"We're almost at the Tiger and Leopard Zone. Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, drive faster," Xue Yuantong directed.
Chen Siyu pondered, "The Antelope Zone we just visited had free-roaming animals. Do you think the tigers are free-roaming too?"
"If they were free-roaming, what would you be?" Jiang Ning asked.
Chen Siyu was baffled. "I'm a human! A human!"
Jiang Ning said, "No. You'd be a buffet item."
They soon reached the Tiger Zone.
The road was bustling, crowded with students who had come to see the tigers. Many were taking pictures with their phones.
Chen Qian gave commentary amid the crowd.
"Wow, the tigers are actually that big!"
Xue Yuantong's little mouth hung slightly open. It was her first time seeing tigers. They really were huge, and especially beautiful!
Chen Siyu was equally stunned. "There are so many tigers. Thirty or forty, maybe?"
Across the river lay a vast forest, filled with tigers everywhere—some sleeping, some wandering around, and some coming out of the woods to drink from the river. There were so many, it was like they were wholesale goods.
Chen Qian, Class 8's most knowledgeable student, explained from the side, "Yun City is China's hometown of circuses. They raise a lot of tigers locally, so of course this zoo has plenty."
"There are way too many!" There were so many, they practically looked like stray dogs by the roadside.
The tigers prowled around in groups, sometimes breaking into a run and unleashing roars that shook the heart. Two of them even exchanged a few blows.
"They're so beautiful!" Xue Yuantong marveled.
A river separated the tigers' territory from the visitor road. There was no glass blocking the view, only a low barrier fence, making for excellent visibility.
Chen Qian said, "Tigers represent the perfect union of strength and beauty,