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Others discuss why the number of tigers has become so low, detailing the survival crises they face.

There are also boards about the work humans have done to protect tigers. There\'s even a special one dedicated to tiger cub rearing featuring a series of adorable photos of Ice Cake\'s growth process and a description of how animal keepers care for it daily.

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Wang Jinxuan felt somewhat better when she saw this board.

Not just because the little tiger cub was cute, but because there was a group of people concerned and striving for the continuation of these animals\' species, which made her feel that there was still hope for the future of humanity.

As Wang Jinxuan wandered through the exhibition, she unintentionally completed a full circuit before she knew it.

She even reached a staircase, where a sign indicated that a documentary about tigers was being shown on the second floor. She subconsciously wanted to go up and check it out.

However, having taken just a step, she suddenly remembered that she had come with her boyfriend!

Wang Jinxuan chuckled to herself, "How could I forget about my boyfriend? I wonder if he\'s still playing?"

So she went off to look for Yuan Yu by the Tiger Paw arcade machine.

At this moment, Yuan Yu had a serious and suppressed expression on his face as a round of the game was nearing its end.

At first, it was just two forest tiles turning into orchards.

But as the dice continued to roll and time passed, more and more tiles underwent change.

A factory spewing black smoke was erected, the once vibrant green of the surrounding forest tiles turned into a withering black, and pollution spread outward each turn, even turning the nearby water tiles into murky yellow. After drinking from there, the tiger Yuan Yu was controlling suffered an upset stomach, its health declined, and it weakly rested for a turn.

Although six turns later, the heavily polluting factory was reported, taken seriously, and shut down, the surrounding forest and water tiles remained polluted.

Destruction occurs in an instant, but ecological restoration takes a far longer time!

Some damages, even, are irreversible.

Following the factory, tents were erected on the forest tiles, and droves of people entered the mountains to log. The tranquil woods were disturbed by the clamor of loggers, trucks entered the mountains empty and exited laden with felled trees.

Several turns later, the loggers left, and four entire tiles of forest had vanished, leaving nothing but barrenness in their wake.

When the tiger arrived, it saw only a ravaged valley. Dense green forest had turned into mere stumps, branches and dried yellow leaves scattered about, resembling ugly scars on a once smooth and flawless skin.

The crystal-clear springs had dried up and disappeared, and many of the cute animals that used to drink here were nowhere to be seen. The cheerful chirping of birds was also absent.

The tiger\'s paw stepped on the thick layers of yellow soil, snapping twigs emitted a crackling sound of breaking, the vista was full of wounds, and as the wind blew the dust, Yuan Yu felt an indescribable sadness.

As the environment deteriorated, prey became scarce, and hunting grew increasingly difficult.

Hunting wasn\'t always successful. When prey was abundant, you just needed to hunt a few more times. But now, as prey dwindled, the animals that survived were smarter and stronger, making hunting much more challenging.

The initial message "You\'ve had a hearty meal and feel full of strength" seemed common, but now it was precious and rare. Instead, messages like "You are ravenously hungry and desperate to eat something; if you don\'t find prey, you\'ll starve" or "You caught a rabbit, but still feel very hungry" appeared more frequently.

Being a tiger really isn\'t easy at all!

The tiger used to live in the forest, rarely intersecting with humans, always steering clear of villages and people. But now, with its living space being squeezed bit by bit, encounters with humans have become inevitable.

On another trip near a village, when he saw sheep, options even appeared.

"I\'m too hungry, catch a sheep to eat," "It might be dangerous, bear with it and look for other prey."

When he chose to catch a sheep and was spotted and shouted at, Yuan Yu almost had a heart attack from panic and quickly fled into the forest with the sheep in his jaws.

If he had been shot at by a poacher before, an option to attack humans would appear!

The first time options appeared, the hourglass ran out quickly, a befuddled choice was gone, and each direct human injury prolonged the time allowed to make a choice.

Even if he survived being attacked by poachers three times, no options would appear anymore, he would go berserk and attack humans directly at the shout of people.

Although it was a game, behind each option change was a certain logic.

Yuan Yu had played until now, with nearly one-third of the map\'s grid overtaken by human habitation. The remaining forest wasn\'t all healthy, with one-third affected by destruction and pollution.

The grids of human habitation weren\'t neatly connected together, but were scattered here and there, partitioning the forest into small fragments.

What troubled him most were the highway squares.

Crossing the highway to the other side, he could easily get hit by speeding vehicles, but if he chose not to cross, instead of moving clockwise around the grid, he was now startlingly moving counterclockwise!

After a few rounds, another highway square popped up on the map. Now the tiger was like being clamped in the middle, risking a huge danger to life crossing it, or just endlessly hopping back and forth between the two highway squares.

And a prompt appeared at the bottom of the screen, indicating that to find a mate and reproduce, he must keep moving forward, or else he would have no chance to encounter other tigers.

Wang Jinxuan watched him play and suddenly said, "Isn\'t this habitat fragmentation?"

Yuan Yu then noticed his girlfriend had arrived, turned around, and sighed, "Wait a moment, I probably won\'t last much longer. By the way, what did you just say about habitat fragmentation?"

Wang Jinxuan explained, "I just saw a display board over there that introduced the threats faced by tigers, mainly including habitat loss and fragmentation. Because of the impact of many human activities, the animals\' extensive and continuous habitats have been divided into small patches.

Highways not only kill animals directly but may also restrict tigers to a limited area, preventing them from meeting others and finding mates. If they can\'t reproduce or if they resort to inbreeding generation after generation, their genetic quality will deteriorate, eventually leading to extinction."

Standing before the highway grid, Yuan Yu took a deep breath and decided to take a risk.

If he didn\'t move forward, he might never have the chance to reproduce.

Stroking the soft Tiger Paw, he gently pressed down.

On the screen, the tiger looked left and right for cars, seized the opportunity, and dashed across the wide road at high speed.

However, a black shadow in the distance was rapidly approaching, and the piercing sound of a horn blasted, followed by a heavy "thump," as the screen began to spin wildly.

He had faced so many hardships and crises and hadn\'t been beaten yet, but still, he wasn\'t lucky enough to survive to the end.

The tiger, with its beautiful stripes, lay in a dazzling pool of bright red blood, its amber eyes becoming dull and lifeless. It looked weakly at Yuan Yu with a sorrowful expression, as if it wanted to say something, tears welling up from the corners of its eyes.

Then, its eyes closed forever.