Chapter 2606: Metamorphosis

In the language of the mind-daughter, the word "transformation" specifically refers to the whole process of the mind-daughter's transformation from a tadpole form to an adult form.
The larvae of the Mindling Devil have been in the brain for 10 years and are about 3 inches long from head to tail. They look like a small octopus. At this time, they are ready for metamorphosis.
When the metamorphosis process begins, the adult Mind Reaver will take a mature tadpole from the brain cistern and implant it into the ear hole of a helpless humanoid creature.
The tadpoles follow the earholes to penetrate the victim’s brain, quickly eat most of the brain tissue, replace it with itself, and merge with the host’s lower brainstem, obliterating all the remaining personality and consciousness of the host, leaving only one. It has a ready-made flesh body as its own body, like a hermit crab burrowing into a conch.
When the tadpole implantation process begins, it is in danger of being used as a host for the body of the Mind Devil.
The tadpole can penetrate the host's brain in just one minute, quickly absorb the personality of the creature, and replace it with the awakened mind.
Generally speaking, when tadpoles are implanted for more than a day, this process cannot be reversed.
As the metamorphosis continues, the host's body will gradually transform into a demon, and the entire metamorphosis process will last about seven days.
The mind-severs who complete the transformation usually do not inherit the memory, skills, and gender characteristics of the host during his lifetime.
But occasionally there are exceptions.
For example, Metatron, the owner of "Insect Spirit" Popo, is one of the few "mythological demon" and the youngest cardinal elder in Oedis. For some reason, he is in the process of transformation. It inherited the gender characteristics of the host, so that it was nicknamed the "spiritual princess" by the citizens of Oedis, and Metatron himself seemed to like this nickname.
Not all humanoid creatures are suitable for making new mind-savers. In addition to the external limitations of race, height and weight, a more important factor is whether there are certain special alchemical compounds in the host’s brain. These compounds are The key to the transformation of the inner demons cannot be synthesized at present.
If the size of the host is too small, the tadpoles implanted in the body will grow too fast and will decline before they are old; on the contrary, if a large body such as a frost giant is chosen as the host, the tadpoles implanted in the body will grow slowly and cannot go smoothly. Complete the transformation.
A large amount of experimental data shows that medium-sized humanoids are the most suitable hosts for the larvae of the mind-seating demon, such as humans, elves, giszerais, gisyankis, stone-blind barbarians, jackals, hobgoblins and Orcs and so on.
The above-mentioned mixed species and subspecies of humanoids are also suitable as hosts.
As for species such as halflings, dwarves, dwarfs, centaurs, giants, and Kouto murlocs, they are not suitable as hosts for the larvae of the Mind Reaver, not to say that they are not at all possible, but the success rate of transformation is relatively low.
If you don't hesitate to consume a lot of tadpoles and hosts, you can actually create an alternative heart-catcher in the laboratory.
For example, a "transformation research group" of Oedis tried to implant tadpoles into the "tree rope demon". In the end, one experimental body successfully completed the metamorphosis and was named the "spiritual tree rope demon".
The person in charge of the subject and his assistants also won the "Psionic Technology Medal" and 3000 points of honor for this breakthrough, and were commended by the mastermind and praised by the citizens of the city.
As for how many tree rope monsters were consumed in this series of experiments, how many tadpoles were sacrificed, and how expensive it was, it is hard to say.
Qiao An also learned from Isaac's memory that several scientific research teams of Oedis have been planning the entire "big job" in recent years, using the beholder as a host, trying to fuse the larvae of the Mindraiser, and conduct transformation experiments.
If this experiment is successful, it will surely cause a sensation in the city!
It is not difficult to understand why the mind-severs always harass the beholder family of Udinese, deliberately wanting to kidnap the living beholder and use them as experimental subjects.
This is all for scientific research.
Qiao An admires the thirst for knowledge of the demons, but cannot agree with their unscrupulous scientific research style that ignores ethics.
But to be honest, he himself has bad deeds in this respect. The history of blood and tears of the Bailun Mountain goblin clan is his criminal record, and he is really not qualified to stand on the high ground of morality and criticize the mind-severs.
The average life expectancy of a man who has entered the adult stage is as long as 120 years.
In this long career, in order to maintain the vitality of the body and brain, the demons need to eat regularly to supplement their nutrition.
For the Mind Reaver, mental energy is far more nutritious than the physical body of a creature. A healthy Mind Reaver only needs to consume one brain per month to meet its nutritional needs.
Of course, as long as there is a chance, the mind-savers don't mind to enjoy a few more delicious meals and store the absorbed nutrients, just like the moisture and fat in the hump of a camel, for emergency needs.
If you don’t eat for more than a month, you will become malnourished and become weak. If you fast for up to four months, you will starve to death.
When Gnostic had just finished his transformation, he knew that ingesting the brain would cause severe allergic reactions, which was painful to death. However, in order to survive, he had to bite the bullet and eat his brain regularly.
It wasn’t until later that he was promoted to a Psionic Warlock, and he realized the second-order ability "Bigu Art", and spent 3 points of psionic energy every day to replace the diet to maintain health. Gnostic was not considered to get rid of the nightmare of allergies. Won the nickname "Faster".
Special cases like Gnostic are rare.
In the city of Oedis, Joanne hasn't heard of other mind-grabbing monsters who can't eat their brains for physical reasons.
Mind-daughter likes to eat brains, but he is not willing to eat all brains. He is very picky about the specifications of the ingredients. This is not just to show the noble and elegant style.
In Odes, there is a saying:
"If you eat foolish brains, you will become stupid."
Only a biological brain with an intelligence attribute of at least 3 can meet the nutrient needs of the Mind Devil, and occasionally eat animal brains for a change of taste.
This is like a rich kid who is tired of eating big fish and meat, and occasionally wants to have a meal of coarse tea and light rice to clear the stomach-if you give them this every day, you can't stand it!
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Qiao An went down the spiral staircase to the bottom of the stone tower, looking at the calm brain pool through the fence.
Noah, Odice's mastermind, will surface at a fixed time every day to receive consultations from citizens in the city.
There is still half an hour before the main brain is out of the water. At this time, more than a dozen heart-reavers have gathered in front of the poolside fence, and they are communicating with each other telepathically.
When everyone saw Qiao An coming down, they greeted him one by one, hugged him one by one, and stroked each other's cheeks with their tentacles, which was equivalent to the "face-up ceremony" of human society.
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