Chapter 617: Deputy Brain
In addition to researching learning machines, Li Qingye also...
We also borrowed the genetic sequence of the six-clawed man and combined it with the technology owned by the Homo Sapiens company to try to develop a new biochip.
He calls this new biochip a "sub-brain."
The secondary brain, as the name suggests, is the second brain.
According to Li Qingye's idea, this thing can be implanted in humans at birth, but the secondary brain will not be activated until it is fully sexually mature.
And even if it is activated, the secondary brain is not 100% activated, but only a small part is activated. The remaining genetic memory will continue to be sealed. Perhaps some people will never activate the remaining memory information in their lifetime.
Because this is a fallback plan that Li Qingye left for the new humans, and it contains most of the technology of the Homo Sapiens company and various information on human civilization.
If one day, human beings encounter an enemy that is difficult to resist and are forced to wander alone in the vast galaxy like the escape ship of the six-clawed civilization, that is when the hidden memories of the secondary brain will come into play.
At present, the prototype of the secondary brain has completed some technical verification.
But they ran into a problem.
To this end, the executives of Sapiens even held a special seminar.
Chen Jianxiong asked worriedly, "Mr. Chairman, if we directly load the manufacturing technology of gene chips and auxiliary brains into the gene information database, will there be a risk of leaks?"
That's right. The problem they encountered was the confidentiality of the genetic information database. Although many people knew that Sapiens' biotechnology was very powerful, they could not guarantee that the company's technology was impeccable.
Even if the secondary brain has an auxiliary system that can prevent the leakage of genetic information, it does not mean it is absolutely safe.
Li Qingye shook his head: "If the other party can remove the firewall and limiter I set in the secondary brain gene, it proves that the other party's level of biotechnology has surpassed the company by an order of magnitude. I left a hidden information library in the secondary brain to facilitate human rebirth."
After hearing this explanation, everyone quickly understood the key point.
The sub-brain's genetic information database is most likely defenseless against alien forces whose biotechnology levels are higher than those of Homo sapiens.
However, since the other party's biotechnology level is higher than that of Homo Sapiens and the two sides have been in contact, it is obvious that Homo Sapiens has been invaded by the other party. In this case, it is difficult to keep the genetic information library of the sub-brain confidential.
Therefore, the Sapiens Company will definitely arrange for a part of the population to escape, and then develop secretly in other galaxies in an attempt to make a comeback.
At this time, the various technologies and human civilization data in the genetic information database are the basis for rebuilding human civilization.
Li Qingye even considered very extreme situations, such as when there is only one person left in the entire human civilization, how to allow that one person to revive the entire human civilization.
The sub-brain not only has gene editing technology, but also other human gene sequence data. Based on these gene sequences and with the help of the sub-brain's cellular functions, embryos containing these gene sequences can be cultivated in the body, thus enabling one person to reproduce an entire race.
Moreover, this technology is available to both men and women, so there is no situation where a man cannot have children.
Now, based on some hermaphroditic creatures that exist in nature, Sapiens has studied how to allow humans to switch their biological sex freely and safely and efficiently.
However, this technology is not currently allowed for practical application, and has only been partially tested on human subjects.
But Li Qingye has already decided to load the male-female transformation system into the secondary brain.
If one day in the future we encounter an extreme situation where only one person is left alive, this system will ensure the continuation of human civilization.
Moreover, parthenogenesis will definitely be used in the future.
Even for the new humans, there is still no way to fundamentally eliminate the physiological barriers between women and men.
There are quite a few bachelors within the Homo Sapiens company now. For the continuation of human civilization, the Homo Sapiens company will inevitably implant a male-female transformation system in this group in the future, allowing these people to reproduce through parthenogenesis and achieve gene transmission.
This is a kind of helplessness caused by the development of the times.
However, the male-female transformation system is also divided into two modes, one is complete metamorphosis and the other is incomplete metamorphosis.
If the conditions are relatively perfect, an incomplete metamorphosis model can be adopted. In this model, it is only necessary to cultivate the embryo in the body and then transfer the embryo directly to the artificial uterus system, where the embryo can develop.
The complete metamorphosis mode is designed to deal with extreme situations, such as when all equipment is destroyed and there are no conditions for in vitro embryo cultivation. At this time, the only option is in vivo cultivation.
However, the complete metamorphosis mode is only limited to men. Women do not need complete metamorphosis because they already have a uterus.
In the complete metamorphosis mode, males will quickly turn into females and then reproduce on their own. The offspring will have different genes, which ensures that the offspring can reproduce with each other.
Although they are brothers and sisters born from the same body, they are actually half-siblings and do not have a close blood relationship.
In order to allow these young children to survive in extreme environments, their physical development will be very fast. They can reach adult standards in about 12 months, and then directly activate genetic memory.
Only when the population grows to more than 10,000 people will this fast-growing gene be suppressed, thus returning to a normal reproduction pattern.
Although doing so will lead to low creativity among the first generation of fast-growing humans, their mission is to revive human civilization, not to develop it.
These fast-growing humans have special technology memory inheritance templates. They will quickly utilize all available resources around them and follow the best path to restore the technological level to the highest possible level in the shortest time.
Li Qingye also prepared various camouflage, hiding and escape techniques for them.
These technologies were researched by a team of people specially organized by the Sapiens company in order to give human civilization as much hope of survival as possible.
The reason why Li Qingye did this was that he felt that this universe was not safe.
Especially after various creatures were discovered on many planets in the solar system, and the emergence of the six-clawed civilization, this concern has had a profound impact on the management of the Homo Sapiens company.
They are very worried that if an alien civilization appears in the solar system one day and human civilization has no way to defeat it, the Sapiens company must leave a way out for human civilization.
Although superluminal travel technology is very difficult for a first-level civilization, subluminal travel technology and generational spacecraft technology are not nonsense.
If the six-clawed civilization's spacecraft technology had been improved and the flight speed had been increased to about 100 kilometers per second, it would only take about nine thousand years to reach the solar system from the six-clawed giant star.
If the speed is increased to 1,000 kilometers per second, it will only take more than 900 years; if it is 10,000 kilometers per second, it will take more than 90 years.
In other words, the maximum expansion range of each first-level civilization actually depends on the speed of their spacecraft and their ability to maintain generational spacecraft.
Although the speed of light limits the outward expansion of some civilizations, this limitation is not actually insurmountable for planetary systems within a radius of 100 light years.
The key is the question of cost and benefit.
If it is profitable, then some civilizations can do it by gritting their teeth and crossing several light years or even dozens of light years.
