Wilderness Survival with Druid System

[Your friend—the Short-tailed Cat, has prepared a gift for you]

[Extracting... Extraction complete!]

[Please choose one of the following three entries]

[Hunt (Purple): When tracking prey, greatly enhance your sense of smell, hearing, and vision]

[Note: As a hunter, you seem to be a little incompetent—Short-tailed Cat]

[Agility (Purple): Your reactions are quicker, movements more agile, with stronger control over your body]

[Note: Your movements are very slow, maybe that's a trait of big animals?—Short-tailed Cat]

[Transformation (Short-tailed Cat) (Gold): You can now transform into a Short-tailed Cat, gaining all its traits. Ps: Transform entry, transformation lasts one day, can end early, maintain sanity while transformed, can use other entries, current transformation entry is the highest level. Side effect: After transformation ends, you'll experience continued influence of partial traits, up to eight hours. Note, transformation entry can only be used after the transformed creature has died]

[Note: Anyway, I entrust my children to you—Short-tailed Cat]

Seeing the entries, Chen Wen was a bit surprised.

He didn't expect the Short-tailed Cat to offer such good entries.

Especially the transformation, which is actually gold.

However, Chen Wen was also a bit surprised that the transformation entry requires the transformed being to die first.

Could it be that the transformation entry needs a life to completely end?

Chen Wen shook his head, not choosing [Transformation (Short-tailed Cat)].

He still wanted to save the Short-tailed Cat.

The extraction between friends has no time limit, so he wasn't in a hurry to choose.

Chen Wen crouched down and displayed the items he brought in front of the Short-tailed Cat.

"I have a way that might help you get through this crisis."

Chen Wen sincerely said: "Even if I take care of your children, I cannot do so forever, eventually, I will have to hand them over to a zoo."

"I still hope you can recover and take care of your children yourself."

The Short-tailed Cat didn't understand what a zoo is, but it understood Chen Wen's intention.

"What can you do to help me?"

Living has a deadly allure for any animal.

The Short-tailed Cat was no exception.

And being able to take care of its own children is certainly better than having other creatures do it.

"Let me check your wound first."

Chen Wen said, letting the Short-tailed Cat lie on its side on the ground, checking its wound.

Chen Wen parted the Short-tailed Cat's fur, looking closely.

The fracture did not expose the bone.

It seems this was not bitten by a coyote, the coyote's bite left marks and blood hole higher up.

The fracture may have happened during the Short-tailed Cat's violent struggle, snapping its foreleg.

"You're really lucky it wasn't an open fracture."

Chen Wen said: "If it was an open fracture, there's nothing I could do, I don't have anything for disinfection."

The Short-tailed Cat couldn't comprehend the technical terms, but it understood that there seemed to be hope for it yet.

"I'm going to splint it now, it will hurt a lot, so bear with it, if you can't, I can tie you up with a rope, don't worry, I mean no harm, you should understand that."

Chen Wen said, looking at the Short-tailed Cat.

In general, wild animal rescue requires the animal to be anesthetized.

Otherwise, in extreme pain, they might think humans are hurting them and attack them.

Chen Wen clearly had no risk of being attacked.

Being able to communicate with animals gave him a huge advantage.

The Short-tailed Cat agreed.

Chen Wen took out a rope, securely tying up the Short-tailed Cat.

Throughout the process, the Short-tailed Cat showed no desire to resist.

This scene thoroughly shocked the people behind the screen.

Chen Wen could actually make the Short-tailed Cat trust him so much?

Or had the Short-tailed Cat lost the ability to resist?

But regardless of what people thought, Chen Wen began the rescue.

He let the Short-tailed Cat lay its foreleg flat, then directly felt the fracture.

Amidst the Short-tailed Cat's piercing cries, Chen Wen located the fracture.

"Lucky indeed, it's not a comminuted fracture."

Chen Wen said, taking out the coyote skin.

Last night, he had already processed the coyote skin a bit, scraping off the fat on the inside.

First step, manual bone setting.

Chen Wen had no experience, only using one hand to hold the upper part of the Short-tailed Cat's short leg, while the other hand crudely pinched the fractured part, barely aligning the fracture.

Second step, apply a pressure pad.

Chen Wen wrapped the Short-tailed Cat's foreleg with the smooth, soft coyote skin.

Using agave leaves to fix it, finishing by binding it with the twisted rope.

Third step, apply a splint.

Chen Wen broke two smooth mesquite tree branches to appropriate lengths, then tied them to the sides of the foreleg with rope.

After three steps, the simplified splint fixation was completed.

Due to the lack of anesthetics and Chen Wen's inexperience, his actions were crude and rough.

The entire process was extremely painful for the Short-tailed Cat.

It kept crying out, its voice piercing, its body shaking.

Even its head twisted constantly with pain, trying to bite the rope binding it.

Wild nature isn't so easily removed.

Even if one can communicate with wild animals.

After completing the fixation, Chen Wen sat silently to the side, watching the Short-tailed Cat and its two bewildered kittens.

After waiting about five minutes.

The Short-tailed Cat seemed to regain consciousness.

Its voice became extremely hoarse: "Thank you, what should I do next?"

Once Chen Wen confirmed the Short-tailed Cat regained consciousness, he untied the rope binding it.

He slowly said: "I've fixed the bone, whether it heals depends on you."

After speaking, Chen Wen checked the Short-tailed Cat's other wounds.

They were not light, the Short-tailed Cat's survival, or even recovery, depended on fate.

"In short, I can't guarantee you'll survive, since your injuries are severe, and I have no experience treating animals, but I can promise that if you die, I will take your two children and hand them over to a zoo."

To prevent the Short-tailed Cat from misunderstanding, he added a note: "A zoo is a designated area for wild animals like you, where professional staff will protect and care for your children."

The Short-tailed Cat remained silent.

Unclear if it was due to pain or not understanding.

Chen Wen said: "Let's do this, go near my shelter with your children, that way I can keep an eye on you."

"Alright."

The Short-tailed Cat said, laying down on the ground.

Once confirmed, Chen Wen gently grasped the two tumbling kittens with one hand, the other hand grabbing the scruff of the Short-tailed Cat.

He walked towards the shelter.

...

Back at the shelter.

The Wren family was quite afraid of the newly arrived Short-tailed Cat family.

The originally very active family during daytime was huddled together on the main beam, shivering.

As if ready to fly away at any sign of movement from the Short-tailed Cat.

The Short-tailed Cat had no interest in the Wrens, more precisely, in anything at all.

It only hoped for its children to be taken care of.

Chen Wen extended his hand to calm the Wren family.

Once the Wren family returned to normal, he took the two kittens into the shelter.

The two little ones adapted quickly to the new environment.

In less than five minutes, they were merrily playing inside Chen Wen's sleeping bag.

Chen Wen looked at the chirping Wren family, the despondent Short-tailed Cat mother, and the two lively kittens.

And the owl sleeping in the Cactus Nest.

It always felt like he wasn't surviving but running a zoo.

But anyway, the Short-tailed Cat's entry was secured.

And the coyote's entry would soon be obtained too.

That was good news.

At least it wasn't all for nothing for him during this period.