Chapter 72: Going Hungry Again

Chapter 72 If you continue to be hungry...

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 there were also objections from some people at the base. 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 the 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 you let go of the king cobra, it ran away.

Climb very fast.

Professor Zhou said, "Maybe he was 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 suddenly caught and put through such a torment."

"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 to tell 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 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, I haven't seen that on TV. If I have the opportunity, I can take you to see it. Anacondas are ovoviviparous and hatch inside the body. What they give birth to is a snake instead of an egg, 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 in which eggs are laid directly, 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 and said, "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 assumptions 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 will definitely not 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 real sense, it has many natural enemies when it is small, 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 that they should rest here for the time being and set off again depending on the weather conditions.

Others are sorting out data and samples, only Steve and Feng Yi are discussing how to catch anacondas.

These two are relatively idle.

Steve was invited to join the South 6 team to help them catch snakes, and he is not part of Professor Zhou's research team.

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

And Feng Yi, who positions himself as a tool man, goes up when catching snakes, looks for fruits to eat when not catching snakes, and sleeps to save energy when not looking for fruits to eat.

These two are much more relaxed than others. They don't need to write scientific expedition logs, nor do they have to worry about special reports and papers after the scientific expedition.

If you need to write a paper report or something, Feng Yi will definitely not come!

I won't come even if there are points!

Field scientific expeditions are difficult.

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

You can see many wild animals here. Feng Yi can't name them accurately at all, and Professor Zhou and his team can only recognize some of them. After all, these are not within their professional scope. When they encounter them, they will take photos and send them to their colleagues, just like the people from other detachments of the scientific expedition team will take photos and send them to them when they encounter snakes during other routes.

The seventh week of the scientific expedition.

This is already the end of this scientific expedition.

They also saw human buildings.

To be precise, they were human buildings in the past.

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

"More than 30 years ago, there was a small village here. During the abnormal climate period, they encountered survival problems and the whole village moved. The remaining ones were handed over to nature."

Professor Zhou showed Feng Yi and his team the previous photos here, and then compared them with the present.

Indeed, it is completely unrecognizable.

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

All the houses are occupied by green, with vines intertwined.

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

The developed root system broke through the ground and crushed it step by step.

Feng Yi also saw some stone tablets.

"That's the earthen cemetery. When the whole village moved, some of the tombs were moved away, and the rest were left unattended."

The cemetery is now covered by trees and densely grown plants.

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

Some stone tablets were tilted by the roots of trees, and some were directly knocked down. Those that are still standing are also covered by plants and wrapped. I don't know how long they can last.

Nature is rapidly devouring everything here.

"There used to be a cement road over there. During the abnormal climate period, the landslide broke it, and there was no road after that."

Professor Zhou pointed a direction for them to see.

They had to take a detour to get out of the mountains.

Seeing that Feng Yi was not in good spirits, Professor Zhou asked, "You are very tired, right?"

"Not bad." Feng Yi replied.

"If you can't hold on, just say so. You've done a great job!"

Everyone in the team knew that Feng Yi hardly took the initiative to look for snakes in the second half of this expedition. He often said he was taking a break and just sat down without moving.

But everyone thought that this was Feng Yi's first time to participate in field work and he was not used to it, so no one asked too much of him.

Feng Yi performed very well in this expedition. He deserves credit for both the Burmese python and the king cobra.

After the king cobra, fewer snakes were found. Yesterday, we encountered a pit viper. Professor Zhou was very happy.

Although the second half did not yield as much as the first half, overall, the data and samples obtained in this expedition have exceeded last year and the year before, and also exceeded Professor Zhou's expectations.

Feng Yi made a great contribution to this.

Professor Zhou was also thinking about allocating more points to Feng Yi as a reward after the end.

After the team finished sampling, they continued to move forward.

When Wang Wentao walked to Feng Yi, he asked, "Feng Yi, there's no sun now, why are you still wearing sunglasses?"

Feng Yi smiled and replied, "It can protect you from some small flying insects."

Wang Wentao just asked casually, and he wasn't very curious about why Feng Yi wore sunglasses. He just saw Feng Yi rarely wore sunglasses in previous scientific expeditions, but he wore them early this morning, so he asked one more question.

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

When he was far away from the others, he took off his sunglasses.

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

Blinking, the two lines gradually expanded into a circle, and then shrank a little more to become an upright oval.

The two long teeth in his mouth were also eager to move, a little undisciplined.

So hungry!

Energy conservation weakened the control over them, and the "animal nature" began to seek a sense of existence.

Even if Feng Yi closed the vomeronasal organ, he was still very sensitive to some smells when breathing. These odor molecules kept reminding him——

Food!

Find food!!

Feng Yi thought: What the hell! Just hold it in!

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

Feng Yi was thankful: Fortunately, I was prepared!

He took out the things in the bag, put on the pupil lenses, and put on the insoles.

Although wearing the pupil lenses to block the movement, in order to move normally, you have to activate part of the vomeronasal organ's function, which consumes more energy, but isn't there any other way?

If you quit halfway, you will have to be examined by the rescue team!

And in order to suppress his animal nature, he dare not eat anything randomly!

Never accept such a field expedition mission that lasts more than a month again!

After returning to the team, Feng Yi asked Professor Zhou: "Professor Zhou, how long will it take for us to finish this expedition?"

"It will probably take four or five days to get out. Thank you for your hard work!"

Hearing that there are only four or five days, Feng Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Four or five days can still hold on!

He is really reaching his limit!

It feels like if he continues to be so hungry...

He will show his true form!