When he came to the zoo again, Cheng Tianle did not look for the rabbit. Instead, he went straight to the place that impressed him the most, to see the big python. However, when he came to the glass window last time, he was stunned.
Through the glass window, I saw that the pool was empty, and behind it was the python's cage. I scanned it with my spiritual consciousness and found that the python was not inside. What was going on? Where did the python go? There happened to be a man not far away.
The zoo staff was cleaning another cage, and Cheng Tianle walked over and asked: "Uncle, where is the black-tailed python in the glass window over there? I saw it years ago, why is it not there today?"
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The staff member subconsciously replied: "The animals here often change cages, and they may be put on display in other places or communicate with other zoos." When he reacted, he stopped what he was doing and said, "Uh, you
Are you talking about that big python? Our zoo has been talking about it recently, but we just don’t know where it went!”
Cheng Tianle was taken aback and said: "What, such a big python, just disappeared after saying it was gone?"
The uncle in work uniform narrowed his eyes and said: "Actually, the origin of that python is quite strange. It was discovered by a citizen in a suburban park. Suzhou is not its living environment at all. It may be someone's pet. Now there are also people
Take a python as a pet. It either escaped on its own, or it grew too big for the owner to keep or didn't dare to keep it, so he threw it outside. The police station received the call and went to the scene to see it.
I was shocked and quickly called the zoo. Our zoo sent people to catch the snake. It seemed to be a little injured when it came, probably around the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Cheng Tianle: "Oh, so that's what happened. The python disappeared after its injury healed? How did it disappear? When did it happen?"
The uncle recalled: "On New Year's Eve, there was almost no one in the zoo. We also had a holiday, so we left the person on duty. The person on duty that day was a young man who walked over from the rear breeding area and found that the door of the cage was covered
When he opened it, he was shocked because the cold wind would blow in and freeze the python to death. He quickly closed the door and found that the snake was gone."
Cheng Tianle asked in surprise: "Did someone steal it?"
The uncle shook his head and said: "It can't be so easy to steal animals in the zoo? Only the keeper can open that door. Besides, if you have the ability to come in and steal things, why not steal something else? It happened to steal a big python in the winter.
?That python weighs a hundred pounds, how do you get it out?"
Cheng Tianle: "Could it be that the keeper accidentally didn't close the door properly and the python slipped out on its own?"
Uncle: "The first thing we thought of was this possibility. The leader immediately organized everyone to look for it and even called the employees who were on vacation to come back. We searched all over the zoo, but we couldn't find it at all."
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"I can only be sure of one thing now. The python is no longer in the zoo. As for how it disappeared, none of us can tell."
Cheng Tianle: "Why don't you continue searching? What if it's still hiding in the grass? What if it hurts tourists?"
The uncle said in a professional tone: "That's impossible! The black-tailed python is a cold-blooded animal living in the tropics. If the temperature is below 20 degrees, it will reduce its activity. If the temperature is below 15 degrees, it will enter a dormant and torpor state. If the temperature is low,
At five degrees, it will freeze to death.
Although Suzhou is not too cold, the night temperature before New Year's Eve was below 5 degrees, and the daytime temperature did not exceed 10 degrees. As soon as the python went out of a heated place, it would freeze to death, even dozens of meters away from the cage.
There are no places we can reach, and we have searched everywhere nearby.”
Hearing this, Cheng Tianle suddenly thought of a possibility. The big python was indeed the zoo he left, and it was not afraid of the low temperature in winter, so it was impossible for the zoo staff to find it. In other words, the big python was
In fact, he was a demon cultivator. He was injured in an unknown accident, so he showed his original shape and could no longer change. As a result, he was discovered by citizens who called the police and sent him to the zoo. After he recovered from his injuries, he left on his own. Interestingly, he
He disappeared the day before New Year's Eve. Is there anything else going on in the world that makes him rush back to celebrate the New Year?
The uncle was still talking about it. Almost everyone in the zoo, from the leaders to the temporary workers, had heard about this strange thing, but no one could explain it. Today, Cheng Tianle happened to be interested when he asked about the big python.
, and told all the discussions and speculations of colleagues.
Cheng Tianle asked again: "Have similar things happened in your zoo? For example, the animals you raised disappeared for no reason, and no one knew what happened."
The uncle shook his head and said: "How is this possible? There have been cases where small animals ran out while feeding, but were caught on the spot. And even so, we can know what happened."
Cheng Tianle: "I know this kind of thing can't be very common, but have you never heard of it after working in the zoo for such a long time?" The uncle frowned and said: "Listen to what you said, it reminds me of it.
One thing. This zoo has been around since the 1950s. When I first started working, I was about the same age as you. The master who took care of me at the time was about to retire. He told me about the zoo.
There are many stories. Probably during the revolution, a tiger disappeared. A tiger! How could it disappear out of thin air? But no one could find it no matter how hard they searched. Later, even the militiamen were mobilized, but there were no clues. At that time, the identification was determined and said
There were class enemies who were waging sabotage and looking for spies among the zoo employees. My master was almost classified as a spy, but the tiger was nowhere to be found.
Cheng Tianle asked with great interest: "Then how did your master analyze this matter?"
The uncle sighed and said: "It was a chaotic era, and many things were unclear. My master suspected that it had been stolen, but who could steal a tiger in a zoo without leaving any clues?
Come down? It’s really hard to explain!”
Cheng Tianle sighed in his heart. What this uncle was talking about must have happened forty or fifty years ago. Was there a tiger that cultivated into a demon at that time, or was it an injured demon cultivator who was trapped in the zoo? The monster's
The legend has existed since ancient times, and something like this happened in the past 40 to 50 years, which is not incomprehensible to Cheng Tianle.
He also remembered the night when Zhang Xiaoxiao transformed into his original form and escaped, everything on his body fell down. If the injured python demon managed to escape, even if he transformed into a human form, he would still have no clothes, so it would be impossible not to attract attention.
So he tentatively asked again: "Uncle, during the Chinese New Year, has anyone here lost any clothes?"
The uncle suddenly stamped his foot: "Hey, how did you know? A set of work clothes I left in the duty room is missing. Do you mean...?"
Cheng Tianle quickly shook his head: "I don't mean anything else, that's all."
The uncle finally felt that Cheng Tianle was strange, looked at him and asked: "Young man, which unit are you from? What kind of work do you do? Are you a journalist or a scientific research unit? Did you come to us for investigation? If you want to check
If you want to move into a cage or do interviews, you need to get approval from the leadership."
Cheng Tianle shook his head again and said: "No, no, no, you misunderstood. I saw that python years ago and thought it was very special. But when I saw it again today, it was gone. I just wanted to ask you about it, but unexpectedly something strange happened like this."
The python disappeared out of thin air, and it happened in the cold weather when it couldn't go far at all. This matter could only arouse Cheng Tianle's suspicion. But combined with the fact that an employee happened to lose his clothes that day, Cheng Tianle could already determine the big python.
It's the demon cultivator. It must have been injured and couldn't change its human form. After recovering from the injury, it quickly escaped. The snake demon was quite smart and went out wearing the uniform of a zoo employee. If it hadn't thrown away the suit yet
If so, finding the clothes would be equivalent to finding clues to the demon cultivator.
When leaving the zoo, Chengtian couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had been looking for traces of the demon cultivator in various places. He thought he had found nothing. Unexpectedly, he had seen it a long time ago. It was just that he didn't know each other, so he passed by.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask his uncle whether the python was male or female. The uncle told him that the python was female.
When he went back, he discussed with "Mouse" again: "Why are the monsters I saw all female monsters? Zhang Xiaoxiao is a vixen, Nangong is probably a jade rabbit spirit, and the missing one in the zoo is probably the legendary one.
What a beautiful snake!”
"Mouse" said angrily and amusedly: "It's just a coincidence. You haven't seen many monsters yet. I've always seen "Journey to the West". How many kinds of monsters are there?"
A few years ago, Cheng Tianle and "Mouse" talked about "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of White Snake". As a result, "Mouse" also clamored to study, so Cheng Tianle came to read it again, which was to let "Mouse" see the literature of the world.
Story. Some time ago, he was looking for monsters everywhere, which was influenced to some extent by Sun Wukong's piercing eyes. Unfortunately, he was not such a capable senior brother, but instead looked like Tang Monk who didn't recognize the monsters when he ran into them.
Returning to the trading department class and sitting down in his office, he still lamented to "Mouse": "There is a snake demon in Suzhou! Although I didn't recognize it at the time, I was very impressed by it. We will meet again when we meet again."
At that time, even if it turns into a human form, I will probably recognize it. Well, I have to pay more attention in the future! Maybe from this snake demon body, I can analyze how to identify the demon cultivator? "
"Mouse" reminded: "A demon cultivator was accidentally injured and was sent to the zoo. Now he has escaped. What do you feel sorry for? Don't forget that there is a demon cultivator in the trading department who is talking to your employees.
It's love! Instead of caring about that irrelevant snake demon, you might as well be more careful about her." --.shuhaige.caijige--