Every day is one step closer to reality

It was really exciting for the South 6 team to encounter a three-meter king cobra.

Professor Zhou's temporary change of route was actually under a certain amount of pressure, and some people at the base also opposed it. The expedition route this time was formulated after joint discussion by multiple experts. If the route is temporarily changed, some people will definitely be dissatisfied.

However, Professor Zhou believes that taking another route after replenishing supplies is also a combination of climatic environmental factors and geographical conditions, as well as the experience summarized from this scientific expedition. He feels that the gains from taking the new route may be greater.

Although some people objected, Professor Zhou was leading the team this time. He had the right to make the decision. Even if someone at the base had objections, there was nothing they could do.

Now that Professor Zhou is confident enough, he is confident when contacting the base.

Professor Zhou is very satisfied!

However, he was satisfied with catching a three-meter king cobra. But after he learned the details and after the sampling was completed, he called Wang Wentao over and gave him a safety lesson with Professor Zhu.

Feng Yi was asked to listen.

Feng Yi cannot escape this kind of lesson.

After seeing Feng Yi's ability to catch snakes, Professor Zhou really didn't know what to say.

Feng Yi's snake-catching skills are his own talents. Even Steve has said that ordinary people can't learn Feng Yi's skills. Anyone else would have been bitten long ago!

So it cannot be viewed with common sense.

All Professor Zhou could do was to remind Feng Yi not to be impulsive and reckless, and to put safety first.

After collecting samples, getting the desired data, and taking enough photos and videos, Steve originally wanted to feed the king cobra some water. After all, a lot of venom was taken, so the snake was probably short of water.

For scientific research tasks, this snake has contributed too much.

But as soon as I let go of the king cobra, it ran away.

Climb very fast.

Professor Zhou said, "I must be scared."

Steve had the same opinion, "Maybe. This guy is probably the king in this area on weekdays. It has no real natural enemies here at its current size. It must be frightened to be caught and tortured like this all of a sudden."

"Of course, there is another possibility. It is really hungry and wants to go looking for food."

Speaking of this, Steve reminded Wang Wentao and Feng Yi, "Some snakes have bad tempers when they are hungry, and they are extremely aggressive, so be careful!

"I also said this before when Feng Yi caught the Burmese python. For example, large pythons may attack humans when they are hungry. But when they are full, their tempers are okay."

Then Steve started telling them "a few things about me and the big snake".

"I once pulled the tail of a very large anaconda, which I encountered when I followed a foreign scientific expedition team into the jungle."

Feng Yi asked: "Is Anaconda so good-tempered?"

Steve said: "When it is full, its movements are limited. If you pull its tail, it will definitely panic and want to run away. I only dare to pull it because it has a bulging belly, but when it is hungry, I will I don’t dare anymore.”

Steve said and asked Feng Yi: "Have you ever seen an anaconda?"

"I haven't seen it before." Feng Yi paused and said, "I saw it on TV."

"Hey, you haven't seen that on TV. I have the opportunity to take you to see it. Anacondas are ovoviviparous and hatch inside the body. The babies are born as snakes instead of eggs, so the offspring can be better protected by the mother. Climate Those years during the abnormal period are not conducive to the incubation of eggs outside the body, and compared with those of direct egg laying, the impact is greater.

“The number of anacondas is pretty good now, and I can see large ones every time I go to the jungle with the scientific expedition team there.

"The anaconda is very heavy. It may not be as good as the reticulated python in terms of length, but its weight is simply... the one I met back then, its trunk was so thick!"

Steve gestured, "You can't pinch anacondas with one hand. You can't pinch them at all. And if you want to carry their weight and run away, it's completely impossible! You have to do this when catching..."

Feng Yi suddenly thought of a question, "When did snakes first appear?"

Steve smiled, "No one knows when snakes first appeared. We usually only say how many years ago the earliest snake fossils discovered can be traced back, and how many years ago the evolutionary history can be traced. We can make some inferences based on the existing evidence. thing.

"Perhaps more fossils will be discovered in the future and more information will be obtained. The database is constantly updated, so we have to keep exploring.

"For example, the fossils of titan anacondas that were discovered tens of millions of years ago were found, but the fossil samples found were limited and the analysis results were limited."

Feng Yi was curious, "How big is the largest snake?"

Steve said: "Before or now? Now it is definitely not compared with the previous era of barbaric growth. At that time, everyone was probably competing for who was the top predator on the territory. Now...it's good for them to be alive."

Feng Yi asked, "Can there be a snake as big as the Titan anaconda now?"

Steve shook his head, "They certainly won't be that big now. There are differences in air composition and limitations in the living environment."

Steve doesn't do much research on paleontology. "Let's talk about how to catch anacondas. Catching that kind of snake is different from catching small snakes. Anacondas are muscular men! Come and let me teach you how to catch..."

Feng Yi: "Does the anaconda have natural enemies?"

Steve: "If we talk about natural enemies in the actual sense, there are many natural enemies when it is young, but when it grows up, it is no longer qualified to have natural enemies. Let's continue to talk about how to catch anacondas..."

The weather is not good and it will rain soon. Professor Zhou said to rest here temporarily and wait for the weather conditions before setting off.

Everyone else was sorting out data and samples, while Steve and Feng Yi were discussing how to catch anacondas.

These two are relatively leisurely.

Steve was invited to Team South 6 just to help them catch snakes. He was not part of the research team of Professor Zhou and others.

Steve occasionally records some data and experiences, and he also wants to publish papers in some magazines.

Feng Yi, on the other hand, considers himself a tool man. When he is catching snakes, he goes to work. When he is not catching snakes, he looks for fruits to eat. When he is not looking for fruits to eat, he sleeps to save energy.

These two are much more relaxed than others. They don't need to write a scientific examination diary, and they don't have to worry about special reports and papers after the scientific examination.

If you want to write a thesis report or something, Feng Yi will never come!

Don’t come even if you have points!

Field scientific research, the journey is difficult.

In this mountain range with pristine natural environment, experiencing the ever-changing weather here is not pleasant for most people.

You can see many wild animals here. Feng Yi couldn't even name them accurately, and Professor Zhou and the others could only recognize some of them. After all, these were not within their professional scope, so they took photos when they encountered them. , and then send them to their colleagues, just like people from other detachments of the scientific expedition team will take photos of snakes and send them to them when they encounter snakes.

The seventh week of scientific examination.

This is already the end of this scientific examination.

They also saw human constructions.

Rather, human constructions of the past.

No one has lived here for a long time, and it no longer belongs to human territory.

"More than thirty years ago, there was a small village here. It encountered survival problems during the abnormal climate period, and the whole village was relocated. What was left behind was left to nature."

Professor Zhou showed Feng Yi and others the previous photos here and compared them with the present.

Indeed, beyond recognition.

The climate of the Nan Chong Mountains is very suitable for rapid vegetation growth.

All the houses are occupied by greenery and crisscrossed by vines.

The roof walls collapsed due to years of wind and rain erosion and the invasion of animals and plants.

The well-developed root system breaks through the ground, crushing the place step by step.

Feng Yi also saw some stone tablets.

"That's an earthen cemetery over there. When the whole village was moved, some of the tombs were moved away, and no one took care of the rest."

The cemetery is now covered with woods and dense vegetation.

When birds pass by here, they will bring plant seeds from other places. These seeds fall to the ground along with the bird droppings, and then take root and sprout here.

Some stone monuments were tilted due to the squeeze of tree roots, and some were directly knocked down. Those that are still standing are also covered and wrapped by plants. I don’t know how long they can last.

Nature is quickly devouring everything here.

"There used to be a concrete road there. During the abnormal weather period, a landslide broke it off. After that, there was no road."

Professor Zhou pointed in a direction to show them.

If they want to get out of the mountains, they have to go around.

Seeing that Feng Yi was not in good spirits, Professor Zhou asked: "You're very tired, aren't you?"

"It's okay." Feng Yi replied.

"If you can't hold on, just say it. You've already behaved very well!"

Everyone in the team knew that Feng Yi hardly took the initiative to look for snakes in the second half of the expedition. Most of the time, he just said he would rest and just sat down without moving.

However, everyone thought that this was Feng Yi's first time participating in field work and he was not used to it, so everyone did not have too many demands on him.

Feng Yi performed very well in this scientific expedition, and both the Burmese python and the king cobra must remember him.

After the King Cobra, fewer snakes were found. Yesterday, Professor Zhou was very happy to meet another Protozoa viper.

Although the second half is not as rewarding as the first half, overall, the data and samples obtained in this scientific examination have exceeded last year and the year before that, and also exceeded Professor Zhou's expectations.

Feng Yi contributed a lot here.

Professor Zhou was still thinking about allocating more points to Feng Yi as a reward when it was over.

After the team finished their sampling work, they moved on.

When Wang Wentao walked to Feng Yi, he asked: "Feng Yi, there is no sun now. Are you still wearing sunglasses?"

Feng Yi smiled and replied: "It can prevent some small flying insects."

Wang Wentao just asked casually and was not too curious about the reason why Feng Yi wore sunglasses. He just saw that Feng Yi rarely wore sunglasses during the previous scientific expedition, but he wore them early today, so he just asked more.

When the team was resting, Feng Yi made an excuse to go there.

When you are farther away from other people, take off your sunglasses.

The pupils of his eyes had shrunk into two narrow lines.

After blinking, the two lines gradually expanded into a circle, and then shrank a little more, forming an upright oval.

The two long teeth in the mouth are also ready to move, a bit unruly.

So hungry!

Energy conservation weakens the control over them, and the "animal nature" begins to find a sense of existence.

The olfactory organ, even though Feng Yi has closed the vomeronasal organ, is still sensitive to some odors when breathing, and these odor molecules constantly remind him——

food!

Find food! !

Feng Yi thought to himself: Find a fart! Just hold it in! !

The long teeth can be controlled and the vomeronasal organ can also be sealed, but the eyes and soles of the feet can tease the brain nerves from time to time!

Feng Yi was thankful: Fortunately, I was prepared!

Take the things out of the bag, put on the eyeglasses, and put on the insoles.

Although after wearing pupil occlusion, if you want to move normally, you have to activate part of the vomeronasal organ function, which consumes more energy, but isn't there any way?

If you quit midway, you will have to undergo a full body check by the rescue team!

And in order to suppress his animal nature, he didn't dare to eat randomly!

I will never take on a field scientific research mission that lasts longer than a month again!

After returning to the team, Feng Yi asked Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, how long will it take for our inspection to end?"

"I'll be out in about four or five days. Thank you for your hard work!"

Feng Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was only four or five days. I can still hold on for four or five days!

He is indeed as fast as he can be!

I feel like if I continue to be so hungry...

He is about to reveal his true form!