Yong River, as the main water body of Ningnan City, occupies an extremely important role in the entire water system of Ningnan, including but not limited to domestic drinking water and agricultural irrigation.
It was already night, but there were still many citizens by the Yong River, cooling off and playing in the water, with quite a few people jumping into the river.
However, what they did not notice was that in the dark river water, a giant creature was moving through it.
A pair of dark golden eyes were staring at them intently.
"Damn it, how did it end up in Yong River? This waterway actually connects to Yong River."
Seeing the familiar scene before him, Yang Lin knew where the alligator was now.
But it was precisely because of this that he was even more surprised.
Xihong Zoo was at least seven or eight kilometers away from Yong River. That underground waterway actually connected the two places completely.
However, this also explained why the strong current brought so much garbage. It all came from Yong River.
And just at this moment, someone by the river casually threw a bottle in front of the alligator.
"It's all you people who don't care about the environment, and those brats swimming in the river. One drowned a few days ago, and now they're back in the water."
"Little Fatty, go out and scare them!"
At Yang Lin's command, Li Xiaopeng's huge body, which had been hidden in the river, immediately surfaced.
Coincidentally, a little boy who was swimming naked sat right on top of it.
"Huh? Why is there such a big rock here?"
As he spoke, the little boy touched it with curiosity until he saw a pair of bright, large eyes the size of goose eggs.
The next second, a scream of terror erupted on the river.
"Mom! There's a monster!"
With his shout, all the Ningnan citizens who were cooling off by Yong River saw a giant creature, the size of a small van, slowly crawling towards the shore.
Instantly, they scattered as if they had seen a ghost, and those in the water wished they had flippers.
In less than five minutes, everyone in the water and on the banks had fled.
Not long after, the news of a water monster appearing in Yong River spread throughout Ningnan City.
For the next few months, no one dared to swim in Yong River again, and drowning incidents were unheard of.
Yang Lin, of course, was unaware of the subsequent impact. At this moment, he was directing Li Xiaopang to search slowly in the river.
After knowing that this was Yong River, he had a general direction for his investigation.
The cause of large-scale pollution could only be sewage treatment plants and large chemical factories.
He only needed to search for these two on the map, and several relevant results quickly appeared.
Among them, the one that seemed most likely to him was a large chemical factory named Ming Shi Chemical.
With a general direction, Yang Lin quickly controlled Li Xiaopang to find several sewage pipes buried under the riverbank in a bay.
Even from a dozen meters away, Yang Lin could see the sewage, mixed with various fine particles, continuously flowing out of the pipes.
The thought of this water seeping into the artificial lake of his zoo through the underground water system made him furious.
"These people really have no conscience."
"They would do something that harms future generations. No, I must report them."
After his anger subsided, Yang Lin immediately had Li Xiaopang return to the zoo the way they came.
Then he took out his phone, found the email of the environmental protection department, and wrote a report letter of several hundred words.
Of course, he also knew that this report letter might not be effective.
Because Ming Shi Chemical generated billions of yuan in tax revenue for Ningnan every year. How could such a behemoth be dealt with by a mere report letter?
"It seems I have to have a backup plan."
Realizing that he might not be able to complete this task in a short time, Yang Lin began to plan his next steps while preparing to get a good night's sleep.
The incident with the poachers the previous night had kept him awake all night, and he was already exhausted.
After washing up, he lay down on his bed and fell into a deep sleep.
At the same time, the events that occurred at Xihong Zoo during the day began to spread rapidly online.
The popularity of water monsters and related topics remained high.
And at this moment, a video posted by a user from Ningnan City quickly attracted the attention of netizens.
Because in this video, another water monster appeared, and from the video, this one was larger, longer, and even seemed to have legs.
If it were just one such video, netizens might question its authenticity, but as more and more local netizens from Ningnan City posted similar videos, the authenticity of the water monster became undeniable.
"Holy crap, another water monster has appeared. Didn't one get eaten during the day?"
"And both in Ningnan. When did Ningnan become the capital of water monsters?"
"The one during the day was an arapaima, and I don't know what this one is."
"This time it shouldn't be a fish, it's already surfaced."
"Indeed, it doesn't look like a fish, but rather a large reptile."
"Could it be an alligator? Doesn't Xihong Zoo have a super large alligator?"
"Are you saying that the large alligator from during the day worked hard to escape and go to Yong River to scare children?"
"I don't think such large creatures can grow in a purely natural environment. The one in Xihong Zoo is purely due to the good care of the zoo director. How could the wild ones in Yong River grow so large?"
"Maybe it mutated."
"Do you think this is Fukushima? We don't have that kind of radiation."
"I've decided to make a new movie called Yong River Water Monster. Is there any big shot who wants to invest?"
Unconsciously, the topic of the Yong River water monster's popularity soared.
By the time Yang Lin woke up the next morning, some netizens had already drawn a rough sketch of the water monster based on the silhouette captured in the videos.
And when Yang Lin saw the drawing on his phone, he almost burst out laughing.
"This is clearly Godzilla! Netizens' imaginations are truly boundless."
After a moment of exclamation, Yang Lin suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind.
And just at this moment, Chen Kexin ran into Yang Lin's administrator's office.
"Cousin, cousin, there's someone outside with a bag who wants to see you."
"They seem to say a protected animal is injured."
Hearing Chen Kexin's words, Yang Lin rushed to the outside of the zoo without thinking.