Oh My God! Earthlings are Insane!

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, while the human nerve information transmission speed can reach hundreds of meters per second. It is a hundred times that of lower creatures, no wonder it can generate 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 that there is a layer of 'myelin sheath' outside the axons of our nerve cells, which can insulate and prevent the transmission of nerve electrical impulses from the axons of neurons To the axon of another neuron, in addition, the mechanism of 'jump conduction' can be used to speed up the transmission of action potentials."

Takano thought for a while, and made an analogy, "If the nerves of lower animals are like a potholed village road, if you are not careful, the car will drive off the road, then the nerves of higher vertebrates like humans, Wrapping the myelin sheath is like lifting and closing the highway, turning it into an 'information highway', and the transmission speed is naturally hundreds of times faster.

"As for the extraordinary, by absorbing spiritual energy and using spiritual energy to continuously refine the nervous system, and gradually form a 'spiritual vein' or even a 'crystal vein' in the body, it is equivalent to upgrading the 'highway' to a 'high-speed railway'. The nerve information transmission speed of super-superhumans can even reach a terrifying kilometer per second. Regardless of logical deduction ability, calculation ability or comprehension ability, it is naturally ten times stronger than ordinary people.

"However, the evolution of myelin is not the only way to generate intelligence.

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

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

"The best examples of this are octopus and squid.

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

"And the huge axon fibers of some squid have a single diameter of one millimeter, fifty times that of humans.

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

"They're the most cunning creatures in the sea, and even use multiple tools - as far back as Earth's time, marine biologists have found that some octopuses roll up their soft tentacles while hunting their favorite oysters. The pebbles on the shore, when the oyster opens its shell, throw the pebbles in, get stuck in the shell, and then calmly devour the soft body of the oyster.

"This is intelligence that not many vertebrates have.

"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 very 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 huge insects, arthropods and molluscs, we were also puzzled.

"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 injury of nerve transmission speed will make their reactions extremely slow. .

"However, after we captured and dissected some insect monsters, we found that their nerve fibers are similar to those of octopuses and squids on the earth. The diameter of the nerves has been expanded a hundred times to cope with such a huge body and perform agile tasks. And fast motion."

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

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

Takano paused, and then said, "If the giant sandworm's nerve fibers are covered with myelin sheath, its wisdom can be further improved, even reaching the level of pet cats and dogs."

Meng Chao took a deep breath: "What!"

Takano said: "There are two ways to improve wisdom, either to thicken the nerve like an octopus, or to wrap myelin sheath like a vertebrate. Myelin sheath, nerve transmission speed can be terrifying - don't you wonder?"

Meng Chao swallowed hard: "Is your company doing research on this?"

"No."

Gao Ye was full of regret, "I would really like to concoct this kind of ultra-intelligent giant sandworm, but Xie Xiaolei thinks it is unnecessary, because there is no suitable buyer in the commercial market.

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

"I think……"

Meng Chao said, "It's better not to conduct research in this area, otherwise, if a giant sandworm smarter than humans is created, don't you think it's very dangerous?"

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

Takano said, "Have you ever seen a swarm of insects? 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 into coke, and electrocuted into chaos Take the risk, there will be an endless stream of successors.

"In the end, tens of thousands of insects were all wiped out, but human beings also suffered heavy casualties.

"Why is this happening?

"Because the bug swarm has no wisdom.

"Those insect monsters are just flesh and blood machines encapsulated with certain instructions. They have no consciousness, no intelligence, no concept of 'survival' and 'death', and when bullets tear their bodies apart, they will not produce a single bit of fear.

"I think that's the scariest thing.

"If we can give lower creatures some wisdom, it doesn't need to be too high, just let them understand the preciousness of life, understand the horror of human weapons, and even understand the simple truth that 'it is better to be a slave of human beings than to be an enemy of human beings', Maybe, the monster war can be solved in another way?"

Meng Chao hesitated.

With a mere tens of millions of people, even if it can be conquered, it is doomed to be impossible to rule an entire planet with abundant aura and extremely fast evolution and mutation.

This is the consensus of many people.

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

At the Agricultural University known as the "Monster University", "endow monsters with a certain degree of wisdom, turn fierce beasts and monsters into spirit beasts and pet beasts, let them 'be the pioneers of the king', and serve as cannon fodder, slaves, tools, partners, Allies, and eventually conquer other worlds", such arguments are very marketable.

From Takano's standpoint, it's normal to have such thoughts.

However, thinking of the damage caused to Dragon City by the "Nine Great Demon Gods" in the memory fragments of his previous life, Meng Chao was still faintly uneasy.

"I still can't imagine what kind of impact and changes will be brought to our civilization once monsters smarter than humans appear," Meng Chao murmured.

"Student 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 enough thick nerve fibers are wrapped with myelin sheath, wisdom can be produced instantly.

"On the one hand, the giant sandworm's brain structure 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 information. It is still impossible to become wisdom.

"Even if we genetically modify the giant sandworm to have a larger, real brain, it's just 'hardware'.

"In terms of 'hardware', in the Stone Age millions of years ago, the brain capacity, number of neurons and brain groove circuits of ancient humans were almost the same as those of modern humans.

"However, it is absolutely impossible for humans in the Stone Age to have the wisdom of modern humans.

"Because wisdom is not only the collision of neural sparks, but also the accumulation of thousands of years of history and the sum of intricate social relations.

"Throw a normal, healthy modern human baby into the wilderness, assuming he survives and thrives until he is eighteen, and he will not be able to develop the slightest intelligence.

"Teleporting a strong primitive man from the Stone Age to today's Dragon City, it is impossible for him to pose the slightest threat.

"Therefore, it is unfounded to think that giant sandworms with sufficiently developed nerves and brains can possess wisdom in an instant, and even have a deep understanding of human civilization, and become like human beings with emotions and strong ambitions.

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

Meng Chao thought about Gao Ye's words seriously.

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 the previous life?

While 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 hastily.

"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, not a virus infected in the wild?"

"Certainly not."

Michi Takano, "More than a dozen natural subtypes of the mutated rabies virus can be transmitted between humans and animals, but the new mutated rabies virus found in the giant sandworm cannot infect humans—it is not a product of natural mutation , but a product developed in a human laboratory."