In the director's office, ever since Bru appeared at the meet-and-greet, the phone on Yang Lin's desk had not stopped ringing.
"Director Yang, where did your zoo get its dinosaur? Can you get us one too?"
This was from Director Song of the Yunnan Zoo.
"Old Yang, are your dinosaurs authentic? I want to come over and film an episode. They don't eat people, right?"
This was from Teacher Xiao Liang.
"Director Yang, you must protect this dinosaur well. Don't let others take it away. It's the only surviving dinosaur in existence. Later, we'll have a dinosaur culture festival and strive to make Ningnan the hometown of dinosaurs."
This was from a leader of the Ningnan Culture and Tourism Bureau.
Of course, the most unexpected call was from the Animal Protection Association.
"Director Yang, the person in charge of the Memphis Zoo in the United States contacted us saying that the dinosaur at your zoo was lost by them and demanded its return."
Upon hearing what was on the other end of the line, Yang Lin refused without a second thought.
"What is theirs? This is a dinosaur our zoo cultivated from residual dinosaur genes. What does it have to do with them?"
After the call ended, Yang Lin leaned back against his chair.
"This Bru, he really knows how to cause trouble for me."
"But then again, isn't the Memphis Zoo gone now? Why is it still coming to trouble me?"
"Aren't they fighting with Caesar and the others now?"
He inexplicably had a premonition that the Memphis Zoo might come looking for him again.
Thinking of this, he quickly opened his computer and typed "Memphis Zoo" into the search engine.
Soon, some relevant information appeared before him.
Among them, the most eye-catching was a multinational corporation called International Gene Company.
The moment he saw this multinational corporation, Yang Lin understood why the Memphis Zoo had not completely disappeared after all its animals had escaped.
As the United States' top biological enterprise, International Gene Company owned more than just the Memphis Zoo.
In fact, they owned dozens of zoos and several biological laboratories, with total assets reaching hundreds of billions of dollars.
It was likely that they were the masterminds behind the Memphis Zoo's dinosaur gene experiments.
"This is troublesome now. With Bru appearing at Xihong Zoo, they must be able to guess that I had something to do with the Memphis Zoo riot."
"If they know they can't get Bru back through normal channels, will they hire assassins or international mercenaries to assassinate me like in the movies?"
In an instant, Yang Lin thought of some plots he had seen in movies.
Just as he felt his life and property were under threat, the phone on his desk rang again.
Without much thought, he casually answered the call.
However, after the other party spoke, his brow furrowed slightly.
"Hello, Director Yang. I am Mocks, the assistant to the CEO of International Gene Company. My Chinese name is Li Chenggong."
Yang Lin never expected the actual party to show up so soon. He instinctively thought they were here to demand an explanation.
But what the other party said next left him confused.
"Director Yang, please rest assured. I'm not contacting you to get back that Velociraptor."
"Although it was not obtained easily, it is not impossible for our International Gene Company to replicate it."
"We are contacting you this time hoping to reach a strategic cooperation with your zoo and share gene technology."
"Share gene technology?"
Hearing these words, Yang Lin felt his head swimming. What gene technology did he have?
"I don't have any technology worth sharing with your company. You must have the wrong person."
"Director Yang, you jest. The animals at your zoo could not possibly have reached that level without artificial gene intervention."
"Especially since your zoo has recently cultivated the legendary divine dragon. Even our International Gene Company does not possess such technology."
Mocks's words on the other end of the line were full of disbelief.
However, their suspicion was not entirely unfounded. As more and more strange animals appeared at Xihong Zoo, anyone with some biological knowledge would think so.
"You really have the wrong person. I'm just raising animals normally. As for why the animals are like this, it's purely because they are spirited on their own."
When he said this, Yang Lin was full of confidence.
It wasn't that he was being stubborn, but he genuinely hadn't used any technology. With the current resources of Xihong Zoo, they really didn't have the money to dabble in biotechnology.
Facing Yang Lin's answer, Mocks on the other end of the line fell silent.
After a full ten seconds, he spoke again.
"It seems Director Yang doubts the strength of our International Gene Company and thinks we are not worthy of cooperating with you."
"How about this? To show our sincerity in cooperation, I will send you a video and also give you a few small gifts."
"Director Yang, could you give me your email address?"
Yang Lin was initially taken aback by Mocks's request, but out of curiosity, he eventually gave his email address.
In his opinion, a large international company wouldn't send him a computer virus via email, right?
A minute later, a video file was sent to his email.
When Yang Lin opened the video file, the scene that appeared in the video instantly widened his eyes.
Following his gaze, he saw a colossal creature tens of meters in size on a remote overseas island.
Beside this giant creature were other large creatures of a similar type.
The word "dinosaur" unconsciously appeared in his mind.
Sauropods, stegosaurs, triceratops, pterosaurs – ancient dinosaurs that should have gone extinct long ago appeared one after another in this video, which was only a little over a minute long.
If not for the large International Gene Company logo that appeared on a man-made structure on the island at the end of the video, Yang Lin would have thought it was all computer-generated special effects.
It took Yang Lin nearly a minute to recover from the shock of the video.
"My goodness, has gene technology in this world really developed to this extent?"
"No wonder they weren't that concerned about Bru. They have even more amazing dinosaurs."
"They've even recreated a dinosaur world on the island."
For the first time, Yang Lin felt the power of technology.
After a brief sigh of emotion, he showed a dismissive expression.
"It's just dinosaurs. With my system, I can create them too."
"Moreover, they are all artificial defective products, unable to awaken their talents, and perhaps have genetic defects."
However, despite his grumbling, Yang Lin was genuinely tempted by the gene technology of International Gene Company.
If he had such technology combined with his system, wouldn't he be equivalent to a creator?
"Hmph, just you wait. Your dinosaurs and your technology will be mine sooner or later."
"Oh, right, didn't he say he was going to send me a small gift? What is it?"
Yang Lin inexplicably began to look forward to it.