And the situation was similar when the news reached Mauritius.
The people on Mauritius Island were even more excited:
“Oh my goodness, China has the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) bird, and it’s a group of them.”
“I can’t believe it. The Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) bird is our national bird. It went extinct here, so how can China have it?”
“As far as I know, China has never had Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) birds. How did they suddenly appear out of thin air?”
“No matter what, the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) bird is our national bird. How can we not have it, but other countries do? This won’t do.”
“It originally belonged to our country. Can we bring a few back?”
“I’m afraid not. They didn’t steal or snatch them. On what grounds can we request them? They are a powerful nation. Even if we use force, it won’t work. Perhaps, at most, we can rent them from them.”
Zhongyun Zoo was just an ordinary zoo, but after its upgrade, it caused a worldwide sensation on its opening day. This was truly unprecedented.
…
While the outside world was in turmoil, Su Jing remained calm inside the Super Universe Garbage Station and he continued to sort out the garbage.
Of course, for now, he only settled on the animals, those for which he could find some information or even some urban legends. Even extinct species are counted as having some data.
The remaining animals that came with the trash, however, had no information at all. He couldn’t find anything about them on the internet which means that they were clearly species that didn’t exist on Earth.
For example, some lifeforms resembled long-haired apes with white ears, lifeforms that had white tails like raccoons, and even birds with azure bodies, red eyes, and red tails. Not to mention a pair of birds, one with a single wing and one eye and they could only fly when they were together.
Su Jing carefully considered these species and decided that it would be better not to expose them for the time being. Otherwise, it would be too shocking and beyond the imagination of the people of the outside world.
Apart from these animals, Su Jing also discovered many plants, some of which were already extinct on Earth, while others had no records at all.
“This was just a garbage dump, but the density of these lifeforms is incredibly high. It seems that this world is extremely rich in species. Let’s take a look at the garbage with textual information and see if I can figure out what world this is,” Su Jing pondered and began to observe the other garbage.
This time, there was no paper waste in the garbage. It was possible that paper didn’t exist in this universe. However, there were some animal skin scrolls and bamboo slips with textual information written on them.
Su Jing gathered them together and quickly skimmed through them. Some useful information quickly organized in his mind and many familiar words also appeared in the information like: East Mountain, South Mountain, West Mountain, North Mountain, Central Mountain, Inland, Overseas, Wilderness, Small Human Country, Qingqiu Country, Women’s Country, Kunlun Illusion, Kuafu, Xuanyuan, Yellow Emperor, Chiyou, Xingtian, Rain Master’s Consort, Zhu Rong, Qiongqi, Love Birds, Bifang Bird, Biyi Bird,…
Su Jing activated The Way of Magic Arts, and his thoughts raced as a sudden inspiration struck him. He exclaimed, “Oh my god, could this be the ‘Classic of Mountain and Sea’ Universe?”
The more Su Jing thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn’t be wrong in his assumptions. The “Classic of Mountain and Sea” was a universe with vast lands, abundant creatures, and numerous mythical legends.
It included East Mountain, South Mountain, West Mountain, North Mountain, Central Mountain, Inland, Overseas, and Wilderness, and within them, there were fantastic realms such as Xuanyuan Country, Small Human Country, Qingqiu Country, and Women’s Country.
It also featured mythical figures like Kuafu, Emperor Chiyou, and Zhu Rong. In a nutshell, it was an ancient mythical universe.
The “Classic of Mountain and Sea” contained various mountains, rivers, birds, and beasts. The number of species within that Universe was countless, including legendary lifeforms like Qiongqi, Bifang Bird, and Biyi Bird. It was not surprising at all that Su Jing could obtain extinct species from that Universe.
In the “Classic of Mountain and Sea Universe,” these extinct lifeforms might only be considered ordinary lifeforms, they might even be unknown, and their names would certainly be different from those on Earth.
For example, the White-footed Rabbit Rat was named after an Australian location, but in the “Classic of Mountain and Sea,” it definitely wouldn’t have that name.
Similarly, the Kashenov Ghost Beauty Phoenix Swallowtail Butterfly was named after a foreigner who first claimed to have discovered the Butterfly, so it wouldn’t have that name in the “Classic of Mountain and Sea” either.
The names might differ, but the species could be the same or similar. Some extinct species could only be speculated based on fossils, skeletons, and paintings.
For example, the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus), nobody in Mauritius, where it was originally found, was entirely certain of its exact appearance.
The Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) had been extinct since the late 17th century, which means that it has been extinct for three to four hundred years. Who could remember what it really looked like?
In early illustrations, the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) was often depicted as a fat and foolish creature.
It wasn’t until February 2002 when Andrew Kitchener, a Biologist at the Royal Scottish Museum, pointed out in a research report about the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) that those ancient illustrations were actually depicting captive Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus)s that had become excessively fat fro eating.
The climate in Mauritius alternated between wet and dry seasons, and the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) needed to store a large amount of fat during the food-abundant wet season to survive the food scarcity of the dry season.
Thus, once captured and provided with ample food by humans, the Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus) would easily become overweight.
However, in the wild, there were still many thin Dodo(Raphus Cucullatus)s. There were various opinions about them, so as long as they were similar, even with slight differences, no one would be able to tell the difference between them.
“No wonder! So, this world is the Classic of the Mountain and Sea Universe. These birds should truly be the legendary Biyi birds,” Su Jing remarked as he looked at the beautiful birds with their green and red feathers.
It was eerie to see them separated, each having only one wing and one eye, rendering them unable to fly. Only when the two birds were together could they soar freely in the sky.
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