CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 17: CHICKENS

[Extracting from natural creation—Goat!]

[Extracting... extraction complete!]

[Please choose one from the following three traits:]

[Ramming (Blue): When you crash into other creatures, there’s a chance to stun them, and the impact is stronger.]

[Note: If you encounter trouble, use your head to ram through it! If that doesn’t solve it, ram once more! — Goat]

[Curiosity (Blue): Your desire and ability to explore are enhanced, and every new area you explore makes you feel better.]

[Note: What’s this? Let’s lick it! — Goat]

[Aggressive (Blue): You enjoy fighting with peers more.]

[Note: A real man fights! — Goat]

[Please make a choice or opt out within one minute! If not, the first trait will be automatically selected!]

Got it!

Looking at the system interface, Chen Wen beamed with happiness.

All my efforts have paid off, and I’ve finally tamed the young goat skewer successfully!

As for the traits, Chen Wen hesitated for a moment and ultimately chose [Curiosity].

His main task now is exploration, and traits related to exploration are scarce.

[Curiosity] is just perfect.

After selecting a trait, Chen Wen fed tender leaves while experiencing the new trait’s ability.

The enhancements brought by [Curiosity] are mainly knowledge-related.

Primarily some common wilderness exploration tips and a lot of common plant knowledge.

Like how Yan Bian previously demonstrated judging animals by the height of chewed leaves, and some ways to find water sources.

It’s quite useful, at least it improves the current shortcomings.

Chen Wen no longer bothered about the traits, focusing instead on the goat in front of him.

This goat isn’t very large, probably less than thirty pounds.

Chen Wen continued feeding it, while tentatively touching the goat’s body.

The goat didn’t dodge!

Instead, it actively lifted its head, rubbing its head against Chen Wen’s body.

"Got it!"

Chen Wen couldn’t help but shout.

This startled the goat.

But the goat didn’t immediately run away, merely jumping back a few steps.

Seems like it hasn’t gotten completely familiar yet.

Chen Wen quickly lowered his voice, continuing to entice the goat to approach.

This time, without much effort, the goat quickly came over.

Once the goat’s mood stabilized, Chen Wen gestured behind him.

Yan Bian and the others cautiously approached.

The goat didn’t show any fear towards Yan Bian and the others.

Instead, it lifted its head, curiously observing the two.

"Whoa, man, you really did it?!"

Looking at the goat, Zhuo Hongnian said, dumbfounded.

Yan Bian clicked his tongue, "Miraculous! Chen Wen, I thought you had focused all your talents on survival, but you’ve also opted for Beast Taming?"

"Awesome!"

He sincerely exclaimed.

"Heh, just average, worldwide third!"

Chen Wen chuckled, standing up to retrieve a knife.

At this moment, Zhuo Hongnian tried feeding the goat with tender leaves.

But the goat tilted its head, just glanced, then bypassed Zhuo Hongnian, heading straight for Chen Wen.

"No way! Why is it picking favorites? Isn’t what I’m feeding the same as Chen Wen’s?"

Zhuo Hongnian was miffed.

Yan Bian chuckled, explaining: "It’s about charm difference; the goat doesn’t fancy you. Watch me!"

With that, Yan Bian grabbed the tender leaves, chasing after the goat to feed it.

But this time, the young goat didn’t even look, bypassing Yan Bian straight away.

Yan Bian’s face turned green as Zhuo Hongnian’s mocking laughter erupted on cue.

...

Having retrieved the knife, after the three discussed, they decided to continue searching for other animals.

Since the goat is here, can the other animals be far away?

This time Yan Bian led the way.

Chen Wen trailed behind with the goat.

It wasn’t long before the trio came across traces of new animals.

"These should be from chickens."

Yan Bian said while scraping his shoe on the ground beside him, "That was chicken poop, very fresh, must be nearby."

Zhuo Hongnian, full of energy, "Chickens can also be tamed, right? This time I’ll try to tame a chicken! I feel these domesticated livestock are easier to tame."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bian laughed and said, "Feel free to try."

Though he said that, Yan Bian had no intention of trying to tame animals.

He felt he wasn’t suited for it.

...

The chickens had been placed on the island at the same time as the island was launched, a total of seven.

The show prepared this starter pack for the men’s group to avoid starvation.

But the men’s group camped by the seaside and didn’t explore north.

Thus the show’s chickens remained fostered inside the forest.

Luckily, there are enough things chickens can eat on the island, except for one unlucky one that got eaten by Black Panther.

The rest are still alive.

"How do you tame a chicken? Like the goat? What do they eat? Are tender leaves their food too?"

Zhuo Hongnian seems obsessed with taming and analyzes it endlessly.

Getting somewhat impatient from Zhuo Hongnian, Yan Bian said: "Chickens also eat tender leaves, but they likely prefer eating bugs, grass seeds."

"Bugs? There’re quite a few bugs by the forest near our shelter. Should’ve brought some!"

Zhuo Hongnian regretfully remarked.

"No worries, catching some now is the same, the island is full of bugs."

Chen Wen said.

Just as the three were talking,

Suddenly, the sound of chicken crowing came from the shrubs ahead.

"Shush! They’re right in front."

Yan Bian quickly said: "Quietly, chickens differ from goats. Even domesticated chickens will run upon seeing people!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Hongnian no longer spoke.

He carefully crouched down, advancing with Yan Bian.

Chen Wen hesitated, not following.

Bringing a goat makes it difficult to proceed.

Looking around, Chen Wen retreated a bit with the goat.

After confirming this spot wouldn’t affect the chickens nearby, he searched for some vines.

After roughly processing the vines, he tethered the goat by the shrubs before following onward.

...

When Chen Wen found Yan Bian and the others.

They were hiding behind a large clump of shrubs, staring unblinkingly at the chickens ahead.

"Seems they’ve scattered, only two here."

Yan Bian said softly: "Any thoughts?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen hesitated: "Chickens differ from goats, the taming method for goats probably isn’t doable."

"Give it a shot, anyway, we don’t have any alternative."

Zhuo Hongnian was full of anticipation.

He whispered: "We can’t shoot accurately with the crossbow, hard to catch, and the terrain here is more complicated than when catching the goat."

Chen Wen nodded: "We’ll just try, let’s catch some bugs."

After speaking, Chen Wen patted Yan Bian’s shoulder to have him keep an eye out.

Chen Wen and Zhuo Hongnian went into the nearby trees to search for bugs.

...

Tropical rainforests are abundant with bugs.

It didn’t take long before Chen Wen caught some caterpillar-like bugs.

Of course, he dared not grab them directly by hand, as their toxicity was unknown.

Chen Wen found a broad banana leaf, folded it simply, placing the bugs inside.

Zhuo Hongnian returned with a dirty face.

"I didn’t find any, I dug on the ground for ages but saw no worms."

Hearing this, Chen Wen and Yan Bian exchanged a look.

Indeed, he’s a city kid!

Yan Bian explained softly: "Worms usually surface after rain, when the soil’s loose. We haven’t had rain here for days, worms have burrowed underground, hard to find now."

Chen Wen added: "Besides, insects aren’t just worms. Look around dense roots, you’ll find some, lots within banana tree leaf crevices too."

Seeing Zhuo Hongnian not in great spirits, Chen Wen directly offered a third of his catch: "Try with these, remember not to use your hands."

"Thanks, Mr. Chen! You’re my idol!"

Looking at the four bugs he received, Zhuo Hongnian was instantly gleeful.

"We’ll split up, just as the two chickens have done."

Chen Wen said, heading toward one of the chickens.