DSMC Chapter 89.1

Yan Jiyun replied, “Thanks, I still need to continue patrol later, there isn’t much time, Dr. Peng is still waiting for me. When I’m off and free, I’ll have tea with you then.”

He felt that Dr. Zhou trying to lure a cat definitely wasn’t for fun, but to neuter him. Veterinarians’ thinking always starts from their profession. So he had to insist on not going with a vet.

Dr. Zhou was not an NPC from the previous instances. His identity and profession were destined to never gain Yan Jiyun’s approval.

He didn’t want to enter an instance and get treated as a real kitten and get snipped. Becoming a eunuch was worse than dying!

As soon as Dr. Zhou heard him mention Dr. Peng, he immediately lost interest in inviting him to the office to chat.

“Dr. Peng, huh.” Dr. Zhou suddenly said rather absent-mindedly, “He’s also on duty outside tonight. He should be fine, right?”

Yan Jiyun tried to tell from his eyes whether he hoped the other person would be fine or not, but Dr. Zhou hid his emotions well. He couldn’t tell. This NPC was really strange.

Since he couldn’t tell, Yan Jiyun directly asked, “Do you hope he’s fine, or do you hope something happens to him?”

Dr. Zhou chuckled lightly. “That’s an interesting question. New zookeeper Jiang You, I’ll remember your name. Next time, if there’s any problem with the animals you’re in charge of, you can come to me.”

Yan Jiyun smiled. “Sure.”

The restroom was not a good place for chatting.

The two walked out of the restroom one after the other.

Yan Jiyun couldn’t turn back into a cat anymore. First, the time on his experience card was very limited. Second, Dr. Zhou appeared and disappeared unpredictably, and it would be easy to be discovered by him. Moreover, he didn’t know whether Dr. Zhou had some special identity. If he got caught, who knew what the consequences would be. It was better to move forward step by step and look for clues.

He needed to return inside the park to find Dr. Peng now, hoping the black panther could protect Dr. Peng well.

At present, the task panel showed no changes, which meant Dr. Peng was still alive.

He couldn’t continue staying in the animal medical area. He had to go find Dr. Peng. This was the most important task tonight.

Dr. Zhou’s matter could be asked about later with Dr. Peng. Anyway, he knew where his office was; he couldn’t run away.

After leaving the infirmary, Yan Jiyun saw the big white tiger that wanted to rush inside.

The brown bear, gorilla, and that talking myna weren’t at the door. He guessed the big white tiger hadn’t fought with them.

Were Dr. Zhou and the others not coming out because they were afraid the animals outside would hurt him?

Seeing the big white tiger, he pretended to be scared and didn’t dare go forward. Standing far away at the entrance, he asked the big white tiger, “Baiyun, why did you run over here?”

After Yan Jiyun spoke, he didn’t hear Xixi’s voice. Xixi probably didn’t know to wait for him to come out and had flown off somewhere to play.

The Bengal white tiger player was originally human. If he followed the black cat and rushed in, he might get caught, so he wandered outside. He didn’t wait for the black cat, but instead waited for the keeper.

What was going on?

Why was there a zookeeper?

Wasn’t it animals’ activity time now?

The Bengal white tiger player, Meng Changsheng, whose name in the instance was Baiyun, recognized the zookeeper as Jiang You from his work badge.

Meng Changsheng wanted to rush into the infirmary to find the black cat, because he discovered that after escorting the black cat here, not a single mission had been released, and that macaw had also run off just now.

Could it be that the parrot player finished the mission and just ran away, leaving him here to deal with the gorilla, brown bear, and myna players?

Damn it! He knew players were all bad. They actually took advantage of his pure heart!!

After seeing the keeper Jiang You, he even felt NPCs were friendlier than players!

Meng Changsheng walked up to Yan Jiyun without hesitation, first lowering his head to show he posed no threat.

Then he discovered that this NPC Jiang You was actually unmoved by his show of friendliness?

Did zookeepers not like big white cats?

Was he not cute enough?

Or not handsome enough?

Was the zookeeper blind? So many tourists wanted to pet a big white tiger but couldn’t. He was right here, within arm’s reach!

Was he really not going to pet his head?

Big white tigers were really gentle and cute, y’know!

Yan Jiyun looked at the Bengal white tiger player approaching him and felt a bit speechless. Was he trying to please him, this temporary zookeeper?

He knew the big white tiger was a player. Before, if not for the task, he wouldn’t have dared to touch the other’s head. Now that there was no task, he even less wanted physical contact, since the other was essentially still a human.

In the instance, all players were currently only in animal forms; their human constitution hadn’t changed. He himself had originally been a cat. After entering the instance, he used an experience card to become human, but all bodily functions were still like a cat’s, with no changes. In short, player transformations in the instance were like a kind of magic illusion.

However, the first time encountering a player who had transformed forms, one definitely wouldn’t think of this principle. If they really ate raw food like animals, after leaving the instance, if they didn’t receive treatment or clean out their digestive system in time, the result might be miserable.

Those who turned into animals that ate raw meat might have stomach problems. Those who turned into herbivores might even have trouble going to the toilet.

Thinking about it now, entering as a cat didn’t seem that bad.

Now that Yan Jiyun was in the role of a zookeeper, seeing a player trying to curry favor with him, he actually felt a bit sorry for him.

“Let’s go. I’m on duty tonight, you can be my bodyguard.”

The big white tiger player wasn’t the black panther, so Yan Jiyun didn’t mention looking for Dr. Peng in front of him.

Who knew if the big white tiger would play the trick of pretending to be weak to strike later. Being more cautious was never wrong.

Yan Jiyun was a zookeeper now and did need to be on duty. He had expended quite a bit of stamina running over, so he decisively found an unlocked bicycle in the shed. Electric scooters always ran out of battery; with a bicycle, he could stop and rest when tired. Riding it wasn’t a problem.

He had no idea where Xixi had gone to mess around. There wasn’t a sound at all.

Before he knew it, two hours had passed. There were still eight hours left until the end of his night shift.

Yan Jiyun decided to go directly to the Elephant Zone to find Dr. Peng, not knowing whether the black panther had completed the mission he assigned.

He wanted to go back to the forest to get his bag, but when he thought of the two giant pythons in the rest pavilion at the center of the lotus pond, his whole body got goosebumps. Forget it. Taking a detour in another direction to the elephant area was fine too.

The Elephant Zone wasn’t far from the Aviary Grand View, both near the west gate, and would also pass by the tiger area.

But it was another route, passing through the Hippo Zone, Tropical Fist Exhibit, Wildebeest Zone, Giraffe Zone, and Zebra Zone.

He didn’t know how Dr. Peng managed to run from the aviary to the Elephant Zone in those few minutes to draw blood. He could only say his legs were really strong, or he took a vehicle or rode some animal. But with his physique of being extremely disliked by animals, it was more likely he found an electric scooter by the roadside, and when he wanted to escape, it just happened to be out of battery, so he got chased by elephants.

Just imagining it made Yan Jiyun feel that Dr. Peng’s life was as exciting as his own.

One man and one tiger set off from the infirmary. The big white tiger jogged to follow. When they encountered animals that had run out, it would give a low growl and they wouldn’t dare approach. Most small animals weren’t very brave.

With the big white tiger player continuing to escort him, Yan Jiyun’s trip was much more comfortable than when he escorted the sample earlier.

He leisurely rode the bicycle for over an hour, even getting off to push it at times, enjoying the fireflies in the woods.

When he reached a grassy field, he wasn’t in a hurry to look for Dr. Peng. He put down the bicycle and prepared to lie down for a while, count the stars and such.

Seeing this, the big white tiger player scratched his ear with a thick paw. This NPC was really leisurely.

Looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, Yan Jiyun thought of his pooper scooper who had entered the instance. He wondered how he was doing.

Then he thought of Gu Wenzhu and Qiu Xi. They would soon enter the beginner instance too, right?

He hoped everything would go smoothly for them and that they wouldn’t choose a high-difficulty instance like his.

Since nothing had happened to Dr. Peng yet, Yan Jiyun felt bored anyway, so he even found a tree branch to train the big white tiger player. The other really didn’t look like a feline at all, truly embarrassing for humans. As a human who had already been a feline for over a year, he really couldn’t stand it.

Yan Jiyun: “Baiyun, I think although you’re a bit dumb, there’s an old saying: the stupid bird flies first. You can’t be worse than Orange and the others. I’ll give you some extra lessons. Running and jumping… you really need to practice those.” (it means that if you’re inadequate, you need to exert extra effort to succeed)

Meng Changsheng: “……”

He was human, not a real tiger.

Yan Jiyun was training him precisely because he knew he was a player and not a real tiger. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to say he was one of the animals under his management when taking him out.

Seeing that Baiyun still looked a bit confused, he added, “If you don’t learn a few useful poses properly, all the videos tourists take of you in the future will be your black history. Other than black history, what else will there be?”

Meng Changsheng: “……” What the zookeeper said seemed very reasonable. Didn’t tourists come to see him just to see his tall and handsome bearing?

Fine, he would practice properly. Tomorrow he would continue to maintain first place in popularity!

Yan Jiyun picked up a pink ball that a tourist had left on the grass and threw it toward the grass ahead.

Yan Jiyun: “Baiyun, go fetch the ball back, run while doing it.”

After making up his mind to be a good tiger, Meng Changsheng subconsciously chased after the pink ball, grabbed it in his mouth, and ran back to the keeper.

The keeper praised him, “Not bad, not bad. Keep going.”

The ball was thrown out again, this time higher and farther, but it didn’t stump Meng Changsheng. He had already trained himself into having pretty good skills!

When he came back with the ball again, the zookeeper Jiang You had tied the tree branches in his hands into a hoop and fastened it to a coconut tree.

Yan Jiyun said to him, “Come practice your weak point. Next time when we play jumping through hoops, you can’t mess up again.” Yan Jiyun recalled how this player had struggled even to take off during the day. He really needed to learn how to jump through hoops properly.

Meng Changsheng: “……”