Coming to the zoo again, Cheng Tianle did not look for the rabbit, but 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, and saw through the glass window that the edge of the pool was empty, and behind it was the cage of the big python, which was swept by his divine sense, and the python was not in it. What's going on, where did that python go? Not far away, a zoo staff member happened to be cleaning another cage, so 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 isn't it there today? ”

The staff subconsciously replied: "The animals here often change cages, and they may also be put on display in other places or communicate with other zoos." When she reacted, she stopped 092, passed by, and looked for the work in her Baidu hand in vain, "Uh, you're talking about that python?" We've been talking about it in the zoo lately, but we don't know where it went! ”

Cheng Tianle was taken aback and said, "What, such a big python, if you don't see it, it's gone?" ”

The uncle in the work uniform narrowed his eyes and said, "Actually, the origin of that python is quite strange, it was found by a citizen in a suburban park." This place in Suzhou is not its living environment at all, it may be someone's pet, and now some people take pythons as pets. Either it slipped out on its own, or it was so big that the owner couldn't raise it or didn't dare to raise it, so he threw it outside. The police station received the alarm, and when they arrived at the scene, they were also startled and quickly called the zoo. Our zoo sent someone to catch the snake back, and it seems that he was still a little injured when he came, about around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Cheng Tianle: "Oh, I see. The python's wound healed, and then it disappeared by itself? How did it disappear and when did it happen? ”

The uncle recalled: "On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the zoo was almost empty, and we were also on holiday, so we stayed on duty. The one on duty here that day was a 092, passing by, looking for her in vain, the Baidu guy walked over from the back feeding area and found that the door of the cage was opened, and he was startled, because the cold wind would blow in and freeze the python to death. He quickly closed the door, only to find that the snake was gone. ”

Cheng Tianle was surprised: "Was it stolen by someone?" ”

The uncle shook his head and said, "It's impossible to steal animals in the zoo, how easy is it?" That door can only be opened by the keeper. Besides, if you have the ability to come in and steal something, why don't you steal something else, but steal a big python in the winter? That python weighs 100 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 called the employees who had been on vacation to call back, and searched all over the zoo, but they didn't find it at all." Now we can only be sure of one thing, the python is no longer in the zoo, and as for how it disappeared, none of us can say. ”

Cheng Tianle: "You won't continue to look for it?" What if it's still hiding in the grass, what if it hurts a visitor? ”

The uncle said in a professional tone: "That's impossible! The black-tailed python is a cold-blooded animal that lives in the tropics, and its activity will decrease when the temperature is below 20 degrees, and it will enter a dormant and numb state when the temperature is below 20 degrees. If the temperature drops below five degrees, it will freeze to death.

Although Suzhou is not too cold, the temperature on the night before the Chinese New Year's Eve is below five degrees, and even during the day, the temperature does not exceed ten degrees. As soon as the python came out of the heated place, it had to be frozen, and it couldn't even reach a few dozen meters outside the cage, and we searched all the neighborhood. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Tianle suddenly thought of a possibility, the python was indeed the zoo where he left, and it was not afraid of low temperatures in winter, and it was impossible for the zoo staff to find it. In other words, the python was actually a demon cultivator, and he was injured by an accident for some reason, so it showed its original form and could no longer change, and was found by the public and sent to the zoo. When it recovered from its injuries, it walked away. Interestingly, it disappeared the day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, is there anything else in the world that needs to rush back for the New Year?

The uncle was still talking about it, and almost everyone in the zoo, from the leaders to the temporary workers, had heard about the strange thing, but no one could explain it. And today, Cheng Tianle happened to ask about the big python, and he was also interested, and told all kinds of discussions and speculations from his colleagues.

Cheng Tianle asked again: "Has anything similar happened in your zoo?" For example, the animals raised are inexplicable - they are gone, and no one knows what's going on. ”

The uncle shook his head and said, "How is this possible, there have been small animals that ran out while they were feeding, but they were caught on the spot." And even then, we can know what's going on. ”

Cheng Tianle: "I know this kind of thing can't be very common, but you've been working at the zoo for so long, haven't you ever heard of it?" Uncle frowned and said, "Listen to what you say, I think of one thing." I started this zoo in the 50s, and when I first started working, I was about the same age as you, and the master who took me at that time was almost retired, and he told me a lot of stories about the zoo. Probably during the Cultural ∩ Revolution, a tiger disappeared. A tiger! How could it have disappeared into thin air? But no matter how you look for it, you can't find it, and then even the militia is launched, but there is no clue. At that time, it was determined that there was a class enemy who was sabotaging and looking for spies among the zoo workers, and my master was almost classified as a spy, but the tiger was just missing.

Cheng Tianle asked with great interest: "Then how did your master analyze this matter?" ”

The uncle sighed and said, "It was a chaotic time, and many things couldn't be explained clearly. My master suspects that someone stole it, but who has the ability to steal a tiger from a zoo without even a clue? It's hard to explain! ”

Cheng Tianle sighed in his heart, what this uncle said should have been forty or fifty years ago, could it be that there was a tiger cultivating into a demon at that time, or was it also an injured demon cultivator who was trapped in the zoo? The legend of monsters has been around since ancient times, and such a thing happened in forty or fifty years, which is not incomprehensible to Cheng Tianle.

He remembered the night when Zhang Xiaoxiao turned into his original form and fled, everything on his body fell, if the injured python demon barely escaped, even if he turned into a human form, he would have no clothes, it was impossible not to attract attention, so he asked tentatively: "Uncle, during the Chinese New Year, did anyone of you here lose their clothes?" ”

The uncle suddenly stomped his foot: "Hey, how do you know?" The set of overalls I left in the duty room is missing, do you mean ......? ”

Cheng Tianle hurriedly shook his head: "I don't mean anything else, I just ask." ”

The uncle finally felt that Cheng Tianle was strange, looked at him and asked, "Young man, which unit are you from?" What do you do? Is it a journalist or a scientific research unit? Did you come to us to investigate? If you want to inspect the cage or do an interview, you need to get permission from your boss. ”

Cheng Tianle shook his head again and said: "No, no, no, you misunderstood, I just saw that python a few years ago and thought it was very special, but I came to see it again today but it was gone, and I asked you about it, but this kind of strange thing happened." ”

The python disappeared out of thin air, and it was in the cold weather when it couldn't go far at all, and this matter could only arouse Cheng Tianle's suspicions, but combined with the fact that an employee happened to lose his clothes that day, Cheng Tianle could already determine that the python was a demon cultivator. It was supposed to be injured and unable to change its human form, and after recovering from its injuries, it quickly got out and left. The basilisk was quite clever and put on the uniform of a zoo staff and went out. If it hadn't thrown away that set of clothes, finding the clothes would be equivalent to finding the clue of the demon cultivator.

When he left the zoo, Cheng Tianle couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had looked for traces of demon cultivation in various places, and thought he had found nothing, but he had already seen it, but he didn't know each other, so that he passed by. Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask his uncle, is that python male or female? The uncle told him that the python was female.

When he went back, he discussed with the "mouse" again: "Why are all the monsters I see female monsters?" Zhang Xiaoxiao is a fox spirit, Nangong is likely to be a jade rabbit spirit, and the one missing in the zoo is likely to be the legendary beautiful snake! ”

"Mouse" said angrily and funny: "It's just a coincidence, you just haven't seen much monsters." 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 the White Snake", but "Mouse" also shouted to learn, and Cheng Tianle also found it and rewatched it, which can be regarded as letting "Mouse" see the story of the world. Some time ago, he was looking for monsters everywhere, and he was somewhat influenced by Sun Wukong's fiery eyes. It's a pity that he is not such a capable senior brother, but like Tang Seng who didn't recognize him when he bumped into a monster.

When he returned to work in the trading department and sat down in his office, he was still sighing to the "mouse": "There is a snake demon in Suzhou City!" I didn't recognize it at the time, but I was very impressed with it, and when we meet it again, even if it takes on a human form, I'm likely to recognize it. Well, you'll have to keep an eye out for it later! Maybe from this snake demon, I can analyze how to distinguish the demon cultivator? ”

"Mouse" reminded: "There is a demon cultivator who was accidentally injured and sent to the zoo, and now he has escaped, what do you have to feel about?" Don't forget that there's a demon cultivator in the trading department who is in love with your employees! Instead of caring about the irrelevant basilis, you should be more careful with her. ”！！！