Wilderness Survival with Druid System-Chapter 480 - 29: Lake District Center

The poaching matter has a lead.

But how is Chen Wen’s situation?

As dawn approached, Xu Yong reported the findings he uncovered overnight to the frontline.

The standby team B, upon hearing this, felt helpless.

It was good enough they could maintain survival now; hoping for rescue would have to wait for things to improve.

As for the cause of the fever, it was found through the monitoring of medic 08.

The fever was due to continuous bites from mosquitoes in a short period, constant scratching, and the damp environment, resulting in severe skin infection.

This eventually caused the body to have an immune response to the infection, which was the fever.

Now that the cause of the illness was known, it became manageable.

planned to lead the sick group to a place far from the lake area.

By exterminating mosquitoes in the surrounding puddles and treating the infection, they aimed to see if recovery was possible.

Therefore, they couldn’t offer much help now.

As for team A, they were currently returning.

Which means, only Chen Wen was still searching; others could no longer go deeper.

...

On Chen Wen’s side.

At the break of day, he ate some food.

The food he carried with him was almost entirely consumed.

But Chen Wen wasn’t worried, as he was already very close to his goal.

With the guidance of the clouded leopard, he found the cave where the leopard was once held.

From a distance, this cave looked unremarkable, seemingly an entrance eroded by flowing water, extending all the way down from the ground.

Chen Wen didn’t approach recklessly, unsure if the poachers were still there.

Hence, Chen Wen sent the crested honey buzzard as a scout to observe the cave’s situation.

The crested honey buzzard quickly returned: "No humans, but a lot of human things inside, including food."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen immediately set off to check the cave.

Arriving at the cave entrance, inside was a large area of rubble.

However, on the left side of the rubble area, someone had deliberately stacked stones into a wall.

Chen Wen bypassed the stone wall, entering the interior, a spacious area of about twenty square meters, with a bonfire, a wooden table, and four small stools.

"At least four poachers!"

Chen Wen said, approaching the bonfire.

The simplest way to assess how long humans stayed was to examine the bonfire.

Through checking the bonfire, Chen Wen discovered the group probably left yesterday.

To verify his judgment, Chen Wen continued to search.

Leaving the stone wall area, under the guidance of the clouded leopard, he reached a deeper section, another area enclosed by a stone wall.

The terrain here was rather rugged, with many abandoned iron cages piled up.

There were also some traces left by humans, and not too long ago.

Finally, the food storage area.

Led by the crested honey buzzard, he reached the deepest part of the cave.

This area featured a cliff, with a very deep cavern below.

Below seemed to be a large underground river, with loud water flow.

With his night vision ability, Chen Wen estimated the river surface was about fifty meters below the cliff.

And food was stored near the cliff.

"This is the food storage shelf, with quite a few cans, many compressed biscuits, and even chocolate."

Chen Wen took some food, placing it in his backpack for supplement without altering the appearance.

Additionally, he found some dried, smoked meat.

By assessing the meat, its source should be wild boar or domestic pig.

For a few animals, Chen Wen took away plenty of smoked meat.

"Not much of value left here."

Chen Wen arrived at the cave entrance, gazing at the distant forest: "The footprints aren’t clear, but there are many traces of iron cages being dragged on the ground, leading towards that forest, let’s go there, most likely they’ve gone up that mountain."

The crested honey buzzard immediately took flight, scouting ahead for Chen Wen.

Chen Wen, alongside the remaining animals, steadily advanced.

...

The journey to the forest took Chen Wen about three hours.

But just as Chen Wen neared the mountain base, a large expanse of lake appeared in front of his left.

"Looks like this is the core of the lake area."

Chen Wen briefly left the path, heading to the lake to fetch water.

The three short-tailed cats also drank a lot here.

During this time, Chen Wen decided to sit down and rest for a while.

Leaning against a tree, he half-closed his eyes, adjusting his spirits.

But at this moment, the yellow-throated marten tugged at Chen Wen’s sleeve restlessly, saying: "Hey, Chen Wen, look here! This place is weird!"

"Mmm, mmm, mmm, indeed strange."

Chen Wen replied dismissively, not even opening his eyes.

The yellow-throated marten was frustrated.

It stopped tugging at Chen Wen’s sleeve and instead climbed swiftly onto his head, intending to pull his hair.

But who was Chen Wen?

How could he let the yellow-throated marten succeed so easily?

Activating [Swift], he grabbed, pinning the quick yellow-throated marten swiftly.

"Quiet, let me rest, I didn’t sleep well last night sheltering you from rain, we might have to fight today, not in a good state could lead to trouble."

Chen Wen said, casually tossing the yellow-throated marten away.

The yellow-throated marten wanted to speak, but the approaching short-tailed cat stopped it.

"Come on, let me go with you to see, don’t disturb Chen Wen."

True to its reputation, the middle-aged female short-tailed cat was the one among all animals who could best understand Chen Wen’s thoughts.

After the clouded leopard returned, it quietly followed.

This allowed Chen Wen to rest well for a while.

...

By the lake.

The yellow-throated marten, moving swiftly, reached the strange spot it mentioned.

This was a very thick tree, but there were unusual marks near its roots.

"Look here, at this part, was something gnawing at it?"

The yellow-throated marten said, tapping with its front paws near the roots.

The short-tailed cat paused: "This... doesn’t look like something gnawed on, more like something hit it, look, this tree is tilted."

Hit?

The yellow-throated marten laughed heartily: "How could that be, what kind of silly animal would hit a tree with its body? Doesn’t it hurt?"

The nearby clouded leopard sniffed the scent atop, saying softly: "There is."

"I have seen a very large animal, they rub and bump trees with their bodies, the marks they leave look just like this."

Very large?

"How big?"

The yellow-throated marten asked.

"About as big as Chen Wen."

The clouded leopard thought for a moment, using Chen Wen for comparison.

The yellow-throated marten immediately said: "Seems like the larger the animal, the duller it is, doesn’t it hurt them?"

"I don’t know."

The clouded leopard said.

But at this moment, the sensitive short-tailed cat glanced at the surrounding bush: "Do you... feel something wrong?"

"What?"

The yellow-throated marten asked in confusion.

At this moment, the clouded leopard sensed it, letting out a loud roar: "That kind of animal is here, climb the tree quickly!"