It's unclear how long he slept, but Yang Lin vaguely heard the sounds of a commotion from outside.
When he slowly opened his heavy eyelids, he was immediately startled by the scene before him.
Outside the glass curtain wall of the treatment room, layers upon layers of tourists were pressed tightly against it.
One might have thought they were looking at some rare species of animal.
"What's going on? Instead of visiting the animals, they've all come to visit me."
With such a question, Yang Lin stretched and opened the door to the treatment room.
The moment he opened the door, a round of applause erupted from outside.
This made the already somewhat bewildered Yang Lin even more confused.
"I just took a nap, what's there to applaud about?"
"I haven't turned into an animal, have I?"
Before Yang Lin could figure out why the tourists present were suddenly clapping, they all started to speak.
"Director Yang is amazing!"
"Director Yang is doing great."
"Director Yang is truly making us Guangxi people proud."
"Director Yang, you are truly my idol."
"I won't say anything else. I'll go buy some merchandise later to support Xihong Zoo."
"Director Yang, you've become famous with this move."
"Yes, as soon as I open my phone, it's all news about you."
"Director Yang must have worked hard, rushing back overnight to treat those animals. Indeed, no one succeeds casually."
"This huge zoo would have collapsed long ago without Director Yang."
"As expected of Director Yang, one person is equivalent to a top-tier hospital."
"Everyone, give Director Yang another round of applause!"
...
Hearing this, Yang Lin finally understood what had happened.
To confirm his guess, he quickly picked up his phone from the table.
As soon as he unlocked the screen, a news push from Toutiao appeared before him.
"Yesterday, Qianyang Forest Police cracked a major case of wild animal poaching. Xihong Zoo Director Yang Lin participated in the entire case and played a crucial role in its investigation..."
Clicking on the news title, a detailed news report soon recounted everything that had happened yesterday.
From Yang Lin finding the bear cub at the service area to Yang Lin discovering the existence of the poaching gang through clues.
Then to Yang Lin tracking the poachers alone to their lair and informing the forest police of their location.
Finally, it fully documented how he rescued the injured animals and how he righteously brought the injured animals to Xihong Zoo overnight for treatment.
The entire article was rich with pictures and text, with Yang Lin's part accounting for nearly sixty percent.
The remaining portion described the gruesome scenes in the processing plant and the cruel abuse the animals had suffered.
Every line of text and every picture was shocking.
Coupled with the author's superb writing skills, it conjured up the magnificent image of Yang Lin as a lone hero in the minds of the viewers, creating a stark contrast with the cruel poachers.
The article was published at 8 a.m., and three hours had passed since then.
In these three hours, the article had been viewed by over ten million people, with hundreds of thousands of comments.
"Director Yang is truly incredible, accomplishing such a great deed again without a word."
"Last night, I just saw Director Yang leading a large group back to Ningnan. So, they were rescuing animals from poachers."
"As expected, Director Yang has never disappointed us."
"Director Yang has once again been the hero all by himself."
"It sounds thrilling. Those brutal poachers, and Director Yang handled them all alone. This story could be adapted into a movie."
"He was recently awarded the title of Ocean Guardian. This time, he should be awarded the title of Forest Guardian."
"These people are truly detestable, even more so than those who hunt animals. Who knows what those animals have gone through."
"Live bile extraction, this is no different from Lingchi. It's more cruel than the most brutal punishment. How could people come up with such a thing?"
"They can no longer be called human. They are demons. I only hope they experience what those animals went through in the future."
"Yes, being in prison is too good for them. Let them feel the pain of the animals too."
"A slight spoiler: the processing plant was smashed down by the animals, and those few poachers were trampled to near death by the animals. They'll only be able to lie in bed and be sustained by IV drips in their next lives."
"Wow, is this true? If it is, that's fantastic."
"Indeed, karma comes around. Let them taste what those animals went through."
...
Looking at the article, Yang Lin immediately guessed that it must have been released by the forest police.
Only they would have the pictures of the scene and related details.
As for the extensive focus on him personally, it was probably to divert the netizens' attention.
Casually closing this news, Yang Lin checked Douyin and a few other platforms.
As expected, the incident had also become a trending topic on these platforms.
And live bear bile extraction had become a focus of heated discussion.
Netizens overwhelmingly condemned this inhumane act.
While casually browsing videos, two videos soon caught Yang Lin's attention.
One was a notice from Qianyang Forest Police, stating that they had apprehended the downstream members of the poaching gang overnight and seized a large number of tools used to capture wild animals.
A group of salespeople were also arrested.
Seeing this news, Yang Lin breathed a long sigh of relief.
He had not expected the efficiency of the Qianyang Forest Police to be so high. In just one night, all the personnel responsible for poaching within the protected area had been arrested.
It was probably because the scale of this incident was too large.
The other video that caught his attention was a complete record of the wild animal army pouring into the processing plant from the mountains.
At first glance, he recognized it as the video he had filmed yesterday.
He had been worried that netizens might have doubts after seeing this video.
However, after reading the comments, he was completely relieved.
"Well done."
"Indeed, it was well done. It was really satisfying to watch."
"Those poachers should have been treated this way."
"They truly deserved it. Retribution has come."
"They must have done too many bad things."
"Animals have spirits. When you do too much evil, heaven will naturally collect its due."
"The wild boars made a great contribution this time."
"I love watching this."
.....
Judging from the content of the comment section, people didn't care at all why these animals acted this way. They only felt pleasure that the bad guys had received their due punishment.
Some netizens even felt that this was nature's punishment for those who lacked reverence in their hearts.
After reviewing this series of related news, Yang Lin quickly thought of a very tricky problem.
How should the rescued black bears be housed.