With the failed experience of cultivating tacit understanding for the first ti, Chen Wen was noticeably more skilled this ti.
He didn't let the two animals walk side by side, but instead used the Golden Eagle's high-altitude vision to conduct an initial search for prey.
Soon, the Golden Eagle soared into the sky.
Its massive body circled high above, and the surrounding environnt was laid bare.
The Golden Eagle quickly brought back news.
"The prey around here has beco scarcer, we need to move further away."
Chen Wen shook his head.
Hua Yun's hunting over the past few days successfully inford the nearby animals that a creature more bloodthirsty than a grizzly bear dominated this valley.
Therefore, except for the necessary drinking water.
Herbivores basically avoid coming to this area.
"It was expected, continue searching, let's head to the eastern woods."
The depths of the eastern woods were relatively unfamiliar territory for Chen Wen and Hua Yun.
The animals there were less affected.
Hearing this, the Golden Eagle flapped its wings and flew away.
The lynx beca Chen Wen's trailblazer, walking ahead of Chen Wen.
It used its keen sense of sll and powerful hearing to gather information about the surroundings for Chen Wen.
Druid hunting, truly has its own unique fun!
Watching the two animals acting as his sensory organs, Chen Wen was quite pleased.
With these two around, he had no worries about being detected by prey prematurely.
They walked for about an hour.
The Golden Eagle flew down.
It cried out, informing Chen Wen of what it had seen.
"About half an hour's journey ahead, there's a herd of reindeer resting."
Chen Wen's eyes lit up at the news.
Speaking of reindeer, the most common here are North Arican reindeer.
These antlered big guys are the ones pulling Santa's sleigh.
Carefully selected by Santa, those who have used them know.
When Chen Wen was making a sleigh, he thought about taming so reindeer to pull it for him.
This idea received Hua Yun's approval but also so criticism.
Hua Yun believed that to make reindeer pull a sleigh, there are three challenges.
The first is to capture reindeer alive, the second is to ta them, and the third is feeding them.
If these three challenges can't be solved, no matter how good Chen Wen's idea is, without practical execution, it's useless.
Chen Wen also considered these three issues.
However, when thinking it through, Chen Wen found the only problem was getting close to the reindeer.
North Arican reindeer have a strong sense of perception.
Their sense of sll is incredibly sharp.
During harsh winters, they can sll the scent of moss beneath the snow, even through several centiters of it.
This is also their main way of gaining energy in the severe winter.
Although their vision and hearing aren't as exaggerated as their sense of sll, they're not bad either.
So, to hunt North Arican reindeer, one must rely on ranged weapons.
Capturing one alive is even harder.
For now, Chen Wen wasn't considering capturing one alive, but focused on hunting.
Just when Chen Wen was planning to try to make the lynx and Golden Eagle work together to hunt reindeer.
The usually lazy lynx suddenly perked up its ears, saying to Chen Wen, "Did you hear that?"
Chen Wen was taken aback, frowned and listened for a while.
He shook his head, saying, "I didn't hear anything, what did you hear?"
The lynx stood up, shook its body.
Its previous lazy deanor vanished, replaced by a mysterious ferocity.
The lynx looked up at the dense forest on the side and said, "I heard the footsteps of a rabbit."
The tuft of fur on the lynx's ears allows them to hear more information in the air, enhancing their hearing.
In this hunting party composed of three different creatures, the lynx's ears were undoubtedly the most useful.
Since it heard sothing, naturally Chen Wen chose to trust it.
"So, relatively close to our north, there's a group of rabbits, while directly eastward lies a herd of reindeer."
Chen Wen scratched his head, montarily unsure which side to choose.
The Golden Eagle flapped its wings, not very satisfied with the plan to hunt rabbits.
It said to Chen Wen, "Rabbits are too small, unless we use traps like last ti, they're not as valuable as reindeer."
The lynx didn't say much.
But Chen Wen could tell from the lynx's eager eyes what it preferred.
"Okay, since we're not here for food this ti, but to cultivate your synergy."
Chen Wen made a decision, "Let's hunt rabbits first, then go find the reindeer herd."
"Without disturbance, reindeer herds won't easily relocate, so we have plenty of ti."
Nothing wrong with that logic.
Though sowhat reluctant, the Golden Eagle flapped its wings and flew up to search for the rabbit's trail from above.
Seeing the Golden Eagle cooperating willingly, the lynx beca more cheerful.
It began its search for rabbits.
But just as Chen Wen was about to go rabbit hunting with the lynx, the lynx stopped him.
It gently conveyed its disdain, "Your footsteps are too heavy and will alert the rabbits, their hearing is just a notch below mine."
Chen Wen's raised foot slowly paused.
What the heck, as a Druid, he was actually disliked by animals!
Damn!
Chen Wen withdrew his steps, saying, "Then be careful, I won't co along. Coordinate well with the Golden Eagle."
With that, he took off the first-person cara strapped to his forehead.
He transferred that gadget to around the lynx's neck.
The lynx uncomfortably shook its head, reluctantly accepting Chen Wen's arrangent.
It no longer cared about Chen Wen, instead, it stepped quietly into the bushes.
The lynx's legs were long, and its paws wide.
When hunting in the forest, it could minimize noise as much as possible.
The lynx rarely initiated active hunts.
Instead, it preferred ambushes.
The lynx often liked to crouch for a long ti waiting for prey instead of actively searching for it.
However, under Chen Wen's guidance, this lynx has beco different from its kin.
...
Watching the lynx and Golden Eagle both enter the thicket.
Freed up, Chen Wen chose to circle around from the side to observe the lynx and Golden Eagle's hunting progress.
His steps were equally light, thanks to the day after the Golden Eagle and lynx had a conflict.
Through the blessing of the Animal Doctor, Chen Wen managed to gain an ability from the lynx.
[Silent Steps (Blue): Your steps will beco lighter, making it less likely to crush the snow underfoot while walking in snowy areas]
[Note: To survive in the Yukon, you must adapt to its thick snow—Canada Lynx (Corrupted)]
The lynx's ability was sothing Chen Wen had a makeshift version of.
...
In the sky, seeing the lynx traverse through the forest, moving slowly forward.
The Golden Eagle found the rabbits it had ntioned from the lynx's direction of advance.
This group of rabbits comprised about seven or eight, foraging within a few tens of square ters.
Their fur was whitish-grey, in a transitional stage of their fur color.
Only the edges of their eyelids and ear tips had black fur.
The Golden Eagle easily locked onto these rabbits.
However, it didn't act imdiately; it began circling in the sky instead.
And observed the lynx's position.
Over these days, the Golden Eagle had started to grasp the essentials of teamwork, which was to always wait for its partner to be in place.
The lynx, originally relying solely on hearing to locate prey, looked up towards the sky.
It roughly pinpointed the rabbits' location through the Golden Eagle's circling position.
The cooperation between the eagle and lynx was quite skillful.
This made Chen Wen, who was covertly observing, very satisfied.
With the lynx in position, the Golden Eagle slowed its flying speed, preparing to dive.
The lynx locked onto the rabbits foraging in that area.
It secretly gathered strength, and as the Golden Eagle initiated its diving motion, it suddenly charged out of the grass.
The hunt began!
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