My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

An awkward silence suddenly filled the air. Leng Yihan knew she had probably touched a nerve. If nothing unexpected happened, their daily lives would likely be filled with discrimination, after all, she was an F...

Leng Yihan didn't speak, but slowly closed her eyes, and her mind began to form a basic understanding of the world.

"Your name is... Si Xiaoshui?"

"um, yes."

"Can I join your adventure team?" Leng Yihan asked, looking at the somewhat surprised Si Xiaoshui. "Really? You really want to join our F-rank team? You know, your ability can block the Sand Demon's detection! You could even join a higher-rank A-rank or S-rank team!" Si Xiaoshui said excitedly.

"It's true, because you are... our benefactors."

The debt of gratitude must be repaid. This is the first time Leng Yihan has ever owed someone a favor. Since she has such a rare ability, why not join them to repay the debt of gratitude for saving her?

Since I don't know where to go or what to do now, I might as well just keep living in this world for now...

110 Nightmares (2)

For the next few days, Leng Yihan stayed at Si Xiaoshui's house to recuperate until she fully recovered. However, as time went by, Leng Yihan became more and more confused. Where was reality? Where was the virtual world?

Fortunately, Leng Yihan didn't have to worry about it for long. Seeing that Leng Yihan was almost fully recovered, the four little ones decided to let her go with them on their duty at noon today.

"Xiao Shui... are you really sure I have the ability to shield myself from the Sand Demon?" Leng Yihan asked with some concern, afraid that others might cause problems because they trusted him too much.

"I don't know, so the captain said we're going to try to contact the Sand Demon today. If we confirm it exists, then we can decide on the next step." Si Xiaoshui mentioned their adventure team captain's arrangements, and Leng Yihan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that their captain wasn't the particularly stupid person Leng Yihan had imagined; he did have a brain after all.

Si Xiaoshui led Leng Yihan to a tavern and skillfully guided her. The two quickly arrived at the private rooms on the second floor. Si Xiaoshui walked all the way in until she stopped at the innermost private room and knocked on the door.

"Captain, I've brought the man."

"Please come in." The reply came from a girl, but she was very aloof. For some reason, Leng Yihan couldn't help but think of Luo Xiyue…

Si Xiaoshui pushed open the door, and Leng Yihan followed her in. Inside, four people sat neatly in a row. Of the four, three men were wolfing down the food on the table, while the girl sandwiched in the middle exuded queenly aura. She glanced up at Leng Yihan, then lowered her head and closed her eyes, as if she were resting.

“Hmm… Ah~ Little guy, don’t mind her. The captain is like this. She only speaks when it’s important. Usually, I, the vice-captain Lan Mu, lead the team! Oh, by the way, my ability is physical amplification!” A black-haired man with a buzz cut said. His muscular build made Leng Yihan wonder about something—why did he only encounter strong men or people with no personality?

"My name is Ji-soo, and I'm the team's tactical specialist. My ability is clairvoyance, which allows me to see everything within a hundred miles. Hello, newcomer who can block the Sand Demon's detection." Ji-soo wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses, his pale hair was casually draped behind him, and a book was on his lap. He didn't forget to remind the person next to him as he introduced himself.

"...Hello! My name is Luther. I hope you'll take good care of me from now on, since your ability is very useful! Oh, by the way, my ability is object enhancement." Luther ate meat in large mouthfuls and drank...juice? Anyway, I don't know what kind of liquid it was. He seemed to be enjoying himself. He was at least two meters tall, and with a shield next to his stool, he was probably the main tank in the team.

"Oh, by the way, our captain is called Yilin, and his ability is... creation!" Lan Mu said, proudly puffing out his chest, feeling proud to have such a captain.

Although Si Xiaoshui explained the ability in detail yesterday, Leng Yihan still doesn't quite know what this ability is or how strong it is.

The ability levels are ranked the same as the cities: Level 5 ability (useless), Level 4 ability (normal), Level 3 ability (excellent), Level 2 ability (rare), Level 1 ability (extremely strong), and Level 0 ability (legendary).

Abilities are the special abilities that a person possesses after birth. Each person's special abilities may not be the same, and there may be multiple different abilities.

According to the Four Little Waters, their ability to shield themselves from the Sand Demon's detection can be ranked as a Level 1 ability, on par with their captain, Yilin's Creation ability.

Both Lanmu's physical amplification and Luther's object enhancement belong to the second level of abilities, which has been officially verified.

The weaker ones are the Four Little Waters and Jisoo. Both of their abilities can only be ranked at level four. However, Jisoo can make up for the gap with her brain, but the Four Little Waters... their ability is to increase speed, but their brains and bodies are average, making them the absolute weakest.

Even so, Leng Yihan still couldn't understand why a team with such a high level of skill, even without its own foundation, could be ranked in the F level. Shouldn't it be at least a D level?

"Um... my name is Leng Yihan. My ability might be to block the Sand Demon's detection. If you all trust me, please let me join you." After Leng Yihan finished speaking, he sat down as Lan Mu instructed, and then he began to explain the upcoming mission.

"Today... we'll continue exploring from the location where we found Yihan. Our main goal is to obtain three Sand Cores, which will allow our team to reach Rank E, ensuring our food supply for the week." Hearing Lan Mu's words, Leng Yihan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Just how tough are things for you guys...?

Does anyone have any objections?

"No!" 4

The four voices rang out in unison, but Yilin remained silent, only nodding. The group quickly tidied up and set off.

Si Xiaoshui had already helped Leng Yihan get her adventurer's permit, but unlike those who pass the adventurer test, this kind of permit doesn't offer any benefits. Its only use is to allow you to temporarily join someone else's team, and it's only for emergency situations. After all, applying for an adventurer's permit takes time, and sometimes situations like Leng Yihan's might occur.

Before setting off, Yilin gave Leng Yihan a cloak to cover her figure, and the six of them left the tavern and the city of Desa in a mysterious manner.

"If anyone is thirsty, just tell the captain. She can create water directly," Zhixiu suddenly said, clearly referring to Leng Yihan. Leng Yihan nodded, indicating that she had heard her.

Walking under the scorching sun, for some reason, although Leng Yihan wasn't cold, her body temperature remained at a normal level. It was probably due to the cloak she was wearing, because when Leng Yihan stretched her hand out of the cloak, her hand instantly warmed up, returning to the same temperature as when she first arrived.

They immediately withdrew their hands. The six-person team seemed to be wandering aimlessly across the desert, without even seeing a single sand demon...

"I say... Jisoo, if there isn't a single Sand Demon here, shouldn't we search somewhere else? Isn't this very strange?" Leng Yihan asked after holding back for a while.

“Good question, but the fact that there have never been any sand demons here indicates something very good.” Jisoo pushed up his glasses, which were faintly glowing white on the bridge of his nose. “There was probably a war between sand demon hordes here not long ago… so no demons dare to approach this place now, and there may be quite a few sand cores buried underground.”

"Then... how do I know where to find it?" Leng Yihan was like a studious child, immediately sensing that he was quite interested in this kind of knowledge and was very curious.

“Use this thing, this detector.” Jisoo reached into the bag she was carrying and took out something that looked like a cell phone, but with an antenna. “When we get close to the core of the sand, the detector will sound an alarm, and then we can start searching underground.”

"So... how are we going to dig..." Leng Yihan glanced at Luther subconsciously, after all, with that shield, he could probably dig up a huge pile of sand with just one dig.

“No! Doing this kind of thing in the Demon Desert is extremely dangerous.” Zhixiu shook her head, her face serious. “No one knows what’s underneath the Demon Desert, because everyone who did know… is dead. So, the only way to get those Sand Cores out is to rely on the captain’s abilities to slowly extract them.”

"Huh? So creation is just a broader definition after all..."

“Yes, it seems you’re not so stupid after all.” Zhixiu nodded, giving Leng Yihan an appreciative look, and quickly realized that Yilin’s creation was not just about creation.

"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep beep!"

"Look, we found it!" Jisoo followed the detector's instructions with a hint of surprise, but stopped after a few steps and pointed to her feet.

Yilin, as if on cue, raised her right hand and closed her eyes.

Then she seemed to grasp something and slowly lifted it up, but for some reason, Leng Yihan sensed something was wrong...

"Jisoo, watch out! There's something under your feet!" Leng Yihan hurriedly warned. The four little water creatures immediately accelerated and grabbed the slightly slower Jisoo, leaving their original position. Sure enough, a strangely shaped monster rushed out of the desert.

It had a body like a loach, but its head had a disgustingly large mouth. It's not hard to imagine that if the four little waters had been a step slower, Ji-soo would have lost her life.

Jisoo's face was a little pale, clearly frightened, but he quickly composed himself and decisively gave an order: "Run! Buy the captain some time!"

"Understood!" Lan Mu and Luther replied at the same time, standing at the back of the group to cover the retreat of the others. Yilin held the Sand Core with a serious expression. The yellow Sand Core began to emit a blue light, and the sand covering the outside gradually fell off.

"Tsk... We can't escape now! Let's turn back and stall for time while the captain creates that thing!" Seeing that the monster was quickly catching up, Jisoo quickly gave up on the idea and chose to turn back and stall for time.

Leng Yihan dared not rush forward recklessly. His current strength was far from that of Ji Han; he was much weaker. Leng Yihan was no longer able to help the others deal with the monster in front of them.

"We have to think of a way..." Leng Yihan glanced around, and finally her gaze settled on a rock that looked like a protrusion not far away, which formed a stark contrast with the mostly flat desert. However, it seemed that none of them had noticed it before.

It's the Sand Core, right? But what difference does having one more Sand Core make...? It seems like the captain can use the Sand Core to create something...

"One core isn't enough!" Yilin spoke, her tone clearly panicked. Leng Yihan decisively rushed towards that place, and the monster sensed where Leng Yihan was going, roared, bypassed Lan Mu and Lu De, and charged towards Leng Yihan.

"careful!"

Yes, it can... as long as the timing is right... it can get it done for me...

Leng Yihan proceeded cautiously. The moment the monster approached him, he sidestepped to the limit, dodging the monster's attack. At the same time, the monster crashed into the sand near the core of the sand.

As the sandstorm rose, Leng Yihan swiftly grabbed the core of the sand in mid-air. The Four Little Waters had already activated their acceleration abilities, and combining what their captain had said earlier, they immediately did their best to drag Leng Yihan toward Yilin.

The other two immediately returned to defend, cautiously blocking the monster. The monster could only watch helplessly as Leng Yihan handed a yellow sand core to Yilin, instructing her to insert it into the sand core that had turned blue.

"It's ready!" Yilin shouted, and a bright blue light shone from her hand. In an instant, even the monsters retreated several meters on their own.

In the desert, a ship appears faintly on the sand...

111 Nightmares (3)

“I think I know why you’ve had such a hard time…” Looking at the monsters outside, whose attacks on the ship’s hull were futile, Leng Yihan sighed.

"Yeah," Lan Mu scratched his head sheepishly, "The cores of the sand were all used by the captain to make escape tools... so we were really happy to hear you joined us. As long as we don't encounter those monsters beneath the Demon Desert, we can probably escape with your help, right? But were we part of the first wave to escape that monster's pursuit...?"

"It shouldn't be considered one yet." Leng Yihan glanced at the monster outside. It had stopped attacking, seemingly realizing that its actions were futile and it couldn't possibly breach the ship's hull. But this was troublesome... How were they going to get out of there...?

Leng Yihan thought with melancholy, if it were her former self, she wouldn't have needed to worry about her safety at all. Now that she has lost her power, she is pitifully weak...

"Troublesome." Eileen frowned as well. The boat was moving very fast on the sand, but it still couldn't shake off the monster that was following closely behind.

“How about… we go back?” Leng Yihan suggested, but no one answered, they just shook their heads. Finally, Si Xiaoshui explained, “Yihan… we can’t bring these monsters back to the city.”

“A curse,” Eileen whispered, her eyes looking out the window revealing a hint of unease and resentment.

“Curse…?” Leng Yihan murmured the word.

"Yes, for us adventurers, the first thing to do upon joining the Adventurers' Guild is to form a soul contract with them, guaranteeing that we will never bring desert monsters back to the city, or we will die on the spot." Jisoo said this in a joking tone, seemingly not wanting the atmosphere to be too heavy.

"I think we should think about how to escape..." Leng Yihan didn't delve any further. The monster was lurking nearby, and they couldn't return to the safe town. They knew they couldn't possibly kill the monster...

“I can kill it with multiple cores,” Eileen said, but it was clear that their team didn’t have that many cores right now, and even if they went to find them now, they might not survive to bring them back to the ship after they disembarked.

"Sigh... I hope some miracle will happen..." Leng Yihan slumped into a chair in the cabin and said. Although the ship was not big, at least the monster could not swallow it whole, and it was tough enough.

Leng Yihan couldn't help but sigh. It's just a level one ability, yet it's so powerful. If she really had the ability to shield herself from sand demons, being ranked at level one would probably only be because she could deal with rare ones. In reality, it would just be average.

The six of them were quite helpless and stayed in the cabin. Yilin needed the Sand Core to create anything that could deal with the monster in front of her, so there was no way she could talk about it. Leng Yihan had not yet been able to distinguish between reality and illusion. The four little water creatures were fast but not strong enough. Luther, Lan Mu, and Zhixiu did not have anything that could seriously threaten the monster. It seemed that the six of them were bound to die here.

But the opportunity still came. Although they didn't hear any sound or see any figures, all six of them felt the immense pressure. Yilin also stood up, looking anxiously at the group of figures that were faintly visible in the distance—the Sand Demons.

The monsters that attacked them earlier retreated without hesitation. A single sand demon can be dealt with, but a group of sand demons? Unless they have a death wish, they can try.

"Get out of here! We're too big of a target here!!!" Jisoo said nervously, then Luther lifted her up and rushed out of the cabin, jumping directly from the deck onto the sand. The remaining four also left the ship one after another. Irene led the way, maintaining a safe distance from the ship, and began to cautiously observe the sand demon swarm in the distance.

"Boom... Boom..." Although the ground was sand, the sand demon's stomping not only produced a huge sound, but also left a terrifying sand pit, even though these sand pits were quickly filled by sand that appeared from nowhere.

The surrounding area was desert with no cover. Fortunately, Yilin was there and created a rock to shield them. Leng Yihan also realized that they were risking their lives to test his abilities.

"Don't panic! The Sand Demon has no facial features. It tracks nearby creatures by sensing energy and life. As long as your ability can truly block the Sand Demon's detection, then we'll be safe!" Zhixiu said, sticking her head out without turning around, seemingly trying to comfort Leng Yihan and tell her not to be afraid.

I wouldn't say I'm scared... but wouldn't it feel abrupt if a stone suddenly appeared out of nowhere?

"It's alright." As if seeing through Leng Yihan's doubts, Yilin said these three words. "Oh, this was also a test to see if your shield could also shield the energy released when an ability of the same level creates something. Now it seems... very successful." Zhixiu said, and Leng Yihan clearly heard the footsteps suddenly turn and walk towards the ship that was originally built by the core of sand.

"Captain?" Jisoo suddenly turned to look at Yilin, as if pleading for something, "How about we..."

“No, it’s dangerous.” Yilin shook her head. Zhixiu didn’t say anything more and turned back to continue observing the Sand Demon.

Curious, Leng Yihan peeked out from around the stone. The sand demons had arrived at the side of the ship, but not all of them had come; only two or three had. The three demons worked together to lift the huge ship and slowly moved it toward the sand demon army that was standing still in the distance.

The six of them held their breath and watched the sand demons gradually disappear into the distance. They carefully circled around and came out, only to see Yilin suddenly walk in the direction the sand demons had left.

Leng Yihan was puzzled for a moment, but quickly figured out why. Zhixiu also explained to him, confirming his thoughts: "The captain is worried that the monster will turn back. As long as we stay with the Sand Demon horde, we will be safe for the time being unless a stronger monster appears."

After confirming Leng Yihan's abilities, the six of them gradually became bolder and chased after the sand demon horde, but they never got too close and maintained a certain distance.

After walking for a while, the sun not only showed no signs of diminishing, but instead grew larger and larger, and even inside the cloak, one could faintly feel a trace of heat.

"Jisoo, where are we now?" Lan Mu asked. Jisoo took out something from her pouch and looked at it under her cloak. "We're... not far from Desa, and there are quite a few Sand Cores around us."

Jisoo took out the detector again and showed it to the five people under the cover of her cloak. Sure enough, there were quite a few sand cores nearby.