As the cell at the beginning of thinking, it is an important node in the expectation of the physical body spiritual path;

upward, they gather their thoughts to form a subjective consciousness;

Downwards, they are a complete entity made up of many internal components.

In these two processes, the former has been integrated into a cell-level digital meditative body and incorporated into the spiritual path to form a complete system.

The latter, on the other hand, is still free from the outside, and the many elements in the cell form a common whole, and the process of thinking takes place, which is temporarily not included in the spiritual system, and forms an obstacle on the way forward.

Now, Nesta and many of the participants in the project are looking for a way to overcome this obstacle.

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Based on a large number of observations and virtual world experiences, the experiment first built a prototype of the inner operation of primitive life, and designed a meditation system that can present the internal operation process.

After this system was formed, Nesta successfully completed a virtual dive into the starting point of thought, so even when the primordial life turned into molecular soup again, the Imaginary Brain that controlled the execution end did not block his consciousness as much as it did before due to the logic of this meditation system.

At this point, the first step of the experimental planning has been completed...... The next step in the original plan was to complete the degradation of some cells in reality, so as to find a carrier that could be confirmed for this new meditative logic.

However, the realization of this process has emerged some of the most basic and most difficult to overcome...

In contrast, the Illusion experiment is completely controlled, the data samples in it can be expanded and recombined infinitely, and the time can be increased by more than 100,000 times, while Nesta is only a cell projection, and even if it fails, there will be no real loss.

However, the reality is diametrically opposite, where real experimental samples need to be used, and there is an uncontrolled experimental environment, and the number of experimental benches is limited, and there is a time span that cannot be adjusted;

Coupled with the extremely high randomness and low probability of success, Nesta has not been able to reproduce a real transformation from molecular soup to primitive life, even at the cost of a palm-sized cell volume.

As a result, this long time span and the relatively tragic losses in it made the participants have to adjust the experimental path after that....

The new experiment will use the virtual realm as the site for most of the steps;

The idea is to target the current cells of Nesta, and use a random way to determine the path of the end point, so that hundreds of millions of samples can accelerate and grace countless evolutionary paths in a time of hundreds of thousands of times and God's gifts.

In the process that followed, the primitive cells were surging forward on the road of evolution, either dying halfway through the seemingly right path or in the direction of failure;

And every successful functional differentiation requires Nesta to complete a convergence of the meditation program, so that while primitive life is becoming more complex, it can transform the adaptability corresponding to the meditation method, and finally gain the ability to complete the 'self' dive on existing cells.

It's hard to say whether this path will succeed, but this gradual process has led to unexpected and logical gains in other aspects.....

In the process, the participants gradually realized that such a path of cell evolution from primitive to modern times can also be seen as a kind of decoding of genetic factors, and when they have completed this process, the elven gene will almost no longer have any secrets for the Republic;

Such discoveries also injected the necessary new vitality into the project, so that the experiment, which is often a real time span of more than a decade or decades, no longer seems boring......

In this way, after countless millions of years of unfolding at the same time, at a certain moment on a certain day, a modern troll cell gradually took shape, and then flickered purple light and transformed into an elven omnipotent cell......

Its appearance means that the structure of cells at the molecular level has been successfully incorporated into the Void Data and Nesta's thinking;

At the same time, it also means that the experimental group has completed the cracking of most of the genetic characteristics of the trolls.

But subsequently, the process of change from troll cells to elf cells is manifested as an acquired exogenous change, rather than an expression derived from genes, which is actually an obvious problem that has been ignored in the past, and it is only shown at this moment....

The reason why today's elves can show the characteristics of elven bodies at birth and even at the embryonic stage is because the ancestors have integrated the steps that should have been achieved through 'cultivation' into the entire conception process in a very perfect way.

In other words, elves are still trolls that evolved from salamanders in essence, rather than existing as a separate species.

In other words, if all the mother trees were destroyed and conceived in an all-natural way without any interference, the fetus would still be a troll, not an elf.

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Even if there is a hundred-thousand-fold acceleration of the Void Realm, the time required for it should not be underestimated, even if there is a hundred-thousand-fold acceleration effect of the Void Realm;

In addition, there is a period of intermediate steps that can only be accelerated by hundreds of times, and can only be carried out by Nesta in a state of clear consciousness, which accumulates a lot of time consumption;

So by the time the research got to this point, when the new meditation method was constructed, the real time in the outside world was about 150 years or so.

Moreover, the help of the rest of the casters and the Shroud is no longer obvious in the rest of the process, because Nesta needs to use his body as a material to complete the verification of the meditation method and the way forward, which is a step that no one can take his place.

Therefore, the high-level spellcasters temporarily withdrew from the rest of the project, and instead opened up a large genetic research base in the void, recruiting tens of millions of spellcasters and more than 100 million scholars, and carried out in-depth research on troll genes, elven characteristics, and volcanic salamander genes at the same time.

In the process, the cracking of the troll gene led to an in-depth understanding of the volcanic salamander gene, which not only completely confirmed the evolutionary relationship between the two sides, but also corrected some misunderstandings about the cognition of the volcanic salamander through analysis, and gained a new understanding of its nutrient intake, energy conversion and many other aspects.

At the same time, in a comparative study between the two, the new project team identified a series of genetic signatures that were abandoned or hidden by the trolls in their original evolutionary path, and identified some of the traits that they coveted.....

In the past, most of these characteristics were abandoned as a last resort, such as the lack of food and energy supply, such as the lack of need in the new environment, etc.;

And the trolls who abandoned them have indeed survived the cruel natural selection and have grown all the way to this day, so the 'abandonment' of the past is not a bad kind of correct.

However, today's elves have a choice, and many of the abilities that used to be cumbersome due to energy consumption are not a problem for today's productivity, and can have a huge positive impact on populations and individuals.

If you take a tour of the project team at this time, you can see a comical scene of a large group of scholars drooling in front of the light curtain, because they are hungry and dreaming of retrieving these genes that are no longer expressed or simply lost.

However, unlike the still primitive microorganisms, mosses, and worms on the four guards, both elves and volcanic salamanders are complex creatures that have evolved over countless years to finally take shape, and it will be more difficult to extract and modify their genes.

So the progress of the whole project is not too fast, and only sporadic results on a yearly basis will occasionally appear......

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Just as the Republic was setting up a major project, Nesta was concentrating all his energy on breaking new paths.

In reality, his body is no longer in the previous state of cell torrent, but has been merged into an entity in a sleeping chamber, and has successfully completed the consciousness dive of the first cell by using the new meditation method that progresses all the way from primitive life to this;

At that moment, it was as if a door had been opened in front of him, and for the first time, the concept of 'I' was extended to the intracellular structure.....

After that, there is the second, the third, the tenth, the millionth, the billionth.....

Another hundred years of the real world have flown by, the sleep pod has provided him with all the nutrients he needs in this period, and his tenacious thinking has allowed him to overcome boredom and resist mental exhaustion in this span of practice, so Nesta's practice has never stopped for a moment in the second hundred years.

Eventually, his body suddenly decomposed one day, and turned into a fluid more delicate than a torrent of cells, and then completely merged into the nutrient solution like water.

The emergence of this change means that Nesta has completed all the dives to the starting point of consciousness, and further constructed a data-based meditative body based on the intracellular structure;

So, just like when he first incarnated into a torrent of cells, he disintegrated again at this moment, and more completely turned into a pool of molecular-level thick soup.

And at the moment of final completion, he felt the huge increase in his spiritual power, the huge growth of computing power, and the microscopic perception of that remarkable progress.

In addition, the cellular structure above the molecular level no longer has a secret for Nesta from this moment, there is no longer any uncontrolled factor, and the encoded key that has always been hanging on the genetic level is also completely displayed in front of his eyes at this moment, and the same controlled, the same no secret.

Therefore, even though he now deeply understands that his own abilities have changed drastically compared to the past, as a determined researcher and a spellcaster full of curiosity in his heart, Nesta at this time did not have the slightest urge to 'experience a new power', but immediately pulled back his mind from the new breakthrough, and turned his head to participate in the genetic research project, ready to complete something in one step.....

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After the breakthrough Nesta really participated in the genetic research, the progress of the whole project has been rocketed by leaps and bounds......

The first thing that was carried out was the editing of the elves' appearance at the genetic level, so that it changed from an acquired exogenous to a real innate trait, but this editing deliberately did not cut off the species relationship between the trolls and the elves, but set it as a connotative 'growth direction';

That is to say, even if there is a small probability of the destruction of the mother tree and the destruction of civilization in the future, the newborn trolls can follow this set of genes and grow into elves naturally at the cost of time.

And there are two reasons why the project team finally chose this seemingly roundabout editing method.....

First, to avoid the large number of germ cells existing in the republic from being reduced to waste due to reproductive isolation;

Second, in the worst case, the fertility rate of the population can be preserved, because in the most primitive state, it is much more difficult to breed elves than to breed trolls, so preserving the underlying characteristics of trolls is the first chance of survival in times of crisis.

After completing the above edits, the project team turned their attention to the volcanic salamander group led by the two beastmasters, and made another rapid breakthrough under the microscopic direct control ability of the Nesta molecular level.....

In the process of evolving from volcanic salamanders to trolls, too many genetic expressions have been altered by environmental factors and other factors;

Among them, there are always benign changes, such as the visual ability and upright walking ability that trolls have evolved on the surface, which are much more convenient than volcanic salamanders;

There are also some neutral abilities that must have been discarded in the past, and can be dispensable now, such as disappearing scales, tails, and so on;

Of course, there are also abilities that may have been discarded in the past, but now make elves drool.....

For example, the upper limit of natural growth in body size is locked due to changes in eating habits and high intake requirements, which makes it impossible for the trolls and elves of the present to be like salamanders, who can easily gain a super-large body size of tens or hundreds of meters in natural growth;

But in today's highly developed productive world, the cost of maintaining such a large size is no longer a problem for the Republic, so it has become a popular gene expression again.

For example, the resistance to high temperatures and pressures, which has been greatly weakened after adapting to the surface, has indeed been a real burden in the past, and the part of the resistance retained by trolls is enough to cope with most of the demand, and even has a great overflow;

But today, for the elves who set foot in the starry sky, the existing resistance is no longer enough to deal with all situations;

For example, those liquid giants with extremely high pressure, and even the star shining in the very center, are new needs born in the new era, and the former burdens have come to the time when they need to be restarted, and the elves will use this as capital to conquer more stars with extremely harsh environments.

Similarly, there are more diverse breathing options, and even the ability to survive without breathing, which is also necessary to conquer the starry sky.

In addition, there are once altered channels of energy intake....

Volcanic salamanders feed on magma, heavy metals, and rock-based inorganics, while elves and trolls feed on meat, grains, fruits and vegetables, and when combined, the two can form a broader diet that further enhances the environmental suitability of the population.

And the vanishing scar, and the spell-like abilities that go with it.....

In the past, after abandoning the long-forming, energy-intensive magic crystals, the trolls used all their brain capacity to evolve higher intelligence, thus further developing the current civilization;

But now, the characteristics of the magic crystal in some aspects have once again attracted the attention of the project team....

And so on, all of which have been concretely explained in the comparison of the salamander gene with the modern elven gene, and the new ideas formed by this have been progressing with each passing day after Nesta joined.

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Still in the orbital lab, a body once again dissolves into a pool of liquid and begins to merge in reverse again.....

At this moment, it is gradually becoming thicker, and there are extremely small life prototypes inside, and these prototypes are gradually becoming more complex and cooperating with each other, slowly forming a life structure visible to the naked eye, and finally turning into a whole complete life form like soft mud.

In this process, the energy consumption of the capsule is increasing day by day, and the special complex nutrient solution inside it is gradually absorbed and assimilated by the ooze monster, thus allowing it to generate life constituent substances that far exceed the magnitude it should have;

As a result, what appeared at the moment was a soft monster that filled the entire sleeping chamber, and was still continuously outputting malnutrition data feedback to the brain.....

Therefore, this hemispherical sleeping pod with a diameter of 30 meters began to move towards 35 meters, 40 meters, and 50 meters.... The direction of the expansion is accelerated;

The casters who participated in the new phase of the experiment, as well as the brain module that controls the execution end, are continuously injecting a new batch of compound nutrient solution into the cabin according to the same new standards as before;

This is a new recipe that is obviously countless times thicker than the past, and it is supplemented by the flesh of the higher salamanders and the flesh of the secondary salamanders, and is a somewhat disgusting supplement in the shape of a slurry.

For Nesta, who has cracked the cell synthesis process and further mastered the genetics of elves and axolotls, this homologous substance has become the most efficient medium for growth in the short to medium term.....

In the process, molecular reptiles burrowed into these newly injected slurries under his control, while modifying and withering the remaining salamander gene chains based on themselves, while releasing the molecular-level vitality field and carrying out material assimilation that was far more efficient than in the past;

In addition, he also divided part of the thinking thread, based on the original genetic code of the salamander, and constantly increased and decreased to repair his own genes.

As a result, the ooze monster in the cabin continued to grow in size, and at the same time, it also underwent a deep transformation in its own form, with organs forming on its inside, scales on the outside, and gills on its neck......

And this is a real change at the genetic level, no matter from which point of view, we can only come to the same conclusion, that is, in terms of life form, this is a real volcanic salamander.

And there is a variation that can be considered the best evidence for such a conclusion......

Once again, a soft crystal of the magic core was formed in its invisible brain structure, and unlike the 'hollow' crystal of Nesta's past, this time it had the exact same magical abilities as the volcanic salamander.

At this moment, the salamander not only gulped down the complex nutrients in the cabin with its eyes closed, but also formed a small whirlpool around its body, and under the open scale armor at the bottom, dense holes were exposed, and it was also constantly absorbing materials;

As a result, its size continued to grow slowly but realistically, and its overall form took a relatively long time, transforming from a volcanic salamander, to an amphibian salamander, to a scaly tusk, and a semi-erect tusk;

Later, it went through the stages of a bow-tailed troll, a hunch-waisted tailless troll, a primordial troll, an upright troll, and so on, before finally becoming an elf with a huge size......

The giant elf remained closed after its appearance, and the magic crystal in his brain, which originated from the salamander's gene, was separated from the brain, and was embedded in his forehead like a third eye, and shimmered with a beautiful purple light;

The structural voids in the brain are filled by new cells in a relatively short period of time.

Subsequently, the process of material transformation was gradually halted, the interior of the sleeping pod was completely dried up, and the troll opened its eyes to reality again after hundreds of years.....

As he woke up, an unprecedented majestic momentum suddenly appeared inside the orbital test module, and then shattered the huge sleeping chamber like a substance, and inadvertently forced back the curious eyes around him.

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This is a new body that has been optimized with the elf gene as the main axis and the higher salamander gene as a reference, and has been edited out of a new body, which has the attributes of being extremely strong in all aspects.

It is 110 meters tall, 40 meters wide at the shoulders, has a mass of 210,000 tons, and can perform normal activities at 2 million standard home star atmospheres, and no longer needs to breathe and drink to maintain its physical vitality.

In the absence of external assistance, its high temperature resistance was raised to 550,000 absolute degrees that higher salamanders could achieve, but the low temperature resistance did not change much, and remained at about 55 absolute degrees in the previous new results.

However, as long as a suitable genetic sample can be found, the two lines can be raised and lowered again, but the time required will be longer than when studying salamanders.

In addition, the heavy metal content in the body is relatively high, but the water content is relatively low, and the heavy metal components basically come from the previously transformed salamander flesh and blood, and only rely on the heavy metal decay in the cell to solve most of its own physical energy supply needs;

In addition, the Elf's characteristic daylight conversion energy supply mode has also been retained, but it can only be regarded as a secondary energy source compared to its current size.

In terms of food, it can be subdivided into energy demand and growth demand....

The former, mainly based on the ingestion of heavy metal elements, can be supplemented by eating molten magma and solid minerals, or can be obtained by devouring crude or refined finished products, and with the assistance of stomach inscription etching, it has even surpassed the digestion efficiency of higher salamanders, but does not have its ability to absorb and transform void energy.

In terms of growth demand, if you rank them from high to low efficiency, they are cultivating elf meat, salamander meat, other meats, organic matter, and inorganic matter.

Among them, elf cultivation of meat is naturally an absolute forbidden option, so through large-scale breeding of salamander species to obtain corresponding food, it has become the best growth choice at the moment;

In addition, in order to improve the efficiency of material transformation, some of the 'new totipotent cells' in the body are strengthened to maintain their corresponding functions under normal conditions, and the ability to transform matter is further strengthened through inscription etching, thus improving the efficiency of the process of 'eating-growing volume'.

If you ask what this monster is, if nothing else, it's Nesta's new body.......