"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the capture mission."
"According to the final rarity assessment, the host can obtain 100 Talent Points this time."
Hearing the mission completion notification in his mind, Yang Lin's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
"So much?"
Other than that one time at Dolphin Island, he hadn't received such a massive Talent Point reward.
However, he only sighed slightly and didn't have much of a reaction.
Because he had basically achieved Talent Point freedom now.
As long as he wanted to, he could awaken an animal for the upgrade mission at any time.
After sighing, Yang Lin found a hotel in Port City and checked in.
He had originally planned to return to Ningnan that day, but with this incident, he could only wait until tomorrow morning to drive back.
It could be imagined that when he embarked on his return journey tomorrow, he would inevitably be accompanied by a large team.
And while Yang Lin was lying in the hotel with nothing to do, the events that happened in Port City during the day caused an uproar online.
Especially after the anti-smuggling team held a press conference about the incident overnight.
At this press conference, Gao Jin, the main person in charge of the operation, not only described what happened at the port.
He also explained how Yang Lin assisted them in clearing out alien species throughout the city.
When pictures and data from the scene were released one by one, netizens were in an uproar.
"Damn, I'm a local from Port City, and I was scared to death seeing this."
"Me too, are there so many alien species living in our city?"
"The artificial lake where the crocodile was found is right next to our community. Oh my god."
"As expected of my great Guangxi, the wild animal resources are so rich."
"I've learned so much. I've never even heard of some of these animals before. How did they get into the city?"
"It must have been released by some kind benefactor."
"The one who released the crocodile, I advise you to turn yourself in."
"If it weren't for Director Yang, there would have been a fierce battle between humans and beasts."
"I don't think this only happens in Port City. It must happen in our cities too."
"No need to guess, in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan, these provinces with warmer climates will surely have a lot of such situations."
"I saw a video before of someone filming a monitor lizard living in a sewer, and I was wondering where monitor lizards came from in our country."
"Please let Director Yang come here. I won't be able to sleep if he doesn't."
"Please come here too. I'm afraid a fierce beast will appear here one day."
"Can other zoos have some responsibility like Xihong Zoo? Look how amazing Director Yang is."
...
Undoubtedly, the alien animal incident in Port City served as a warning to major cities.
And in the subsequent self-inspections by various cities, all sorts of bizarre alien animals were discovered.
Even university majors related to animals became popular.
...
The next morning, after checking out of the hotel and having breakfast, Yang Lin embarked on his return journey.
Unlike when he came empty-handed, Yang Lin was now accompanied by hundreds of new companions.
The Chinese pistol shrimp in the aquarium, and the Malayan tapir in the iron cage in the back of the car.
And hundreds of reptiles and alien animals in the two trucks arranged by the anti-smuggling team.
The people following the convoy were extremely careful along the way and didn't dare to say a word, but Yang Lin listened to exciting music the whole way.
When the cars arrived at Xihong Zoo, a group of tourists who had received the news in advance were already waiting at the entrance.
When they saw the reptiles and exotic pets peeking out from various corners of the vehicles, they were both curious and scared.
Especially when facing the group of lizards.
"My goodness, it's said that Director Yang never comes back empty-handed from anywhere he goes."
"He's got another batch of reptiles."
"It's probably because Director Yang felt that the reptile house at Xihong Zoo was too empty."
"The reptile house at Xihong Zoo is indeed sparsely populated, with only a few tortoises and snakes."
"With these, the number of animals in Xihong Zoo probably far exceeds that of some provincial capital zoos now."
"Others are touring the country, Director Yang is inspecting the country, picking up whatever he finds wherever he goes."
"You say that, would you dare to pick them up if they were given to you?"
...
Just when everyone thought Yang Lin would, as before, simply dump these reptiles into the zoo, Yang Lin led these animals to the quarantine area of Xihong Zoo.
After a series of strict quarantine and disinfection measures, he finally felt relieved.
However, he immediately faced a new problem, which was to find a place to house these animals that were found outside.
Large animals like crocodiles, alligator snapping turtles, Burmese pythons, and Malayan tapirs were easier to handle.
They could be directly placed in some of the existing enclosures, where there were already some of their kind.
But for lizards like the Savannah monitor, green iguana, red iguana, and Bengal monitor, Xihong Zoo had never kept them before.
"It's a shame that the new park won't be completed for a few more months. It will have a large enough specialized reptile house for them to inhabit."
"Also, I need to find a leader for them, otherwise these guys are too unintelligent."
As Yang Lin was thinking this, he suddenly remembered Li Xiaolong, also known as Jiao Baobao, who was in Bear Ridge.
He hadn't paid attention to the little guy since its last molt.
Theoretically, snakes and lizards were closely related.
Having Jiao Baobao, who was also a reptile, manage these large lizards seemed to be a good fit professionally.
"That's settled. A future true dragon can't even manage a group of big lizards."
Having said that, Yang Lin sensed Jiao Baobao's location.
As expected, it was still lurking deep in Bear Ridge at the moment.
Knowing its location, Yang Lin headed directly towards Bear Ridge.
After several months of transformation, Bear Ridge no longer looked like an artificial forest and was basically indistinguishable from a normal mountain forest.
Except for a few fixed tour routes, other areas were not open to tourists.
After Yang Lin crossed a series of forests, a special area shrouded in mist appeared before him.
Despite being covered by heavy fog, Yang Lin could still feel Jiao Baobao's aura from within.
Looking at the mist that didn't seem natural, Yang Lin shouted into the mist.
"Little Dragon, I've come to see you!"
As soon as his voice fell, the mist began to churn violently, and the next second, a pair of glowing eyes appeared from the mist.