It was already noon, and the sun was scorching the desert. The heat waves over the sand seemed like rising molten lava, suffocating. The yellow sands stretched endlessly, dune after dune with no end in sight, no sign of life. Even the racing teams that had appeared just a moment ago had vanished into the rolling thermal waves, leaving no trace. Luo Zheng looked back at the sun and said softly, "You go check on them, survey the rooms here to see if any fish slipped through the net. Collect some food and bedding too, we'll probably have to spend the night on the city wall. I'll keep watch here."
"Okay, be careful." Lan Xue replied, crouching down before swiftly descending the city wall.