Chapter 214: Exploring the Path That Belongs to a Warrior
Although the energy replenishment effect of photosynthesis is not as efficient as that of the electronic transition, it is definitely a considerable additional source of energy if it is placed on ordinary trolls.
Therefore, Rough Fang believes that by exploring his own situation, he can expand the way in which the race can obtain energy;
On the one hand, this can lay the groundwork for subsequent evolution;
On the other hand, it should also be able to promote the application of totems.
For example, let the trolls get more totem slots, have a longer totem use time, etc....
Nesta herself, on the other hand, was thinking about something more basic - how to transplant and reproduce the elven process that took place in the troll embryo to the trolls who had already been born.....
This is an extremely complex study, and the embryos are not transformed in one or one aspect during their development, but a whole metamorphosis process from the inside out.
Whether it is muscle structure, ganglion information transmission efficiency, and even brain structure, it seems that a series of significant changes have taken place under the influence of abundant energy.
And this change is not so much "magic" as it is closer to the realm of "otherworldly biology";
Nesta had no way, or perhaps he hadn't been able to find a transformation formula that could be expressed by runes from this series of transformations.
As a result, the previous simple transformation mode of "Warcraft (Demonic Plant)" - "Spell-like" - "Spell" - "Totem" has temporarily lost its usefulness in this research.
And this is the most headache for witch doctors today....
Between "nature" and "magic", there is an extremely tall barrier in the structure of the organism, which firmly blocks the witch doctors' efforts to make them common.
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Since the barriers to this path were so strong, Nesta had to change her mind and prepare to try it from the "creature" side.
The first thing he thought of was the cultivation and transplantation of somatic cells;
Nesta thinks that with the vitality, regenerative ability, and cellular totipotency of the troll body, can some purpose be achieved through this method?
At the very least, is it possible to try to achieve energy filling through epidermal transplantation?
When he thought of it, he did it, and he successively found ten strong warriors, and stripped a piece of epidermal tissue from each of them;
After that, they are first placed in the germ cell activation chamber and soaked in the diluted high-energy solution in it for preservation.
Under his instructions, the witch doctors temporarily upgraded ten demonic beast cultivation warehouses, and after disposing of the unlucky demonic beast embryos inside, they put the epidermal cell samples that had been stored for a period of time into them according to the pattern of cultivating elven embryos.
In the following debugging and culture, Nesta found that these epidermal cells did have variations in expression under the influence of semi-vegetative placenta....
The proliferative part outside its main body, in the passage of time, gradually has a wisp of purple.
In addition, as long as the rate of proliferation is kept within a limit, the regenerative totipotency unique to troll cells can be inhibited, and the reproduction of the product can be limited to the original function of the "body".
For example, if the body in the culture chamber is an "epidermal cell", then it will not randomly proliferate some muscle cells, bone cells, etc., which may be useful in the future, but it is not useful for current research.
In this mode, ten chambers consume less than even one-twentieth of the amount of food consumed by an elven embryo in the same period of time in the early stages of its development.
This is indeed a result to be celebrated, but not too soon..... Because of subsequent transplant attempts
is where the results really come out.
Over time, the growth in the pod turns completely purple, which means that the purpose of the culture has been achieved;
Seeing this, Nesta once again gathered the ten warriors who had previously contributed the samples, and prepared to start the next stage of the experiment - an alternative transplant on them.
The wound that had been torn off when the soldiers had previously donated the sample had long since healed without a trace, and there was no sign that a few centimeters of epidermis had been removed.
Therefore, in order for the transplant to be carried out and to eliminate some of the possible accidents, Nesta instructed the witch doctors, who were the performers of the operation, to first create a new wound in the original location.
Under his command, the knife wielders opened an almost identical wound in the original position according to the sample data;
Later, they sutured and implanted the hyperplastic epidermal tissue that had been cut into the same size on the wound.
After that, it was a nervous waiting period, and all the participants, at this time, stared closely at the soldiers on the operating table, wanting to see how their bodies reacted to these new tissues.
In fact, the danger of this experiment is not high, and it can even be said that there is no danger worth mentioning at all;
The only result of its failure should be that the piece of tissue is implanted, rejected by the body into the realm of self-healing, and then regenerated into a replacement.
It is precisely for this reason that Nesta has no psychological burden and directly enters the stage of somatic experiments.
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It's not a long wait... In other words, after a fairly short period of time, the results of the experiment came out;
Overall, the results were not ideal, and there was no problem in simply declaring the experiment a failure.
These newly implanted epidermal cells seem to have been expelled from the "cell family" by the body, and the existing tissues do not recognize them as extensions of themselves, directly ignoring the fact that they proliferate from ontological isolates.
Ten troll test subjects, without exception, were all excluded from the scope of self-healing.
"Failed.... Obviously everyone is a family, alas.... Why are you in such a hurry?"
Nesta, who was quite disappointed by this, sighed with emotion at this time.
"What about the specific numbers? Tell me more about it?"
Not all of these ten minor surgeries happened under his nose;
Therefore, even if Nesta gets the feedback of "failure" at the first time, the more detailed process must be carefully explained by the apprentices who personally operated it and the witch doctors who probed deeply.
"Subject 1, after a recognition period of less than a second, the target epidermis is identified as an 'alien intruder';"
The observation witch doctor of Operation No. 1 made such a report at this time,
"The implant part is then excluded from the body's self-healing executive domain, and its replacement tissue regenerates from under the target, causing the implant to fall off."
"Number two..... Recognition period 0.5 seconds...."
"Three.... The recognition period is 4 seconds.... Rejection from the body."
"Ten.... Recognition period 1.5 seconds.... rejection..."
"Wait, what's going on with Three? Why does it feel out of place.... Who's the subject, Tooth is right?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Number Three is Mr. Megafang, and he was very resolute in his previous experiments; Plus, you haven't asked for any restrictions other than age, so..."
"It's okay, call the tusks, I'd like to ask carefully."
"Yes, I'll go."
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"Your Excellency, Speaker." Within a few minutes, the fangs that had been put on came to Nesta's side, and he raised his fist to his chest and bowed slightly.
On his face, he could still be observed a little unwilling at this time, as if he was a little disappointed with the results of the experiment;
But as a whole
said that Giant Fang's mood was still very stable, and this setback did not affect his aggressiveness and fighting spirit too much.
"Giant Fang, tell me how you felt.... The condition you have in your body is the most peculiar of all the participants, and although it seems quite limited, it may also be a breakthrough in our research."
Greattooth obviously didn't know the difference in the results, and had only understood that everyone had failed, but now that Nesta said this, he was visibly excited.
"Really! I'll just say it!"
After confirming it, Giant Fang quickly suppressed his excitement and contemplated how he felt at the time.
Nesta and the other witch doctors didn't rush either, they just looked at the records in their hands and analyzed the similarities and differences, while waiting patiently for him to answer.
After a while, the giant tooth spoke a little hesitantly,
"Your Excellency, Speaker of the Council... To be honest, the physical sensation can be said to be almost non-existent, and it is no different from ordinary regeneration, you let me say the feeling.... It seems a little difficult."
"Didn't anything unusual happen? Like feeling like your body is fighting or something..."
"Uh... That's really not the case."
"Okay, it's okay, everything else can be.... For example, what are you thinking, what kind of mentality you have, etc.; You weren't anesthetized, you were completely conscious, right? Tell me about it?"
"Yes... Let me think... I just want to be stronger, and then I think this is a way to make me stronger, so I really want to succeed."
"What about the rest? Anything else?"
「.... No, there is none."
Nesta nodded slowly after a moment of contemplation, and said to him,
"Well, it's very helpful, you can go down for now, and we'll let you know if there are changes."
"Understood! It's a pleasure to contribute!"
"Well, that's great."
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After the tusks retreated, Nesta commanded again to the left and right,
"What are the rest of the subjects doing? Did you touch and talk to each other?"
"Not yet, because you asked to summon Lord Greatfang..... So just in case, we're going to have the subjects wait."
"Very well, go and call them one by one, and don't let them meet each other yet."
"Okay!"
Although the exact reason was unknown, the apprentice hurriedly complied.
After that, the trolls who participated in the experiment came to Nesta's office one after another, and answered the questions of the witch doctors in turn.
The content of the questions is similar to that of Giant Fang, which is to ask "what did you feel at the time", "What did you think at the time", etc.;
And their answers are basically the same as those of Giant Fang, all of which are "I didn't feel anything special during the experiment", "I want to be stronger", and so on.
After sending them away one after another, Nesta rubbed her brows, closed her eyes and pondered for a long time before she sighed,
"The desire to be stronger... Maybe it's related to delayed rejection, but it doesn't seem to be the decisive factor, but a premise? That implementation delay... What would be the factors that would go one step further and include these implants in their own category? Or can it be realized..."
"Realize... I think it's possible, after all, it's all the product of their own cell proliferation, and as long as we find the corresponding key, we should be able to reap the results you want to see.... It's just that this key seems to be a bit of a lake now."
"If you want to say 'want to be strong', I dare say that this is the common hope of every warrior, and Your Excellency Greattooth is not qualitatively different from the others; But delayed rejection did happen to him, and there must have been some factors that we overlooked that had an impact on that."
In the discussion between the two witch doctors who spoke to each other, Nesta also made a judgment, and he commanded,
「.... In this way, we will continue to expand the scope of the trial, and get more data before we can discuss others, if there are examples like Giant Fang
Then focus on what they have in common."
"Understood.... What about test subjects? Is it still limited to the prime of life?"
「.... Yes, continue to be confined to the prime of life;"
After answering the witch doctor's question, Nesta added again,
"Also, if you renovate the ten upgraded cabins, a set of experimental targets doesn't need to occupy an entire cabin, it's too wasteful.... 10 partitions, 10 partitions for each compartment, I need to finish it as soon as possible."
"Okay, let's get ready."
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The renovation of the experimental chamber, the recruitment of trolls in the prime of life, and so on, were carried out almost simultaneously, and were almost completely completed in less than a month.
Samples of more than 1,000 trolls' epidermal cells were collected in a short period of time and then stored in hibernation chambers;
Among them, 100 samples that need to be used in the next stage are grouped into 1 group, and they are first placed in an activation chamber and immersed in a high-energy diluted liquid.
After the same amount of time as the previous batch, they were transferred to the modified culture partition and began the process of metamorphosis;
In this succession, the samples that need to be used in the next batch are also calculated to be transferred to the activation chamber, and the group is 2....
After 1 group of metamorphosis reaches the stage required by the witch doctors, the test subjects who contributed to them are summoned and the transplantation process begins;
Immediately after that, 2 groups are in place, 3 groups are in place, 3 groups are in place, and 4 groups are in place.....
The transplantation experiment was carried out by the coupling with little time wasted;
And the witch doctors in charge of observation also got new results one after another in the following period.
"No. 3-87, identification period 3.5 seconds;"
"No. 4-99, identification period 4.5 seconds;"
"No. 7-13, identification period 3 seconds;"
"8-43, 3 seconds of identification period;"
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In a large number of eucalyptus cases with a recognition period of only about one second, some representatives of the flock have appeared one after another.