Yang Lin basically knew it was bad news when he heard there was one piece of bad news and one piece of good news.
However, he decided to hear the good news first.
"Director Yang, after our evaluation by the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association, your zoo has met the standards to become a council unit of the Wildlife Protection Association."
"That means from today onwards, Xihong Zoo is a council member of the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association, and the custom-made plaque will be delivered soon."
Hearing this, Yang Lin was stunned for a moment, then wore a confused expression.
"Uh... I wonder if there are any benefits to being a council member unit?"
As soon as Yang Lin asked this question, the staff member from the wildlife protection association was caught off guard.
After thinking for a moment, he shook his head.
"Our Wildlife Protection Association is a non-profit organization, so theoretically, there are no benefits."
"On the contrary, we have responsibilities such as the reception and rescue of wild animals, and the protection of endangered animals..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yang Lin's expression changed slightly.
"Wait, you just said you have to undertake the work of receiving and rescuing wild animals. Does that mean from now on, any wild animal injured or any endangered species discovered within Guixi will be sent to our Xihong Zoo?"
Although he didn't quite understand why Yang Lin suddenly asked this, the staff member from the wildlife protection association nodded.
"That's about the gist of it. As a council unit of the Wildlife Protection Association, Xihong Zoo should actively undertake the treatment and protection of wild animals."
"If citizens find injured wild animals in the wild or in urban areas, they should also be sent to Xihong Zoo as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Yang Lin finally showed a smile.
"That's for sure, I will definitely fulfill my responsibilities as a council member unit of the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association."
"By the way, what was the bad news you mentioned earlier?"
As soon as Yang Lin finished speaking, the staff member from the wildlife protection association took out a document from his file bag.
"This is a letter from the World Wildlife Protection Association. In it, they strongly condemned the act of animals competing with humans in the recent sporting event organized by Xihong Zoo and Ningnan City officials."
"They also asked us to impose sanctions on your zoo."
"What?" Yang Lin never expected the so-called bad news to be this. While shocked, he couldn't help but feel speechless.
The entire nation agreed, and the animals had no objections. But to the World Wildlife Protection Association, it was unacceptable.
However, thinking about their past actions, Yang Lin felt resigned.
They would eat expensive caviar and foie gras while condemning Dragon Country for cruelly killing pigs.
While Yang Lin was silently complaining in his heart about the suffocating operations of the World Wildlife Protection Association, what the member from the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association said next made him freeze.
"However, Director Yang, you don't need to worry about this. You don't need to bother with them at all. After all, our Dragon Country has not joined the World Wildlife Protection Association."
"Furthermore, there is no subordinate relationship between our Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association and the World Wildlife Protection Association."
As soon as he finished speaking, he tossed the letter he had just taken out into the nearby trash can, leaving Yang Lin dumbfounded.
After the shock, the staff member from the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association quickly left Xihong Zoo.
However, before leaving, he gave Yang Lin a reminder.
"Director Yang, you need to be careful recently. If you notice any foreign faces entering your park, you need to be extra vigilant."
Although his words sounded ambiguous, Yang Lin still heard the deeper meaning.
It was obvious that those from the World Wildlife Protection Organization would not give up so easily.
It was highly likely that they would arrange for people to expose Xihong Zoo later.
As for their methods of exposure, it would be nothing more than adding some sinister filters, then editing them, and finally leaking them to some international media.
It seemed to be targeting Xihong Zoo, but in reality, it was targeting Dragon Country.
To this, Yang Lin merely smiled faintly.
With the Paw Patrol and the golden eagle couple around, let alone foreign reporters trying to sneak photos, even spies wouldn't be able to get in.
After the staff member from the Dragon Country Wildlife Protection Association left, Xihong Zoo returned to its usual tranquility.
As for the people from the research institutions, they had already left with the adder fish that Yang Lin had given them.
It was believed that soon, a large amount of research data on the new species, the adder fish, would emerge.
Of course, all of this had little to do with Yang Lin anymore.
His entire attention was now focused on the several ongoing projects.
The aquarium had entered the final renovation stage, the new park's renovation project had just begun, the Animal City's renovation project had also kicked off, and the Xihong Wildlife Laboratory was in the preparation stage.
Everything was developing in a positive direction.
However, just as Yang Lin was about to casually find a couple of animals to test the effect of the Primary Life Light again, he suddenly remembered something.
"Oh right, Li Yongxin seems to be still in the underground river. I haven't checked on him for so long, he wouldn't have starved to death in there, would he?"
Thinking of this, Yang Lin jolted.
With all the commotion caused by that group of people, he had completely forgotten about Li Yongxin, the lamprey.
Now that he remembered, he quickly opened the shared vision, wanting to see Li Yongxin's current condition.
As the skill activated, the next second, an underwater world appeared before his eyes.
Seeing this scene, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But after regaining his senses, he immediately noticed something was amiss.
Because the underwater world before him was not what a dim and gloomy underground river should look like.
Moreover, besides the brighter light, he seemed to see a few mischievous little crabs and a large amount of floating seaweed.
"Wait, where is this? How can there be seaweed in the underground river?"
Realizing something was wrong, he quickly communicated with Li Yongxin through his consciousness.
"Where did you swim to?"
As soon as he asked this, Li Yongxin replied.
"I don't know, I just kept swimming along the underground river and then swam here."
"Am I not going back, boss?"
Hearing Li Yongxin's reply, Yang Lin's brain began to whir.
After a while, he issued another command.
"Swim to the surface, I want to see what it looks like outside."
Upon hearing this command, Li Yongxin did not hesitate. It turned and swam towards the surface.
When its head broke the surface, the scene that appeared before Yang Lin's eyes startled him greatly.