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Chapter 137 Lamia
This kind of learning ability even made Chi Heng a little horrified, but when he saw "Hedgehog Leopard" eating dried fruit foolishly and staring at the dried fruit in his palm like a husky, he couldn't help smiling wryly.

"If a child who has never learned to count, from learning to count to 10, can also understand the abstract concept of numbers, and learn to add and subtract within 10, how long will it take?"

Chi Heng felt that at least it couldn't be done within two hours.

If it is said that "Hedgehog and Leopard" originally had such a concept, that is not the case. It is obvious that Chi Heng started to learn and recognize it under the guidance of Chi Heng.

Chi Heng's interest is getting stronger and stronger. He wants to see if this "hedgehog leopard" can really learn human knowledge, and even... learn to speak?
When Chi Heng proposed this idea to "Battered Copper and Iron" with great interest, "Battered Copper and Iron" shook his head and denied his idea, saying: "During the detailed physical inspection of it before, Junk has already created it." Although its body model has not been dissected, it may not be 100% accurate, but its vocal cords are obviously different from humans. Human vocal organs start from the vocal cords of the larynx and glottis to the end of the tongue, with a total length of 20 cm. , the angle formed with the body axis is at right angles. Compared with humans, the vocal organs of most mammals are very different. The biggest difference is that the vocal organs and the body axis cannot form a right angle, but an obvious obtuse angle. The flexion with the trachea is also relatively flat."

"Battered copper and iron" said: "Parrots can imitate human speech. The total length from its syrinx to the tip of the tongue is about 15 centimeters, and the angle formed with the body axis is also approximately at right angles. This is why parrots can imitate human speech." One. It is different, its vocal organs are at an obtuse angle to the body axis, so its vocalizations cannot be segmented..."

"Human language and speaking are very complex tasks, involving many brain regions and neural circuits, and are the most advanced cognitive functions performed by the human brain. To say a word, you must go through information collection, integration, Comprehension, storage, vocalization, and vocalization is only the last critical step."

"Battered copper and iron" looked at "Hedgehog and Leopard", "But Junk thinks that it can learn and understand human language, but if you want it to speak, it may be difficult to achieve it due to the limitations of its vocal organs."

Chi Heng heard it say so much, the most direct key lies in one point, the difference in physiological organs makes the "hedgehog leopard" unable to speak like a human, but the good news is that it may be able to understand human language and other knowledge.

"If you can't talk, you can't talk, but at least, um, it seems feasible to make it smart."

Chi Heng was gearing up and was full of motivation. Although the "old man" was smarter than ordinary dogs, he was not smart enough to do addition and subtraction.

He is going to spend some time to see how far "Hedgehog Leopard" can go.

"By the way, I should give you a name."

Chi Heng pinched his chin and walked back and forth, "What's the name?"

He is not good at picking names, but he also tries his best to choose a catchy and good name, just like "bad copper" and "old man", what a good name.

"Lamia..."

Chi Heng sighed. In Greek myths and legends, Lamia was originally a human being, but was turned into a half-human, half-animal monster to suffer eternal pain. "Hedgehog Leopard" is the same, and this is not what it wants to choose. s consequence.

"Your name is Lamia."

Chi Heng carefully read its name to "Hedgehog and Leopard", while "Battered Copper and Iron" beside him also said, "Lamia? Lamia?"

Of course I don’t understand how to pronounce “Hedgehog Leopard” like this, but as long as Chi Heng keeps repeating it, pointing at it with a finger, saying it again, making it nod, and then feeding it dried fruits, “Hedgehog Leopard” will understand soon. Mia was yelling it.

This intelligence is not generally strong.

When training cats and dogs, it takes a week or two to make them understand that this is their name.As a human being, if you have never touched the blank paper of human society before, you will not understand your name so quickly.

"Lamia."

Chi Heng finally called out to it, and fed it the last piece of dried fruit, "Okay, today's study task is over."

After hesitating for a moment, Chi Heng stretched out his hand and tried to touch its head. He used a long spoon to feed Lamia before, but he didn't dare to use his hands for fear of biting him. Teeth, a bite is no joke.

This time he tentatively reached out to touch his head, Lamia shook his head, did not object, did not make too many moves, and let him touch his head.

"Good boy, good boy..."

After rubbing two furry heads, Chi Heng heaved a sigh of relief.

This half-human, half-beast "monster" is wild, but it seems to have human nature in essence. After realizing Chi Heng's harmless behavior towards it, his attitude became much more gentle and docile. Of course, this may also be due to starvation. Effect.

But Chi Heng tends to believe the former, because from tonight's test, Lamia possesses intelligence far superior to that of beasts, and the usual methods of taming beasts may not be effective for it.

Thinking of this, he slowly backed away from "Battered Iron", and asked, "Junk, if I let it out...can you keep me safe?"

"Broken copper and iron" was rarely surprised. It tilted its metal head, and did not quite agree with Chi Heng's decision: "Sir, Junk is still not sure whether Lamia is still a threat. If you release it, it will hurt you." The threat is great."

"I know, that's why I want to ask you."

Chi Heng pondered and said: "I think its current situation... If it continues to be locked in, its progress will be very slow, and its attitude towards me has also changed. I know what you are worried about, but it is not a human being after all. It doesn’t pretend to be an expression of emotion, if it could pretend to be an intuitive expression of emotion, it would have already done so, and there’s no need to wait until now to pretend.”

"Broken copper and iron" thought for a while, and said: "If Sir insists on this decision, Junk will only make preparations to protect you. Please allow Junk to hold a gun to protect you."

Chi Heng didn't object, nodded and agreed, and handed over the AR-15 rifle to "Battered Copper and Iron".

If it is said that the shooting accuracy of human guns needs a lot of training to improve, then the "bad copper and iron" guns only need a few test shots, and then they are almost a hundred shots. No impact, no, it should be counted.

According to the instructions of "Broken Copper and Iron", Chi Heng unfastened the switch of the glass box, and then stepped back carefully.

Lamia, who was unbound, was still a little dazed. Maybe it was locked in for too long, and it would not react for a while. When it knew that it could move freely, it turned over on the spot and started licking. The hair on his body rose, but he didn't launch an attack on Chi Heng.

(End of this chapter)