Chapter 209 Tool Man

Even if you want to catch starfish to verify it, you have to wait until your next dive to try it in sea water.

Those who have been fished ashore, who knows what other stimulation they have received? There are too many interfering factors, so it is better to put the target on those starfish in the wild to avoid other people's attention.

"What do you think of this starfish outbreak?" Feng Yi asked.

Professor Li sighed heavily, his temperament of caring about the country and the people becoming more and more obvious.

"Once it breaks out, it is difficult to stop it. Fishing can only be alleviated to a certain extent, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem. Moreover, the severity this time exceeds everyone's expectations."

"Is there no other safer and more efficient solution?" Feng Yi was curious.

Professor Li shook his head, "Starfish outbreaks are not too rare. They have occurred many times before during climate anomalies, not to mention the 20 years of climate anomalies. After that, until now, they will also occur every few years or more. Once. The starfish outbreak is just one of the marine problems. Although various efforts have been made to control it, artificial fish fry have been released, resource reserves have been established, and the scale of breeding has been controlled, there are still many problems that cannot be solved.

"The energy of the sea and climate is too great. With the current technology of mankind, we can only do it step by step.

"Everyone has similar opinions on the reasons for starfish outbreaks. They are still the same. There are fewer natural enemies in the larval stage, so there are more of them. This time, small fluctuations in the climate may be in their favor."

After a slight pause, Professor Li added, "My opinion is to minimize this loss, and then focus more time and resources on solving their reproduction and larvae. The most likely problem is this link. How many times? From the overfishing of fish stocks ten years ago to the 20 years of abnormal climate, too many creatures have disappeared, both on land and in the ocean. Some populations have declined, while others have risen. One is declining, the other is rising, and we want to return to harmony. With balance, it’s too difficult. Do you know the underwater forest plan?”

Feng Yi was stunned, "I know."

After hanging out with several expert chat groups at the Federal Security Bureau for so long, I still know some information.

The Undersea Forest Project was launched after the abnormal climate period. It is a large-scale plan on marine ecology, covering a wide range from north to south and involving a large number of participants. A lot of money was thrown in. To put it simply, it is the artificial restoration and reconstruction of the damaged marine ecological environment.

The owners of hotels and resorts in various coastal tourist attractions paid special attention to this plan, and Feng Yi also heard people talk about it.

but……

"This starfish outbreak will have little impact on the submarine forest plan, right?" Feng Yi asked.

Professor Li looked worried: "With regard to ecological issues, if a certain link goes wrong, decades of hard work by a large team may be undone within a few or dozens of days. The farmers who seem to be most affected now are But what will happen next has not yet been determined. Data is being collected urgently, and the staff at the observation station have been working overtime for many days. "

"You don't have to worry too much. In terms of climate, it should be fine. It's just a small fluctuation and it's still within control." Feng Yi comforted. He really didn't feel any drastic climate changes.

But Professor Li does not think he is too pessimistic, "Who can say for sure about this kind of thing? Small fluctuations... what is considered 'small'? Look at how suddenly the waterspouts in the south appeared! How big the formation was! Before that , who would have predicted that a tornado of that magnitude would appear offshore in early March, and the fish would be sucked up to the sky!”

Feng Yi: "..."

If you say this, I can't take it.

Respond with silence.

When we returned to the dormitory area, everyone was not in a high mood. Maybe the new data received today was not satisfactory.

Feng Yi couldn't be too active. He wanted to go back to eat quickly, but he slowed down and walked with the others.

After eating in the cafeteria, others either go back to rest or gather in small groups to discuss things.

Feng Yi did not stay in the dormitory, but went out to the night market with Xiao Jia.

He had consumed too much today, and the food he ate in the cafeteria simply couldn't satisfy his stomach.

Xiao Jia is responsible for covering.

When he went out to look for food at night, Feng Yi put on a hat, thick-framed glasses, and plain casual clothes. I didn’t wear the ones with reflective strips in the dormitory, they were too eye-catching in the dark.

While foraging, Feng Yi heard about Xiao Jia's schedule today.

Feng Yi went out with the expert team. Xiao Jia couldn't follow him, but he didn't stay in the dormitory all the time.

Xiao Jia went out to rent a yacht. He had a certificate and money. When Feng Yi was away on a mission, he drove the yacht out to sea for fun. He also met several small fishing groups and made an appointment to go fishing tomorrow.

"How are those people?" Feng Yi asked.

"Most of them have a bold personality and can talk about anything in conversation, but when it comes to fishing..." Xiao Jia paused.

"What are they doing??"

"People are addicted to food."

"I understand. Are you still going fishing tomorrow?"

"Go! I asked Xiao Bing to make some bait when I came here. I want to try it." Xiao A said.

"Good luck!"

Xiao Jia didn't go out alone just for fun. In one day, he almost understood the distribution of various functional areas near the coast of Mocheng.

We all know which area has more tourists, which area has looser management, and which direction the breeding farm is located.

This information may not be useful, but he has made it a habit to go to one place to find out this information.

He was the only one following the boss this time, trying to collect as much information as possible. What if the boss could use it?

As long as he uses it, his bonus will come!

Feng Yi didn't want to go fishing. After eating at several restaurants, he packed a midnight snack and took some grilled pork ribs, grilled seafood, etc. back home.

When he returned to the dormitory area, Feng Yi entered from the north gate and saw the big black dog guarding the gate again.

He didn't know the people in the sentry box, so Feng Yi didn't go over to talk to them. He just touched the dog's head.

The big black dog was staring at a cat that broke into the courtyard wall. It looked back when it was touched on the head, with innocent eyes.

It remembered Feng Yi's smell, and the people in the sentry box didn't say anything, so it didn't show any aggression.

It smelled the barbecue smell on Feng Yi and wagged its tail.

Feng Yi wanted to throw a piece of grilled pork ribs to it. Food with a strong smell was not suitable for it, but it should be okay to rinse a small piece with water.

He glanced and saw the sign next to it that said "No Feeding".

Forget it.

"Keep greedy."

Looking at the innocent and eager dog eyes, Feng Yi touched the dog's head again and ran away.

Without having to analyze data, write work reports, or worry too much, Feng Yi fell asleep very relaxed.

The next day, he continued to follow the group.

He had adapted to the team's rhythm and felt very relaxed. In fact, Feng Yi didn't need to do too much, just work hard when diving.

Feng Yi's work attitude the day before was also recognized by everyone, and everyone had a good impression of him.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the work, just do more, watch more, and learn more. Feng Yi did a good job in this regard.

But he ran away without paying attention.

He is still not stable enough.

The person in charge remembered that Feng Yi ran away, and planned to give Feng Yi a few more instructions today.

You can't know what the young people of today will vent their vigorous energy on.

But you can't be too strict, you have to take into account the thin skin of young people.

Thinking of this, the person in charge walked towards the divers, softened his face, and prepared his expression, ready to talk to Feng Yi.

Looking at the line of sight, there were only two divers who were about to go into the water.

Where are the people? !

"Where is Feng Yi?" asked the person in charge.

"He's already gone down. What do you want to talk to him about?" a diver said.

"...Nothing, you guys continue."

Due to the underwater communication network restrictions, it is not convenient to talk to Feng Yi now. The person in charge plans to talk to Feng Yi after today's work is completed.

Feng Yi's attitude of admitting his mistakes yesterday was good, and he should not run away again.

Underwater, the divers started today's work.

As yesterday, collect data first. Feng Yi can't help much, so he once again proposed to go around nearby.

"Is this 'nearby' you mentioned more than a thousand meters?" A diver looked at Feng Yi.

"No, it's really only nearby. You can find me on your positioning instrument." Feng Yi said.

"Okay, remember the precautions we talked about yesterday!"

"Understood!"

After a while, the diver turned on the positioning instrument during the gap in collecting data.

This time, Feng Yi's position can indeed be seen, but he has already run more than 500 meters away!

Can't you just move within 50 meters! ! !

In Feng Yi's cognition, more than 500 meters is already very close.

If he wanted to use those starfish for experiments, he couldn't do it in an area where human activities were too frequent, nor could he exceed the acceptable range of the team.

Five hundred meters, should be acceptable, right?

Feng Yi looked at the group of starfish in front of him.

The density of starfish distribution in this small area was the highest, and they looked lazy and not very active. So many starfish, enough for him to test.

After making sure that there were no other people around and there were few interference factors, Feng Yi spread his arms and hugged:

Come on, little ones!

Feel the breath of the top predator in the food chain!

Compared with yesterday, the test information Feng Yi sent out this time was stronger and more purposeful.

The extremely tiny information molecules spread in the sea water and were captured by the creatures in the surrounding sea water.

Soon, the starfish that had been ignoring the visitors there showed self-cutting behavior one after another.

Most of them left one arm, and a few starfish, not knowing whether they were more timid, cut two in excitement.

Feng Yi watched them swing their tiny tube feet and walk away in small steps.

The caught starfish might have overreacted. This time, he didn't catch them, didn't touch them directly, and kept his distance, but these starfish still showed such intense self-cutting!

It can be confirmed that the starfish cut their wrists because of him.

Feng Yi looked around.

A small fish swam over, sensed something, flicked its tail, and went away again.

But it was still different.

The fish in the water would also reject the information they felt, but not every creature would be like the starfish in front of them, afraid of collective self-cutting, cutting one wrist was not enough, so they cut two!

Overreact?

No, their DNA moved!

Feng Yi had reason to doubt whether there was any unfriendly communication between his ancestors and the ancestors of these starfish?

For example, the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the food chain?

Many, many years ago, did the ancestors go into the sea to stir up trouble after surging on land?

How would the creatures with higher IQ living in the sea react?

When he returned to the team, Feng Yi was still thinking about the food chain relationship of his ancestors.

The two divers had not yet finished collecting data. When they saw Feng Yi coming back, they were stunned for a moment, but they didn't say anything. Although they had different opinions on the meaning of the word "nearby", they got along well. Feng Yi was not perfunctory about his work and didn't cause any trouble.

"You came back so soon? Didn't you encounter anything fun?" asked a diver.

"No, I just looked at the starfish for a while." Feng Yi said.

The two divers were thinking: Sure enough, the snake player didn't touch the starfish much, but he was still interested in looking at it.

Time passed slowly, and another day's work was completed. Feng Yi was thinking about which restaurants to eat tonight. As soon as he got off the boat, he received a notice: a meeting in the evening.

From others, I learned that the data feedback in recent times was not very optimistic, and the members of the investigation team looked solemn.

When resting on the shore yesterday, Professor Ding was still smiling when he spoke, but now he was tired and sad, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows were comparable to Professor Li.

Feng Yi could feel the anxious and irritable information emanating from them with his eyes closed.

There was a meeting in the evening. Judging from the situation, it was estimated that the meeting time would not be too short, so he could not go out to find food. Fortunately, there was still some stock in the dormitory. When he came to Mocheng, Xiao Bing prepared special dry food for him.

Feng Yi asked Xiaojia to bring back some midnight snacks. After the meeting, he went back to the dormitory to eat.

The first time Feng Yi participated in the internal meeting of the investigation team, he took a notebook and a pen with him, and went into the meeting room to pretend.

Among the experts and office staff sitting around the table, Feng Yi was the youngest, but he was very clear about his position - just a supporting role.

Just sit in your position and be a tool.

In addition to those sitting around the table, there was a row of people sitting against the wall at the back of the room, all of whom were students or assistants of the experts. This was not a particularly confidential meeting, and they were allowed to speak at the meeting.

Before the meeting started, Feng Yi, a snake catcher, did not have much in common with the others. He sat in his seat and browsed his phone honestly, and almost finished the fruit in the fruit plate.

A student of an old professor came over quietly and poured tea into the teacups in front of them one by one.

Feng Yi picked it up and took a look.

Goji berry and chrysanthemum tea.

In addition, licorice and other things seemed to be added.

I always felt that this cup of tea seemed to hint at something.

At the beginning of the meeting, the experts and investigators analyzed the data collected in recent times and summarized and analyzed various information and put forward their own opinions and suggestions.

After that, the atmosphere in the conference room changed 180 degrees from solemn to sparks in just a cup of tea.

The confrontation between the big guys, showing data, reasoning, combining theory with practice.

Even the most hot-tempered people, roaring with reason and evidence, are admirable.

If you are not firm in your position, you will be easily led away and waver when hearing their remarks.

Except for those who don't understand.

The students sitting in the corner hung their heads and kept silent. At this time, it was not their turn to interrupt. They wanted to help, but they were worried that they would be disliked for their lack of knowledge reserves and dragging their feet.

As for Feng Yi, who didn't understand much, he sat quietly in his seat.

Drink tea.

Continue to drink tea.

I am just a tool for catching snakes, and I don't know how to manage starfish.

The awakening of insects.