Sword and Magic and Taxi

Zhao Mai has never forgotten his dream of leaving the earth and going to the stars. The creatures in the environments of other planets must contain many surprises, which can give him as a druid more insights. Moreover, the earth is too crowded for a druid. Under the shadow of eight transcendent beings and their respective organizations, there is still time to look back at such a big killer, which is not a suitable place for development.

But it is impossible for Zhao Mai to give up on the earth. After all, it is the center of the origin world, as well as his own motherland and home. It is not impossible to be present and remote at the same time, just by building your home away from the surface of the earth. Zhao Mai is going to discuss with the old man. If the moon's orbit is still too close, then Mars, asteroids and even farther places can also be considered.

But the basis of all this is to see the restoration status of the ghost ship. Although the ghost ship that Zhao Mai came into contact with was still a living thing, it actually had some defects, just like the difference between a normal person and a vegetative person. The ghosts cut off most of the brains of the spaceship creatures, and replaced many of the body organs with artificial equipment to build their battleship. Zhao Mai is not sure whether the DNA in the spacecraft is complete after this modification, let alone whether the Z-worm's restoration ability can support the entire project.

It is precisely because of this that this experiment becomes more important and may directly affect his subsequent plans. The mangroves of Wadsworth are an ideal place to experiment, being relatively isolated from both swampy terrain and goblin patrols. Wadsworth has always implemented the single-person environment method, so there are no ferocious beasts nearby, and the initial safety of the Z-worm can be guaranteed.

Looking at Wadsworth, Zhao Mai seemed to see another version of himself. Enlightenment was the first step on his path to becoming a Druid, but it was Wadsworth who truly led him on the path of development. Wadsworth is building a single-player ecological environment, so is Zhao Mai. Even the Z-worm is actually another form of clone. The only difference is that Zhao Mai takes special care of his mind and soul, with layers of protection and does not dare to move at all. He's learned from others' failures, and so far so good.

But he will always step in front of others, changing from a follower to a leader. He no longer has any experience to draw from. He can only overcome obstacles by himself, and there is no guarantee that he will not make mistakes at that time. Zhao Mai patted his chest and clenched his fists, reminding himself again and again not to take anything for granted, not to be arrogant, and to keep criticism and self-criticism in mind.

What are you thinking about? Why did you hit yourself suddenly? Xiaohua's voice sounded in Zhao Mai's ears. It seemed that she finally decided to show up. Zhao Mai made a face at Xiaohua, feeling happy because he figured out how to keep moving forward in the future: Criticism and self-criticism, we take care of each other. I think no matter what difficulties we can overcome, this is the meaning of companionship.

Well, I think so too. The little girl smiled, completely relieved, and lay on Zhao Mai's shoulder again, hanging on it without any weight.

The·Che started the engine and led Zhao Mai and others toward the north, leaving the Z worm behind. It squirmed and climbed onto a fragment of a mangrove tree, transformed into a jagged mouth and bit into it. Only a slight clicking sound was heard, and the wood was chewed into dregs like tofu. After swallowing, food is divided into two parts: body material and energy. The powerful digestion and absorption capabilities allow Z worms to expand rapidly, and basically convert as much weight as they eat.

It took an hour to transform from a bug the size of an earthworm to the size of a rabbit. As the size increased, the Z-worm's eating speed also accelerated, and it took another hour for it to become as big as an adult dog.

It eats wood, grass, insects and dirt, but still feels unable to gather the nutrients it needs. So the Z-worm began to divide for the first time, changing from a big dog to a rabbit again, but divided into four. One of them began to drill underground and charged at rocks and minerals; one's body was covered with chlorophyll and became a fast-growing sapling, emitting an alluring fragrance to attract birds and insects; one continued to clean up the surrounding areas. Plant debris, kill anything edible. The last one had six legs, its body was covered with a spiky carapace, its hook-like front feet and sharp teeth looked ferocious and terrifying. It darts out of the swamp and searches its surroundings, finding and destroying enemies - and prey.

It paid off quickly. In addition to the mangrove giants, there are also a lot of wreckage and ruins in the swamp. The fragments of the pyramid aircraft have been lying in the swamp. Although many of them have sunk into the mire, these minerals, metals and polymeric organic materials are all processed and are undoubtedly a treasure trove for Z-worms.

Except for the Z-worm that drilled downwards, the other three slowly moved to the wreckage of the pyramid aircraft. The scout Z-worms continued to explore the road, and the engineer Z-worms began to sort out the debris. No matter what they were, they were moved to the green base Z-worms for them to eat.

The Z worm cannot directly change matter like Zhao Mai, but it can decompose and transport matter. Under constant proliferation, the green Z-worms soon expanded to five meters high, bulging like a fat tipi tent. It specializes in splitting other Z-worms in the body, and at the same time creates bone marrow components based on the DNA memory of the ghost ship. Since Zhao Mai and the Z worms have learned all the cell organs of the ghost ship and even improved them into a new form suitable for humans + Z worms, the ghost ship has adapted to the local environment from the very beginning. .

The ghost ship itself has the ability to regenerate, but it cannot completely regenerate with only one finger like the troll. If there is only a little bit of bone marrow, it cannot be restored into a spaceship. It can only be done by relying on the Z-worms to continuously provide energy and organ materials. This work is much slower than the Z-worm dividing itself, almost inch by inch.

But the power of Z-worms lies in change and adaptation. Feeling that the progress was slow, Zworm used the method of extending working hours, increasing work intensity, and increasing the number of workers. It soon established four other manufacturing shops to manufacture components for the Ghost ship in parallel. It constantly balances the speed of resource collection and consumption, or increases the mining speed, or increases the manufacturing workshop.

Life comes from the ocean and develops on the earth. The largest source of materials for Z-worms is the land. Everything in the swamp was concentrated. Under the constant gnawing, the ground and water surface were all declining, and only the Z-worms swelled. This is a construction site that is constantly sinking. Water flowing from all directions gathers in the middle and soon forms a lake. Using buoyancy, the manufacturing shop moves from increasingly unstable heights to lower levels until it reaches the bottom of the newly excavated lake. A few days later, there was no manufacturing workshop visible here, only a lake that was constantly shaking.

The swamp was slowly drained, and the moisture content in the periphery began to decrease. The mud was digested and absorbed by Z worms, and converted into more Z worms and the ingredients needed by the ghost spacecraft. Unmeasurable cells are constantly replicating, cloning, and proliferating, and mutations are also occurring.

Some mutations are good, but the vast majority are just errors in cell reproduction. But even the mistakes were picked out by the Z bug and stored in a special place, waiting for Zhao Mai to look back and slowly review them.

In this way, the keel of the ghost spacecraft began to take shape.