The road ahead was a vast, flat highway, while behind him a group of colossal beasts, like a contingent of bodyguards, followed, and with the national treasures in the back of the carriage, Yang Lin felt he had reached the pinnacle of life.
However, as time passed, this hint of novelty soon wore thin.
Especially when he looked at the slow-moving, unhurried elephants behind him.
"My elephant grandparents, please hurry up. At your pace, I'll starve to death on the highway."
"You can eat the roadside green belts anytime you want, but what about me?"
The thought of still having over three hundred kilometers to the destination city of Ming Kun made Yang Lin want to find a few large trucks to haul all these elephants to Ming Kun.
But looking around the entire highway, besides him, there were no other vehicles.
"Five kilometers per hour, 300 kilometers means 60 hours, my heavens, it will take two and a half days."
"This won't do, I have to find a way to speed them up."
With this thought, Yang Lin once again turned his gaze to the elephant herd behind him, or more precisely, to the matriarch with the broken trunk who was leading them.
As typical matriarchal animals, the leaders of elephant herds are usually female elephants.
In fact, not only was the leader of the entire herd a female elephant, but most of the elephants were also female.
Only a few young elephants and two adult males were present.
This was not just an anomaly for this group of elephants; it was the norm for all elephant herds.
Female elephants held absolute leadership, while male elephants either attached themselves to the matriarch's group or left on their own.
What Yang Lin was considering at this moment was to control the entire herd by controlling the matriarch.
With this in mind, he casually cast a "Perception Light" at the matriarch.
The next second, a talent panel appeared before him.
[Great Strength (Green Talent) - Requires 1 Talent Point to activate]
[Perception (Green Talent) - Requires 1 Talent Point to activate]
[Trample (Blue Talent) - Requires 2 Talent Points to activate]
[Dominate Herd (Gold Talent) - Requires 5 Talent Points to activate]
[Ancestor's Power (Legendary Talent) - Requires 10 Talent Points to activate]
.....
A very normal panel, not too shabby, not too astonishing, with all talents evenly distributed.
After a moment of thought, Yang Lin spent one talent point on its Great Strength talent.
And in the very next second after he finished allocating the point, the matriarch, who had been slowly leading the herd, suddenly stopped.
The other elephants behind her quickly stopped as well.
At this moment, all the elephants felt the change in their leader.
Although their intelligence was insufficient to articulate it, they sensed that their leader had become stronger.
The next second, all the elephants raised their long trunks and let out excited trumpeting calls.
Everyone watching through the aerial camera was bewildered by the elephants' actions, completely unaware of why they had become so excited.
However, just as they thought it was over, something even more outrageous happened.
Yang Lin, who had been leading the way, suddenly stopped his car in the middle of the road, then opened the door and got out.
Instantly, countless viewers erupted.
"What is Director Yang trying to do? He's not going to try and greet the elephant herd, is he?"
"I don't know what he's doing, but he's stopped on the highway, he's finished."
"Look, he's walking towards the elephant herd."
"Is he really going to greet the elephant herd? These are wild elephants, they probably can't understand him."
"My guess is he's trying to rush the elephants, but whether the elephants will listen is another matter."
.....
Under the speculation and gazes of the crowd, Yang Lin soon reached the elephant herd.
Thanks to his affinity with nature, the elephants did not react much upon seeing him, remaining quite neutral.
But the matriarch was different. Upon seeing Yang Lin approach, she immediately let out a joyous trumpeting sound and rubbed her broken trunk against Yang Lin.
Although Yang Lin was curious about how her trunk got broken, he didn't ask. He spoke in a gentle tone:
"Stop dawdling here, make your herd pick up the pace. I've already found a suitable place for you to rest and recuperate temporarily."
"There's mountains and water, as well as ample food and a suitable temperature."
Hearing Yang Lin's words, the matriarch's eyes lit up. She immediately replied:
"Really? It hasn't rained in a long time in our original habitat, so it can't provide us with enough food. Moreover, there are more and more people there, which is why I brought the herd to migrate."
"If there truly is a place ahead where my herd and I can live, then I am willing to follow you."
After a brief exchange, the man and the elephant quickly reached an agreement.
Seeing the matriarch agree, Yang Lin breathed a long sigh of relief.
He turned and got back into the car.
Before long, the elephant herd suddenly accelerated. Their speed, which was only five kilometers per hour, instantly increased to thirty kilometers per hour.
Although this speed was still very slow, Yang Lin couldn't help but smile as he watched the herd of elephants now on the move.
At this pace, it might only take half a day for the elephants to reach Ming Kun.
The scene that unfolded on the ground was immediately broadcast through the aerial cameras to the integrated command center and the viewers in front of their televisions.
At first, they thought the elephants had been enraged by Yang Lin and had gone mad.
But as they watched, they realized that the elephants had only sped up, not lost control.
While sighing with relief, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of confusion.
After Yang Lin said a few words, the elephants sped up. Since when did elephants become so easy to communicate with?
However, before they could figure it out, a call from Yang Lin was connected.
"Hello! Can you hear me? I've reached an agreement with the elephant herd. Their emotions are currently quite stable."
"However, you'd better prepare some food and water to be placed on the highway. Otherwise, if they get hungry, I won't be able to hold them back."
Hearing Yang Lin's words, the现场总指挥 (on-site commander) immediately agreed.
"Alright, Director Yang. We will drop water and food along your path via helicopter shortly. Please let us know if you need anything."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lin's voice rang out again.
"How about this, prepare 10 tons of bananas, 10 tons of corn, plus 10 tons of sweet potatoes and 10 tons of pumpkins along the route."
"In addition to these, prepare a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a dish of braised fish pieces, two servings of spicy chicken, one serving of rice, and a case of mineral water. Please pack them in insulated bags when you drop them off, and no cilantro, thank you!"
Hearing the first part, although they thought the quantity was slightly high, they could understand. But upon hearing the latter part, they became a bit confused.
"Director Yang, do elephants also like braised fish pieces and spicy chicken?"
"I'm eating it! Are you guys forgetting that there's a person and a panda on the highway?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the command center and the viewers in front of the television exchanged bewildered glances.
If Yang Lin hadn't mentioned it, they had indeed forgotten.
ps: Seven chapters are finished. The system's typo assistant has had some problems recently. It used to be able to detect all previous typos. For some reason, it hasn't detected them in the past few days. Please forgive any typos.
Good night, my dear readers!