In the next few days, when there are no training courses, Feng Yi will make an appointment at the crocodile training ground. He has never touched a crocodile directly before, only in zoos or some exhibition halls.
Moreover, different species of crocodiles have different habits. Feng Yi needs to understand a lot, and he lacks knowledge in this area.
However, as Chen Wei said, python hunting is held from January to February, when it is still the dry season in Florida. Crocodiles and snakes are not very active, and some venomous snakes even hibernate in other places. Generally speaking, during the python hunting period, the overall environment is relatively safe for humans, allowing for some weaknesses in actual combat personnel. If it is the rainy season, the danger level is much higher.
The group had no classes scheduled that day. The morning training ground had been fully booked, so Feng Yi had booked the Crocodile Zone Field No. 5 in the afternoon.
Feng Yi went to the cafeteria to have breakfast early in the morning, and bought two servings to take back, intending to eat something when he was hungry while reading his course notes.
There are many people like him, but others bring breakfast for their roommates and other people in the team, but Feng Yi eats it by himself. If he doesn't say it, others won't know the inside story. Anyway, this behavior doesn't attract attention among a group of people.
When I entered the dormitory, I saw the door of the next room open.
"Brother Zhai." Feng Yi thought about it and handed over the breakfast bag in his hand, "Would you like to eat something?"
Zhai Yiyou rubbed the dark circles under his eyes. After hearing Feng Yi's words, he smiled on his tired face, "Thank you. I'm hungry."
Seeing that Feng Yi had a lot of food in his bag, Zhai Yiyou thought that Feng Yi didn't eat in the cafeteria, so he didn't take more. He took two buns to fill his stomach first, and he would go to the cafeteria to have breakfast later. While chewing the buns, Zhai Yiyou turned around and took out a bottle of juice from his room and handed it to Feng Yi, "This is a mixed fruit and vegetable juice made by my classmate's own farm. The packaging is simple, but it tastes good."
Feng Yi did not refuse. He took the juice, put the breakfast bag on the dining table in the dormitory common area, and started Breakfast 2.0.
You know what, the juice tastes really good.
"Brother Zhai, is your classmate's juice sold online? It tastes good, I want to buy some." Feng Yi said.
"I have this plan, but it's still in the preparation stage. I'll let you know when it's ready for sale."
We have been living in the same dormitory for such a long time. We are all busy and don’t have much time to meet and spend time together. But even though we are not familiar with each other, it doesn’t feel too strange.
"Are Teacher Huang and Chen Wei in the dormitory?" Zhai Yiyou asked. He got up late today and didn't know if the other two were in the room.
"They went out. When I went to the cafeteria, they had already finished eating. Teacher Huang went to the laboratory, and Brother Chen went to the training ground." Feng Yi said.
When Zhai Yiyou heard that there were only two of them in the dormitory, he asked Feng Yi, "Are you busy later?"
"Uh, I don't have any plans for the morning. I plan to look over my course notes. Brother Zhai, is there anything I can help you with?"
"There is something, it won't take up too much of your time." Zhai Yiyou said, "My junior brothers and sisters have started an e-journal and asked me to write an article. I stayed up all night to write one last night, and revised it when I woke up this morning. I think it's fine, so you can help me take a look. As for the content, it involves the things covered in the recent training courses, and you should also be familiar with it."
Last night, Zhai Yiyou stayed up late to finish the manuscript, and found that the number of words was a little short of what was mentioned when the manuscript was commissioned, so he added some content. The article is not profound, and it is not aimed at professionals, so it is written in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and the writing is also quite interesting.
Feng Yi took the tablet computer handed to him by Zhai Yiyou, on which was an open document.
The title of the article is "Battle to Defend the Great Swamp".
At the beginning, I gave a brief introduction to Florida, including its topography, climate conditions, species distribution, etc.
He also talked about the changes in Virginia before and after the abnormal climate period.
In human society, periods of climate anomaly have resulted in some losers and some winners.
The same is true in the animal world: some become weak, while new strong ones are born, and the losers in the struggle are excluded and devoured.
However, the birth of the new powerful creatures in the Florida Everglades is due to certain human factors, and will cause the disappearance of other animals and pose a threat to humans.
The storm destroyed several research centers and zoos in Florida, causing some species to invade the Everglades. In addition, reptile breeders also secretly released reptiles into the Everglades.
Alien species have begun to show off their power in the Great Swamp. The big brothers of the python genus have launched an invasion war on the swamp.
The period of abnormal climate is an important turning point.
In Zhai Yiyou's article, it says:
"The big pythons represented by the Burmese python, reticulated python, and African rock python had a stunning and beautiful love in this resource-rich Everglades, and gave birth to strong super hybrid offspring..."
The python bosses who initiated the invasion war became severely inward-looking after their expansion. Although they were greatly weakened during the climate anomaly period, the birth of super hybrid offspring allowed this magical invading group to rise again, wreaking havoc in the Great Swamp with a strong attitude.
In this battle, the heavyweight warriors of the Anaconda subfamily did not actually participate in the battle, but just made up the numbers. After all, there is reproductive isolation between the green anaconda (Anaconda) and the python genus.
Super hybrid pythons are invading the Everglades. They are good at eating, fighting, and have bad tempers.
The rule of the python is that the areas it rules will go from prosperity to silence.
The Great Swamp has been eaten so much by them that the alligators are almost out of deer to eat. In Steve’s words, “The alligators in the wild in the swamp are so skinny that it’s heartbreaking!”
No matter how many animals we introduce, they will all be eaten by pythons. How can we ensure the health of the Everglades
Let’s reduce the number of pythons first!
Therefore, in the article, Zhai Yiyou pointed out the nature of this python hunting activity—a battle of defense!
Zhai Yiyou said: "I have to let others know why we are doing this this time. This is a security activity. If we don't explain this kind of thing clearly, we will be criticized to death!"
After Feng Yi finished reading, Zhai Yiyou asked him again: "What do you think?"
"It's very well written." Feng Yi said.
"Well, do you have any questions after reading this? Or, what part of this article do you want to know most?"
"What do you want to know most?" Feng Yi glanced at a paragraph in the article that talked about the weather and asked, "Was the sun in Florida good during the python hunting activity?"
There was a blank expression on Zhai Yiyou's face for a moment, and then he looked at Feng Yi strangely.
Zhai Yiyou's inner heart
You don’t want to know why the cute raccoon no longer visits you!
You don’t want to know why the child who ignored the advice and secretly went into the swamp to swim disappeared!
The love-hate relationship between python bosses, how brutal the battle between the two crocodile-python bosses in Florida was, you still don’t want to know!
You only care about whether the sunshine in Florida is good!
You didn't mention the main point I wanted to express, but you were so accurate in finding the right words!!
This was the first time that Zhai Yiyou met someone with such a unique perspective.
After a moment's silence, Zhai Yiyou told Feng Yi about the weather during the python hunting activity. These were the data provided by the local meteorological bureau, but they were not mentioned in the training course.
After Zhai Yiyou left, Feng Yi returned to his room to study the weather information that Zhai Yiyou had given him. He felt that this was very helpful for catching pythons, but it was just his idea that others could not understand.
In the afternoon, Feng Yi went to the training ground.
When Feng Yi entered the area, he smelled a familiar scent, someone he knew. This made Feng Yi pause.
"Brother Yi!"
Feng Yi looked over in the direction of the sound.
A young man was walking out of training ground No. 2. He called out Feng Yi and trotted over.
Feng Yi recognized this person.
Cheng Si, an outdoor anchor, worked in the Nanchong scientific expedition team for a period of time.
Cheng Si has always been very active on the Internet, and Feng Yi has seen news push about him several times.
However, Feng Yi's deepest impression of Cheng Si was the time when he was with the Nanchong scientific expedition team, where he was bitten by a Zhoushan cobra and was eliminated and was taken away by a rescue helicopter.
You can't poke his sore spot in front of him, he's not an enemy. Feng Yi didn't mention the Nanchong Cobra incident.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Yes, it's been a long time. I just arrived this morning and was wondering if I could only see you during class." Cheng Si said with a smile.
"Are you also a member of the python hunting team this time?" Feng Yi asked.
"No, we belong to the media group. I can't squeeze into the actual combat team for activities of this nature."
I have to say that after not seeing him for a few months, Cheng Si has become much more stable compared to when he was on the Nanchong expedition. I don't know if it's a change in himself, or if he didn't show that kind of publicity in front of Feng Yi.
Moreover, the name has changed.
During the Nanchong scientific expedition, Cheng Si saw Feng Yi and called him by his name directly, but just now he called him "Brother Yi".
Cheng Si looked at the training ground number behind Feng Yi and said, "You are here to train too? Ground 5, you are an expert indeed! I will just hang out in Grounds 1 and 2."
Although the crocodile in Field No. 2 has a somewhat unusual habit of rolling around, its size is still very intimidating. At least Cheng Si can use it to take pictures and show off to people who don't know the truth on the Internet.
Cheng Si looked at the display screen outside Field 5 and said, "The next field in Field 5 is about ten minutes away. Can we sit over there and chat for a while?"
"Okay." Feng Yi guessed that Cheng Chengsi must have something to ask him.
Sure enough, after sitting down, Cheng Si stated his purpose within a few words.
Live streaming is allowed for this python hunting event, and the video platform giants will certainly not miss this opportunity.
The benefits that could be gained were quite tempting, and the platform that Cheng Si signed with also gave him an opportunity to join the media team here.
Cheng Si is ambitious, so he has his eyes on Feng Yi.
"Live broadcast with the team?" Feng Yi frowned.
"Do you have any concerns? I heard from other teachers in the team that the python hunting team was divided into groups this time. Which group will you be in, Brother Yi? Are the team members unwilling to broadcast live?"
"I'm in a group with Steve."
Cheng Si's eyes lit up when he heard this. He came here to find Steve, but when he didn't see him, he thought Steve was not in this team!
"That's perfect, we're all acquaintances!" Cheng Si had collaborated with Steve on a live broadcast before, and he didn't know Steve would refuse.
Feng Yi knew that Cheng Si would not give up easily, so he said, "Then you can send a message to Steve and see what he decides."
Cheng Si thought about it and it made sense. If Feng Yi was in a group with Steve, Steve would definitely be in the dominant position and Feng Yi would not be able to decide anything.
In front of Cheng Si, Feng Yi also sent a message to Steve, "He's in Florida. It's midnight now. He's probably asleep. Wait for him to reply to me..."
Before he could finish his words, Steve called over.
Feng Yi answered the call, "You went to catch crocodiles again late at night?"
Steve's voice didn't sound as excited as last time. "Yeah, but this time we didn't catch a crocodile. The research center found an abnormal signal, so I followed them out. When we got there, the crocodile had already been eaten by a python. We caught a hybrid python and are on our way back. I'll send you photos when I get back. What did you just message? Someone wanted to talk to you about live streaming?"
"Yes, you also know that person, Cheng Si." Feng Yi said.
When Steve heard this for the first time, he wondered who Cheng Si was. His mind was now full of pythons and crocodiles.
After a moment of recollection, he finally remembered, "Oh, that kid... Impossible! Don't even let him think about it!!"
After a while, he said, "Turn on the speaker of your phone, and I'll talk to him."
Feng Yi put the phone in front of Cheng Si, signaling Cheng Si to talk directly to Steve.
"Hey Steve, I'm next to you." Cheng Si said.
"Oh, that, Xiao Cheng, you should know the nature of this activity. This kind of activity only looks at the results. The process will be more direct and the pace will be faster. You can't keep up!"
"Hey, you're underestimating me! Steve, I've learned a lot of skills now and have more experience than before. I'm sure I can keep up!" Being familiar with Steve, Cheng Si spoke more casually.
But Steve is in a bad mood right now.
"Feng Yi and I are going to hunt pythons over four meters tall this time. We are going to go deep into the swamp. Are you sure you can follow us? Your fighting power is only... 0.1 python?"
Cheng Si said excitedly, "Impossible! It has to be at least 0.3!"
"Sorry, we won't consider anything below 0.5 python. First, we can't keep up with the progress, and second, it's for safety reasons."
Steve wasn't as easy to talk to as usual about this sort of thing.
In addition, the Nanchong scientific expedition team's incident directly reduced Cheng Si's combat effectiveness in Steve's mind.
You can't even handle a Zhoushan cobra, and you want to go deep into the swamp where pythons are rampant? Isn't this a hindrance
It would be strange if you could agree!
In fact, when Cheng Si heard Steve say that they were going to the deep swamp to catch a python, he had already considered backing out.
Nanchong Kekao had been slapped in the face once, so he couldn't just turn the other cheek and get slapped this time. He knew how capable he was, and he had learned his lesson after suffering a big loss.
Moreover, he also understood the current situation in Florida. Anyone who entered without knowing their own limitations would most likely come out sideways, or they might not even be found.
If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you can still call for help, but in the deep swamp, those ferocious beasts won’t even give you a chance to call for help.
After much hesitation between interests and life, Cheng Si chose his own life.
"Well... OK, I will continue to hone my skills and try to follow you next time. However, as far as I know, the Joint Security Bureau will not let a veteran like you, Steve, and a rookie like Brother Yi act quietly. They will definitely have to send someone to follow you, not necessarily live, but recorded."
Cheng Si gave them a reminder and left wisely.
After Cheng Si walked away, Feng Yi switched the speaker mode to the receiver.
Steve on the other end of the phone continued, "The person sent by the higher-ups to film this is definitely not Cheng Si. That guy has limited abilities. When the higher-ups contact you about this, no matter how they arrange it, live or recorded, you just have to agree first. When the python hunting event starts, I have a way to deal with it."
Feng Yi didn’t know what Steve’s method was, but since he said so, he just did it.
Anyway, Steve will take the blame.
I'm a newcomer and I don't know anything.