Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 108: Chapter 19: Hunting the Saltwater Crocodile

The livestream closed and reopened.

It seemed as if nothing had changed.

But some observant viewers noticed, Chen Wen had changed.

He would still joke around with everyone and seriously lead people out to work.

But outside of work, Chen Wen would occasionally gaze at the sea with a faint sadness in his eyes.

The octopus was very likely dead.

This was the conclusion of the netizens.

Seeing Chen Wen in a daze, some netizens felt pained.

[Clearly, it was a great friendship, but it got messed up by some stupid conservation organization, truly disgusting!]

[There are good organizations, and surely there are bad ones, some clearly just want the funding]

[What a pity, I thought Chen Wen could have saved the octopus]

[Save it? How? Take it home and keep it in an aquarium?]

[The best thing Chen Wen could do was accompany the octopus through its final days of life, and that would be enough]

[Unfortunately, the best way was delayed by the conservation organization]

[Well, who knows, the livestream got banned on that very day, such a coincidence, I feel the story’s ending isn’t all that bad]

[Let’s hope so]

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Show team’s base.

Xiao Yong plugged the USB drive into the computer and silently opened the only video inside.

The footage came from the action camera carried by Chen Wen.

Chen Wen’s perspective was the clearest.

Xiao Yong could see every move of the octopus, and the color changes of each tentacle.

It was truly beautiful!

What a marvelous creature!

What a heart-stirring friendship!

Thinking about it, Xiao Yong felt some regret.

Such beautiful footage, if captured by a drone and released, it would definitely explode in popularity!

What a pity!

Xiao Yong pulled out the USB drive and put it into the envelope at his hand.

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A week later.

The morning of the 37th day of survival.

The men’s group had become somewhat unfamiliar.

Logically speaking, survival was about to end soon.

At this time, lying in the camp, eating the stored food, quietly waiting for survival to end was what the men’s group should be doing.

But at this moment, the men’s group each held a weapon, rubbing their hands in anticipation.

”Just to say first, I can go alone this trip, but everyone wants to contribute, wants to be the crocodile terminator!”

Chen Wen spoke, and the others listened quietly: ”Then let’s go shoulder to shoulder!”

”Lu Heng! Tell me and the audience, what are we going to do!”

Lu Heng licked his lips, eyes filled with excitement: ”Hunt!”

”Hunt what? Wang Zhi, you say!”

”Saltwater crocodile!”

Wang Zhi was equally excited.

He almost had the data of the saltwater crocodile memorized: ”Saltwater crocodile, a reptile of the Crocodylidae family, and the largest existing reptile in the world! The biggest crocodile!”

”How big? Shan?”

Gan Tieshan flexing his wrist, his excitement not less than the young folks: ”Our chosen target is an adult male crocodile nearly five meters long, weighing at least a ton!”

”Very good, good memory!”

Chen Wen praised then quickly said: ”But now, forget about those things!”

Everyone paused.

”The only thing to remember now is to stay calm! Don’t be reckless! Don’t get carried away!”

As Chen Wen said this, he specifically looked at Lu Heng, Wang Zhi, and Zhuo Hongnian.

These three young ones were the most likely to get carried away.

”Life is your own! If this giant creature injures you, even a fracture is considered a minor injury! So, you must listen to my command! Understood?”

”Understood!”

Chen Wen received a unanimous response from the group.

Great!

Chen Wen nodded in satisfaction, seven days of preparation will be showcased today!

”Yan, confirm one more time the activity time of this saltwater crocodile!”

Yan Bian nodded and reported the memorized data: ”Right now, this saltwater crocodile is sunbathing on the reef on the southeastern coast of the island, about two hours later, it will go to the Red Mangrove Swamp or the sea to hunt!”

”Our opportunity is within these two hours!”

Chen Wen looked at Du Feng: ”Mr. Du, is the lamb meat ready?”

Du Feng nodded, raising his right hand, in which he held a bloody lamb leg.

To hunt the saltwater crocodile, Chen Wen decided to slaughter the lamb.

Early in the morning, around five, Du Feng got up to do it.

Everyone had fresh boiled lamb slices for breakfast.

And through eating the lamb, Chen Wen gained the lamb’s entry.

[Charge (Blue): When you charge at other creatures, there is a chance to stun them, and the force of the charge is greater]

[Note: If you encounter trouble, headbutt your way out! If that doesn’t solve it, headbutt it again! - Goat]

Seeing the bait ready, Chen Wen quickly explained his plan.

”Everyone, please remember, our goal is to hunt the saltwater crocodile without injury! Everything must go according to plan!”

”Du Feng, once we arrive, prepare the bait as soon as possible and place it at the designated spot.”

”Shan, Zhuo, Wang Zhi, Lu Heng, the four of you wash your bodies with seawater and apply lamb blood to mask your scent, then hide near the rocks Yan had scouted out in advance.”

”Mr. Bai, you and Yan, with weapons in hand, invade the saltwater crocodile’s territory and lure out the male crocodile.”

”Hu, you and I will handle the female crocodiles that come out; try to lure them away to prevent the crocodiles from grouping together.”

”Mr. Lv, your back isn’t good, so stay behind and use the crossbow.”

”Remember! Before Hu and I return, keep the crocodile hooked with the bait, do not hunt or provoke it!”

”Shan, the four of you follow the plan, casting the fishing net, trying to trap the crocodile, but don’t press it if it fails.”

”Once we return, first work together to cover the crocodile’s eyes with clothing, then after restricting its vision, Mr. Lv, try to shoot the crocodile’s weak spots with the poisoned crossbow arrow, if that doesn’t work, I’ll stab the crocodile with this poisoned long spear to achieve a no-injury hunt!”

”Understood?”

This plan had been discussed by Chen Wen and everyone for nearly three days, and was almost the perfect plan.

Even if any unexpected situations arose, there were contingency plans for them.

Chen Wen had poured his heart and soul into this.

After all, hunting the saltwater crocodile was something he promised himself, others had no obligation to help him.

But everyone still came.

Even Lv Guocheng, whose back was bad, used this time to practice with the crossbow diligently, his skills had progressed significantly.

For everyone’s safety, Chen Wen had to consider every factor.

”Now, the last ten minutes! Depart in ten minutes!”

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This period was the preparation phase for the men’s group.

According to the established plan, everyone went into the sea to wash and wetted their clothes.

The four responsible for the ambush, Gan Tieshan, after the bath, applied lamb blood on their bodies, even making patterns and animal designs.

This scene was like a primitive tribal hunting scenario, making everyone’s blood boil.

The young ones could barely contain their excited hearts.

Lu Heng kept lightly bouncing, eager to rush up and punch the crocodile now.

Wang Zhi, holding a machete, pretended to sharpen it on the sand.

Even the older Gan Tieshan was directing Zhang Hu to apply some artistic graffiti with the blood.

”How about it? Excited? Nervous? Worried?”

Yan Bian sat next to Chen Wen and asked quickly.

But compared to Chen Wen, Yan Bian was the more nervous one.

Chen Wen shook his head and patted Yan Bian’s shoulder: ”When I decided to hunt the saltwater crocodile, it was already dead.”

”Oh, that’s a bold statement!”

Yan Bian looked at Chen Wen as if he had just met him, very surprised.

Nonetheless, his heart which had been rapidly pounding from nervousness settled down.

Chen Wen, was truly steady!

”The ten minutes are up, now! Set off!”

”Roar!”