Listening to the system prompt in his mind, Yang Lin's attention was not on the final reward at all.
All he cared about now were four words: live bear bile extraction.
The last time he heard this phrase, he was in high school. He remembered that the incident had caused quite a stir back then, even making it onto the news.
He never expected to hear this term again after more than ten years had passed.
Live bear bile extraction, as the name suggests, is the continuous extraction of bile from black bears without killing them.
While it seemingly doesn't harm the bears' lives, the actual cruelty involved far exceeded most people's imaginations.
The black bear would be fixed with an iron vest, then a sharp tool would be used to cut open its skin and muscles, and finally, a catheter would be inserted into its gallbladder.
When needed, bile would be extracted from the bear's body. Compassionate individuals would do it twice a day, while less scrupulous ones would do it four times a day.
As a result, the bears' wounds would be unable to heal, leading to repeated infections and various diseases. They would consume more anti-inflammatory drugs daily than food.
According to previous reports, one black bear was confined in an iron vest for 22 years, enduring the pain of bile extraction every single day.
If animal performances in circuses merely restricted animals' freedom, then those involved in live bear bile extraction destroyed their souls.
Thinking of this, Yang Lin couldn't help but look at the bear cub in his arms.
The next moment, he sternly dialed the local forest police.
After detailing the situation as he understood it, the forest police took it very seriously.
Poaching is already a serious crime, especially within a national nature reserve.
Immediately, the forest police, in coordination with the police forces of Guixi and Qianyang, initiated traffic network screening.
While the police were taking action, Yang Lin was also busy.
He released Li Shuangying to investigate and borrowed a motorcycle from a fan at a service area.
After a brief explanation to the members of the convoy, he set off alone on the motorcycle, heading rapidly in the direction the refrigerated truck had gone.
Not long after getting on the road, he located the refrigerated truck suspected of being driven by poachers through the eyes of Li Shuangying, who was flying in the air.
He estimated that the refrigerated truck was at least 30 kilometers away.
It would take considerable time to catch up.
But just as Yang Lin thought they would continue south on the highway, they suddenly exited at a toll station called Mahe.
Yang Lin immediately instructed Li Shuangying to follow.
After he himself followed and exited the highway, he discovered that the poachers' route was heading towards the Maolan National Nature Reserve.
"After capturing those black bears, shouldn't they be selling them? Why are they going back into the nature reserve?"
At this moment, Yang Lin was somewhat bewildered by the poachers' thought process.
However, he quickly thought of a possibility.
"Could their processing plant be hidden inside the nature reserve?"
"That's impossible, isn't it?"
As this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin felt a chill down his spine.
Building an animal processing plant inside a nature reserve was no different from setting up a thief's den inside a bank.
To ascertain if his suspicion was correct, Yang Lin quickly accelerated.
Soon, he caught up with the pork refrigerated truck with Qianyang's local license plate.
As he followed, villages and towns began to appear along the roadside.
Just as Yang Lin thought they would hide the factory in these villages, the refrigerated truck suddenly turned onto a small road.
After driving along this road for more than ten minutes, the surrounding scenery became dense forests.
The vegetation was lush, and the scenery was beautiful, like an undeveloped natural attraction.
Seeing that the road was becoming narrower, Yang Lin immediately parked his car in the roadside bushes to avoid detection.
The next moment, he plunged into the mountain forest beside the road.
The instant he entered the forest, he moved like a dragon entering the sea, his speed rivaling that of the refrigerated truck ahead.
After running continuously for half an hour, the refrigerated truck finally stopped in front of a large factory building constructed of blue corrugated iron.
Around the factory, a wall over two meters high had been built with red bricks and iron railings.
After scanning the entire factory, Yang Lin's gaze finally settled on a sign hanging in front of the factory.
[Qianyang Libo Senbao Herbal Processing Plant]
Upon seeing this sign, Yang Lin roughly understood why they were so bold as to build an animal processing plant within the nature reserve.
It turned out to be a cover for a herbal processing plant.
With this realization, he directly took out his phone from his pocket and aimed it at the factory gate, taking a picture.
As he was taking the photo, the driver of the refrigerated truck finally opened the car door.
With a blast of cold air, the first items they moved out were several sides of pork used for disguise.
After all the pork had been unloaded, several large iron cages were forklifted out.
Without any surprise, these iron cages contained several black bears in a昏睡 state.
In addition to the black bears, Yang Lin even found several pangolins in the corners of the cages.
Needless to say, these pangolins would also be processed as medicine.
"What's going on? Why are there only five left? Didn't we have a bear cub before? Where did the bear cub go?"
Beside the refrigerated truck, a middle-aged man in a green military-style coat frowned as he surveyed the number of animals in the cages.
Hearing his words, a flat-headed young man in a down jacket and white gloves looked at the cages in confusion for a moment, then scratched the back of his head and replied:
"I don't know. The cubs were all there when we received them."
"We only opened the rear of the truck once when we rested at the toll station. Maybe it escaped then."
"It's just a bear cub, anyway. It can't produce bile for a while, and it costs money to raise it. If it's lost, it's lost."
"Next time, we'll have Ma Biao and the others catch a couple more. There are plenty of black bears in the nature reserve now."
"I have to say, the establishment of this nature reserve is somewhat useful. We don't need to farm them ourselves, hehe."
Hearing the flat-headed youth's reply, the man in the military-style coat was a bit annoyed, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything more.
Soon, the two of them, along with several burly men from the herbal plant, escorted all the animals in the iron cages into the factory building.
Seeing this, Yang Lin considered going in to investigate, but after seeing the build of the people in the herbal plant, he ultimately abandoned this risky idea.
After some thought, his gaze finally settled on a fat field mouse that was busy digging a hole nearby.