Poseidon in Arknights

After collecting a large box of dry rations, Yuuki ignored the other boxes placed nearby.

"Don't you have anything of value?"

In the evening, she also looked through the boxes in the surrounding carriages and found that none of the boxes displayed outside were valuable; they contained food or drinks.

Of course, it's not that these foods and drinks are worthless, but Xiyue needs a relatively long time to sell them off, and the amount she carries isn't very large, so they aren't that useful or valuable to her.

"I don't believe it. If it's not displayed outside, then it must be inside..." Xi Yue opened several boxes but found nothing, and she was a little angry.

Then Xiyue turned her attention to another cave entrance, which was the bandits' warehouse. Since it was filled with food, wine, water, and drinks, there must be some valuable items inside.

Xi Yue entered the cave. There were only two boxes left inside, one of which was quite small, about the size of two and a half palms.

It appears that most of the caravans robbed by these bandits were not transporting valuable goods, but rather something like food caravans.

That makes sense, though. If it were a caravan transporting valuable goods, its defenses wouldn't be something this rabble of bandits could handle.

Xi Yue stepped forward, picked up the small box on the shelf, looked at the lock hanging on the box, smiled slightly, raised her hand and began to pour water into the lock, controlling the water to prevent it from flowing out.

The water kept increasing inside the narrow lock, eventually bursting it open.

"This lock-picking skill is unmatched, even by master thieves!"

Xi Yue opened the box, inside were azure blue papers. These were Lungmen coins issued by Lungmen and were accepted in most cities. It seemed that these robbers had accumulated them over time.

Wow, LMD! Let me see how much I have!

Xi Yue squatted down and decisively began counting the money. After a while, she nodded in satisfaction.

"A total of over 80,000. They definitely robbed more than that. I wonder where they spent it."

Xi Yue stuffed all 80,000+ Lungmen Dollars from the box into the space of her clothes.

"Finally, something of value. Oh, no, this is money. So, here it is in this box."

After breaking the padlock using the same method, Yuuki opened the box, but what she found inside disappointed her.

The box contained a low-purity Originium solution, similar to gasoline before the time travel, used to power Originium engines in the Ark universe, while this purity was generally used for cars and similar applications.

Well, this thing is quite valuable, but it's of little use to Yuuki.

"Wait, are the keys here too?"

Yuzuki reached into the box and took out several sets of keys, which looked like the car keys.

The reason I said these things were useless to Xiyue was because Xiyue had tried to find the key while rummaging through the goods on the bus, but couldn't.

They also checked the bodies of the robbers lying on the ground and found nothing.

Xi Yue realized that these things were useless, since these raw stone solutions were large, took up a lot of space, and were heavy, and there was nowhere to use them.

Now that the key has been found, the Originium solution in this box is an important resource.

Xi Yue closed the box and used water to envelop it, lifting it up from the air. This was a little trick she had discovered. Compared to her own physical strength, if she created water and wrapped an object in it, then floated it in the air, she could lift particularly heavy things.

Xi Yue walked out of the cave and came to an open space, where she picked out a van that looked pleasing to the eye.

The main problem is that the car doesn't have any brand logos, which should minimize the potential trouble.

After placing the box on the car, Yuuki used water to help some of the wood up. As for whether the wood would get wet, Yuuki said there was no need to worry.

As long as Yuuki maintains control over the water, once the wood is moved up, the water will be completely drained, and only the surface of the wood will feel slightly damp.

After unloading several more boxes of food and water, Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief once she got into the car.

The anxiety of the past few days, coupled with the long period of water restriction, has left Xiyue feeling somewhat tired.

Fortunately, it was all worth it, and Yuuki regained her freedom.

Xi Yue adjusted the driver's seat, which was a bit too far back, so it seemed that the car was originally supposed to be driven by a fat person.

Yuuki rummaged through the bunch of keys in her hand, trying them one by one until she found the key to the car.

Finally, ignoring the fatigue in her mind, and knowing she wouldn't run into anyone in the wilderness anyway, and desperate to leave, Yuuki started the car and sped off.

Chapter 4: The Columbia Trail Blazers

"Bori, how's the situation?"

Inside a cave, three people blocked the entrance with a steel plate. A series of thumping sounds came from outside the plate, as if something was hitting it.

"Chris, this is bad, didn't you hear that?"

“If this damn storm doesn’t stop, John is going to die.”

A burly man, completely wrapped in a cloak, sat next to a steel plate, using his body to firmly press the plate against the entrance of the hole, looking at another person lying on the ground.

The person still lying on the ground was bleeding profusely from the head, and even though they had bandaged him, the white bandage was covered in large patches of blood.

The three of them were a pioneering team in Colombia, a small group of people from the great Colombian pioneering team.

They were also known as the infected, contracting Oripathy through accidents, betrayal, or simply bad luck—whatever the reason, they were all infected.

In other countries, they would most likely be expelled from the city, and if they were lucky, they might end up as part of an unregulated slum.

But in Colombia, infected people also enjoy "human rights" and only need to purchase medical insurance to guarantee their "harmlessness".

While this health insurance is in effect, infected individuals will not be deported and will still have the right to live a normal life in Colombia.

But this health insurance will only become more expensive, and almost no company or job would be willing to pay such a high health insurance premium for an infected person.

Unless the infected person makes the company feel that he is qualified, but unfortunately, how many such people are there?

But living in the city, they need money; they need to maintain this health insurance.

Unless they want to be driven out and become yet another wanderer to die in the wilderness on this land.

So how are those who have lost their jobs going to pay for this high insurance premium? The answer is that all banks in Colombia are willing to lend money to those infected—a rather "conscientious" loan.

Colombia doesn't discriminate against infected people, or rather, it doesn't discriminate against their money; they'll squeeze everything out of them.

However, with the high cost of medical insurance, few people can survive for more than two months. So, will infected people who are exploited and have nothing be abandoned?

No, the "benevolent" Colombian government would offer them a job opportunity to become pioneers and help Colombia clear the wilderness.

To be honest, this sounds no different from being a homeless person, surviving in a dangerous wasteland.

But compared to wanderers in the wilderness, pioneers could enjoy a certain degree of free medical care and safe rest stops at various settlements.

And, besides repaying the loan, the meager salary was used to buy painkillers when Oripathy flared up.

"Okay, I understand, but with this storm outside, do you really want to go out?"

Paul pointed to John, who was lying half-dead on the ground beside him.

"Look at this unlucky guy, I don't know if he's unlucky or lucky, his head is broken but he's still not dead."

After saying that, Bao Li stood up, used his hand to brace against the steel plate, and beckoned another person over.

"Okay, it's your turn."

"I know. If you ask me, John was just unlucky. He'd be better off dead. This place is hell."

After a while, the desert finally returned to calm, and the two men lifted the dented steel plates and looked outside.

The wilderness returned to its usual silence and desolation, as if the sandstorm had never happened. The numerous pits in the ground testified to what had just occurred.

“I just checked, and we don’t have much food left. Shall we get ready to head back? John needs a doctor too,” Paul asked Chris.

"I know, I know, let's go, damn sandstorm, damn wilderness, damn pioneer team."

Paul shrugged, ignoring Chris's curses beside him, and picked up John, who was lying on the ground.

.....................

"Oh, it seems it's stopped."

Hiding in a cave, Xiyue, slurping noodles, looked up through the water curtain she had created and saw the finally peaceful wilderness.

He quickly finished the noodles in his hand, stood up, raised his hand, and pushed the water curtain out of the cave entrance.

Looking at the now calm desert, Xi Yue dispersed the murky water sphere, causing the stones inside to fall out with a few cracking sounds.

Just then, Yuuki felt a painful friction coming from behind, and quickly raised her tail.

"I'm still not used to it, suddenly a tail has grown out."

Just as Yuuki said, at this moment a bright blue tail grew out, and a pair of horns grew on its head. As for the reason...

【Personal Panel】

[Doctor: Xiyue]

[Code Name: None]

[Race: Human (Water Spirit - Transformation Progress 60%)]

[Physical condition: Healthy]

[The store module branches are collapsed. Click to expand the store.]

[Medical Point: 1000]

[Medical Rating: D-]

[The medical module branch has been collapsed. Click to expand.]

[Combat module branches are collapsed - click to expand]

One night, after taking a nap, Yuuki discovered that she had grown a tail and horns on her head.

Upon opening the panel, Yuuki discovered that her race transformation progress had reached 50% without her noticing.

"And this hair, it's getting bluer and bluer."

Xi Yue touched her increasingly smooth long hair. Over the past two weeks, her hair had become bluer and longer.

However, Yuuki had no other opinion on this, since her original appearance was not very suitable for this land, and having more distinctive features would reduce some trouble.

I just don't know whether the lack of distinctive features will cause more trouble, or whether Yan Guolong's distinctive features will cause more trouble.

"However, a 60% conversion rate seems like it could work."

[Racial Skills]

[The Form of Water: Water has no fixed shape or form (Conversion rate has reached 60%, skills can be partially used)]

The description is somewhat vague, but in Xi Yue's understanding, since the Pure Water Spirit is an elemental life form of the water element, this skill should be able to change herself.