The drunkard looked around hazily, unable to remember where he was.

He looked around blankly and asked, "Where are we from?"

Lu Ao couldn't stand it and was about to speak.

Next to him, Xiang Xingchang took his cell phone and said, "Professor Huang, let him wake up and talk to you in detail tomorrow. We are having a midnight snack outside now."

Huang Ningna on the other end of the phone said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Where are you having midnight snacks? I can come over and talk now."

When Xiang Xingchang heard this, he couldn't refuse anymore.

The professors are also enthusiastic about doing charity work, and they also volunteer for charity. Everyone has reached the same goal through different paths, so it’s not easy to reject them too much.

Xiang Xingchang reported his address.

Huang Ningna immediately said: "You guys wait a moment, I'll take a taxi and drive over right away. It shouldn't take too long."

"It will take a while for us to go back. You can take your time and don't be in a hurry."

Huang Ningna said there: "No, I have left the hotel now and will be here soon."

After he finished speaking, he hung up the WeChat call.

Xiang Xingchang looked at his mobile phone helplessly, and turned to Lu Ao and said: "They will be here soon. You can watch it yourself. If you can respond, don't force it. If you can't, don't force it. Just leave it to us."

Lu Ao nodded.

After Xiang Xingchang finished speaking, he pushed the phone back to the drunkard. The drunkard was holding the phone with a confused expression on his face, not quite understanding what happened.

Xiang Xingchang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, lie down and rest for a while, be careful your girlfriend comes to make trouble with you again."

Huang Ningna lives not far from their late-night snack stall, and it only takes seven minutes to take a taxi.

He came here alone tonight, without his two students, but he brought his laptop.

When he saw Lu Ao and the others, he raised his hand to say hello from a distance.

He extended his hand to avoid smiling, especially since the other person was a university professor, Xiang Xingchang and the others respected him in their hearts.

As soon as they saw someone, everyone present, drunk or not, stood up and gestured to him.

Huang Ningna was very polite and bowed slightly to them.

Lu Ao moved to his left side and said, "Professor Huang, sit down."

"Thanks."

After all, most of the people here were not drunk. After exchanging a few words, Lao Wen got straight to the point, "Professor Huang, I don't know what project you brought today. Can you tell us about it?"

"Of course." Huang Ningna was still panting, "I came here this year mainly to do asexual propagation of reef-building corals. In layman's terms, it is to carry out coral cuttings."

"Oh, this job is not easy."

"It's not easy, it's quite difficult, and the survival rate is not very high, but I still want to try again." Huang Ningna said, "This year's coral is a new species, and it may be better at adapting to the environment.

"

"There are also new varieties of coral?"

"Yes. We all know that coral is actually an animal, like reef-building coral. It is actually a combination of coral polyps and zooxanthellae. The current problem is mainly due to the increase in sea water temperature, which weakens the activity of zooxanthellae.

To produce energy again, when faced with such zooxanthellae, corals will mistakenly think that it is sick and lose its effectiveness, so they will excrete it from the body. This is the popular explanation for the cause of coral bleaching."

"When most of the zooxanthellae are expelled, the coral polyps will gradually starve to death without an energy source, so the bleached coral will completely die." Huang Ningna said, "This year we mainly worked on the zooxanthellae part.

Through a breeding effort, this new zooxanthellae is less sensitive to temperature and may be able to withstand warming seawater."

Lu Ao asked: "Has this project been successful?"

Huang Ningna waved his hand, "No, we are still experimenting. The Qianming Sea is one of our pilot projects. Reef-building corals mainly grow in tropical seas. In fact, our area does not belong to tropical seas. The temperature is relative to the water temperature.

It’s relatively low, but the water temperature in some sea areas is a little higher than that of subtropical seas. We have great advantages here, so we specially wanted to come and have a look.”

"I heard that your team has coral planting plans in other sea areas?"

"There are large troops in the South China Sea." Huang Ningna said, "Global warming is a major trend, and we also want to try to see if we can sow corals into seas with higher latitudes. If the transformation of zooxanthellae fails,

, new corals can grow in these waters where the water temperature is relatively low."

Everyone listened very carefully to what he said.

Huang Ningna introduced the entire project. There was nothing wrong with his project in terms of content, purpose, or qualifications, and the work that the volunteers had to do was not too difficult.

After Xiang Xingchang solicited the opinions of those who were still awake, he made a decision on the spot to help him plant corals.

Huang Ningna was very excited and kept saying thank you.

While we were chatting, a drunkard present asked: "Professor Huang, how come I heard that there are other teams in the country that are also doing this coral protection work?"

"Yes." Huang Ningna was poured two glasses of wine, her entire face turned red, and her words became more tame, "Our coral planting team in the South China Sea is a project supported by state funding."

"The funding for their project must be very high, right?"

Xiang Xingchang was so embarrassed that he kept winking at the team member who said the wrong thing.

Huang Ning admitted, "Gao, it is said that it has a funding of 250 million and has united 13 universities."

A drunkard present blurted out, "Why aren't you in there?"

Huang Ningna waved his hand and sighed, "My skills are inferior to others. I have been studying this coral for almost 20 years, but I have not achieved any results, and I can't apply for funding."

Xiang Xingchang didn't expect to hear him say this, and immediately sympathized: "It's really not easy for you."

Huang Ningna wiped his glasses, "There is nothing easy or difficult, but there is still a glimmer of hope for my project. As a scientific researcher, I can't give up just yet."

Everyone drank a lot tonight.

Xiang Xingchang has rich experience in dealing with drunkards. After drinking, he directly called a car, packed four drunkards into one car, and paired them with a sober person to take them home.

Huang Ningna gave it to him personally.

Lu Ao drank a little too much, but not to the point of being drunk. Next to him was Song Zhou.

Xiang Xingchang felt relieved, "Then you go back and rest first, and we can talk about it tomorrow after we sober up."

Lu Ao nodded, "No problem. Let's have a meal together at noon tomorrow and discuss specific matters."

"Okay, then I'll see you at noon tomorrow."

Song Zhou and Lu Ao found a secluded place and teleported home directly.

Even if Lu Ao wasn't drunk, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

After Song Zhou returned home, he went to the kitchen to cook him sobering soup. After a while, he came out with a bowl of sour soup.

Lu Ao came out of the shower, held a large bowl of hangover soup, and sat on a lounge chair in the yard to drink it.

Song Zhou looked at him from the side, "You have been thoughtful all night. What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about the current situation of our country's corals." Lu Ao stretched out his left hand and touched his heart, "I don't know why, but I always feel that I have the responsibility to protect the ocean."

"Of course." Song Zhou gently pinched his earlobe, "As the last dragon in this plane, the ocean is your territory."

Lu Ao was startled.

Song Zhou added: "Rather than talking about territory, it is better to say that you have a symbiotic relationship to a certain extent. If you are well, the ocean will be better. Likewise, if the ocean is well, you will be better too."

Lu Ao muttered, "No wonder I always feel heavy in my heart tonight."

He said and sighed, the current situation of the ocean is really not optimistic.

Both the ecological diversity and environmental conditions of the ocean are not as good as before. It is actually very difficult to protect the ocean.

The ocean is so big, more than twice the size of land, that it is really difficult to protect it solely by one's own strength.

Lu Ao looked at the big bowl in front of him, thoughtfully.

Song Zhou sat next to him, "I'm not asking you to protect me to any extent, just try your best. Besides, there aren't so many people protecting you together?"

"I suddenly remembered," Lu Ao looked up at him and asked in a low voice, "When you set up an abnormal personnel supervision agency, are you also protecting the mainland?"

"Not only the land, but the entire plane is my responsibility." Song Zhou pinched his earlobe, "Do you feel a little relieved after hearing this?"

"It's not bad." Lu Ao said, "Forget it, I don't care how much you can protect. I'm not too entangled."

"Um."

Lu Ao drank the hangover soup in the bowl in one breath and ran to the bathroom to wash up.

After Song Zhou took a shower, the two of them went back to their room to rest.

After lying on the bed, Song Zhou turned Lu Ao over and whispered: "Let me see how the injury is today?"

If he hadn't mentioned it, Lu Ao would have forgotten about it. Now when he suddenly mentioned it, Lu Ao's hair was about to explode. He pushed him with his hands and feet, rolled out from under him in a panic, and wrapped himself in a small quilt.

He held himself tight and said vigilantly: "It's almost better now."

"Let me see."

"No need to look at it." Lu Ao firmly refused, "If I let you look at it, maybe we won't have to sleep tonight."

Song Zhou pressed him down, his eyes flashing, "Am I so anxious in your heart?"

Lu Ao resolutely wrapped herself up in the quilt and refused to waver, "Whoever refused to stop this morning, I said I was going to be late!"
To be continued...