I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan woke up from his sleep in the early morning.

Sunlight streamed through the cracks in the window, falling onto the ground with the dry scent unique to the desert.

At the edge of vision, gray and white text quietly emerged:

[Sanity: +12...38/120]

Looking at that number, Lu Yuan felt somewhat relieved.

Once your sanity is fully restored, you can use the third ability of Time Trial. Only then will you have sufficient ability to protect yourself.

Just then, there was a knock on the wooden door.

Lu Yuan's right hand instinctively gripped the revolver beside his pillow.

"It's me, Carl," came the boy's voice from outside the door. "Grandpa asked me to bring you your medicine."

Lu Yuan released the revolver and sat up.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Karl walked in carrying a wooden tray.

On the plate were several rolls of clean bandages, a ceramic pot, and a bowl of thin porridge.

"Grandpa said your medicine needs to be changed." Karl placed the wooden tray on the wooden stool beside the bed, his curious gaze sweeping over Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan looked at him but didn't rush to take the medicine.

He knew perfectly well that he couldn't get anything out of Herman.

But this twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in front of me...

"Karl," Lu Yuan said casually, "I'm quite curious about Sandworm Town."

Carl blinked. "Curious about what?"

"For example, what about the sandworm hunting that the mayor mentioned last night?" Lu Yuan leaned against the wall. "And how did you become mayor... and what is that musical instrument that can soothe the sandworms?"

Karl's eyes lit up immediately.

"You want to know this?"

"Um."

Carl tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly revealed a sly smile.

"Then you also have to tell me something about the Night's Watch."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"make a deal."

Carl sat cross-legged on the floor beside the bed, poised for a long talk.

"Hunting sandworms isn't actually that difficult," he gestured. "First, you need to prepare a special food that will attract the sandworms."

"Then, on the north side of the town, there is a place where stones are piled up."

"There was only sand in the middle, and it was surrounded by rocks."

Lu Yuan nodded.

Sandworms can only move in the sand; once they get stuck on rocks, they can't escape.

"After the sandworms leap out, the mayor first soothes them with the Sandworm Song," Carl continued. "Once they climb onto the rocks, light them on fire."

"ignition?"

"Sandworms are afraid of light," Karl said matter-of-factly. "If there's a little fire, they'll run around everywhere, but they can't land on the stones, so they just run until they die."

Lu Yuan recalled the system's notification from last night.

Weakness: Any light (non-flammable sandworm oil).

So that's how it's used.

"And what about the town mayor?" Lu Yuan asked. "How did he become the mayor?"

"Not just anyone can be mayor," Carl said with a hint of pride. "Here, whoever controls and researches sandworms the best can become mayor."

He paused, then lowered his voice.

"Actually, my grandfather could also have been the town mayor."

"Oh?"

"But he won't." Carl pursed his lips. "I asked him why, but he wouldn't tell me."

Lu Yuan didn't ask any further questions; he simply kept the information in mind.

"One last question," he said, looking at Karl, "what's that instrument and music theory called?"

"I forgot the original name, it was too hard to pronounce." Carl scratched his head. "Now everyone calls it the Song of the Sandworm, it's been passed down from generation to generation here."

His eyes suddenly lit up.

"Do you want to learn? I can teach you!"

Lu Yuan recalled that when he heard ancient music theory last night, his taboo study experience increased by 0.2.

"it is good."

Carl grinned, then leaned forward, looking like he was looking for gossip.

"now you."

"Ask away."

"What's your role in the Night's Watch?" Karl's eyes sparkled. "Are all the Night's Watch members incredibly powerful? Do you have any special abilities?"

Three questions were asked in one go.

Lu Yuan looked at him, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Would a twelve or thirteen-year-old child ask a question about "special abilities"?

The first two questions could be attributed to curiosity, but the last one felt too deliberate.

Clearly, this was what Herman made him ask.

However, Lu Yuan did not intend to hide it.

His combat methods all rely on timing, and he's only at the first level of the Transcendent Realm, so there's nothing wrong with revealing them. On the contrary, keeping them hidden makes it easy for people to become suspicious.

"I'm a doctor in the Night's Watch," Lu Yuan said calmly, "the kind who goes on missions with them."

Carl was somewhat disappointed: "A doctor..."

"Second question," Lu Yuan held up two fingers, "The Night Watchmen are indeed very powerful; every full member is strong. However, those like me, the doctors, or those in other support roles, are a bit weaker in combat."

Carl nodded, his eyes still filled with anticipation.

"The last one." Lu Yuan shrugged. "I don't have any special abilities, and I haven't been with the Night Watch for long. I was sent on this mission, but things went wrong."

He paused, as if remembering something.

"Now that I think about it, it's almost time for the agreed-upon meeting, and I haven't reported yet. The captain should be sending someone to find me soon."

Of course, this was just Lu Yuan talking nonsense. His main purpose was to convey to Herman or other people in the town that if he was missing for a long time, someone would come looking for him. It was a kind of protection for himself.

Carl's expression changed upon hearing this, showing some disappointment; clearly, this wasn't what the child cared about.

"So, are you leaving soon?"

"Yes."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he reached out and took the pottery jar from the wooden tray.

"I'll change the medicine myself."

He skillfully unwrapped the bandage on his left hand with his right.

The old bandages came off, revealing the wound underneath.

Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

The charred flesh that was originally stuck together has now grown a layer of fine granulation tissue. Pink new flesh covers the surface of the wound, and although it is far from healed, the recovery speed is much faster than he expected.

The medicine Herman gave him was better than he had expected.

Or rather, it's abnormally good.

Lu Yuan showed no sign of anything amiss. He opened the earthenware jar and applied the brown ointment inside evenly to the wound.

A cool sensation came over me, and the faint burning pain was relieved a bit.

He rewrapped the bandages, the movement swift and seamless.

Carl watched in stunned silence.

"That's amazing..."

"As a doctor, I have these basic skills." Lu Yuan put the extra bandages back on the wooden tray. "The medicine is very good. Please thank your grandfather for me."

Carl snapped out of his daze and jumped up from the ground.

"I'll go get my instrument!" He ran towards the door. "I'll come back to find you later!"

The footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

The room fell silent again.

Lu Yuan leaned against the wall, picked up the thin porridge on the wooden plate, and slowly drank it.

The Song of the Sandworm...

I only listened to one part last night, and my forbidden learning experience increased by 0.2.

If you can learn it, you might reap unexpected rewards.