Even if you want to catch a starfish to verify it, you have to wait until the next time you dive and try it in sea water.
Who knows what other stimulations the ones that have been pulled ashore may have experienced? There are too many distractions, so it is better to focus on those starfish in the wild to avoid other people's attention.
"What do you think about this starfish outbreak?" Feng Yi asked.
Professor Li sighed deeply, and his concern for the country and the people became more and more obvious.
"Once it has broken out, it is very difficult to stop it. Fishing can only alleviate the problem to a certain extent, but it cannot solve the fundamental problem. Moreover, the severity of this outbreak is beyond everyone's expectations."
"Is there no other safer and more efficient solution?" Feng Yi was curious.
Professor Li shook his head. "Starfish outbreaks are not rare. They occurred many times before the abnormal climate period, not to mention the 20 years of abnormal climate period. After that, until now, they have occurred every few years or more. Starfish outbreaks are just one of the marine problems. Although many aspects have been taken to control them, such as the release of artificial fry, the establishment of resource protection areas, and the control of aquaculture scale, there are still many problems that cannot be solved.
“The ocean and the climate have too much energy. With current human technology, we can only make progress step by step.
"Everyone has similar opinions on the cause of the starfish outbreak. It's still the same. As the larvae have fewer natural enemies, their numbers have increased. This time, the small fluctuation in climate may be in their favor."
After a short pause, Professor Li continued, "My opinion is that we should try to reduce the losses this time, and then spend more time and resources on solving their reproduction and larvae. This is the most likely link for problems. Decades ago, due to overfishing of fish stocks, and the 20 years of abnormal climate, too many creatures disappeared both on land and in the ocean. Some populations declined, while others rose. It is too difficult to return to harmony and balance. Do you know about the Undersea Forest Project?"
Feng Yi was stunned, "I know."
Having been in the Joint Security Bureau and several expert chat groups for so long, I do know some information.
The Undersea Forest Project was launched after the climate anomaly. It is a large-scale marine ecological project that covers a wide range from north to south and involves many people. A lot of money has been invested. In simple terms, it is to artificially repair and rebuild the damaged marine ecological environment.
The hotel and resort owners in various coastal tourist attractions are particularly interested in this plan, and Feng Yi has also heard people talking about it.
but…
"This starfish outbreak will not have much impact on the underwater forest project, right?" Feng Yi asked.
Professor Li said with a worried look on his face: "For ecological problems, if a certain link goes wrong, decades of hard work of a large team may be wasted in a few days or dozens of days. Now it seems that the biggest impact is on the farmers, but how it will develop next is still uncertain. Data is being collected urgently, and the staff of the observatory have been working overtime for many days in a row."
"Don't worry too much. The climate should be fine. It's just a small fluctuation and still within the controllable range." Feng Yi comforted him. He did not feel any drastic climate change.
But Professor Li does not think he is too pessimistic. "Who can predict such things? Small fluctuations... What is considered 'small'? Look at how sudden the waterspout in the south appeared! How big was the formation! Before that, who would have predicted that a tornado of that magnitude would appear near the coast in early March? The fish were sucked up to the sky!"
Feng Yi: “…”
I can't answer you when you say this.
Remain silent.
When we returned to the dormitory, everyone was in a low mood, probably because the new data received today were not satisfactory.
Feng Yi didn't want to be too enthusiastic. He wanted to go back quickly to eat, but he slowed down his pace and walked with the others.
After eating in the cafeteria, others either went back to rest or gathered in small groups to discuss things.
Feng Yi didn't stay in the dormitory, and went out to the night market with Xiao Jia.
He consumed too much today, and the food he ate in the cafeteria couldn't satisfy his stomach at all.
Xiaojia is responsible for providing cover.
When he went out to look for food at night, Feng Yi wore a hat, thick-framed glasses, and casual clothes without any special features. He didn't wear the reflective clothes in the dormitory, which were too eye-catching in the dark.
While foraging, Feng Yi listened to Xiaojia's itinerary for the day.
Feng Yi went out with the expert group, and Xiao Jia couldn't follow him, but he didn't stay in the dormitory all the time either.
Xiaojia went out to rent a yacht. He had a license and money, so when Fengyi was out on a mission, he would drive the yacht out to sea for fun. He also met several small fishing groups and made an appointment to go fishing tomorrow.
"How are those people?" Feng Yi asked.
"Most of them are quite forthright and will talk about anything, but when it comes to fishing..." Xiao Jia paused.
"What about them??"
"People are addicted to food."
"I see. So are you going fishing tomorrow?"
"Go! I asked Xiao Bing to make some bait when we came here, and I want to try it." Xiao Jia said.
"Good luck!"
Xiaojia didn't go out alone just for fun. In one day, he almost understood the distribution of various functional areas near the coast of Mo City.
We know which area has more tourists, which area has looser management, and in which direction the farms are located.
This information may not be useful, but he has become accustomed to going to one place to find out this information.
He is the only one who follows the boss out this time. He should try to collect as much information as possible, in case the boss can use it.
As long as he can use it, his bonus will come!
Feng Yi didn't want to go fishing. After eating at several restaurants, he packed some midnight snacks to take back, including grilled ribs, grilled seafood and so on.
When returning to the dormitory area, Feng Yi entered from the north gate and saw the big black dog guarding the gate again.
Feng Yi didn’t know the person in the booth, so he didn’t go over to talk to him. He just touched the dog’s head.
The big black dog was staring at a cat that broke in from the courtyard wall. It only looked back when someone touched its head, with an innocent look in its eyes.
It remembered Feng Yi's scent, and the man in the sentry box didn't make a sound, so it didn't show any aggression.
When it smelled the barbecue on Feng Yi, it wagged its tail.
Feng Yi originally wanted to throw a piece of grilled pork ribs to it. Food with strong smell is not suitable for it to eat, but it should be fine if it rinses a small piece with water.
I glanced around and saw a sign next to it that said "No Feeding".
never mind.
"Keep on craving it."
Looking at the pair of innocent yet eager dog eyes, Feng Yi touched the dog's head again and ran away.
Without having to analyze data, write work reports, and without too much worry, Feng Yi fell asleep very relaxed.
The next day, continue with the tour group.
After adapting to the team's rhythm, it became very easy. In fact, Feng Yi didn't need to do much, just put in some effort when diving.
The day before, Feng Yi's work attitude was recognized by everyone, and everyone had a good impression of him.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the job. Just do more, watch more, and learn more. Feng Yi does a good job in this regard.
Before I knew it, he ran away.
Still not stable enough.
The person in charge remembered that Feng Yi had run away, and planned to give Feng Yi a few more words of advice today.
You have no idea what the young people of today will vent their exuberant energy on.
But we can't be too harsh and have to take into account the young people's thin skin.
Thinking of this, the person in charge walked towards the diver, relaxed his expression, and prepared to talk to Feng Yi.
Looking around, there were only two divers left who were about to enter the water.
Where are the people?!
"Where is Feng Yi?" asked the person in charge.
"He's already gone down. What do you want to talk to him about?" said a diver.
"…Nothing, just continue."
Due to limitations of the underwater communication network, it is not convenient to chat with Feng Yi now. The person in charge plans to talk to Feng Yi after completing today's work.
Feng Yi’s attitude of admitting his mistake yesterday was pretty good, so he shouldn’t run far again.
Underwater, divers began today's work.
Just like yesterday, we collected data first. Feng Yi couldn't help much, so he suggested to go for a walk around the area again.
"This 'nearby' you mentioned, is it more than one thousand meters?" A diver looked at Feng Yi.
"No, I'm really nearby. You can find me on your positioning device." Feng Yi said.
"Okay, remember the precautions we talked about yesterday!"
"learn!"
After a while, during a break in collecting data, the diver turned on the positioning instrument and took a look.
This time I could indeed see Feng Yi’s position, but he had already run more than 500 meters away!
Can't you just move within 50 meters!!!
In Feng Yi's opinion, more than 500 meters is already very close.
If he wanted to conduct experiments on those starfish, he couldn't do it in an area with too much human activity, but he couldn't do it beyond the acceptable range for the team.
Five hundred meters, should be acceptable, right
Feng Yi looked at the group of starfish in front of him.
This small area had the highest density of starfish, which looked lazy and not very active. There were so many starfish, enough for him to explore.
After making sure there were no other people around and that there were few distractions, Feng Yi opened his arms in a hugging gesture:
Come on, little ones!
Feel the breath of the top predator in the food chain!
Compared with yesterday, the tentative message Feng Yi sent out this time was stronger and more purposeful.
Extremely tiny information molecules spread out in the sea water and are captured by organisms in the surrounding sea water.
Soon, the starfish that had been ignoring the visitors started cutting themselves off one after another.
Most of them left only one arm, but a few starfish, perhaps because they were more timid, got excited and had two arms cut off.
Feng Yi watched them move away in small steps, swinging their tiny tube feet.
The starfish that were caught might have overreacted. This time, he didn't grab them, didn't touch them directly, and kept his distance, but these starfish still showed such violent self-cutting!
It is certain that Hai Xing cut his wrists because of him.
Feng Yi looked around.
A small fish swam over, sensed something, flicked its tail, and flew away.
But, it's still different.
The fish in the water will also reject the information when they sense it, but not every creature will be like the starfish in front of us, which is afraid to the point of collective self-cutting. Cutting one arm is not enough, so they cut two!
Overreacting
No, it's their DNA that moves!
Feng Yi had reason to suspect whether there had been any unfriendly communications between his ancestors and the ancestors of these starfish
For example, the relationship between superiors and subordinates in the food chain
Many, many years ago, did our ancestors surf the land and then run into the sea to stir up trouble
How would the more intelligent creatures living in the sea react
When he returned to where the team was, Feng Yi was still thinking about the food chain relationship of his ancestors.
The two divers had not finished collecting data yet. They were stunned to see Feng Yi come back, but didn't say anything. Although they had different opinions on the understanding of the word "nearby", they got along well. Feng Yi did not take his work perfunctorily and did not cause trouble.
"Back so soon? Didn't you encounter anything fun?" asked a diver.
"No, I just looked at the starfish for a while." Feng Yi said.
The two divers were thinking in their hearts: Sure enough, the snake handler had hardly any contact with starfish, yet he was still interested in seeing them.
Time passed slowly and another day's work was completed. Feng Yi was thinking about which restaurants to eat at tonight when he received a notice as soon as he got off the boat: there would be a meeting in the evening.
After learning from others that the recent data feedback was not very optimistic, the members of the investigation team all looked solemn.
When resting on the shore yesterday, Professor Ding was still smiling when he spoke, but now he was tired and sad, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows were comparable to those of Professor Li.
Feng Yi could feel the anxiety and irritability emanating from them even with his eyes closed.
There is a meeting in the evening, and judging from the situation, the meeting will not be too short, so he can't go out to find food. Fortunately, there is still some stock in the dormitory. Xiao Bing prepared special dry food for him when he came to Mo City.
Feng Yi asked Xiao Jia to bring back some midnight snacks. After the meeting, they went back to the dormitory to eat.
It was Feng Yi’s first time to participate in an internal meeting of the investigation team. He followed the example of others and also brought a notebook and a pen into the meeting room to pretend to be there.
Among the experts and office staff sitting around the table, Feng Yi is the youngest, but he is very clear about his position - just a supporting role.
Just sit in your position and be a tool.
In addition to the people sitting around the table, there was a row of people sitting against the wall at the back of the room. They were all students or assistants of the experts. This was not a particularly confidential meeting, and they were allowed to speak at the meeting.
Before the meeting started, Feng Yi, the snake catcher, didn't have much in common with the others. He just sat in his seat and browsed his phone, and had almost finished the fruit in the fruit plate.
A student of the old professor came over quietly and poured tea into the cups in front of them one by one.
Feng Yi picked it up and took a look.
Wolfberry chrysanthemum tea.
In addition, licorice and other things seem to be added.
I always feel that this cup of tea seems to be hinting at something.
At the beginning of the meeting, experts and investigators summarized and analyzed the data collected in recent times and information from various aspects and put forward their own opinions and suggestions.
Afterwards, in just a cup of tea, the atmosphere in the conference room had changed 180 degrees from being solemn to sparks flying.
The big guys confront each other, present data, talk about reason, and combine theory with practice.
Even if a person has the hottest temper, what he shouts out is well-reasoned and impressive.
If your stance is not firm, it is easy to be led astray and waver after hearing their words.
Except for those who don’t understand.
The students sitting in the corner hung their heads in silence. It was not their turn to interrupt at this time. They wanted to help, but they were worried that they were not knowledgeable enough and would be looked down upon for holding back.
As for Feng Yi, who didn't understand much, he sat quietly in his seat.
Drink tea.
Continue drinking tea.
I'm just a snake catcher and I don't know how to manage starfish.
Chapter 209 Tool Man