Sorry, Our Captain Is a True All-Rounder

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Scorpion

"Whoever’s got the candy is my sis," Shi Feng said, unconcerned.

Just then, the Star Ring started beeping. It looked like they had arrived.

"We’re heading down," Lin Jingjing said as a reminder. Then, she began to manifest a staircase.

Lin Jingjing knew the group was a rowdy bunch, so she even went out of her way to manifest railings for the staircase.

"Sister Lin, you don’t have to do this," Gu Kaiwen said quickly upon seeing the railings on both sides of the staircase.

He knew Sister Lin had made the railings to keep them from fooling around and falling.

But doing this would only drain more of her spiritual power, putting Sister Lin in danger.

"It’s fine," Lin Jingjing said with a shrug. "Really, it’s fine. I don’t feel a thing."

The others were skeptical. No one said another word as they descended, their eyes fixed on her.

They were afraid she was pushing herself despite feeling unwell. But by the time they reached the desert floor, Lin Jingjing showed no signs of discomfort. On the contrary, she was looking around, full of excitement.

The four of them exchanged a glance, their furrowed brows relaxing. ’Good. She’s okay.’

The group didn’t dwell on it. They glanced around and kept walking.

Online, however, things had blown up. Countless people were discussing Lin Jingjing’s feat, and someone had even clipped the scene and posted it to the Star Network.

[Who else! I’m just asking, who else can use their spiritual power for that long and be totally fine!]

[Video]

Netizens who weren’t watching the livestream clicked on the post. At first, they were unconvinced—their King was the strongest, with the most stamina when it came to spiritual power.

It wasn’t like just any random person could try to measure up to him. But after they finished watching the video, they all went silent.

[I admit it. She’s really strong!]

[Sister Lin! My beloved Sister Lin! She’s amazing at cooking, an amazing shot, amazing at wilderness survival, and now her spiritual power is amazing too. It feels like she’s omnipotent. Is there anything she *can’t* do?!]

[I’m officially becoming a follower of Sister Lin.]

[Sss... I heard her spiritual power is only Grade D.]

Netizens who saw this comment were even more shocked. Grade D?!

Is it really only Grade D?!

[I don’t believe it. That has to be SSS-rank, right?]

[Yeah, someone that powerful can’t possibly be Grade D. The assessment robot must have messed up.]

The netizens started arguing again, but the person at the center of it all was completely unaware.

A blast of heat from the desert hit them. It was even hotter here than it had been in the air. The sand beneath their feet, having baked in the sun all day, was practically steaming.

They could feel the scorching heat even through the soles of their shoes.

"It’s hard to believe other teams have to fight in a place like this." Gu Kaiwen looked up at the sun hanging in the sky, his voice already growing a little hoarse.

"It’s too damn hot," Shi Feng said, taking off his jacket. Sweat was already starting to bead on his forehead.

"And we’re supposed to cook in this place," Mo Xuan chimed in, also bothered by the heat.

Feng He stared at the endless sand stretching out in every direction. He stomped his foot in frustration, his voice a heavy sigh. "We just started and I’m already wishing it was over."

Lin Jingjing didn’t join in the complaints. She kept her eyes on the blue screen and continued walking forward.

It showed the locations of the other four teams. Their current position was still a fair distance from all of them.

"Let’s see what we can find to eat in this desert," Lin Jingjing said from the front of the group.

"How are we supposed to do that?" Shi Feng asked, confused. His desert survival skills were practically nonexistent. He was fine in a forest; after all, he used to go play in the mountains behind his home with them.

But he had really never been to a desert.

"Under the sand, beneath rocks, or maybe in the air," Gu Kaiwen chimed in. He looked around and then added, "Or they might just jump out from behind us."

The words had barely left Gu Kaiwen’s mouth when a loud BANG erupted from behind them. Before anyone could react, they were all sent flying by a massive shockwave.

They landed on the sand and tumbled several times before coming to a stop. Lin Jingjing was the quickest to react, having already turned her head the moment she heard the noise.

But before she could shout a warning, the thing had already burst up from beneath the ground.

Lin Jingjing scrambled to her feet and looked around. She couldn’t see anyone.

Aside from the commotion caused by a giant scorpion in the distance, her teammates were nowhere to be seen.

Lin Jingjing started to panic. She yelled, "Where are you!"

"Feng He, Shi Feng!"

"Gu Kaiwen, Mo Xuan!"

She called out their names one by one, dashing toward any sound she heard.

"Where are they!"

In the middle of her frantic search, Gu Kaiwen’s voice called out from nearby.

"Sister Lin, we’re over here."

She turned to see Gu Kaiwen supporting Shi Feng a short distance away.

Blood trickled from the corner of Shi Feng’s mouth; it looked like the earlier shockwave had injured him.

Lin Jingjing rushed over to them, her face etched with worry. "Where are you hurt?" she asked.

Gu Kaiwen shook his head. He was fine. Shi Feng, on the other hand, had been unlucky enough to slam right into a rock.

The impact had been severe enough to make him cough up blood.

Shi Feng weakly lifted his head to look at Lin Jingjing, about to say he was fine, but she immediately produced a low-grade Recovery Potion and poured it into his mouth.

He could only obediently accept Sister Lin’s aggressive brand of care.

After he drank the Recovery Potion, the pain in his body gradually faded. He looked toward the scorpion in the distance, which was now advancing on them.

He raised a hand and pointed. "Sister Lin, Gu Kaiwen, it’s coming."

Hearing this, Lin Jingjing turned her head to look, then said, "I’ll take care of it."

"Xiao Wenzi, you and Shi Feng go find Feng He and Mo Xuan." After giving the order, Lin Jingjing set her face in a cold expression and strode toward the giant scorpion.

The scorpion was huge and entirely black, its massive pincers and tail held high.

She didn’t know what kind of scorpion it was, but Lin Jingjing knew all scorpions were venomous.

So, as she walked, she slowly enveloped herself in spiritual power. Soon, a faint golden light began to radiate from her body.

Lin Jingjing’s pace quickened until she was running. Upon reaching the scorpion, she launched herself into the air and landed squarely on its back.

She materialized two guns and fired straight at its head, but the scorpion’s exoskeleton was too hard; the bullets simply ricocheted off.

’If bullets don’t work, then I’ll use my fists!’

The thought that this scorpion had separated the five of them and even injured Shi Feng filled Lin Jingjing with a single desire: to kill it.

She clenched her fists and rained blow after blow on the scorpion’s head.

In agony, the scorpion bucked and thrashed, trying to shake Lin Jingjing off.

But Lin Jingjing clung on for dear life, refusing to be thrown off.

The scorpion didn’t just thrash; it also jabbed its tail viciously toward Lin Jingjing.

Seeing the sharp stinger on its tail, Lin Jingjing scrambled to dodge. But with the scorpion still thrashing, she had no choice but to leap off its back.

Standing on the sand, Lin Jingjing materialized a large cannon. Then, she summoned the scorpion from her Spiritual World.

And just like that, there were two giant scorpions on the field.