Meng Chao nodded: "I know that insects or annelids have very primitive nervous systems and their information transmission speed is extremely slow, about one meter per second. However, the nerve information transmission speed of humans can reach one hundred meters per second.

It is a hundred times that of lower creatures. No wonder it can produce sparks of wisdom in the collision of nerve information."

"Yes, the reason why the nerve information transmission speed of humans and other advanced animals is so fast is because there is a layer of 'myelin sheath' outside the axon of our nerve cells. The myelin sheath can insulate and prevent nerve electrical impulses from being transmitted from the neuron axon.

to the axon of another neuron. In addition, it can also use the 'jump conduction' mechanism to speed up the transmission of action potentials."

Takano thought for a while and used an analogy to say, "If the nerves of lower animals are like a bumpy village road, and if you are not careful, the car will drive off the road, then the nerves of higher vertebrate animals like humans,

Wrapping the myelin sheath is like lifting and sealing the road, turning it into an 'information highway', and the transmission speed is naturally hundreds of times faster.

"As for extraordinary people, by absorbing spiritual energy and constantly tempering their nervous systems with spiritual energy, they gradually form 'spiritual veins' or even 'crystal veins' in their bodies, which is equivalent to upgrading a 'highway' into a 'high-speed railway'.

The nerve information transmission speed of an extraordinary person can even reach the terrifying thousands of meters per second. Regardless of logical deduction ability, calculation power or understanding ability, it is naturally ten times stronger than ordinary people.

"However, evolving myelin is not the only way to give birth to intelligence.

"Many animals have chosen another evolutionary path, which is to continuously increase the diameter of nerve fibers.

"Scientific research has proven that the diameter of nerve fibers is directly proportional to the speed of nerve information transmission.

"The best examples of this are octopuses and cuttlefish.

"The thickest human axon fiber has a diameter of no more than 20 microns. It takes 50 of them close together to barely reach one millimeter and can be recognized by the naked eye.

"The diameter of some squid's huge axon fibers reaches one millimeter, which is fifty times that of humans.

"Even without myelin, such large nerves endow octopuses and cuttlefish with a high degree of intelligence.

"They are the most cunning creatures in the ocean and even use a variety of tools - as early as the earth's time, marine biologists discovered that some octopuses would use their soft tentacles to curl up when hunting their favorite oysters.

When the oyster opens its shell, the pebbles on the coast are thrown in, blocking the shell, and then slowly swallowing the soft body of the oyster.

"This is a wisdom that many vertebrates do not possess.

"No wonder many people say that octopuses are the most alien-like creatures on earth. Without human interference, they may not be able to evolve another kind of intelligence that is completely different from humans.

"When we traveled to another world and saw snakes, insects, rats and ants with a body length of more than one meter, especially giant insects, arthropods and molluscs, we were also confused.

"Because according to the research of the Earth Age, the organs and body structure of insects cannot maintain a body size of more than one meter at all. Even if they are not crushed by their own weight, the fatal damage to their nerve transmission speed will make their reactions extremely slow.

.

"But after we captured and dissected some insect monsters, we found that their nerve fibers are similar to those of octopuses and squids on Earth. The diameter of their nerves has expanded a hundred times to be able to cope with such a huge body and perform agility.

And fast movement.”

Meng Chao nodded thoughtfully: "So, when preparing the giant sandworm, inserting gene fragments from octopus or squid to expand the nerve fibers of the giant sandworm to the limit can enhance its intelligence?"

"Yes, the diameter of the nerve fibers of the giant sandworms prepared by our 'Lingchuang Creatures' can reach more than 3 millimeters, which is enough to understand various complex instructions."

Takano paused and then said, "If myelin is wrapped around the nerve fibers of the giant sandworm, its intelligence can be further improved, even reaching the level of pet cats and dogs."

Meng Chao took a deep breath: "What!"

Takano said: "There are only two ways to improve wisdom, either to thicken the nerves like an octopus, or to wrap the myelin sheath like a vertebrate. However, if the two solutions can be integrated together, wrapping the extremely thick nerve fibers,

On the myelin sheath, how terrifying can the nerve transmission speed be - aren't you curious?"

Meng Chao swallowed hard: "Is your company currently conducting research in this area?"

"No."

Gao Ye's face was filled with regret, "I really want to concoct this kind of super intelligent giant sandworm, but Xie Xiaolei thinks it's unnecessary because I can't find a suitable buyer in the commercial market.

"In the final analysis, he is a businessman and does everything from a profit perspective. I can only respect his opinion."

"I think……"

Meng Chao said, "It's better not to conduct research in this area. Otherwise, don't you think it would be dangerous if giant sandworms that are smarter than humans are created?"

"I don't know which one is more dangerous, a monster with intelligence or a monster that is completely ignorant and driven by its killing instinct."

Takano said, "Have you ever seen an insect tide? The densely packed snakes, insects, rats, and ants form a mighty black wave, attacking the human defense line one after another. No matter how many of the same kind are torn into pieces, burned to coke, and electrified, they spark chaos.

There is an endless stream of successors.

“In the end, thousands of insects were wiped out, but humans also suffered heavy casualties. It was truly a lose-lose situation.

"Why is this happening?

"Because the insect tide has no intelligence.

"Those insect monsters are just flesh-and-blood machines that encapsulate certain instructions. They have no consciousness, no intelligence, and no concepts of 'survival' and 'death'. When bullets tear their bodies apart, they will not produce a single trace.

of fear.

"I think this is the scariest thing.

"If we can give lower creatures some wisdom, it doesn't have to be too high, as long as they understand the preciousness of life, the terror of human weapons, and even understand the simple truth that 'it is better to be a slave of mankind than an enemy of mankind',"

Maybe the monster war can be solved in another way?"

Meng Chao hesitated.

With a mere tens of millions of people, even if they can conquer it, they are destined to be unable to rule an entire planet that is rich in spiritual energy and evolves and mutates extremely quickly.

This is the consensus of many people.

Faced with the question of "how to conquer and rule another world", people with different professions, different forces, and different interests gave different answers.

At the Agricultural University, known as the "Monster University", "we give monsters a certain degree of wisdom, turn ferocious beasts and monsters into spiritual beasts and pet beasts, let them 'be the forerunners of the king', and serve as cannon fodder, slaves, tools, and partners of the Earth Army.

"As allies, we will eventually conquer other worlds." This argument is very popular.

From Takano's point of view, it is normal to have such thoughts.

However, Meng Chao still felt uneasy when he thought of the damage caused to Dragon City by the "nine demon gods" in the memory fragments of his previous life.

"I still can't imagine what impact and changes it will have on our civilization once monsters smarter than humans appear." Meng Chao murmured.

"Classmate Meng Chao, you are thinking too far."

Takano said, "The speed of nerve transmission is only the basis for the birth of wisdom. It does not mean that as long as the nerve fibers are thick enough and wrapped with myelin, wisdom can be produced instantly.

"On the one hand, the brain structure of the giant sandworm is very primitive, which is vastly different from the highly developed human brain. Even though the information flow can rush around at high speed in its intricate and huge neural network, there is no real brain to analyze and integrate the information.

It is still impossible to become wisdom.

“Even if we give the giant sandworm a larger, real brain through genetic modification, this is just ‘hardware’.

“In terms of ‘hardware’, the brain capacity, number of neurons and sulcal circuits of ancient humans during the Stone Age millions of years ago were almost the same as those of modern humans.

"But it is absolutely impossible for humans in the Stone Age to possess the wisdom of modern humans.

“Because wisdom is not only the collision of nerve sparks, but also the accumulation of thousands of years of history and the sum of intricate social relationships.

“If a normal, healthy modern human baby is thrown into the wilderness, assuming it survives and thrives until the age of eighteen, it is unlikely that it will develop any intelligence.

"Teleporting a strong Stone Age primitive to today's Dragon City, he would not pose the slightest threat.

"Therefore, it is unfounded to think that giant sandworms with sufficiently developed nerves and brains can instantly gain wisdom, or even have a deep understanding of human civilization, and become like humans with emotions and strong ambitions.

"In the final analysis, wisdom is not necessary for survival. If the giant sandworm can survive comfortably by devouring garbage and rocks, it has no need, no interest, and no real wisdom."

Meng Chao thought carefully about Gao Ye's words.

I have to admit that this giant sandworm expert is right.

So, what happened to the giant sandworm that evolved into a demon god in its previous life?

While he was pondering, in the laboratory, two researchers wearing negative pressure protective suits transmitted the test results.

When Gao Ye saw it, his face darkened and he cursed in a low voice.

"How is it?" Meng Chao asked hurriedly.

"I knew it."

Takano said, "Someone injected a virus into the giant sandworm!"

Meng Chao thought for a while: "Are you sure it's man-made and not a virus infected in the wild?"

"Certainly not."

Takano said, "More than a dozen natural subtypes of mutant rabies virus can be transmitted between humans and animals, but the new mutant rabies virus found in the giant sandworm cannot be transmitted to humans - it is not the product of natural mutation.
Chapter completed!