I have a wildlife zoo

To facilitate co-streaming between the two locations, quite a bit of preparation was necessary.

Gaoligong Mountain in Yunnan is deep inland, while Linhai is by the sea, the distance between them being a whopping 3000 kilometers.

Initially, they had expected a high latency, but since the zoo in Linhai had a 5G network, signal transmission was indeed much faster.

However, most places in the mountains had no signal at all!

Sometimes, they needed to climb to relatively high mountain peaks or stay near a village to get a signal.

That is, if they were not using iPhones.

Li Xing and Fang Ye complained that iPhones were the most despised by researchers at the scientific station and the locals; Android phones could still surf the internet and scroll through TikTok on mountain tops, while iPhones had no signal at all, nothing more than a brick.

He, too, used an iPhone, and at first, without knowing, could only pass the time by taking photos and shooting videos when resting in the mountains.

When there was no network, they had no choice but to resort to satellite phones, which had very low bandwidth and thus, less effective performance.

Which method to use for communication wasn't up to them; it was a matter of luck.

After various equipment adjustments and communication trials, two days later everything was ready, and they officially started the co-streaming session for the two gibbons.

Gaoligong Mountain!

Like always, his cousin crouched motionlessly, hugging her knees while sitting on a tree trunk.

The researchers saw her frequently and had become familiar with her presence; they usually wouldn't disturb her, maintaining a distance, knowing they posed no threat, and even though she noticed them, she didn't hide.

Fan Peng and the other researchers looked up at the lonely figure of his cousin perched on the tall arboreal canopy, speaking into the satellite phone, "Hello, hello, can you hear me? My cousin is right beside us now!"

Linhai Zoo, behind the gibbon enclosure.

Qingtian lazily swung back and forth on the ropes overhead, occasionally letting out a loud "oh~ oh~" call.

Staying in the back was truly boring!

He had no idea why they called him over today, fussing with various devices that he couldn't understand.

Fang Ye also helped with the setup; even though the animal keepers could handle it, he was curious about what would happen when the two gibbons were connected, so he came over to assist, with Lan Li also joining in for fun.

Li Xing holding the satellite phone, "Mhm, I can hear you!"

Fan Peng said, "I heard Qingtian's call from your side!"

The melodious and lofty gibbon calls, somewhat distorted through the satellite phone, sounded like broadcasts from an old radio, the tones slightly sharper, resembling bird chirps, and a bit rough around the edges.

Fang Ye asked, "How is it, clear?"

Fan Peng exchanged looks with a nearby researcher and shook his head, frowning, "It sounds a bit strange!"

"Yeah, the distortion is too severe."

Fang Ye said, "No helping it, you guys don't have a signal over there, let's just give it a try!"

"Alright!"

"Ah wu~ ah wu ah wu~"

Then, a researcher turned on the speaker, and the distorted gibbon calls were amplified through it and transmitted towards his cousin's location.

Fan Peng raised his binoculars to observe his cousin in the tree, who remained motionless.

Into the satellite phone, he said, "Hey, it's not working, not a stir!"

Everyone internally sighed at that moment!

Perhaps the idea of co-streaming was a bit too wishful?

Just then, Fan Peng suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Wait, wait, there seems to be some reaction?"

The cousin rose from the tree trunk!

With arms stretched out, she climbed to the higher parts of the canopy, her white figure swinging back and forth among the branches, causing the nearby leaves to flutter.

Then she swung towards their direction!

Several researchers, some with surprised smiles, some with pursed lips and tense expressions, others staring unblinkingly at the gibbon moving towards them, their jaws agape, seemingly forgetting to breathe for a moment.

When Fang Ye heard the voice stop abruptly after saying there was a response, he didn't know what had happened and didn't dare to make a noise and disturb, feeling immensely frustrated!

Lan Li swiftly climbed and leapt among the tall trees and soon landed on the tree trunk right above Fan Peng and the others!

They usually wouldn't come this close.

Crouching down, looking over in their direction, her gaze seemed puzzled!

But she still listened carefully to the sound coming from the loudspeaker.

When Qingtian's call stopped, her mouth rounded, "Wo-oh~ Wo-oh~", she called out with a beautiful, rhythmic voice.

As if asking, "Who are you? Where are you?"

Crossing three thousand kilometers, Lan Li's call resounded in the back of Linhai Zoo.

Hearing this call, the bored Qingtian instantly jumped onto the perch!

Isn't this the girl who sang a love song with me last time!?

The volume shot up quite a bit as if shouting, calling out urgently and fervently.

Even if one didn't understand the gibbons' songs, one could feel their excitement and thrill!

Lan Li was also very happy, calling out softly.

For a moment, Fang Ye was surprised and covered her mouth!

Fang Ye listened to the two gibbons singing love songs back and forth; he felt a tightness in his chest and his eyes became moist.

Turning his head, he sniffled quietly and wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his fingers.

As an endangered species, life was indeed too hard.

Lan Li had been single for twenty years, equivalent to 60 years for a human, already an old granny, and it seemed she would have to go through life alone.

Today might be the first time in her life that she chatted with a male gibbon outside her own family.

Even if they couldn't meet face to face and were only chatting through the phone, she must be very happy.

Fang Ye took a tissue from his pocket and tenderly wiped away the tears from Fang Ye's eyes.

Reaching out her hand, she interlocked her fingers with one of Fang Ye's hands, holding them together.

The gibbons' love song was perhaps the perfect interpretation of love.

The love song duet between Qingtian and Lan Li lasted 22 minutes.

Suddenly, as if by agreement, they both stopped together, no longer making any sounds.

Li Xing asked, "Hey? Do you have a signal over there?"

Fan Peng replied, "There's a signal! It's stopped singing on my side too, it seems the duet has ended."

Fang Ye said, "It's truly amazing, even with the voice distorted like this, they can still recognize it as one of their own."

Li Xing laughed heartily, "Haha, it's probably like us humans on the phone, the voice might be a bit muffled, but we can still make it out."

Fan Peng sighed with relief, "Not easy! Not easy at all!"

The sighs were for themselves as well as for Lan Li.

These researchers had put in so much effort to help matchmake the gibbons, coming up with various methods, tracking gibbons from dawn till dusk in the mountains daily—and finally, they took a step forward.

And Lan Li, who had been single for so many years, had finally seen a glimmer of hope to end her solitude.

"So shall we end the call now?"

"All right!"

They hung up the satellite phone, and Fang Ye raised her fair arm and said to Fang Ye, "I got goosebumps just listening to them sing a love duet!"

By then, Fang Ye had also regained his composure and laughed, "What are you talking about, did you see I even cried."