They Told Me to Patrol the Mountains, So I Turned the Qinling Mountains into a Zoo

[Lighthearted daily life + livestreamed farming + adorable mythical beasts + folk legends + Is this even legal?]

Chen Zheng takes a job at an abandoned forest farm deep in the Qinling Mountains. He thinks he'll be in for a dull life of “a cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and watching a barren mountain all day.” But the whole situation goes off the rails on his very first day. On a stormy night, a wild South China tiger cub, a species already declared extinct in the wild, scratches at his door. It has half a pheasant in its mouth and insists on trading it for milk!

After accidentally binding to the [Mountains and Rivers Atlas] System, he discovers that earning the trust of rare animals lets him fill in the bestiary and gain special abilities: rescue a South China tiger and gain [Beastly Intimidation]; feed a golden snub-nosed monkey and gain [Agile Climbing]; trick a weasel seeking a title and gain [Fortune and Misfortune Warning]…

As one legendary mythical beast after another gets “picked up” and brought back to the forest farm, his entire livestream chat goes wild! Viewer A: “Streamer, why does that cat look a lot like an animal that could land you in prison for life?” Viewer B: “They told you to patrol the mountains, not turn the Qinling Mountains into a mythical beast zoo!” Officer: “Hello, is this Chen Zheng's livestream? Please come down to the station and register this…”

Faced with the shock of the entire internet, Chen Zheng can only spread his hands helplessly. “Trust in science. This really is just an ordinary stray cat… Hey! Big kitty, stop chewing on that drone. It's expensive!”