Just a magical girl who picks up trash

After turning a sand beast over again and holding his hand for a moment, Yu Huan confirmed that there was no gem in the beast's body. He immediately withdrew his hand in frustration, complaining silently:

"Over two thousand sand beasts, a one in two thousand chance of finding the gem... I've already searched over nineteen hundred of them, and still haven't found the gem. How bad luck does this have to be to achieve this? An African chief?!"

Yu Huan, who once again fell into self-doubt about his luck, looked at another sand beast under him that had lost all desire to live, and felt inexplicably tired!

"Um... Master..."

　Tian Ling wanted to say some comforting words, but when the words came to his lips, his mind inexplicably recalled the scene of Yu Huanhua's light spirit coin lottery, and the words were instantly stuck on his lips... The honest, reliable and lie-telling system elf said that he really couldn't say any words of comfort against his will, because his master's luck... was indeed not very good!

"Forget it, there aren't many left anyway. Even if my luck is bad, I don't believe there's still one left?!"

Well, at the same time, my mentality is also very good. I will never feel depressed for more than three minutes and will be revived again with full energy.

"Well, come on, Master!"

Tian Ling was encouraged. What the master said was obviously right. What if we have bad luck? Anyway, we have the strength. As long as we get all the sand beasts, we don’t believe we can’t find one with a gem!

With this idea in mind, Yu Huan immediately started his mission of chasing the sand beasts with full confidence again. Finally, after more than an hour of unremitting efforts, the last sand beast was successfully caught. Then Yu Huan was also decisive... but did not find the gem he wanted from the opponent's body!

"...So what's going on? Was I tricked? Or is there a bug in the tournament trial system?"

After releasing the last sand beast and ignoring its attempt to escape by burrowing into the sand while swishing its tail, Yu Huan checked again and again the map on the system, which already had no light spots, and asked in confusion.

"Master, I don't know either!"

Tian Ling was also confused by this. The biological radar kept refreshing, but there was still no light spot.

"The biological radar is detecting all sand beasts that you've already encountered. Even when searching down a thousand meters, there's no response from any unfamiliar sand beasts!"

"So what's going on now?"

It's not that I doubt that Tianling's biological radar will make mistakes or that Tianling will deceive me, but this situation is obviously unexpected. All the sand beasts have been contacted, but no gems have been found...

"How about we go back to the bus first, Master? It's getting late. You've been fighting all day, so you can take a rest. Then you can transform and ask Miss Qianxue!"

Facing the depressed Yu Huan, Tian Ling immediately gave a suggestion. Yu Huan thought about it and finally nodded slightly unhappy:

"That's all we can do. Let's go back first!"

89. Is this also considered a sand beast?!

"Teng teng teng~Teng teng teng~~"

Light blue flames emanated from the exhaust vents of the car. As the wheels slowly turned in the sand, the khaki bus slowly moved forward towards the altar in the center of the desert. Inside the bus, apart from a robot that did not react at all from beginning to end and was only focused on driving, there was only another little girl wearing a white shirt and a black dress sitting inside. Her cute little face was puffed up as if she was angry.

Well, not seeming, but just being angry!

"Owner……"

A cautious voice sounded beside my ears. It was the voice of Tianling. After hearing the voice, Yu Huan, who was staring at the robot driving in front with a pair of dark eyes, immediately glanced at it with the corner of his eye and said with a strong sense of anger in his tone:

"what happened?"

"Um...are you angry?"

When Tian Ling was looked at by Yu Huan, he instantly forgot what he was going to say and immediately asked a nonsense question. Yu Huan also rolled his eyes and asked in return:

"I got tricked. I ran in the desert for almost a whole day in the scorching heat. Shouldn't I be angry?"

That's right, he was fooled. He ran in the desert for a whole day in the scorching heat, hunting sand beasts for a whole day, but only realized that he had been fooled after returning to the bus. To be honest, the only thought in Yuhuan's mind at that moment was... to dismantle the robot in front of him... no, to dismantle the owner behind it!

"Uh...but Master, at least our trial is complete. Isn't that good?"

Although being tricked was indeed unavoidable, at least completing the trial and being able to leave was undoubtedly a good thing for Yu Huan. Yu Huan had no objection to this, but...

"This doesn't hide the fact that that damned fellow actually dared to play tricks on me!"

The gnashing of teeth words once again made Tian Ling sigh helplessly, and immediately dissuaded:

"But Master, he is, after all, the judge of this New Life Festival. And he is not deliberately playing tricks on you. This is just the rules of the trial. You..."

"I'm going to punch it!"

The words without any confusion instantly interrupted Tian Ling's words. Yu Huan clenched her fists tightly and looked at the light and shadow of the altar that was getting closer and closer in the distance. She said with a firm face... After coming to this world for so long, this is the first time that Yu Huan has been fooled by others and suffered such a big loss. If she doesn't settle this account, she is unworthy of being the Kamen Rider of love and justice!

"This... well, Master, I will help you!"

Looking at Yu Huan's determined expression, Tian Ling hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to stand on the side of his master... This was obviously a matter of course!

The incident happened half an hour ago. After hunting the last sand beast but still failing to find the gem, Yu Huan planned to return to the slowly moving bus to take a break and ask Feng Qianxue for help.

Following the road signs made by Tianling, Yu Huan found the bus that was still moving. Without saying a word, he looked out the window again. The bus was heading to the altar and was the only vehicle that knew the road to the altar. However, without the gem in his hand, it was obviously of no use even if he reached the altar... It should have been like this, but just as Yu Huan stepped into the bus and had not had time to take out the memory card to transform and look for Feng Qianxue, something strange happened in the next second.

"Om~~~"

A light blue light suddenly emanated from his wrist. Of course, that light was not emitted by the system, but came from the terminal on his wrist... the exclusive terminal for the Freshman Festival participants.

Almost immediately after Yu Huan returned to the bus, a pale blue virtual screen slowly lit up on the terminal. Immediately after a burst of garbled text flashed, a voice that seemed to be a blend of electronic sounds and a young girl's voice suddenly rang out cheerfully:

"Oh my, oh my~ Welcome back! You've been out for over an hour. You must be exhausted after searching for sand beasts in the desert for over an hour. It must be really hard work~~"

It sounded like words of comfort, but it was just a greeting, because the next sound made Yu Huan, who had just taken out the memory card and seemed to be ignoring the message on his wrist, startled.

"Ahem~~ Well, considering you've worked so hard, as a lovely and kind referee, I naturally won't have the heart to do that. So, here, I'm very, very kind to give you a friendly reminder!"

Yu Huan was stunned by the words he said. Just as Yu Huan's eyes were fixed on the blue screen that was empty, he heard the other party speak again:

"Now, please follow the instructions and go to the last row of seats on the Sand Beast bus. Then, remove the cushion of the sixth seat from the left and take out the item inside. The hint... is right there!"

After a brief prompt, the light curtain disappeared instantly, obviously completing its mission.

"A hint? It really isn't a bug!"

Listening to the words of the referee on his wrist, Yu Huan immediately stood up and walked towards the back of the bus while muttering to himself:

"But the Sand Beast or something... did this bus actually have a name?"

It seemed that he had vaguely realized something, but because it flashed too quickly in his mind, Yu Huan couldn't grasp it. However, it was always good to have a hint, so with this idea in mind, Yu Huan immediately came to the last row and gently lifted the white cushion on the seat.

Just as the other party said, the chair under the cushion was not flat like the others, but had an extremely obvious small groove and a small ring in the center of the groove. On the ring was a line of text:

"Pull it?"

After the team came out, Yu Huan also reached out and gently pulled the ring on the groove, and then...

"Ding~~~"

The source of the sound was not from the seat, but from behind. At the moment when Yu Huan's palm just pulled up the ring, it seemed that something fell out from somewhere in front of the bus.

"Hmm? What is that? It's so mysterious..."

Yu Huan turned her head in confusion and walked towards the front of the car. The moment she passed the front row of seats, a red light suddenly flashed before her eyes. The next second, a small object appeared on the ground in front of her.

It's red in color, mineral in nature, translucent and shimmering with a faint luster. It's...

"A red... gem?"

90. Got tricked!

(Collections continue to drop... No, I'm already revising the plot, I'll work hard on the next volume!)

The red gem lay quietly on the ground of the car in front of Yu Huan. The moment he saw the gem, a certain consciousness in his mind seemed to become clear in an instant. A little bit of dissatisfaction flashed through his heart inexplicably, and Yu Huan immediately reached out without hesitation to pick up the ruby ​​in front of him.

"Hey, hey~~ Another person who has passed the trial has appeared. Let's congratulate this lucky person!"

The blue light screen that suddenly appeared gave Yu Huan a start. Just as her palm touched the ruby, the words from the terminal on her wrist, a blend of electronic and loli sounds, almost at the same time, rang out:

"Congratulations on finding the quest item, the ruby. Now, simply insert it into the center of the altar to activate the teleportation array~"

The cheerful Chinese language with a tail tone and the sudden clearance prompt made Yu Huan stunned in place for a moment. He looked at the ruby ​​in his hand for a long while, but his heart did not have the slightest joy of passing the level. Instead, a very, very... unhappy emotion began to gradually spread in his heart.

Because the moment he saw the gem on the ground, Yu Huan finally understood, very clearly understood... the fact that he had been deceived!

"So... the gem in the Sand Beast's body is actually inside this Sand Beast bus?"

Obtaining the gem without killing the sand beast obviously means this: find the gem without damaging the bus, and then let the bus carry it to the altar... No, that's not right. If it was just that simple, there should have been a hint before Yu Huan got off the bus, but there was no hint at that time. Therefore, this hint must require some kind of opportunity, such as... time!

"I see... an hour, huh?"

I remember that when the referee first appeared, he asked whether Yu Huan had left the bus for more than an hour. Originally, Yu Huan said this because he thought that only an hour or so would have some impact on the trial. However, now it seems that this is obviously not the case. Instead, he was saying that as long as you leave the bus for more than an hour, even if you do nothing, you will receive a prompt after returning to the bus, and then you will get the gem to complete the task.

To put it simply...

"I've been tricked...right?"

At the beginning of the trial, the so-called sand beasts were not the desert creatures buried deep underground in the desert, but the small bus that he was sitting on, which seemed to have nothing to do with the trial and was just a small stronghold.

The gem has been on this neglected bus called Sand Beast from beginning to end, and the trial-taker only needs to get off the bus for more than an hour and then return to the bus, then he will receive a prompt and pass the test. After that, he can use the ticket in his hand to let the bus go directly to the altar, and the assessment will be completed... It's that simple!

However, such a simple thing, for Yu Huan, who was unaware of the truth, made her check all the sand beasts outside. When she couldn't find the gem, she even thought it was a system bug or that she had missed something. Now it seems that this is a scam, a complete scam?!

And it was obvious that I was the one who was deceived like a fool!

"..."

At that moment, although he didn't know if other people had been cheated in the same way, Yu Huan fell silent instantly; at the same moment, when Yu Huan realized that he had been fooled, for the first time... a very, very, very unhappy emotion appeared in his eyes, as if he really wanted to beat someone up.

"Click~~"

"Owner!"

Suddenly, clear cracks appeared on the ruby ​​in her hand. Almost at the same time, Tianling's exclamation sounded in Yuhuan's ears, causing Yuhuan to suddenly raise her head. Her consciousness noticed the cracked gem in her hand, and she immediately relaxed the strength in her hand.

“…It’s really frustrating!”

Looking at the ruby ​​in my hand, I clearly have obtained the key to pass the level, and I have clearly passed the level, but... I feel very unhappy in my heart!

However, just when Yu Huan was extremely unhappy, the terminal on his wrist suddenly lit up again at this moment:

"Hi, hi, hi~~This is your lovely, beautiful, kind and generous referee~~"

Cheerful words suddenly rang out from the light curtain once again. However, even though they were spoken in such a soft and cute tone, Yu Huan could hear a strong sense of sarcasm in them:

"Hey guys, how much time did you waste trying to catch sand beasts in vain? How do you feel now that you've returned to the bus exhausted with nothing to show for it, only to find that the key is actually inside the bus? Pretty pissed off, right? Definitely pissed off, right? Absolutely pissed off, right?"

The tone of ridicule was perfect, but the next second the tone suddenly changed from ridicule to suicide:

"You're right to be unhappy. After all, the more unhappy you are, the happier I, the referee, will be. Oh, and by the way, let me tell you, originally, sand beasts really did have rubies in their bodies. Um... about a one in ten chance, so why are there none left now?"

"It's very simple. The answer is of course that your lovely referee extracted them all!"

"What? You ask why this referee did this? The answer is simple... it's fun! Are you angry? Are you angry? Are you angry?"

"If you don't agree... come to Tianta City and fight me!"

"Crack!"

The silver-white terminal bracelet was finally shattered into pieces in Yu Huan's hands, not by the destruction of the system, but by its physical properties. Yu Huan, who was completely unable to control his anger and strength, completely ignored the terminal that had been shattered into pieces on the ground. For the first time in his life, his pair of black gemstone-like eyes were filled with a substance called emotion, which was... the light of anger.

"Referee kiss? Very good, very good!"

The gentle tone, as if missing the dream lover in one's heart, would surely be mistaken by someone who didn't know better as words of deep longing. However, at this moment, only the shivering Tianling elf on Yu Huan's shoulder knew best that these were not words of affection, but... a murderous declaration:

"Tianta City, right? When I get back, I'll let you know very, very clearly!"

what do you know?

"Do you know why starlight is pink?"

Because...it exploded!

91. Is there a hidden copy here?!

"Target locked: Yu Huan, captain of the Scavenger Academy team!"

"Space coordinates... confirmed!"

"Identification... confirmed!"

"Program invasion begins..."

"Firewall evaded successfully, implantation started..."

"Anomaly component loaded...implantation successful!"

"Confirmed trial participant transmission... Start!"

……

In a barren desert, a khaki bus finally stopped at the edge of a huge stone platform after a long journey. A robot in a driver's uniform slowly got off the bus, and behind it was a silver-haired, black-eyed girl wearing a white inner garment and a black suspender dress on the outside.

"Huh~~ We're finally here!"