Chapter 105: The Death of the Tiger
There are still a lot of exhibition boards!
Some talked about the culture of the tiger, and the booth next to it put exhibits of tiger head shoes and tiger year paintings.
Some talk about why the number of tigers has become so small and what existential crises they are facing.
There are also talks about what humans have done to protect tigers, and there is even a special sign for tiger cubs, which puts some cute photos of the sorbet tiger growing up, and talks about how the keepers usually take care of it.
When Wang Jinxuan saw this brand, her mood finally improved.
Not only because of the cute appearance of the baby milk tiger, but also because there is a group of people who are worried about the continuation of the race of these animals, which makes her feel that there is still hope for the future of humanity.
Wang Jinxuan looked all the way down in the exhibition hall, and unconsciously finished reading all the rounds.
I even walked to the top of a staircase, and there was a sign saying that there was a screening room on the second floor showing a documentary about the tiger, and I subconsciously wanted to go up and see it.
However, as soon as I took a step, I suddenly remembered that I came with my boyfriend!
Wang Jinxuan laughed in her heart: "How did I forget my boyfriend." Anyway, is he still playing? ”
So I went to find Yuan Yu on the side of the tiger handheld.
Yuan Yu's expression was solemn and depressed at this time, and the game was nearing the end.
In the beginning, just two forests were turned into orchards.
However, as the dice kept being thrown, time passed, and more and more squares changed.
A smoky factory was built, and the surrounding forest grid turned from vibrant green to wilting black, and the pollution expanded outward with each turn, and the surrounding water grid turned a fouled yellow. After drinking water there, the tiger operated by Yuan Yu had a stomach upset, his physical condition declined, and he rested weakly for a round.
Although the polluting factory was discovered and shut down after six rounds, the surrounding forest and water grids are still in a polluted state.
The destruction is only a matter of moments, but it takes a lot of time to restore the ecology!
There is even some damage that can never be repaired.
After the factory, tents were erected on the forest grid, and a large number of people began to go into the mountains to cut wood, and the originally peaceful mountain forest was broken by the noise of the loggers, and empty trucks drove into the mountains, loaded with felled wood.
After a few turns, the fellers were gone, and a full four blocks of the forest vanished and became bare.
When the tiger arrived, all he saw was a muddy col, and the dense green forest had turned into stumps, and everywhere there were remnants of branches and yellow leaves, like an ugly scar on the beautiful and smooth skin of a man.
The clear spring water dried up and disappeared, and many of the cute little animals that used to drink water around the area disappeared, and the cheerful chirping of birds could not be heard.
The tiger's claws stepped on the thick loess, the broken branches made a clattering sound, and all the eyes were full of sores, watching a gust of wind blowing through and rolling up the yellow sand, Yuan Yu only felt indescribably sad in his heart.
The environment is deteriorating, the number of prey is decreasing, and hunting is becoming more difficult.
Hunting is not to say that every time can be successful, originally there were many prey, just hunt a few more times, now there are fewer prey, the animals that can survive are smarter and stronger, and the difficulty of hunting has skyrocketed.
What started out as a "you're full and feel strong" prompts are now precious, replaced by "You're hungry, desperate for something to eat, and you're going to starve to death if you don't find your prey" or "You've caught a rabbit and you're still hungry." Hints like that.
It's not easy to be a tiger!
Originally, tigers lived in the forest and rarely intersected with humans, and when they saw villages and humans, they would avoid it far away, but now as the living space is squeezed a little bit, it is inevitable that they will intersect more with humans.
When I went to the vicinity of the village again, and when I saw the sheep, there was an option.
"I'm too hungry, catch a sheep to eat", "There may be danger, bear with me and find other prey".
When he chose to catch the sheep, he was seen shouting, Yuan Yu was so panicked that his heart almost jumped out, and he quickly fled into the forest with the sheep in his mouth.
If you've been shot with a poacher before, you'll still have the option to attack humans!
The first time the option appears, the hourglass passes quickly, and a stunned option is gone, and every time it is directly injured by a human, the hourglass selection time will be extended.
Even if you have been attacked by poachers three times and survived, there will be no option, and when you encounter someone shouting, you will go crazy and attack humans.
Although it is a game, there is a certain logic behind each option change.
Yuan Yu has played until now, and the grid on the map has almost changed dramatically, and one-third of it has been occupied by the grid of human life. The remaining forests are not all healthy, with a third destroyed and polluted.
The lattices of human life are not neatly connected, but scattered in twos and threes, dividing a circle of forests into small patches.
What made him most uncomfortable was the road grid.
Cross the highway to the opposite side, and in the middle is likely to be hit by a speeding vehicle, but choose not to cross, originally jumping clockwise, but now actually start to walk counterclockwise backwards! Surprised him.
After a few rounds, another road grid appeared on the map, and now the tiger is caught in the middle like pincers, and if you pass through it, you have to risk your life to pass through, and if you don't pass through, you can only jump sideways repeatedly in the area between the two road squares.
At the bottom of the screen, a prompt appears that if you want to find a mate to reproduce, you must move on, otherwise you will not have a chance to meet other tigers.
Wang Jinxuan watched him play on the side, and suddenly said: "Isn't this habitat fragmentation? ”
Yuan Yu found out that his girlfriend was coming, turned around and sighed: "Wait a minute, I estimate that it won't be long before I die." By the way, what did you just mean about habitat fragmentation? ”
Wang explained: "I just saw a sign there about the threats faced by tigers, mainly habitat loss and habitat fragmentation, because of the impact of many human activities, the large and continuous habitat of animals has been divided into small pieces.
In addition to killing animals directly, roads can also cause tigers to be confined to a certain area, unable to travel to other places to meet other tigers, unable to reproduce if they cannot find a mate, or inbreeding from generation to generation, genetic degradation, and eventually extinction. ”
In front of the highway grid, Yuan Yu took a deep breath and decided to take a risk.
If you don't move forward, you may not have a chance to reproduce.
Stroking the soft tiger paw, I pressed it gently.
On the screen, the tiger looks left and right at the left and right without a car, seizing the opportunity to run across the wide road.
However, a black shadow in the distance was rapidly approaching, and a sharp and piercing horn sounded, and with a dull "bang", the picture became swirling.
Along the way, he encountered so many difficulties and crises and was not defeated, but he was still not lucky enough to survive to the end.
The tiger with a beautiful pattern fell into a pool of dazzling red blood, its amber eyes became dim, and it looked at Yuan Yu weakly, with a sad expression, as if he wanted to say something to him, and there was a crystal liquid oozing out of the corners of his eyes.
Then, forever, he closed his eyes.