The violent tremors continued, but thankfully, there were no more cracks as large as those.
But seeing such a large crack reminded me of the several devastating earthquakes I experienced in the city before.
I don't know if there are any aftershocks here, because we have no way to detect the epicenter.
Everyone was on tenterhooks. I quickly took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down, and turned to look at Chen Jian.
"Go quickly! Light the campfire. We men can manage, but the women and children can't."
Chen Jian nodded, but still felt lingering fear.
"Brother Sihai, could our camp in that forest have been destroyed? Should we take advantage of this calm time and go back to get some things? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease!"
Wang Ping listened to Chen Jian's words but shook his head very seriously: "No, the situation in the woods is still unclear. If you go in now, there is bound to be some unexpected danger. You might not be able to escape even if you want to. Let's stay here and stabilize for a while, and then we'll talk about it when it gets light."
I nodded in agreement with Wang Ping's words.
"Anyway, it shouldn't be long before dawn. Go and start a campfire, and then make some hot soup. Everyone's been busy with all this, so it's good for them to have something to drink and warm up."
Wang Ping and Chen Jianli immediately turned around and went to do their work. I stood beside that deep ravine, looking into the woods, feeling uneasy.
If this deserted island is indeed strange and unusual, then was the peace we experienced before just an illusion?
Yang Rui remained squatting beside the crevice, constantly peering inside, but I had no idea what he was looking at.
But then I suddenly remembered the binoculars I got from the foreigner, so I took them out of my pocket and looked down. Even though the binoculars could see very far, I still couldn't see anything in the pit.
Yang Rui and I looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Yang Rui collapsed onto the beach, shaking his head as he looked into the woods.
"This place is even more bizarre than we imagined. I wonder if Xiao He and the others have achieved their goal?"
As Yang Rui spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the woods, and his expression was very silent.
"I don't know what you've come here for, but you've seen how strange and dangerous this forest is. If Xiao He and the others are still alive, what do you think their chances of achieving their goal are?"
I asked him the same question back, and Yang Rui looked up at me and then shook his head: "I don't think their chances of success are very high, but I'd better go and gather some firewood now."
After he finished speaking, he quickly got up and went into the woods to collect some firewood. Several hours later, when it was already dawn, I led Chen Jian and the others back into the woods to check on our camp.
But soon after entering the woods, they smelled a very strong burnt smell.
After walking a few more steps, we realized that the entire scene before us was filled with firelight.
The surrounding flames roared, and the scorching heat waves hit me, making me feel particularly uncomfortable in the winter season.
Chen Jian and Wang Ping stood behind me, somewhat dumbfounded. Yang Rui also looked astonished, but all I could feel was anxiety. If a wildfire really broke out here, would everything inside still be there?
Chen Jian was an impatient man. After seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp: "Brother Sihai, let's go in and take a look quickly! Damn it, if all the seeds we stored in there have been burned, that would be a real disaster!"
After saying that, he quickly tried to go around the fire and run inside, but no one expected that the fire had spread to such a large area. Chen Jian ran a long way but couldn't find an entrance into the woods.
Looking at the scene before me, I suddenly remembered a saying I had heard before: that the Earth is actually a system and a being with its own thoughts, and perhaps it is eliminating something to maintain its own health...
So, are the things he wants to eliminate this time us?
I dared not think any further, because the idea was too terrifying and also rather absurd.
However, the current situation is indeed somewhat unacceptable.
"Chen Jian, let's go around this forest and follow the mountain camp behind it!"
Chen Jian nodded after hearing my shouts. The rest of us went around a huge bend from behind before finally finding a gap in the fire that wasn't too big.
When our group went inside, the wolf pelts we were wearing had several burn marks on their fur.
Yang Rui followed behind, seemingly uninterested, but I couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention. However, we had to seize some things to get out of here, especially since we couldn't find more food in this freezing weather. Therefore, the food we had stored in the camp was of utmost importance.
When we slowly walked to the top of the mountain where our previous campsite was, I couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in my heart, because all the safety measures and fences we had initially set up around us had been burned to ashes.
Even the surrounding mountains were burned black, but fortunately the fire did not seem to have reached the mountaintop. It is unknown what the situation is on the mountaintop.
Chen Jian rushed forward like a madman, ignoring the still-burning flames around him, looking left and right, howling loudly in despair.
"Brother Sihai, all the wild goats we raised before were burned to death. Look, they're all burned to the bone!"
The fire was so big that these losses were unavoidable. Even if Chen Jian hadn't made a fuss on his way here, I would have already guessed it.
Now I just hope that everything we stored on the mountaintop is still there.
I quickly patted Chen Jian on the shoulder: "Don't pack these things yet. Let's go to the top of the mountain and check our bedding, as well as the food and medicine we stored before. Let's move some of them out first."
We didn't bring a large group this time, so we had to evacuate some first and then call the rest later.
Fortunately, with that opening, it wasn't difficult for us to come back in.
After almost a whole day of this, they finally managed to bring back everything that was useful from the mountaintop.
The short-legged birds and wild goats down the mountain had long been burned to death, so we pushed all the wild goats that weren't burned too badly out in a cart.
After all, these can be considered food at this time of year.
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