The windshield wipers swung uselessly, but the windshield was covered in crushed chili peppers. The dense raindrops were filled with chili seeds, yellow like tiny gold nuggets.
Chili water poured down from all sides. A layer of chili skins quickly covered the sand dune as the off-road vehicle roared forward, kicking up bright-red dust behind its wheels.
At last, the outline of a building appeared in the distance, shrouded in the hazy chili rain.
Almost at the same time, the roar of the off-road vehicle died away.
"We're out of gas!" Xie Yuanxun cried in despair. "We're doomed!"
The chili rain poured down in torrents. The vehicle had stopped right at the bottom of a sand dune, with bright-red floodwater flowing in from every direction. At last, Song He felt his feet touch water.
The two of them looked down. Chili water was flooding into the vehicle. If they didn't get out now, they would be drowned.
They shoved the doors open with all their strength, climbed out, and stepped into waist-deep floodwater!
A burning sensation rapidly spread up from their legs. Song He desperately scrambled toward the top of the dune as chili skins pelted his body with a constant patter. His neck, cheeks, arms—every patch of exposed skin was covered in a stinging pain!
Tears streamed down his face. Song He sneezed nonstop, and his nose ran uncontrollably. Yet he still hadn't woken up.
"When I get back, I'm going to optimize the Dream Control Helmet. If a nightmare appears, I need to be able to wake up immediately instead of getting trapped inside!" Song He said through a cough.
"What's a Dream Control Helmet?" Xie Yuanxun was also crying and dripping snot.
"The literal meaning. I'm inside the Dream Control Helmet's dream right now, and you're part