The "weird feeling" caused by the loss of fangs is more due to behavioral habits and shame....

For example, in the past, Giant Tooth habitually stroked its fangs when thinking about problems, but now it is often embarrassing to touch the void because of this;

For example, during combat training, because of the excessive concentration, I often forget that the big fangs have disappeared, and I will habitually shake my head and try to use it to attack;

For example, he was even embarrassed to let his friends call him "Bigosta" anymore, feeling that he was owed to this majestic name, and his teeth were gone, so how could he continue to use it shamelessly?

However, this body is extremely satisfying in other aspects, whether it is muscle and bone strength, quick reaction speed, or combat endurance, it is more than several times stronger than before.

Although the body dimension had shrunk several times after the first transformation, and was even small enough that he was embarrassed to go out, it had now grown back;

At this time, although the giant teeth seem to be "slender" than before, they are actually one step further than before in terms of height and weight;

For example, the height has reached 3.25 meters, which is about 0.15 meters longer than before;

Another example is weight, the current net body weight is 1.2 tons, which is about 0.35 tons higher than before;

[In view of the general environment,

Obviously, as a pure warrior, Giant Fang's speed of recovery was much faster than the progress of the three witch doctors who had advanced to Azhara back then.

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Due to its considerable speed, the moose traffic car makes the "click" sound made by the carriage when passing between the tracks, which is connected to the ears of the passengers inside;

And in the midst of such a sound, Jufang and the intern who came to contact him arrived at the Memorial Square from their home.

The rail car was as arrogant as ever, and it didn't stop at all when it arrived at the station, and Jufang and the intern chose to jump out of the train like most of their compatriots.

Since there have been few wars worth mentioning in recent years, the number of steles on the Monument Square is no different from that at the end of the Northern Campaign;

The two of them passed through Valhalla and arrived at the Mother Tree.....

Today's mother tree can no longer be described as "tall", its 230-meter trunk height, 90-meter balanced diameter, and 300-meter-wide spherical canopy at the top can be described as "magnificent".

At least in the minds of the trolls and elves, this should be arguably the most majestic unnatural creation on the entire road.

Although it is a sight that can be seen in everyday life, every time I come to the vicinity of the mother tree, Giant Fang is proud and realizes his own insignificance again, and from this he develops the fighting spirit of "I want to practice and study harder".

But today, of course, he can't just turn around and go home, because this trip is a summons from the witch doctors of the institute, saying that there is an experiment closely related to the path of a warrior that needs his help....

Unlike the research institutes located in the city, it seems that there are no guards standing guard on this side of the Mother Tree, but if you underestimate the guarding power here because of this, it will undoubtedly make a huge mistake, and the first application of a large number of new technologies makes its vigilance force not as lax as it seems.....

The trunk of the mother tree was now extremely smooth, and there was no fulcrum on it like glass that could be used to grasp and borrow, and even with the agility and agility of the trolls and elves, they had to rely on the vine-controlled "commuter cabin" to get on and off.

The function of the "commuter cabin" is roughly similar to that of the elevators used in Nesta's previous life, except that the places it can reach are more carefully planned, and it can reach almost any area you are allowed to go to with one click, and it is accurate to the "room";

Of course, this is also because the "traffic environment" on the mother tree, especially among the canopy vines, is too complicated, so the witch doctors designed the function in order to save trouble.

They didn't

There are cabins arranged in the trunks of trees, but they are mostly in mid-air, and the starting point is placed on the periphery of the junction between the mother tree and the ground, and the trunks are circled in a circle, about fifty in all;

When facing the transportation of large instruments or monsters, the commuter cabins will be merged and turned into a state large enough to accommodate the target, pulling the big ones that need to be transported.

But at this time, the only people who need to go up are the giant tooth and the intern, so naturally there is no need to make such trouble.

After passing through Valhalla Square, the two came to a position about 100 meters in front of the tree trunk, and the intern stretched out a finger and pressed the rectangular wooden platform protruding from the ground;

After that, a faint flash of electricity came out of his fingertips, and the seemingly cumbersome lines on the surface of the cube wooden table also shimmered as if they echoed, and then an elf (giant fang) and a troll (intern) began to wait.

Tusk actually had the opportunity to go to the top of the Mother Tree on a regular basis, so he knew exactly what the intern was doing, and just looked up and waited quietly.

Not long after, a small and large black dot fell, and in a fairly quick time, it "swished" and stopped firmly in front of the two of them.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, please first~"

"Thank you."

After a brief response, Giant Tooth was the first to board the commuter cabin, but just as he was as usual trying to find the totem pattern of the main control destination in the cabin, a voice that seemed familiar sounded in his ears.....

"Welcome to the South-12 commuter cabin, the intelligent guidance system will serve you wholeheartedly."

Obviously, there is no life reaction such as breathing and heartbeat, but the sound appears out of thin air for no reason;

Even though this voice is extremely familiar, even if this is the most core area of the headquarters, and it is almost impossible for danger to appear quietly, but the instinct of the warrior is still to subconsciously put on a fighting posture with the giant fang, and quickly turn his head to look at the source of the sound....

Of course, it is not a living life without breathing, without heartbeat, or even with the peristalsis of internal organs, but only the complex totemic patterns arranged on the wall on the left side;

"Is it a new application of the Voice Totem?"

Giant Fang, who probably understood what was going on, slowly withdrew the weapon that had been unsheathed at his waist, and asked tentatively,

"Little Freya?"

"Welcome to the South-12 commuter cabin, the intelligent guidance system "I'm not small!" We're here for you."

"Ahh

"Haven't you been here lately, Your Excellency? It doesn't respond to anything other than settings... Or maybe it doesn't answer at all."

"yes, it looks like it's a new device this month, and I thought little Freya was being naughty again."

"Little Freya forced... No, this is indeed the voice of Her Excellency Freya Witch Doctor, but it is just a falsetto that is automatically synthesized after collecting the frequency of the vocalizations;"

"Oh, I see.... I don't know exactly what it is, but it's called "I'm not small"... What do you think?"

"Actually, it doesn't have a name, but Ms. Freya took the initiative to come and "help" during the installation, and then "secretly" added a setting to it.... When a woman's name is added with "small" in front of her name, it will forcibly emphasize "I'm not small".... I heard that the witch doctors originally wanted to delete it, but some witch doctors thought that it was the only point where it seemed to be "smart", so they kept it."

"Haha.... It's kind of like her personality."

「.... Wait a minute, let me do it."

"Please."

The commuter cabin was obviously not very "human", and there was not even a seat in it, so Giant Tooth nodded and let it go to the side, waiting for the intern to operate.

"Apply to run."

"Understood.... Two heartbeats have been detected, so please touch the totem area and name the area you want to go to."

The intern stepped forward and pressed his finger on another area, and Greattooth did the same....

"Greetings, Your Excellency Colonel Bigosta; Hello, Your Excellency Intern Anesta .... Tell us where you're going, and we'll be happy to help you."

"Institute of Nervous Systems and Brains."

"Yes, we're going to go right away, please keep yourself steady."

"Crunch, squeak...," the vine's tense voice came to my ears;

At the same time, the commuter class is also starting to climb upwards, and it is noticeably getting faster and faster....

"This thing feels smart?"

"It's just a façade, everything that seems to be a "conversation" is actually just a totemic response made according to a program after capturing a specific voice fluctuation, if my speech speed is a little faster, or my pronunciation is a little slurred, it will stiffly repeat "Serve you".

Before the intern could finish his sentence, the outside of the transparent resin layer was dappled with light and shadow, and the direction of the commuter cabin changed from a straight vertical line to a complex horizontal and diagonal line, due to the fact that it had entered the canopy of the mother tree.

"If you say that... Aside from making it more cumbersome to maneuver the commuter cabin, it doesn't seem to be any more useful, right?"

"I think so too, but it seems that the Witch Doctor has other ideas, and I don't know if it's too specific."

During the conversation, the commuter cabin finally stopped and opened the door automatically, and the voice collected from Freya sounded again.

"I have arrived at the Institute of Nervous System and Brain, and I wish you all the best in your research.....

"Thank you..."

Giant Fang subconsciously responded with a word of thanks, and then followed the intern out of the cabin....

It is located deep in the canopy, and after the sunlight has been filtered through the layers of leaves, only a small amount can reach here;

Therefore, for a long time, the problem of lighting has always been one of the difficulties in the utilization of various parts of the mother tree.

But now it is not particularly dark, because the surrounding vines are bright and bright in the shape of pine cones, but they are close to the color of natural light;

It is a fluorescent magic plant that has been adjusted, and has become a source of light in various indoor environments and at night in the headquarters, and has also made the deep canopy more useful.......

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Located in the middle of the canopy of the mother tree, the Institute of Nervous System and Brain is a multi-purpose laboratory with a wide range of space and space, although it is somewhat inconspicuous due to the grandeur of the background.

The commuter cabin stopped, just outside the "Visitor Arrival" room specially opened up by the institute, and the two finally came to the institute after two identification links.

After a period of exchange, Giant Tooth undressed and lay down on the research table again, undergoing experimental modification surgery.

Since there is no anesthesia, the witch doctor who holds the knife also explains some precautions and the principle of transformation, and uses magic to manipulate the vines integrated with various types of scalpels, and performs miniature surgery on the chest cavity of the giant tooth.

"The main purpose of this surgery is two.....

"The first is to add nutrients and energy delivery capacity to your implants. The second is the interface for outreach to mind manipulation."

"Wouldn't I always have a tube on my body?"

"Well... It's not so much a tube .... It's more like a tube and a jack."

"On the energy transmission side, the large head of the entire system is armored on the outside, and when the armor is applied, a special tube will extend from the inside of it, which will be connected to the "jack" on your chest, and then the energy and nutrients will be connected."

"But the neural connections have to start with the lower brain column, and we've used your cells to grow a new muscle-wrapped organ full of plexuses, and then we'll connect it to the cranial cavity at the junction of the spine and the cranial cavity

and on the outer armor side, there are connecting end holes."

"So... Not only will I have an extra hole in my body, but I will also have an extra tube?"

"Haha~ There's no other way for the time being, isn't it? To be honest, I think it's quite interesting, especially for the outreach nerve organs, and I always think that there will be more ways to apply it in the future..."

"Uh... I don't think it's good.... Isn't this just creating a weakness for yourself? Isn't there a way to add no cumbersomeness or leave no holes?"

"Not for the time being, nerve signals can't be transmitted through the air, at least you can't, and the nutrients that carry energy are also real substances, and there is no way to make them transmit intangible and insubstantial..... So, in every aspect, the external terminal must be retained."

"But don't worry, we've reserved the means of protection, the plexus organs and energy ports are all built-in, and they will only break out when they need to be armed.... Of course, you'll definitely get some minor injuries in the process, but that's just the extent of being stabbed through the skin with a thin sword..."

"Well... I seem to have to say thank you..."

"It's okay, I'll continue to tell you about the precautions, huh? Both organs are cultured based on your somatic cells, but you know what happened to the implants before..."

"Now I can only rely on the means of inhibition I left behind, and barely keep them on you, but if you really want to realize the ideas I just said, such as "manipulating them to poke out of the body", and "external armor", and even making them "live" in your body, then you still have to go through a will-level integration.... Got it?"

"Understand..."

"Good, turn over... It's the plexus organ's turn."

Hearing this, Giant Fang touched his chest that had healed, then nodded and lay down again with his back up, but when the blade just touched his lower head, Giant Fang asked with some uneasiness,

"Your Excellency... I'm not going to be a fool, am I? It's the lower brain and the spine..."

"Huh? Don't believe in my craft?"

"Not really... I'm just a little worried."

"Alas~ Don't worry, there have been no less than 1,000 animal experiments and more than 10 NRE volunteer experiments before you..."

"That.... How many times have you succeeded?"

"Animal testing has been wiped out, except for volcanic salamanders..... And the dying troll body experiment....." The witch doctor said here and was silent for a moment, then paused for a few seconds before sighing,

"The first two volunteers died..."

"Then, three of the five subjects in the early and middle stages of the test showed "semi-permanent neurological motor dysfunction"."

"After that, there were two follow-up cases in the mid-term and all nine successes in the later stage."

「.... I see, so you can do it."

"Hmm."

Giant Tooth was actually a little apprehensive, but he thought that he couldn't let the sacrifice's efforts be wasted, so he accepted the follow-up transformation operation in silence;

Relying on the strong will he had exercised in the process of advancement, he kept himself still in pain, soothed his mind in uneasiness, and closed his eyes to feel all the subtle processes of the treatment with the tissues of the wound area....

The cold scalpel cut through the skin of the upper neck one after another, and then there were two dry, slightly warm forceps, which tightly pulled the separated tissue to both sides;

After that, the giant tooth sensed "burning" around the wound, and judging from the type of pain, it should have been coated with a layer of super acidic corrosive liquid, which would interfere with the witch doctor's magic and retard the body's self-regeneration instinct.

At that moment, a buzzing sounded in my ears.....

The Giant Fang understood that it was an extremely thin "liquid circular blade" that oscillated at high frequencies under the control of the magic, and that there should be some fine metal particles mixed with it inside;

Obviously, it's the turn of "cutting the bones" ....

When he was still a troll, it was difficult for a normal scalpel to cut through the bones of the fangs

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After the elfism, his bones, which had been strengthened again, completely lost the possibility of being damaged in the face of ordinary cutting methods;

Because of this, the witch doctors have developed such a new method for performing surgery.

The witch doctor in charge of "holding the knife" had fine beads of sweat on his forehead at this time, and maintaining this spell was also a burden on his spirit, not to mention that there were so many things to take care of while operating.....

One light minute.... Two lights divided.... Three-light ..... The humming sound stopped, and the fangs felt a long, slippery organ. At this time, he touched his wound;

Then, the front end of the neural retina is broken, and countless fine filaments are poured into its own spinal column, and it attempts to connect with its own spinal medulla.....

Greattooth knew that the rest of the matter had to be assisted by himself so that the witch doctor could finish the work smoothly;

He began to use the "warrior meditation" he had developed to interfere with the body's rejection of foreign objects, so that the witch doctor could have the energy to complete the next steps.

Of course, "warrior meditation" is just a customary appellation, and what Tusk is doing now is very different from the meditation of witch doctors;

Unlike the meticulous and precise meditation of the witch doctors, the means of interfering with the physical body with the will are more rugged, and it is a kind of large-scale implementation of beliefs.

Faced with such a situation, if the witch doctors' response is to hypnotize the disobedient cells;

That soldier, maybe it is equivalent to a mandatory unified party class?

Regardless of whether the students can listen to it or not, whether they will be rebellious or not, in short, they must first be "consistent" on the surface....

But in any case, the cells in the giant tooth's body were indeed like those students who had to obediently hand in 3,000 words of feedback despite nagging, and temporarily resisted the rejection that should have exploded sharply.

In the nick of time, the witch doctor's methods for the organs began to take effect, and he barely allowed him to make a nest in the body of the giant fang.

After that, the support frame was released and the surface of the tissue corroded by the acid was cut off, and the wound of the giant tooth began to heal itself at a high speed, leaving the organ completely in the body.

"Remember, the nutrients stored in the organs themselves can't survive for long, so you'll have to come to me every three days to check them up, and you'll have to inject them with the rest of their life-sustaining nutrients."

"So troublesome?"

"That's why the sooner the will is united, the better, and when your body has thoroughly accepted them and started to provide the necessary nutrients, you will not have to come and suffer."

As he spoke, the witch doctor operated a culture chamber behind him, and after opening it, he took out a wooden sphere about five centimeters in diameter.

"Take it and take a look..."

After taking it, the giant tooth looked up and down, left and right, and found that there was a small hole and a thin tube on it, and after thinking about what the witch doctor had said before, he raised his eyes and asked in surprise,

"This.... Isn't that what you call "living armor?"

"yes, it's... You see that hole, it's a new organ under your skull, and it's connected to the implant core, which will become a port for consciousness manipulation in the future."

"Look at that thin tube again, and the one in your chest is a set of tubes that are also connected to the central nucleus, which will become a supply tube for nutrients and energy in the future."

"The so-called 'nucleus' is a semi-plant symbiotic fleshball that integrates nutrient-converting cell populations and nerve cell populations, and it hasn't grown up yet, and when you at least complete the assimilation of the implanted organ in the back of your head, you can take it back and cultivate it yourself."

"When the time comes, once you've inserted one end of the plexus organ into the interface and completed the first step of "nuclear assimilation", you can start influencing it with your own mind."

"Such an amazing ....."

"Of course~ This is the result of several research institutes (offices).... Plus, it can be sustained by the nutrients you provide during battle

； In a non-combat situation, it can be transformed into a small sapling to take root in the ground and maintain its own activation, and the pre-carved functional totem will not be eliminated in this transformation process."

"Little sapling? Shouldn't it be like this, how convenient it is to carry it this way?"