Chapter 147 - 145: Panda Sighting

Chapter 147: Chapter 145: Panda Sighting

The moment Lin Feng stepped out of his car, he heard some tourists complaining, making him a little awkward.

"Damn it! Why can’t we rent a place?"

"There are too few places. I just went and asked. A lot of people who manage to rent one end up staying here long-term."

"I want to live here long-term, too! But I can’t rent a place, and I can’t even make a reservation. Can’t the boss just build more houses?"

Just then, the two of them spotted Lin Feng and ran right over.

"Boss Lin! Boss Lin! Can you please build more housing? If not, could you offer an annual pass? I’m willing to pay for it!"

"That’s right, Boss! We have to book a slot now. I just checked, and the next time I can get into Lin Xian Village is a year from now."

"Thank you both for your support of Lin Xian Village. As for the housing situation, we will work to resolve it as quickly as possible.

As you can see, Lin Xian Village is still undergoing major construction. Once it’s complete, the number of visitors we can admit daily will increase.

Regarding the annual pass, we will look into it seriously and try to find a solution that meets your requests."

The girl clenched her fist in excitement. "Well, you’d better hurry up! The environment here is just incredible."

After seeing the two tourists off, Lin Feng walked briskly into the village, checking information on the official website as he went.

He saw that many tourists were hoping Lin Xian Village would offer an annual pass service, saying they were more than willing to pay.

The main reason was that the environment in Lin Xian Village was just so good. The surrounding areas were nice too, just far too remote.

Once the commercial street in the county is built, some of these problems can be resolved.

Numerous online users left comments, hoping Lin Xian Village would build more housing for tourists so they could stay and enjoy the village for a few more days.

Many of these tourists were drawn by Lin Xian Village’s environment rather than special buildings like the Arrow Tower, Land God Temple, and Restaurant.

Clearly, the unique environmental properties of Lin Xian Village were beginning to show their effects.

It was just like any famous attraction; it needed something with long-term appeal to tourists to remain popular indefinitely.

As soon as he entered the village, he saw Hu Zhiming sprinting toward him, his face alight with excitement.

"Zhiming, what’s the happy occasion?"

Hu Zhiming quickly slowed his pace. "Brother Lin, you’re back! I saw online that someone filmed a panda. I was about to go look for it with a drone."

"A panda? Are you sure? We’ve never had a panda sighting around here before."

Lin Feng was skeptical. It was one thing for the Golden Eagle to fly over from the Qinling Mountains; its territory was quite large.

But a panda wandering over here was highly unlikely. The village’s environmental influence only extended so far; animals farther away couldn’t possibly sense it.

"Someone posted a video. It’s drone footage they shot after leaving our village.

Take a look. The footage is blurry, but it really does look like a panda."

Lin Feng watched the video. A brown-and-white figure flashed across the screen.

The drone operator clearly wasn’t watching the feed at the time and didn’t pilot it back to get a better look.

Lin Feng read the comments below and saw that the video was shot yesterday. The person who filmed it only discovered the clip when they were editing the footage back home.

According to their statement, they had just left Lin Xian Village and were driving along the county road toward the next tourist area, at a spot about ten-odd kilometers from the village.

Based on that person’s location, if it really was a panda, it would be forty to fifty kilometers away from Lin Xian Village.

Deep in the mountains, forty to fifty kilometers is a much greater distance than it would be on the plains.

"Don’t bother looking. Even if there is a panda, it’s too far from here.

Besides, the Forestry Bureau and the Animal Protection Bureau will likely be looking for it. We just need to wait for news."

"You’re right. I’ll go ask the staff at the Animal Protection Bureau and see if they have any updates."

Clearly, in the hearts of the Chinese people, the giant panda was an absolute top-tier cute animal. Who wouldn’t want to raise one?

The news spread faster than he’d anticipated. By a little after seven that evening, the entire county seat knew about it.

Furthermore, word from the Animal Protection Bureau confirmed that the footage was authentic—it was indeed a giant panda.

As for why it had wandered over to Wuyuan County, that couldn’t be determined until the panda was found.

"Bro, did you see the news? There’s a panda in our county’s mountains! Can you secretly catch one for me?"

Lin Feng read his sister’s message, his expression darkening. ’Is she trying to get me thrown in jail?’

"Just focus on your studies. If you want to see a panda, I’ll take you to the Qinling Zoo after your college entrance exams are over."

"Can’t we just keep one secretly? I really want to hug a panda. It would be so cuddly."

"I’m about to forward this conversation to Mom and let her have a nice long talk with you about our family raising a panda."

"Bro! Bro! I’m sorry, I was wrong! I’ll study hard!"

That girl. Still, her words made Lin Feng seriously start to consider whether Lin Xian Village might have a chance to raise a giant panda.

When he got back to the lounge, he found Hu Xia and Zhao Shiyun messing around.

Hu Xia snatched a handful of dried fruit, made by the Restaurant’s chef, from Zhao Shiyun and, ignoring her glare, flopped onto the sofa.

"Lin Feng, a friend of mine just called and said that tons of people have gone over there to look for the panda with drones."

"There are. Your brother was about to go look for it himself, but I stopped him."

Hu Zhiming found a video and sent it to their small group chat.

Lin Feng opened it to take a look. Even this late at night, a crowd of people had gathered on the mountain road where the panda was filmed.

For the sake of a panda, these people were truly fearless.

Zhao Shiyun said, "Our county has started arguing with the neighboring county. Both are claiming they were the ones to discover the panda."

"It’s true. The two official accounts are currently fighting over ownership of the panda because of this."

"The environment here is very attractive to small animals. Maybe the panda will wander over to our side eventually."

Hu Xia said excitedly, "That’s right! Our place has attracted so many small animals to migrate here. Maybe the panda will follow them over!"

Lin Feng had considered this possibility, too. As Lin Xian Village continued to upgrade and the range of its environmental influence expanded, it might actually be able to attract it.

The environmental effect grew weaker with distance, but most animals that entered the range of Lin Xian Village’s influence would migrate toward the village center.

"Alright, let’s put the panda issue aside for now. I went to the county today, and the leadership told me to get the water resource factory built first. The approval will come through soon.

In addition, a sanatorium might be built at the foot of the mountain, and the Land God Temple might need to be renovated."

Zhao Shiyun and Hu Zhiming still didn’t know what had happened and looked at Lin Feng in confusion.

Hu Xia asked, "That child’s mental health issues, are they really cured?"

"Not yet, but he’s close. I never expected the unique fragrance could treat mental illness."

Hu Zhiming asked, "Sis, what happened? What’s this about treating mental illness?"

"You know that mother and son who have been at the Land God Temple for the past few days? The child has a manic disorder. They went to the provincial capital for a check-up today, and the word is he’s almost fully recovered.

The higher-ups seem to be taking this very seriously. The leadership called and had the boss come in today to ask about it."

Hearing this, Hu Xia and Zhao Shiyun both looked at Lin Feng in astonishment.

"The fragrance in the Land God Temple has that kind of power? That Earth God is incredible!"

Zhao Shiyun said, "The fragrance has a calming and tranquilizing effect. That’s probably why it can treat a manic disorder."

"Yes. People from the provincial capital will be coming to conduct experiments on the fragrance to see which other mental illnesses it can treat."

Lin Feng didn’t think it could cure all mental illnesses, but since a quest had been issued, it surely wasn’t limited to treating only manic disorders.

"Zhiming, the water plant will be built near the vegetable greenhouses. Find a designer to draw up the factory plans according to the terrain.

Hu Xia, tomorrow I need you to find a branding firm to design a logo for our water."

Hu Xia replied, "Got it. I’ll take care of it tomorrow. I’ll get the bottles designed at the same time."

She knew from her father that many people were clamoring to buy water from Lin Xian Village.

Because of the previous counterfeit water incident, the employees of Lin Xian Village didn’t dare take large quantities of water out with them, afraid they’d be fired.

The result was that water from Lin Xian Village was now incredibly difficult to obtain and almost impossible to buy.