Snow began to pile up on the highways, while many sections of the desert roads were covered in drifting sands, making it seem as if some roads were carved right through the desert.
In just over half a year without maintenance, these desert highways now appeared sporadically, and in another couple of years, they were estimated to be completely buried...
However, regardless of these challenging conditions, the two vehicles managed to conquer these hindrances, and they were ultimately much faster than bicycles.
Without entering any refuges or making contact with anyone, both cars overcame numerous, though not overly difficult, obstacles to arrive at Hols City in a week's time.
This was the westernmost edge of Shenzhou, just beyond the national border lay Kazakhstan.
