Chapter 497 - 241: Worldly Cause and Effect, You Reap What You Sow (Part 2)

Chapter 497: Chapter 241: Worldly Cause and Effect, You Reap What You Sow (Part 2)

He found Yang Qi in private and tactfully expressed his concerns.

"Director, everyone’s enthusiasm is a good thing. It proves that our Xianlai’s environment is genuinely excellent, and the team is united."

"But this talk of ’feng shui’ has superstitious undertones. If word gets out, won’t it affect our Zoo’s reputation?"

"After all, we’re a proper, scientific wildlife park, and we’ll have to go through star ratings and official evaluations in the future... Should we gently guide the conversation in the group chat and ask everyone not to discuss this too much?"

Yang Qi listened, then smiled and shook his head. "Teacher Feng, don’t worry. It’s better to guide the flow than to block it. The more we forbid it, the more curious everyone will become, and the more outlandish the rumors will get."

"Since the effects of the ’Feng Shui Array’ are objectively real and beneficial to both animals and people, why don’t we just openly give it a ’scientific’ explanation?"

With that, he took out his phone, opened the "Xianlai Zoo Family Work Group" chat, found someone, and tagged her.

[Yang Qi: Actually, feng shui isn’t as mysterious or exaggerated as people imagine. Many of its principles are actually rooted in science. It’s the culmination of ancient wisdom and empirical knowledge about the relationship between the environment, ecology, climate, magnetic fields, and living things.]

[@Manager Xiao Ya, you’re a top graduate in environmental ecology. Could you analyze our Zoo’s layout from the perspective of modern landscape ecological planning and environmental psychology and explain its effects to everyone?]

「Six months ago.」

Back when Xianlai was still a barren stretch of hilly land, Pang Yunrui had hired the renowned landscape architect, Ye Jiatong. Xiao Ya had been present as Ye Jiatong refined the initial draft of the "Hundred Trees Nourishing Body Array" proposed by Yang Qi.

At the time, Ye Jiatong had interpreted Yang Qi’s "Feng Shui Array" from multiple professional angles, including functionality, ecology, animal welfare, and visitor experience.

She analyzed and demonstrated the scientific validity and reasonableness of every tree placement, every species combination, and every air circulation corridor that Yang Qi had planned.

Xiao Ya had been involved in the entire process, and it had left a very deep impression on her.

Now, seeing Yang Qi’s tag, Xiao Ya understood immediately.

[Xiao Ya: Of course, Director.]

She set aside her work, quickly organized her thoughts, and then posted a long message in the group. It was clearly structured and full of professional terminology, yet written to be as accessible as possible.

[Xiao Ya: Thank you, Director, for giving us this opportunity to discuss. Regarding the environmental changes in the Zoo that everyone has been feeling, I’ll try to offer an analysis from the perspectives of landscape ecology and environmental psychology. It might not be exhaustive, but I hope it serves as a good reference.]

[First, let’s address the fresh air, which is the most immediate change everyone has noticed. This isn’t some kind of magic. During the Zoo’s initial planning stages, Director Yang placed special emphasis on constructing a ’breathing green space system.’]

[Those hundred trees, all specially selected and over thirty years old, weren’t planted randomly. They were scientifically arranged into multiple ’ecological green wedges’ and ’ventilation corridors’ based on the Zoo’s prevailing winds, sun exposure angles, and terrain.]

[These belts of tall trees can effectively absorb airborne pollutants like dust and vehicle exhaust while releasing large amounts of oxygen and negative ions.]

[At the same time, the space beneath their canopies and the microclimate they create help regulate the Zoo’s temperature and humidity, reducing the ’heat island’ and ’wind chill’ effects and making it feel much more comfortable. The combination of different species, such as camphor trees to repel insects and pine trees to release phytoncides, also creates an environment rich in therapeutic plant essences.]

[Second, regarding the ’magnetic field.’ Modern research in environmental psychology and biophysics suggests that spatial layouts that are orderly, rhythmic, and harmonious with nature can indeed have a positive psychological and physiological impact on people.]

[Our Zoo’s curved pathways, the interlocking design of buildings and green spaces, and the way water features are introduced and linked all follow the principle of ’learning from nature.’ We’ve avoided rigid right angles and straight lines, instead creating numerous vibrant, explorable border zones.]

[This type of environment effectively reduces subconscious stress while enhancing feelings of security and pleasure—which is precisely that sense of peace and relaxation everyone has been experiencing.]

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[When each individual element of ecological design is optimized, and all these elements are connected into an organic whole through scientific planning, the resulting positive effects aren’t a simple 1+1=2. Instead, they grow exponentially, creating a unique, healthy, and vibrant ’spirit of place’ or ’microclimate.’]

[This is likely that hard-to-describe, yet tangible, positive atmosphere that everyone has been sensing.]

Xiao Ya’s long, comprehensive post explained the changes brought about by the "Hundred Trees Nourishing Body Array" from various angles—scientific horticulture, ecological corridors, environmental psychology, systems engineering, and more. Her explanation was both eloquent and well-reasoned.

The group chat fell silent for a moment.

Then, it burst with activity again.

But this time, the chatter wasn’t just simple amazement and mystical speculation. It had transformed into a wave of "aha!" moments and knowledge sharing.

[So that’s why! I knew it felt different.]

[Manager Xiao is amazing. I learned so much!]

[So it’s not some feng shui magic, it’s the result of scientific planning!]

[The Director is brilliant, thinking so far ahead six months ago!]

[That makes perfect sense! It just means our Zoo’s ecosystem is so well-designed that it’s created a self-sustaining microclimate!]

[It’s good for both people and animals. Now *this* is what a truly world-class zoo should be.]

[Totally learned something new. Now I can explain it to visitors this way too!]

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Watching the screen as comments filled with understanding and agreement scrolled by, followed by rows of thumbs-up emojis, a slight smile touched the corners of Yang Qi’s lips. He watched, but said nothing.