Chapter 254: Drawing for Fun
He took a look at the system space, and it was the kind of small cartoon stickers you find in a little bag with 3 sheets, each sheet featuring 6 unique designs—some fetching water, some fanning their tails, some soaring with their tail feathers spread. They could be stuck onto phone cases, pencil boxes, or refrigerators for decoration.
Badges were being sold for 15 yuan each. Wouldn't these stickers be even cheaper?
He went on Taobao to find similar products, and even for the more exquisite ones, each sheet was only about 5-10 yuan!
Fang Ye felt like crying without tears. This lottery pool had been polluted—what a loss!
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Hey, maybe he could draw some other nice items to make up for the loss?
Continuing with the lottery, he drew another twenty times.
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Tiger plushie (Large)!"
"Huh? You can now get large plushies from the draw?"
Fang Ye took the plushie out of the space to have a look. It still bore the system's quality craftsmanship. The tiger's fluffy fur was a beautiful color, patterned exquisitely, and it felt very comfortable to the touch. The key was the size—it was actually one meter in length and 40 cm in height.
You could completely use it as a companion to hug while sleeping!
His eyes lit up as he began calculating, "A palm-sized plushie sells for 50, a pillow-sized one for 150. A large one like this should fetch about 1,000 yuan, right?"
Getting even one would be worth dozens of small plushies and stickers! He had made a profit, indeed!
With his spirits lifted, Fang Ye happily continued the drawing.
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Ring-tailed Lemur plushie!"
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Macaque stickers *3!"
"Better luck next time, please keep up the effort, Host!"
Fang Ye complained, "Can we not have 'better luck next time,' okay?"
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 'Spiritual Soil'!"
Spiritual Soil: A soil containing a trace of spiritual essence. Crops planted using Spiritual Soil will look better, be rich in nutrients, and taste better.
Note: Please do not eat the soil directly.
He took it out and checked, finding that the Spiritual Soil was packed in a small bag, weighing about half a kilogram.
Fang Ye felt a bit of regret in his heart. He thought that if there had been more Spiritual Soil, he would have planted the whole zoo's farm with it.
But with such a small amount, mixing it with regular soil wouldn't yield many vegetables.
It seems he would only be able to use it in his own backyard. He'd plant some vegetables and see how they tasted. If they were delicious, he could share some with his team leaders as internal benefits, and also send some to his parents.
Continue with the lottery.
Plushies, stickers, badges...
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Protective Potion!"
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 'Spiritual Water'!"
Fang Ye couldn't help but think, if you used Spiritual Soil for planting vegetables and then watered them with Spiritual Water, wouldn't the vegetables taste particularly good?
Hmm... that seemed a bit extravagant!
He didn't even have enough Spiritual Water for his own use, let alone occasionally giving it to the animals to help them recover.
However, he could take a small patch of the backyard and give it a try.
He prayed deep inside, hoping to draw more Spiritual Water and Spiritual Soil!
After all, a large plushie was just a bit of small change; these special items couldn't be bought with money.
"Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the enrichment item 'Electric Rat'!"
The Electric Rat was not the yellow-skinned creature capable of deploying 100,000 volts that Fang Ye had imagined, nor was it the purple-skinned being that could summon Thunder Cage—it simply had the appearance of a normal mouse. Its coat was fluffy, and except for the wheels mounted underneath, it looked almost like a real mouse.
Electric Rat: An electric-powered mouse with a variety of complex postures that can also move on uneven surfaces, allowing predators that feed on mice to experience the joy of hunting.
Remark: High power consumption; once fully charged, it can only play for an hour.
Fang Ye tried placing it on the ground, turned on the switch, and the Electric Rat started running around, wagging its tail, occasionally standing up, looking around, and emitting a "squeak" noise.
Fang Ye was instantly surprised. Ordinary movement was one thing, akin to a normal cat toy, but how did it manage to stand up?
When he tried to catch it, he missed and the Electric Rat darted away, running to a distance before standing up and "squeaking" as if to mock him.
"Hey, you've become quite the spirit!"
As Fang Ye pursued it, the Electric Rat would turn corners and hide on its own. However, Fang Ye's room was almost empty of furniture, so he quickly cornered and caught it.
Once caught in his hands, the Electric Rat quieted down and stopped moving completely.
Fang Ye took another careful look and discovered that the Electric Rat seemed to have some extendable rods on its body, which enabled it to perform actions such as standing and turning over.
It was quite a sophisticated toy!
It could be a plaything for the foxes or Chocolate in the zoo.
"Congratulations, Host, you've obtained [Healing Spray]!"
Healing Spray: Compared to ordinary potions, it can stop bleeding and heal wounds more quickly without leaving scars. However, applying it will be more painful.
Remark: Suitable for both humans and animals.
"This is quite good! Very practical, the pain is bearable."
Fang Ye placed the spray in a drawer, knowing that it's common for animals to fight and for animal keepers to get scratched or bitten in the zoo—the more of this spray, the better.
Then he drew over a hundred times and came up with a new item.
"Congratulations, Host, you've acquired [Mental Recovery Pills]!"
Mental Recovery Pills: Can improve stereotypical behavior in animals. The larger the animal, the weaker the effect. One pill corresponds to a weight of 100kg.
Remark: Feed no more than one pill per day.
The pills were in a jar, and Fang Ye counted a total of 20 pills.
Though stereotypical behaviors wouldn't exist in their zoo, animals imported by other zoos might not be the same!
In a proper environment, animals' stereotypical behaviors would gradually improve. If augmented with Mental Recovery Pills, the results would definitely be better.
"Congratulations, Host, you've acquired [Attention-grabbing Beast Target Stick]!"
Attention-grabbing Beast Target Stick: During behavioral training, it can improve the concentration of the animals by 20%.
At the tip of the target stick, there's a noticeable ball, a common tool used in behavioral training!
Animal keepers train animals for about 5 minutes at a time; if the session goes on too long, the animals may lose interest or even become annoyed. Thus, the training is done gradually, dividing it into a couple of sessions each day.
This target stick is also a very useful tool, akin to orange-level equipment for animal keepers.
"Congratulations, Host, you've obtained an enrichment gadget [Stinky Tofu Scent Cream]!"
The purpose of this gadget is to provide animals with new taste and scent stimuli.
In the zoo's enrichment list for macaques, there's jam smearing on perches and Monkey Mountain, with flavors like blueberry and strawberry—just enough for a lick and taste, not to be a meal substitute, which could affect their regular eating habits. But the macaques get excited by the novelty of the flavors.
However, the Stinky Tofu Scent Cream is quite outrageous...
The popularity value brought by the Milk Tea Wild Boar this time was exceedingly high!
Out of the 5 million popularity value, it must have contributed at least 4 million, allowing Fang Ye to enjoy a spree of draws.
Besides the common plushies and stickers, he drew a bunch of special gadgets as well.