20: Chapter 20 Death Desert 3

Luo Yuejian thought to herself, "How did I run into another weirdo again?"

The Man in the Suit and the Fragile Girl from the last game were already giving her a headache by constantly cueing her, so she hoped this game wouldn't be the same.

To keep Wolf-tail Guy from letting his imagination run wild, Luo Yuejian suppressed the urge to vanish on the spot and quickly said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

As she spoke, she flicked her finger and retrieved the card that had fallen near the feet of the Glasses Man.

Infinite Card (Sharp Card): The card is infinitely sharp, capable of cutting through iron like mud.

Luo Yuejian: Got it, a pig-slaughtering knife.

She should be thankful that the Infinite Card could automatically return to its host, otherwise she would have had to walk into the crowd to pick it up from beside the Glasses Man's feet.

Still, it was amazing that the card hadn't hurt the Glasses Man; he was incredibly lucky!

She had secretly tested it just now, and the card could easily slice through the rocks on the ground.

She cast a thoughtful glance at the Glasses Man. Could this guy be some kind of chosen child of fortune?

The few newcomers standing nearby were stunned into silence.

The yellow-haired guy asked, dumbfounded, "What... what is this thing? How can it fly back on its own?"

Camo Uncle looked at Luo Yuejian with a grave expression and replied, "It's a prop rewarded for clearing the previous game."

It was clear from that moment that he had realized Luo Yuejian was no simple person.

Although he had vaguely realized since entering the game that Luo Yuejian might not be simple, it wasn't until just now—when she effortlessly used a soft playing card to knock the water-filled bottle out of the Glasses Man's hand, and that bottle of water turned out to be poisoned—that he truly understood.

Such intellect and such strength were truly not to be underestimated.

Camo Uncle hid the wariness in his eyes and continued with a chuckle, "I just wonder what exactly this little girl's prop is."

Luo Yuejian pretended not to hear him and didn't reply.

Luo Yuejian didn't reply, but Camo Uncle wasn't the least bit embarrassed or angry.

He had only said that to test the White-haired Girl, and it was within his expectations that she wouldn't take the bait.

No one would tell others about the abilities of their props without reason, especially their life-bound props.

The Glasses Man had recovered from his initial shock. He had originally been furious at Luo Yuejian for knocking away his only source of water, his face turning red with anger. But after seeing the lizard die so miserably and learning that the bottle of water was actually poisoned, realizing that Luo Yuejian had saved his life, his face flushed even more deeply.

He parted his lips, and after a long while, whispered, "Thank you..."

Luo Yuejian knew why he was thanking her, but since knocking away his bottle of water had been purely coincidental, she shook her head awkwardly upon hearing his thanks.

After all, it really was an accident. If that water hadn't been poisonous, she definitely would have been scolded.

Seeing Luo Yuejian shake her head nonchalantly, the others only felt that she didn't care about such things and had done it as a casual gesture, showing the demeanor of a true expert.

After this incident, everyone poured out the mineral water from their backpacks. If they were walking in the Desert later and became delirious from exhaustion, accidentally taking out the poisoned water to drink would be truly tragic.

Seeing that Luo Yuejian hadn't poured out the water in her backpack, the Girl with Double Braids cautiously reminded her, "Aren't you going to pour out the water in your bag? It wouldn't be good if you accidentally drank it later."

Luo Yuejian stepped back imperceptibly and shook her head. She thought the same as the others, but not entirely.

She also thought she might accidentally drink this bottle of water later due to a momentary lapse in attention, but wasn't that exactly what she wanted?

According to her previous tests with the slacker system, if it was a mistake caused by her genuine carelessness, the probability of it being judged as a success was quite high.

Hehe, when it came to courting death, she was still very clever!

Wolf-tail Guy, however, saw this scene, glanced lightly at her and the Girl with Double Braids, and set off first with his off-road backpack on his back.

Inside the backpack was a map prepared for them by the boss, somewhat similar to the treasure maps of ancient times, using various landmarks as turning points.

Luo Yuejian looked at the map in her hand and muttered to herself: I wonder when this map was drawn. If it's from a long time ago, wouldn't those landmarks be gone by now...

"It should be in this direction. It's about ten o'clock in the morning now, and based on the position of the sun, we should head this way."

Wolf-tail Guy was wearing a handsome windbreaker jacket, his hiking boots looking extremely sharp. He held the map in his hand, slightly tilting his head to look at the sky to identify the direction.

The yellow-haired youth couldn't stand Wolf-tail Guy showing off like that, so he sneered with a skeptical tone, "Hmph, how do you know it's ten o'clock in the morning?"

Wolf-tail Guy gave him a faint glance, "It's the same theory as a sundial; you use the shadow. The shortest shadow is at noon..."

He stopped mid-sentence, looked the yellow-haired youth up and down, and cut the topic short, "I won't explain it in detail."

Even though Wolf-tail Guy didn't say the rest, everyone understood: You wouldn't understand.

The yellow-haired youth was so angry he wanted to step forward and argue with him again, but due to various reasons, he went off to the side to sulk by himself.

As time passed and it neared noon, the sun grew larger and larger, and everyone could almost see the heat waves rolling in the air.

The already scorching Desert now felt like a boundless steamer.

Camo Uncle wiped the sweat emerging from his forehead and frowned, saying, "We can't keep walking. If we keep going, everyone will definitely not be able to handle it. We need to find a shady place to rest and wait until nightfall to continue our journey."

He licked his dry, chapped lips, "We also need to find some water sources. The only mineral water we are carrying is poisoned; if we don't find an alternative water source, we will all die of thirst here."

His gaze turned to Wolf-tail Guy; judging by his earlier performance, this Wolf-tail Guy should have plenty of survival experience in the wild.

Wolf-tail Guy glanced at him without speaking, then climbed up a relatively high sand dune nearby by himself and stood at the top, gazing into the distance for a while.

After a while, he walked down and returned to the team.

"We can't rest yet. There isn't even a shadow of any animals or plants nearby."

Camo Uncle frowned, continuously wiping the sweat from his head, and nodded, saying, "Alright then, we'll continue forward and find a nearby water source as soon as possible."

Although the others in the team were also incredibly hot, they could still hold on. There really was no shade nearby to hide in.

Resting under the blazing sun was worse than not resting at all. Long-term exposure to the scorching sunlight could very likely lead to heatstroke or make it very easy to get sunburned.

They had no choice but to keep walking.

"There are footprints..." Suddenly, a morale-boosting sentence came from Wolf-tail Guy's mouth.

Everyone else looked around excitedly, and sure enough, they could vaguely see footprints appearing about a hundred meters away.

Only Camo Uncle noticed the words Wolf-tail Guy left unsaid, and he frowned and asked softly, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Wolf-tail Guy shook his head, "...I'm not sure yet."

After saying that, he strode toward the footprints.

It wasn't until they reached the footprints that everyone could clearly see they were some kind of footprints resembling wintersweet flowers, about 5-10cm in size.

"Great, there are finally animal footprints! That means there should be a water source nearby, right?" the Girl with Double Braids said excitedly.