Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chen Wen’s side.

Because the River Curve Horses needed to eat, he thought for a moment and then, utilizing the Golden Eagle’s aerial reconnaissance ability, led the River Curve Horses and their herd to a nearby hillside.

This hillside had relatively more usable pasture.

After arriving here, the River Curve Horses spread out and began grazing on the hillside.

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Wen went down the hillside with the Golden Eagle, intending to discuss the Hunting Owl Organization matters with it.

To be frank, this Hunting Owl organization has caused Chen Wen a lot of trouble multiple times.

However, because he didn’t know the location of their headquarters, even though Chen Wen had taken out a few Hunting Owl squads, it was akin to pruning branches from the large tree that is Hunting Owl, without actually cutting down the main trunk.

Therefore, Chen Wen planned to see whether this group of Hunting Owls knew any information about the Hunting Owl Headquarters.

So he called the Golden Eagle, intending to have it scout the situation over there for the Hunting Owls.

But soon, before Chen Wen’s plan could start, it was already over.

The Golden Eagle hadn’t even heard Chen Wen speak before it interjected, ”Chen Wen, let’s set things straight first. I’m okay with flying short distances to scout, but long distances are out of the question. I’ve been exhausted these past few days, my wings are sore!”

Hearing this, Chen Wen swallowed his plan, instead saying, ”I understand, especially yesterday, you contributed greatly. Take a rest today, no need for even short-distance reconnaissance, I’ll handle it.”

The Golden Eagle nodded repeatedly.

It was indeed very tired.

Seeing that the Golden Eagle’s way wasn’t feasible, Chen Wen considered flying over himself to check things out.

But after some thought, the Hunting Owl members who were exposed this time might not necessarily know the headquarters’ location, so he decided to let the reserve handle them.

He would continue surviving on his own.

With this thought, Chen Wen went to the slope, found a spot with plenty of pasture, and lay down.

He planned to take a nap, to catch up on some sleep.

After waking up, Chen Wen planned to look around the vicinity of the valley for any edible plants or animals to see if he could acquire some new entries.

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As Chen Wen slept peacefully, Bearded and Hairlip were anxiously hurrying along on the same plateau.

Bearded was driving while Hairlip stuck his head out of the sunroof, holding binoculars, observing around.

Although their destination was the valley where Chen Wen had been previously, Hairlip felt it necessary to keep the binoculars handy along the way. Perhaps they might spot the person who stole the snow leopard cub.

After looking for a long time, Hairlip’s eyes felt dry and sore, but he didn’t find anything.

”Stop looking, will you? You drive in a bit, I need to rest!”

Bearded rubbed his eyes, couldn’t help but shout.

Last night, he had barely slept two or three hours before discovering the disappearance of the snow leopard cub, and he had been searching for the cub ever since, with no time to rest.

Hearing Bearded’s voice, Hairlip immediately agreed.

But just as he was about to withdraw his head, suddenly, when looking westward, Hairlip seemed to see something very familiar.

”Hey! Look to the west!”

Hairlip shouted excitedly, as if invigorated: ”Something’s there! To the west! I seem to see a cage!”

Upon hearing this, Bearded instinctively looked to the west.

Soon, he slammed on the brakes.

Even without binoculars, he could see a conspicuous black lump on the yellow-green land to the west.

”Let me see!”

Bearded said, grabbing the binoculars from Hairlip.

Through the binoculars, he could clearly see what appeared to be an iron cage to the west, though it seemed significantly damaged.

”Let’s go check it out!”

Bearded put down the binoculars and stepped on the gas, roaring the vehicle towards where the iron cage was.

Soon, both of them jumped out of the vehicle and came to the iron cage.

Seeing the state of the iron cage, Bearded instinctively glanced at the sky: ”With this level of damage, it must’ve been thrown down from the sky by something, right?”

Hairlip picked up the iron cage and looked at it carefully.

Just like Bearded said, the cage was extremely damaged.

There were many parts twisted and broken.

Overall, it even looked a bit crushed.

”Just about, it must’ve been thrown down by something from the sky. Do you remember the Golden Eagle that grabbed our grandson?”

As Hairlip spoke, he looked toward Bearded.

Bearded was taken aback, hurriedly saying, ”You mean...”

Hairlip nodded, ”Just a guess, I somehow feel it’s likely that the Golden Eagle followed us, grabbed the iron cage with its claws, and silently took it away.”

”That Chen Wen most likely followed as well, violently opened the cage for the snow leopard cub to escape, and then let the Golden Eagle toss the cage over here.”

Hearing this, Bearded looked at Hairlip skeptically, ”Are you sure? It sounds a bit far-fetched, can that Golden Eagle really distinguish the snow leopard cub’s cage?”

Hairlip thought for a moment, then said, ”Anyhow, if it’s not the Golden Eagle, it’s Chen Wen who came to our vehicle and took the snow leopard cub. I feel it’s highly probable he did it!”

Hearing this, Bearded was still somewhat skeptical. He didn’t think Chen Wen had the capability to catch up with them.

But soon, he remembered the group of River Curve Horses that Chen Wen had tamed.

This was information they received from the reserve side.

”You might actually be right!”

Bearded also began to suspect: ”If he knew the snow leopard cub was taken by us, he could very well chase after us on horses. The distance we traveled isn’t that far. If he kept pursuing, he could actually catch up to us!”

The two exchanged a look, both suspecting Chen Wen.

After all, on this human-scarce plateau, besides Chen Wen, there wasn’t anyone nearby.

”Could he be around here?”

Hairlip said, glancing around.

The plateau had many downsides, but one great advantage—a clear line of sight.

If Chen Wen’s horse gang appeared nearby, they would notice immediately, even from afar.

What’s more, they had binoculars. Even if several kilometers away, as long as the terrain was flat, they’d see clearly.

”Let’s search!”

Bearded raised his voice.

Once they found Chen Wen, the snow leopard wouldn’t be an issue anymore!

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Back to Chen Wen’s side.

After waking up, he grabbed his spear and started looking for plants and animals on the hillside that could provide new entries.

This time, Chen Wen didn’t cover much ground, encountered plenty of animals, but found few edible plants.

However, on the other side of the hill, in a rocky and rugged terrain, Chen Wen spotted some plants.

”I remember the name of these things is quite tricky, something like snow rabbit?”

Chen Wen murmured, cautiously climbing down the rocky slope to the plant in front of him.

He extended his hand and carefully identified it.

Soon, he recalled the full name of the plant—Mouse-hoof Snow Rabbit.