"Director Yang, the basic renovation of the Animal City is complete. Would you like to come and see?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Lin drove his pickup truck to the site of the former Hengtai Emerald Pearl development, just two stops away from the Xihong Zoo.
Of course, it had now been renamed Xihong Animal City.
And when Yang Lin saw the Animal City, which had been renovated in half a month, he was instantly amazed.
As far as the eye could see, the entire development was surrounded by transplanted trees and greenery, making the originally unfinished building complex feel like it was nestled within a forest.
Even the hardened pavement had been planted with various flowers and grass.
Only a central main road remained, leading directly to the heart of the city.
Walking along this main road, one then encountered sculptures of all sorts of different animals.
The prototypes for these sculptures were basically the animals from Xihong Zoo.
There were small animals and large animals, some hidden in the grass, others placed in trees.
Hua Dajie and the Lion King, the star animals of Xihong Zoo, were placed on either side of the city entrance, respectively.
Looking from the city entrance, the entire Animal City resembled a miniature metropolis.
There were streets, shops, a police station, a post office, a town hall, and even an ice skating rink.
As Yang Lin was surveying the Animal City before him, a project manager wearing a hard hat emerged from within.
"Director Yang, I am the project manager, Liu Wei. I will now briefly report on the construction of the Animal City."
With that, he handed Yang Lin a hard hat.
After Yang Lin put on the hard hat, Liu Wei led him into the city.
"According to your previous plan, this front section is the commercial area, which includes hotels, shops, souvenir stores, and so on."
"The middle area is for herbivores, and the rear is for carnivores and small animals."
Listening to his introduction, Yang Lin's mind immediately conjured up scenes of many animals living together in this city.
Of course, these were the animals from Xihong Zoo. If they were ordinary animals, the Animal City would have been in chaos within a day.
As he was examining the buildings one by one, a large building covering a vast area appeared before him.
"Manager Liu, what is this building for?"
Hearing Yang Lin's question, Liu Wei glanced at it before immediately replying,
"This was the original sales office. It's quite large, and we planned to convert it into a children's playground with a swimming pool."
"A children's playground?"
Hearing this reply, Yang Lin was taken aback for a moment, and then an idea suddenly popped into his head.
"I think it would be better to convert it into an ice skating rink, and install a few snow machines inside."
The reason for this idea was not for any particular purpose, but simply because Yang Lin thought about the newly arrived penguins who had nowhere to live.
With such a large space, if they paved it with real ice and lowered the temperature below zero, it could perfectly simulate the Antarctic living environment.
Ice skating with penguins, the thought itself was full of fun.
More importantly, the difficulty of renovation was not high. A few refrigeration units and some snow-making equipment would perfectly solve the problem.
Upon hearing Yang Lin's request, Liu Wei immediately began making arrangements.
Within half a day, the equipment was delivered.
When the refrigeration units were turned on, the temperature in the spacious building, which was as large as a basketball court, instantly plummeted below zero.
If Yang Lin hadn't awakened his resistance to cold talent earlier, he wouldn't have been able to stand it.
Seeing that the temperature had dropped to an acceptable level, the workers immediately sprayed tap water onto the waterproof material-covered floor.
Once the entire venue had become a large swimming pool, the workers then pumped a large amount of liquid nitrogen into the pipes laid within the pool.
As the liquid nitrogen was injected, coupled with the extremely low temperature in the venue, the floor of the venue turned into a smooth ice surface within minutes.
"Turn on the snow machines."
Hearing Yang Lin's words, the workers immediately switched on the power to the snow machines.
The next second, white snowflakes sprayed out from the snow machine outlets.
Instantly, the entire venue felt like it had entered deep winter.
In less than half an hour, a thick layer of snow covered the ice surface in the venue.
Combined with the extremely low temperature, it truly gave the feeling of an arctic ice and snow world.
"Perfect, now the penguins finally have a place to live." With shining eyes, Yang Lin looked at the ice and snow world before him and immediately made a phone call.
Not long after, the 50 penguins were brought here.
The penguins, who had been listless due to the high temperature, instantly became energetic upon seeing the ice and snow.
However, Yang Lin quickly discovered an anomaly among the penguins.
While the other penguins were ecstatic to see the icy landscape, one penguin, hiding among the group, was constantly trembling.
"What's going on? Do penguins also have social anxiety?"
With a hint of curiosity, Yang Lin slowly walked towards the group of penguins.
Influenced by his natural affinity, these penguins did not go berserk this time but behaved very obediently.
When Yang Lin reached the trembling penguin, the other penguins had already gone off to play in the snow.
"What's wrong? It's shaking even harder. Is it sick?"
"Or is it scared?"
With a trace of doubt, Yang Lin quickly checked its condition.
The next second, a line of text appeared before him.
[Adult Galapagos Penguin (Cold) 2 years old, Friendly]
Looking at the word "Cold" in the health status column, Yang Lin's face contorted in disbelief.
How could a penguin be afraid of the cold? It was a joke.
The temperature here was at most around minus ten degrees Celsius. Compared to the Antarctic, this was practically a greenhouse.
However, seeing the little guy's continuous trembling, Yang Lin felt that the system might not have made a mistake.
"Damn, this penguin isn't from the Antarctic, is it?"
It was impossible not to think of the penguin populations that lived around the equator on Earth.
With this thought, Yang Lin quickly searched online.
He soon found information about Galapagos penguins.
"You really are a penguin that lives near the equator. No wonder you're freezing like a shivering mess. It's a good thing I found out early, or you'd be goners tomorrow."
"What is the Animal Protection Association doing, only doing this kind of thing?"
As he spoke, Yang Lin pondered solutions.
Before long, an idea appeared in his mind.