Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 245: Chapter 68: Searching for Deer

Hua Yun’s fever also made the assistants behind the screen nervous.

It’s like a chain reaction.

After falling into the water, the situation for Chen Wen’s team started to decline.

Lin Jiawei shook his head, feeling quite helpless.

”Chen Wen has done his best, now we can only see if Hua Yun can pull through.”

Luo Yao said, ”In any case, none of us predicted this unexpected situation, we can only do our best and leave it to fate.”

Meanwhile, Jiang Chang, who hadn’t appeared for a while, said, ”Miss Luo, don’t worry, Chen Wen will definitely be able to heal Hua!”

Qi Yang laughed and asked, ”You have such confidence in him?”

”Of course, Chen Wen always has a knack and luck for turning peril into safety!”

Jiang Chang confidently said, ”This time will definitely be no exception!”

The three heard this and all shook their heads.

Having a knack is one thing, but luck is something mysterious, yet it’s an important factor in wilderness survival.

Always having luck on your side.

Is there really such a good thing?

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Over to Chen Wen’s side.

After eating, Hua Yun fell into a deep sleep.

He sat by the campfire, pondering what else he could do.

Soon, Chen Wen’s eyes lit up.

He took out the lucky charm made from the tailbird feathers.

He walked over to Hua Yun and placed the lucky charm by her ear.

Hua Yun, in a daze, felt Chen Wen’s action, she asked, ”What are you doing?”

”A lucky charm.”

Chen Wen scratched his head, ”I’ve tried scientific methods, now I need a bit of metaphysical boost.”

Oh my.

Hua Yun pulled a corner of her mouth, wanting to laugh.

But just consider it as a psychological effect.

She shook her head and put on the lucky charm.

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While Hua Yun slept, Chen Wen decided to let the lynx watch the camp while he and the Golden Eagle went into the nearby forest to gather some firewood.

Gathering firewood is quite a tedious task.

Moreover, in a snow-covered area, it’s even more challenging to find.

Chen Wen used a snow pole to clear the snow, searching for traces of firewood.

Soon, he found a withered tree.

Chen Wen took out an axe and chopped it a few times, breaking the withered tree.

The sound was very loud.

In the quiet winter forest, it traveled even further.

Just as Chen Wen was carrying the withered wood back.

Suddenly, a distant and strange call echoed through the forest.

The sound was somewhat like a cow’s but sounded more rugged.

”Is this the sound of a moose?”

Chen Wen muttered but didn’t bother.

Moose are huge, with excellent hearing and smell, and except for poor eyesight, their senses are almost top-notch.

Hunting them is difficult, taming them even more so.

Chen Wen thought as he returned to the shelter, adding more wood.

By night, when Hua Yun woke up, she felt somewhat better.

But when Chen Wen felt her forehead, it was still very hot.

”Rest another night. If there’s no improvement by tomorrow, we’ll drop out.”

Chen Wen made a decision, his voice heavy.

Hua Yun was silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

Chen Wen didn’t say it, but she understood very well.

If the fever doesn’t subside, continuing would be irresponsible to herself.

And irresponsible to Chen Wen.

Their conversation was transmitted to the assistants through the recording equipment.

Luo Yao looked sad, but she still took on her responsibilities as an assistant, searching with Qi Yang for other ways to gain entry.

Jiang Chang and Lin Jiawei felt sympathetic to Hua Yun and the others’ plight, but they weren’t too gloomy about it.

Chen Wen’s performance was still outstanding, showing no signs of discomfort even at high latitudes.

Far beyond their expectations.

Even Liu Yu didn’t see it coming.

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A night passed.

Chen Wen yawned and sat up.

He instinctively looked over at Hua Yun’s spot and saw her propping her head up, looking fondly at the lucky charm.

”What’s up? How are you feeling?”

Chen Wen asked, breaking Hua Yun’s thoughts.

Hua Yun sighed and said, ”I don’t know whether it’s your care, your lucky charm, or a combination of both, in any case, we won’t have to drop out this time.”

Hearing this, Chen Wen immediately walked over and touched Hua Yun’s forehead.

Not hot anymore!

Returned to a warm state.

Chen Wen touched his own forehead, and the temperature was about the same!

This...

Chen Wen grinned, ”Good, good, I knew, I knew it!”

He exclaimed excitedly, ”So how do you feel now?”

Hua Yun smiled, gratefully saying, ”I feel great, and thank you very much!”

Chen Wen didn’t decline the gratitude, it was well deserved.

He laughed, ”Just treat me to a good meal when it’s over, but the temperature is still slightly higher than normal, should be a low fever, can you walk? If we can make it to the town, rest there for a few days, or find someone to exchange for some antipyretics, you’ll definitely recover!”

Hearing this, Hua Yun’s expression changed slightly.

She hesitated for a moment, then said, ”The fever isn’t serious now, but I do have some aftereffects – like my limbs feel weak. I can walk, but not too far without needing a break.”

This isn’t the time to be tough, withholding information might lead Chen Wen to misjudge.

Thereby causing everything to go wrong.

Chen Wen, upon hearing this, frowned.

The weakness in the limbs, this kind of thing is indeed possible.

After a fever, a person remains quite weak.

In this condition, a long trek is almost impossible.

Unless alternative transport can be found.

After a brief deliberation, Chen Wen decided to start with what he was best at.

And that was by taming other creatures, making them temporary mounts for Hua Yun, to carry her onward.

At this time, Chen Wen recalled the scene from yesterday.

At the time, they had seen a large herd of reindeer migrating across the ice to the forests here.

If things go well, there should be quite a few reindeer in this forest.

As long as they can find the reindeer herd, taming a reindeer shouldn’t be difficult.

He thought for a moment, then turned to look at the Golden Eagle.

After leading the Golden Eagle out of the shelter, Chen Wen let it attempt to search the surrounding area.

To see if the reindeer herd could be found and tamed again.

But unexpectedly, the Golden Eagle couldn’t find any traces of the reindeer.

Flapping its wings, it said, ”Based on the method you taught me, I can see the tracks of the reindeer herd extending to the northeast, they didn’t stay here, but rather moved northeastward.”

”If you want to catch up with them, I feel that it’s still very difficult.”

It’s hard, this was the Golden Eagle’s assessment.

Chen Wen, upon hearing this, shook his head helplessly.

It’s indeed very difficult to catch up with migrating reindeer herds, so taming them seems unrealistic.

But just then, Chen Wen suddenly thought of his experience yesterday afternoon.

At that time, he had heard the moose’s call.

So, Chen Wen asked, ”What about the moose? Did you see them? Moose are a very large type of deer, with antlers.”

The Golden Eagle tilted its head, as if recalling.

Soon, it nodded, ”I saw them, just over there, in a canyon.”

Chen Wen gave it some thought and said, ”Let’s go, let’s take a look!”

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With the Golden Eagle’s guidance, Chen Wen walked for about half an hour.

He found the moose.

There were four in the group, one male, two females, and a smaller moose.

They looked like a family.

Besides the males, moose mostly distribute in family groups.

Only during the breeding season do males join the herd.

That seems normal too.

Chen Wen watched for a while and saw these moose licking a rock in the canyon.

Were they licking a salt-rich rock?

He shook his head, not thinking much about it.

The purpose of finding moose was simple, Chen Wen wanted to tame one, allowing Hua Yun to ride and restore her mobility.

Reindeer and moose can both be used for this, as they can carry a human’s weight well.

Reindeer are generally easier to tame than moose.

Moose may look friendly, but they can be dangerous, and they eat meat!

Even their own kind!

Remember that one zombie movie where zombie deer, inspired by those that ate rotten meat and even each other, were featured.

These big guys are not easy to tame!