Chapter 668 - 317 On the Road_3
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The situation was a bit worse than they had imagined, as they entered the desert on the first day where there was nothing but wind and sand. Maya suffered heatstroke by the afternoon, and with two horses, two people, and a dog, they took refuge behind a sand dune to avoid direct sunlight, only continuing their journey when night fell. By then, the water they brought was already gone.
By nine o’clock the next morning, the endless desert was still all they could see. Lin Ma found shelter from the scorching sun in an area of wind-eroded rocks and set up a tent, partly to rest and partly because the horses needed to feed. They had yet to find any building materials or trees that could be converted into building materials.
However, the tent campsite was more grand and beautiful than Lin Ma had imagined. It took two basic time units to set up the tent, and instantly, grass appeared on the sandy ground, with a large, round tent in the center of a circle of grass.
Inside the tent, the ground was covered with heat-insulating plastic. In the center, a red carpet was laid out, and in its middle was a hole that held a System bonfire. There were seven empty storage spaces surrounding the tent, all of which were vacant.
Using their backpacks as pillows, they lay on the carpet, overwhelmed by fatigue and an increasingly intense thirst. Maya said with her eyes closed, "We must find a water source before sunset tomorrow."
"I didn’t expect Dawn to set up a milestone trap for us," Lin Wu said. "But it’s not exactly a trap either. Both the milestones from Technology City Left County and those from Future City Left County suggest that the players’ next part of the journey will be desolate."
"Don’t talk, conserve your physical strength, and rest!"
At three in the afternoon, Lin Wu woke up with a bitter taste in his mouth. When he breathed into his palm, he could smell his own bad breath, and his obsession with water grew stronger. Maya and the backpacks were gone. Lin Wu stepped out of the tent to see the horses still grazing, and Maya stood hundreds of meters away among the rocks, surveying the surroundings with a telescope.