At noon, the sun was scorching, and heat waves shimmered on the sand surface. The dry heat in the air was inhaled into the body, roasting the lungs like flames, making the chest feel oppressed and extremely uncomfortable. Even the exhaled breath was hot. Everyone had to drink water to extinguish this suffocating heat, but there wasn't much water to carry, and they couldn't guzzle it down in big gulps. This feeling of suffocation made them crazy.
Fortunately, everyone had rested for the morning, so their physical strength and energy had recovered quite a bit. Luo Zheng ate some dry food, put on his backpack, looked at Lan Xue, and said in a deep voice, "You stay here to command the troops. I'll take Cao Xi to scout the terrain. We must find the location to dig the tunnel."
"You can't go alone. I'll go with you; two people can look out for each other," Lan Xue said seriously.
