Fang Ye focused his thoughts, exploring the features of the system.
He quickly learned that the ultimate goal of this Planet Zoo system was for him to build a fantasy animal zoo!
There were many intermediate goals, such as collecting a variety of animals, constructing different enclosures, and so on.
With each goal achieved, he could obtain a certain amount of funding as a reward!
However, this funding was in the form of Virtual Coin, only usable for constructing the zoo and not withdrawable as cash.
Raising the zoo's popularity would allow him to spend popularity value on a lottery to obtain various wondrous items.
The current popularity value of the zoo was 43.
"Should it start counting from today, with one visit from a tourist equating to 1 popularity value? But that's wrong, there weren't that many visitors today. Could it be related to the quality of the visit experience?"
Fang Ye guessed.
He then revealed a helpless look.
It takes 1,000 popularity value to enter a lottery draw!
Can this system take microtransactions, can I just spend a few hundred on it?
Miniature sandbox interface!
With a silent invocation, a phantom miniature sandbox emerged from the air before him, reminiscent of the high-tech projections from science fiction movies.
From the external appearance, it was a miniature of Linhai Zoo, with various enclosures scattered around, including the security booth at the entrance, the macaque's artificial mountain, the small pond next to the staff dormitory—all replicated down to the smallest detail.
As he willed it, he could freely adjust the perspective of this sandbox, zooming in and out.
Fang Ye became excited and located the tiger enclosure, zooming in, and in some more!
Jiaojiao was tucked up with both paws, squinting her eyes, seemingly taking a little nap.
Surprisingly, she looked somewhat cute.
Fang Ye, like a child with a new toy, began excitedly observing every corner of the zoo with this unique perspective.
When his view shifted to the macaque area, he was suddenly startled.
Two monkeys were fighting, the others scattered around, their eyes wide open, paws waving excitedly, and their mouths chattering as if they were cheering and egging the fighters on!
That's a digression, though.
White Brow and Black Claws were confronting each other, most likely over a dispute about mating rights.
Squeak!
Skreek!
Hey, you monkey, what are you lifting your groin for? That's my wife! Be careful or I'll wallop you!
You're mating every day, isn't that enough? I want to mate too!
No way, I'm the Monkey King, what I say goes!
I don't accept this! Let's fight it out!
Ha! I'll show you what I'm made of!
The two monkeys argued for a long while but eventually did not come to blows.
Black Claws, probably intimidated by White Brow's long-standing oppressive dominance, hesitated after another threat from White Brow and swiftly leaped down from the rockery, scampering off to a corner to contain himself, while White Brow, with his spirits high, climactically shouted at the surrounding monkeys to assert his dominance.
As if to say: Everyone stand up! Now tell me, am I awesome or what? Awesome! Or! Not!
In fact, internal fights within a monkey group generally look like this: actual fighting is rare, while threats and bluffs are more frequent—just for show.
If someone wanted to challenge the Monkey King for his position, they wouldn't just charge in recklessly; instead, they'd spend time playing with sand and stones, presenting themselves as harmless good citizens with no interest in the throne.
They'd wait for the Monkey King to let his guard down, say, during an intense mating session, then leap into action with a kick to knock him off balance, followed by punching, biting, pulling fur, and pummeling, fighting as if they were mortal enemies.
It's not impossible to challenge the Monkey King with outstanding strength alone, but it might provoke a coalition of male monkeys and result in being beaten to death.
The cunning and various subtleties in monkeys' behaviors are not a bit less than that of humans.
Chitter Chatter!
A young macaque, seeing that the fight was over, gnawed on its fingertip and scratched its face and armpits with its hind foot, looking dazed and confused.
Fang Ye, observing its innocently adorable eyes, couldn't help but smile warmly and reached out a ghostly hand to stroke its head.
Afterward, with a thought, his consciousness returned to his body.
The scuffle between the monkeys had almost made him forget that he had launched the sandbox to build the zoo.