This man spoke feebly to another person.
The other person was bald, with skin on top of his head that had been sunburnt to the redness and swelling of a cooked lobster.
He touched his head and gently rubbed it, and a small piece of flesh was rubbed off.
It felt like being pricked by a needle, causing him to clench his teeth tightly.
After gasping for air several times.
He said sarcastically: "Forget it, they can’t even hold out themselves. Just now when I went there, I saw more than thirty people cramming into a room less than 12 square meters. All for that bit of air conditioning."
"Heh." He sneered, and the next second, he started coughing violently.
He spit out a bloody chunk of matter.
Obviously, it was part of his internals, coughed out during the violent spells.
But he wasn’t panicked, nor surprised, as if resigned to his fate, exhaustion surged over him like a tide.
Mumbling under his breath, his voice barely audible.
As if he was answering his counterpart, or perhaps talking to himself.
"That damned Gan Shang, had I known it would be , I should have, I should’ve just gone out with them, better to starve or die from the heat.
Finding a deeper basement would be better than in this godforsaken tent...."
As he spoke, his hand dropped weakly to the ground.
And then there was silence.
At the North District of Juzi Island.
Jiu Zhi barely escaped with his life and immediately informed Gan Shang upon his return. Gan Shang was very excited and quickly ordered Hai Chao and the others to take people out.
But Hai Chao looked troubled.
"Boss, it’s too hot right now, the brothers don’t want to go out."
The reason for not wanting to go out was simple: in this hellish weather, traveling that far distance wasn’t just about suffering, but the risk was too high.
Such a long distance, going there and not knowing if you can return is a big question mark.
In this hot weather, if a conflict occurs, it would just be adding fuel to the fire.
Knowing it’s a suicide mission, his men naturally didn’t want to do it.
Gan Shang was furious, raging: "What’s the big deal with a bit higher temperature? Last summer, wasn’t it also very hot? Hot, how much hotter could it get."
Hai Chao looked at his boss, who hadn’t gone out in four or five days due to the extreme heat, feeling somewhat helpless.
He braced himself and said to Gan Shang: "Boss, it’s really a lot hotter outside than a week ago, you can feel it yourself."
Gan Shang still remembered the temperature from a week ago; though it was hot, it wasn’t to the extent that one couldn’t move outdoors. Chapters first released on novel✶fire.net
Disbelieving, he went out without any protection, cursing: "It’s not like I haven’t been out before..."
As he spoke, he opened the door and walked outside.
As soon as he stepped out, he felt a wave of heat.
Accustomed to the air-conditioned indoor temperature, he suddenly came out and his body couldn’t adjust to the outside heat, sweat poured down his forehead instantly.
Sweat beads quickly formed on the surface of his skin.
This.... was indeed a lot hotter than a week ago.
Still not quite resigned, Gan Shang gritted his teeth and walked into the sun.
Hai Chao, standing in the shade of the eaves, kindly reminded: "Boss, the sunlight is very harsh, be careful..."
"Ah!" As soon as Gan Shang stepped into the sunlight, he felt as if a ball of fire was burning his skin.
Not wanting to lose face in front of his men, he tried to endure the urge to flee from the sun and kept standing under it.
Smoke started rising from his head.
Making a sizzling sound.
It looked like it would burst into flames soon.
Gan Shang had not brought any protection, just wearing a T-shirt and shorts, skin and head unprotected.
After standing under the sun for a dozen seconds, he ran back into the room in a very embarrassing manner.
After entering the room, he kept silent, his exposed skin already reddened.
There was also a faint itching sensation, and he knew that this was a symptom of sunburn.
If he couldn’t help but scratch it, he might tear off the skin, leaving a bloody mess.
"Boss, cool down." Hai Chao poured a cup of water from the side and handed it to Gan Shang.
Gan Shang looked at Hai Chao with a slightly resentful gaze, as if to say: Why didn’t you say so sooner.
Hai Chao felt a bit wronged since he had indeed mentioned it just now.
Even he had to wear protection to come here, otherwise he wouldn’t dare to stand under the sun like that.
Now it was the hottest time of the day, and he hadn’t expected the boss to be so brave.
But it was good, after the boss experienced it for himself, he would know how hot it really was now and wouldn’t give him any unrealistic orders.
"There’s cooling oil in the cabinet, bring it to me," Gan Shang said sullenly.
Hai Chao obediently fetched the cooling oil for Gan Shang.
Both men tacitly didn’t bring up the matter of seeking out Xiao Jun and the others.
It was too dangerous outside now.