While the witch doctors were busy calming the moose herd, the warriors buried the few who were scared to death;

After all, everyone had a lot of money on hand, so these moose, who had worked for the trolls all their lives, were spared the fate of being reduced to rations after death;

Of course, this is only if conditions permit.....

After accomplishing these things, the cave wolves in the cage also fell into a peaceful sleep again;

As a result, the witch doctors once again took control of the cage and began to deform, and after the root system beneath it changed back to a crawler structure, it was dragged back north by the moose that had settled down.

After a few days of travel, the witch doctor and the warriors finally returned to their headquarters, and at this point, the mission of the temporary prisoner car came to an end;

After all, it was just an unfinished experiment, and after transferring the cave wolf and returning to the mother tree with the syringe that had been deeply pierced in its body, it was dismantled by the witch doctors who had already recorded the parameters of the experiment.

The metal meshes were almost destroyed by this time, but the advantages of the metal materials were also reflected here, they were recovered and smelted at high temperatures, and turned into alloy ingot samples in the warehouse, waiting for the opportunity to be used again in the future;

The body of the cage was actively degraded by the witch doctors, and it was taken from the ground and used for the ground, so that it became natural nourishment again.

After that, the various data collected along the way were handed over to each project team in different categories, and it was used to contribute to future improvements.

The project team that studies alloys was asked to continue to search for lighter and stronger alloy materials on the basis of existing elements;

The project team that studied the material of the plant was also given the task of continuing to optimize its properties;

The project team studying machinery needs to improve the mechanical structure of the track and reduce the required power requirements.

Wait a minute...

In addition, the behavior of the higher salamanders to become wary of the cave wolf and leave the den as a result also gives a clear direction for future action;

The next period of time was a process of continuous improvement of the cage and repeated testing of the behavior patterns of the higher salamanders.

The purpose of the witch doctors is, of course, to bring the higher salamanders to the surface, or at least to the upper magma region;

Let's not mention whether you can fight it, but at least you have to reach it when you want to.....

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After a few more attempts, and after repeated exploration of the cage, the witch doctors generally realized a problem.....

Plants have a variety of advantages, but their performance in terms of mobility and energy conversion efficiency is not very good.

The cage that needs to be created at the moment must combine offensive ability, action and other functions, and in the final analysis, it can be summed up in one word, that is, "agility".

High agility requires better nerve conduction, higher energy efficiency, and a constant supply of energy.

If this series of problems is not solved, then the new cage will never be able to get rid of the shackles of its prototype, and will always be able to continue to strengthen in terms of strength;

And in this case, all you can gain is a stronger chamber.....

When it comes to agility and the characteristics that come with it, the first thing that comes into the minds of witch doctors when thinking about solutions is animals.

"The key issue is to find a way to create a new type of organism that combines the strengths of plants and animals.

[In view of the general environment,

This kind of idea is not new, and the Roughtooth Witch Doctor has been exploring this category before....

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There are extraordinary creatures in nature that are plant-based, and they carry them

These traits have generally become the original samples used by witch doctors to transform various plants, and have contributed to the development and growth of the troll race.

However, these transcendent creatures, commonly known as "demonic plants", generally possess one trait.....

Almost all of them are the type that sits on the ground and takes root, drinks water and eats soil, and a small number of carnivorous ones will only wait for rabbits, and there is no very reliable ability to move as a reference.

And the few of them that can move on their own only have an extremely slow speed and an instinct to move after nutrients.

Moreover, it can basically be concluded that "all the actions of demonic plants are just instincts", so they have not evolved a minimum of wisdom like the demonic beasts;

Although this facilitates the witch doctors' search and use of their corresponding individuals and abilities, it also shackles their innate ability to evolve themselves, and at the same time, it also leads to the fact that the spells derived from demonic plants are all following the natural path given by nature, lacking the colorful possibilities of the monsters.

Even in terms of "power", the few demonized plants that can move themselves have indeed helped the witch doctors complete a lot of research, so that the plants have "*** controllability".

But there are always flaws, such as the vine attacks that witch doctors are used to... Although the "whooshing" movement is also quite fast, in fact, it is not the same thing as the agility of the plant itself, and it is more the physical strength of the witch doctors themselves and the overall movement trajectory set by the witch doctors.

Plants have no muscles, and the premise of their movement is the "power of water", which is achieved by the simple process of transporting liquid or gaseous water.

When the concentration of fluid inside the cell is greater than that of the fluid outside the cell, water enters the cell, and a large amount of fluid puts pressure on the cell wall, causing the plant to change its morphology and move.

This mode of movement, due to the natural structural reasons, itself is quite low scalability;

Therefore, the witch doctors have now decided to try to create "artificial" joints, and use their "humoral movement patterns" to transform them into "plant muscles" and other imitation structures, so as to give them more powerful movement ability "foundation".

The process wasn't too difficult, and the plant transformation was already familiar to the witch doctors, who could find the right solution with their experience, no matter what structure they wanted to make.

Thus, a peculiar plant was born.....

Its roots are in the deformation scheme, abandoning the previous "track" structure, and adopting a bipedal mode instead;

Because it turns out that the crawler has all the advantages worth mentioning, when it comes to living organisms, the "bipedal" is a more energy-efficient way to travel.

This plant can be controlled by a witch doctor to perform simple movements such as forward, backward, and squat;

But that's all, the countless improved "joints" and "muscles" on its body have combined into an extremely complex set of hydraulic power patterns, although not as fine as living organisms, but the difficulty of operation has still been raised to a very high level.

Therefore, it is only a semi-finished product for the time being, and the subsequent transformation is more important.

In nature, several examples of eucalyptus symbiosis between plants and animals have been discovered, and the semi-tree morphology of the coarse tooth itself is also an important reference for this research.

However, due to the intervention of some unexpected factors, the research turned in a remarkable direction at the very beginning.....

At the beginning of the study, the coarse tooth in the semi-tree form had isolated a part of its own tissue, which was intended to be used as a reference sample for the spiritual integration of animals and plants.

However, when the group was cultivated independently, they regenerated in a direction that the witch doctors had anticipated.

It is known that the meditation method of Rough Tooth is based on the growth of plants, and the cells of his body have become closely connected to plants on a spiritual level.

In its normal form, such a spiritual union may not be reflected, and the direction of its tissue regeneration is still the original "flesh and blood" form.

But in the semi-tree form

This seems to be the natural direction, but there has been a fundamental change.....

The tissues separated from the body in the semi-tree mode have a tendency to regenerate themselves using the plant form shaped by meditation as a template.

Eventually, the group turned into a strange kind of "plant";

It has a little animality, and in the fields of reproductive system and nervous system, it has regenerated troll (elf) organs that plants do not have, and indeed has their corresponding functions;

But in other respects, it is a complete plant body, able to absorb nutrients through the root system, capable of photosynthesis, relying on hydraulic power and so on.

Such a change undoubtedly amazed the witch doctors.

They were amazed by the influence of the spirit on the physical body, and amazed at the changes in the characteristics of tissue regeneration caused by meditation.

But at the same time, after observing the corresponding phenomenon, it is most reasonable to make a later discovery.....

After all, if advanced witch doctors are injured while transforming, they will not regenerate organs that belong to trolls, and the effects of deep meditation on tissues have long been observed.

However, this "naturalness" has brought a seemingly more convenient means of implementation to previous research.

Later, Rough Fang made another "sacrifice", and after performing the corresponding part of deep meditation and hypnosis, he once again donated a part of his half-tree body tissue and a modified plant seed to complete the symbiosis;

When cultivated in the culture chamber, the modified seeds are placed into the semi-plant tissue contributed by the coarse teeth, and in the process of self-regeneration, the separated bodies actively complete the meshing of life forms, becoming two symbiotic plants that are almost completely conjoined.

This plant has hands and feet, and can be controlled by the witch doctor to turn into roots and penetrate into the ground;

However, due to the intervention of a large number of nervous systems, the maneuverability has decreased a lot, and the realization of the previous "simple movement" has become quite difficult.

However, looking at the face embedded in the trunk of the tree, the witch doctors had another idea.....

"Since the maneuverability has been reduced, why don't you just give it the ability to execute orders?"

Then, a new question arises - how to give it the "intelligence" to be able to accept instructions.

Due to the troll's ability to regenerate, it has a rather serious defect in brain cells that have completed a high degree of differentiation, and its molding speed is extremely slow;

Therefore, this "body" of the plant regenerated from the stump of thick teeth has a braincase but lacks most of the brain structure, so it does not have the function of "receiving instructions";

In addition, the witch doctors have not yet made a breakthrough in the transmission of instructions by the nervous system, so it is not realistic to manipulate them directly through the nerves.

Therefore, "give it a castrated brain" has become a more reliable option....

There are two implementation plans: first, wait for it to regenerate a brain on its own, and second, implant a brain.

The former is indeed possible, but the process of brain tissue regeneration, which can take decades, is too exaggerated, and the witch doctors don't want to wait that long;

The latter is also a good idea, but in the case of extremely severe rejection, all related attempts failed.

So, after going around and around, the question was finally brought to the front of Nesta, hoping that the miraculous Mr. Parliament President would provide an idea.

At this time, Nesta is devoting 70% of his energy to improving his own strength, and has achieved phased results.

When he saw the detailed process and data of the relevant experiment report, he was really shocked by the idea of the witch doctors;

In particular, the plant with a face almost identical to the thick teeth is really a rather strange life form....

Retracting from the divergent thoughts that had been divergent as a result, Nesta now focused on the "demands" made by the witch doctors, and began to think about the possible means to achieve the plan....

outcome

Really, a forbidden research project in his previous life came into his sight at this moment, and caused him to hesitate for a while, but after a while, Nesta finally made the final decision....

He informed the witch doctors of his "own" idea, and set strict standards for project approval and other aspects for this purpose, and only after completing a procedure did he allow some witch doctors such as Rough Tooth to conduct relevant research.

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Nesta enters the "retreat" again, and Roughfang, Azshara, and Fangs form a research team and begin to study according to the ideas he provides.

They threw a somatic nucleus in the form of a half-tree with thick teeth into a troll egg cell that had been removed;

It was found that the cells cultured in this form did no longer self-proliferate in the way of "regeneration", but would enter the second stage of development in the mode of embryos like a fertilized egg.

As a result, the problem of brain tissue generation is solved.....

With this in mind, they stuffed the embryo into pre-made seeds and placed them in a culture chamber for cultivation.

The nucleus has undergone deep hypnosis before it leaves the body, and its development pattern continues to be chimeric, and then forms a symbiosis with the plant as it grows, resulting in a "seedling" that is similar in appearance to the previous one.

Due to its botanical properties, most of the botanical spells mastered by witch doctors can naturally act on them;

Thus, with the intervention of a series of botanical spells, the witch doctors were able to participate highly in the entire growth process of this chimera, setting a strict direction for its growth.

Even the parts of the brain that cannot be directly intervened have an indirect effect on the development process by controlling the nutrient supply side and using the technology accumulated over many years in embryo culture.

As a result, the final result is a special plant that can be self-controlled, has a certain learning ability, and has far more than the ability to move plants.

Its body is composed of two parts, first, a "chimera" developed from a specially made seed by witch doctors, and second, a "body" developed from the nucleus of a rough tooth;

The former, in terms of physical attributes, inherits some of the characteristics of the mother tree, which not only has a fairly high overall strength, but also has the ability of fire resistance, toughness, vine-turning, and hypnotic agent generation.

In addition, on the basis of the above characteristics, the witch doctors also designed a complete set of animal imitation systems based on plant cells and trolls as templates, including muscular structure, bone and joint system.... So that its movement ability has been optimized at the structural level.

However, this part of the chimera has no sense of self-thinking at all.

The latter, on the other hand, has a spiritual center, a part of the biological organs, an animalistic reproductive ability, an intelligent sense of self, and is able to let its own specialized root system penetrate deep into the former and manipulate it with high precision.

At the same time, however, due to the high vegetative nature of its endophytic tissues and the fact that it is not endowed with the same structure as the former, it does not have the ability to move on its own and do not have the ability to actively reproduce.

Undoubtedly, with the intervention of the witch doctors, the "ontology" and the "chimera" formed a highly symbiotic relationship;

The body is relatively fragile and more inclined to control the chimera in terms of ability, and only through the chimera can it complete a series of behaviors such as moving, attacking, eating, and reproducing.

The unconscious chimera has an extremely considerable attack and protection power due to its own material and structural characteristics, and has two behavior modes: "tree" and "upright walking".

Moreover, the vegetation of the "body" cells affects its mental activity, making it incapable of casting spells at all;

As a result, switching between tree and walking forms must be controlled by the Witch Doctor.

When the Three Elves team completed the relevant research, the test subject was naturally the first to be visited by Nesta....

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Nesta

When I saw it, the overall length of the test subject was no more than half a meter, and the diameter was only about ten centimeters, and it was moving on the ground under the guidance of the witch doctors, with a dense branch and leaves and roots as feet.

It's been quite a while since it became self-aware, during which time it has mastered simple communication... No, it's possible to understand some simple troll (elf) language.

However, in terms of language mastery, due to the degree of woodenness of the vocal system, it will take a long time to adapt.

In the middle of the trunk, there is a woodenized face, at which there are no longer too many traces of thick teeth, apparently deliberately adjusted;

Underneath this face are a pair of clawed arms that overlap the "chin" like whiskers, and look quite majestic.

Upon seeing Nesta, the creature shook his head and acted, as if trying to get closer to him, and his mouth made a dry sound at a very slow pace.

The moment she saw this little thing, Nesta thought of a concept from the game in her previous life - the Ancient Tree of War, and it seemed appropriate to put it on it, didn't it?

"The Ancient Tree of War? Sounds pretty good, though it's not "old"..."

"Won't it be old in the future? The life cycle has been measured, and the longevity of its "ontology" part is terrifying, and it is estimated that it will still live longer than the four of us, and it will be a well-deserved "ancient tree" in the future."

"I also think it's good, it's very imposing..."

Hearing Nesta's suggestion, the three witch doctors also recognized the title after a brief exchange, and immediately introduced it to Nesta and other specific advantages and disadvantages and related characteristics;

On the energy side, its body inherits some of the abilities of the coarse teeth, and has a steady stream of replenishment in the sun.

On the vegetative side, it is more like a plant, getting nutrients from the ground through a chimera root system.

On the structural side ....

Material end...

Environmental Resistance ....

Growth rate....

All in all, in addition to the relatively slow speed of thinking, this is an extremely suitable high-offensive and defensive meat shield-type unit.

Moreover, because the initial nucleus of its body has undergone deep hypnosis by coarse teeth, it also has a very high sense of loyalty....

This loyalty does not refer to a single individual, nor to a relatively abstract concept like a "republic", but to the fact that it listens to and firmly enforces the decisions of the army.

At the same time, although its thinking speed is relatively slow, the wisdom attribute of its ontology is not low, and it is good enough to understand commands and accept knowledge.

And when attacking, it can execute relevant instructions accurately and at high speed according to the pre-planned path like the machine.

In terms of growth, it also inherits the characteristics of the plant well, and can get faster development under the accumulation of nutrients.

After completing the "acceptance", Nesta agreed to temporarily take root in the mother tree, taking advantage of the mother tree's higher nutrient acquisition efficiency, retaining some of the high nutrients, supplemented by a little bit of high-energy cell stock solution from the cave wolf, to promote its growth rate.

In addition, because it is an intelligent being and has the ability to learn knowledge, educational arrangements are also essential.

Moreover, its control of its own chimeric body can only be done more efficiently with the help of witch doctors......

Speaking of "learning", combined with the conclusion of "high execution and precision" summarized by the previous three researchers, Nesta thought of another application method other than combat - totem depiction.

Perhaps, this can help the republic achieve more convenient totem inscriptions;

Also, what should I say about this thing.....

The chimeric part of its body can be manipulated by magic;

And that part of the body seems to have the ability to "be portrayed as a totem".

Under the combination of these two, he always felt that there should be more potential of the application side to be tapped, but he couldn't think of it all at once.

But this matter was put aside for the first time, eye

The most important thing is the power generated when catching the higher salamanders....

Obviously, one "War Tree" is definitely not enough, and more needs to be cultivated.