novelraw Chapter 99: John's Zoo's Star Animal - Bessen the Chimpanzee
Chapter 99: John's Zoo's Star Animal - Bessen the Chimpanzee
"Greenwood Happy Weekly"
—Johnck Zoo, Star Animal—Chimpanzee Besson Breaks Visitor Record Again.
Quality: Rock
Last weekend, Johnck Zoo in District 11 of the eastern city broke visitor records again, all thanks to the zoo's star animal—Chimpanzee Besson.
As the star animal most beloved by children, Besson has been in the spotlight since birth, especially with his extremely human-like expressions and high intelligence being major points of interest for visitors.
Besson gained internet fame shortly after birth when a video of him being beaten by his mother with a branch for throwing stones at visitors went viral, attracting attention from visitors across the city and surrounding areas, making him an online sensation...
Yu Yuan looked at the photos in the newspaper and pursed his lips slightly.
"Chimpanzee!"
If it were any other zoo, Yu Yuan wouldn't care, but since Johnck Zoo serves as the headquarters of the Aurora Animal Assistance Association, would they let such a highly intelligent chimpanzee go?
Yu Yuan clearly remembered that in the video Ning Zhe shot, among the contained mutated animals, there were chimpanzees.Could it be the same one?
This was unknown, as the pictures in the newspaper were quite blurry and showed Chimpanzee Besson during his childhood. Even if Yu Yuan wanted to compare, it would be difficult to discern anything.
Nevertheless, Yu Yuan carefully read the news twice before putting the newspaper away.
He then looked at today's "Greenwood City Daily."
The first item was still the masthead information—today's weather was sunny, with nothing particularly noteworthy.
The second piece of information turned out to be about the ambush that occurred just a few hours ago.
[District News Section]
Quality: Bronze
Danger Level: Medium
At 2:03 AM, the Black Shield Police Department in East District 6 thwarted an attack by Thug Prison and Burning Fortress targeting Black Shield Police Department Commander Loris.
According to reports from field journalists at the scene, this attack was initiated by Thug Prison using lethal weapons including landmines and slave suicide squads.
Based on information from Black Shield Police Department informants, the operation stemmed from their capture of a scavenger yesterday, who was a member of the 'Hyena' organization and was monitoring the Black Shield Police Headquarters at the time.
After interrogation by Loris, it was revealed that his movements had been discovered by Thug Prison, leading to suspicions of a potential attack.
Therefore, after secretly discussing with Commander Lao Ke, they decided to deploy a team to wait in ambush and conduct a counter-ambush.
Last night's operation proceeded very smoothly. Loris stated that the eastern city will always belong to the Black Shield Police Department, and any forces daring to covet it will face ruthless destruction.
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[District Life News]
Quality: Rock
Danger Level: Low
Lost and Found—Around 4 AM today, likely due to last night's rainy weather.
A cargo container containing special supplies was washed ashore by waves near Diving Cliff along the Greenwood coastline and stranded on the beach.
If the owner sees this message, please proceed to Diving Cliff to claim it.
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[District Life News]
Quality: Rock
Danger Level: Low
Last night, in District 10, two Thug Prison raiders responsible for observing the ambush operation were ambushed and killed. All their weapons, equipment, and supplies were completely looted.
This marks the third incident of Thug Prison members being ambushed and killed recently. Thug Prison has noticed the anomaly and is searching for related clues. They suspect that the recent ambush incidents may be related to the Black Shield Police Department.
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"Hyena was caught! No wonder!"
Yu Yuan finally understood why Thug Prison's operation was detected by Loris.
The remaining two news items brought mixed feelings—one good, one concerning.
Yu Yuan opened the virtual map and located the position along Greenwood's southern district coastline. The marking for Diving Cliff was very clear; according to the annotation, it was originally a tourist spot.
But now, in this wasteland era, probably no one would go there. Perhaps he could check it out tonight.
"Special supplies—what kind of supplies could be called special supplies?"
He also speculated about the origin of this container. Things don't just appear out of nowhere. He pulled out yesterday's newspaper and looked at one particular news item.
It was about a small cargo ship belonging to Iron Anchor Shipping Company being attacked and blown up.
"Could this container be from Iron Anchor Shipping Company? And there's that unknown creature..."
Yu Yuan recalled the previous news about strange fish attacking crew members.
He rubbed his temples.
"It's really chaotic! But maybe chaos is good!"
After neatly folding the newspaper, Yu Yuan heated today's portion of High-Energy Sheep Milk and finished his breakfast with biscuits before quickly resting.
There were only fifteen days left until the Newbie Protection Period ended, and he still had plenty to do!
8:00 PM.
Yu Yuan lifted his head, stretched his stiff neck, and let out a long sigh.
From 2:00 PM until now, a full six hours, he had done nothing else.
He had been picking locks the entire time. Although he had anticipated the high difficulty of unlocking the safe, actually doing it was pure torture.
So difficult!
The difficulty of unlocking a Rare-tier lock was truly immense.
It wasn't just one lock core inside, but a combination of multiple lock cores. Without a special key, if he wanted to unlock it, he had to consider the rotation of all lock cores simultaneously.
Only then was it possible to open the cabinet door.
What was most frustrating was that the alloy material of this safe's body was extremely high-grade. Even hammers and axes only left faint scratches without any dents, making destruction impossible.
Yu Yuan stored the lock-picking tools into the Magician's Ring and stood up to stretch.
Opening Taotao Hole, he found that all the listed supplies had sold out, and his survival points had reached 73,890.
"Seventy-three thousand survival points. After deducting 50,000 for building the Starry Sky Observatory, I'll still have 23,000 left. That should be enough for now."
This time, Yu Yuan hadn't listed any cigarettes because he noticed that just yesterday, [Cigar Shelter] had listed a batch of hand-rolled tobacco. He decided to wait a few more days before selling that batch of cigarettes.
Instead, he listed some of the rare supplies he obtained this time, like coffee, sugar cubes, alcohol, etc.
Tobacco, alcohol, sugar, and tea, as high-end luxury goods in the wasteland era, were absolutely the best products for improving quality of life and relieving stress and mental tension.
During the early survival stages, players struggling to survive might not have much demand for these supplies.
But those top-ranked veteran players, after long-term survival and management, had abundant supplies and survival points and were definitely willing to pay for these things.
Although he brought back so many supplies this time, Yu Yuan Shelter's ranking didn't increase. Yu Yuan didn't mind this.
Because his current ranking was already very high.
Although this batch of supplies was highly valuable, it wasn't enough to change his ranking.
Soon, Yu Yuan put on his equipment and pushed open the security door of the shelter.
"Let's go! Time to head to the southern city and check out that container situation."