After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1433

Chapter 1433: Terran Animal Shelter

The group now headed towards the animal shelter, which was built on one of the parks.

Most of them were cats and dogs, for some reason. It was really a mystery for a while until the animal experts (they built their own group without Althea having to formalize it) studied hard for the past couple of months.

Before, they knew that mixed breeds had higher chances of survival than pure breeds, simply because their genes were more varied than pure breeds, which had quite a bit of inbreeding involved.

After studying the ones they had, the experts came up with a theory.

The first one was regarding large animals like elephants, giraffes, hippos, and so on. At first, they just thought that if some of those transferred, they might’ve just been targeted by monsters here due to their sizes.

However, now that they had more understanding about how their bodies changed even back in Terran, they came to realize it must’ve something to do with aether too.

Getting improved by the system seemed to have a requirement. Other than genetics, it seemed like mass also played a factor. Perhaps the aether injected into bodies simply wasn’t enough to transform the massive bodies of those animals, so they perished along with most of the critters,

The medium-sized animals seemed to have the most chances of survival from the initial transformations. However, so far, there were only a few wild animals that were there.

Other than snow, there were three pandas, another female wolf, two coyotes, three deers, and two bears (one black and one brown).

However, it seemed that intelligence had also been increased in these creatures. As soon as they realized they were in a safe place, their aggressiveness became controlled, and the citizens didn’t have to use their pre-prepared tranquilizer darts.

The running theory was that the animals, now in a completely different world, saw Terran humans as ’brethren’ because they came from the same planet.

Anyway, this park had become a zoo of sorts, and many people came by to see and feed them. Adorably, their enclosures (which were much bigger than how they were in Terran zoos) could be opened as long as they rang a bell, and the groundkeeper would open it for them.

The groundkeeper was actually a guard assigned there, and he/she would then send an aether letter to inform the others that a wild animal would be on the loose.

So far, none of the wild animals hurt anyone unprovoked, and the cases where they did were allowed to pass simply because the victims deserved getting bitten. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

They were mostly arrogant aborigines who didn’t see them as ’wild and dangerous’ animals, but there were also a few Terrans who wanted to feel powerful by ’taking down a bear’ or something like that.

After the first couple of weeks, though, fortunately, no more cases happened and everyone was properly warned before approaching them.

Eventually, it developed into the current state, where people would come to admire and pet the animals.

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