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Chapter 140 Off-road Vehicle

Caiyi remained silent because she saw two desert oases.

The production team really has something special; the place they landed in wasn't just a desert oasis, it was also a mirage.

Oases are extremely rare in this vast desert, and mirages are naturally as rare as oases.

One of the oases looked rather strange; it appeared to be upside down and was a lighter color than the other. It seemed that this was a mirage, while the other was real.

Caiyi raised his hand to check the time and temperature on his watch and found that it was already very hot; the temperature in the early morning had reached fifty degrees Celsius.

She began to think about the distance between the two oases and how long it would take to get there.

Just then, a clear and melodious voice rang out from behind Cai Yi: "Human vision has a visibility of about forty kilometers."

Caiyi turned around, blinked, and looked a little dazed.

She rubbed her eyes, and asked with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty, "Jiang Li...?"

The person who arrived was indeed Jiang Li. She raised her hand to greet Cai Yi: "Long time no see, teacher."

Caiyi chuckled and took a few steps closer to her, whispering, "You too?"

She didn't ask directly, since it was confidential and she couldn't be sure if Jiang Li was the newcomer Xu Qingming was talking about.

The main problem is that Jiang Li's speed is too fast. For a normal person to pass those tests and successfully join the Special Affairs Department is extremely difficult.

At least for the past three years, Caiyi has failed all the tests at home.

She only passed the physical education and practical courses, but she doesn't understand some of the more advanced cultural courses yet.

Jiang Li shook the watch strap on her wrist so that Cai Yi could see it clearly.

Cai Yi tapped the strap of Jiang Li's watch with his fingertips, then hugged her and rubbed against her, grinning as he said, "Hahaha, can I slack off now?"

Jiang Li looked at Cai Yi with a helpless expression. This was nothing like the three-year veteran employee Vivian had described.

She reminded him, "Teacher, I'm a newbie."

Caiyi waved his hand dismissively and said, "You've already joined, so there's no distinction between newcomers and newcomers. From now on, call me Caiyi, not teacher."

Jiang Li was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Although Vivian had told her at the beginning that Caiyi was a lazybones, she didn't expect that she would be so trusting of Caiyi on her first task after joining the company.

However, that's not the main point. Jiang Li broke free from Cai Yi's embrace and said to Cai Yi, "We need to hurry up and set off. A normal person can walk more than ten kilometers a day."

If you walk briskly, it's about 40 or 50 kilometers. But the production team seems to have forgotten that this is a desert, and the famous Pink Desert at that.

Therefore, even if the distance to the desert oasis is set within our maximum range, they still cannot reach it before dark.

Caiyi's round, dark eyes fell on the group of people pushing the cart below, and he said, "Let's get off first. It seems we'll have to use an off-road vehicle."

Jiang Li said, "This off-road vehicle can't drive in the desert."

Cai Yi gently patted Jiang Li's head: "We really can't drive like this, but we have to take the car with us."

"If we don't reach the desert oasis before dark, we won't be able to withstand the cold."

"Besides, this off-road vehicle can still be driven after proper adjustments."

Jiang Li's eyes lit up, and she instantly understood.

Because of the extreme temperature difference between day and night in the desert, the production team did not anticipate that they would not be able to reach the desert oasis before dark, so they did not prepare extra supplies and clothing for the journey.

Only upon reaching the desert oasis will the production team provide supplies and clothing.

The directing team.

"Director, should we prepare camels for them? It seems they won't reach the desert oasis before dark."

"No need, didn't you see they already have a way to get through the cold night?"

"If all else fails, we can arrange for camels to be provided to them."

Jiang Li walked down the sand dune, while Cai Yi slid down directly. It was rare for this mission to be so easy, so she could have some fun.

Jiang Li also had some tools in her backpack. She looked at those who were politely choosing to help because of Feng Shiyu's popularity and said, "Stop pushing. If you use so much force and he keeps pressing the accelerator, the tires will only make the car sink deeper and deeper."

Xu Zhizhi wiped the sweat from her forehead, her cheeks flushed an unnatural red: "Since you're stopping them, sister, is there any other way?"

"After all, everyone has been pushing the cart under this scorching sun for quite a while."

She had just gotten into the car when it became stuffy and hot, making it hard to breathe; it was even hotter than outside.

"If you have no other choice, why are you stopping others from pushing the cart?"

"Although I don't like to argue, I won't stop anyone."

"Everyone has the opportunity to make their own choices."

Jiang Li felt that her words were a bit strange, but she didn't think too much about it. She took out her tools and said to Feng Shiyu in the open front window, "Don't step on the gas. I'll let some air out."

Feng Shiyu's face was covered in sweat. He was so hot that he didn't want to move, so he readily stopped pressing the accelerator to make himself feel better.

Jiang Li squatted down and turned the tire valve to release some air. Even such a slight movement made Jiang Li sweat a lot in this weather.

Thankfully, the clothes were made of a special material from home, so they were still relatively cool to wear.

Caiyi squatted down and started digging in the sand, and Xiangxiang followed suit and squatted down to help.

The other guests glanced silently at the drone, then squatted down and began digging in the sand.

Xu Zhizhi looked unwell. She stared at the people and the scalding, orange-red sand, and then fainted.

Caiyi looked over upon hearing the commotion: "..."

One of the guests went over, helped Xu Zhizhi up, and gave her some water.

Xu Zhizhi said weakly, "It's probably because the weather is too hot, and I'm too weak, so I fainted."

"Don't worry about me, everyone. My life and death are in the hands of fate."

Guest: Zhao Heng, a rising star.

Zhao Heng dampened a tissue with water and used it to cool down Xu Zhizhi's cheeks: "Zhizhi, you're too easygoing. You've got heatstroke yourself, and you're not even taking it seriously."

Xu Zhizhi is a celebrity he admires. Her Buddhist-like indifference is very much in line with the current state of netizens: they can live or die, and they don't force things.

Xu Zhizhi looked at the wet wipe in his hand with a slightly troubled expression. Would this ruin her makeup?

Probably not, her natural makeup this time is waterproof.

Xu Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief upon thinking of this, seeing Zhao Heng taking care of her in such a pitiful state.

Seeing this, Feng Shiyu was a little annoyed. He started the engine and began to step on the gas.

The sound made Caiyi tense up immediately. She quickly grabbed one person with each hand and pulled Xiangxiang and another guest away.

Jiang Li was holding a tool and turning the valve. She wasn't as fast as the others. If she hadn't released it quickly, it wouldn't just be the tool that got caught; her hand would have been caught in the tire.

Seeing Jiang Li clutching her hand, Cai Yi knew almost immediately that she had injured it.