Yang Lin never imagined that in the depths of the Shenlongjia mountains, such a paradise could be hidden.
While it was snowing heavily outside, this paradise remained as if in spring.
He even felt a sense of having traveled through time.
"What is this situation?"
"Where are the promised savage nests? Where are the piles of white bones?"
Looking at the captivating scenery before him, Yang Lin suddenly felt as if he had lost the ability to speak.
"An illusion, all an illusion."
"Right, let's find that savage from earlier first."
As he spoke, Yang Lin once again followed the bamboo rat's perspective to patrol this secluded valley.
Before long, a white figure appeared before him. It was none other than the savage from before.
To Yang Lin's surprise, the savage was currently grinding something in a stone mortar.
After grinding a large amount of juice, it picked up the stone mortar and walked towards a nearby area.
Seeing this, Yang Lin quickly had his bamboo rat subordinate follow.
As they walked, wisps of white mist appeared ahead.
"Oh no, oh no, the savage is actually cooking! Have Mr. Xiao Liang and the others already been put in the pot to boil?"
"Was what it was doing earlier a dipping sauce? This savage is from Bashu."
Just as this thought crossed Yang Lin's mind, a large amount of clothing appeared on the ground ahead.
Seeing these clothes, Yang Lin became even more convinced of his speculation.
He had even prepared for the worst, imagining Mr. Xiao Liang and the others being cooked.
But as he gritted his teeth and urged the bamboo rat to continue forward, a pool of water in the center of the valley suddenly appeared in the bamboo rat's sight.
Although it was the depths of winter, the pool was emitting thick steam, as if boiling.
It was precisely because of this steam that the temperature in the valley was so much higher than outside.
Of course, these were not the most important things. The most important thing was that in this steaming pool, which resembled a hot spring, several naked men were lying inside, looking utterly blissful. These were none other than Mr. Xiao Liang and the others, who had been missing for dozens of hours.
Seeing this scene, Yang Lin was completely dumbfounded.
Before he could figure out what was happening, the white savage arrived in front of Mr. Xiao Liang and the others, carrying the stone mortar.
This was no savage at all, but clearly a bathhouse attendant.
"Damn it, you guys are really something. I thought the savages ate you, but you were hiding in the mountains soaking in hot springs."
"No way, I have to go in and soak too."
Saying this, Yang Lin could no longer care about anything else. He directly ducked and crawled into the grass nest.
After a difficult crawl, the paradise he had seen through the bamboo rat's eyes appeared before him.
As soon as he entered, he felt the temperature suddenly rise by more than twenty degrees, instantly transitioning from severe winter to warm spring.
Combined with the fragrance emanating from the various flowers and plants, it was no wonder Mr. Xiao Liang and the others could stay here for so long.
"Nature is truly magical, to evolve such a place."
As soon as the words of admiration left his mouth, figures began to emerge from the dense forest by the side of the valley.
Squirrels, monkeys, deer – all the animals he hadn't seen on the mountain earlier now emerged.
What surprised Yang Lin even more was that most of the animals that appeared here were white.
White squirrels, white monkeys, white deer, white pandas.
Rarely seen outside, and incredibly precious albino animals were countless here.
As Yang Lin stared at these animals in shock, they also looked at Yang Lin curiously, seemingly wondering why another bipedal creature had arrived.
Instantly, Yang Lin understood why people often reported finding albino animals in Shenlongjia.
It turned out that all the albino animals found in Shenlongjia had escaped from here.
Just as he realized this, a familiar figure appeared before him.
Snow-white fur, a robust body, limbs like a black bear, and a head that was both human-like and bear-like – it was indeed the savage Yang Lin had been chasing earlier.
Unlike before, this time Yang Lin saw its face.
Instantly, the words "human-bear" appeared in his mind.
Besides these two words, he couldn't think of any other more suitable name for the creature before him.
The human-bear seemed extremely frightened to suddenly see Yang Lin and turned to flee again.
But this time Yang Lin was prepared. As soon as the human-bear was about to move, a suppressive force was released.
Instantly, it was frozen in place.
Only then did Yang Lin breathe a long sigh of relief.
"Why are you running? Shouldn't I be the one who's scared?"
As he spoke, he walked directly to the human-bear's side and then used Intermediate Healing on it.
The next second, the human-bear, whose face had been full of fear and confusion, became calm, and its fear of Yang Lin vanished without a trace.
Just as Yang Lin was about to communicate with it properly, four men, wearing only loincloths, walked over upon hearing the noise.
Upon seeing Yang Lin, their eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Director Yang, how did you find your way here?"
"You can find this place too, truly worthy of you."
Hearing this voice, Yang Lin realized that Mr. Xiao Liang and the others, who had been soaking in the hot spring earlier, had gotten out at some point.
He immediately put aside his research on the human-bear and walked directly to Mr. Xiao Liang.
"I came here precisely to find you. You've been missing for over 40 hours."
"Now the rumors outside say you've been captured by savages."
"40 hours? Has it been that long? We didn't feel it at all."
"Yes, it felt like we hadn't been here for long."
As they spoke, they looked at the watches on their wrists.
At this moment, Yang Lin also noticed the abnormality and casually glanced at his watch and phone.
To his surprise, not only was there no signal here, but his watch also seemed to be affected by some magnetic field, with the hour hand moving faster than the minute hand.
"No wonder you had no sense of time."
Having figured out the reason, Yang Lin immediately changed the subject.
"By the way, what exactly is going on here, and why did you all come here?"
"And what's the deal with that human-bear earlier?"
At this moment, Yang Lin desperately wanted to ask all the questions in his heart.
And Mr. Xiao Liang and the others did not disappoint him. They quickly recounted the entire story.
To Yang Lin's surprise, the human-bear from before was not the culprit who harmed them, but rather their savior.
This human-bear not only led them here to escape the severe cold and snow but also helped them fend off the beasts that attacked them.
When they mentioned the appearance of those beasts, Yang Lin's interest was immediately piqued.
According to their description, they were a group of large wolves with horse-like heads.