answer to his findings.

The ogre witch doctor, in the form of a skilled anatomist, begins by taking the smallest cowardly specimen on the table, meticulously separating the muscles of one of the small Tanari demons from the "demonic lymph" hidden within. He then completely removed the "demonic lymph" that existed in the living acid mist worm that had been peeled off, leaving only a little part connected to the brain. In the end, he implanted the "demon lymph" on the well-separated cowardly demon forearm into the acid mist worm.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask for spell help, Sneid, the half-lich who had been watching the experiment for a long time, threw a "primary restoration" onto the acid mist worm. Under the effect of the repair spell, this experimental carrier implanted with part of the cowardly demon "Demon Lymph" quickly regained its vitality that gradually faded due to disembowelment.

"Hey, this ......"

Casting the healing type of "Primary Restoration" requires the caster to continuously produce mana, which is not a significant loss for a half-lich. But this top-level undead creature who can be called a master level for spell control immediately sensed a trace of abnormality - casting such a spell on this acid mist worm seems to consume more mana.

Snead immediately got the answer he wanted, the acid mist worm on the dissecting table that had been fixed with spikes had been healed by the repair spell, and that was not all, the cowardly "demon lymphatic" tissue that went straight into it had an effect.

The worm's body was metamorphosed as it twisted and writhed, and its original body continued to expand, and the Lich's excess healing energy fueled the process. A new trait manifested itself on its body - the body of the original acid mist worm gradually changed into the shape of a demonic arm, which was very similar in color and size to the previous cowardly little arm!

Satisfied with the results of his experiment, the ogre witch doctor took the metamorphosed acid mist worm from under the spike and threw it to the half-lich Snyder, who had used the terrifying armor as his new body.

"The original Tanari demons were created by those ancient Obiris lords who threw the fallen souls of mortals into the abyssal blood pool, and the vast majority of Tanari's original bodies were abyssal worms - a kind of worm Tanari that looks very similar to the acid mist worms, and then these worms accumulated energy by devouring each other, and the energy stored by them prompted them to metamorphose and evolve, resulting in various Tanari demons.

Theoretically, all Tanari use the same evolutionary template, but with different evolutionary choices due to the different mortal souls who have fallen into the abyss.

Through this experiment, I can draw the following conclusion: the evolutionary template in the demon's body has never disappeared, but has been passed down implicitly as a bloodline commonality, and at the same time, the dominant part is carried by this demonic lymphoid tissue, which affects the different appearances and abilities of various demons. ”