Yang Lin rubbed his eyes uncertainly as he looked at Tuan Tuan in the luxurious pigpen. Especially when he saw the tendency for Tuan Tuan's head to become bald.
"What's going on? Do pandas have a midlife crisis?"
"Aren't 18-year-old pandas in their prime? They still have a few years before old age. Is it too much pressure?"
Just as Yang Lin was thinking this, Tuan Tuan grabbed a pumpkin beside it and stuffed it into its mouth, making the wild boars beside it show expressions of disgust.
And mixed with their disgust was a hint of anxiety.
It was clear that the ones truly under pressure here were these pigs.
They rushed over as soon as they saw Yang Lin to complain:
"Boss of the zoo, this black and white pig eats too much. It eats as much as we do in a few days."
"Yeah, and it's surprisingly strong. We can't beat it."
"It eats anything it sees. Last night, I almost got my hooves gnawed off in my dream."
"Please get rid of it quickly."
...
Listening to the pigs' complaints, Yang Lin looked at Tuan Tuan, who was just burying its head in eating.
"It seems I'll have to build a dedicated panda house later. Otherwise, it's really not good for these pigs."
As he spoke, Yang Lin remembered the ringworm the zookeeper had mentioned earlier.
He looked closely at Tuan Tuan and, sure enough, saw pink scabs in various places on its body. The fur in those areas was falling out in patches. This symptom was clearly ringworm caused by excessive moisture. He had only seen it on felines before, and didn't expect pandas to get it too. If it were before, he would just need to apply some medicine, disinfect, sterilize, supplement with vitamins, and keep the environment dry, and it would heal in a week or two. Now, a simple healing spell would do, but the shed fur wouldn't grow back immediately.
Although Tuan Tuan didn't care about this at all, Yang Lin did. Tuan Tuan was about to be sent to the Diannan Zoo for a date soon. What if its partner, Ya Ya, didn't like it when it was bald? Wouldn't the good marriage fall through? It would be difficult to find a panda of suitable age again.
Thinking of this, he immediately turned his gaze back to Tuan Tuan, and also thought of the green talent "Luxuriant Fur" he had obtained before. He had originally planned to use it on Grandpa Great, but in the end, he decided against it. If primates grew long fur all over, it would be somewhat terrifying. Moreover, it would ruin Grandpa Great's image in the hearts of many tourists, as its bald head was deeply ingrained in their minds.
Yang Lin immediately climbed into the pigpen and quickly reached Tuan Tuan's back. Looking at the increasingly large Tuan Tuan, he first cast a healing spell to cure all the ringworm, and then bestowed the "Luxuriant Fur" talent obtained from a treasure chest upon Tuan Tuan.
The moment the talent was bestowed, Tuan Tuan, who had been eating, suddenly stopped. But before it could understand where the strange sensation in its body was coming from, its fur began to grow wildly. Not only did the bald patches grow back, but even the normally long fur grew rapidly. From a length of a few centimeters, it instantly grew to over ten centimeters. By the time the fur finally stopped growing, it had reached an astonishing 20 centimeters, turning Tuan Tuan into a large black and white furball. The glossy texture and super thick fur made Yang Lin envious.
"Wow, if I could use this talent myself, I wouldn't have to worry about hair loss for the rest of my life."
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin shivered.
"No, no, if all my hair grew, what would be the difference from regression?"
Just as Yang Lin was shocked by Tuan Tuan's long fur, Tuan Tuan itself looked as if it had seen a ghost. As for the wild boars nearby, they had already squeezed into a corner and were trembling from the moment Tuan Tuan mutated. Yang Lin spent a long time explaining before they finally calmed down.
Just as he was about to talk to Tuan Tuan properly again, he turned around and found that Tuan Tuan had gone back to eating. The long fur on its body had only caused it trouble for less than a minute. Seeing this, Yang Lin let out a sigh of relief and couldn't help but smile wryly.
"The fur has grown, but isn't the amount a bit too much?"
"Should I take it out to get a haircut?"
...
Five minutes later, on the main road of Xihong Zoo, under the shocked gazes of countless tourists, a giant black and white furball was slowly moving along the road. In front of the furball was Yang Lin, holding a large watermelon.
"Oh my god, what kind of animal is this? I've never seen one before."
"It's a furball come to life!"
"Does such a creature exist in the world?"
"And it's got patches of black and patches of white."
"Is it a new breed imported from abroad? I'm not sure, let's see."
"It's a plush toy, right? There must be a person inside, so I guess it's the zoo's new mascot."
"By the way, what is the director going to do with such a furball?"
...
With their minds full of questions, they couldn't help but follow. They finally arrived at the door of the administration office and saw Yang Lin taking out a bunch of scissors and clippers from the office. Vaguely, the crowd guessed what Yang Lin was planning to do.
But at this moment, Yang Lin shouted into the crowd.
"Are there any tourists working in the beauty and hair industry? Help me give it a handsome hairstyle."
"It's not for nothing, I'll give you a free ticket."
As soon as he finished speaking, a stylish young man with tin foil perm on his head stepped forward from the crowd.
"Director, I'll do it. I've been in this business for seven or eight years, and I can cut any hairstyle."
Hearing the young man's words, Yang Lin quickly looked him up and down, then asked uncertainly, "Let me tell you in advance, today's client is a bit special. You need to be mentally prepared."
"Hey, how special can it be? Is it this one? Let me see how to design it."
Saying that, the "tony teacher" looked up and down at the furball in front of him. At first, like the other tourists, he thought it was just a plush costume with long fur. But when he lifted the fur on the very top, he almost fell to the ground.
"This, this is a giant panda?"
After the shock, he slowly uttered these words. At the same time, the onlookers finally knew what this giant creature, which looked like a furball that had come to life, actually was.