Due to Professor Shen's incident, the topic of broad-spectrum antivenom drugs has become extremely popular. At the same time, the "Ancestor Y" series of active substances have also become known to more people.
"Ancestor Y" began to be officially sold, bringing a lot of money to Fengyi and the Ancestor Factory every day.
Due to the limited production, there were so many people queuing up to make reservations. When Feng Yi returned to the monitoring station from the sea every day, he could hear comments such as "Whoever buys the group does not need to reserve a number."
As a profiteer, Feng Yi is indeed not short of money now. In addition to purchasing the needed medical experimental equipment, the newly arrived money is also used for the collection.
The location of the collection hall has been chosen. It is in Yangcheng, not far from Xiaofeng Mountain. Recently, Xiao Yi asked someone to come up with the design drawings.
The model is also being made. Fortunately, Guan Lin will send Feng Yi updates on the progress of the Bungara model from time to time. From the materials used to the scenery, it can be seen that he is very careful.
Feng Yi was curious about the housekeeper. He asked Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing said that the housekeeper had recently organized a room as a studio and he was not allowed to enter. Therefore, he did not know what the housekeeper was pondering in there. He stayed there for a long time, especially He seems to be engaged and in good spirits.
As long as the housekeeper's health is fine, Feng Yi can let him go, and he will be happy.
Another day of catching snakes at sea.
Feng Yi had a good harvest today and caught two more sea snakes.
For other people in the task team, they may not be able to find one in two days, but this guy can catch two in one day! At least he will catch one, so there is no time when he is empty-handed!
This is because Feng Yi adjusted and restrained himself based on the situation of others. If he let go, he could wipe out all species in this area.
After Feng Yi restrained his aura, sea snakes began to appear in the nearby waters.
In the past two days, warning signs have been added to the shore with pictures of sea snakes drawn on them to inform everyone that sea snakes are present in this area.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it is inevitable that some people will secretly go to the beach to swim. Let everyone be more vigilant, so as not to be bitten without knowing it. By the time the attack occurs, it will be too late to send you to the hospital.
Even if there is a miracle drug-level broad-spectrum antivenom, it will be a tragedy if the treatment is not timely.
For safety reasons, it is better to go to a swimming pool if you want to swim.
At the same time, we also warn everyone not to be too curious. If you see a sea snake at sea, non-professionals should not play with it.
Oh, even professionals may not be able to hold it.
If it were not for the availability of broad-spectrum antivenoms, the number of professionals would have been "-1".
When walking back, Feng Yi saw Professor Shen.
Professor Shen has been discharged from the hospital, but he has limited mobility and is still in a wheelchair when going out.
There is a viewing platform next to the cement path. Professor Shen controlled the wheelchair and quietly blew the sea breeze there, looking at the sea in the distance without knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing Feng Yi approaching, Professor Shen smiled.
In the task team, 90% of the sea snakes were caught by Feng Yi. This year, a lot of data was collected. The leader of the task team was very satisfied. Every time Feng Yi was mentioned, his face burst into laughter.
With this ability, it's no wonder that the Federal Security Bureau would make an exception and promote him.
"Isn't your harvest good today? Thank you for your hard work!" Professor Shen said.
"It's not hard." Feng Yi said.
Although he replied this way every time someone asked him, not many people believed him.
Professor Shen is also the type who "doesn't believe it". Finding sea snakes is not an easy job. Moreover, the temperature has been high these past two days, the sun has been strong, and the boat they used is not a high-end yacht. It will not be comfortable to go to sea for a long time. Even if Diving doesn’t mean staying underwater all day long, right?
Just as he was about to say, "I'm all tanned," Professor Shen paused as he spoke.
This kid Feng Yi... is still so white.
There are no traces of prolonged exposure to the sun on my face.
Maybe he pays more attention to sun protection?
Feng Yi looked around and asked, "You came out alone?"
Professor Shen stopped worrying about sun protection. After hearing this, he replied: "Yes, it took too long to write the thesis. Come out and relax."
Thinking of others saying that Feng Yi had read his paper, Professor Shen looked at Feng Yi with a gentle look.
"I heard that it is almost confirmed that the sea snake is a new species?" Feng Yi asked.
"Well, some data are still being sorted out."
As each task force performs tasks in different areas, new species of snakes are discovered every year, sometimes several species are discovered in a year.
However, before this, Professor Shen never thought that he would encounter a new species of sea snake in such a way.
"One of the powerful abilities of snakes is their super adaptability and their ability to survive in most ecosystems. It is not surprising to find new species. And I believe that there are still many snakes that have not been discovered by humans. This is the case on land, Even more so in the ocean.”
"Well, I think so too." Feng Yi said.
Snakes were able to survive the last mass extinction of species, thrive, and are very capable of hiding. It's just that humans haven't found them yet.
Professor Shen: "I am lucky to have met a new sea snake, but I don't know if it usually lives in this area of water. Others in the task force have not found a second such sea snake. What do you think?"
Feng Yi thought for a while. When he caught sea snakes recently, he didn't smell the smell of that kind of sea snake nearby, so he said: "I think they don't usually live in this area. It may be the change of ocean currents. The warm current moves it from one place to another." He was taken to another place and ended up here. It could also be for other reasons."
Professor Shen glanced at Feng Yi with relief, "We also mentioned this possibility during our discussion, but the ocean current monitoring data is limited, so it is not yet certain whether this guess is correct."
Professor Shen looked at his bitten finger and then looked at the sea, "Do you know where sea snakes come from?"
Feng Yi looked confused: "??" Where did it come from?
Professor Shen: "Although the sea snake that bit me is a new species, it is actually very closely related to the common green-ringed sea snake, the flat-chinned sea snake, and terrestrial cobras."
Feng Yi understood, "I read a paper before that said sea snakes evolved from land snakes."
Professor Shen nodded, "If you look at their classification, you will find that many sea snakes are classified under the family Cobra. The current view is that they evolved from ancient cobras. Nearly 20 million years ago, true sea snakes evolved from It evolved from terrestrial cobras, and an independent species like the green-ringed sea snake may have existed for nearly 10 million years."
Feng Yi asked: "Will they come ashore again?"
Professor Shen: "Who knows, maybe. Twenty million years ago, they moved from land to ocean. Twenty million years later, no one knows whether they will land again or expand their activity areas in the ocean. In these years According to the data collected, sea snakes are indeed expanding their activity range."
Thinking of some sea snake legends, Professor Shen smiled and said: "There are some unreliable records saying that fishermen saw sea snakes in the sea in ancient times. If it was in the early evolutionary stage and large sea snakes appeared, I would still believe it, but , the ancient fishermen... probably made a mistake and mistook other creatures for sea snakes, or exaggerated their descriptions, which is how many ancient myths and legends came from."
Feng Yi picked his chin. He felt that maybe the fisherman was not mistaken?
He might have just mistakenly admitted that it was not a sea snake, but something else...the tail of an unknown creature.
Professor Shen: "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, I'm more interested in the genes of existing sea snakes. Taking the common green-ringed sea snake as an example, more than 900 gene families have expanded in their genome, and more than 1,500 genes have been expanded. The family has shrunk. Because of such changes, the functions of smell, hearing, vision, oxygen perception, energy metabolism, immune response, etc. have all changed, leading to what it is now.
"Nature's positive selection, survival of the fittest. I like to decipher through genes and find what they used to be like."
Hearing what Professor Shen said, Feng Yi himself was also curious:
Compared with my ancestors, which genes have shrunk? Which genes have expanded, and which ones are under positive selection?
But their race seems to be different from generation to generation.
His venom is complex among complex types, and his fangs are large fangs.
My aunt's main disease is blood circulation poison, but her teeth are small.
In the previous generation, it was suspected that it did not have strong poison, and it might not have fangs.
What exactly is the criterion for “positive selection”?
In peaceful times, is it reasonable to have such a strong mixture of poison and such big teeth?
Without being too entangled in this issue, Professor Shen sneezed due to the sea breeze, and Feng Yi pushed him back to the monitoring station.
Except for the injured Professor Shen, the rest of the task team will soon leave Licheng and head south along the coast to the next observation station to continue collecting sea snake data.
Observation stations in different locations have different scales. There are large stations and small stations. Some are far away from the city and some are close to the city.
Even if the living conditions are not very good, they are not too bad either. After all, these are supported by funds.
In the country, data are collected by three task groups, which are responsible for one-third of the area. Through these tasks, the sea snake database and their toxin database are updated.
Such a database is not of much use to Fengyi, but it can provide data support for many researchers.
The sun shines from the window onto the dining table.
Feng Yi was holding his Fahai bowl and making powder. He had no tasks today and had a day off. Teve called.
"Feng Yi, when will you return to Yangcheng? I will stay in Yangcheng for a while. If you have a holiday during the mission, come back to Yangcheng and let's get together. I just met two very, very, very cute and shy girls.
, let me introduce you to him!"
Feng Yi thought about Steve's words.
The point is not "girl", but "very cute".
Based on his understanding of Steve, in Steve's eyes, he is a cute creature, but he always feels that it is more likely to be inhuman.
but……
What if?
"I have time today and will drive back to Yangcheng later. This observation station is not too far from Yangcheng. It can be reached in two hours by car."