Super Zoo-Chapter 436 - 431: The Successor of the Mysterious Martial Technique

Just like other world-famous boxers, there is a distinct difference between Boxer Ali and others like Tyson and Joe Louis. Ordinary boxers gain fame mainly for their superb strength in the sport of boxing and their distinctive personal traits.

However, Boxer Ali became famous for resisting the American Government’s military draft, and he is known for a very famous quote.

"I will never run ten thousand miles to murder poor people. If I am to die, you are my enemies, not the Chinese, the Vietnamese, or the Japanese. I want freedom, and you don’t give it; I want justice, and you don’t give it… Yet you ask me to go fight elsewhere on your behalf… You didn’t stand up to protect my rights and beliefs in your own country... You couldn’t even do that…"

As a result, in the decades that followed, Ali was labeled with a bunch of grand titles such as ’Democratic Fighter’, ’Western Sympathizer with the Third World’, ’Freedom Fighter’, and so on.

What Ali himself truly thought, no one knows. It’s like Chinese language classes that always require students to summarize many ’central ideas’ that even the authors might not have thought of. Among these labels, some may not truly reflect Ali’s own thoughts.

But there is no doubt that he was a man of principle.

Everyone has principles, but few are willing to pay the price for standing by them.

Being a hero comes with a cost, and those like Batman who live in big mansions, casually save the world while flirting with women, are at best kind-hearted super-beings, and probably can’t be called heroes. Ali paid a heavy price for sticking to his principles, and as a result, he was sentenced to prison and had his boxing license revoked.

Unlike other boxers like Tyson, Ali’s life may never have reached his peak competitive state, as he was banned from the sport during his fastest rise. Years later, when he returned to the boxing ring, although he still achieved many honors, he had clearly begun to decline.

Statistics show that most of Ali’s defeats in his professional career occurred later on; after retiring, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which doctors associated directly with repeated head trauma. During his more than 20 years in the ring, Ali’s head suffered nearly 30,000 heavy blows, most of which occurred after he made his comeback.

In Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, Ali was ranked first in the category of heroes and icons.

Suming had already seen the news online before Yangchuan City TV Station broadcast it.

In recent days, news about Ali has made headlines, and Ali himself has been almost mythologized. The plethora of eulogies and reminiscences is overwhelming to the point of aesthetic fatigue.

It is only occasionally, in a small corner, one finds an interesting contrast: If Huaxia decided to send troops to strike Japan, and Liu Xiang refused military service and spoke out just like Ali did, what would the outcome be?

While this comparison is not entirely appropriate, it does reflect many phenomena worth pondering.

Fortunately, as someone who is often lazy-minded, Suming never delves deeply into these questions and simply laughs them off after reading.

Seeing the squabbling little bears that day, Suming came up with an idea to let the cubs expend their excess energy in a way that resonates with current hot topics and pays homage to Ali.

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Yangchuan City TV Station gave the zoo a bit of promotion, and since Ali was rather famous in Huaxia, having been directly received by Deng, the zoo saw a significant increase in visitors within an hour of opening the next day.

Some came out of curiosity, while others were genuine Ali fans, carrying large signs with Ali’s portrait.

"This way to the boxing match!"

At every fork in the zoo, a new small sign was added.

Seeing the words on the sign, visitors were puzzled.

They thought the zoo’s so-called ’tribute’ would be a gathering, candlelight vigil, or laying of flowers. No one expected the zoo to actually organize a boxing match.

What qualifications does a zoo have to hold a boxing match?

Some of the smarter tourists surmised that it could be a performance between animals, as circuses do have gorilla boxing matches.

Following the signs, a steady stream of visitors made their way through the pathways, gathering outside Xiongshan.

"Eh? Look below!"

"Holy moly, what’s that?"

Today’s Xiongshan, from the outside, looked no different, but anyone leaning on the fences at the edge of Xiongshan could see that the interior had undergone a slight transformation.

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In the center there was a large platform of several tens of square meters, with a large circle drawn in the middle that contained the character for ’martial’.

It was actually a martial arts platform.

"World’s Number One Martial Arts Tournament?!"

Some Dragon Ball fans among the crowd recognized the prototype of this platform, which was the same as the one in Dragon Ball where masters from all walks of life fought for the title of the world’s number one at the Martial Arts Tournament.

"No, no, that’s the Eternal Isle’s Celestial Competition Platform!"

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At the four corners of the martial arts platform below stood four statues each over a meter tall. Although hastily carved and not very detailed, one could still make out a white crane, an Azure Dragon, a White Tiger, and a strange animal that looked like a yak.

"I think it’s more like Game of Thrones..." someone timidly spoke up because on one side of the ’martial arts platform’ below, there was a tall podium with several people sitting on it, and behind the martial arts platform was a row of flags fluttering in the wind.

The scene looked like a medieval European knight’s tournament.

"Cough cough cough… Ladies and gentlemen, dear visitors, little friends, big friends…"

Suming was sitting on the podium, chuckling into the microphone in front of him, his voice immediately resounding around Xiongshan.

"Yangchuan City Zoo’s first grand athletic competition, the opening battle, now officially begins! Now, let’s welcome today’s two contestants to the stage."

A stirring piece of music played through the loudspeakers just in time.

A ’contestant’ clad in a large cape that shrouded their entire body, strode onto the stage from one side of the martial arts platform.

With such an entry, the entire audience immediately burst into laughter.

Even though their face was covered by the cape and invisible, their walk was too comical, with a large and plump body wobbling as it moved, not at all like the mighty warrior one might expect, more like a plump bride.

"Now, don’t underestimate this contestant!" Suming took on the role of commentator, sitting on the podium and unable to hold back his laughter, saying cheerfully, "Next, I bring you, from the depths of the Bamboo Forest Sea of Clouds in Sichuan, a Hermit who is fat yet not dull, hefty yet agile, a warrior, a bearer of Huaxia’s mysterious martial arts, Panda Yingying!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the warrior beneath the cape swiftly pulled it off.