Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 57 - 54 Idol Burden_1
Chapter 57: Chapter 54 Idol Burden_1
Chapter 57 -54 Idol Burden_1
When Feng Yi felt the vibration of the ground beneath his feet, he knew where the next change was going to happen.
Natural snakes have no external ears; they only possess middle and inner ears and may not hear sound waves transmitted through air. However, they can detect the slightest vibration through their sensitive columella, which then transmits the vibrational wave to the inner ear, from where the auditory nerve passes the information to the brain.
The slightest ground vibrations are detected by them, so in ancient times, some people predicted earthquakes by observing the behavior of snakes.
Snake charmers also use this fact, creating vibrations to send signals to the snakes in the basket, coaxing them to “come out and do business.”
It’s not that snakes are deaf; they just “listen” differently.
Feng Yi was now experiencing exactly this. The soles of his feet were the clearest receptors, and when he stepped on the ground, he could feel all sorts of vibrations.
If he walked on the road, he could clearly feel the vibrations of pedestrians hopping and running, cars passing by, through the ground.
His brain was burdened with too much irrelevant information—it was too much to handle!
Sometimes Feng Yi wondered if his overly sensitive sense of smell, his “hearing” which was evolving to become overly sensitive, and the occasional use of his overlapping thermal night vision might overtax his brain’s memory.
Feng Yi could only hope that during the next step of evolution, his brain would further develop and grow; otherwise, the brain wouldn’t be able to keep up with all these abilities stacked together.
At the current stage, the emergence of special abilities in evolution outpaced the upgrade speed of the brain’s central processor. Feng Yi had to find ways to reduce the brain’s burden first.
Staying at home and being “calm and collected” these days, Feng Yi had been trying to control this “hearing” so it wouldn’t accept too much junk information.
It was just that controlling it would take time.
Fortunately, this change didn’t affect his appearance, unlike his venomous fangs and eyes, which needed concealment.
If he went outside and didn’t want his soles to feel the ground’s vibrational waves, Feng Yi would place a shock-absorbing pad in his shoes. With shock-absorbent shoes and pads, he could filter out some of the junk information, reducing the interference considerably.
Overall, this “hearing” was manageable and didn’t affect daily life significantly.
In Feng Yi’s view, such changes were relatively easy to deal with.
Nowadays, the strong aura emanating from Feng Yi that was different from ordinary people couldn’t be fully controlled at will, but at least when it was released, he could pull it back in time, as if reining in a runaway horse.
Evolutionary processes require time to strengthen control in all aspects, like humans needing time to grow from rolling over and crawling to running and jumping.
That day, Feng Yi was in a soundproof room, leaning against a beanbag, with his bare feet touching the ground, enjoying today’s sole massage.
Music + Aromatherapy + Sole Massage = Sleepiness
Ding—
A new message notification.
The brewing sleepiness was chased away by that “ding.”
Checking his phone, Feng Yi was puzzled.
“Recruitment for a field survey team in Nan Chong Reserve Area South 6 Team?”
What the heck?
Did they send the message to the wrong person? Why would this message come to my phone?
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Just as he was about to delete the message, Feng Yi received a phone call.
It was from Captain Yuan of the United Protection Bureau.
“A scientific survey in Nan Chong Reserve? Me??”
Listening to Captain Yuan explaining over the phone, Feng Yi learned that Captain Yuan had recommended him to the scientific survey South 6 Team in Nan Chong Reserve.
But Feng Yi had absolutely no interest in field surveys and stuff! In university, he knew some club members who registered for volunteer field surveys, but he never paid attention to such matters. Simply because he wasn’t interested.
Captain Yuan continued, “The South 6 Team is responsible for amphibia and reptiles, and the primary target of this survey is reptiles, with a focus on investigating snakes. It shouldn’t be dangerous for you. It will last one to two months.”
Feng Yi didn’t know whether this matter would pose danger to him.
As one of the nationally protected areas, Nan Chong Reserve certainly wouldn’t be the same as those little reserves at the edges of cities like Xiao Feng Mountain. Nan Chong had many mountains, and the survey teams would enter the remote wilderness of dense forests.
But those 1000 points were very tempting to Feng Yi.
Don’t think that a small Qing dragon equaled 30 points and dragging a fish 15 points; both of those situations were quite special, and he wouldn’t necessarily catch a second one even if he lay in wait for a year.
Financial support for this kind of survey activity definitely wouldn’t be much, but a reward of 1000 points was exceedingly generous!
Of course, his interest wasn’t solely due to those 1000 points.
The direction of evolution could be influenced by choice, for instance, when Feng Yi’s eyes were changing, the old butler specifically warned against having any aversion, possibly worried that the newly stabilized vertical pupils might revert to round pupils.
Of course, that was only Feng Yi’s speculation; he had a bit of perception in this regard, but whether he could actually have developed round pupils was unknown since the vertical pupils had already stabilized.
Sometimes, Feng Yi could even control his eyes to change from vertical pupils to ordinary round pupils common in humans. With a bit more practice, he wouldn’t need lenses for disguise anymore.
Evolution is for better survival. So one cannot just stay at home every day; what if the direction of evolution runs towards a couch potato? That would be problematic, right?
But deep forests and old woods sound very dangerous. Feeling a bit cowardly.
Worried…
However, after only a moment of contemplation, Feng Yi decided to sign up.
Once decided, he had a chat with Yuan Qie and then downloaded an application form from the official website using the pickup code sent in the text message, filled it out as required, and submitted it.
Rong City branch of the United Protection Bureau.
Yuan Qie and his teammates were gathering and checking materials together.
Their work was not fixed in Rong City; they had rushed over previously because of the situation with the juvenile dragon at Yue Mountain.
Now that matters here were nearly settled, they would soon depart to support the comprehensive scientific expedition in Nan Chong Reserve.
Specialists handle their own fields of expertise, while the people from the United Protection Bureau mainly provide support. In case the research teams run into difficulties or emergencies, they can reach out for timely rescue.
“Captain Yuan, why recommend Feng Yi? He has no experience in this area,” a team member asked, “and the mission for Team 6 in the Nan Chong side is quite challenging this time, even more so because the snakes in the mountains are quite active during this period.”
“Some things that are difficult for others might be just like a summer camp for elementary students to him,” Yuan Qie explained.
“You are that confident about him?”
“I don’t know him personally, but I have worked with his senior. Judging by the information we’ve gathered, he has talents similar to his elder’s; to use such gifts in the business world would be too wasteful.”
After the period of abnormal climate, even in remote deep mountains where human footprint were rare, the number of wild animals had mostly decreased. However, after more than 20 years of protection and restoration, the annual scientific activities reflect a gradual recovery in the protected areas.
Nan Chong Reserve is among the leading large protected areas in the country. Even before the period of climatic anomalies, it was a deep forest wilderness, making the scientific exploration particularly challenging.
In Captain Yuan’s view of the United Protection Bureau, Feng Yi’s talents were meant to be utilized in such places!
Meanwhile.
The person in charge of reviewing applications for Team 6 in the Nan Chong Reserve, upon seeing Feng Yi’s application, first thought: Which imbecile got hold of the pickup code?
But upon checking the corresponding code of the application, the recommender turned out to be Captain Yuan of the United Protection Bureau!
If a member of the United Protection Bureau had recommended him, the application would typically just be a formality. Still, Feng Yi’s application puzzled them.
Major: Not relevant.
Work experience: Acted in an online drama.
Fieldwork experience: None.
Yet somehow this unrelated applicant had 45 points.
Looking at the recommendation, the juvenile dragon was captured by this guy?! And he managed to pull a three-meter Eurasion catfish ashore at night?!
“Either he’s reckless, or he really does have exceptional abilities.”
“We should check it out; the United Protection Bureau’s people wouldn’t make recommendations lightly.”
“He wrote on his application that he is available for an interview at any time, so let’s not inform him of the interview schedule. Instead, let’s send someone to his home for a surprise assessment.”
“I’ll ask who is in Rong City to test him personally.”
Nowadays, most scientific research activities have a designated interview location where those who have passed the preliminary screening gather for interviews.
But Team 6 of Nan Chong has high standards; there are not many teams that can offer a volunteer 1000 points all at once, and Team 6 is one of them.
They have always used a custom interview mode.
…
Feng Yi was surprised when he received the video call from the gatehouse.
He hadn’t expected such an approach to interviewing volunteers for scientific research; he thought he would be waiting for a notice about the interview venue, so he hadn’t really prepared.
In Feng Yi’s plan, knowing that there was a recommendation from the United Protection Bureau and that it was highly likely to pass the initial screening, he intended to prepare well for the interview after receiving the notification.
Being suddenly informed that the interviewer had come to his door was… quite unexpected.
At the time of the gatehouse’s notification, Feng Yi was “calm and collected.” As the person responsible for the interview arrived, he quickly got himself together, put on some socks, slipped on his slippers, and waited at the door. It wasn’t long before he saw the visitor.
The visitor was around 50 years old, had a very friendly smile, and exuded an academic air, appearing non-threatening and easy to talk to.
And this interviewer, upon laying eyes on Feng Yi, was puzzled.
Feng Yi’s appearance, if he were to be a star or engaged in some entertainment industry, is undoubtedly advantageous.
He seemed like a well-off young master from a wealthy family, but as for his capabilities in fieldwork? That’s questionable.
Still, the teacher was polite, did not show any of this skepticism outwardly, and introduced himself amiably. After exchanging greetings with Feng Yi, while Feng Yi was fetching slippers from the shoe cabinet, he took a close look.
There were quite a few pairs of shoes in the cabinet, but it was clear the ones frequently worn were just those two pairs. The closest pair must have been worn in the last few days.
The soles of these shoes were already thick, yet there was an additional thick insole inside!
The young man wasn’t short to begin with, so why add height insoles?
Isn’t his obsession with image a bit too much?
Is this… really suitable for fieldwork?
