In the zoo, Yang Lin could barely contain his smile as the payment notifications kept coming in.
Thanks to the hard work of his two capable assistants, the zoo's revenue had exceeded 500,000 yuan in just one day.
This meant they had sold 10,000 online tickets in a single day.
And these numbers were still climbing rapidly.
However, this also revealed a major problem - the zoo might be understaffed.
Today alone, over a thousand visitors had entered the park, and this was just on a regular workday.
Who knows how many visitors would flood in during weekends and holidays when tourists from other cities arrive.
If he continued managing everything by himself, he'd eventually work himself to death.
Thinking about this, he quickly opened his phone and found a nearby college student part-time job group chat.
But as soon as he joined the group, he realized something was off.
This kind of part-time work wasn't quite what he had in mind.
Upon this realization, he hastily left the group chat.
"Damn! Times really have changed, are they this open about it now?"
"Looks like I'll need to find another way."
If he had enough time, recruiting people would be simple enough, but time was exactly what he didn't have.
While he was racking his brain, his attention was caught by a message in another group chat.
The message was from a chat group called "One Loving Family."
The group members were all relatives from the Yang family.
The message came from a member with the nickname "Peaceful Years" and a lotus flower avatar.
"Uncles and aunts, could anyone recommend me a job? If I keep being idle at home, Yang Cuilan might kick me out."
Reading this message, Yang Lin immediately pictured a tall, graceful young woman.
This young woman was Chen Kexin, the eldest daughter of his aunt Yang Cuilan.
By family hierarchy and age, Chen Kexin should call him "cousin brother," and if he remembered correctly, she had studied veterinary medicine.
At this thought, Yang Lin's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened a chat window.
"Kexin, your cousin brother has a position available if you'd like to try it."
"Indoor work, weekends off, no overtime, full benefits, 4000 yuan monthly salary."
As soon as he sent his message, Chen Kexin, with her middle-aged avatar, replied immediately.
"Really, cousin? What exactly would I be doing?"
"The job is actually very simple, just handling ticket sales and verification, with some occasional miscellaneous duties."
Yang Lin replied after some thought.
He expected Chen Kexin to hesitate, but she agreed right away.
"Sure, sure! When can I start, cousin?"
"Well... if possible, you could start tomorrow."
"Perfect! Send me the location, I'll definitely be there tomorrow! I'm going to tell Yang Cuilan I found a job right now!"
Seeing Chen Kexin's enthusiastic acceptance, Yang Lin breathed a long sigh of relief.
The ticket seller position was sorted out, now he needed to handle security.
With fewer visitors, this position wasn't crucial, but it became essential when crowds grew larger.
If visitors got into fights, or if visitors fought with animals, or if visitors tried to beat him up - all these situations would require security intervention.
Of course, what Yang Lin worried about most was visitors trying to beat him up.
Without adequate fighting capability, it might be hard to stop such incidents.
"Should I go find some elderly men from the street to work as security guards?"
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yang Lin quickly shook his head.
Having elderly men as security guards could be disastrous - if anything went wrong, it could ruin the zoo, and compensation wouldn't even begin to cover it.
While he was still unable to think of good candidates for security, he suddenly heard dog barking from the wolf enclosure nearby.
Hearing these barks, a bold idea formed in his mind.
"Right, there's no rule saying security guards have to be human - why not dogs?"
With this thought, he quickly walked toward the wolf enclosure.
Called a wolf enclosure, it had actually only housed one injured old wolf when the zoo was first established.
After the old wolf passed away, it became a shelter for stray dogs.
Currently, it housed 8 stray dogs his father had taken in. Usually quiet, they were now suddenly barking.
When Yang Lin reached the enclosure, he quickly discovered the reason for all the commotion.
A black and white Border Collie was lazily playing with a dog bowl while the other seven dogs appeared ready for war.
Seeing their behavior, Yang Lin knew this must be the Border Collie's doing.
He had previously noticed this unusually intelligent Border Collie often stirred up trouble between the other dogs to pass time.
This time was surely no different, so he immediately called out:
"Li Goudan, are you messing with Li Gousheng again? Keep this up and you won't get any dog food tomorrow."
Hearing Yang Lin's words, the Border Collie who had been playing with the bowl immediately came running over.
"Yang, Yang, let me out quick! I'm about to burst - I absolutely must poop under that tree over there today, and nobody can stop me!"
Naturally, Li Goudan was the Border Collie's name.
And Li Gousheng was the name of one of the Huskies.
As for why all the animals in the zoo had the surname Li, it was said to be because Yang Lin's grandfather's love rival had been surnamed Li, so all the zoo's animals were given that surname.
Hearing the Border Collie's words, Yang Lin showed no surprise and simply opened the enclosure gate. Li Goudan happily bounded out.
In the next moment, it rushed to a large tree and relieved itself.
Seeing its satisfied expression, Yang Lin showed a puzzled look.
"Goudan, why do you always have to go under this specific tree? Aren't other trees good enough?"
Hearing Yang Lin's question, the Border Collie gave him a mischievous look.
"You don't understand anything. Gousheng always buries his leftover bones under this tree."
Yang Lin: ......
Though both were dogs, Border Collie Li Goudan was clearly more devious.
Remembering his original purpose, Yang Lin cast a Light of Insight on Li Goudan.
Instantly, its hidden talents were revealed.
[Super Intelligence (Golden Talent) normally requires 5 talent points to activate, but due to this species' special nature, only 1 talent point is needed to activate this talent]
After reading just the first talent, Yang Lin knew he didn't need to see the rest.

young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.