Chimera Tree

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***Mutant 010***
**Threat Level: M**
**Codename: Chimera Tree**
**Location: Global**
**Documented by H.S.G. Elite Nathan Xrnande**

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## Description & Biology

Mutant 010 also known as **Chimera Tree** is a species of tree which have weird branches in a seemingly random patterns and also have holes, the holes normally go from 1 to 2 feet of depth and some form of teeth inside it, they also have roots that normally extend for a radius of 15 meters, the **Chimera Tree** recorded to have the least extension of roots among other **Chimera Trees** had 5 meters and the one with the largest extension had 50 meters.

**Chimera Trees** have some differences from other tree species, those include: its lack of leaves, its weird smooth texture and its wood, but from all of that the biggest difference is that Chimera Trees are sentient and have the ability of mind manipulation, their wood is a shade of a brown to blood red, their roots also determine the area their area of control as their mind manipulation ability can only reach where their roots are.

There are currently two theories regarding how could Chimera Trees exist, the first theory called the **Carnivorous Supposition** states that at some point radiation combined in some way oak trees with a species of carnivorous plant and over the years the uranium gave the trees the ability of mind manipulation, the second theory called **Hunter's Theory** states that the uranium that merged with the ground had affected the trees and gave them sentience along with their abilities.

## Behaviour

**Chimera Trees** wait for a living being to come by its controlled areas with the exception of Slug Shrooms, Slug Shrooms are not consumed for helping to attract prey and for helping with **Chimera Tree** reproduction, when a Slug Shroom sees a **Chimera Tree** they will latch on it and wait until the Chimera Tree consumes a target; once a living being comes into a area controlled by its roots and will manipulate its mind into seeing the tree as the targets most desired thing and will have their target touch any part of the tree as on touch **Chimera Tree** bark burns the skin and other materials that have a resistance inferior to the resistance of titanium, they will have their target slowly melt until they are no longer conscious, once that happens the **Chimera Tree** will control its branches to put their target in its hole mouth and then consume their target, after consuming their target they will send out spores which are caught by Slug Shrooms, the ones who catch the spores will get off of the **Chimera Tree** and wander away.

The mind manipulation caused by **Chimera Trees** can be snapped out of, but once the target snaps out of the manipulation the **Chimera Tree** will notice and will imideatly try to use its branches and roots to impale its target, if the target gets out of that **Chimera Tree's** area of control the **Chimera Tree** will give up, however if the target is pregnant the **Chimera Tree** will expand its roots to make sure that the target does not escape.

## Resources

From **Chimera Trees** there can be gathered some resources those include: Chimera Wood, due to its high resistance, strength, durability and immunity to fire it's used for making shields, weapons and bases; Chimera Tooth, due to its high strength, resistance and sharpness its used for making swords and arrows; Hallucination, its a component used for making bio-bombs that make its target start seeing hallucinations that will distract its target until the effect stops (takes about 15 to 45 seconds).

The H.S.G. has set up about 20 CTF's (Chimera Tree Farms) trough Switzerland 10 of them are for research and 10 of them are for getting resources from the trees.

## Note from A Chimera Tree Survivor

**I hate these things, they took everything away from me, my friends, my love, EVERYTHING! It was another night exploring with my scavenger friends and my boyfriend, then as we had no supplies and saw some glowing Slug Shrooms so we were going to pick it up and then one by one they were suddenly impaled, once I noticed I snapped out of my mind manipulation and I saw their corpses, I flinched but I still managed to dodge the branches and roots and survive, I hate these things if I could I would destroy every single one of them!**

- Anonymous Scavenger