Beast Tamer: The evolution path I made up has come true!

The system flickered a few times, then displayed a line of text:

The current evolutionary path is too broad and lacks a basis in reality.

The Azure Dragon Node cannot be solidified at this time.

[Please follow the objective laws and, starting from the first stage, gradually complete the evolutionary logic.]

Looking at the system's feedback, Su Mo stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "It seems the system doesn't allow me to fabricate a complete evolutionary path."

"Instead, we should take it one step at a time, complete the basics first, and then talk about other things."

Since that's the case, I'll first improve the first stage of [Cloud-borne Long Worm].

Then Su Mo took a deep breath, opened the terminal, and began to look up biological information and various illustrations about the blue velvet worm.

As various pieces of information about the blue velvet worm continued to surface before his eyes, Su Mo discovered that there were three characteristics of the blue velvet worm that had been overlooked.

The first characteristic is that each segment of the velvet's body has remarkable elasticity.

This allows it to stretch its front half of its body to 1.5 times its normal length when searching for food, making it easier to find food.

The second characteristic is that the hairs on the body of the velvet worm can sense air movement.

In the wild, they rely on this ability to detect the breeze when birds flap their wings, and use this to avoid them.

Thirdly, when a velvet worm falls from a height, it instinctively stretches out its body, using its hairs to increase air resistance, thereby reducing the damage it suffers upon landing.

These abilities were very weak, and past researchers simply regarded them as ordinary survival instincts.

But in Su Mo's view, these conditions laid an excellent foundation for his evolutionary path.

"In other words, the body of the blue worm originally possesses the basic potential for elongation and airflow perception."

"However, in the course of natural evolution, this potential was ultimately used to spin cocoons, forming the wings of the green leaf moth."

At this moment, Su Mo's eyes gleamed brightly as he pondered deeply in his mind.

"So, as long as I stimulate it with specific training and breeding materials, continuously enhance its body segment contraction and trichome wind-sensing ability, and forcibly suppress its traditional gene pathway of pupation into moth..."

"This would allow the velvet worm to deviate from its original evolutionary tree and evolve into a new form with a slender body, a light and agile physique, and even the ability to glide through the air using air currents!"

With this in mind, Su Mo quickly wrote out the research topic on the terminal: "Research Report on the Elongation of the Blue Velvet Worm and its Adaptive Evolution to Wind Attributes".

Then Su Mo directly called Xu Qingshan.

Xu Qingshan asked directly, "What happened? Did the mass production plan go wrong?"

These days, Su Mo has been staying at the research institute working on the mass production plan for the super brain gravity dog, and has hardly called Xu Qingshan.

Therefore, when Xu Qingshan received the sudden call from Su Mo, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"No, everything is going smoothly here."

Su Mo said in a relaxed tone, "It's just... I want to apply to the academy for a new research project."

"A new topic?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qingshan frowned slightly and said, "Su Mo, aren't you still researching the super brain gravity dog?"

"Moreover, the potential of the super-brain gravity dog ​​has not been fully explored, and its subsequent evolutionary path has not been discovered. How can you be thinking about new research topics?"

Faced with Xu Qingshan's question, Su Mo calmly delivered his prepared explanation: "Teacher, I've been stuck in a bottleneck for several days regarding the super brain gravity dog. I haven't been able to come up with a new direction, so I thought I'd start a new project to refresh my mind and find some inspiration."

After hearing Su Mo's explanation, Xu Qingshan fell silent.

As a professor in the Department of Evolution, he was naturally familiar with the relevant situation in this field.

Scientific research is not like manual labor, especially when it comes to pioneering evolutionary paths, which largely depends on a flash of inspiration.

When inspiration runs dry, simply relying on endless practice problems and relentless effort won't yield results.

"Alright, it's good to clear your head."

Thinking of this, Xu Qingshan compromised and said, "Tell me, which pet beast have you taken a fancy to this time? As long as it's not too obscure, the academy can approve resources for you."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo immediately said, "Green Velvet Worm."

"..."

As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, the other end of the phone fell silent.

Xu Qingshan's previously calm expression twitched slightly upon hearing the name.

Blue velvet worms are so common that, in the eyes of evolutionary researchers, they are practically considered "academic garbage."

Every year, the college receives at least dozens or even hundreds of water science research projects related to vellum worms, but no one has been able to produce any results worth promoting.

If any other professor or student dared to apply for a new research project using the term "blue worm," Xu Qingshan would definitely throw the report in their face and tell them to get lost.

But it was Su Mo who spoke up now!

Xu Qingshan suppressed the urge to hang up the phone, took a deep breath, and asked, "What are you planning to call this new research project?"

Hearing Xu Qingshan's voice, which was filled with suppressed anger, Su Mo grinned and said, "Research Report on the Elongation of Green Velvet Worms and Adaptive Evolution of Wind Attributes."

Chapter 66 Current Evolutionary Pathway: The Elongation Adaptation Hypothesis of the Blue Velvet

"A research report on the elongation of the blue velvet worm and its adaptive evolution in relation to wind attributes?"

After hearing the long list of research topics from Su Mo, Xu Qingshan paused for a moment on the other end of the phone and quickly asked, "What does 'elongation' mean?"

Su Mo explained, "Simply put, it's about using specific breeding methods to elongate the body of the velvet worms."

"Then, in this process, its ability to sense airflow is continuously strengthened, eventually causing it to deviate from the traditional path of the Green Leaf Moth, thus evolving into a giant insect pet."

After hearing Su Mo's explanation, Xu Qingshan was stunned for a while, and then asked incredulously, "You mean... you're planning to evolve the green velvet worm into a giant worm?"

Su Mo replied, "That's right!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's answer, Xu Qingshan fell silent.

His own reason told him that the idea was utterly absurd.

It's unlikely that the green velvet worm will evolve into a long worm pet, but experience is reminding him that when Su Mo suggested that the pseudo-wolf learn advanced mathematics a month ago, he himself thought it was absurd, but now the super brain gravity hound is almost in mass production.

Therefore, Xu Qingshan is now really hesitant to deny Su Mo's idea.

Who knows if this seemingly outrageous evolutionary path might actually come to fruition?

Thinking of this, Xu Qingshan pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, "...Send over the complete plan first, and then I'll help you apply for a pre-research project."

"However, since this involves the evolution of insect-type pets, I will arrange for an insect-type professor to go and assist you."

Hearing Xu Qingshan's words, Su Mo immediately replied, "Then thank you very much, teacher!"

The next morning, Xu Qingshan brought the old professor from the insect system to the research institute.

"Su Mo, let me introduce you. This is Professor Sun from our school, who specializes in insect-based research."

Xu Qingshan introduced Professor Sun to Su Mo, saying, "Professor Sun is a top expert in insect-type pets. You should learn a lot from his experience in this area."

Upon hearing this, Professor Sun smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Professor Xu, you flatter me. As the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. In terms of pet evolution, I should be the one learning from Su Mo."

"Hello Professor Sun, thank you for making this special trip."

Seeing Professor Sun's politeness, Su Mo smiled and responded.

Professor Sun chuckled and said, "You're welcome. Professor Xu woke me up in the middle of the night last night, saying you had a groundbreaking idea, so I'm really curious now!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo said, "You'll find out soon enough."

Su Mo then invited the two into his office and displayed his proposal on a large screen.

"Professor Sun, then I'll get straight to the point."

Su Mo pointed to the green velvet on the screen and said, "My core idea is to use the green velvet's original stretching and contracting instincts and fine hairs to artificially intervene and make it break away from its original evolutionary form, thus turning it into a new type of pet beast with a slender body that can glide on the wind."

Hearing Su Mo's seemingly whimsical idea, Professor Sun did not directly reject it like the others. Instead, he flipped through the documents on the table, pondered them, and scribbled on the manuscript paper.

After a long while, Professor Sun pushed up his glasses and said, "Su Mo, your imagination is amazing, and you've found a very clever angle, one that we've never even considered before."

"But from the perspective of beast taming and breeding, there are a few problems with your hypothesis."

"The first issue is the neurological problems associated with blue velvet worms."

"The nerves of the velvet worm are only enough to cover its short body."

“Once the body is forcibly stretched, its perception and control over the body will inevitably decrease.”

"The end result is that you will most likely breed a deformed insect-beast that is more than ten centimeters long but cannot even control its own body."

"The second is the rejection by the laws of evolution."

At this point, Professor Sun's expression turned serious: "The evolution of the green velvet worm into the green leaf moth is an extraordinary law that has been solidified over millions of years. Once it enters the active evolutionary period, the energy in its body will instinctively converge on its back, forcibly stimulating the growth of wing buds."

"If you want the energy to spread evenly throughout your body's fur instead of forming wings, you must suppress your evolutionary instincts. If you can't suppress them, your pet will explode on the spot. This is the most dangerous challenge you face at your current level."

Professor Sun truly lives up to his reputation as a leading expert in insect-related fields; he got straight to the point.

However, the two problems Professor Sun mentioned are extremely difficult to solve for other evolutionary biology students.

But for Su Mo, solving it was incredibly easy.

As long as Su Mo controls the evolution time of the Green Velvet Worm, and waits until the progress of transforming the fake into the real reaches 60%, then the problem can be solved.

However, under the watchful eyes of Xu Qingshan and Professor Sun, Su Mo still showed an expression of agreement, nodded, and wrote down these questions.