As the expert group discussed how to bring Lele and Yaya back to their country, the Memphis Zoo on the other side also ushered in its closing hour.
As tourists left one after another, the keepers and zoo staff also went home. In an instant, the vast park was left with only the animals.
Caesar, who had been playing with feces in the ape enclosure, whether intentionally or unintentionally, flung a piece of dung onto the cage's surveillance camera.
After confirming that the camera was blocked, his previously hunched body instantly straightened, and his eyes radiated a glow of intelligence that did not belong to an animal.
In the next second, Caesar, exuding an aura of leadership, walked to the highest point of the ape enclosure.
"My dear tribesmen, we have been here for too long. It is time to go out and see the world beyond. That is where we truly belong."
"Freedom."
Siberian tigers, jaguars, black rhinoceroses, African elephants, warthogs, bisons, giraffes.
In less than ten minutes, the entire park descended into chaos, with animals darting everywhere.
During this process, the park management naturally noticed.
But clearly, it was too late.
If only one or two had escaped, they could have easily recaptured them.
But now, all the animals in the entire park had escaped.
More importantly, they discovered something even more terrifying through the remaining surveillance cameras within the park.
"Jim, don't you think these animals are a bit different from how they were during the day?"
In the park's surveillance room, a white security guard looked at one of the monitor screens with a look of horror.
Hearing him, a black security guard, also scared and hiding under a desk, quickly leaned over.
Following his gaze, they saw a creature the size of a large truck, with three horns on its head, repeatedly ramming the facilities next to a watering hole in the park.
"My God, is that the rhinoceros? How did it get so big, and didn't its horn break off before?"
Before he could finish speaking, a python as thick as a bucket slithered past the camera.
In addition, a pangolin the size of a calf on the other side dug through a park building in mere moments.
Looking at these animals, both familiar and strange, the two security guards exchanged glances and showed expressions of disbelief.
Without a doubt, with the appearance of these mutated animals, the situation in the park was no longer something they, a group of security guards, could control, even with their guns.
With this thought, besides calling the park management, they also dialed 911.
After making the calls, they each found a corner to continue hiding.
They knew very well that if they dared to go out at this moment, they would not survive for a minute.
Not long after the two men made their calls, what had happened at the Memphis Zoo spread to the outside world.
Some residents living in the surrounding areas even filmed videos of the exterior of the zoo.
The videos clearly showed the animals' rampage within the park.
For a time, the entire United States was shocked.
They had seen many animal escapes before, but this was the first time they had witnessed an animal rebellion.
However, most American netizens did not consider it a major event.
After all, in their minds, let alone a group of animals rebelling, even if aliens attacked, their soldiers would suppress them.
But these optimistic American netizens found themselves mistaken.
Although the United States military arrived at the entrance of the Memphis Zoo half an hour after the incident, as they prepared to launch an attack into the zoo, incredibly imposing figures charged out from within.
African elephants like small mountains, rhinos like Tiger tanks, and brown bears the size of small houses.
Before the American soldiers could even pull the trigger, their formation was scattered by these large animals.
However, it didn't end there. After these large animals charged out, they were followed by the carnivorous beasts.
In close-quarters combat, even the American soldiers, known for their strongest armaments, were no more than meat.
In the blink of an eye, this army of several hundred men was completely routed.
After the army was no longer a threat, a black ape stood upright and swaggered out of the zoo.
Looking at the soldiers, who were defeated and in disarray by the animal horde, it showed no pity in its eyes.
With a wave of its hand, the apes behind it went to collect all the human weapons and equipment scattered on the ground.
After confirming that not a single bullet was left behind, these apes mounted horses found within the zoo and rode away, leaving behind a group of stunned Americans at the scene.
Thus, the Memphis Zoo, with its hundred-year history, officially became a ruin.