Cases of human mental spirits mutating are becoming increasingly common. Countless families have been torn apart, and even scientific research institutes have no good solutions. All they can do is drive every out-of-control spirit beast into a dark forest.
Xing Yin transmigrates and unexpectedly awakens a healing ability. He also ends up working at an abandoned zoo. The director has run off, leaving only him and the security guard.
Xing Yin rolls up his sleeves and gets to work, determined to rebuild the zoo with the guard.
The guard handles repairs, while Xing Yin is in charge of buying animals. But their funds are limited, and they have no money, so they can only rely on finding animals themselves.
Xing Yin ventures into a forest and discovers a whole new world!
He rescues a black panther with a hand pierced through beneath a hillside, fishes a shivering white tiger cub out of an icy river, and finds a leopard on the verge of death and a snow fox with torn-up fur. They're all aloof and fierce, but around Xing Yin, these beasts go from impossible to tame to adorable little sweethearts who line up to drink milk and roll over to show their bellies.
Xing Yin decides the time is right and starts a livestream to promote his zoo. He never expects to catch the attention of netizens on the very first day.
All the animals snuggle up to Xing Yin. Not only do they get along, they even keep him safely protected in the middle of their group. Xing Yin is so gentle with them, and they have absolutely no dignity as wild beasts!
The golden lion whose paws are held up while its fur gets rubbed, the fluffy tiger purring as its ears are stroked, the red fox transformed into a smiling angel, the sword wolf bringing its cubs for Xing Yin to look after, and the ice elephant watering flowers with its trunk...
A moment later, the comments fall silent.
Because Xing Yin is the only one who doesn't know these aren't just adorable, fluffy little animals. They're the spirit beasts of powerful figures!
The crown prince's white tiger, the duke's leopard, the general's black panther, and others. Their owners are pushed to the brink of fury every day by their spirit beasts' excessive aggression. They're antisocial, sinister, and terrifying.
The powerful figures watching the livestream share a connection with their spirit beasts. They feel a warm current, and their mental energy is soothed.
And the one doing it is an animal keeper?
"Animal Keeper Xing Yin: The Empire's Treasure"
Xing Yin is busy learning more about animal care and has no idea what's going on. "The first month's sales have exceeded expectations. Hill, I think I can open a branch zoo, too!"
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As a merperson, a legendary species in the stars, Haiyin Xier has lost his memory and forgotten that he is actually the sea god.
All he remembers is that he's a security guard at the Orlando Zoo. Every day, he has to visit various suppliers to buy protective netting, insecticide, and artificial animal feed. He also works as a bodyguard, driving away anyone who might harm his director or the zoo.
Finally, one day, he remembers who he is, and the merperson mating season arrives, too.
That night, his director comes looking for him after taking a shower, dressed in a white shirt and blue pants. In his panic, Haiyin Xier hides in the bathroom.
The pale, slender youth opens the bathroom door and sees the merperson's raised ear fins and his gorgeous, elongated tail submerged in the bathtub.
Haiyin Xier awkwardly turns his head away, but hears his director say, "Hill, I've been thinking lately that our zoo should bring in some new species."
The merperson swims up to him, wraps his webbed claws around his hand, and licks his fingertip. Looking up at him, he says, "Are you going to put me on display? No way. I'm the sea god."
The unsuspecting youth is pulled into the water. The merperson gazes at Xing Yin's burning-red ears, pins his shoulders down, and speaks in a low, hoarse voice, as if casting a spell: "Star, it's merperson migration season. Why don't we make a few little merpeople to put on display?"
Xing Yin: "..."
But merperson migration season can start at any time, anywhere. He just learned that today. What a lying fish.
P.S. The pairing is Xing Yin and Haiyin Xier.
Beasts are beasts, and people are people, each with their own thoughts. The reason they're separated is that they can't trust or communicate with each other, so it's better to keep them apart, although their consciousness is adversely affected.
Empathic connection means that mental energy feels comfortable. Even if Xing Yin rubs an animal's paws, humans only feel mentally relaxed, not as if their own hands are being rubbed.
A healing, sweet, feel-good story about petting fluffy, adorable animals.
Theme: Never give up hope in life