Transmigrator's Guide to Conquering Another World-Chapter 484 - 448: Ancient Bloodline

Although Yang Tianwen is not young anymore, and his physical functions are gradually declining.

As a top biologist, his thinking ability has not regressed at all.

You could say the questions he raised almost precisely touched on the key points of the snake centipede:

Is there some relationship between the spine and its transformation?

Does the Thunder Tribulation serve to restore or evolve?

And why can the material of the spine withstand the Thunder Tribulation, yet be successfully cut by a tier three scalpel?

Unfortunately.

Due to the scarcity of local demon beast samples, these three questions are likely difficult to answer for the time being.

While Yang Tianwen and Luo Feng were discussing the possibilities regarding the spine.

The girl who had previously wished to name the snake centipede "Wu Fan", Gan Tiantian, ran over again with her pigtails swinging:

"Elder Yang, Senior Luo, our Information Engineering Team has simulated and reconstructed the snake centipede biological model after the Thunder Tribulation!"

That's right, the Information Engineering Team.

This girl, who looks like she's a mere 1.4 meters or so tall, resembling a bean sprout, is actually a....

Programmer!

Or more accurately.

The chief algorithm engineer of the Sichuan University Biological Laboratory, Animal Primordial Information Simulation Engineering Team.

In this experiment.

The entire team's task was only one:

To use algorithms to reconstruct the theoretical appearance of the creature through comparison with biological skeletal fossils.

Although there is already a real corpse sample of the snake centipede in the laboratory, the tier three demon beast is clearly a type of biological 'evolution'.

Just like the concept of Greymon and Agumon.

There are undoubtedly extreme differences between its tier three form and its initial state.

Especially after the spine is reduced by the Thunder Tribulation, Gan Tiantian's task is to:

Simulate the biological model corresponding to the snake centipede and its spine, providing image reference for related research.

To be honest.

This is not a simple task.

After all, biology isn't the same as Photoshop, you can't just apply formulas rigidly.

It's not like you can say the spine shrinks by a certain percentage, and then the overall size of the animal shrinks proportionally and that's it.

Take the centipede for example.

The centipede's Malpighian tubes are very peculiar in shape, resembling tangled hairworms.

But in reality.

There's a special linear correlation between them and the centipede's midgut.

That's the convergent expression of Y=Xβ+ε, almost all centipedes comply with this convergence.

That's why mathematics is considered a life science as well, because so much biological data is closely linked with math.

There's a saying that goes well.

Mathematics can never explain life, but all current explanations of life involve mathematics.

The deeper you go, the more you marvel at the beauty and mysticism of life.

Of course.

Many students with poor math grades have no opportunity to delve in, instead, they hang themselves on high branches.

Returning sight to the original place.

Then, led by Gan Tiantian, Yang Tianwen and others arrived at the laboratory's computer center.

Students from Chengdu should have heard that, as a high-tech hub in the western region, Chengdu has established the first national supercomputing center in the western region.

However, compared to its official name, Chengdu people prefer to call it Silicon Cube.

After all, that blue cube is too flamboyant.

The highest computing speed of Silicon Cube reaches 1 billion billion times, ranking in the top ten globally.

So with the assistance of the relevant computing power.

Gan Tiantian's team successfully reconstructed the original model of the snake centipede in a very short time.

This is a giant centipede, three to four meters long, sixty to seventy centimeters wide, and very flat.

You can tell just by eyesight, this image differs greatly from the snake centipede.

To describe it strongly.

The original tier three snake centipede looked like an internet influencer, while the latter looked like a real person with beauty filters turned off and makeup removed.

"Length 3.5 meters... weight close to a ton... olfactory synapses far more developed than the corpse..."

As he examined the reconstructed model before him.

Yang Tianwen commented while his brows furrowed slightly:

"Looking at its form... why does it resemble an ancient centipede so much?"

Gan Tiantian nodded:

"Exactly, it does indeed resemble an ancient centipede.

We compared the ancient centipede's database of feces and intestinal fossils, finding a very high degree of overlap between the two.

Therefore, I personally believe.

This snake centipede may possess a genetic lineage of the ancient centipede."

Ancient centipede.

This is a creature that lived three hundred million years ago, during the Carboniferous period.

An ancient centipede could grow up to 8.6 feet, approximately 2.6 meters in length.

However, in Western Germany, an ancient centipede fossil with only its head remaining was discovered, and its restored length might exceed 3.5 meters.

Speaking of ancient centipedes, we must mention another term.

That is Ancient Pauropod.

In the words of many marketing accounts.

Ancient centipedes and Ancient Pauropods are two species, and like Dunkleosteus, are exaggerated to extreme absurdity.

But in reality.

According to the understanding of a fisherman who personally communicated with a deputy researcher at the Huaxia Academy of Sciences Chengdu Research Institute, it was confirmed that the Ancient Pauropod is actually the same species as the ancient centipede.

It's just that the Ancient Pauropod is merely a vegetarian subspecies.

This point can actually be seen more intuitively in the scientific names.

For example, the scientific name of the ancient centipede is Arthropleura armata.

The Ancient Pauropod is Arthropleura.

The difference between the two is like that of a tabby cat and an American Shorthair, completely not what is called two species.

The ancient centipede is the largest arthropod ever discovered, and one of the first invertebrates to appear on land, nearly attaining an unparalleled prestige.

"Three hundred million years ago..... Three thousand years ago..."

Yang Tianwen repeated the time when ancient centipedes and snake centipedes appeared, saying:

"Such a time span obviously wouldn't be a direct genetic inheritance, and even using other means seems rather difficult.

So could it be.... genetic reversion?"

Reversion.

This is also a relatively common situation in biology.

For example, over ten years ago 毛孩 Yu Zhenhuan was thought to exhibit reversion.

Of course.

Nowadays, that Yu Zhenhuan has settled down and started a family, and ironically, he's gone bald.

It's truly a sorrowful story...

Besides humans.

Animals also exhibit some reversion phenomena.

The example most closely related to size should be the crocodile Gustav, Old Master Gu.

Friends familiar with crocodiles should know.

In this species of crocodile, saltwater crocodiles are usually the largest.

Such as the famous Luo Long, Kalia, King of Cambodia, etc.

As a Nile crocodile, Old Master Gu reached a size of at least 5.5 meters, nearly double that of his kind. (Those interested can search for Gustav on Bilibili; it's quite interesting)

Therefore, many biologists believe Old Master Gu is a typical representative of body-type reversion.

Meanwhile.

Beside Yang Tianwen, Luo Feng suddenly remembered something.

He first turned his head and apologized to Yang Tianwen, then began browsing through the computer files:

"March files.... January files..... Last October.... Found it!"

Luo Feng's mouse hovered over a file labeled 'July 23, 2022, Chixian City siege battle':

"Elder Yang, among the seven second-tier demon beasts in the siege battle, one black wind snake was noticeably larger than its counterparts.

After tests.

It was found that its internal structure showed some phenotypic traits that matched local pterosaur fossils.

However, at that time, there were no other signs or evidence, so this matter was only recorded in the archival document.

And the earliest occurrence of pterosaurs was at the end of the Late Triassic, which is actually the same time period as the ancient centipede!"

Yang Tianwen hurriedly leaned forward:

"Eh? Is that truly the case? Then what about the spine of that demon snake?"

"It's not recorded in the files."

Luo Feng shook his head at first, then looked at Wei Fan:

"However, Clan Leader Wei might have some impression; he was present on site at the time."

Currently, Wei Fan's public identity remains as Instructor Wei from a superior department.

But to core researchers like Yang Tianwen, Wei Fan's true identity is no secret.

Upon hearing Luo Feng's words, Wei Fan seriously pondered:

"That demon beast died by Second Ancestor's reckless strike, and its remains were subsequently covered by firepower. If I remember correctly, most of its skeleton was destroyed on the spot.

The remaining parts, although unclear where they ended up, were certainly not as fine as the snake centipede's spine.

Moreover, if they were truly similar to human spines, Xiao Wang's team wouldn't have missed them."

Yang Tianwen gently nodded and concluded:

"It seems that the human spine situation still only appears in snake centipedes.

However, the reversion phenomenon seems to involve the Demon Realm and Damo Realm?

Pterosaurs.... black wind snakes....

If that's the case...

Is it possible for us to set aside the spine issue, and use the reversion characteristic....

to cultivate our own native demon beasts?"

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