Wilderness Survival with Druid System

Chen Wen followed the wound made by the spear, cut open the thick skin of the moose with a dagger, and sliced off a piece of meat.

Seeing the meat, the Northeast Tiger came to a complete halt.

It emitted a somewhat gentle growl, eagerly eyeing Chen Wen.

Chen Wen tossed the piece of moose meat to the Northeast Tiger.

The Northeast Tiger raised its head and precisely caught the meat, swallowing it in one gulp.

This guy wasn’t even afraid of choking.

Seeing the Northeast Tiger, Hua Yun couldn’t help but think.

But Chen Wen didn’t mind much; he had seen many scenes of North American Gray Wolves eating where they swallow without chewing.

Having swallowed a piece of meat, the Northeast Tiger was still somewhat reluctant.

Seeing this, Chen Wen couldn’t help but complain: ”This guy can survive in the wild, right? Why is it suddenly so hungry?”

Upon hearing this, the Golden Eagle perched on a branch looked at the Northeast Tiger with a bit of speculation in its mind.

It said to Chen Wen, ”When I saw it hunting that wild boar, the boar might have been sick and wasn’t running fast, which is why it could be caught; faced with normal animals, this guy probably wouldn’t stand a chance.”

Hearing this, Chen Wen frowned slightly.

Does this guy lack wild survival skills?

And upon hearing the Golden Eagle’s cry, the Northeast Tiger immediately lifted its head curiously as if it recognized the Golden Eagle, issuing excited calls upon seeing it.

This scene once again surprised Chen Wen and Hua Yun.

They looked at this intelligent Northeast Tiger in amazement.

Chen Wen looked closely at this Northeast Tiger and saw it wasn’t a special animal.

Hua Yun couldn’t help but ask, ”Can you tame it? With proper training, it could become quite a helper.”

Chen Wen hesitated for a moment and said, ”I don’t know. My initial idea was to leave it alone to survive in this forest, but now it seems it doesn’t seem capable of surviving independently.”

Considering the Golden Eagle’s words, Chen Wen felt that without that sick boar, this guy might have been on the verge of starvation days ago.

Plus, Chen Wen recalled the time this guy stole their fish bait organs.

Hungry then, it must have gone over to eat a bit. As for why it ate so little.

Chen Wen felt it could be related to habit.

Most people, when feeding animals, would habitually adjust their feeding times to be similar to their own meals.

Three meals a day, small portions but frequent.

This habit is entirely different from the wild animals’ habit of eating till they’re full once and not eating for days.

Once accustomed to this habit, it’s hard for a wild beast to adapt back to the wild.

”I’m thinking now, maybe letting it return to its previous environment might be better.”

Chen Wen sighed and said.

Keeping this Northeast Tiger here without its wild survival skills might instead harm it.

Starving to death would be the least of the problems.

If it truly encountered unscrupulous humans, it could get captured and re-domesticated or even sold off, which would be tragic.

As Chen Wen hesitated, this Northeast Tiger showed that eager look again, trying to solicit food from Chen Wen.

Chen Wen sighed and picked up the dagger to slice another piece of meat to feed it.

The Northeast Tiger swallowed it whole.

Looking at this guy, Chen Wen didn’t really know what to do at this moment.

But right after feeding it, Chen Wen’s mind suddenly received a long-awaited message from the system.

[Taming Successful]

What?

Chen Wen stared wide-eyed, swapping glances with the Northeast Tiger.

I was just wondering whether to keep you, and here you are, big-eyed and bushy-tailed, sticking to me?

The Northeast Tiger gazed at Chen Wen, showing an affectionate demeanor.

It even actively approached and, amidst Hua Yun’s cautious gaze, lay down at Chen Wen’s feet, flipping over like a cat, rubbing its back against the ground.

Big Cat Caterpillar.

A very fitting term flashed through Chen Wen’s mind.

Seeing this scene, Hua Yun’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground.

This...

”Why do you have such an exaggerated affinity with animals, just fed it two pieces of meat, and now it’s so fond of you?”

Hua Yun spoke, feeling somewhat envious.

Chen Wen shrugged helplessly: ”It might be related to it having been domesticated before, plus we just fought and it recognized my superior strength, and then fed it a bit, here we are.”

While speaking, Chen Wen quickly glanced at the system and selected the entries.

Taming exploded three good entries: one gold, one purple, one green.

Chen Wen briefly scanned them, then locked onto the golden entry.

[Tiger Power (Gold): Actively unleash one’s deterrent ability to intimidate the creature in front, inciting fear; the intimidated creature either turns tails and runs or freezes from fear, unable to move—the deterrent effect depends on your overall combat power. PS: Active entry has an hour recovery time after each deterrence]

This entry is pretty good.

Intimidation type and can be permanently preserved for use; Chen Wen felt it was acceptable.

Opening his eyes, looking at this Northeast Tiger, Chen Wen said helplessly: ”Let’s go first, bring the moose back to the camp. If this guy really follows us, we’ll think of something else.”

Saying this, Chen Wen asked Hua Yun to fetch the drag sled while he stayed to guard the food.

Meanwhile, Chen Wen was also examining this Northeast Tiger.

He noticed the collar around the Northeast Tiger’s neck.

With the system’s confirmation, Chen Wen wasn’t worried about this guy suddenly going wild; he reached out to take the collar in hand.

Upon inspection, the collar quality was excellent, the most notable feature being the gold trim around the collar.

Touching it, Chen Wen was stunned to find the gold trim was pure gold!

With a high purity!

Whoa, the owner of this guy is definitely wealthy!

Even money-is-just-numbers kind of wealthy.

The collar also had some inscriptions, in Russian, which Chen Wen couldn’t understand at all.

But judging by the collar’s appearance, Chen Wen felt its previous owner treated it quite well.

No longer caring about the collar.

Chen Wen reached out to rub the Northeast Tiger’s fluffy head.

But just as Chen Wen reached out, the Northeast Tiger immediately emitted comfortable sounds, with two words popping up above its head.

Friendly.

Whoa?

Chen Wen froze: this guy was actually a special animal? Hid so deeply?

Had never discovered it before, only when he touched its head did it show its special character.

A bit absurd though!

Chen Wen thought it was his first time encountering such a circumstance.

First tamed, then showed special character.

But after this Northeast Tiger demonstrated its special character, Chen Wen had new ideas on how to handle the placement of this Northeast Tiger.

He thought about it, not starting [Communication] here directly.

This guy looked somewhat clueless; perhaps it might be better to wait til getting back.