The company went bankrupt, leaving her unemployed. The developer of her fully paid home fled before construction was finished. A routine hospital checkup revealed she had cancer. When she got home, her wife handed her a divorce agreement.
Jiang Ran broke down. Hadn’t the Unlucky Bear stopped airing?
Three weeks after the divorce, she received an email. She opened it to find a zoo transfer deed.
“Hello, Host. The Unemployed Workers Reemployment System is happy to assist you! Please go to the zoo as soon as possible to complete your onboarding as its director.”
Only after binding with the System did Jiang Ran realize she’d been duped.
Why was the zoo in the desert? Would anyone even visit?
A natural-disaster survival game suddenly descended upon the world, turning everyone into data.
Today brought scorching heat and drought, tomorrow floods and torrential rain. Everyone struggled desperately to survive.
When the desert disaster arrived, players’ throats burned with thirst as they searched for water in the sand. They found no oasis, but unexpectedly came across a zoo.
The director handed out flyers. “Opening special: The first ten visitors get in for free.”
The players licked their cracked lips. “Do you have water?”
The director said, “We have free drinking water.”
The players went wild!
Jiang Ran’s zoo became an instant sensation, business booming, even if the grounds kept moving around.
During a blizzard, she opened an African exhibit, warm and dry.
During a flood, she opened a panda pavilion, where visitors could recharge by cuddling fluffy animals.
And of course, she set up all the usual amenities: restaurants, hotels, souvenir shops. She opened them all.
After eating their fill, cuddling fluffy animals, and picking up all sorts of buff-granting items from the souvenir shop, the players headed out to fight monsters, full of confidence.
They had never felt so great!
As the zoo expanded, Jiang Ran gained the ability to hear people’s thoughts. Then the System said, “A new employee has been assigned. Please collect them at the entrance.”
Jiang Ran: “Wait, why is the new employee a nine-tailed fox?!”
The nine-tailed fox spun around and turned into a familiar-looking woman.
Her ex-wife!!!
Jiang Ran: “You divorced me when you thought I was going to die. You couldn’t even wait to be widowed.”
Her ex-wife: “...Let me explain!”
Jiang Ran’s gaze wandered over her ex-wife’s enormous tail again and again. “Sure. I’m listening.”
More and more mythical creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas joined the zoo: the Bifang, the phoenix, the heavenly dog, the Baize... With nothing better to do, these mighty beings began teaching the little animals how to cultivate immortality.
The zoo animals grew smarter and smarter, each one seeming to have gained spiritual awareness. Not a single player thought this was strange. Some even suggested that the animals could become companions and go out monster-hunting with them.
Jiang Ran: ...
Wake up. She only runs a zoo.
Reader's Guide
1. Plot 70%, romance 30%. The story mainly focuses on running the zoo.
Theme: Work hard at life and welcome happiness
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