All the four made a campfire and they rested the night a little far from the stream.
The next day they woke up early and they freshened up themselves in the clear stream.
They collected some bamboo shoots and carved them into bottles with the knife and they collected water into them.
After they went for catching fish. As they don't know how much time they need to walk they prepared food sufficient for a whole day. and they stored them in the bamboo shoots.
After making preparations they started walking in the smoke-cleared path, they don't know how far they walked but they didn't stop walking. they walked like this for 8days.
In these 8 days, they forgot that they were in a dire situation and they felt that there was some hope for them to live.
And from comparing to the first day they became much livelier. At first, they felt it hard to live but later they found it was a great experience for them.
They learned many things like making fire with dry sticks. Even like an early man, they made small stone tools and they hunted with them.
They rested whenever they felt tired and they collected some wild fruits and they had them and they caught small animals like rabbits and some wild ducks. small birds etc.
"Jing!Gan! I can't walk any further let's take some rest here" Lu Qi plummeted down in the place he was. and he started eating the food stored in the bamboo shoots.
"Aish... Qi just look at yourself, how dumb you look when you are eating. haha... hahaha ....." Dong commented and laughed at Lu Qi.
But Lu Qi continued eating without talking anything, the four of them rested and ate the food and they decided to stay there for today as it is already getting dark.
They light a campfire to keep themself warm for the night as they didn't carry anything with them from their initial campsite.
"Jing! don't you think there are some changes in this smoke?" He Gan questioned Wang Jing.
"Yes! this smoke density is fluctuating whenever we are in the smoke cleared path its thickness is decreasing but whenever we got too far while hunting from this path it is becoming thick".Wang Jing then looked at his surroundings " And the temperature is warmer when we are in the smoke-cleared path and it is cold when we move far from it".
Lu Qi interrupted them in middle" I think some supernatural powers are controlling us along our way didn't find it?".
Han Dong harrumphed " Little Qi I think your brain stopped working totally after we struck here"
"Other than eating and sleeping you are good for nothing, Gan how about we kill him and make him use as bait to catch more birds tomorrow. what do you guys say?"Han Dong looked to He Gan and Wang Jing for their opinion.
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"Han Dong you really dare! you are the one who is blind here! do you really think it is easy to find food in the forest? And we are finding food wherever we are going in this path"
"Have you encountered any dangerous animals till now? let's see how you will answer my question?"Lu Qi folded his hands and had a disdainful look on his face.
Listening to Lu Qi's words all fell silent because they focused their concentration full on the smoke and the path ahead of them.
But they didn't realize that they indeed didn't face any cruel animals and they are also finding adequate food and actually it was like a holiday trip for them without any dangers.
"Yes, what he is saying is true, we are too focused on having our day but our foodie is really worried about his food and life so he made the perfect analysis this time"He Gan patted Lu Qi
He Gan then again questioned Wang Jing" JIng, what do you think our situation may be in is it good or bad to take Qi's analysis in a positive way?".
"For now I got four options in front of us"
"something is strange with this place and it's taking us to it
ONE. We may live if we find some clues after we arrived at the end of this path
TWO. there is end to this path and we will stuck here completely
THREE. there is no end and we will die here.
AND NUMBER FOUR..". Wang Jing stopped saying his last option.
"Say!"
"What's it?"
"Jing! say it!"
Lu Qi, Han Dong, and He Gan were really getting anxious to listen what Wang Jing's fourth option is and they combinedly yelled at Wang Jing.
Wang Jing cleared his throat before continuing" my fourth opinion is I AN UNABLE TO PREDICT ANYTHING".
All littled their eyes towards Jing and they started tickling and hitting Wang Jing.
And for the night they rested there.
When everyone finally slept Wang Jing woke up and he looked around and then he looked at his three friends and he mumbled to himself.
"BROTHERS, YOU WANTED TO KNOW MY FOURTH OPINION RIGHT?
"ALL THE ANIMALS ARE MONITORING US IN THIS FOREST FROM THE VERY START WHEN WE ENTERED THE CAMP. BUT I AM SO STUPID TO NOT REALIZE IT AND BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS TROUBLE, I'M SORRY I'M REALLY SORRY".
Wang jing cried and he got up he then picked his stuff like bamboo water holder, some stored food, and some important tools he needed.
He started walking in the smoke-cleared path and he observed that the smoke around his three brothers started disappearing and he felt relieved that his assumption came true.
And he once last time saw his brother's and continued walking forwards leaving a message near them.