By the time we had rescued everything and returned to the beach, it started snowing again.

Fortunately, there wasn't much wind. We tied all the wolf pelts we had brought together with the pelts we had previously brought using the spider silk we had collected, and then used tree branches to make a simple little tent to protect us from the wind and frost.

Of course, all the women squeezed inside, while the men stood guard outside.

Because no one knows what other changes might occur.

Chen Jian and Wang Ping looked extremely grim, and their male colleagues in the surrounding camp also sighed in dismay.

Even these foreigners didn't look very happy.

However, under the current circumstances, this is a fact that not everyone can accept, but must accept.

The atmosphere was incredibly oppressive, because to be honest, I was also feeling very uncomfortable.

I patted Chen Jian on the shoulder: "Alright, although this happened a bit suddenly, think about it another way. With such a big wildfire in the forest, the wild animals probably won't be spared either. Once the fire is over, let's go in and look for some. Maybe we can even get a lot of half-cooked game without lifting a finger. Didn't you keep complaining that you weren't full? This time you can have a good meal to your heart's content."

Chen Jian listened to my words but continued to sigh: "Brother Sihai, don't try to comfort me. We've already come to this point. Even if we start over, how long will it take? And it's the dead of winter now. It's hard to do anything, and we don't have many tools. Building a house will be even more difficult. How can we have the mind to go out and find food?"

After saying that, he kicked a stone that was placed next to him hard.

How could I not feel bad? But now that it's already happened, what can I do even if I feel bad and find it hard to accept?

We spent the whole night outside in the cold wind, but thankfully we were back at the beach. Occasionally, we would catch a lot of seashells. We made several pots of soup, and after each of us had a few sips, we started to warm up.

The wildfire burned for two whole days, and even the heavy snow could not stop it.

To be honest, I was also very unsure, because I didn't see any animals come out of the woods.

Does that mean that all the creatures in the forest died in the wildfire?

Wang Ping and the others remained silent, while the foreigners were relatively self-aware.

In the morning, we would go out to collect dried branches that had been soaked by snow water and dry them. Then we would put them in the campfire to keep the fire burning.

The women took advantage of the relatively good weather to collect some shellfish meat, and with the wild goats we had previously found that had already been roasted to death, food was not scarce.

We can distill fresh water, and we have wolf pelts to keep warm. Our current situation is much better than when we were first stranded on the desert island.

But I've always felt uncertain, because I don't know how long this situation will last.

By the fourth day, the fire in the mountains had finally subsided, and the snow had stopped. The clear weather was a rare treat. Chen Jian and I had been holding our breath for the past few days because we didn't know what would happen to our previous campsite.

However, considering that it has been burning for so many days, even if we go back, we'll probably have to start all over again.

After breakfast, I felt I should go into the mountains to see if I could get lucky and find some wild game that had been burned to death.

Secondly, I also wanted to check out the situation in the woods.

Chen Jian and I brought some more dry food, and then we took the ironware we had made and went into the woods.

The forest was a scene of utter devastation; all the trees had been burned to ashes, and the entire forest had turned from white to charred black, a truly horrifying sight.

Wang Ping and the others followed behind me, their faces all looking extremely grim. The scene was like hell.

Yang Rui walked at the very back, his brows furrowed tightly, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings warily. But I felt he wasn't looking for any wild game; he was probably sizing up Xiao He and the others.

The trees in the forest were almost completely burned, and this time the visibility was much better.

This forest is indeed very large, but there is nothing around it. The huge ravine that stretches all the way to the sea also extends into the forest, very deep, and the area gets larger and larger the further you go into the forest.

Wang Ping leaned closer to me, his face unusually grim: "Sihai, do you think this ravine was caused by tectonic shifts? Or was it always there, just covered by these plants?"

I shook my head, not knowing how to guess. I couldn't say for sure whether anyone had been there before. But I kept thinking about one question: those indigenous people also lived in this forest. We had already escaped, so why didn't we see them?

After listening to me, Chen Jian picked up a black twig and fiddled with it on the ground. He turned to look at me and said, "I reckon they were probably burned to death, and those giants were burned to death too. If that's the case, then this wildfire isn't so bad after all. After all, without them, our lives will be more peaceful."

Wang Ping glared at Chen Jian and shook his head: "Do you think these indigenous people have lived here for generations and haven't seen enough of this kind of life? Do you think they'll just die here like this?"

Just as Chen Jiangang was about to retort, I suddenly heard a series of clanging sounds coming from deep within the woods. It seemed as if something was constantly hitting the stone wall. In short, the sound was very loud and rhythmic.

I quickly gave Chen Jian a wink, and Chen Jian was taken aback and immediately fell silent.

I turned to my male colleagues who had come with me and said, "You guys stay here. Wang Ping, come with me to see what's going on up ahead."

Wang Ping nodded, immediately pulled out his weapon, and followed behind me.

Wang Ping and I carefully followed the dark trees for more than ten minutes when we suddenly saw an extremely strange scene in front of us.

There was something bouncing on a mountain, and as it bounced, sparks began to appear on the mountain, just like watching fireworks.

Wang Ping, who was next to me, gasped and immediately gripped my hand tightly, whispering, "Sihai, could this fire not be a wildfire?"