Wilderness Survival with Druid System

After about three hours of walking.

Chen Wen finally found the location of the mining field.

However, as he looked at the appearance of the mining field, Chen Wen felt a bit hesitant inside.

This place... Can cars really drive in?

He walked all the way, and the road conditions along the way could only be described with four words—suspected roads!

But since he had found this place, returning empty-handed was not an option.

Chen Wen dismounted and let Li Ma stay in the valley here.

He then took up weapons and approached the cave together with Golden Eagle.

About ten minutes later, at the height of a mound outside the mining field, Chen Wen climbed down and began to conduct reconnaissance of the entire mining field using his strong vision.

After observing for a while, Chen Wen felt a trace of bewilderment in his heart: ”This mining field... no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like a place someone would live.”

According to the Hunting Owl core member who was stabbed by Vikram, this mining field is Scar and Old Dog’s territory.

They usually operate in the mining field.

But ever since they were captured, the mining field had been sealed off by the protected area on that side.

Precisely because of this, the Barbarians had their people use the mining field as a temporary residence, highlighting the blind spot under the light.

But their plan was obviously successful.

This mining field indeed had no attention now.

”Golden Eagle, have you discovered anything?”

Feeling a gust of wind sweep down from above, Chen Wen turned his head and saw Golden Eagle.

Golden Eagle shook his head: ”I didn’t venture inside the mining field, so I don’t know the situation, but outside there is no sign of that car, nor traces of human activity.”

Hearing this, Chen Wen couldn’t help but scratch his head.

Could it be that the Hunting Owl member who escaped didn’t come over?

He hesitated a little.

Forget it, let’s go over and take a look.

Just when Chen Wen was about to get up and walk directly toward the mining field.

Suddenly.

Chen Wen sharply noticed that in one corner of the mining field, beside those winding roads, something seemed to be there.

That thing looked like smoke, slowly drifting out along the mining path, rising into the sky.

Forming a column of smoke.

”Hiss! Something’s wrong!”

Chen Wen suddenly stopped his movement and stared closely at the column of smoke.

The smoke column lasted for about seven or eight minutes before it slowly diminished.

Chen Wen thought about it and speculated: ”Could it be that someone is smoking there?”

If someone is indeed smoking, it means there are still people inside.

”You and Bear stay outside, don’t wander around, I’ll go inside and check out the situation.”

Chen Wen advised.

Then, he transformed decisively, transforming into Jixiao, flapping his wings and flying toward the mining field.

...

In the mining field.

Relying on the mountain, a place that looks like an abandoned mine entrance stands low-key.

In front of the mine is a desolate ground and an abandoned mine cart.

In the Jixiao form, Chen Wen landed lightly on the mine cart.

He carefully examined the marks on the mine cart.

Lots of rust, and the mine cart is severely damaged, judging by its appearance, the mine cart must have been left outdoors for at least a year or more.

Then, in the Jixiao form, Chen Wen looked up at the mine tunnel.

Following a conveyor belt frame that was rusted down to its skeleton, Chen Wen saw an entrance to an abandoned mine tunnel like a beast opening its mouth.

Dark and dreary, giving a very bad feeling.

It should be inside here.

In the Jixiao form, Chen Wen thought.

Without hesitation, he flapped his wings and flew into the dark mine tunnel.

Along the towering tunnel, Chen Wen flew deep into it, and soon encountered a fork in the road.

He reverted to human form and lightly landed on the ground.

Chen Wen stood at the fork, sniffing strongly toward one side.

Hm, there’s no strange smell here, nor any human traces.

But on the other side, Chen Wen smelled some smoke.

It seems the person who just smoked is on this side.

Chen Wen thought, transforming again, but this time into Yellow-throated Mink.

The short body of a Yellow-throated Mink is most convenient for maneuvering inside the mine tunnel.

Following the rugged tunnel deeper, the Yellow-throated Mink form Chen Wen soon arrived at the place where the smoke smell was the strongest.

This is the place!

Using the night vision ability, he looked at one side of the tunnel, where there was a wooden door on the wall.

There’s a gap under the wooden door, but it’s so narrow that the Yellow-throated Mink form couldn’t squeeze through.

Chen Wen thought about it, transformed again into the shape of a Taipan Snake, and slid through the gap.

On the other side of the wooden door, the place turned out to be quite different.

Chen Wen reverted to human form.

No one was around, and the room seemed to be about thirty square meters.

The smell of smoke in the room was strong, and there were many chairs.

It looked like a converted smoking room?

Chen Wen thought, looking around the room.

There was an electric lamp here, but it seemed the wire had been pulled off, and when Chen Wen clicked the switch, the lamp did not respond.

At a height in the room, Chen Wen saw some channels resembling ventilation ducts.

It seemed this was indeed the smoking room.

The smoke seen earlier was drifting out from here.

Chen Wen was a bit disappointed, originally thinking this was a key place.

Having confirmed it was a smoking room, Chen Wen did not stay long.

Transforming again into a Taipan Snake, he exited through the gap and continued on in the Yellow-throated Mink form.

...

Deeper into the tunnel.

The place Chen Wen had yet to reach.

There was another room here, significantly larger than the smoking room, almost seven or eight times the size!

The room housed a large number of equipment, and if Chen Wen came, he would definitely recognize them as equipment used for processing animal carcasses!

There were cutting machines, barrels for tanning animal leather, and even some leftover tanning liquid, needed catalysts for tanning animal leather.

Moreover, the room contained many people.

These people stood chaotically, roughly estimated to be thirty-ish.

But at this time, none of them made a sound, and all were watching the person standing in the center of the room.

This person was the strongman who delivered firearms to Old Dog’s subordinates, the only one to escape from Chen Wen’s night raid on the three of them.

At this moment, the strongman’s face was filled with hatred.

He cursed while looking around and said: ”Is everyone here?!”

”All here!”

From the crowd, two people who appeared to be leaders spoke simultaneously.

The strongman nodded and said: ”Brothers! Although I don’t mix with Gou and Scar’s crowd, we are all from Hunting Owl, the money we earn, that all comes from Scar and Gou, and Brother Manzi too, am I right?”

Upon hearing this, a commotion arose in the crowd.

Someone asked: ”But now Scar and Gou have already folded, what shall we do?”

The strongman glanced at the person, exactly the arranged stooge from before.

Once the stooge spoke these words, the crowd became instantly restless and anxious.

Everyone knew very well, what they did were against the law!

Now their leaders were in, would they go in as well?

At this point, the strongman shouted: ”What’s all this chaos?! Why panic?!”

His words instantly drew a lot of attention.

After the crowd settled down, the strongman snorted and said: ”Brother Manzi is still okay! You just follow Brother Manzi, isn’t that still working?”

The crowd was bewildered, unsure if the strongman was truthful.

”But!”

The strongman changed his tone: ”Brother Manzi doesn’t lack people now, so the number of people he can take is limited! I can’t even say who can go!”

Upon hearing this, the crowd began to stir again.

The strongman’s eyes narrowed, prompting another arranged stooge to shout loudly: ”So how can we follow Brother Manzi?”

Upon hearing this, the strongman bared his teeth, revealing a ferocious smile: ”Simple, help Brother Manzi kill someone, you’re 100% one of us!”