Wilderness Survival with Druid System

After walking for more than half an hour, Chen Wen straightened up and looked into the distance.

He could already see the abandoned car the Golden Eagle had found.

The distance wasn’t that far, and judging from the exterior, the vehicle didn’t look like one of those really beat-up wrecks.

”Let’s go take a look.”

Chen Wen signaled Xiong Ma to change direction.

Xiong Ma responded, called to the herd to pick up the pace, and carried Chen Wen and his supplies toward the car.

Soon, Chen Wen arrived near the vehicle.

He swung down from the horse and walked up to the car window.

After taking a careful look at the whole car, Chen Wen recognized it as a product from a well-known off-road brand.

This model’s off-road performance should be pretty good—so how did it end up broken down out here?

Chen Wen looked around; the terrain was normal, without any big rises and dips, no rocks or fissures, and this wasn’t marshland either.

Breaking down in a place like this was a bit odd.

Thinking this over, Chen Wen walked around to the side of the car.

The doors on the side were still there, but the window glass was smashed. Through the broken glass, Chen Wen glanced at the interior.

Very soon, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

The inside of this car was... strange.

Although the outside wasn’t badly damaged, the interior trim had been wrecked badly.

As if someone had deliberately trashed it.

Thinking this, Chen Wen reached out and tried the door.

With a click, the car door opened.

He looked toward the rear seats again; that area had also been heavily damaged.

The leather on the seats seemed to have been torn off, exposing the foam cushions inside.

”Huh... something’s off. How did the inside get like this?”

Chen Wen couldn’t help saying.

He shifted his gaze from the interior to the exterior.

Coming around to the front, he tried to pop the hood, but it wouldn’t open.

The hood was locked.

Circling to the back, he found the trunk had been opened by someone.

Chen Wen lifted it and looked inside; there wasn’t much left.

”There’s a bottle of liquid, not sure what it is—looks like glass cleaner?”

Chen Wen picked up the bottle, examined it for a while, and confirmed it was glass cleaner.

He took the glass cleaner out; this stuff could be pretty useful.

Glass cleaner is a cleaning liquid mainly composed of water, alcohol, ethylene glycol, corrosion inhibitors, and various surfactants.

Out in the wild, it doesn’t look like it has much use, but in some emergency situations it can still come in handy.

For example, if the alcohol content is high enough, it can be used as an accelerant or fuel.

Right now, Chen Wen was short on fuel.

After all, traveling on the plateau, it’s hard to find large amounts of yak dung.

He’d only brought a small emergency stash of yak dung, and the quantity was limited—just enough to last him one night.

That was already the most he could carry.

Besides, glass cleaner can be used as a detergent to clean the gear he has on hand.

This stuff is a cleaner in itself.

It can be used to clean weapons, equipment, tools, and so on.

Take Chen Wen’s spear, for instance—there’s a lot of grime on it now.

Dust, bloodstains, grease, and gunk of unknown origin all mixed together; it looks pretty disgusting.

Chen Wen had tried cleaning the spear, but plain water couldn’t wash it properly.

The dagger had stubborn grime on it too.

And his outer clothes were the same—some spots were stained in ways that are hard to wash out with water.

Aside from being visually unpleasant, these stains also increase the risk of disease.

But now, if he could find a lake, he could use the glass cleaner to give things a proper wash.

In emergencies, glass cleaner can also stand in as a makeshift disinfectant.

Since its main active ingredient is alcohol.

But if it directly touches a wound, there’s a risk of poisoning, because it also contains some toxic substances like methanol and ethylene glycol.

Unless it’s absolutely unavoidable, you should never use this stuff as disinfectant.

Lastly, it can be used as antifreeze, but that’s a function Chen Wen has no use for right now.

So there’s no need to get into that.

And once the glass cleaner bottle is rinsed out, it can serve as a water container.

The bottle of glass cleaner Chen Wen found holds three liters; if filled with fresh water, that’s enough for a day, or even two to three days of drinking water if he rations it.

So it’s a pretty decent container.

After taking the glass cleaner, Chen Wen went on to check the front glove compartment.

But there wasn’t anything useful in there.

In the end, from the badly damaged rear seats, Chen Wen pulled out some of the foam and stuffed it into a yak-hide bag, planning to use it as a pillow.

Consider it a small improvement to his sleeping conditions.

Once he finished exploring the car, Chen Wen moved on.

By evening, he picked a spot to set up camp.

He freed up a yak-hide bag and filled it with foam.

Then Chen Wen lay down on it to test it.

”Mm... not bad. It does feel like a pillow.”

Chen Wen couldn’t help saying.

With this little thing, no matter what else, at least his sleep quality could tick up a notch.

Even though Chen Wen has the ”Easy to Raise” trait, so sleeping out in the wild doesn’t affect his rest.

But if you can sleep better, who’d choose to sleep worse?

Resting his head on his own pillow, Chen Wen closed his eyes and began to sleep.

...

He slept for who knows how long.

In a daze, Chen Wen seemed to hear some strange sounds.

It sounded like someone whispering for help, or maybe like howling wind.

After a while, Chen Wen felt something furry brush his face, making his nose itch.

He slowly opened his eyes and reached up to rub his nose.

Soon his hand touched a warm ball of fur.

As he’d expected, it was Fat Head.

The little guy has really gotten into the habit these past two days of crawling over to me in his sleep.

Thinking this, Chen Wen grabbed Fat Head by the scruff and gently tossed him over next to the Snow Leopard.

But just as he lay back down, planning to make the most of the time since it was still early and keep resting—

With a flurry of wingbeats, the Golden Eagle flew back from somewhere.

As soon as it landed, it went straight to Chen Wen.

Before Chen Wen could speak, the Golden Eagle said nervously, ”Chen Wen! I just found something!”

”What is it?”

Seeing how tense the Golden Eagle looked, Chen Wen sat up straight.

He rubbed his face to wake himself up. ”Tell me, what happened?”

The Golden Eagle gathered its thoughts and spoke quickly, ”Just now I thought I heard the sound of a car, so I took off to check it out. But not long after I was in the air, I saw a very bright light.”

”I followed the light upward and then saw a car. That car wasn’t very far from us. When I got closer, I saw two people—they seemed to be throwing something out. I didn’t stay long and flew back. Oh, and that car is the other one that came to our shelter to grab Fat Head!”

Hearing this, Chen Wen instantly snapped to full alert.

”Huh! That doesn’t make sense! Didn’t Deputy Director Zhaxi Cizhu say they were about to launch an operation to arrest the Hunting Owl Organization? So where are they?”

Chen Wen sat up, frowning tightly. ”This is off! Nineteen parts out of twenty off!”

After thinking for a moment, Chen Wen suddenly got up from the ground.

He didn’t rouse the other animals. Instead, he transformed into a Golden Eagle and, with the Golden Eagle leading the way, flew toward the direction where it had seen the car.