Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 745 - 479 Employee Worries_1

After the initial amusement subsided, the online public returned to the content of the news itself.

Snakes are indeed creatures that people both fear and are curious about.

Originally, people had no clear concept of the length of tropical rainforest anacondas, but as popular science influencers began to write articles one after another, the public came to understand that the largest living anacondas today are only about five or six meters. Even though they might look like they are seven or eight meters, actual measurements show that they do not reach that length, not to mention the absurd claims of ten-plus meters made by marketing accounts with their eyes closed.

The news that topped today’s trending search list reported the discovery of a ten-plus meter giant anaconda by Feng Yi and other experts in the tropical rainforest.

Netizens who don’t read lengthy articles:

[Ten-plus meters? Laughable—have the trashy marketing accounts started blindly inflating sizes again?]

[Saying this was three hundred million years ago might be more believable. Three hundred years ago?]

[At first glance, I thought I’d mistakenly clicked on a post by a trashy marketing account, but on a double-take, it turns out to be state media!]

[Can the state media maintain a bit more of its dignity and precision, please? Hire an expert herpetologist to take a look before posting.]

However, as more and more people finished reading the full article, and accounts of the Conservation Bureau started releasing pictures and texts, various official media began to share the information.

Actual data records? Yes!

Clear visual evidence? Yes!

Expert verification? All present!

With the pictures and videos accompanying the data, everyone who saw them could grasp just how big that three-hundred-year-old giant anaconda was.

The comparative images produced by Feng Yi and Steve were also released.

The reconstructed images processed by computer confirmed the giant beast Serpan’s enormity!

Especially when contrasted with three adults and one large-bodied living anaconda, its massive size stood out even more. Even in flat photographs, one could feel the immense visual impact and intimidating presence of a wild beast from the rainforest!

After the factual evidence was laid out:

[I remember Feng Yi caught a particularly huge snake once—I thought it was twenty or thirty meters long at first glance! But they told me it was only seven meters? My eyes deceived me...]

[Same story with this ancient giant anaconda! Looking at the pictures, I thought it was twenty or thirty meters long, but you’re telling me it’s just twelve meters? Such visual deception...]

As more and more information surfaced, marketing accounts started transporting international news, unearthing travel journals and sketches from explorers who visited that land two to three hundred years ago, or even earlier.

The various legends of giant snakes in that mysterious rainforest, both realistic and exaggerated depictions, became known to a wider audience.

[Yakumama?]

[So did snakes of enormous size really exist there?]

[The snakes in the travel journals and sketches all look different, don’t they?]

[Does this mean there was more than one giant anaconda living there?]

[Don’t take everything in the travel journals at face value—most of it is through a lens of fantasy! There were once people who thought anacondas were just small snakes. It was only later discovered that the specimens taken back were juveniles, and the adults were seriously big!]

[I’m still skeptical. Even three hundred years ago, could the environment really have supported individuals of such size? One might be considered a freak occurrence, but... a population? If there really was a group of giant anacondas, the indigenous people would’ve been eaten to extinction!]

Media speculation: [Their disappearance might have had something to do with the rampant pirates of the time.]

Descendants of pirates: Damn it! Don’t pin every black mark on our ancestors!!!

Were those who wrote travel journals my ancestors?

Why not ask those "explorers" from back then?

Once the existence of the three-hundred-year-old giant anaconda was proven, debate online was endless: was its appearance a fluke? Or was there actually a population? The public was eager to know if they could see "The Giant Beast Serpan" in the Natural History Museum.

In response, the Conservation Bureau stated: Work is currently underway on restoration; the original will definitely be kept at the local tropical research center, but a life-size skeletal model will be made and soon presented for public viewing.

The cleaning and restoration of the Giant Beast Serpan’s bones is not something that can be done in a short time, but creating a scaled model does not have as high requirements.

This would allow more people from the outside world to admire the grandeur of the Giant Beast Serpan at the earliest opportunity, even if only its skeleton.

Subsequently, more interview videos were leaked, both official and non-official.

Interviews with the Chieftain and the villagers were also released.

Villager: Serpan is a giant snake! Thirty or forty meters long!

Marketing account: A forty to fifty meter giant snake discovered in the tropical rainforest!

Serious news media: According to experts’ computer models, this giant anaconda might have been twelve to thirteen meters long.

Netizens: ...

The words of the indigenous people need to be stripped of seventy percent of their exaggeration. Marketing accounts should reduce even more!

Online debates moved from giant snake legends to discussions on who holds the world record among snake species.

The existing green anacondas and reticulated pythons have been competing for the title of world’s largest.

Based on average data, one species is the heaviest, one is the longest.

But as captive reticulated pythons continue to grow larger and heavier, in many people’s perception, the latter now surpasses the former in many aspects.

Now, however, with the emergence of the Giant Beast Serpan, which from its skeleton appears to be an anaconda or a close relative, the tables may have turned.

[Anacondas take the lead on size!]

[The Titanoboa from 60 million years ago was also fourteen to fifteen meters long! Anacondas are indeed more badass than pythons!]

[Comparing with the reticulated pythons 60 million years ago is pointless, and so is comparing with those 300 years ago. Let’s just talk about the present.]

[Reticulated python, go for it! Grow to over ten meters!]

[It’s impossible with the current environmental supply capacity to produce one that big, unless there’s a genetic mutation, and it would need to be artificially fed a sufficient amount of food.]

[Wasn’t there a record of a reticulated python over ten meters last time?]

[Fake data, misinformation, it was ultimately proven that the size had to be cut in half.]

[Last time at the zoo’s reptile house, I saw a huge anaconda. I must say, water boas have really thick bodies! That size is suited for living in water. They’re much slower crawling on land!]

[To be fair, large pythons on land are all slow movers. As long as you’re out of their strike range, you’ve got a chance to escape.]

[I’ve never been to a zoo. I’ve only watched Feng Yi’s livestreams, and every time I feel like the big snakes are very docile creatures [Face with Tears of Joy]]

[The word on the street is that Feng Yi was criticized by the Statutory Conservation Agency once for misleading the public on camera [Smirking Dog]]

[It’s that Feng Yi again!]

[Regardless of his background or wealth, just speaking professionally, he’s really impressive!]

As the central figure in news and public opinion, Feng Yi wasn’t too distracted. He was busy with reports, about the giant creature Serpan. As for the tropical rainforest expedition data, he wasn’t in a rush to sort it out.

Due to the discovery of the giant creature Serpan, he stayed in the rainforest longer than planned. After finishing the report, he didn’t return to the country immediately but flew to his private island instead.

He said it was to seek some peace, but in reality, he flew to the island for another purpose—to shed his skin.

Besides, Yue Gongyang told him that the Butterfly Project’s satellite network above the oceans was undergoing phase testing. He was uncertain whether he would become a test target or not.

The intervals between shedding his skin were getting longer, but each event was becoming more significant.

If the storm circle he created was big enough, it was possible he would be chosen as a test target.

He was quite looking forward to it.

The private plane landed at the local airport, full of various supplies.

The plane was still the butler’s, but the one customized for Feng Yi was almost ready; he would be able to use it soon.

Boarding the plane, Feng Yi sat down and relaxed.

Bing was preparing food, while Jia and the others were helping Feng Yi sort out gifts.

This rainforest journey resulted in some souvenirs purchased from the natives. Fresh food was bought just before the plane left, along with some other objects of distinct styles.

After the plane reached the island, dropping Feng Yi from the rainforest area to the island, Ding took the gifts and the stock of venom and flew back to the country.

Those who stayed on the island with Feng Yi were Jia, Bing, Wu, and Ren—oh, and Xin, who was a permanent resident on the island.

Knowing that Feng Yi would stay on the island for a while, the construction team left for a temporary break after completing the new phase of construction.

Compared to the last visit, the facilities on the island had been improved, and living conditions had been upgraded significantly. They no longer had to stay in temporary housing; the house was largely completed, and the one with the quickest progress in decoration could house all of them comfortably.

It was always more comfortable on his own turf.

This was a different kind of comfort from that of the tropical rainforest. Even though he still had to be wary of the satellite network, there were countermeasures. To move in his true form on the island, he would use clouds to cover the sky above.

However, Feng Yi was more accustomed to moving around the island in his camouflage form and using his true form indoors and in the water.

"It’s indeed time," Feng Yi said.

Wu conducted a physical check-up on Feng Yi, recording various changes.

With no outsiders present, Feng Yi maintained his true form in the room. As he stepped down from the special examination table, a dull "thud" echoed as he touched the ground.

Feng Yi moved his tail and said, "Feeling a bit sluggish."

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If it were a normal day, his nimble landing would not have made such a sound.

"My hearing’s not sharp, my vision’s not clear, even my thinking has slowed," Feng Yi said.

Wu, who was taking notes, paused and replied, "Yeah."

He felt that the slow thinking Feng Yi mentioned was probably due to the rush of the report, and the subsequent effects had not yet dissipated. But on such matters, there was no need for too much explanation.

"I’ll leave tomorrow, then," Feng Yi decided.

His visit to the island was not for vacation.

"You could also wait another two days. We brought enough food this time. You could store up more energy," Wu suggested, and advised him to slow down and be less impulsive when facing issues.

Regarding food, Wu knew Feng Yi had other plans this time and estimated that he would consume more energy, so it was better to store up as much as possible. Although he could hunt along the way in the sea...

The butler was concerned.

The butler had worried that Feng Yi would lose weight after the rainforest expedition, but the recent check-up showed a minor decrease in weight, though not markedly so.

It was clear that Feng Yi’s latest expedition was more fulfilling than the previous ones.

"We have plenty of food on the island, and in a couple of days, another shipment will be flown in," Wu mentioned.

After thinking for a moment, Feng Yi said, "Alright, I’ll stay another two days and conserve my energy."

Even if the energy stored in two days wouldn’t amount to much, Wu’s concern about energy deficiency was clear.

Ah, might as well stay two more days to ease the worries of the staff.