Since entering the desert, the expedition team finally had an opportunity for a comfortable day with nothing major going on. They did not have to sit in the furnace-like cars, and they did not need to endure Peter Lee's roll call every morning. The male students followed Wei Kang to set up the infrared cameras. With that, they could relax.
Several fat, thin, tall, black, and white bodies lay on mats without their tops. They wore only beach pants and sunglasses. They had a few cans of hot beer on hand and lay in a daze, thinking of nothing and merely waiting for the sun to set.
It was a fabulous day, fit for a king. This was the research life that scientific personnel expected.
The cat was a nocturnal animal, and it would only come out at night—assuming there were cats nearby.
