Yang Lin had just gotten out of the car when a startled wild chicken flew directly into his arms.
At the same time, the eyes of the forest police officers also turned towards him.
"Heh heh, what a coincidence."
Before Yang Lin could even explain, the forest police officers swarmed around him as if they had found a savior.
"Director Yang, you've finally arrived. We're already having trouble controlling the situation."
"In just a short while, we've already rounded up dozens of escaped animals."
"The entire nature reserve is in chaos."
"We're truly at our wits' end."
Hearing their words, Yang Lin noticed that a large number of escaped animals had already been caught nearby.
Among them was even a South China tiger, which was currently terrified.
The king of the forest was a mere cub when facing wild boars and elephants.
"What exactly is going on? Why are the wild boar herd and the elephant herd fighting?"
After his surprise, Yang Lin couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It was fine yesterday. Later, due to issues with territory and food distribution, the two sides started fighting, and then two wild boars were trampled to death by the elephant herd during the conflict."
"Territory and food?"
Hearing this, Yang Lin began to understand.
Ultimately, the diets of wild boars and elephants overlapped significantly. The reserve was only so large, leading to frequent friction.
However, this friction was impossible to mediate, and no one dared to intervene.
Glancing at the reserve, where loud noises could be heard intermittently, Yang Lin pondered for a moment and made a decision.
"I'll go in and assess the situation first. If I can resolve it, I will. But if I can't, you guys should call 120 for me in advance."
Upon hearing Yang Lin's words, the onlookers, while showing gratitude, also felt a sense of admiration.
In this world, only Yang Lin would dare to break up a fight between wild boars and elephants.
The next moment, Yang Lin walked towards the reserve under their watchful eyes.
However, he hadn't taken two steps before all sorts of animals rushed out one after another.
"Run! Those two crazy groups are fighting again."
"One of my brothers was just trampled to death by them. It's too terrifying."
"I don't want to die yet."
...
Listening to the cries of these small animals, Yang Lin couldn't help but wonder:
"Is it really that serious?"
With that thought, he quickly found the tallest and sturdiest tree nearby and scrambled to the top in a few moves.
Suddenly, the scenery of more than half the reserve unfolded before his eyes.
Amidst an endless sea of green, a slightly lower river valley was clearly visible.
What should have been an area for animals to rest and drink was now a battlefield.
Over a hundred plump, black-haired wild boars were in a fierce battle with the elephant herd.
Although there was a vast difference in size, these wild boars showed no fear.
Relying on their thick hides, they dared to charge at the elephants, like small tanks.
The elephants, on the other hand, were even less intimidated by the wild boars. Led by their matriarch, seventeen adult elephants formed a circle around a calf.
Whenever a wild boar charged, it would be impaled and flung away by the long tusks of the adult elephants.
However, after landing, these wild boars would quickly rejoin the fight.
At most, one or two unfortunate wild boars were trampled to death by the enraged elephant herd.
At this rate, it would take at least a day for a victor to emerge.
Even if a victory was achieved, it would cause irreparable damage to the entire ecosystem of the reserve.
Who knew how many wild animals would suffer because of it.
As Yang Lin was observing the situation in the distance, the system notification chimed.
"Ding! Detected conflict between two groups. Host, please mediate as soon as possible to reduce casualties on both sides."
"Task completion reward: 5 Talent Points, Skill: Basic Light of Life."
[Basic Light of Life: When used, it can temporarily increase animals' reproductive desire and slightly improve the conception rate. Can be used once daily, only for animals.]
Yang Lin was not too surprised by the appearance of the task.
However, the skill this time left him dumbfounded.
"What kind of trash skill is this? Makes anyone pregnant just by glaring at them? Increasing reproductive desire, what the heck is that? What do they think I am?"
"If it weren't for that last sentence, why would I even run a zoo? I might as well open a fertility clinic, wouldn't that be more profitable than running a zoo?"
After his rant, he turned his gaze back to the wild boar and elephant herds that were still fighting.
From his perspective, both sides were clearly in a frenzy.
Conventional methods of breaking up fights would be ineffective. If he dared to walk in now, he might be impaled on a tree by a wild boar before his passive 'Natural Affinity' could even take effect.
With that thought, Yang Lin jumped from his current tree to another.
After more than ten minutes of continuous leaping, he had arrived near the valley.
Beneath his feet were the enraged wild boars.
With a tentative mindset, he activated his 'Deterrence' ability.
As usual, the wild boars enveloped by the deterrence froze on the spot, their eyes filled with fear.
The elephant herd reacted similarly.
But just as he thought it was easily resolved, the previously quieted wild boar herd became restless again.
Startled, Yang Lin quickly cast another deterrence.
However, the result was the same as before.
Faced with this situation, Yang Lin himself was bewildered.
"What's the deal with this group of wild boars? Are they brainless? Or did they drink fake liquor? Why are they all so reckless?"
After thinking for a long time, Yang Lin could only come up with a slightly plausible explanation.
That is, these wild boars were too wild. Their rage meters might have been completely filled, and the emotion of fear simply couldn't take root in their brains.
Seeing that he couldn't subdue the wild boars for the time being, Yang Lin's mind raced.
Not long after, a tumor as large as a story building, hanging from a tree not far ahead, appeared in his field of vision.
Looking at this massive tumor, a daring idea immediately popped into his mind.
"Can't scare you, huh? Then don't blame me for calling in a third party."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lin quickly moved towards the direction of the large tumor.
As he got closer to the tumor, his heart began to pound.
This was a feeling he hadn't experienced even when facing lions and tigers.
There was no other way; the pressure from the behemoth in front of him was too immense.
It was no exaggeration to say that if there was any entity in the reserve that could contend with the two groups below, it was them.
Fortunately, by the time he reached the top of the large tumor, his 'Natural Affinity' passive skill activated.
The restless little creatures inside immediately quieted down.
Seeing this, Yang Lin clasped his hands together and whispered:
"I'm sorry, brothers. I'll arrange a bigger house for you again when I have the chance."
"Here goes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he tightly gripped the branch above and stomped hard on the branch supporting the large tumor below.
Instantly, this branch, which was already under immense strain, snapped.
The tumor, the size of a story building, fell straight down.
ps: I won't include a picture here. I searched for it, and it's truly too disgusting. I believe everyone can guess what it is.