At the zoo entrance, a middle-aged man with slightly tanned skin was anxiously looking towards the zoo, holding a snakeskin bag. It was unclear what was inside.
When Chen Kexin finally brought Yang Lin to him, the man eagerly grabbed Yang Lin's hands.
"Director Yang, you're finally here. Please help me identify what I electrocuted. I hope it's not a protected animal."
As he spoke, he carefully untied the opening of the snakeskin bag.
A water bucket filled with water immediately appeared before Yang Lin.
"This morning, I was fishing by the river next to my house with my new energy fishing rod, and I accidentally caught these two fellas."
"Seeing how strange they looked, I knew they were not ordinary."
Listening to the middle-aged man's explanation, Yang Lin's gaze towards him became peculiar.
No wonder he brought the animals here first. It turned out this guy was illegally fishing.
He made electrofishing sound so pleasant, calling it a new energy fishing rod.
However, despite his internal remarks, he decided to examine the creatures first.
When he looked into the water bucket, he was immediately startled, then looked at the middle-aged man with a questioning expression.
"Are you sure you electrocuted these two by the river?"
Hearing Yang Lin's question, the man's face showed a hint of panic.
"Director Yang, I'll be honest with you, please don't report me."
"These two strange creatures I... fished out of the Yongjiang River."
"I see. But don't worry, the one with suckers and teeth on its face is called a lamprey. It probably came from elsewhere. Although rare, it's not a protected animal."
As soon as Yang Lin finished speaking, the man let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's good it's not a protected animal, it's good it's not a protected animal."
However, in the next second, his relief turned into a gasp.
"But the little one next to it is something else entirely. It appears to be an albino and slightly deformed giant salamander, with six legs. It's a Class II national protected animal."
"This is truly unforgivable!"
The middle-aged man clearly hadn't expected that a single burst of electricity in the river would yield a Class II national protected animal, and more importantly, both little creatures were on the verge of death.
Thinking of the consequences if the matter were exposed, he almost fainted on the spot.
As he desperately pondered what would happen next, Yang Lin spoke up.
"How about this, you leave them both with me, and I'll see if I can save them."
Hearing Yang Lin's words, the middle-aged man's expression became one of disbelief.
"Okay!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he dropped the snakeskin bag and bolted.
Before Yang Lin could even react, the man had already disappeared.
Seeing this, Yang Lin couldn't help but feel a sense of speechlessness.
However, looking at the two little creatures in the bucket on their last legs, he knew there was no time to delay.
He immediately carried the bucket to the side of the artificial lake.
Due to the previous appearance of the giant arapaima, there wasn't a single fish left in the entire artificial lake. So his first thought was to temporarily house the two little ones there, to add some life to the artificial lake.
Of course, he had to save them before that.
Looking at the little ones already starting to float on their backs, Yang Lin immediately activated his two Insight Eyes.
In the next second, two talent information screens appeared before him.
Stream Lamprey
[Intimidate (Green Talent) requires 1 talent point to activate]
[Metamorphosis (Green Talent) requires 1 talent point to activate]
[Discharge (Gold Talent) requires 5 talent points to activate]
Albino Mutant Giant Salamander
[Mutation (Special Talent, already activated) requires 1 talent point for further enhancement]
[Environmental Adaptation (Blue Talent) requires 2 talent points to activate]
[Devour (Gold Talent) requires 5 talent points to activate]
Judging by the talent lists of the two little creatures, they were clearly not highly evolved species.
Especially the lamprey, it was the most pathetic creature he had ever seen, with no notable features other than the potential to evolve an electric discharge ability.
However, the talents of the giant salamander surprised him.
This giant salamander had awakened a talent on its own, something he had never seen before.
"It seems that having six legs is a result of this mutation. But what caused the mutation? Environmental pollution or natural selection?"
However, the current condition of the two little ones clearly left no room for Yang Lin to ponder.
Seeing the lamprey already blowing bubbles, he immediately activated its Metamorphosis talent.
He wanted to see how "metamorphic" this talent truly was.
The moment he activated the Metamorphosis talent for the lamprey, which was about as thick as an arm, the little creature that had flipped onto its back and was blowing bubbles became lively again.
Even more astonishingly, as it regained its energy, its body began to grow at an incredibly rapid rate.
Seeing that the water bucket was about to burst, Yang Lin quickly threw it into the artificial lake.
After entering the artificial lake, the changes were still ongoing.
Its body grew to four to five meters long, and scales-like protrusions appeared on its skin.
More dramatically, its already dense sharp teeth grew larger and sharper, resembling the dreaded alien creatures from science fiction.
Its terrifying appearance even made one doubt if it was a species from Earth.
"Good heavens, so this is what Metamorphosis means. The appearance is indeed quite monstrous."
Looking at the lamprey's now terrifying form, Yang Lin couldn't help but marvel.
He quickly had it dive to the bottom of the artificial lake, then turned his attention to the mutated giant salamander.
Without a second thought, he added a talent point to the giant salamander's already enhanced Mutation talent.
As this talent was further strengthened, it, like the lamprey, began to swell.
Originally nearly half a meter long, it was growing towards two meters.
Yang Lin quickly threw it into the lake as well.
After entering the water, the mutated giant salamander's growth rate did not change. Black stripes even appeared on its back.
As these black stripes converged at the top of its head, they formed a terrifying face resembling a demon.
When all the changes were complete, it had transformed from a somewhat cute and clumsy giant salamander into a monster that seemed to have stepped out of a movie.
Seeing their current forms, Yang Lin felt his eyes light up.