Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness-Chapter 582 - 579: Reserve a Spot

Chapter two is not finished yet, just staking a spot.

Will finish before one.

Cicadas cried out desperately, and the world outside was filled with blinding sunlight, with the shadow of the roof as sharp as a knife upon the ground.

Standing by the window, Gang Tianwu pulled at his collar. The technician to fix the air conditioning hadn’t arrived yet, and within just ten minutes, the heat had become nearly unbearable for him, his saliva thick and sticky like glue in his throat. The office felt as stifling as the steamer basket where demons in "Journey to the West" steamed the plump monk.

There was a knock at the door, and a team member stood at the entrance saying, "Group Leader Gang Tianwu, someone wants to see you."

"Who?"

"Chief Matsumoto Kiyonaga from Taiji Town."

"Do I know them?"

"Two days ago, Chief Matsumoto asked us for the hunter data of the hunting season."

"Oh!"

As soon as the team member mentioned this, part of the memory sparked in Gang Tianwu, who quickly returned to his seat, tidied up his desk in the office, wiped off his sweat, and nodded, "Please, let Chief Matsumoto in."

Moments later, Gang Tianwu rose to greet him, "My, Chief Matsumoto honors us with a visit, why didn’t you say something in advance? How about it, did you go over the data from last time? Is there any problem? Nagano, pour a cup of tea for Chief Matsumoto."

Matsumoto had rushed over from the subway station without a break and headed straight for Gang Tianwu’s location without even a sip of water, drenched in sweat. He thanked Nagano and drank down a whole cup, his vigor returning, "Sorry to trouble you, Group Leader Gang, I’ll spare the niceties. There’s no issue with the data, but how much do you know about Bertrand Guy?"

"Oh, the hunter ranked second. Do you recall?"

"Yes," Gang Tianwu nodded. He had the final confirmation on the participant list, so of course, he remembered, especially the second-ranked one—it was almost memorized by heart.

"Bertrand Guy, born in Ugly Country, Minnesota State, has had a Professional Hunter’s license for over thirty years, enlisted in the military in his youth with outstanding performance, discharged after ten years, then worked as a truck driver, hunter, archer, actor, singer, sailor, engineer, farmer, the total number of Black Bears and Brown Bears he has hunted exceeds fifteen, quite an impressive resume."

Bertrand Guy had a career so varied it almost invited suspicion of fabrication. This man in his fifties boasted an exceedingly rich tapestry of life experiences.

Following his registration, he quickly caught the attention of the verifying staff, and they added him to the list. Gang Tianwu saw it and agreed without hesitation.

Linking it to Matsumoto’s prior actions and his hurried visit, it definitely wouldn’t be without purpose. Gang Tianwu pondered for a moment, "Is there an issue with him?"

"I can’t be sure, but there’s a high likelihood," Chief Matsumoto Kiyonaga didn’t dare to be absolute. He countered Gang Tianwu’s question, "Do you know about Tiangella?"

"Tiangella? What’s that?" Gang Tianwu was confused.

Chief Matsumoto Kiyonaga breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department didn’t know about it. He explained with slight pride, "It’s a cross-national company... "

At that moment, Nagano brought a second cup of water. Chief Matsumoto took it with a smile, this time not gulping it down but holding it in his hand, sipping little by little.

Without utilization, there is no protection.

That was Tiangella’s company mission, and also their continuous public declaration.

In this aspect, it even echoed what Bi Fang had said in an interview show six months ago.

Commercial hunting is protecting wildlife.

This view had been briefly expounded by Bi Fang, backed by a systematic network of relationships.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga pulled out his phone, opened a video, and showed it to Gang Tianwu.

In the Old Stone Age, when the human species had just emerged and agriculture had not yet appeared, humans, as omnivorous species at the top of the food chain, depended on a combination of hunting and gathering for survival and development, just like other dominant species at the top of the food chain, they were merely a part of Nature.

During the process of hunting, clever humans invented spears and bows and arrows, leading to the emergence of cooperative group living habits, which laid the foundation for modern civilization.

It was at this juncture that humans truly became the rulers of the natural world, with a very direct food chain relationship with wildlife.

The higher species depended on preying on lower species for their survival and continuity.

In the Old Stone Age, humans absolutely had no concept of wildlife conservation.

However, through repeated trial and error, humans instinctively understood not to over-hunt or over-gather.

The first reason was the lack of good storage conditions to preserve the excess harvest, and the second was that it would bring unnecessary trouble for the next hunting expedition.

There are two most direct pieces of evidence for this.

First, today humans can see domesticated species like pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep, which originated during the Old Stone Age period. This process of domestication was, in a way, a form of "protection" for animals.

Livestock such as pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep have become the most numerous mammals in the world, simply because their value makes humans willing to raise them.

Second, after researching the civilizations of Old Stone Age tribes that still exist in contemporary society, it was discovered that they consciously protect the healthy reproduction and continuation of populations in their habitat.

This awareness of not over-exploiting is the budding of animal conservation awareness, a practice that creates conditions for better sustainable use in the future.

If one does not go against the farming seasons, the grains will be more than enough to eat; if one does not over-fish with nets in the fisheries, there will be more than enough fish and turtles to eat; if one cuts timber at the right times, there will be more than enough wood to use. Having more than enough grains to eat and wood to use enables the people to live and die without regrets.

Living and dying without regrets is the beginning of the Way of the King.

Mencius explained this principle thousands of years ago.

Following that, a series of even more complex developments occurred. The pastoral-agricultural model replaced the hunting-gathering model, and human survival no longer depended on the direct use of wildlife. The direct food chain relationship between them began to loosen.

Later, the advent of metallurgy technology led to the large-scale use of metal farming tools, greatly changing the efficiency of agriculture, and more and more human groups began to completely break away from the direct use of wildlife.

Humans definitively became the only species at the very top of the food chain, with no wild animals they could not hunt down.

Humans began to focus on the efficiency of obtaining meat, and large-scale livestock farming replaced hunting. The main purpose of hunting was no longer just for food consumption.

As history rolled on, the 15th to 17th centuries brought the Age of Discovery, spurring the Great Geographical Discoveries and the Great Exchange of species.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes arrived, and a more efficient livestock-agriculture model further squeezed out the remaining hunting-gathering model. The bond between humans and nature became blurred.

Humans began to segregate from wildlife, living in towns and cities while wildlife occupied the jungles. The food chain relationship between them almost completely vanished, and they no longer reproduced in the same area. The boundaries between their territories became clear, with no overlap occurring.

The wheel of history stops at the present day.

Humans have become a species that can only survive and develop fully depending on economic and social structures. With the increasing development of modern agriculture and animal husbandry, ordinary people no longer need to utilize wildlife, so the value of wildlife has plummeted, reducing it to a pursuit of stimulation and aesthetic pleasure for the wealthy.

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Ordinary people might take concrete action for the price increase of pork, but they wouldn’t pay half as much attention to what rich people like.

The words in the video abruptly ended, and Gang Tianwu pressed the pause button. He had been patient, "What is Chief Matsumoto trying to say?"