Inside Xiongxiong Ridge, looking at Lele and Yaya who had fully recovered, and then at the direction of the screams, Yang Lin ultimately decided to go and see what was happening.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see your future neighbors."
With Yang Lin's call, Yaya, who had been riding on Lele and beating him, gracefully jumped down, showing no trace of her previous fierce demeanor.
As Yang Lin swaggered through the interior of Xiongxiong Ridge with the two pandas, he attracted the attention of many other bears.
Among them were the two little guys, Xiong Da and Xiong Er.
Without paying attention, they jumped from the nearby bushes into Yang Lin's arms.
"Zoo director, zoo director, are they also bears? Why do they look so different from us?"
Xiong Er, with a naive look, gazed at Lele and Yaya behind Yang Lin and asked with great confusion.
Having been born in Xiongxiong Ridge, they had never encountered pandas from the outside world.
"Yes, they're so strange. I've seen black bears, brown bears, but never a black and white bear."
Xiong Da also said with confusion.
"I heard a tourist say that you can change your hair color by dyeing it. Did they dye their colors too?"
"Xiong Da, I want to dye mine too."
"What color do you want to dye it?"
"I want to dye it green, so mom won't find us when we hide in the trees."
Faced with a barrage of questions from the two little ones, Yang Lin did not answer them immediately. Instead, he looked at Xiong Er with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Xiong Er, answer me honestly, were those droppings on the ground just now yours?"
Hearing Yang Lin's words suddenly, Xiong Er instantly became nervous.
Seeing its reaction, Yang Lin knew that the pile of bear feces was indeed its doing.
Perhaps to change the subject, Xiong Er, hanging on Yang Lin, suddenly said:
"Zoo director, a strangely shaped animal ran into Dragon Turtle Valley just now."
"Its front two legs were deformed, poor thing."
Hearing this, Yang Lin immediately showed a look of "as expected."
"Xiong Er, that's a dinosaur, and its front legs are supposed to look like that, they're not deformed."
"Oh, is that so?"
And so, Yang Lin, with two bears in his arms and two pandas behind him, continued on.
What would have taken only ten minutes to reach Dragon Turtle Valley ended up taking a full half hour.
It couldn't be helped, the two little meat dumplings were in their growth spurt, and although they looked small, they were solid meat.
Finally arriving at the entrance of Dragon Turtle Valley, before Yang Lin could even step inside, a figure flew out backward from within.
It was none other than the Velociraptor Blue, who had previously boasted about its invincibility.
It was clearly beaten quite badly this time. Its face, originally only gray and blue, was bruised and battered, and several teeth had been knocked out.
As soon as Yang Lin spotted Blue, Blue also spotted Yang Lin.
Its first reaction was to immediately scramble to its feet and hide behind Yang Lin.
"Is this the zoo in Dragon Country? What kind of animal is in there?"
"I told it I was a dinosaur, and it beat me without any regard for my feelings."
From Blue's timid eyes, it was clear that it was terrified.
But Yang Lin felt no sympathy; on the contrary, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
As far as he could tell, the one who had beaten Blue so badly must have been Xiao Long, the dragon itself.
As the only flood dragon in this world, and now another strangely shaped animal claiming to be a dragon, it was only natural for them to spar.
And what happened next was indeed as Yang Lin had predicted.
As the mist in Dragon Turtle Valley shifted, the increasingly majestic Xiao Long emerged from within.
As soon as it appeared, the Velociraptor Blue once again shrunk its head behind Yang Lin, fearing being seen by this formidable entity again.
Fortunately, Xiao Long did not look at it this time, but fixed its gaze directly on Yang Lin.
"Zoo director, why are you here?"
Hearing Xiao Long's question, Yang Lin first smiled, then pointed to Lele and Yaya behind him.
"Nothing much, just brought you two neighbors."
"They just returned from abroad and have nowhere to stay, so I'll let them stay here for now. After some time, I'll arrange for them to return to the panda enclosure."
In fact, this was Yang Lin's only recourse.
While Lele and Yaya's recovery was a good thing, the speed of their recovery was simply astonishing.
Even in Xi Hong Zoo, which was full of strange occurrences, this was rather exaggerated.
Therefore, he planned to temporarily hide Lele and Yaya in Dragon Turtle Valley for a week or two before announcing their complete recovery.
After all, as long as they stayed in Dragon Turtle Valley, visitors would essentially not be able to find them.
The only strange thing was having two pandas living in the same area as a dragon and a giant turtle.
Such a combination would be quite astounding in the animal kingdom.
However, Xiao Long had no objections to Yang Lin's arrangement; in fact, it welcomed it.
As the dragon and the man talked, Lele and Yaya officially took up residence in Dragon Turtle Valley.
And as Lele and Yaya settled into Dragon Turtle Valley, Yang Lin also noticed some changes within the valley.
Specifically, the changes in the lizards and reptiles.
It had only been a week since they arrived, but the external changes were hard to ignore.
Take the Bengal monitor lizard, for instance. Its form was no longer as bloated as when it first arrived, and its head features had become more pointed and slender.
If one had to use a single word to describe it, it would be "dragonification."
If they had awakened their innate talents, it would have been understandable, but Yang Lin had done nothing to them.
The sudden mutation seemed rather peculiar.
"Could it be Xiao Long?"
The only explanation now was that Xiao Long, having been exposed to the most meteor radiation, had essentially become a peculiar radiation source.
Under its continuous radiation, those reptilian creatures with similar genetic structures had also begun to mutate.
For some reason, Yang Lin thought of a legend about Ying Long.
It was said that fish, shrimp, and crabs in rivers and seas would transform into dragons if they drank Ying Long's urine.
However, this was just speculation. Yang Lin could not predict what these reptiles would eventually become.
But overall, it was a good thing.
With this thought, Yang Lin turned his gaze back to Blue behind him.
"If I recall correctly, doesn't it have genes from lizards and snakes? Wouldn't it be wonderful to throw it in here to evolve?"
"Besides, it's not suitable for public display right now."
Unbeknownst to Blue, Yang Lin's fleeting thought had decided its future fate.
Half an hour later, when Yang Lin left Dragon Turtle Valley again, only Xiong Da and Xiong Er remained by his side.
And as he walked back towards the park, another large truck with panda patterns was slowly approaching Xi Hong Zoo.
Tuantuan's two cubs had arrived.