Inevitably, the unexpected happened.
For the adult elephants who had seen much of the world, the sound of a balloon popping was nothing.
But for the calf, not yet a year old, it was enough to instill fear and unease.
And its way of expressing fear and unease was to run, the same method most wild animals choose when encountering danger.
Although the calf weighed only a few hundred pounds, the commotion it created while running was no less than that of an adult wild boar.
The threat, of course, was even greater. If it were to charge into the crowd, things would get out of hand.
At this moment, almost everyone realized this, and Yang Lin was no exception.
Without time to think, he jumped out of the driver's cabin.
Glancing at the direction the calf had fled, he casually took a bundle of hemp rope from the cabin.
With the rope in hand, he walked directly towards a traffic policeman on duty.
"Officer, may I borrow your motorcycle?"
Perhaps recognizing Yang Lin, the traffic policeman from Kunming, though perplexed why Yang Lin needed his motorcycle, finally nodded blankly.
And the moment he handed the key to Yang Lin, Yang Lin straddled the motorcycle.
Before long, the police motorcycle, with a roar, sped off in the direction the calf had gone.
Seeing this, the aerial survey helicopters flying over the city quickly followed, afraid of missing any exciting footage.
At the same time, the audience's hearts were filled with doubt.
"Is Director Yang going to chase after this frightened calf himself?"
"What's wrong with that? Didn't he chase the two adult elephants back the same way before?"
"This time the situation is completely different, the calf is scared. Didn't you see how fast it was running?"
"Speaking of which, would anyone dare to block its path?"
"Try blocking it, and it'll break your waist."
"Director Yang even brought a rope, is he planning to use it to catch the calf?"
"Director Yang knows how to do that?"
...
As people were discussing, Yang Lin, riding the motorcycle, had caught up with the fleeing calf. If he could touch it, a simple healing spell would immediately calm the calf down.
As for using deterrence, he dared not do so casually. The calf was already frightened, and using deterrence now would likely have a counterproductive effect.
Seeing that the calf had no intention of stopping, Yang Lin turned his gaze to the bundle of hemp rope.
He immediately stopped the motorcycle and tied a loop in the rope.
This was taught to him by a herdsman when his father took him to the grasslands. It was usually used to lasso horses or cattle.
But he was somewhat uncertain about using it on an elephant.
Compared to cattle and horses, elephants were much stronger. Even if it was a calf.
Just as Yang Lin was contemplating whether he could lasso the calf, the crowd finally noticed his peculiar behavior.
Seeing the loop he had made, they immediately understood what he was thinking, and their faces showed disbelief.
"He's crazy, he's going to lasso an elephant!"
"Amazing, Director Yang's mind is so unique. Can this thing even lasso an elephant?"
"Quickly find a way to stop him, otherwise I feel like this calf will drag him all over the street later."
"He'll probably be the first human to be paraded by an elephant."
"The scene is too beautiful to imagine."
"Uh... I think the first thing to consider is whether he can even lasso it. We should worry about what happens next only if he can lasso it."
"Right, right, this kind of lassoing isn't something anyone can do. It looks simple on TV, but it's hard for ordinary people to even swing the loop..."
But before the person could finish speaking, Yang Lin had already swung the rope loop in his hand.
Like a Western cowboy in the movies, the soft hemp rope was swung into a large circle.
The next second, the fully swung rope loop was thrown straight out by Yang Lin.
At this moment, the calf was more than twenty meters away from him.
It would be difficult for an ordinary person to throw a rope loop that far, let alone lasso it.
But the rope loop in Yang Lin's hand seemed to have a GPS, and it directly targeted the calf's neck.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, the swung rope loop instantly landed around the calf's neck.
In less than half a second, the thick hemp rope was pulled taut.
At the same time, Yang Lin felt a powerful force surge through him, and he was involuntarily thrown off the motorcycle.
Seeing this, everyone's hearts leaped into their throats.
If Yang Lin didn't let go at this moment, he would likely be dragged by the calf, which would be dangerous.
"Let go quickly, Director Yang!"
"Forget the calf, your life is more important."
"Yes, you can't hold back an elephant, don't get hurt."
"It's over, Director Yang is going to put himself in danger this time."
"Alas, we'll have to chip in for the Xihong Zoo later."
....
At this moment, almost everyone could predict what would happen next.
But Yang Lin, the person involved, after a roll, immediately activated the intermediate shared skill that he hadn't used since it was upgraded.
The target of the sharing was the matriarch elephant.
As the skill was activated, he instantly felt a surge of immense power within him.
This power was almost several times that of his own body, and this was only a part of the matriarch's strength. One could imagine how terrifying her full strength would be.
And this part of the strength, originating from the matriarch, immediately stabilized Yang Lin's footing.
Planting his feet firmly, Yang Lin immediately adopted the posture commonly used in tug-of-war, wrapping the rope around his waist and leaning back.
The calf, which had been running wildly, suddenly felt a tremendous force from the rope around its neck, and it could no longer move forward.
When this scene fell into the eyes of the audience, everyone was stunned.
They never expected that Yang Lin could actually control the calf with his own strength. What immense power this was.
What surprised them even more was that after controlling the calf, Yang Lin began to slowly pull the rope back.
As he pulled, the calf could not help but retreat.
Seeing more and more rope in his hands, Yang Lin simply tied the other end of the rope to a roadside utility pole.
Upon seeing this, the leader of the power department's eyelids twitched.
Fortunately, the utility pole did not show any signs of tilting or collapsing until Yang Lin had pulled the calf in front of him.
At this moment, everyone whose nerves had been tense finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, their gaze towards Yang Lin could not help but change slightly.