I have a wildlife zoo

Fang Ye's gaze swept the exhibit before quickly shifting to the hillside!

After all, the few foxes were senior members of the zoo, with the longest time spent together and quite profound affection for one another. Moreover, in terms of hierarchy, foxes were in a weaker position compared to bharals and sika deers.

Even though bharals and sika deers are herbivores, they're not pushovers. If a conflict arose, a single kick could injure a fox—there was too significant a size discrepancy.

Xiaoqiao was standing atop a large rock on the hillside like a solemn statue, body erect, ears pricked up, vigilantly watching the distance as if she were standing guard for the other foxes!

At the slightest rustle of leaves or grass, she could give the signal, and everyone would hide or run back to the den.

Next to the large rock, a mound of earth had risen! This was from the fox digging holes.

Behind the entrance, two slender, black-stockinged legs were visible, with half of a fox's body emerging, its fluffy tail drooping behind, and its front paws rapidly scraping inside the hole, sending handfuls of dirt flying from beneath its legs.

Youyou was busily digging, and Sugar Pack was on alert too!

Sugar Pack stood next to a bush, looking out towards the bharals on the stony mountain and the sika deer in the distance, seemingly eager to go and play with them.

However, after glancing back at Xiaoqiao, Xiaoqiao turned her head to stare at her and let out a "ying ying" sound, as if saying, "The den isn't ready yet; it's too dangerous! We need to establish a secure hiding spot first!"

Alright then!

Following Big Sister Xiaoqiao's command, Sugar Pack tucked in her paws and resumed her watchful post, her tail waving slowly like a flag.

Big Eye had no sense of crisis whatsoever, his chubby body lazily sprawled on the ground, his chin resting on the sparse grass, basking in the sun with a very lazy, deadbeat fish appearance!

He wasn't up to the task of digging and Xiaoqiao didn't bother to ask him to stand guard either. He was left to do whatever he pleased.

Which suited Big Eye just fine!

Glancing at Youyou who was digging, then at Xiaoqiao standing guard, he yawned out of sheer boredom, shook his tail, rolled over, and continued to lounge in the sun, belly exposed.

He started to doze off as he sunbathed, drool trickling down the corner of his mouth.

Big Eye was most enthusiastic only when sleeping or eating! Sometimes he wasn't even keen on playing.

Youyou, after digging for a while, seemed a bit tired. She took a break, scratching her ear with her hind foot, and Sugar Pack naturally took over the task.

Watching the little fellows efficiently dividing the work and cooperating so neatly, Fang Ye was reassured and smiled, "Not bad!"

Then he looked towards the distant rocky mountain!

Five or six bharals were moving around near the rocky mountain. At first glance, they didn't look much different from ordinary sheep, with horns curving sideways. Some had thick, long horns, clearly males. Their fur appeared a bit dirty.

The bharals slowly strolled around the ground, occasionally stopping to look in the direction of the visitors and nibbling on a bit of grass.

One of the male bharals flicked its ears, shook its tail a couple of times, and then strode forward with its muscular limbs, climbing the inclined rock face by stepping on the protrusions along the edge and walking right up.

Just like that, up it went!

Watching how it pressed its body against the rock wall, strolling leisurely as if there was no difference from walking on flat ground.

The visitors all gawked in amazement: "Wow!"

Bharal and wolves alike are generally overlooked animals in zoos, placed in concrete pens where they're no different from livestock raised in captivity, eliciting little interest from the visitors.

But once provided a rock wall to showcase their special skills, the situation changed immediately!

After sauntering a few steps on the rock wall, the male bharal broke into a trot, picking up speed and coordinating its limbs. With a powerful push of its hooves against the rock, it leaped into the air.

As it spread its front and back legs midair, it resembled a graceful bird in flight or a ballet dancer in a poised pirouette, arms wide open in a midair split.

It covered a distance of three meters and landed on another rocky peak.

All four hooves landed simultaneously on a ledge while it turned to look down at the distant visitors.

Its face was neither flushed nor did it pant; its expression was utterly calm!

For the bharal, this was just a small case.

The protrusions in the zoo's rockery are all very obvious; the wild environments are innumerably more challenging. In some places, the cliffs are exceedingly steep, nearly 70 degrees vertical, offering barely room for half a hoof with rocks that might come loose and tumble down.

Even for a climbing master like the bharal, a small misstep can lead to a fall off the edge and crashing to the ground.

However, this is the very skill they've evolved in response to other predators!

The more treacherous the terrain, the better it can evade a predator's pursuit, and those lacking in climbing ability are naturally weeded out.

The bharal remained unruffled, but the onlookers were anything but; their eyes widened and mouths gaped in amazement!

This was especially true for middle-aged visitors who grew up on martial arts novels and TV dramas, all having dreamt of being heroes, imagining living lives of swordplay and righteous feuds, perhaps even mimicking a few moves with a textbook or a wooden stick as pretend weapons!

The heroes weren't just skilled in combat; their most awesome trait was their ability to effortlessly leap onto roofs and run along walls, a light tap of their foot sending them soaring—a spectacle truly beyond imitation.

Seeing how effortlessly the bharal moved along the rock wall, seemingly untouched by gravity, they couldn't help exclaiming, "Someone, quick, Newton's coffin lid won't stay put!"

"Well, Darwin's already kept Newton's coffin lid down tight!"

"Young hero, your lightness skill is extraordinary! May I ask, who was your teacher?"

"This movement is so nimble and light, it must be Wudang's Cloud Ladder!"

Fang Ye felt a sense of accomplishment seeing the visitors' appreciation and enjoyment of the bharal.

As a modern zoo, it's about creating opportunities for animals to display natural behavior.

All those flashy performances, using live chicken to tease a tiger, what year is it that we still entertain such lowbrow tastes? Isn't watching the bharals happily hopping around the mountainside delightful?

After taking photos, a visitor looked wistful and said to his companion, "Hey, watching these bharals rock climb makes me wish I had their ability. Leaping and bounding across cliffs must be so thrilling! But just thinking about standing on the edge of a precipice, my legs might go weak before I could even jump."

The companion chuckled, "You see, when the bharal jump, they do splits, which is the secret to their fluid leaps! While in the air, they wave to increase lift— isn't that how helicopters fly? Quite scientific, right?

I once jumped down from a school building, doing splits and waving all the way down, and I wasn't hurt at all."

The visitor doubled over laughing, "Haha, I guess not everyone's physique can be lumped together, right?"