The scorching sun baked the castle, wringing out every drop of moisture, leaving the ground dry as ash and the air hot and steamy. Luo Zheng, enduring the brutal sun, gulped down some water, which soothed his smoking throat a bit. Surprised by the sudden dust cloud ahead, he wondered if another sandstorm was coming. He quickly raised his sniper scope to check and realized it wasn't a sandstorm, but rather a cloud of dust kicked up by an all-terrain vehicle speeding along.
"Eh?" Luo Zheng gasped in surprise and adjusted his sniper scope to take a closer look. Several people were sitting in the vehicle, members of the Sam Country team. Shocked, he whispered, "Xue Er, look, are they retreating? What's going on?"
