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The situation was a bit worse than they had imagined, as they entered the desert on the first day where there was nothing but wind and sand. Maya suffered heatstroke by the afternoon, and with two horses, two people, and a dog, they took refuge behind a sand dune to avoid direct sunlight, only continuing their journey when night fell. By then, the water they brought was already gone.
By nine o'clock the next morning, the endless desert was still all they could see. Lin Ma found shelter from the scorching sun in an area of wind-eroded rocks and set up a tent, partly to rest and partly because the horses needed to feed. They had yet to find any building materials or trees that could be converted into building materials.
However, the tent campsite was more grand and beautiful than Lin Ma had imagined. It took two basic time units to set up the tent, and instantly, grass appeared on the sandy ground, with a large, round tent in the center of a circle of grass.
