Every Day One Step Closer To the Manifestation

Due to the incident of Professor Shen, the topic of broad-spectrum antivenoms is extremely hot, and at the same time, the "Ancestor Y" series of active substances are also 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 many people queuing for reservations. When Feng Yi returned to the monitoring station from the sea every day, he could hear words such as "Who bought it?"

As a beneficiary, Feng Yi is indeed not short of money now. The newly arrived money, in addition to purchasing the required medical experimental equipment, is also used in the collection hall.

The location of the collection hall has been selected, it is in Yangcheng, not far from Xiaofeng Mountain. Recently, Xiao B found someone to come up with a design drawing.

Models are also being made. Guan Lin's side is okay to say, from time to time, he will send Feng Yi about the progress of the silver ring snake model. From the materials to the set, it can be seen that he is very careful.

What Feng Yi was curious about was the housekeeper. He asked Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing said that the housekeeper had recently set up a room as a studio, and he was not allowed to enter. Therefore, he did not know what the housekeeper was thinking about in it. The look of investment, the mental state is also very good.

As long as the housekeeper is healthy, Feng Yi is left to him, and the old man is happy.

Another day to go out to sea to catch snakes and return.

Feng Yi had a good harvest today and caught two more sea snakes.

For the rest of the task force, it may not be possible to find one in two days, but this guy can catch two in one day! At least one will be caught, there is no time to be empty-handed!

This is because Feng Yi made adjustments based on other people's conditions and restrained. If he let go of the grasp, he would be able to catch this area to extinction.

After Feng Yi restrained his breath, there were gradually sea snakes in the nearby waters.

In the past two days, warning signs have been added on the shore, with patterns of sea snakes drawn on them, telling everyone that there are sea snakes in this area.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it is inevitable that some people will sneak to the beach to swim, so everyone should be vigilant, don't be bitten and don't know it, it will be too late to be sent to the hospital after the attack.

Even if there is a broad-spectrum anti-venom at the level of magic medicine, if the treatment is not timely, it will be a tragedy.

To be on the safe side, go to the swimming pool if you want to swim.

At the same time, it also warns everyone not to have too much curiosity. If you see sea snakes at sea, non-professionals should not play with sea snakes.

Oh, and professionals may not be able to hold it.

If not for 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 he goes out.

On the cement path, there is a viewing platform next to it. Professor Shen controls the wheelchair, quietly blowing the sea breeze, looking at the sea in the distance and wondering what he is thinking.

Seeing Feng Yi approaching, Professor Shen smiled.

In the task group, 90% of the sea snakes were caught by Feng Yi. The data collected this year is particularly large. The task group leader is quite satisfied. Every time Feng Yi is mentioned, his face blooms with a smile.

With this ability, it is no wonder that the United Nations Security Bureau will make an exception to promote him.

"It's a good harvest today, right? It's hard work for you!" Professor Shen said.

"It's not hard." Feng Yi said.

Although every time someone asks him, he replies like this, but not many people believe it.

Professor Shen is also the type who "doesn't believe it". Finding sea snakes is not an easy task. Moreover, the temperature was high and the sun was strong these two days. Even diving doesn't mean staying underwater all day, right?

Just as he was about to say "I'm getting tanned," Professor Shen's eyes stopped when he was about to say it.

This kid Feng Yi... is still so white.

There is no trace of prolonged sun exposure on the face.

Maybe he pays more attention to sun protection?

Feng Yi looked around and asked, "You came out alone?"

Professor Shen didn't bother about sun protection anymore. Hearing this, he replied, "Yeah, it's been too long to write the thesis, come out and relax."

Remembering that others said Feng Yi had read his paper, Professor Shen looked at Feng Yi with a three-pointed gentleness.

"I heard that it has almost been determined that the sea snake is a new species?" Feng Yi asked.

"Well, some data are still being sorted out."

New species of snakes are discovered every year, sometimes several in a year, as the various teams operate in different areas.

However, before that, Professor Shen never thought that he would encounter a new species of sea snake in such a way.

"One of the great abilities of snakes is that they are super adaptable and can survive in most ecosystems. It is not surprising to discover new species. And I believe that there are 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 can survive the last mass extinction and thrive, and their ability to hide is definitely not small, but humans have not found them yet.

Professor Shen: "I'm lucky to have met a new sea snake, but I don't know if it usually lives in this water. The rest of the task force has not found another 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 sea snakes nearby, so he said, "I think they don't usually live in this area. Maybe it's the change of ocean currents. Take it to another place, and come here. It could be another reason.”

Professor Shen glanced at Feng Yi with relief, "We also mentioned this possibility when we discussed it, but the ocean current monitoring data is limited, and it is not yet certain whether this guess is correct."

Professor Shen looked at his bitten finger and looked at the sea again, "Do you know where the sea snake came from?"

Feng Yi looked puzzled: "??" 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 saying that 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 cobra family. Today, it is generally believed that they evolved from ancient cobras. Nearly 20 million years ago, true sea snakes evolved from The terrestrial cobras evolved, and a separate species like the blue-ringed sea snake may have existed for nearly 10 million years."

Feng Yi asked, "Will they go ashore again?"

Professor Shen: "Who knows, maybe. Twenty million years ago, they went from land to sea, and after 20 million years, whether they will re-shore or expand their active areas in the ocean, no one knows. These years With the data collected, sea snakes are indeed expanding their 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 evolution stage, I would still believe large-sized sea snakes, but , ancient fishermen... It is very likely that they mistakenly recognized other creatures as sea snakes, or exaggerated descriptions, which is how many ancient myths and legends came from."

Feng Yi pinched his chin. I always thought, maybe the fisherman didn't see it wrong?

He probably just got it wrong, not a sea snake, but something else... the tail of an unknown creature.

Professor Shen: "It doesn't matter if it's true or false, I'm more interested in the genes of the existing sea snakes. Take 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, and they are what they are now.

"Nature's positive selection, survival of the fittest. I like to decipher through genes to find what they used to be."

Hearing what Professor Shen said, Feng Yi was also curious:

Which genes have shrunk compared to my ancestors? Which genes were expanded and which were positively selected?

But their race seems to be different from generation to generation.

His venom is a complex type of complex, and his fangs are large fangs.

The aunt is mainly blood and poison, but it is Xiaogouya.

In the previous generation, it is suspected that there is no strong toxin, and there may be no fangs.

What exactly is the criterion for this "positive choice"?

In peaceful times, such a strong mixed poison and such a big tooth, is it reasonable?

Not too entangled in this issue, Professor Shen sneezed while blowing the sea breeze, and Feng Yi pushed him back to the monitoring station.

Except for Professor Shen, the wounded, the rest of the mission team will soon leave Licheng and go south along the coast to the next observation station to continue collecting sea snake data.

Observation stations at different locations have different scales. There are large stations and small stations, some are far from the urban area, and some are close to the urban area.

Even if the living conditions are not very good, it will not be too bad, after all, these are supported by funds.

Domestically, the data is collected by three task groups, who are responsible for one-third of the region, and through these tasks to update the sea snake database and their toxin database.

Such a database is not very useful to Feng Yi, but it can provide data support for many researchers.

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The sun shines from the window onto the dining table.

Feng Yi was holding his Fahai bowl and making powder. UU reading www.uukanshu.com He has no assignments today and has a day off.

Steve called.

"Feng Yi, when will I return to Yangcheng? I will stay in Yangcheng for a while. If you have a vacation during the mission, we will gather in Yangcheng. I just met two very, very, very cute and shy girls. , let me introduce you to me!"

Feng Yi pondered Steve's words.

The point is not "girls", but "very cute".

Based on what he knew about Steve, in Steve's eyes, it could be called a cute creature, and he always felt that inhumans were more likely.

but…

What if?

"I have time today. I will drive back to Yangcheng later. Now this observation station is not too far from Yangcheng. It can be reached by car in two hours."

"That's right! Waiting for you~"