Wilderness Survival with Druid System

In the swamp animal house, only the Saltwater Crocodile was present.

The hippopotamus wasn’t visible at the moment.

Seeing Chen Wen searching for the hippopotamus, Jiang Xue explained, ”The swamp environment here doesn’t quite appeal to the hippopotamus. It comes over occasionally, but most of the time, it stays in the grassland animal house.”

Chen Wen nodded.

After leaving the swamp animal house, the two proceeded to the desert animal house.

Desert animal house.

It’s much livelier here.

Jixiao, Crested Eagle, Bobcat...

A large group of animals were in this desert animal house.

They leisurely stayed in the shade of the desert.

As soon as Chen Wen and Jiang Xue entered, the Jixiao perched on a giant cactus noticed them.

Jixiao let out a joyful cry and quickly flew to Chen Wen’s side.

While chirping about how Chen Wen had been lately, it landed on his head, messing up his hair.

Chen Wen helplessly shook his head, causing Jixiao to hop off.

Jixiao then flew to Jiang Xue’s palm.

Observing Jixiao’s close affinity with Jiang Xue, Chen Wen shook his head.

This little fellow.

Then, Chen Wen turned his gaze to the approaching Bobcat.

The Bobcat lazily stretched, nodded toward Chen Wen, effectively greeting him.

The Taipan Snake was nowhere to be seen, probably nestled in some underground burrow.

After a brief meeting with the animals.

Chen Wen and Jiang Xue headed to the Temperate Forest Animal House.

It was even livelier here.

The animals previously tamed in the Yukon Territory and Great Slave Lake Region were gathered here.

Upon Chen Wen’s arrival, the animals flocked around him.

Inside the animal house, the staff exclaimed in surprise at the scene.

What’s happening?

But upon realizing it was Chen Wen, the staff seemed to understand.

It’s the boss, as long as it’s the boss, there are no issues.

The staff here have been around since the beginning.

They have seen how Chen Wen interacts with the animals and know well how deep the bond is between Chen Wen and these animals.

Grassland animal house.

Here, Chen Wen encountered some problems.

The grassland animal house was home to animals brought back from Caprivi, specifically the leopard siblings and the hippopotamus soaking in the artificial stream.

No need to elaborate on the hippopotamus.

However, upon seeing Chen Wen, the leopard siblings behaved somewhat unusually.

More precisely, Leopard Leo was showing signs of abnormality.

Chen Wen found an excuse to have Jiang Xue and the staff wait outside.

He then took Leopard Leo to a secluded corner to listen to its concerns.

Soon, Leopard Leo revealed its issue, ”Remember last time you asked me to choose something that increases lifespan? I did feel the effects afterward, but...”

Leopard Leo glanced at Boss Leopard.

Boss Leopard isn’t a special animal; it still retains some wildness and was panting heavily beside Chen Wen.

Chen Wen also looked at Boss Leopard and sensed it seemed to have aged.

Counting by human time scales, leopards don’t live very long.

Wild leopards typically have lifespans of over ten years, and at most fifteen.

Captive leopards can live longer, around twenty years, but usually not beyond twenty-five years.

Recorded longevity for captive leopards is only twenty-three years.

When Chen Wen encountered Boss Leopard and Leopard Leo, they had already survived in the wild for over nine years.

This is what Chen Wen later found out.

Now, Boss Leopard is entering old age.

It gradually shows signs of aging.

Leopard Leo was worried precisely about this issue.

Chen Wen realized it at this moment too.

Most animal lifespans are quite short, and only the special animals tamed by Chen Wen live longer after altering their traits.

Therefore, for the leopard siblings, Leopard Leo can naturally live longer.

But its deeply bonded sibling, Boss Leopard, apparently can’t live as long.

This is an emotional challenge facing Leopard Leo and soon to be faced by Chen Wen.

Simultaneously.

Leopard Leo and these special animals won’t experience exhaustion of lifespan for a long time, nor display aging traits, which is also a concern for their and Chen Wen’s safety.

Chen Wen took a deep breath. Although he had thought about these issues before, he always believed they’d be dealt with when the time arose.

Now is indeed the time, and he must formally address this matter.

Chen Wen thought it over and first reassured Leopard Leo, asking it to relax.

Then, Chen Wen left the grassland animal house with heavy thoughts.

He planned to go back and carefully think over this matter.

...

Afterward, the sensitive Jiang Xue quickly noticed the change in Chen Wen’s mood.

But she hesitated multiple times and decided not to ask more.

Instead, she remained silent.

After all, she is an outsider and Chen Wen’s employee; it’s inappropriate for her to bring up matters Chen Wen hasn’t voluntarily discussed.

Only upon reaching the rainforest animal house did Chen Wen’s spirits lift somewhat.

Jiang Xue didn’t enter; she wasn’t suited to move around in the rainforest environment.

Therefore, only Chen Wen entered the rainforest animal house.

Upon entering the rainforest animal house, the damp conditions made Chen Wen feel uncomfortable.

He reminisced about surviving in the Kimberley Region.

Chen Wen looked around, but no animals were visible.

Until Chen Wen let out a shout.

Then the Yellow-throated Mink, like a gust of Huang Feng, leaped from a towering tree and firmly grabbed the clothing on Chen Wen’s shoulder.

”Hee hee ha ha!”

The Yellow-throated Mink was still as unruly as ever, proudly stepping onto Chen Wen’s shoulder, ”Scared you, didn’t I?”

Chen Wen chuckled, reaching out his finger to touch claws with the Yellow-throated Mink.

This counted as their unique way of greeting.

In the forest, more animals gradually emerged.

Chen Wen scanned them briefly; the Horned Bee-eater, Clouded Leopard, and Wild Boar seemed fine, so he nodded reassuringly.

After instructing the animals to eat well and promising to visit them tomorrow, Chen Wen exited the rainforest animal house.

Polar High Latitude Animal House and Fresh-Seawater Animal House were temporarily unoccupied, so Chen Wen didn’t visit them.

Finally, after reviewing all the animals and the animal house conditions.

Chen Wen felt quite satisfied inside.

He turned to Jiang Xue, who had accompanied him throughout, and said, ”Thank you so much for taking great care of the animals!”

Jiang Xue smiled, ”Of course, it’s because you trusted me.”

As they spoke, Chen Wen inquired about the Northeast Tiger Da Ju’s situation.

Da Ju hadn’t come along with Jiang Xue.

Since it’s the Northeast Tiger, when Chen Wen last gathered the animals, it was placed in the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park in the Northeast area.

Upon hearing Chen Wen ask about Da Ju, Jiang Xue’s mood was brightened.

Her eyes sparkled, and she said excitedly, ”Since that time it escaped danger, Da Ju’s condition has improved greatly. Now it can even walk and move in the sunlight, and its fur is no longer as slack and wilted as before, instead becoming more vibrant!”

”I heard from an expert in the reserve that Da Ju is like a crab shedding its shell, reborn anew, which is extremely rare!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen’s mouth twitched slightly.

He thought for a moment and said, ”If you still can’t let go of Da Ju, I can think of a way to bring Da Ju here. You’ve seen the conditions here, what do you think?”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xue was taken aback.

She hadn’t actually thought about bringing Da Ju over here.