In April 67 of Rune Calendar, Nesta's resignation caused a wave of rendering;

At this time, many witch doctors who did not know in advance finally understood the foreshadowing laid by the previous establishment of the voting weight in the 'Speaker election', and guessed that His Excellency the Speaker seemed to have plans to resign at that time, or even longer.

Deliberations on his resignation were dragged on for months, and various individuals, representing different circles, tried to dissuade Nesta from doing so, but to no avail.

So, at the end of July 67 of the Rune calendar, after giving a 'farewell speech' at Valhalla wearing a full chest of medals, Nesta left the political arena as a "councillor" and without retaining any title.

Later, in August 67, the Parliament held an election for the Speaker, and by virtue of her own merits and the political assets of her and her husband, Aeshara defeated the other competitors by a large margin and was officially elected as the second Speaker of the Republic.

In this way, her era began.......

Nesta was not involved in the election of his partner, and at Azshara's request, he entered a meditation room at the top of the Mother Tree as soon as his resignation was approved, and began his retreat.

Previously, when he was promoted to the third order, it was in the 46th year of the rune calendar and when Nesta turned sixty-one, but now almost 21 years have passed.

During this period, although he had the responsibility of being the 'Speaker' and needed to scatter his energy in various affairs, he actually never stopped his own practice.

No matter how busy you are every day, at least part of your time should be devoted to meditation, which can be regarded as a balance between practice and governance to a certain extent.

But recently, with the arrival of some kind of 'bottleneck', the previous 'two-pronged' approach finally no longer works;

At the moment, Nesta urgently needs a long and continuous period of time to sort out his progress and clarify the path ahead....

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The path of the witch doctor's cultivation does not seem to have many bells and whistles in the 'three orders' defined at this time....

When the multifunctional cells that can be used as the 'starting point of thinking' have been deduced before, what Nesta has been doing all this time is to transform the cells in the body and turn them into a part of the 'mind' as much as possible.

In the process, from the heart, bones, muscles, skin, to hair, and then to most of the soft tissues in the body, the transformation has been completed one after another.

So, although Nesta and the other elves seem to be the same, their hearts are beating again, their breathing is going on, and their organs are wriggling, in fact, there is a huge difference inside;

For example, hair .... His hair had now turned into controlled 'whiskers', but it was still in its original appearance;

The same is true for the rest of the organs, most of which are 'limited controlled' and reproduce their functionality with a completely different cellular basis.

In this process, some cells that achieve their original mission through high differentiation will have their functional bias weakened after transformation;

However, because the same 'mission' has been dispersed throughout the body, and it has been changed from being undertaken by some cells to being completed by all cells, the functional 'total value' at the overall level has been greatly enhanced.

At the same time, with the continuous improvement of the degree of transformation, the proportion of 'self' in the sea of consciousness is also increasing, and thus the spiritual power has also been continuously increased.

This change has been maintained until recently, and finally there is no way to turn around, and there is no way to advance.....

Because the remaining 'protocells' are basically tissues and cells that cannot be replaced temporarily, or dare not be replaced, such as the brain, spinal pulp, nerve fibers, and blood cells;

Due to various constraints, Nesta has a feeling that he has no idea what to do with them.

Moreover, although the 'quantitative change' has been happening and has accumulated to a large value, the expected 'qualitative change' has not yet arrived.

Neither physically nor mentally, there has been no breakthrough under such a huge accumulation, let alone with the arrival of the bottleneck, the 'quantitative change' has also been forced to stop.

So, what should we do next......

Now, Nesta's body has two different modes of operation, namely the 'old center with the brain and spinal cord as the main axis', and the 'new center with the multifunctional cell population as the main axis';

Although the two systems go hand in hand, their respective operating processes are quite different.

Among them, the former relies on the functionality that has evolved over millions of years, and is still controlling the body as a whole according to the traditional 'from the center to the four directions' model;

The latter, because of the role of the 'starting point of thinking' possessed by stem cells, has formed a set of self-control mode of 'starting from the grassroots'.

On the whole, the former is more efficient but less aggressive, while the latter gives Nesta cell-level self-control.

But on the other hand, the former has a complete system, which can complete more tasks in a short period of time with less energy consumption, and also has stronger computing power;

The latter, however, is stronger than 'precision' but neglected to be 'whole' because it takes a single cell as the 'starting point of thinking', and lacks the 'individual value' while the 'individual value' is low and the 'unsystematic' lacks the cohesiveness of each other.

For example, the same elbow bending action can be done at the moment when the old center 'thinks';

However, on the side of the 'new center', the reaction time is greatly shortened by the downward shift of the 'starting point', but in the process of execution, a lot of time is wasted due to the 'movement integration', and the overall speed of the action is slowed down.

In other words, in the case of only running the latter, Nesta will become a 'high-frequency warrior', struggling to complete the maneuvers in exaggerated stuttering.

And this is also one of the reasons why he did not dare to change the 'old central' system for the time being, and thus the road of 'quantitative change' had no choice but to stop.

In order to solve this problem, Nesta has made many repeated attempts, but they have failed for various reasons, either because the energy consumption is too high, or because it has created a new weakness for itself;

All in all, the 'next path' seems to be there and within reach, but the key to unlocking it has not yet been revealed.....

This is also the helplessness of Nesta, as the pioneer of the path, he must continue to accumulate success through trial and error.

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At this time, Nesta is in an embryo culture chamber, and the infusion of nutrients and the maintenance of breathing will be assisted by pipes, so he can be in a state of retreat for a long time without distraction.

At some point, he had a flash of inspiration and thought, 'Why don't you think about it in the meditation space?'.....

The meditation space is the center of his spiritual power and an important starting point for the witch doctor system to cast spells, and the process of its formation brings together the consciousness of all cells in the body, whether it is the main consciousness or the subconscious, it is the foundation of this space that exists in the void;

So, can it assume the role of a 'consciousness center' and become a concentrated embodiment of the 'self'?

With this in mind, Nesta began his own attempt......

The 'outside' of the meditation space is the spirit visualization, while the 'inside' is the manifestation of the consciousness mimic iceberg, the magic pool, the spatial boundary, etc.;

And now, with Nesta's attempt, it all has turned into nothingness.

However, there is no way for 'nothing' and 'chaos' to carry out subsequent operations, so he creates the concept of 'mind' and embodies it as a firefly-like 'point' in meditation.

With its own narrow thinking subject as the core, there are hundreds of billions of 'fireflies' around it, each representing a cell that has completed transformation.....

This seems to mean that he wants to scale up his computing level to 'hundreds of billions' or even higher in every instant?

Moreover, visualization is not a simple 'operation', and there is a more complex set of elements that need to be carried out at the same time......

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In fact, this level of visualization is enough to 'burn' Niesta's mind, not even a visualization, even a simple 'instantaneous petabillion calculation' that he can't complete;

The reason why he can maintain his own thinking from being 'burned' to death at this time is because these 'fireflies' are the manifestation of his thinking consciousness in meditation;

Each of these points represents, in fact, a tiny fraction of Nesta's 'generalized self', although the cell-level 'self' is not as flexible as the narrow self because of its lack of system;

But it also has the ability to 'self-sustain' in the meditative space, and it doesn't need to be controlled in every detail;

That's why Nesta was able to maintain her ability to think as she is now.

What he needs to do now is to try to glue these scattered 'minds' together to form a highly unified 'self', so as to establish a thinking center that is based on the space of meditation.

The idea has emerged, but it's a bit of a clue how to implement it.....

After much deliberation to no avail, Nesta decided to copy the answers given by nature, and to achieve the purpose of making the body work through the simulation of the body itself.

But countless subsequent attempts were unsuccessful, and the reason for this was gradually understood by him in the continuous failure.....

This part of the 'self' based on cell monomers is very limited in size, so it does not possess too strong 'thinking' attributes and abilities.

At this point, just maintaining their 'self' existence in the meditation space has taken up a large part of their mental resources, and they are no longer able to perform more complex 'tasks'.

What to do.... Since cellular thinking monomers are weak, can the expression of each of their 'thinking monomers' be limited to the simplest mode?

For example, 0 and 1?

Like, yes or no?

And the more complex stuff is done by connecting upwards?

I think of it and do it, anyway, I have failed so many times, and it is not bad this time.....

The core of 'trying' is meditation, and Nesta needs to regulate the most basic operating rules in meditation;

Just as these thoughts were previously manifested as 'fireflies', it is now necessary to change them to a manifestation mode that can express binary;

In addition, the process of decentralization through binary integration must also come up with a solution....

After that, by constructing a new form of visualization, Nesta completed the initial concatenation between the various 'monolithic minds' through countless trial and error, from less to more;

At this moment, there are hundreds of billions of 'minds', based on the meditation rules that Nesta himself has explored, turned into computational points that can express 0 and 1, and suddenly acquires a huge amount of computing power;

And its first task is to explore the operation mode of its own body.....

Since the starting point of these 'thinking' is the cells that have completed the transformation, and these cells are naturally in the operating range of the 'old center';

Therefore, after Nesta made this 'setting', the cell slowly converted all its changes into binary expressions in the process of somatic self-operation.

At first, this expression was confined to each cell itself, but after the accumulation of data gradually filled, it began to integrate upwards with the active intervention of Nesta, from the cell level, to the cell population level, to the tissue and organ level, and finally to the body level.

And when the retreat finally reached this point, the meditation space that had been transformed into a 'sea of fireflies' by Nesta gradually revealed a drastic change.....

At this point, the visualization body once again replaces the 'nothingness' and becomes the subject of meditation;

However, unlike the original visualization body, which is indistinguishable from the external body, the current manifestation of the meditation space is a transparent 'digital spirit' with endless 0s and 1s circulating in most of the body.

And when Nesta 'activated' the new visualization and made it really work.....

'Boom! ’

The silent and invisible roar begins in the meditative space, followed by an infinite, almost endless exaltation of the spirit and mind;

At this moment, Nesta's mind was extremely active, his mental perception was extremely sensitive, and his control of the body was unprecedentedly fine.

Half a day passed, when consciousness fell back and thoughts returned, Nesta sensed her situation at this time, and was happy with a deep sense of surprise.

Indeed, his plan was successful, but it was more than that......

Nesta sensed that he seemed to have completed a bottleneck leap, and not a small level of ascension in this stage, but a large stage of the jump.....

Whether it is the moment of the leap just now, or the feeling that it has stabilized at this moment, the changes that have occurred in my body all prove that this is a qualitative change of a large span.

Especially in terms of perception and mental power, the comparison between them is as if the second order was promoted to the third order, and the body has also undergone qualitative changes in terms of strength and reaction speed......

'Does it seem like it's really an upgrade, not an upgrade?' ’

After the initial confirmation, Nesta began to think about why, although it is a good thing to be promoted, but after all, he is a pioneer, in order for the younger generations to be able to reproduce and avoid detours, so this step cannot be so unexpected.

Examine yourself first, and the most important changes undoubtedly occur in the meditation space, especially the whimsical and traceable 'digital elf visualization';

In the previous construction, the relationship between the visualized body and the external body can be roughly defined as 'the former achieves the latter';

At that time, Nesta was building a new center based on 'multifunctional cells' by 'weaving' in the visualization body;

This center starts from the 'grassroots', and restricts the 'scattered' thoughts through the operation of 0 and 1, and its goal is to act outwardly on the body.

After the construction is completed and completely activated through deep meditation, the relationship between the visualization body and the body changes, and they are no longer simply 'the former achieves the latter', but becomes 'the latter manifests the former', and the 'digital elf visualization' becomes the embodiment of the 'new center' in meditation.

That is to say, even if Nesta does not deliberately maintain meditation on the 'visualization body', his body will still function according to the pattern that has been formed;

However, if he still wants to refine the whole or the details, he can still meditate and transform the relationship into 'the former to achieve the latter' again, and then through the improvement of the visualization, he can achieve an impact on the movement of the body.

The impact of this mode of operation on the whole can be summarized as follows: all organs except the brain will be separated from the signals of the nervous system.

In this way, when the narrow sense of 'main consciousness' needs to control the body to complete a certain action, although its needs are still formed from the brain, the 'manipulation' of the end will abandon the traditional path and be based on 'cell simulation operation'.

This not only maintains the precision of the control brought by the 'cell-level self', but also avoids the disadvantages of 'energy consumption' and 'sluggishness' in terms of overall control through the computational simulation of a part of the 'old center'.

In addition to the drastic changes that have taken place in the 'Visualization Body', the other virtual concepts such as the 'Mana Pool Volume' have also been expanded by more than ten times after completing the adaptation to the current situation.

In addition, mental perception and somatic manipulation have all been qualitatively improved.

The increase in mental perception is mainly reflected in the control of spell-like disturbances, casting speed, casting intensity, etc., which Nesta intends to leave for the follow-up to complete the quantification;

In terms of body control, the changes are a bit 'scare-free'.....

Before completing the 'Digital Spirit Vision', Nesta could actually control most of its organs, including viscera, through cells;

For example, the heart can control its beating rate, even stop it completely, and change its overall shape.

In addition, height, shortness, fatness, thinness, and appearance contours can also be changed within a small limit.

However, for the reasons mentioned earlier, this control can be relatively monotonous, energy-intensive, slow and complex, with little prospect of more use than novelty.

But now, when the advancement is successful, this control is not only optimized in terms of speed and energy consumption, but also greatly expands its variable range to a degree, so that it has gone from being a chicken rib to a useful ability.

In terms of height and size......

In normal mode, Nesta can shrink its height to a minimum of 1.8 meters and a maximum height of 6 meters.

When shrinking, this change is achieved by controlling the atrophy and dormancy of some cells.

The benefit is a reduction in energy expenditure, and the disadvantage is an all-round decline in physical fitness.

When enlarged, it is necessary to actively expand the volume dimension of a single cell to accumulate the improvement of body shape and even physique;

The advantage is that the body shape obtained in exchange for this has a real and true physique strengthening;

The disadvantage is that the process of change and the maintenance after change need to be achieved with a sudden increase in energy consumption.

And that's just the basics.....

If he is willing to pay a greater price, he can obtain a larger or smaller body, or even a body structure that is completely detached from his original appearance.

For example, on the basis of atrophy and dormancy, if he can actively discard some cells, he can even compress his body size to tens of centimeters;

If he takes the initiative to accelerate cell division to increase the number of cell parenchymals, and then expands the dimensions to improve the quality of individual cells, then he can accumulate a physique and strength that far surpasses the current body size and complements each other;

Another example is that since hair is no longer 'hair' and its essence is also a 'muscle', the length is arbitrary.

In addition, strange changes such as the six-fingered qin demon, three heads and six arms, and two dings and three eggs seem to be achievable if they are studied.....

However, even though Nesta has now risen to the fourth order, he still retains the barrier of flesh and blood, and although his lifespan is long, there is always a limit;

Therefore, whether it is 'active abandonment' or 'accelerated splitting', it will make itself pay a corresponding price, and only the change in the state of 'no increase and no decrease' is the most cost-effective.

When the examination of himself and the grasp of his status were completed, it was natural that Nesta understood why he had been promoted.

After all, the reason for the promotion is still to blame for the word 'integration'....

Previously, those modified cells became the 'starting point of thinking', and as the accumulation continued, their number increased, and finally reached about 75% of the total cell volume;

This did improve Nesta in many ways, but because it was not connected into a complete system of thinking, it did not lead to qualitative changes in all aspects;

Now, although there is still a gap in space, and they do not form a complete organ like the brain, at the level of magic, they are based on meditation and take the self-spirit as the 'line', becoming a conceptual and action-oriented whole, so when these subtle 'sez' are integrated, qualitative changes naturally appear.

Moreover, if he had completed this 'digital' integration earlier, he would have been able to usher in this advance when the cell transformation reached 20%;

Now, its own transformation degree has reached about 75%, not only has it completed the advancement, but even immediately felt the new bottleneck.....

Therefore, Nesta did not intend to end the retreat immediately......

Radiating the magic perception on the spot, he took a general look at the state of the headquarters, and found that the base camp was fine, and the voice signals of the other parties also showed that everything was normal;

Originally, he also planned to find Aishara to get close to him, but unfortunately his partner didn't seem to be in the headquarters at this time, so the 'eavesdropping' continued for a while, the main purpose was to confirm Aishara's whereabouts and status, and then learned that he was inspecting the vassal city-states in the northern plateau at this time....

In this way, after confirming that everything was going well and sending a large message to the mother tree for her partner, Nesta once again regained her mind and began the rest of her spiritual path.