Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Calming the golden eagle was much simpler.

Seeing the golden eagle uninjured, Chen Wen was somewhat relieved.

”This time it was the lynx’s fault, I’ve warned it. If this happens again, I’ll have Hua Yun shoot it.”

The golden eagle heard this and still felt a bit aggrieved.

This matter was entirely incidental for it.

Chen Wen continued to soothe it: ”I understand, you were wronged this time. I can assure you this won’t happen again.”

”Next, I’ll have Hua Yun watch over the lynx. You come with me.”

This time, the golden eagle felt much better.

It nodded, perched on Chen Wen’s shoulder, and glanced at the lynx.

Though still a bit indignant, it chose to trust Chen Wen: ”I’ll listen to you.”

Chen Wen thought for a moment and added: ”Try not to harm your companions fatally next time.”

If its second claw had gripped firmly, the lynx would definitely have died.

For a wild animal, losing its eyesight is a dead-end.

The golden eagle grunted in response.

Having calmed both animals.

Chen Wen felt a bit troubled again.

Temporarily separating the two animals was only a temporary measure.

Keeping them apart indefinitely wouldn’t resolve the conflict and could even deepen it.

He needed to think of a way to ease the tension between the golden eagle and the lynx.

Chen Wen thought of solutions as he led the golden eagle back.

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”All settled?”

Hua Yun rubbed the head of the Canadian lynx, asking Chen Wen.

Chen Wen nodded slightly.

After resolving this unexpected event, lunch continued.

But the previous atmosphere was gone.

Chen Wen pondered solutions while cooking fish soup.

Without external interference.

The golden eagle and the lynx couldn’t fully accept each other.

So, to make the two animals accept each other, an external force was needed.

Chen Wen had an immature idea.

To take both animals hunting together.

Hunting acts as the external force.

Letting the golden eagle and the lynx constantly collaborate during hunting, with him providing guidance on the side, might make them more harmonious.

With this idea in mind, Chen Wen kept pondering its feasibility.

Finally, when the fish soup was ready.

Chen Wen slapped his thigh: ”Let’s do this!”

Hua Yun was puzzled: ”What?”

Chen Wen, upon hearing this, said: ”I’ll have to trouble you to stay at the shelter for a few days. I’m planning to take these two guys out for a hunt.”

Hunting?

This perked up both the lynx and the golden eagle.

The lynx immediately stood up and roared: ”Can’t wait! I’m ready to hunt at any time!”

The golden eagle also let out a cry, not yielding in momentum to the lynx: ”With the two of us working together, we can hunt any prey!”

Hua Yun had no objections; Chen Wen had a plan, so she might as well follow his lead.

After all, the food stockpile was substantial, and there was still no sign of the river freezing over.

They could only continue to wait.

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The catfish at lunch left Chen Wen a bit disappointed.

All three attributes of the catfish were negative.

Namely, [Aestivation]—reduced activity desire in summer, [Cannibalism]—can eat its kind, [Day Dormancy]—reduced activity desire during the day.

This was the second time all attributes were negative.

Chen Wen gave up the choice.

After all, he wasn’t Hannibal, so he couldn’t stand the [Cannibalism] attribute; the further it was thrown, the better.

After a short nap at noon, Chen Wen called for the golden eagle and lynx, planning to try to let the two cooperate in hunting in the afternoon.

However, in the afternoon, the performance of these two animals was rather poor.

Not only did they lack any tacit understanding, but during a beaver hunt, poor coordination nearly caused the golden eagle to fall into the water.

Seeing this, Chen Wen abandoned the idea of cultivating tacit understanding through hunting in the short term.

Because the golden eagle and the lynx couldn’t communicate with each other.

They could only communicate through Chen Wen.

Thus, he intended to first let the golden eagle and lynx roughly understand each other’s actions and behaviors.

Once they had a preliminary understanding, they would hunt again.

For the next two days, Chen Wen started this long process.

Hua Yun took over Chen Wen’s work; she wandered this wilderness with a bow and arrow, searching for prey.

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On the twelfth day of survival.

In the past days, Hua Yun successfully used her bow and arrow to hunt another male white-tailed deer and two female white-tailed deer.

Greatly enriching the food inventory.

The nearby herd of white-tailed deer was forced to migrate by Hua Yun, not daring to linger in the valley.

During these days, Chen Wen managed the camp work, keeping the camp organized, with ample wood and food reserves, and relatively safe.

During this time, Chen Wen also gathered materials for making a sled.

Their skis could directly serve as sled runners, significantly reducing the workload.

Among the remaining materials, boards were the most time-consuming part.

Chen Wen cut down a large number of yunshan trees, roughly processing them into board shapes.

Besides, Chen Wen used mortise and tenon structures to join the boards together.

The sled’s prototype was forming.

Next, it would be a matter of tying them securely with ropes, and they could start pulling the sled on foot.

Meanwhile, with Chen Wen acting as a translator, the two animals began to slowly interact with each other.

Although their hostility hadn’t diminished much, they could roughly understand each other’s movements.

In the morning.

Feeling the increasingly cold temperature, Chen Wen shivered: ”How many degrees below zero is it today?”

”Minus ten degrees? It’s no small number; the Yukon River has started to freeze.”

Hua Yun stretched her body, beginning to look forward to the upcoming trekking period.

From the start until now, they hadn’t traveled far, which left her somewhat anxious.

After all, she wasn’t sure how far others had traveled and where they were now.

Chen Wen heard this and said: ”If nothing unexpected happens, the ice should be able to support our weight in five days.”

”And judging by the weather, it might start snowing tomorrow.”

Today’s weather was especially gloomy, with snow already gathering.

”Snowing is a good thing; once it snows, the bears will start hibernating, and we’ll be safer.”

Hua Yun drank hot tea, the white mist billowing around her cheeks: ”The same routine today?”

Chen Wen, also drinking hot tea, was far less elegant than Hua Yun.

”Let’s change up the work today.”

Chen Wen suggested: ”I feel that these two have almost reached a level of understanding; it’s time to let them try hunting again.”

Hua Yun glanced at the lynx napping by the side and the golden eagle doing nothing.

She had witnessed the last failure with her own eyes.

The two had no coordination, almost causing a blunder.

After Chen Wen’s training these past few days, could they manage?

Hua Yun felt it warranted a question mark.

But she still chose to trust Chen Wen’s beast-taming skills: ”Alright, a change is good. There’s no important work left in the camp, right?”

Chen Wen nodded, going through the remaining work in the camp: ”There’s just some white-tailed deer meat that needs to be smoked, and the bones can be boiled into deer bone soup. Although it’s somewhat heat-inducing, it can replenish some fat and trace elements.”

Chen Wen had completed most of the important work in the camp, leaving mostly routine maintenance.

Regarding Chen Wen’s work progress, Hua Yun was quite satisfied.

She and Chen Wen were well-matched survival companions.

A top-tier hunter paired with top-notch logistics made many envious on the production team’s end.

In contrast, aside from Hank’s team being barely adequate.

Jenny and Yang Feng were already on the brink of elimination.

Another team, although like Chen Wen’s, chose to stockpile resources first.

Their efficiency was extremely low.

In any case, Chen Wen took the golden eagle and lynx and began a second attempt at fostering hunting coordination.