How am I still alive

Chapter 368 Parasitic Tree

"Parasitic tree, so this is a parasitic tree."

Parasitic trees, in fact, also exist in nature. It refers to the phenomenon that one plant parasitizes another plant.

The roots of parasitic plants are not inserted into the soil like other plants, but inserted into another plant, absorbing the other's nutrients and water to survive.

And the "parasitic tree" of professionals is somewhat similar to the natural world in some respects.

"...Planting a tree on your body and letting it achieve a symbiotic relationship is really outrageous."

In addition to parasitism in nature, there are also symbiotic relationships that are very similar to parasitism. In a sense, they are difficult to distinguish.

However, many people think that as long as the result can benefit both parties, it is "symbiosis", and if one party eats up the other party, it is parasitism.

The third-level professional parasitic tree is to transform oneself into a parasitic or parasitic existence, and to achieve a symbiotic relationship with a certain plant.

But in this theory, there is an obvious flaw that plants cannot parasitize animals.

Under normal circumstances, plant growth needs nutrients and water, such as "carnivorous plants" such as pitcher plants. In fact, what they really crave is not the "heat" of insects, but various nutrients including nitrogen in insect flesh, or Say, fertilizer.

The most important heat to maintain animal life, many animals need to hunt for food, but plants can use photosynthesis, which is not the key to survival, but the various materials and elements needed to form limbs and grow.

The magic plants in the other world, at least most of the magic plants that Lu Pingan has come into contact with now, are like this.

What they crave is flesh and blood, but what really satisfies them is the water in the "blood" and the "pollution (nutrients)" necessary for growth.

They suck blood not because blood is a necessity for them, but because a part of the blood can accelerate their growth and become their necessary nourishment. There is no blood flowing in their bodies, and these are two species at all.

Plants can absorb nutrients from animals. Due to the huge gap between the "nutritional components" of the two sides, the percentage after digestion is actually extremely low, and often only a few components are beneficial.

The reverse is also similar, only the same kind of parasitism (animal-animal, plant-plant) can achieve "high-efficiency transformation" and long-term parasitism.

If a plant is parasitic on an animal, it is estimated that it will absorb too much nutrients and water in a short time, and directly kill the animal.

If the two are not of the same kind (plants/animals), the internal circulation and nutrient requirements are different, and it seems quite difficult to achieve symbiosis.

"So, there is a self-curse, from the beginning, is it not human?"

Self-curse is the only way for the third order.

Professionals who have reached this stage, in order to pursue strength, are somewhat inappropriate. They need to change, completely change something about themselves, in order to obtain another aspect of improvement.

"Wang Hai's self-curse should not be just about his bones becoming lighter and more brittle."

For example, Wang Hai, a Tier [-] fighter of the Enlightenment Department that Lu Pingan has come into contact with, traded for lower quality and higher speed at the cost of "brittle bones".

The premise of many professions is to complete the "self-curse" and complete a complete transformation.

If you gain something, you lose something. From the third level, you can't take part-time jobs at will, because many "self-cursing" are too dangerous.

"Is the fleshy body vegetative? This first step is quite persuasive."

Lu Ping'an knows why Professor Wen directly said that this "advanced bag" is second-hand or even multi-handed. Probably ordinary people have just looked through the detailed introduction of this profession and saw the premise of advanced "self-curse", so Will hesitate to return it directly.

Professor Wen himself said that if Lu Ping An doesn't want it, he can sell it back at the original price. This is already family-level treatment.

The "parasitic tree" can be roughly divided into three steps, and the first step of advancement is three self-curses, and only the first one is a ritualized self-curse that lasts for a week-"turn the body into a vegetable".

Plants can be better at parasitic plants, and can communicate with magic plants as the same kind. This is probably the root of Professor Wen's obsessive recommendation of this profession.

Of course, human beings are always human beings, and it is impossible to be completely plants. It is only through the ritual of "transformation" to perform "vegetable" self-cursing, so that your body has some "vegetable" characteristics.

For example, if you have the ability to "use your skin for photosynthesis to obtain energy", you may have more leaves and green skin on your body. Well, wearing clothes is useless, so many people in this profession are actually naked at home of.

For example, physical pain, taste, and smell will be greatly dulled. The sensory organs are still there and can function normally, but you yourself will less and less take them seriously, and even ignore pain and normal biological functions. sense of smell.

For example, looking at other living things, you will use a new perspective.
Lu Pingan flipped through it a little, and there were more than 100 possible "side effects" in three pages, which were only common.

Of course, there are disadvantages as well as a series of advantages.

For example, the skin can be hardened, and the vitality is greatly increased. For example, once injured, not only can the pain be ignored, but the self-healing ability will also be qualitatively changed. An opponent who can recover by drinking some water, eating a piece of energy biscuit and basking in the sun is quite difficult in all aspects. Tangled.

It is worth mentioning that due to the existence of the life bank, as long as the outside world's "life form change" to Lu Ping'an is below the rule level, it can basically be regarded as invalid, or it can be broken away with a little effort.

But if it is a self-curse, the curse from the self is a life bank that ignores resistance. In the final analysis, it is also a self-curse. This kind of change from the inside to the outside is closer to a "self-ritual" than potions and magic kitchen cooking. The theory Ping An on the road can be effective.

Everyone's physique and situation are different, and the "side effects" on these materials are also strange. Considering the existence of his own life bank, Lu Ping'an may have some twists and turns at that time.

Stop being a human being from the first step. This third-tier occupation is quite evil, no wonder there are very few incumbents.

But "becoming a tree" is still just a means rather than an end, and the next few "curses" are the key.

"Look for a natal plant, and regard it as your own half body, completely and permanently assimilate and symbiosis."

It's just that the physical body is planted, and the improvement is extremely limited, but "planting a tree" on one's own tree is the power of this evil and weird plant.

In a sense, this is similar to "grafting", that is, apples and pears with apples and pears.

From then on, the two plants become one plant, and the plant itself has no wisdom, and it is controlled and raised by you. After using some gardener abilities, it will naturally follow your command. Then, according to the magic you choose By planting different types, you can get a "half body" with different abilities.

It is alive, so it can provide a "plant vision", which greatly increases the upper limit of the gardener profession.

Professor Wen chose the netted banyan tree, obtained a "root network" that stretched for several kilometers, and obtained the ability to monitor an area and process countless intelligence at the same time.

The breeder of the "golden apple" probably used himself as a petri dish for "grafting" to produce all kinds of strange fruits of life.

Becoming a third-order parasitic tree is not the key. Which kind of magic plant to choose and what kind of ability to acquire are the real upper limit of this profession.

After reading the basic information, if Lu Pingan regrets it, he can choose to repackage the information and send it back to Professor Wen.

But he still looks at it with gusto, but he has already made a decision.

(End of this chapter)