Section 1502 Morphing molluscs
Sanders looked inside the transparent observation box.
A blue-green viscous liquid creature like snot was slowly stirring. Around the transparent observation box, some Axel essence blood was sprinkled, and the snot monster was running happily towards the food.
However, halfway through the run, a thin layer of hoarfrost suddenly appeared on the wall of the observation box.
The temperature of the observation chamber began to drop sharply.
The snot immediately stopped moving, and its body gradually changed, the originally grainy skin became smooth, and there was a strange energy inside, causing its body to slowly expand, and finally turned into a ball.
It's like turquoise marbles.
"It's a form of stress in response to cold. As he spoke, Angel withdrew the cold air from his fingertips, and the temperature in the observation box gradually rose, and the snot monster did not change its form immediately, but waited until the frost and mist in the observation box disappeared before returning to its "lump" shape.
The slug continued to crawl towards the blood point, and at this time, a yellow and black poisonous bee was placed in the observation box.
As soon as the snot monster sensed the fluctuation of its wings in the air, its body bloomed like a flower, forming a sea urchin-like shape, each protruding thorn from the epidermis was slender and sharp, and the color of the "needle" was strangely green, as if it had been coated with venom.
"It's a state of vigilance against enemy insects. With that, Ingres took the bee from the observation box.
Immediately after that, Ingres did several experiments in a row, including heat, drowning, and strong winds...... Physical shocks and energy shocks and so on.
Basically, snots take on different forms in different situations.
"According to the current crisis, after it changes its form, it can minimize the damage caused to it by the outside world, and it is judged that it should be a self-protection mechanism. Ingres mused: "This is more in line with the habits of the deformed mollusc, but it may not be enough to define it as a morphing mollusc." ”
After careful observation, Sanders pondered for a moment, then reached out and gently touched the observation box.
A large number of illusion nodes immediately appeared inside the observation box, and an insectivorous beast with blue skin fell from the sky, exuding a terrifying aura.
The snot monster was startled and immediately changed.
Like the venomous bee before it, it turned into a green sea urchin.
As the insectivore's breath grew stronger and closer, the slug began to slowly retreat. At this moment, a poisonous bee flew into the observation box with a buzzing sound.
The insectivorous beast stretched out its long pink tongue and swept the poisonous bee directly into its stomach.
With the clattering sound of chewing, the breath of the poisonous bee completely disappeared.
This scene startled the snot.
Ingres didn't understand what Sanders wanted to do at first, because this stress test against the enemy had already been done before, and I don't know why he had to do it again?
Just when Ingres was wondering, the insectivore stretched out its long tongue and attacked the snot, and after a few bangs, several cracks appeared on the wall of the observation box, all caused by the insectivore's tongue attack.
The snot monster showed amazing speed at this time, and its body was like a leather ball, spinning quickly to dodge.
However, the observation box itself is not large, and even if the snot monster can dodge the insectivore's attacks, as long as it can't escape, it will eventually fall into the insectivore's stomach.
Seeing that the snot's form was getting worse and worse, Ingres suddenly felt a flash of light in front of him.
But when he saw the sea urchin incarnated by the snot, he flew out with the "needle" on his body, targeting the tongue and eyes of the snot. At the same time, the snot monster transformed into a silvery-black cone-like spike, and its entire body swelled at least three times, stabbing at the crack that the insectivore had previously shown in the observation box.
Obviously, the snot monster is trying to escape by digging a hole through the crack.
However, the snot monster managed to break the observation box despite all his might.
Seeing this scene, Sanders snapped his fingers lightly.
The insectivorous beast itself is made of illusions, so it dissipates as the sound illusion fluctuates. At the same time, there is also the foul smell and saliva left by the insectivore beast in the observation box, as well as the cracks on the wall...... These are illusions.
And because the crack is an illusion, the snot monster wants to use it to dig a hole, but it is impossible.
Although Sanders revoked the illusion, the "flying needle" left on the insectivorous beast was taken out by him.
He took a closer look, then handed it to Angels, "See for yourself." ”
Angel took the flying needle, although when he saw the flying needle before, as an alchemist, he already had a judgment in his heart. But when I actually held the real thing, I still felt a little surprised.
Hard, cold, and with a metallic sheen under the light source.
However, it is said that it is metal, but it is not, because there are obvious traces of biological tissue inside the flying needle. But to say that it is part of the slug, Ingres really doesn't see it.
It's a lot like an intermediate product of biological refining.
"It's not the same spines it first shows, and when it feels a strong deadly threat, it changes some of the properties of its skin in order to survive. Sanders: "This is more in line with the characteristics of a deformed mollusc. ”
"And, looking at the shape of an awl that it just transformed, you should be able to feel that unique energy fluctuation. ”
Angel nodded: "Its epidermis has a little bit of a ripple similar to the nature of space. ”
"That's right, this special spatial fluctuation is also one of the characteristics of the deformed soft worm. Saunders: "These two unique characteristics are in line with the elements of a mutant mollusc. Therefore, it is almost certain that it is a deformed soft worm. ”
"As for why it's shaped differently from other morphing molluscs, it looks ...... Eccentric. Sanders choked on the word 'disgusting' and paused for a moment: "Perhaps, it is also a self-protection mechanism." ”
As Ingres said to Bobota before, the Morphing Mollusc itself can be transformed at will, and who can accurately describe its true shape?
"If you're really upset, ask Kimberly or Isabel. In their time, the morphing softworms were not extinct, and they might know something. Sanders suggested.
Although Sanders himself had used morphing molluscs, in the era when he began to rise, morphing mollusks were very few, and his knowledge in this area was less than that of Kimberly and Isabel, who had lived longer than him.
Angel nodded, and decided to check again, just in case.
When Ingres was led by the cyborg to Lady Kimberly, she was confronted with a large pile of documents, her brow furrowed, and the magical forest in her hair was filled with haze and fog, and the phantoms were hiding in their homes, afraid to probe out.
In addition to Mrs. Kimberly, there was one other person in the room, a soul to be exact.
Molya.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, both Lady Kimberly and Molia looked over.
Mrs. Kimberly put down her pen and looked at Angel: "Why are you here? I heard Natasha say that you have been in the testing ground for a week, why don't you stay any longer?"
Mrs. Kimberly's words were not emotional, and Ingres did not know whether she was sincere in suggesting or being sarcastic.
However, thinking about what Sanders said before, Kimberly has been annoyed by the summons of various stations for several days because of her own affairs recently, and Angels simply took the initiative to apologize first.
Mrs. Kimberly paused: "What do you mean by that? ”
On the other side, Moria chuckled: "Kimberly really wants you to stay a little longer, many people have proposed to restart the test site these days, and she has postponed it on the grounds that you are inside." Now that you're out, she has no excuses. ”
Waiting for a long time means that everything has to be restarted, and the proving ground is naturally part of it. Lady Kimberly has a high passion for alchemy, but for dealing with the affairs of the entire Black Castle, she can push and push, and she can be lazy.
Angel hesitated: "Why don't I go in for two more days?"
"The proving ground is like a prison. Kimberly waved her hand: "Forget it, come out and come out, anyway, the mess here will always have to be dealt with." ”
Ingres thought back to the sheer size of the proving ground, and the piles of magic materials as if they didn't need money...... If this is a mess, then he has nothing to say.
"Let's get down to business, you can't be okay here, right?" Kimberly looked at Angel.
Ingres will make it clear in the future.
After listening to this, Kimberly muttered in a low voice: "I seem to have heard that the deformed soft insects in the wizarding world of the Southern Region are extinct, but I didn't expect you to be able to get ...... I haven't seen many morphing softworms, but Moria seems to have been an auctioneer for a while a thousand years ago, and she should have seen a lot of morphing softworms, so take them out and take a look. ”
Angel laid out the observation box and recounted the experiments he had done before.
After Kimberly read it, she didn't judge it. However, Moliya looked at it for a while, then nodded without hesitation: "It is indeed a deformed soft insect, and it may be the best type of deformed soft insect." ”
It's hard to find exactly the same thing in the world, and there will always be differences. The same goes for morphing molluscs.
According to Moria's explanation, the types of deformed molluscs are actually divided into good and bad. However, the definition of good and bad itself is vague and depends on the object of reference.
The greatest use of the Shapeshifting Mollusk for wizards is for Transfiguration. Therefore, the difference between good and bad deformed soft insects is determined by metamorphosis.
Transfiguration is a trick that can alter the physiognomy of the body. The introduction is: it can be as small as a mosquito or as large as a titan.
This introduction is just a figure of speech, though. There are not many people who can really use Transfiguration and become as small as a mosquito or as big as a Titan.
The Transfiguration techniques used by the vast majority of wizards can only be as small as the body of the Kulakuka clan, and they can become at most three or five times larger than normal humans.
But there are also shapeshifts smaller than mosquitoes, like dust, and larger than Titans, comparable to the Transfiguration of mountains. However, it is very rare to achieve this level.
There are two factors that determine the upper limit of Transfiguration.
First, it is the energy base. The second is the quality of the category of deformed soft insects.