"No matter if it's the origin of modern magic armors, magical plant shells, or the gigantic wooden arks that surpass even magic battleships, in the end, they're all extensions of the wood spirits' physical bodies."
Most researchers were unable to understand the wood spirits' technology tree, because wood spirits had a completely different way of thinking from humans.
The symbol of human evolution was the ability to use tools. The stone age, iron age, steam age, and electronic age — tools were the symbol of constant evolution. The same was true for the Aishi civilization. Olivia's Magic Box brought about a new magical age that completely changed the world.
However, the wood spirits were different. They were fundamentally different. They were plants, and plants didn't know how to use tools.
The only thing they could control and use was their physical bodies.
Humans' way of thinking was that if the tools weren't good enough and couldn't meet the needs of the current situation, then they would change and evolve the tools to meet the needs of the new era.
However, if plants gained intelligence and discovered that their physical bodies weren't useful enough, they would only consider evolving and perfecting their physical bodies.
Magical plant shells? The extension of the physical body would make up for the wood spirits' natural weakness of lacking strength and sturdiness. The very first plants and beasts included the wood spirit's core.
A gigantic flying wooden battleship? That battleship would be a wood spirit's outer shell constructed from Sky Wood. After the wood spirits merged with the battleship for a day, the wood spirit's reaction time and mobility would even surpass the most advanced magic battleships.
Modern magic armors' neural connection technology and magic battleships' virtual neural connection technology were actually crude imitations of the wood spirits' abilities. The actual effects were still slightly inferior to the wood spirits' abilities.
This was the wood spirits' specialty, and also a specialty of the wood spirits. At the very least, it was a specialty that only plant lifeforms could achieve.
After all, while extending one's physical body sounded simple, animals' self-awareness of their "self" was unshakable. As for plants … high-level wood spirits, or even the entire forest, was her true physical body. Her concept of "self" was something that animals would never be able to understand.
Only the wood spirits, who were born as plants, didn't have the same concept as animals. Only the wood spirits had the ability to scatter and transfer their own souls. Only the wood spirits were able to use the power of nature everywhere to connect their physical bodies.
For the wood spirits, their true soul was a complete concept and group consciousness. Their physical bodies were natural plants connected by the power of nature. The true backbone of their physical bodies was the power of nature, not the branches that could be abandoned at any time. Wood spirits were a completely different life form from animals, which determined that their evolutionary paths would be different from the very beginning.
Plants can live just by sticking a pole in them. Can humans do that?
That was why it could be said that the wood spirits didn't have any human values or morals. Would they really be able to understand that talking about cloning and mass producing newborns with pollination and pollination plants was a violation of their bottom line?
There were many cloned babies in the current human society. At the end of the day, it was still because of viviparous birth. Natural birth was still the mainstream in the traditional view. As for fruit trees … there were too many grafting, transgenic, mutated, and so on. There were also too many ways to extend life.
Rorschach grew up as a human, but he could accept this concept because this was his "reality".
His experience as a Descended One made him truly understand that the soul was the foundation of everything. Transforming his apprentice Morton from an animal to a plant life form made him deeply realize the similarities and differences between the two paths of life.
That was why Rorschach was able to completely accept that he was also a wood spirit, a plant-type life form, just by listening to Rosa and the others' descriptions and demonstrations … Actually, he didn't care about his life form at all. His father had told him since he was young that the soul was the foundation of everything. The physical body wasn't important at all.
"So what if you're too young? So what if you're suitable for cross-dressing? So what if you're in beast form? So what if you're an undead? The real you is actually a part of your soul. It's actually incredibly foolish to care about your physical body's form and lack."
There were some things that he couldn't understand back in the day, but he remembered them. Later on, when he encountered some things, he suddenly remembered them and understood.
After receiving Rosa's teachings, Rorschach did some experiments.
That was a treatment that ordinary humans would never be able to enjoy in their entire lives … Rorschach put on the wood spirit's magical plant outer shell and experienced the feeling of the wood spirit's "magic armor".
To be honest, that feeling exceeded Rorschach's expectations.
"I originally thought that it would be similar to a magic armor, but in the end … this feels just like my physical body."
After putting on the strengthened plant outer shell, Rorschach couldn't feel his physical body anymore. That was completely different from the "piloting" feeling of a magic armor. He could only faintly feel the connection between himself and his physical body. It was just like … Ansorenne.
That's right, they were both souls that went from one physical body to another. Naturally, it was the same as Ansorenne.
Compared to a magic armor, the basic stats and special abilities of a magic armor didn't need to be mentioned. After all, there were good and bad magic armors. The plant outer shell was also a top-grade product. However, this feeling of being connected to the physical body made the plant outer shell's reaction speed much faster than a magic armor's. Not only that, the magic armor couldn't compare to the realism of a magic armor's senses.
"It's just like being possessed. I really can't believe how realistic everything around me feels. I can even smell the fragrance of flowers from one kilometer away and see an eagle flying in the sky. It's just like my own senses."
Perhaps a magic armor would be able to achieve the same function, but it definitely wouldn't be as easy and casual as the basic instincts of a physical body.
Perhaps, only those high-level existences of level 7 and above could turn a magic armor into their own Myth-ranked equipment and become a part of their physical body. Only then would they be able to achieve such compatibility.
In fact, Rorschach had experienced it once. He used the plant outer shell's transformation ability to transform himself into a treant, a giant tree fortress, and an ancient tree catapult. That was a miraculous experience. He could feel his physical body changing rapidly under the influence of the power of nature. It was just like how a druid's physical body would change.
At this point, Rorschach truly understood what immortality meant.
"As long as one's soul isn't destroyed, the physical body isn't important. Undead, Gods, Primitive Totem Gods, and elemental lifeforms. Life forms aren't limited to the physical body. It should be said that the physical body is just a tool used to carry the soul."
At this moment, Rorschach truly understood. There were some things that you truly understood once you understood them. No matter how detailed or realistic others were, you would feel that you truly understood them. Even if you didn't understand them, you still didn't understand them.
Perhaps one day, when you woke up and looked at the sky, you would truly understand them for some reason.
Theories were just theories. True comprehension was true comprehension. Rorschach, who had completely given up on his physical body, had changed many things under his youthful appearance that hadn't changed at all.
In the short span of half a month, the real existence under the same appearance was completely different.
Although this Rorschach still wasn't a true "Immortal Epic", it was difficult to say what was inside him. In fact, his undying and indestructible nature had already surpassed that of many SemiGods. All of this was his ticket to truly step into this realm.
At this moment, Rorschach was finally able to completely transform this Land of Dreams into a part of his physical body.
"Let's begin. Let's give it a try …"
Sitting in the room at the top of the Tower of Time, Rorschach relaxed his body and mind. Only the sound of his breathing could be heard in the pitch-black room.
"Phew …"
However, this breathing sound became weaker and weaker. Finally, it returned to normal.
His physical body appeared to have died. As for his soul, it had fused with the pagoda.
This was a tower, but it was also a pillar of life constructed by the power of nature. How did it feel to become a pillar? Rorschach himself couldn't describe it clearly.
"… The world has become smaller …"
The silence lasted for more than half an hour. An inexplicable sigh reverberated throughout the tower.
In the vision of the youth … in the Tower of Time, he could easily see the boundless land and sky, and the town under "his" feet was like a child's toy.
However, all of this was just the beginning.
The 'young man' turned his attention to the ground beneath his feet. There was an endless stretch of earth and the roots of the tower … Yes, roots. The tower that was planted by the Kuroy had always been alive, and its roots had always extended over this land.
Under Rorschach's control, this progress not only became faster, but there was also a designated direction.
"We're here. We're almost there."
The first link wasn't difficult because the destination wasn't far to begin with. The four sub-towers that surrounded the city had always been surrounded by the Kuroy.
These hardworking workers constantly catalyzed the growth of the sub-towers. Not only did they make the towers taller and thicker, but more importantly, the growth of the roots below never stopped.
Forty-seven hours after Rorschach disappeared from his companions' sight, countless roots had intertwined under the small city. The main tower and sub-towers had been connected, and the first network of the power of nature had been completed.
At this moment, the entire land shook violently, but the next moment, everything returned to normal.
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