With the appearance of this six-eyed flying fish, Yang Lin soon discovered other creatures that had never been seen by the public.
Some resembled variations of salamanders, while others possessed dual characteristics of marine and terrestrial life.
Still others were like ancient creatures from millions of years ago.
Although their forms varied, they shared two significant commonalities.
One was their generally small size, and the other was the near-degenerate state of their eye organs.
However, it made sense. In such an underground environment, creatures that had burrowed into the earth countless years ago could not have evolved normally.
They had retained their appearance from millions of years ago, only developing organs adapted to the cave environment.
As these cave creatures were revealed one by one to the audience, they marveled at the sight.
One could imagine the significance of Yang Lin's cave expedition for the entire Dragon Country, and indeed the whole world.
While the audience was captivated, notifications continued to chime in Yang Lin's mind.
"Ding! Host successfully named a new species, Yang's Fat Salamander, awarded 100 Achievement Points."
"Ding! Host successfully named a new species, Yang's Sea Caterpillar, awarded 100 Achievement Points."
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After a string of notifications, Yang Lin's smile became unstoppable.
In just this short while, he had already gained over 10,000 Achievement Points.
According to the exchange rate between Achievement Points and Talent Points, these points were enough to redeem 10 Green Talents, or 2 Gold Talents.
"This is fantastic!"
"Let me see where else there are new little cuties I haven't discovered yet."
With a mischievous grin, Yang Lin shone his flashlight deeper into the cave.
As he ventured further, an underground river slowly appeared before him.
Looking at this swift-flowing underground river, Yang Lin strongly suspected it was connected to the one beneath the artificial lake.
Shining his flashlight beam, Yang Lin couldn't immediately discern where the underground river ultimately flowed.
He could only vaguely determine it was flowing eastward.
"Could it all be flowing to Beibu Gulf, connecting to the sea?"
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin shook his head.
Nanning was over 200 kilometers from the nearest coast, and this underground river couldn't possibly be that long.
Moreover, he wasn't concerned with the river's ultimate destination at the moment.
He activated his exploration radar, and a multitude of light spots immediately appeared before him.
Compared to the previously discovered light spots, the density of light spots in the river was more than tenfold higher.
"So many unknown creatures, what nutrients are in this river? Did someone mix in some superphosphate?"
With a touch of curiosity, Yang Lin casually shone his flashlight onto the underground river.
Immediately, a large patch of dark objects came into view.
Although some distance away, he could still roughly recognize them as the heads of some kind of fish.
The viewers in the live stream also witnessed this scene.
"Oh my goodness, what a school of fish! What a divine fishing spot!"
"Fishermen rejoice!"
"My new energy fishing rod is already itching to go."
"Do you even need a fishing rod? A net would do."
"No need to say more, I've already bought my ticket to Xihong Zoo and packed my tackle box."
"The divorce agreement has been drafted, five years of emptiness, I'm definitely going to Nanning this time."
"Calm down, fellow anglers, please calm down. You can't fish here. These might be living fossils."
"Maybe they aren't rare fish? I remember someone digging up a fish spring in their own backyard, and it was just ordinary fish."
"Let's wait and see what Director Yang says."
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While the anglers in the live stream were in a frenzy, Yang Lin sensed something was amiss.
In such a confined environment, with no plankton or algae, what were these fish in the underground river eating to reproduce in such numbers?
Furthermore, after a careful look, he seemed to notice only this one type of fish in the entire river. Other aquatic animals, like crabs and krill, were nowhere to be seen.
More importantly, he noticed that these fish seemed a little too enthusiastic upon seeing him.
With this thought, a sense of caution immediately arose in his heart.
He turned and picked up a stone about the size of his head from the ground nearby.
The next second, he threw the stone with force into the densest part of the fish school.
With a splash, over a dozen fish were immediately struck and sent flying.
As these fish leaped out of the water, their ugly faces were instantly revealed to Yang Lin.
Their oval heads, like those of aliens, were covered with sharp teeth as fine as blades.
Under the flashlight's beam, their eyes gleamed with a blood-red light.
With just a glance, Yang Lin felt his scalp tingle.
Now he finally understood why there were no other fish in this underground river.
After all, he didn't think creatures with such dense teeth would be vegetarians.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel fortunate that he hadn't casually walked to the edge of the underground river.
As Yang Lin was stunned by the appearance of these bizarre fish, the viewers in the live stream were also trembling in fear at the terrifying creatures in the underground river that had been provoked into ferocity.
Especially those who had just boasted about fishing here.
"Never mind, never mind, I'll go fish in a graveyard, I won't come to this cursed place."
"Are these legendary piranhas?"
"Even piranhas aren't this fierce. It's like they've got shark teeth in their mouths."
"I suspect if you threw a shark in front of them, they'd devour it in minutes."
"These are definitely creatures left behind in the earth from millions of years ago. If they entered normal waters through this underground river, it would be a catastrophic consequence."
"Do you even need to ask? If they really entered normal waters, it would be like an army ant invasion."
"So, what's to be done with these things? Just eliminate them?"
"My suggestion is to deploy new energy fishing rods. A few hundred volts, and no matter how powerful they are, they'll turn belly up."
"But fishing with electricity is illegal. You can't send Director Yang to jail."
"Then if I accidentally spilled a bottle of 'Clear Pond' into it, that shouldn't be illegal, right?"
"Heh heh, the guy who suggested electric fishing just wanted to send Director Yang away for 15 days. Poisoning the underground water source would mean more than 15 days. You'd lock him up for life!"
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While the viewers in the live stream were chattering, Yang Lin was also at a loss.
If he left them alone, he worried they might escape.
But if he were to intervene, there didn't seem to be any suitable methods.
As he pondered, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind.