Chapter 64: Chapter 16: First Taming
As it turns out, the more perfect the plan, the more likely the action will go awry.
Over on Chen Wen’s side.
He crawled on all fours, moving stealthily.
Yan Bian also kept his head down, inching forward.
But just as the two of them hadn’t gone far, the goat munching on grass seemed to sense something.
It paused its actions, tilting its head, as if listening for something, or perhaps watching something.
Chen Wen and Yan Bian immediately froze.
They were deadlocked for about a minute.
Only then did the goat lower its head and continue eating.
Damn, so alert!
All three of them silently cursed to themselves.
But just as Chen Wen and Yan Bian were about to continue creeping forward, having barely moved a little.
The goat suddenly raised its head again.
This time, it directly turned around, looking towards Zhuo Hongnian, bleating loudly.
Did something go wrong on Zhuo’s side?
Yan Bian turned his head, frowning as he looked over at Zhuo Hongnian.
Looking was shocking.
More than half of Zhuo Hongnian’s butt was sticking out of the bushes.
The plan had failed.
At this moment, even though the goat wasn’t surrounded, Chen Wen and Yan Bian were already very close to it.
Yan Bian made a quick decision, suddenly whistling loudly, and pounced out of the bushes like a fierce wolf.
"Damn it!"
Chen Wen also realized the plan had gone wrong.
Using his "Sprinting Start," he exploded forward like a crossbow arrow, lunging at the goat.
But the goat was already on high alert.
At the moment Yan Bian whistled, it kicked into action, deftly escaping through gaps in the foliage.
Even if Chen Wen’s speed seemed like a blur on camera, he was still a step too late.
He got blocked by the underbrush.
This bush was too high; Chen Wen couldn’t leap over it or crawl through easily.
The same went for Yan Bian, caught between two trees.
Zhuo Hongnian was in even worse shape; he had just jumped out of the bushes, shouting: "Demacia!"
Then he slipped and landed face-first into the mud.
"Zhuo, are you okay?"
Chen Wen quickly walked over a few steps, helping Zhuo Hongnian up.
Zhuo Hongnian shook his head awkwardly.
He was fine, but he felt ashamed beyond measure!
Over there, the goat that had escaped didn’t run far.
Instead, it stood not too far away, bleating, seemingly mocking Chen Wen and his friends.
"Damn, this little goat kebab! So arrogant!"
Zhuo Hongnian, in a mix of shame and anger, was about to take out his crossbow arrow to shoot.
But Chen Wen pressed the crossbow down.
"What’s wrong?"
Yan Bian asked.
Chen Wen thought for a moment and said, "This goat should be domesticated. You see, even with us like this, it’s not running away, meaning it’s not afraid of people."
"So, I was thinking about whether we could try using something to lure it over and see if we can tame it and bring it back."
Upon hearing this, Yan Bian hesitated a little.
"Will it work?"
"We can try."
Chen Wen didn’t dare to say it would definitely work; after all, he hadn’t tested the effectiveness of the friendly skill provided by the system yet.
But since this goat was domesticated and had only been on the island for a few days, its wildness hadn’t developed yet.
Now was the best time to tame it.
Therefore, Chen Wen advised Yan Bian and Zhuo Hongnian to hold their horses.
He then carefully went to the spot where the goat had just been munching and pulled out a handful of tender leaves the goat had eaten.
The goat seemed very curious about what Chen Wen was doing.
It stretched its head, constantly observing Chen Wen’s actions.
After gathering a handful of tender leaves, Chen Wen tried to keep his movements light, walking slowly towards the goat.
Will this work?
At this moment, not only Yan Bian and Zhuo Hongnian, but even netizens watching online were skeptical of Chen Wen.
Taming animals, a skill you’d only see in circuses or zoos.
Can Chen Wen, a fisherman, really do this?
...
In Chen Wen’s understanding, the system’s taming has two approaches.
The first is to make animals obey through strict means.
This was like last time when the Black Panther was about to be beaten to death by Chen Wen, and the system displayed a prompt.
The second approach is using relatively gentle means.
This was something Chen Wen hadn’t tried yet.
But this goat, originally a domestic animal, made Chen Wen want to give it a shot.
It wasn’t very wild, not afraid of people, and had been taken care of by humans before.
As a test subject, it couldn’t be more suitable.
"Come on, little goat, there’s delicious food here."
Chen Wen softly called to the goat while shaking the tender leaves in his hand.
The goat tilted its head, seemingly unable to comprehend what Chen Wen meant.
But for some reason, the goat felt a special sense of warmth from Chen Wen, much like its young owner had fed it recently at home.
Baa~
The goat bleated!
This sound made Chen Wen a bit excited.
It seemed to be working!
Seeing this, Chen Wen continued shaking the tender leaves.
"Come, isn’t this the delicious snack you were just eating? Come on over."
Regarding taming, Chen Wen had ample patience.
After all, building trust between humans and animals is a long process.
Seeing that the goat was not leaving and showing ample interest instead.
Chen Wen sat down cross-legged: "Come on, little goat, I’m sitting down now. How could I possibly hurt you?"
To make the little goat feel safe, Chen Wen specifically threw the knife he had been holding behind him.
"Delicious tender leaves, sweet and juicy, come on!"
While Chen Wen enticed the goat, Zhuo Hongnian behind couldn’t help but say: "This... isn’t how I imagined it?"
Yan Bian was also puzzled: "Taming... I haven’t really looked into it."
"But I have seen some shepherds before. When they tame goats, they all find the lead goat and take care of it."
"As for a single goat, I really haven’t seen how it’s tamed, could it actually be like this?"
Under the bewildered gaze of the two.
The little goat, though hesitant, still bleated while slowly moving towards Chen Wen.
...
Looks promising!
Chen Wen was excited inside, but his face remained calm.
Though appearing tireless, he continued waving the tender leaves.
The distance between the goat and him grew steadily closer.
About three meters away, the goat stopped and didn’t approach any further.
After all, Chen Wen was still a stranger to it.
Seeing that it wouldn’t come any closer, Chen Wen thought of another method.
He tossed the leaves in his hand a bit farther away, lowering the goat’s guard.
Seeing this, the goat slowly moved forward a little and ate the tender leaves Chen Wen threw out.
No reward, no effort spent, thought Chen Wen sneakily, continuing to toss more leaves.
However, he was cautious, each time tossing the tender leaves slightly closer to him.
Gradually, the little goat edged closer and closer involuntarily.
In the back, seeing this scene, Zhuo Hongnian and Yan Bian’s eyes almost popped out.
"Mr. Yan, are animals this easy to tame?"
The young Zhuo Hongnian voiced his doubts.
Yan Bian whispered softly: "Maybe because it’s just been released on the island and is relatively friendly?"
"Once Chen Wen successfully does it, we should try too!"
...
Chen Wen was unaware of his two companions’ thoughts.
He continued focusing on feeding the goat, until it started eating the tender leaves from his hand.
"Go on, it’s all for you!"
Chen Wen fed the goat while picking leaves off the bushes around him.
And the goat had grown much more trusting of Chen Wen.
Even with just a few dozen centimeters between them now, it kept its head down eating, not showing any sign of fear.
Chen Wen hesitated for a moment, then abandoned the idea of forcibly holding the goat’s head.
He wanted to try fully taming the goat and obtaining a prompt.
By constantly feeding, roughly a minute later.
The system’s voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
[Taming Successful]