Super Zoo

"What on earth is this?" the leader from Shanghai Zoo asked, puzzled.

The technician, who was younger and more familiar with online live streaming, explained, "Viewers can spend money to buy props to give to the host, and then, depending on the value of the props, the host and the zoo split the earnings."

"Ah? There are people who have so much money they don't know how to spend it? Isn't that just foolish?" The older leader couldn't understand this business model at all. After a moment of confusion, he asked, "So how much for these mantis shrimps and monkeys?"

The technician quickly opened the 'Live Platform Usage Instructions' next to him.

It clearly stated that the live streaming platform was hosted by Yangchuan Zoo and operated by Taoyuan Entertainment Company.

After the gifts are converted into money, the entertainment company takes 30% as essential operational costs and service fees. The rest, after deducting taxes, goes entirely to the host when given to the host; when given to the animals, it is used to improve their living conditions, which means it goes to the zoo.

Specific prices:

'Mantis Shrimp' one for 0.1 yuan; 'Fortune Cat' one for one yuan, Hip-hop Monkey ten yuan, Grey Wolf fifty, Unlucky Bear a hundred, White-forehead Tiger five hundred, Lion King a thousand.

And the 'Prehistoric Colossal Crocodile' incredibly reached a shocking five thousand yuan each!

'The Most Glamorous Super Monster of Them All' was seriously twisted, costing ten thousand yuan each.

"Are you kidding? Not to mention ten thousand yuan each, even that hundred yuan Unlucky Bear won't have any buyers, right? This is basically throwing money into the water!" the leader said in disbelief.

Their generation had grown up in hard times; even though they had become leaders and their financial situations had vastly improved, their consumption concepts were entirely different from those of young people today.

While watching, they heard Mr. Han say on the screen, "I've found a very interesting guy, let's call him over for everyone to see..."

All they saw was him take out a whistle, put it in his mouth, and blow hard. A small black dot appeared in the sky in the distance, approaching the screen at high speed.

With a swoosh, a majestic Haidong Qing landed steadily on the railing in front of Mr. Han.

"A Haidong Qing that seems to also know how to greet people," Mr. Han said, and indeed, the Haidong Qing, appearing quite humanlike, raised one of its white-feathered claws and shook it at the camera, though its eyes remained defiant, looking as though it didn't take any of these humans seriously at all.

"Woo woo woo..." A fat bear, looking downcast with its arms hanging, walked past the bottom of the screen, followed by a few little bees chasing and biting it,

"Mr. Chen sent one Unlucky Bear to the 'Haidong Qing'..."

"We've got a tycoon over here!"

"Tycoon, give us a Lion King!"

"Tycoon, let's be friends..."

A flurry of messages immediately flooded the chat box.

"Thanks to Mr. Chen for his support. I suggest that if you want to give gifts, give them to these animals to support animal conservation and improve their living conditions," Mr. Han mentioned offhandedly before introducing some common knowledge about the habits of Haidong Qing, then said, "This Haidong Qing also has a killer move; it seems it can also catch fish..."

In the video, the Haidong Qing flapped its wings and shot towards Shuijun Lake like an arrow, barely touching the surface before soaring skyward again with a large carp wriggling in its claws.

"Awooo!" With a tiger's roar, a tycoon indeed sent a White-forehead Tiger.

...

In Xiaomei's live streaming room.

It really was just a room. Xiaomei, who seemed to be a homebody at heart, hadn't stepped out even during the daytime, but instead huddled inside her room at Whisperwind Pavilion's second floor, disheveled, wearing pajamas.

"Ah!" Xiaomei yawned widely, rubbing her eyes and lazily said, "Hello everyone..."

"Time Reveals gifted Xiaomei 99 Mantis Shrimps..." A swarm of Mantis Shrimps, seemingly urinating, streamed across the screen.

The zoo leaders were almost driven crazy, completely unable to understand how this girl could receive gifts by doing nothing. Was these people's money really blown in by the wind?

"Oh, thanks for the Mantis Shrimps. If only they were spicy boiled crawfish, I'm feeling so hungry," Xiaomei pouted, scratched her head, and in a dazed look said, "What was I supposed to stream today? Oh right, rabbits. Rabbit, rabbit, where did you go..."

She searched around the room for a while and couldn't find the rabbit. Eventually, as if she remembered something, she lifted the quilt.

There on the tatami floor lay a large rabbit sleeping, with a half-eaten carrot in its embrace.

"Rabbit, stop sleeping, it's time to be on the show!"

Xiaomei stroked the big ears of the rabbit, holding it in her arms and facing the screen she said, "Hee hee, doesn't everyone find this rabbit familiar? That's right, it's the Jumping King from 'No One Would Have Thought'! Rabbit, come on, show everyone a jump!"

The Jumping King, having been woken up, seemed quite unhappy, staring with its red eyes and refusing to jump.

"Come on, don't be shy, it's not like I'm asking you to strip!" Xiaomei said.

Immediately, comments appeared alongside the screen: "Xiaomei, do a jump!"

"If Xiaomei jumps, I'll send a White-forehead Tiger!"

"This is a serious online live streaming show, I won't dance or deliberately expose my chest!" Xiaomei held the Jumping King close to her chest and said earnestly.

"But your chest, it indeed has a big White Rabbit." Someone commented.

"You're so dirty..." Xiaomei rolled her eyes and hugged the rabbit tightly.

With a head already small, when she squeezed it forcefully towards her chest, it instantly got buried in there.

"Let go of that rabbit, let me do it!"

Tightly embraced by Xiaomei, the rabbit probably felt smothered and couldn't breathe. It struggled, stepping on Xiaomei's chest as if it were rising up on two fleshy cushions and perched on Xiaomei's shoulder. Its hind legs kicked wildly as it treated her chest as a pair of pads.

"Awooo, awooo!" Upon seeing this scene, someone immediately sent ten Grey Wolves!

"Awoo!" A White-forehead Tiger appeared behind the Grey Wolves, this time gifted to Rabbit-chan.

The rabbit kept stepping on Xiaomei's chest determinedly, its little round tail twisting and twirling, seemingly about to burrow into her pajamas. Xiaomei's face turned red, and she quickly grabbed its hind legs to pull it out, glaring as she said, "Rabbit, you've learned some bad habits!"

Rabbit: "..."

Just then, the live stream chat was filled with a large message: Red Comet has sent a prehistoric giant crocodile to the Alpaca!

Upon seeing that message, many people immediately switched rooms!

What happened? Someone actually sent out a prehistoric giant crocodile worth five thousand yuan!

...

A few minutes earlier, in Jiao Shou's live stream.

In the frame, Jiao Shou stood in a grassy field, with several alpacas hiding in a corner behind him, stretching their necks and looking curiously in his direction.

"Squeak squeak squeak…" Ten monkeys, each with an axe strapped to its waist, danced across the screen, "onlyMengMiao sent ten Hip-Hop Monkeys to Alpaca..."

"Hello everyone, I am Jiao Shou, and as you can see behind me, there's a group of alpacas, the foremost among the legendary four creatures! Today, I'm going to teach you how to become friends with such mythical creatures!"

The timid alpacas got scared upon seeing a strange bald man approaching and huddled together.

Jiao Shou said seriously, "As you can see, alpacas are naturally timid creatures. So, if you want to befriend them, you must first emit feelings of goodwill, like what I'm about to do next…"

After saying that, he changed his expression in an instant, putting on a very lewd smile, and laughed loudly at the alpacas not too far away, "Come on, come here, I promise I won't beat you to death!"

The alpacas were immediately stunned!

The camera followed Jiao Shou as he moved forward, and he proudly made a scissor gesture to the camera, "Just like I said, after promising I won't beat them to death, they really felt my goodwill. As I kept approaching, the alpacas showed no intention of attacking me!"

Soon, Jiao Shou reached the group of alpacas and said to the camera, "Now, let's move on to the second step of befriending alpacas! Let them know not only am I not a threat but also their friend!"

"How will they know that?" someone asked in the comments.

"It's simple!" Jiao Shou puffed up his chest, "Next, I will imitate another one of the legendary four creatures. This way, they'll think I'm also a mythical creature and one of their own, and hence accept me."

After saying this, he turned towards the alpacas and started making strange calls, pinching his throat, "Yā méi dié! Yā méi dié! Mòtuo Mòtuo Yā méi dié!" While calling out, he also frantically rubbed his hands all over his own body.

Suming, who was watching the live stream, couldn't help but spurt a mouthful of water onto Shen Yan opposite him, soaking his face. Even though he already knew the plot, he couldn't hold back his laughter at Jiao Shou's performance.

It wasn't just Suming, the entire live stream room burst into laughter. The gifts flowed incessantly – Mantis Shrimps, Maneki-nekos, too many to count.

In the zoo, visitors near the Alpaca House were startled by someone's loud calling and wondered what was happening. Under the bright sun and clear sky, they thought the zoo was shooting some adult-only film.

They instinctively turned to look and dozens of gazes landed on a bald head who was ***ing loudly.

The visitors weren't too shocked since they were farther away, but the alpacas nearby were utterly baffled. They stretched their necks, looking at Jiao Shou in bewilderment.

"You see, they now think of me as another one of the four legendary creatures: Yā méi dié! So, now, I can touch them and become good friends with them!"

Finally, Jiao Shou stopped screaming, nodded in satisfaction, and reached out to touch the belly of a female alpaca.

Most quadruped animals like cows and sheep have a row of nursing tools on their bellies… and Jiao Shou's hand was reaching right there.

"As a good friend, I'll just milk a little. I'm sure they won't mind," Jiao Shou justified his shameless action.

At that moment, the female alpaca that was about to be touched finally had enough. Like a human sniffling, it sucked in through its nose with a 'huff huff' sound.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfffpfffpfff!"

A spray of mucus and saliva showered Jiao Shou in an instant.

A subtitle appeared: "Unfortunately, today's teaching seems to have been unsuccessful. The friendship turned over as easily as the flipping of a boat. Jiao Shou is soaked!"

Thus that previous scene occurred: a prehistoric giant crocodile worth five thousand appeared, leaping out of the screen.

Whenever someone gifts such a super gift, it is announced in all live stream rooms. Jiao Shou's room suddenly surged with thousands of people, sending its ranking to number one instantly.

In Mr. Han's room, Haidong Qing was streaming how to eat fish, with only the skeleton of a big carp remaining. Mr. Han had moved a rocking chair from Whisperwind Pavilion, leaning on it and watching with a smile as Haidong Qing ate the fish.

A fan suddenly commented, "Jiao Shou's room has surpassed us in total gifts!"

"Push it up, push it up!"

"Calling all tycoons, it's time to show your power!"