Zhao Xian: "The old professor's surname is An. He is an expert scholar in the field of biology. After retiring, he returned to his hometown and became a visiting professor at the zoo here."
After briefly explaining to Qiao Xuejun, he gestured, "Search the mountain."
"yes!"
The eight warriors dispersed and ran quickly in different directions.
Qiao Xuejun didn't have much time to search the mountain for people. He originally wanted to look along the mountain to see if there were any traces of plants, but at first glance, the mountain was really bare.
There are no leaves on the trees either.
Although after the heavy rain, most of the trees lost their leaves.
But the one or two pine trees that occasionally appear on the mountain are evergreen, and their pine needles will not fall off even if they are killed by the sun, and some of them will even remain green.
But on this mountain even the pine trees are bare.
All the trees are bare.
Zhao Xian also went in the same direction to look for it. He called Qiao Xuejun, "Follow me."
Qiao Xuejun hurriedly followed him, and they walked towards the highest mountain. It was a rainy season, and there was a high possibility that people were hiding on the highest mountain.
They climbed over to the other side of the mountain, which was also bald.
Qiao Xuejun asked, "All the bark has been eaten. Are there many people living here?"
Zhao Xian would analyze the traces of human activities based on the environment. He said, "No."
He hadn't seen much evidence of human activity since the mountain.
He looked around again and changed direction: "Come this way."
Qiao Xuejun followed him.
Zhao Xian squatted down after a while and looked at the traces on the ground: "Animal feces."
Qiao Xuejun hesitated: "Yes, a human?"
Zhao Xian: “It’s a bird.”
Qiao Xuejun was incredulous: "What?"
It is raining heavily now. If there were traces of bird droppings before the disaster, they would have been washed away by the rain long ago. If they can remain until now, it means they were left behind recently, at least after the rain.
Zhao Xian: "It's nearby, let's look for the cave."
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In a cave in Shunnan Mountain, a group of four or five men and women were standing at the entrance of the cave. They were looking at the entrance of the cave, which was blocked by several iron plates. They pushed it but failed to push it open.
"Old man, if you know what's good for you, come out now!"
They shouted into the cave: "You old man, do you raise birds in the cave? No wonder you live on the mountain, it turns out you raise birds to eat!"
A woman said, "Uncle San, please hand over the bird. We have nothing to eat now and our children are starving to death. Wouldn't it be great if you could hand over the bird and let us live?"
The old man's voice came muffled from the cave, very angry: "There is no bird, get out of here!"
The young man outside said, "We all saw it. Such a big bird was flying over the mountain! Who else could it be if not you? It must be the bird you raised in the zoo!"
The old man inside laughed angrily: "At that time you thought I was old and useless, saying that I ate your food rations, and drove me to this mountain. Now you are looking for me again! You ask me for food, where can I give you food! Can't you see? I eat tree bark myself!"
The people outside laughed, "Uncle San, there are five or six mountains and tens of thousands of trees, and the bark is all gone! Did you eat it all by yourself? Only a fool would believe that! You peeled the bark to feed the birds!"
The person outside asked with a gleam in his eyes: "How many birds do you have?"
"There must be more than one. Two? Three?" the man outside said greedily, "As long as you hand over these edible animals, we will naturally take you in and let you live with us. You have peeled all the bark off the trees here. If you stay here any longer, won't you starve to death?"
In the cave, Professor An leaned against the entrance, looking inside at a group of caged animals, feeling desolate.
I can't hide it anymore.
Since the high temperature, he has protected all the animals he can, and initially moved them to caves just to prevent them from getting heat stroke.
Later, he was driven out of his home by his descendants, so he settled here and lived with animals.
As the disaster became more severe and wild creatures were heading towards extinction, he increasingly realized the importance of the surviving animals in his hands.
There were thousands of animals in the zoo, most of them died, and only a few dozen beasts and birds were left. He had done his best, but he still had to come to this day.
The falcon flew away a few days ago. Although it flew back quickly, it was still discovered. Today, someone came to cause trouble.
When the bark was almost gone, he found an opportunity and sent a distress signal to the nearest First Base. He was not sure whether the other party would come.
It is said that Zhao Xian, the lord of the First Base, favors experts and talents.
But he was a person who did not directly generate economic value. He did not farm or produce medicine. He was just a bookworm. He was not popular during this period.
Professor An sighed deeply. The younger generation outside the cave were staring at the animals like wolves and tigers. In their eyes, these animals were not animals, but just plates of food! This door could not stop them for long. If they handed it over, they would really become extinct.
Twenty years later, thirty years later, a hundred years later, perhaps humans will still survive.
But no one remembers that these lives were once part of the Earth.
Professor An was almost disheartened.
"Old man! Don't be ungrateful!" The people outside were impatient. "Do you still expect your old bones to fight us? Hand over the bird now, and we can give you a good face. When the meat is cooked, we can even give you a bowl of soup!"
"Don't force us to use violence!"
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