I have a wildlife zoo

The bird exhibit received rave reviews from visitors as soon as it opened!

Mi Jin's article has already had tens of thousands of reads, and Linhai Zoo's own official account also published an article, but the original article only got a little over a thousand reads.

Fang Ye was a bit puzzled, what was going on here? Was it because their article's images weren't pretty enough, or was it because Mi Jin's article was published more quickly?

However, this was a minor detail, as long as the bird exhibit was well received by the visitors, he was very happy.

With the opening of the bird exhibit, the zoo added another piece to the puzzle.

But it was still far from complete, just beginning to take shape!

If one were to use the stages of cultivation to describe it, Qi training, foundation building, golden core, and Nascent Soul, the zoo had just stepped into the stage of foundation building.

However, Linhai Zoo was quite extraordinary, it was akin to an invincible being in the foundation building stage ordained by the heavens.

Among the next construction plans Fang Ye was preparing was a large animal area, introducing elephants both Asiatic and African, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippos!

Another was the Waterfowl Area. Now that the new office building was completed, and a new staff accommodation area had been approved, they could continue to build further back. There were several water bodies behind the zoo; one could be used to exhibit flamingos, seeing hundreds of flamingos flapping over the water surface would also be an extremely spectacular and beautiful scene!

One water body could become Swan Lake!

One water body could be designed as a wetland for cranes, showcasing species like the red-crowned crane, Oriental stork, crested ibis, blue crane, whooping crane, common crane, etc.

The crane is an animal in traditional Chinese culture imbued with a mystical aura, the pine and crane symbolize extended years, and they're linked with legends of immortality; perhaps they could combine it with traditional cultural symbols to create an antique Crane Pavilion?

Although the zoo strives for a natural environment, it doesn't preclude human architecture; it just needs to blend with animal culture, like building a temple around the elephant exhibit.

Of course, these were just his preliminary ideas, he still needed to deliberate on how to execute them precisely.

Another aim was to enrich the current themed areas, like the Predator Gallery. Lions, tigers, leopards, the often grouped-together trio, definitely need to include a leopard! With jackals and wolves, there should also be jackals!

Primate Paradise claims to be a 'Paradise', but now with only macaques and ring-tailed lemurs, calling it a 'Paradise' feels a bit lacking.

Fang Ye plans to introduce Japanese macaques too!

Not for any other reason but because Japanese macaques go well with cherry blossoms, and if introduced, he could plant a large area of beautiful cherry trees around it.

By the way, he could also open a hotel. As the zoo expands, visitors won't be able to see everything in one day.

In fact, even now, they can't see everything. If visitors don't just skim through but take their time to watch animals, observe their behavior, and learn from the educational content, just the reptiles and amphibians exhibit and bird exhibit alone, with their array of rich animal life, could take a whole day to see, and it might even feel not enough!

A hotel built in the cherry blossom area would definitely have a stunning view. A wetland hotel could also be set up beside the Waterfowl Area, where at night, one could listen to a chorus of frogs.

In addition to the Japanese macaques, there's also the golden snub-nosed monkey. Primate Paradise is adjacent to the bamboo forest, and since both pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys are native to Sichuan, the exhibition area for golden snub-nosed monkeys can be combined with the panda exhibits to form a "Crouching Dragon in Sea of Bamboo" theme.
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If a "Crouching Dragon in Sea of Bamboo" theme is established, Chinese pangolins and Sichuan takins could also be considered.

As for Fang Ye's planned agricultural exhibit area, this would have to wait until the first batch of vegetables is harvested to get familiar with the process of farming; there's no rush for this.

However, composting has already begun; currently, all animal manure is collected in the zoo, along with some kitchen waste, and placed in an idle area for composting. Once the zoo's farm is established, they can use natural, eco-friendly organic fertilizer.

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Anyway, the most important thing at the moment is to get the large animal area on the schedule.

Fang Ye checked the green leaf coins he currently had. The last task reward from the mayor's visit was 1 million green leaf coins, all of which were spent on the major renovation, mainly on the bird exhibit.

Afterward, the zoo received a good number of green leaf coins as rewards for adding new animals.

Depending on the rarity of the animals, the rewards ranged from a few hundred to tens of thousands of green leaf coins. Both the reptiles and amphibians exhibit and the bird exhibit house many rare animals! For instance, the first time a concave-casqued hornbill, a national first-class protected animal, was introduced, it was rewarded with 30,000 green leaf coins.

Nearly a hundred kinds of animals, in total, amounted to rewards of almost 1 million green leaf coins.

There were also festival gift packs and milestone rewards for completed exhibits, adding another 100,000.

Exhibit tasks, including daily tasks and other enrichment tasks, although they award fewer green leaf coins, add up to a significant number over time. Completing 5 daily tasks for one exhibit earns 50 green leaf coins. Currently, the zoo has 11 officially recognized exhibits by the system, which means 550 green leaf coins a day, adding up to 15,000 a month.

All these bits and pieces summed up to more than 1.1 million! Even though the investment in the reptiles and amphibians exhibit and the bird exhibit was hefty, it has now been fully compensated.

In the middle, to enhance the construction of the reptiles and amphibians exhibit, including the underwater corridor in the saltwater crocodile exhibition area, as well as the rest areas and animal restaurant next to the reptiles and amphibians exhibit, another 100,000 was spent. The giant panda exhibit and its supporting facilities cost 200,000 green leaf coins!

Although the giant panda exhibit did not require the huge expenditures for a dome, skywalk, waterfall, and temperature control as the tropical bird exhibit did, it is surrounded by a whole circle of exhibits, which also represents a significant investment.

Now, there are 830,000 green leaf coins left, which seems like a lot but actually isn't much to use.

Elephants are large and herd animals; introducing several at once is definitely necessary, and they require a large area for their activities. Thus, the outdoor exhibition area should be at least 10,000 square meters. Plus, there's the back-of-house and the elephant care center...

Elephants live long, up to 80 years; if a zoo is to keep them, they should not only live as long as their wild counterparts but ideally exceed that to be considered well kept. So, a professional elephant care center is essential.

The veterinary hospital cannot accommodate creatures as large as elephants. Just the care center alone will need to be 2,000 square meters!

After calculating for a while, Fang Ye discovered that according to his plans, the elephant exhibition area needed 20,000 square meters!

Roughly estimating, it's going to cost at least 500,000 green leaf coins to start, and even 700,000 wouldn't be enough.

Moreover, unlike the bird and reptiles and amphibians exhibits, it won't be possible to introduce as many varieties of animals and earn a rich reward of green leaf coins.

Is it worth it?

Keep in mind that Linhai Zoo, before expanding, was only 30,000 square meters and now is still under 50,000 square meters...

For elephants, an area of just ten or twenty thousand square meters could be crossed in just a few steps!

Fang Ye even thought of building them a 100,000 square meter area—if he had that many green leaf coins and the land for it.

Since he has the capability, it's better to build it bigger.

After calculating for a long time and feeling a bit dejected, Fang Ye sighed, "Ah, these green leaf coins run out too quickly!"

Anyway, just start building!

Like the wolf exhibit, build a part of it first and earn green leaf coins while continuing construction.

Considering the scale of the elephant exhibition area, it's estimated that it won't be ready for several months, and that's with the incredibly fast system construction crew. If it were an ordinary construction crew, it might take years to finish.

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