Chapter 286: Botanist
Flexible black hoses encased the cold mechanical structure like exposed tendons. These special tissues also flow from time to time, as if forming a liquid coat on the surface of his body.
This is the peculiarity of the transformation of apotheosis.
This kind of technology - Cheng Shen will see it as a unique puppet refining technique for the time being.
It is a form of existence that fuses metal and flesh and blood to coexist.
Through countless experiments over hundreds of years, the alchemists in the castle have finally cultivated a substance that can be derived from flesh and blood, which can have the properties of both flesh and metal, so it is called:
Reactive metals.
This material is a perfect replacement for the flesh and blood of the modder.
In addition, after a long period of running-in, the active metal implanted in the body will eventually completely merge with itself, just like a part of the original body, and there is no need to worry about the soul fit!
Reactive metals have anti-aging and anti-corrosion properties that are longer than normal flesh and metal.
It can also reproduce autonomously and replace old aging tissues.
Theoretically.
This is undoubtedly already a carnal state that is close to eternal life!
And this is also the fundamental reason why generations of crazy alchemists are willing to work hard for this.
If it is a research that has no hope at all, even the most persistent person will not blindly pursue it for a lifetime. But the birth of reactive metals really gave hope to this group of crazy alchemists.
Of course.
It is an idealized form of active metal development to the final stage.
Perhaps the person who recorded this information had succeeded, or perhaps the description he left behind was nothing more than fantasy.
In fact, the alchemists in the castle are still in the third stage of their research on active metals.
And.
The cost of refining active metals is also quite high.
According to records, alchemists who wanted to obtain a copy of the active metal needed to implant a piece of the mother substance into a newly formed embryo, and wait for it to grow naturally to adulthood before it could be harvested.
The short is three or five years.
Up to decades.
The longer the active metal is nurtured, the better the effect will be.
And because of this, among the mammalian biome, humans with the longest growth cycle and the easiest to prey on have become the main test subjects.
Sincere......
Cheng Shen's footsteps fell, and a layer of liquid fluid structure immediately wrapped the soles of his feet, without making a sound, but Cheng Shen seemed to feel that this step was a thousand pounds, and every step was like walking on a sea of corpses and blood.
"The world is more frustrating than I know......"
Cheng Shen tore up the information in his hand, then crumpled it into a ball, and then shook it with both hands, completely crushing it into irreparable dust.
There is a lot of information in the hidden dark compartment in front of you.
Cheng Shen glanced at it roughly.
This treasure trove of crazy goblin scientists is not all bloody research involving biological modification, but also a lot of advanced scientific and technological knowledge, and he focuses on recording the useful experimental materials in it.
And while he used his unforgettable specialty to read the information in front of him.
On the other side, his body had returned to the territory and recorded what he saw on a blank piece of paper.
This is also one of the characteristics of the Thousand Bodies of Demon Souls.
Consciousness is common.
Cheng Shen once thought that this was a defect of the Thousand Bodies of the Demon Soul, but it turned out that there were no useless characteristics, and it only depended on the timing of the choice to use it.
At present, the characteristics of simultaneous interpretation have helped Cheng Shen a lot.
Otherwise, with so much experimental data, even his brain as strong as a computer would not be able to store it all in a short period of time.
"And this ......"
After recording all the information, Cheng Shen looked aside. On the operating table, where the dark green liquid flowed, a corpse with blurred flesh and blood could no longer be seen in its full shape. Cheng Shen admitted that his first unraveling technique was a little rusty.
And in the heart of this corpse, a diamond-shaped crystal with a glittering glass luster has replaced its original flesh and blood structure.
Within this crystal.
The energy fluctuations contained made Cheng Shen feel palpitations for a while.
"It might be useful to bring it."
After pondering for less than a moment, Cheng Shen stretched out his hand and carefully dragged the crystal up, the structure on his chest automatically collapsed inward, exposing the pounding heart, and Cheng Shen put them side by side.
Then let the apotheosis form intertwined veins to hold it in place.
In this way, even if he encounters an enemy that he can't deal with, he has a hole card that can hit him hard......
Pack everything.
Cheng Shen put on the silver robe and pushed the door and walked out.
The corridor was dark and dark.
Silence.
Cheng Shen's footsteps were also swallowed up by the darkness.
According to the detailed information given by Seaman, alchemists usually stay in their private laboratories to conduct research, and there are very few people who hang out, and there are no guards to avoid disturbing the place.
Only at certain times of the day.
The owner of the castle will send someone to collect the new products, potions, and the like that they have developed today.
Cheng Shen's deification transformation delayed too much time.
There is less than an hour left before today's acceptance, which means that his task must be completed within an hour.
Wait until the castle guards find the body.
It's too late for anything.
"Alchemist Eleven was a botanist before he tried to plant seeds in humans......
Perhaps we can get valuable information from him on how to improve crops.
Alchemists No. 1 and No. 5 each hold two keys to Lab Zero...... Why is it one, five? ”
Cheng Shen didn't figure it out.
Time is limited.
He decided to take down the three most important goals first.
Knock knock knock......
Cheng Shen came to the door of Laboratory 11 and knocked on the door at steady intervals according to He-Man's description.
"Who?"
The door quickly opened a crack, and a pink halo reflected through it, the composition of the color was not only light, but also mixed with a faint dust, with a faint fragrance on Cheng Shen's face.
"Collect the results of the experiment."
He said in a hoarse voice.
"Huh? Why is it so early today? No, your voice is not the same as usual...... Wait a minute! ”
Cheng Shen didn't wait for the other party to react and pushed the door directly, and then used his broad back against the door.
The hood fell, revealing only the lower half of his flesh-and-blood face, and two hedron eyes set in a pitch-black metal frame instantly burst into a bright light.
"Who are you? …… How could you have such a complete Apotheosis Transformation Part?! ”
A woman's shocked voice was heard.
Cheng Shen looked forward, but what was in front of him was not a normal human being, but a stout, bloated, leafy, unfolded branch and vine that had covered the entire laboratory of a strange pink ancient tree!
In the middle of the trunk.
The rough bark folds form a hollow face.
And on every branch it stretched out hung a shriveled corpse, like fertilizer and soil for cultivation, and clusters of brightly colored flowers and plants grew on the dried corpse!
"It hurts......"
"It hurts so much......"
Weeping rang out in the thick canopy.
Only then did Cheng Shen see that a group of people seemed to have just been hung by it, the thick rattan had pierced their bodies, and moss and sprouts had grown under their skin, but they were still screaming and wailing consciously!
This scene immediately made Cheng Shen realize.
This botanist who has gone mad is not only planting with human bodies, but also living human bodies! It's about letting the spores of the plant take root and sprout in these people's bodies, absorb the nutrients, and drain them alive!
The degree of torture of this method of death is so deep that I shudder just thinking about it.
"You deserve to touch me!"
Cheng Shen kicked his feet, and the powerful soles of his feet suddenly broke the rattan on the ground, and a pink fishy liquid flowed from it.
"Ahh
There was a delicate scream from the ancient tree, and the canopy of the behemoth shook off more dense flower mist, directly covering Cheng Shen into a pink human shape!
Rumble!
The pollen exploded suddenly.
Cheng Shen's two brilliant gems did not fluctuate in their eyes.
The apotheosis experiment is not mature, and it is still far from the function of using active metals to completely replace flesh and blood, but it is precisely because of the incomplete transformation that Cheng Shen only does not have to worry about being affected by erotic control!
He simply didn't!
There is no physiological structure for reproduction in this body!
The effects of pollen are limited to the physical level, and cannot affect his consciousness.
This botanist can be said to be perfectly restrained by Cheng Shen!
Zheng!
Cheng Shen's right arm stretched out a two-foot-long blade, and his left hand collapsed inward, turning into a swarthy hole. At the same time, he condensed a spiritual hammer and slammed it towards the face of the ancient tree!
Soul Shock!
Boom!
The transparent heavy hammer directly passed through the external defense and smashed its spiritual core, and all the movements of the ancient tree instantly stopped, and Cheng Shen raised his left hand at this time, and a blue energy cannonball directly blasted out!
The lush branches and vines in front of him that blocked his progress were instantly shattered, and pink juice splattered all over the sky.
Cheng Shen was like a pitch-black sword passing through it quickly.
Poof!
The blade sank into the thick bark of the ancient tree, and the screams came to an abrupt end.
Cheng Shen's left hand returned to its original state, and then, he stirred the sharp blade to break the gap, grabbed one side with one hand and pulled it fiercely!
Sting!
The whole bark was directly torn open by him, and there were dense veins connected inside, like dense capillaries in the human body, breaking and spraying bloody water, dripping Cheng Shen's whole person with a layer of viscous color.
He looked ahead without a wave.
In the center of this trunk is a fibrous human body, her limbs have been completely integrated into the trunk, and her body is covered with raised green patterns, like countless writhing earthworms.
A pink gem on her forehead had shattered, and the blade had dug deep into her skull, piercing it completely.
She had an incredulous look on her face, "How would you know...... My weaknesses ......"
Cheng Shen did not answer its question.
Look around.
As the energy core of this ancient tree was directly destroyed by him with the power of thunder, those humans hanging on the branches, or the dried corpses that had already borne flowers, also quickly dissipated their life fluctuations at the same time.
But on the contrary.
The flowers that bloomed on the corpses became more and more vivid.
It seems that in the entire room, the energy that the future has had time to dissipate has been plundered by them.
One of them, with its bright red flower bones at the top of the canopy, caught his eye the most.
Cheng Shen didn't expect this kind of change.
He-Man, a competent inner ghost...... Ahem, partner! While telling him about the botanist's specific weaknesses, he made no mention of what would happen after it died.
…… Then again.
He may not be able to know about such secret things.
"Don't think that's the end of it."
Cheng Shen didn't pay attention to the strange changes in the room for the time being, and turned his head to look at the botanist who was dying.
After the death of a person.
If there is no special means, the spiritual consciousness will also be extinguished.
Unless it is affected by some special circumstances, such as one's own strong obsession, external environment, or human factors.
Spiritual consciousness can be preserved.
This is how undead and ownerless souls used to refine puppet creatures usually come from.
And the former is the majority.
Most of the time, alchemists also go to catch wild undead, or ask necromancers to help buy souls.
It is rare to do it directly against innocent beings who are alive.
Of course.
This is the rule of the old times.
In other words, how many alchemists can stick to the bottom line now, Cheng Shen is not sure.
At least.
He has no scruples about that.
Soul stripping!
A strange mental fluctuation immediately enveloped the botanist's corpse.
In the dark.
Cheng Shen seemed to have captured a blank mass of matter.
That's it!
Come out!
Cheng Shen's mind moved, and his spiritual stance suddenly dragged a ball of light emitting chaotic light out of the corpse. After a moment of chaos in the sphere of light, a female face emerged from it.
It immediately heard a cold voice.
"I ask, you answer, dare to say half a lie, I will let you experience what it means to live rather than die......"
“……”
The botanists were uncooperative at first.
After all, she is also a ruthless person who dares to refine herself directly into a plant, and her psychological distortion is no worse than that of any perverted madman.
However, after experiencing the double interrogation of soul shock and soul stripping.
She finally confessed everything.
If it is said that the pain of the pure flesh and the strong-willed strongman can bear it.
No one can withstand a blow to the soul.
The two are not in the same class at all.
Although Cheng Shen had never felt that kind of pain, he would rather never experience it.
The chaotic ball of light in front of him was gradually stripped away of only a primary color, and then it was like a bubble punctured by a needle.
Completely dissipated into the invisible.
Cheng Shen looked at the place where the soul dissipated and suddenly paused for a moment.
He thought that emotional perception was already the deepest substance in the soul.
Could it be that the dissipation of emotional perception means that a person's soul can never be resurrected?
Completely wiped out?
He always felt that the structure of the soul was not so simple, and perhaps there was something deeper, which even the ancient Celestial Clan had not excavated.
After all, in this transcendent world where even a drop of blood can be reborn, it would not be so easy to completely erase a person's traces......
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