Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chapter 290: Chapter 113: Nighttime Infiltration

The feeling of flying is truly not bad.

But the prerequisite is wearing protective gear properly.

Chen Wen realized this profoundly.

A reckless flight would bring tears to loved ones!

”Damn, how do you guys see the way when flying in this weather?”

Chen Wen rubbed his eyes that were stinging from the wind, asking the Snowy Owl and Golden Eagle.

In just five minutes, Chen Wen felt like his eyes were going blind.

The piercing cold wind blew against him, stinging his eyes painfully, so he had to squint them for a lap.

But after landing, he was still teary-eyed from the wind.

The Golden Eagle pondered the question seriously, then shook its head, ”Just look, how else would you do it? Can’t you see the way?”

The Snowy Owl stared at Chen Wen’s eyes for a moment.

Then it said, ”Your eyes are different from ours. Could it be because of that?”

Damn, right, the structure of humans and birds is different!

Chen Wen gritted his teeth, the excitement of regaining freedom made him lose calm earlier.

Now that he was calm, he pulled the Golden Eagle over and examined its eyes carefully.

A moment later, Chen Wen found the reason.

”Damn, you actually have a nictitating membrane like sharks!”

Chen Wen announced his discovery, ”I knew it, with the protection of a nictitating membrane, you naturally fear no wind or sand.”

No choice, it’s a structural difference.

Birds’ entire bodies are evolved for flying, while he, a half-baked human, still has a long way to go.

Take eyes for example, birds have a nictitating membrane, and their eyes are located on the sides of their heads.

They’re minimally affected by air currents when flying.

Chen Wen’s eyes fell short, not only lacking a nictitating membrane but also located at the front of his head.

Of course, the shortcomings are in terms of flying.

In other aspects, human eyes also have their unique strengths.

Even though it didn’t know what a nictitating membrane was, the Golden Eagle was quite smug looking at Chen Wen.

”I don’t know what you’re bragging about, we humans can scratch our backs and use dexterous hands to make tools, can you?”

Chen Wen showed off his hands, disdainfully glancing at the Golden Eagle.

”Enough with the nonsense, what do we do now?”

The Snowy Owl played the role of topic moderator, forcibly steering the conversation back to the upcoming plan.

Chen Wen scratched his head, honestly, he hadn’t devised a plan yet.

”Let’s see as we go. By the way, let’s go to the lake, I want to check out what’s going on over there.”

Having said that, Chen Wen hugged the lynx and took off again.

This time, he used his hand to shield his eyes from the wind, improving the effect somewhat.

Like this, Chen Wen flew with one hand protecting his eyes, over mountains, past mercenary camps, until he arrived at the lake.

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Every harsh winter, this lakeshore nestled within the mountains is usually tranquil.

At most, a pack of wolves chases prey here to hunt over the lake.

But this year was completely different.

Humans with greedy intentions occupied the place.

They broke open the lake, using salvage equipment to dredge up a good amount of silt from its bed.

Turning the once mirror-like sacred lake surface into a complete mess.

Chen Wen slowly landed, setting the lynx down.

”Be careful, there are ice holes around here.”

With a slight night vision ability, Chen Wen discovered many signs of artificial excavation.

He also saw the silt dredged up by the mercenaries.

But on the table beside this silt, Chen Wen saw some distinctly human objects.

”Is that a knife? These must be bullets; they don’t seem to be from this era, they should be from the gold rush period.”

Chen Wen muttered, picking up a bullet to examine it.

Apart from bullets, there were other things too.

But Chen Wen couldn’t identify them for the time being.

Having surveyed the situation here, Chen Wen, based on what the mercenaries had said, went to the cave with a written will.

The cave was uninhabited, but it had lamps and things like tables set up.

Maybe it was used as an office?

Chen Wen glanced at the rock wall with the will inscribed on it, engraved with something like a chisel and smeared with paint.

”It seems the gold hasn’t been found yet, but it shouldn’t be far according to Yang Feng and Ludwig. After the turmoil within the group of seven, the two who carried the treasure were seriously injured and fled here.”

”According to the information on the will, after they arrived here, they chose to sink the treasure into the water, intending not to let others get it.”

”If I can’t have it, neither should you, a typical bandit mindset.”

”However, in his dying moments, the person who left the will regretted it, he had children, and it seems his children knew about this place, if the message got out, his kid might come to take the gold, so he decided to leave a glimmer of hope for his descendants.”

”But his kid probably never had the chance to come, as Ludwig said, their ancestors were ruthless, cutting out the problem at the root, especially after losing the gold and being in an enraged state, chances are nine out of ten that these two’s family were wiped out.”

Looking at the dark red letters reminiscent of dried blood, Chen Wen sighed.

”Greed, such greed.”

”All perished because of greed.”

”No wonder Westerners like to portray treasures as cursed things.”

”Take the treasure of the group of seven; it turned them against each other a century ago, breaking them apart.”

”A century later, it still pits their descendants against each other, continuing the struggle. If a Hollywood writer were to script this, it might just become another century-spanning fantasy tale.”

Chen Wen sighed endlessly, ”Let this be a lesson, be cautious in this treasure hunt!”

Cautious?

The Snowy Owl looked at Chen Wen, puzzled, ”After saying all of this, isn’t it time to give up? Why be cautious?”

It could understand what Chen Wen meant.

Chen Wen waved his hand, ”Different matters need different approaches. Who wouldn’t chase money?”

”In the human world, there’s a saying: If there’s a 300% profit, capitalists would dare commit any crime, even risking the noose.”

”If I can snatch some gold, it’s way more than 300% profit, it’s practically a zero-cost deal!”

The lynx understood now.

It asked, ”Don’t you humans learn from lessons? From our lynx perspective, for instance, I once saw a companion killed by gray wolves, so I never approach places with a wolf scent, so many humans died over gold, and you wouldn’t avoid it?”

Chen Wen rubbed the lynx’s head, ”Because humans are complex, our world has another saying: The only lesson humans learn from history is that humans learn nothing from it.”

”Forget it, discussing such philosophical issues with you is too complex, let me put it another way, if I can score some gold, your living standards will skyrocket by sticking with me!”

”Lynx, then you can eat whatever you want, wear all sorts of custom fluffy clothes, and if you want a mate, I can even pay someone to search for a melanistic lynx worldwide for you, how does that sound?”

The lynx nods decisively, ”Where’s this gold you’re talking about? Let’s grab it quickly!”

Wow, changed your mind so fast?

Chen Wen chuckled, ”No rush, once these mercenaries find it, they’ll take a long time to leave, and we’ll strike during that period!”

”Success means wealth beyond measure, failure, I assure you, I can escape unscathed.”

Hearing this, the lynx nodded.

”Alright, then we’ll wait.”

Chen Wen pocketed the lighter from the table, not knowing whose it was.

He spread his wings and took off into the air.

But Chen Wen didn’t know that a night watchman in a nearby camp saw this.

It was a mercenary.

He stared slack-jawed at the silhouette of Chen Wen, shouting, ”Oh my god! What is that? Someone went to the cave! No, that’s not a person!”

”Damn! It has wings, and it’s flying, oh my god! Are those people’s vengeful spirits back?”

Amidst the ensuing commotion, the camp erupted.

And Chen Wen, already in the sky, looked back in confusion.

Why the sudden chaos?

Could my escape have been discovered?