Chapter 1

"Yuan, Director! What’s wrong with you, Director?"

Seeing the director suddenly fall to the ground, her head making a heavy impact with the floor, a pool of blood slowly spreading, Lan Li, like a startled fawn, was momentarily at a loss before hurriedly kneeling down to check.

Then she panicked even more: "Oh no~ Director isn’t breathing! What should I do? Should I call an ambulance?"

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"F*ck! Ouch~ So damn painful!" Fang Ye felt his head throbbing and aching as if it had been bombed by a thousand high-explosive shells, the nerves burning and pulsating. He couldn’t help but curse to relieve the pain. With Lan Li’s help, he sat up from the ground.

Frowning, he gently pressed the swollen bump.

Ouch, it hurts!

He pressed it again!

Ouch, it really hurts!

Lan Li couldn’t help but sigh in relief and put away her phone, which she had been about to use to call an ambulance.

It seems nothing serious!

She said softly, "Director, here’s some paper. Wipe the blood, your nose is still bleeding!"

"Thank you!"

Fang Ye subconsciously took the paper and thanked her.

Suddenly, he came to his senses, looking at the unfamiliar girl in front of him and the large cages with iron bars around him. It felt like he was in a zoo?

Wasn’t he at home just now, staying up late to play a game called 'Zoo Stars'?

He had fallen asleep while playing, so what was going on now?

Confused by the situation, Fang Ye’s mind temporarily froze: "Who are you? Where am I?"

Lan Li’s eyes widened, and her expression turned fearful.

Oh no, the director must have hit her head and lost her memory!

Without hesitation, she took out her phone again and started dialing, saying seriously and sadly, "Hello, 120? This is Linhai Zoo..."

Fang Ye quickly stopped her, hanging up the call: "Wait, wait, wait, let me think first!"

He closed his eyes.

Bits of memory fragments surfaced as he tried to recall, piecing them together.

After a moment,

Fang Ye’s face showed a hint of strangeness.

It turned out he had been transported to another world!

The planet he was on was called Blue Star.

Blue Star was not much different from Earth in terms of culture, geography, and technology, but the development of zoos was still in its early stages. The reasons for this were well understood.

Zoos are different from other entertainment venues; they are not just places for people to relax and unwind. They have a more important mission: to influence public awareness through their displays, animal conservation, and educational programs, encouraging people to respect nature, pay attention to it, and ultimately protect it.

Numerous examples show that if humans do not respect and adapt to nature, the harm they inflict on nature will eventually harm themselves.

On Earth, the development of zoos has gone through four stages.

Initially, animals were displayed in cages, entirely from the visitors' perspective. For example, sunken bear and tiger enclosures where people would gather around the edges, looking down at these dangerous animals, laughing and throwing food or stones. This made the animals feel immense psychological pressure.

Such displays only increased visitors' contempt for animals and reinforced the notion of human superiority in nature, which is completely contrary to what zoos should convey.

Background displays were an upgrade from cage displays, adding background paintings or landscapes to make the exhibits more aesthetically pleasing for visitors, but they did nothing to improve animal welfare. Due to a lack of knowledge about animal ecology, designers often made mistakes like creating polar ice backgrounds for temperate penguins, which was very detrimental to the animals' mental and physical health.

A more advanced form of display introduced ecological elements of the animals' habitats into the exhibits, allowing animals to interact with them. These immersive displays emphasized atmosphere and empathy, making visitors feel as if they were guests in the animals' homes.

Only when visitors see animals living freely and happily in environments close to their natural habitats can they truly appreciate the beauty of animals and nature, and develop a genuine love and respect for them.

Otherwise, seeing dirty cages with listless, lifeless animals, no matter how many signs or explanations there are, will not resonate with people.

On Blue Star, zoos were mostly at the level of cage and background displays, with only a few starting to develop immersive exhibits.

The original owner of this body was also named Fang Ye. It wasn’t a coincidence but a result of the overlap of countless parallel universes.

However, the Fang Ye who had been transported here was an ordinary otaku who enjoyed playing games and watching anime, while the original Fang Ye was a genuine rich second generation.

The original Fang Ye had always loved visiting zoos, especially to see tigers and elephants.

But as he visited zoos more often, he gradually noticed that the animals were lifeless and not very active, lacking the vitality and spirit he saw in wild animals on TV.

He also found the behavior of visitors, such as banging on the bars, throwing stones, and shouting to make the animals move, deeply repulsive.

So he had a beautiful wish: to open a zoo where animals could live freely and people would respect and care for them.

After graduating from university, the original Fang Ye used the red envelopes he had received during the New Year and the money he had saved during his university years to buy a small zoo.

Fang Ye, having read this memory, could only envy and lament: "Being rich is so great. I was still a poor guy when I graduated from university, but he was already living his dream life!"

Which boy doesn’t want to have his own zoo?

Before taking over the zoo, the original Fang Ye was full of ambition, planning many changes and improvements. But after actually taking over, he encountered a myriad of problems, realizing it wasn’t as easy as he thought.

For example, he placed prominent signs by the bars, prohibiting feeding and hitting. He and some staff members would patrol and patiently persuade visitors.

But the visitors wouldn’t listen! They continued to do as they pleased.

When annoyed, they would angrily say, "What a lousy zoo, you can’t do this or that, I won’t come back next time!"

Many visitors thought, "I paid for a ticket, why can’t I feed the animals?"

They found it entertaining.

Another issue was the diet. He fed the tigers the freshest beef, never skimping on quality or quantity.

Despite this, the tigers still looked listless, leaving the original Fang Ye at a loss.

Especially when a monkey fell ill, and the veterinarian couldn’t diagnose the problem, showing a limited level of expertise.

The original Fang Ye could only watch helplessly, feeling anxious!

In the end, a veterinarian from another zoo had to be called in to treat the monkey.

Each problem was more headache-inducing than the last.

With so many issues to solve, the original Fang Ye would stay up until two or three in the morning researching and learning, and wake up early at four or five in the morning to care for and observe the animals, always in a state of high tension.

Already exhausted, he had hit his head when he fell, and unfortunately, it was the end for him.

Oh well, humans can be so fragile sometimes.