"It turns out that this kind of thing is called Manska," Swindell laughed. "I always called him the second generation of Wavetail."
Although he was explicitly prohibited by Reggie, Swindell still often went to the Lost Mountain to steal saplings. Three months ago, he stole the first Manska sapling, and then discovered that the roots of this tree are thicker than those in the Wavetail Land.
To be strong, he once recommended this magical tree root to Imma and asked her to use it as a material to repair ligaments. Unfortunately, Manska does not have as good compatibility as Wavetail, and its roots cannot function normally in the human body.
Instead, a strange self-melting phenomenon will occur due to changes in the acid-base environment.
"In an acidic environment, the roots of this tree will melt by themselves. According to the knowledge that the Lord taught me, muscles will secrete lactic acid during strenuous exercise, and lactic acid can make Manska's roots melt quickly. I once used Manska
The stuck tree root connected a soldier's severed limb. Two days after the operation, all the newly connected ligaments were broken. The soldier still hates me."
Dio couldn't understand a word of Swindell's words. He even suspected that they used some special language. He wanted to seek some explanation from Reggie, but he didn't expect Reggie to be furious with Swindell.
"You are not qualified to operate on others, and you are not allowed to use my soldiers as guinea pigs in the future!"
Swindell did not dare to speak. Dio held the glass jar awkwardly and said with a smile: "Let's talk about this insect. Why can it turn into a powerful rock demon warrior?"
"It's all Manska's fault," Swindell finally returned to the topic. "This bug eats meat. Its appetite is astonishing. It can eat more than ten pounds of meat every day, which is twice its own weight.
In addition to meat, it also eats a large amount of manska tree roots, which will change in his body and turn into a stronger plant fiber."
Swindell took out the microscope and slices: "This is the fiber slice I obtained. You can see its structure."
Seeing Reggie observing the slices with a microscope, Dio felt an inexplicable fear. He believed that Reggie was a wizard, but even the Hades wizard did not have these weird props.
"That's right, it's plant fiber. Look at it, it's just like a steel wire." Reggie murmured to himself as he stared at the telescope, and Swindell picked up another glass bottle containing meat worms.
"Sir, please take a look at how these bugs use these steel wires." Swindell opened the bottle cap, and the flesh bugs raised their bodies and tried to rush out, but Swindell knocked them unconscious with a stone.
Swindell threw the stone into the bottle, then closed the bottle cap. After shaking it for a few times, the insect came to life.
It climbed on top of the stone and was measuring the size of the stone. Swindell said aside: "If the stone is big enough, it will spit out acid, corrode a small hole in the stone, and then drill in."
Obviously, this stone is not so big that insects can't get into it, but it can still be turned into a weapon.
Its suction cup-like mouth spit out a ball of filaments, which tightly wrapped around the stone. Under its control, it could move freely.
Next, the bug pulled up the stone and started hitting the glass bottle. After only two hits, cracks appeared on the thick glass bottle. If it continued to hit like this, the glass bottle might break at any time. Reggie quickly asked Swindell to stop.
I don't want this meat worm to turn into a rock demon warrior.
Swindell brought a piece of wire, burned it red on the campfire, and then stretched the wire from the feeding hole into the glass bottle.
The iron wire burned the body of the flesh worm like a soldering iron. The flesh worm struggled violently, then sprayed out acid, melted the fibers, threw the stone aside, and curled itself up in the bottle.
Swindell pulled out the wire and said with a smile: "This is the process of domestication. If this kind of bug encounters danger or is frightened, it will throw away its weapons and be in a state of self-protection. The flesh bugs in the cave have no choice but to protect themselves."
It had no way to escape, so it could only hide in the rocks and then find a chance to escape. Unfortunately, it didn't find such a chance and was caught by the lord."
The matter has been made very clear. Although Dio cannot understand the research process, he can understand Swindell's conclusion: "Manska is what turns insects into warriors, and its roots are the muscles and bones of rock demon warriors."
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Swindell smiled and said: "Your metaphor is very appropriate, and as far as I know, there is only one place on the Lost Mountain where Manska exists."
Dio frowned: "You seem to know a lot about the Mountain of the Lost?"
Swindell shrugged his eyebrows and did not dare to respond. Dio turned to smile and said: "You are right, in the open space by the river on the south slope, there is only a small forest with Manka growing on it. This kind of tree is very picky.
, it needs sunlight, water, and suitable soil, but no evil spirits have ever appeared there.”
"Naturally, they will not appear on the ground easily. Manska is half the life of the Rock Demon Warrior, and they certainly don't want to expose this." Reggie thought for a moment, then smiled, "It seems that this time we can really
They lead out."
That day, Reggie and Dio led the soldiers to the southern slope of the Lost Mountain. They quickly found the forest of Manska. Manska was also a very useful plant for the trolls. They used its
The roots were made into the strongest rope, which could even be used to bind their stone hammers.
Reggie said to Dio: "Ask your people to collect tree seeds. The more the better, and collect the young saplings as well."
Dio knew that Reggie wanted to destroy this forest, and although he felt a little regretful, he was not as soft-hearted as Reggie.
He asked the trolls to spend half an hour collecting tree seeds and saplings. After half an hour, he ordered all the manskas to be set on fire.
"Wait, don't use fire," Reggie shook his head. "We want to leave a little hope for the rock demons and let them watch the big trees fall one after another."
"Do you want to chop down Manska?" Dio shook his head and said, "This is not a good idea. Manska's trunk is also very strong. It may take half a day to chop down a tree, and it will damage the entire tree.
A sharp stone axe."
Reggie whispered something to Hurley, and Hurley asked the soldiers to push up a huge machine.
Following Swindell up the mountain were not only the bugs, but also the Steam Logger 1 that he and Khalaf developed together.
This is a steam felling machine designed by Reggie. Originally, Reggie designed a wheel saw driven by steam, but several designs ended in failure. With the current level of technology, it is still impossible to design a skill that can ensure high-speed rotation and ensure that
A saw wheel with stable output, but after Khalaf's improvement, a steam-driven logging robot was born.
This robot consists of a boiler, a cylinder and a mechanical arm. Needless to say, the boiler and the cylinder are the main body of the steam engine. The most important part is the piston-driven mechanical arm, on which a sharp giant ax is fixed.
, the piston does work once, and the giant ax swings once. The principle is very simple.
The majestic logging robot was pushed to a big tree by the soldiers. The roar of the steam engine made Dio extremely uncomfortable, and scenes that made him even more uncomfortable followed one after another.
Driven by the piston, the mechanical arm swung the giant axe, and in just three strikes, it chopped off a large tree as thick as a wine barrel.
Dio took a big sip of ale, wiped his mouth and said, "This stuff tastes really bad. Let's just wait here. The devil will appear soon."
Reggie sighed: "Maybe it will take a day, these guys are also very smart."
Dio shook his head and said: "It won't take that long. There are only more than a hundred manska trees here. Seeing this monster cutting down trees makes even me feel distressed, not to mention those ugly bugs."