Chapter 1020 Starting a Fire (2/2)

Li Du and Sophie could no longer keep on their feet and sat down to rest at once.

Picking up a strand of grass, Big Ivan laughed and walked over. ”Very tired? This path

is considered pretty smooth. The trek is tough, but at least there is a perfect site to set

up the tents.”

Lu Guan, who was drained from all the walking, said as he panted, ”Oh God, please let

the rest of the road be better than this.”

Musa did not rest. Upon entering the rainforest, his demeanor had changed. He was no

longer fearful and timid, but had become confident and relaxed.

Short and skinny, he was as agile as a monkey, expending little effort as he walked

through the forest.

While everyone else was taking a break, he did not rest but said, ”I go see see, little bit

familiar, I see before.”

Li Du nodded, handing him a short knife, ”Be careful.”

Musa did not take the knife but looked at the Black Mamba crossbow that Li Du was

holding.

Li Du passed the bow to him and Musa took it cheerfully. He also took a couple of short

arrows before leaving in light steps.

Brother Wolf was in the midst of preparing food, combing through his backpack, when

he suddenly stopped, motionless.

”What's up?” Li Du saw that he did not look right.

Brother Wolf said, ”I've made a huge mistake.”

Anxious, Li Du stood up immediately. ”What happened?”

”I didn't take the tinder!”

Li Du was relieved. ”I thought something really bad happened. Who has the tinder?”

The group glanced at each other. Nobody had brought any tinder.

Big Ivan said helplessly, ”Brother Wolf, I see that you've led a comfortable life too long.

You didn't even bring the tinder?”

Brother Wolf's face darkened. Consoling him, Li Du said, ”No biggie, at the very most,

we can stop going further. Besides, we brought dry rations, we will be okay even without

a fire.”

”I have another way to start a fire, it's just that I felt I shouldn't have made such a

mistake,” Brother Wolf did not lighten up. To him, this was a lowly mistake.

Li Du had never considered the issue of tinder. There were diamonds, cash, pearls,

various goods, water, and medicine in the black hole, but there was no tinder.

Brother Wolf looked up at the sky, and then he went to gather some dead tree bark and

weed. After that, he started to grind the tree back using stone and dagger.

Li Du said, ”You are going to use friction to start a fire?”

Shaking his head, Brother Wolf said, ”No, there's a simpler way.”

After grinding the dead tree bark into powder, he took out a clean Ziploc bag and left to

collect some clean water.

Returning with the Ziploc bag, Brother Wolf found a suitable angle and rolled the Ziploc

into a flat round shape, placing it above the tree bark powder.

Seeing that, Sophie smiled. ”You're making a magnifying glass? That's a good idea.”

”What about night time? You can't do that by moonlight,” Lu Guan said.

Brother Wolf replied, ”It's even easier at night.”

Not long after, the tree bark powder emitted some white steam. As the amount of white

steam increased, suddenly there was a small flame.

Upon seeing that, Brother Wolf quickly added some dried grass. Just like that, the small

flame turned into a fire.

Then they were able to use the fire for cooking. As they brought sufficient food, they did

not have to hunt. Brother Wolf had been concerned that the blood from fresh game

would attract predators.

However, Big Ivan managed to catch a small edible freshwater fish. They used the

seasoning that Li Du brought along to make a pot of soup with the fish.

The soup made with the fresh wild catch was very delicious. Eating dry cake with the

hot, steamy fish soup was even tastier than having canned meat.

However, from the time they started preparing dinner to the time they finished eating,

and even when they were prepared to go on, Musa never returned.