The players standing in the corridor trembled as they glanced outside the window on their left. Everything, even the small shrubs that stayed long beneath the sun, burnt to ashes. Not a single thing remained as they could feel the heat, even in the corridor itself.
It could be said that the temperature outside was close to sixty-three degrees Celsius by its intensity. Any more, and it would be impossible to live. The players had already stripped their bulky clothes, only standing either in tank tops or shirtless.
Yu Weimin and Qi Jingguo wore a couple tank tops as they stood in front of Xie Ai. They tied their shirts on their waists.
Only Xie Ai stood there with his pajamas sticking to his body. He fanned himself with his hands, trying his best to cool himself. Alas, his long, frizzy hair was all over his face, making him regret not cutting them off in a go.
Finally, he couldn't take the temperature anymore and took off his shirt, tying it onto his torso like everybody else. Then he tore off an elastic band from his sleeves and tied his hair above his head.
Before he could even sigh in relief, he saw the guards walking ahead and pushing the couple in front of him outside toward the open ground. The duo quickly covered up their heads with their shirts and walked outside with cold expressions on their faces.
They didn't look like someone who was about to face torture.
Xie Ai clicked his tongue as he also repeated the same thing, walking after them steadily.'
It had to be said that he was calm until now. Maybe it was because his friends were present here in this place that he dared to become so cold and indifferent even in the face of such adversity.
His feet paused right before he was about to step outside. The heat was too much to handle, and even as he was standing there, he could feel sun rays causing irreversible damage to his body. He could feel his skin getting dry and dark way too quickly.
He knew very well what would happen because of the immense heat, but his face seemed calm as he finally gripped the shirt tightly in his hands and stepped outside.
The temperature beneath the shade and into the naked sky seemed to be different to the point one couldn't stand that much heat. As soon as Xie Ai walked into the sun, the heat penetrated into his bones, entering deeper into his body, burning out every single pore of skin bit by bit.
It was a kind of slow torture. Even with a shirt placed between himself and the torturous sunrays, he could feel the wrath of the sun, making him feel dehydrated in a matter of a few seconds.
Xie Ai gripped the shirt tightly as he stood there, trying his best to remain calm. Beads of sweat rolled down his neck. Even though everything was covered, it was impossible to hide his entire body.
He still couldn't do anything about his feet. He had actually arrived in this world barefooted. Who would wear shoes when going to sleep?
Hot currents flowed to his feet from both the sun and the ground at the same time. He felt as if the exposed skin was placed inside a hot, boiling pan filled with burning oil. It scalded his skin to the point that blisters appeared in a matter of a few seconds as steam started flooding through the skin of his feet.
Xie Ai's face was full of sweat and tears as he tried his best to endure.
Damn it, two minutes wasn't over yet?!
He cursed under his breath as he took a few deep breaths to calm himself, but he couldn't. The more he stood there, the worse he felt. At one point, his feet seemed to have been burnt to the point that you could even smell the scent of how a piece of meat would be fried directly over the waves of fire.
He wanted to sit, but he feared other parts of his body would also end up injured.
Never before had he been tortured like this. It was past his endurance limit. No matter how indifferent and cold he was before, he couldn't remain the same right now. His body was dehydrated too fast as he stood there. His body even seemed to be swaying, and he was holding on with his sheer willpower.
Just when he thought he would faint right on the spot, the guard finally spoke, "Two minutes are over. You can come inside."
Others couldn't wait to enter. Xie Ai wasn't alone, but others were better off than him. They at least had props that could help them, but he was a newbie without anything in his hands. The woman, who was inside the corridor, was saved since she fainted right on the spot.
No one bothered to wake her up for the punishment.
As soon as Xie Ai entered, he fell on the ground directly as he brought up his feet to his mouth, blowing on his injury. Tears mixed with beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks as he continued to blow.
His feet were covered with red and purple marks as portions of his skin seemed to have burnt. The lower portion of his hair also burnt down, but he couldn't care less.
Ah, someone, do something about it!
Soon enough, a hand stretched out in front of him, and at the center, a brown pill was placed. He looked above to see unscathed Yu Weimin and Qi Jingguo standing in front of him with similarly indifferent and cold expressions on their faces.
The most terrible thing was that they didn't even seem to have sweated at all!
Xie Ai's eyes widened as he looked at the pill and toward the duo standing above him. "This…"
"Take it." Yu Weimin paused and said, "I'm not giving it to you for free. You can return the favor once you buy some props."
Xie Ai didn't hesitate anymore as he swallowed the pill directly. Adam's apple rolled as the pill went directly into his stomach.
He waited for a while before the pill started showing its prowess. His injury seemed to have healed a little. It could be said that at least 60% was healed. At the very least, it was doable.
Xie Ai pursed his lips and waited for the traces of throbbing pain to subside before finally standing up on his feet.
Suddenly, someone screamed at the top of his lungs: "Where the heck are you taking her?!"