Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 252 - 190 Amazing Idea_2

Compared to the pre-opening visit, the backdrop now is more thoroughly arranged, and the exhibition area looks more harmonious.

However, this area only exhibits a variety of local snakes and a few other well-known species.

Feng Yi looked at the snakes here and then at the Titanoboa in the central exhibition area.

Putting them together like this gave one a sense of achievement.

Feng Yi couldn’t help but think that he would catch snakes everywhere he went, and he wasn’t sure how many he would need to catch. Without putting them together, there was no clear concept in his mind, and others wouldn’t be able to fully grasp it either.

If he could make a delicate model of each species he caught and collect them, then bring them all together later...

Wei Hongxun, who was about to leave, saw that Feng Yi was still looking around and came over to ask, "Got any thoughts?"

"A few," Feng Yi said, not mentioning his idea about the model collection. His gaze swept over the Titanoboa model in the center and asked, "Is the Titanoboa really only this big?"

Only this big?

Wei Hongxun raised his hand toward the giant snake model and said, "You call this ’only’?"

After a pause, Wei Hongxun continued, "Well, I suppose, for someone who can catch a seven-meter python by hand, the size of this snake wouldn’t be considered enormous!"

Feng Yi raised his hand and gestured, "It’s not that, it’s just that, in the era of the behemoths, this size really isn’t large."

Not sure if it was a matter of him feeling emboldened, Feng Yi looked at the lifelike Titanoboa model in front of him and didn’t feel the slightest bit intimidated. He only thought that compared to the large pythons he had caught before—the thing to consider was—

How far could he flick it with its tail without holding back?

Could it take a beating with its thick hide and flesh?

Wei Hongxun couldn’t know what was going on in Feng Yi’s mind. He looked up at the Titanoboa model, "How big the real individuals were, who knows? Estimating the size of a creature from sixty million years ago based on a few vertebrate fossils is fraught with error; I also think it was more than this. Even if the size calculated and simulated from the discovered vertebrate fossils is accurate, it doesn’t prove that all Titanoboa from that time were like this. There are differences between individuals, and the snakes you catch also range from typical to exceptional specimens. There are smaller ones, and of course, there could be larger ones too, a difference of one or two times the size isn’t impossible."

At this point, Wei Hongxun laughed and said, "Regardless, such a biological model reconstructed based on fossils does provide a reference for the public. I’m honestly scared by those online claims of twenty meters, fifty meters; I don’t even feel like debunking them anymore!"

Thinking of the exaggerated headline collage he saw during the interview today, Feng Yi couldn’t help but laugh, "Exactly!"

Wei Hongxun’s gaze shifted from the huge Titanoboa to the snake exhibition area, "Snakes are truly natural survivors."

Feng Yi raised an eyebrow, "Why do you say that?"

"There was a very important point over sixty million years ago."

"Are you referring to the fifth mass extinction?"

Feng Yi knew about this.

The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, commonly referred to as the "dinosaur extinction," is also known as the fifth mass extinction.

In that extinction event, it’s possible that over seventy percent of the species on the planet disappeared.

"Yes." Wei Hongxun looked at the snake specimens, "Some people have reconstructed the evolutionary history of snakes by integrating data and believe that that extinction event enriched the diversity of snake species. They don’t need to eat frequently; one meal lasts a long time, coupled with the reduction of natural predators. The snakes that survived gradually increased in species diversity."

Feng Yi thought about it and indeed it made sense.

For example, anacondas and Burmese pythons, after eating, they find a place to doze off and sleep for several days, maybe even longer, and then come out to hunt when hungry. They grow fast and can continue to grow as long as they live.

After the fifth extinction, with many predators gone and competitors weakened, it would make sense for them to thrive!

"It’s a pity that snake fossils are so rare! We don’t know how many varieties of giant snakes existed before the fifth mass extinction. Fossils are rare enough, and snake ones even more so," said Wei Hongxun.

How rare are fossils?

First, the organism has to die in the right place, decomposing without oxygen, then reliably go through countless geological movements, ensuring the relative integrity of the bones throughout millions or even hundreds of millions of years, and finally be discovered by humans.

"The odds are probably one in a hundred million or even one in a billion."

Wei Hongxun recalled an article he’d read in a journal, "A paleontologist studying Tyrannosaurus rex estimated, based on the roughly one hundred known complete T. rex fossils, that there may have been two billion Tyrannosaurus rex on our planet, surviving over one hundred thousand generations. Therefore, according to their theory, if some species existed but in too few numbers, it might be impossible even to find a single bone fossil."

"Are you saying, if humans had existed sixty million years ago but in too few numbers, they too would leave no fossil evidence of their bones?" asked Feng Yi.

"Maybe. There are none from six million years ago, let alone from sixty million years ago. Matters from millions or hundreds of millions of years ago, without sufficient evidence, who knows?"

"Thinking about it that way, there might have been even more magical creatures back then!"

"For instance?"

"Like those creatures with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake..."

Wei Hongxun laughed heartily and patted Feng Yi on the shoulder, "Just say Fuxi and Nuwa! I didn’t realize you were a young man with a fancy imagination!"

Feng Yi laughed along but said no more.

However, he thought to himself: Once I’ve established my own Personal Achievement Museum in the future, I’ll place all kinds of snake models in it. Then I’ll create a life-sized model of myself and put it in the museum, letting everyone know!

If they once existed, how could they leave no trace behind?

Appearing before everyone as a mixture of truth and fiction, who would just see it as a fanciful design, who would believe it was real?

Who would believe it?!!

The memories of the electronic information age will last, won’t they?

After returning home from the museum, the first thing Feng Yi needed to do was — eat!

It was especially inconvenient when out and about; never feeling full, eating museum employee meals, still feeling hungry afterwards but not daring to eat more. Today, too many people had their eyes on him; he had to be discreet.

Luckily, he had returned to his car halfway through and sneakily replenished some food; otherwise, his stomach would have started complaining long ago.

Seeing such a huge and plump giant serpent in the museum, to be honest, his first reaction was: craving!

But with agents and leaders of the Union Guarantee Bureau present, Feng Yi restrained himself.

After filling his belly and recharging his energy, Feng Yi finally replied to Feng Chi’s message.

Feng Chi had left him a message earlier, saying he had something to share with him.

But Feng Chi was probably not available for a call now; he just sent a text message—

Feng Chi: [I have an amazing idea!]

Feng Yi: [I have an amazing idea too!]

Feng Chi: [No, your idea can’t be as amazing as mine!]

Feng Yi thought about saying "you’re full of it", but replied instead: [Maybe. What’s your idea?]

Feng Chi: [It’s a secret for now. When I make it happen, you’ll know. What about you? What could possibly be as amazing as mine?]

Feng Yi: [It’s a secret for now too. I don’t know when I’ll be able to realize it.]

Feng Chi: [Then you lose, my amazing idea is already being implemented! You just wait and see!]

Considering the current situation of the Feng Family, Feng Yi reminded Feng Chi: [Don’t go too big, lest the old man makes a will and reclaims your share.]

Feng Chi didn’t see it that way: [Meh, no worries! He never took me seriously anyways. I’m barely a blip on the radar in the Feng Family. I’ve tested the waters before; what we think is making a big fuss doesn’t bother the old man. He won’t notice me.]

After chatting with Feng Chi, Feng Yi pondered his own idea.

To present it as a collection, setting the scene was indispensable; to show it as a physical three-dimensional display through photos and videos.

He would need to continue climbing up the ranks in the Union Guarantee Bureau to achieve more, which meant capturing more snakes.

With that, the required space would become even larger.

First of all, he needed to buy a plot of land.

And so the question arose.

Where was the money?!

He hadn’t even completed assembling the equipment for the underground laboratory!

Feng Yi walked to the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror.

He rubbed his cheeks to feel the presence of the venom glands, then popped out two big white fangs.

"It’s up to you guys now!"