Chapter 122

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed immediately. Without a doubt, this was a very obvious word trap. If they answered "no", they would definitely answer wrong, and then they would be punished by death.

If they answered "yes", the Cloud Nightmare would kill them. After all, they didn't say they could survive if they answered correctly. Since the answer was correct, they had to really kill them to be correct. Otherwise, it would be wrong. A wrong answer would also result in death.

Perhaps because he thought he had asked a question that they had no answer to, the Cloud Nightmare swayed around with great satisfaction and said, "You two can start discussing this, but to avoid wasting time, I will only give you ten minutes~"

Everyone looked heavy-hearted. They really didn't know how to answer this question. The four of them saw the trap in the question at a glance, but the problem was that no one could figure out how to get around it.

"Does this count as a question without an answer?" Lan Subing asked. Jiang Tianming had specifically said that the other party could not ask questions without an answer. If this question had no answer, they could directly skip it and claim the final reward.

But it obviously won't work. Wu Mingbai shook his head and said, "Whether it's 'yes' or 'no', it can be the answer. But no matter which one is the answer, the ending is death."

Although Jiang Tianming said that they would be allowed to leave safely after the game was over, Nightmare Beast did not say that the game would end after the third question was answered. They had to wait until the rewards were distributed. During this period, there was a lot of room for maneuver.

Jiang Tianming was also a little annoyed: "If I had known earlier, I would have said that we should not raise questions that will lead to certain death."

He only thought that questions without answers would lead to certain death, but he forgot that questions with answers could also lead to such a conclusion. No one expected the Nightmare Beast to be so cunning, and they indeed underestimated the wisdom of the high-level Nightmare Beast.

The main reason was that the cloud nightmare had been behaving like a child, so they subconsciously thought that its IQ was that of a child. However, they never thought that the nightmare beast was not a child at all, and was just pretending.

Su Bei, who was sitting on a chair, was also thinking hard about this question, but for a moment he couldn't think of any answer to this question.

The answer must be free from "yes" and "no", otherwise you will inevitably fall into the trap of words. This cannot be prevented even with the help of a contract. This is the disadvantage of a written contract. Unless the contract itself is designed to be particularly strict, it is easy to be fooled by the trap of words.

Now it's clear that the Cloud Nightmare is going to use this to its advantage.

Play rogue

Suddenly, Su Bei had a bright idea. He pretended to be angry and said, "How can you ask such a question that will lead to death no matter which answer you give?"

Hearing him say this, Jiang Tianming and the other two looked at him in surprise. They didn't think Su Bei was the kind of righteous and old-fashioned person who would believe from the bottom of his heart that the Nightmare Beast would not play tricks. So they didn't understand why he said this at this time.

The Cloud Nightmare Beast didn't understand Su Bei. It just thought that he was extremely frustrated because he couldn't think of an answer. He immediately laughed like a silver bell: "Hahahahahahahahahaha, the contract doesn't forbid this, right? I'm giving you the opportunity to make requests."

This answer made Su Bei's mouth slightly rise, and he put away his angry expression and said calmly: "Then my answer to this question is: Will you let us go?"

"What do you mean?" The Cloud Nightmare Beast was confused. After all, it was a Nightmare Beast. Even if it had human intelligence, it did not understand human routines.

Su Bei answered slowly: "What it means is, if you would let us go, then you wouldn't kill us. If you wouldn't let us go, then you would kill us. So my answer is: Will you let us go?"

"Ha!" The Cloud Nightmare was stunned. "What kind of answer is this? How can you answer a question with a question?"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Su Bei repeated the Nightmare's words word for word, "The contract doesn't forbid this, does it? I'm giving you the opportunity to make a request."

Isn't it just being a rogue? Who can't do that?

Cloud Nightmare: “…”

These are all its words! The huge boomerang made a circle and pierced straight into its heart from behind, leaving it unable to refute.

And because he answered questions with questions, he directly skipped the text trap carefully set by the Cloud Nightmare Beast, which left it dumbfounded.

Jiang Tianming and the other two who were in the same camp as Su Bei were also stunned, but they reacted quickly. After a moment of surprise, Jiang Tianming nodded in approval: "This answer is absolutely fine and correct. You should fulfill your promise and reward us."

The Cloud Nightmare really didn't want to give that stupid reward. It didn't think there was a problem when it used the word trap itself, but when Su Bei used the word trap to solve its problem, it immediately felt unhappy.

But there was no way, the contract was there, even a high-level nightmare beast could not violate it. It couldn't even cause harm to the four people now, and had to reward them.

There was no other way, the high-level nightmare beast could only say: "My reward is to allow you to ask me a question."

It is impossible for it to give any supernatural items. It will never do such a stupid thing that would harm the enemy. Answering a question is the least negative reward that Cloud Nightmare can think of.

Hearing this, Jiang Tianming and the other two looked at Su Bei together. Jiang Tianming nodded at him and said, "You go ahead and ask."

The last question was the most difficult, and it almost stumped them. Su Bei was able to answer it, so it was reasonable for him to receive the reward. Moreover, he had also made a lot of efforts on the previous questions, and he was definitely the one who made the greatest contribution.

Su Bei did not refuse and started to think. Although it was just a problem, it could bring huge benefits. But the key now was whether he wanted short-term benefits or long-term benefits.

If you want short-term gains, you can ask what the nightmare beast's weakness is, or how to kill it most easily. Under the effect of the contract, even if the cloud nightmare beast doesn't want to answer, it must answer, and the answer must be true.

There are many treasures that can be obtained after killing a high-level nightmare beast. First of all, you will definitely get a supernatural item, and the quality must be high. Secondly, the corpse of a high-level nightmare beast is an important research material. You can make a lot of money by selling it, and you can also get a lot of points by handing it over to the school.

But Su Bei wants long-term benefits: "What is the relationship between nightmare beasts and humans?"

He searched the college library for the entire semester but couldn't find the answer to this question. When he asked his cultural teacher, he was also confused and didn't know what the relationship was. Although he promised to check it later, he didn't give him an answer.

Su Bei also went to ask Meng Huai. Meng Huai seemed to know the answer, but refused to tell him. He just told Su Bei not to think about such nonsense and to study hard.

Naturally, he also released news through the "Destiny" organization to get an answer, but even though he offered a high reward, no one responded. This made Su Bei more certain that the answer to this question was very important.

He was originally hesitating whether to increase the bounty, but now that he had gotten such an opportunity, he naturally would not let it go.

Without a doubt, this was a question that no one had thought about. In fact, both Nightmare Beast and Jiang Tianming had already begun to think about how they should react as quickly as possible if Su Bei asked Cloud Nightmare Beast about its weakness.

Jiang Tianming and the other two looked at each other, wondering if nightmare beasts were related to humans. However, they also knew that since Su Bei dared to ask this question, he must be sure that there was a relationship between the two. Thinking of this, they also became curious about the answer to the question.

The Cloud Nightmare standing opposite Su Bei fell silent again. It realized that it had underestimated the cunning of humans. They actually asked this question. It would rather reveal its own weakness than answer this question.

Then Su Bei suddenly noticed that the white clouds in the sky began to darken. He was stunned at first, and then he immediately reacted: "Stop it! It wants to commit suicide!"

What kind of answer would make a high-level nightmare beast prefer to commit suicide rather than answer? The three of them also realized the seriousness of the problem. Lan Subing immediately activated her supernatural power: "Don't commit suicide!" "Answer the question!"

The Cloud Nightmare's voice seemed to be struggling: "The resentment of humans after death will turn into a Nightmare..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the white clouds hanging on the ceiling suddenly turned black and shrank rapidly, then turned into specks of black light and dissipated in the air, leaving only a ball of white cotton.

It's dead.

Su Bei picked up the white cotton and put the nightmare corpse into his storage ring. He said seriously, "Don't leave the alien space yet. Try to call the teacher and ask them to pick us up."

"Why?" Lan Subing was a little puzzled.

Jiang Tianming responded immediately: "The vision of high-level nightmare beasts is interconnected. The question we just asked must have been known by other high-level nightmare beasts. This nightmare beast is resisting so much, so I'm afraid other nightmare beasts will be no exception and may come to snipe us."

After hearing what he said, Lan Subing also reacted. Yes, if they knew such a big secret, they might be killed to silence them. It would be safer to let the teacher come to pick them up.

The alien space is temporarily safe now. There are no other high-level nightmare beasts in this alien space, and it is difficult for high-level nightmare beasts to come in from the outside. You can stay here for the time being.

But they couldn't stay here forever. You have to know that the closed point of this alien space has not been closed for the sake of spatial activity. Although it has been restricted and ordinary nightmare beasts cannot pass through, God knows what means the high-level nightmare beasts have, and they may be able to break through the blockade.

On the contrary, outside the alien space, it was not easy for the nightmare beast to enter because there were people with special powers guarding it. Therefore, the four of them walked towards the entrance while thinking of a solution.

There is no way to communicate with the outside world in this alien space, so we must go out. But who knows what dangers there are outside now, what if something goes wrong if we go out rashly?

Everyone was silent, confused by the answer of the Cloud Nightmare Beast, and at the same time, they had to think about how to solve the crisis. When they reached the door, Jiang Tianming finally spoke: "I'm going out."

"No, how can I let you go?" Wu Mingbai refused immediately, "You don't have the ability to save your life, why don't I go out and build a dirt fortress and hold on for a while."

It's not like you can come back immediately after going out and making a phone call. You have to know that there are people coming and going outside this alien space. If you want to come in again, you have to buy a ticket and queue up again, which takes a lot of time.

So Wu Mingzhi meant that he wanted to hold out outside until the teacher came to rescue him. He could make a mud fort, so he could hold out for a short time. In addition, Lei Zeen had the ability to teleport, so he should be able to get there quickly. He just needed to hold out for a while.

This sounds like a good plan, but Jiang Tianming shook his head firmly: "The attacks of high-level nightmare beasts are very abstract, and physical defense may not be able to resist them. So I'll go."

"Then can you..." Just when he said this, Wu Mingbai's voice stopped abruptly. He glanced at Su Bei imperceptibly and did not continue speaking as if he was worried about something.

Lan Subing changed the subject at the right time: "Seriously, if you two delay any longer, the high-level nightmare beast will really come."

Su Bei had a calm expression, as if he hadn't noticed their strange behavior just now, and directly said, "Jiang Tianming, you go."

Just like Jiang Tianming said, the attacks of high-level nightmare beasts are usually very abstract. For example, today's cloud nightmare beast, the illusion nightmare beast before, even the teleporting nightmare beast, may not be something that the earthen fortress can resist.

But Jiang Tianming is different. Su Bei believes that since he dares to ask for help, he must have the ability to fight against high-level nightmare beasts.

Su Bei still remembered that during the monthly individual exam, "Comic Consciousness" had told him that he could still win even without his help in consuming Si Zhaohua's ultimate move.

Su Bei still hasn't figured out the reason why he was able to win, but he has a hunch that the reason will probably be known after today's crisis is over.

And even if he was just being brave to protect his companions, Su Bei was not worried because he actually had no means to protect himself. Come on, that's Jiang Tianming, the main character of "Superpower King", it would be strange if anything happened to him.

Seeing that he had directly designated the candidate, the three of them seemed to understand something and instantly relaxed. Su Bei knew that they had misunderstood, but he did not mean to explain.

After Jiang Tianming went out, the rest of the people didn't bother looking for a room without weather, but just waited in the rain room near the exit with their umbrellas.

Wu Mingbai and Lan Subing were worried about Jiang Tianming. Even with Su Bei's assurance, they still couldn't be completely relieved.

Su Bei was thinking about the information revealed by the Cloud Nightmare Beast - the Nightmare Beast was the resentment of human beings after death.

When people die, they will have some resentment or regrets to a greater or lesser extent. In other words, when almost all people die, at least one nightmare beast will be born.

Why is it "at least one"? Because the Cloud Nightmare Beast only says that the resentment of the dead will give birth to nightmare beasts, but it does not say how many will be born.

Su Bei couldn't tell whether different numbers of Nightmare Beasts would be created depending on the amount of resentment, nor could he determine whether the strength of Nightmare Beasts was related to resentment. But there was one thing he was sure of, and that was that he had touched upon the cause of the imbalance between good and evil forces in the comic world.

Every death of a person can create at least one Nightmare, and a Nightmare can easily kill many people. Although a mutant can easily kill many Nightmare, the problem is how many mutants there are.

There are only a few hundred thousand people with special abilities in the world, and many of them are useless people who are assigned to Class F. According to statistics, an average of 150,000 to 160,000 people die every day in the world.

I can’t kill him. I really can’t kill him.

"How do you want me to save him?" Su Bei's face was dark, and he asked "Comic Consciousness" in his heart. If it was any other reason, it would be fine, but this was the reason of innate setting! He couldn't change the reason for the birth of the nightmare beast, and it was impossible for people to die without resentment. How to change the balance between good and evil

Comic Consciousness also felt a little guilty, and replied soothingly: "It's because it's difficult that I can only ask you for help. I believe you can definitely think of a solution."

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me," Su Bei said with a fake smile, "but unfortunately I am not up to the task."

It has been more than half a year since I met him. Comic Consciousness can be considered to understand Su Bei. Hearing this, I asked tentatively: "What do you want?"

Sure enough, it guessed correctly. Su Bei said directly: "I want to know what the 'Black Flash' organization is researching."

He clearly remembered that the intelligence he had received before was that the "Black Flash" organization was also studying the relationship between humans and nightmare beasts. They must have known how nightmare beasts were born, so what were they studying?

If the question is how to turn the nightmare beast back into a human, then Su Bei can only become a member of the villain camp with regret. Compared with the one-point camp, saving the world is obviously more important at the moment.

Unfortunately, "Comic Consciousness" did not agree to his request: "No, I can't break the rules."

"Then... tell me if it is possible for the Nightmare Beast to turn back into a human." After thinking for a while, Su Bei made another request, "It can't be that this is not possible, right?"

There is no doubt that his thinking was fake. Long before calling "Comic Consciousness" out for questioning, Su Bei had already thought of how he should ask.

The question he really wanted to ask was the latter, but if he asked directly, Su Bei was worried that he would be rejected. So he first said a request that would definitely be rejected. The research goal of the "Black Flash" organization must be something within the plot, and "Comic Consciousness" would not be able to answer him. It had already been rejected once under the circumstances of being injustice, and Su Bei believed that it would not reject it a second time.

The development of the matter was indeed within his expectations. Although it was very difficult, the "comic consciousness" still answered Su Bei: "No, the nightmare beast is just a product of resentment and it is impossible for it to become a human being."

Su Bei understood that if the Nightmare Beast was a corpse, such as a zombie, it would be possible for it to turn back into a human, even if it became a motionless corpse. But the Nightmare Beast was just a grudge, and the best outcome for it was to be destroyed and purified, and there was no possibility of it crossing species and turning into a human.

This ruled out one option for him. If he couldn't allow the Nightmare to transform into a human, he could only choose to destroy it.

If you want to destroy the nightmare beast, you need to start from the essence. Either study why resentment turns into a nightmare beast, or study why the alien space appears. No matter which one, as long as the research yields results, the problem can be solved.

Soon Su Bei figured out his next mission goal. The short-term goal was to go to the world where the nightmare beast lived. The long-term goal was naturally to get the answer to any of the above two questions.

"Why hasn't Jiang come back yet?" Wu Mingbai got a little anxious waiting and stood up, "I want to go up and take a look."

Hearing this, Lan Subing grabbed him and said, "You are not allowed to go."

Lan Subing was able to stay calm at this time. She knew clearly that it was best for them not to go out. If Jiang Tianming was fine, then they would just cause trouble if they went out. If something happened, they would probably be caught if they went out now.

It's better to wait a little longer and see what happens.

Wu Mingbai didn't struggle. He just scratched his hair irritably and then sat back in the chair.

Although she remained rational, Lan Subing was also very worried about her companions. She knew it was not good to be impatient at this time, so she planned to find a topic to divert her attention.

After thinking for a while, she looked at Su Bei: "Su Bei, why did you ask that question just now?"

When she said this she didn't mean to blame anyone at all. Even though it was this problem that put them in their current dangerous situation, it had to be said that Su Bei's problem did let them know a big, even crucial secret.

Just for this answer, it was worth taking so many risks. But Lan Subing didn't understand why Su Bei would ask such a question.

Hearing her question, Su Bei's eyebrows jumped, and he suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity. He closed his eyes and pretended to be mysterious, "Because I have been looking for a way to completely eliminate the nightmare beast."

As soon as these words came out, the other two people looked over in surprise. Wu Mingliang was surprised and widened his eyes: "Have you found a way to completely destroy the nightmare beast?"

"Of course not." Su Bei said in a very straightforward and playful manner, "I was just joking, you really believed it."

Wu Mingbai and Lan Subing looked at each other and asked no more questions. However, they already believed in their hearts that Su Bei was really looking for a way to destroy the nightmare beast.

This method is very reasonable in relation to the birth of Nightmare Beast, and they couldn't help but think about it as well.

And this is exactly the effect that Su Bei wants. He wants all readers who see this plot to start thinking about this problem like them.

If the author really couldn't add a method to completely destroy the Nightmare Beast in the existing plot, then he would take the initiative to create one. As long as this method exists, Su Bei believes that the author will find a way to let Jiang Tianming do it.

Time passed in a flash, and finally Jiang Tianming arrived, followed by Lei Ze'en. Lei Ze'en, who had the ability to teleport, was the fastest to arrive. His face was obviously not very good, and when he saw the three of them, he laughed in anger: "You guys are really good at making trouble. Let's go, I'll take you back to school, Lao Meng is already waiting for you in the school."

Jiang Tianming, who was following behind him, looked a little shabby, with a scratch on his arm from something unknown, and his clothes were stained bright red.

"Ajiang, what's wrong with you?" Lan Subing asked immediately.

Noticing the worried looks from her and Wu Mingbai, Jiang Tianming smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

As he was talking, Lei Zeen had already successfully built a teleportation array. It must be said that Lei Zeen's strength was truly unfathomable, as he was able to create a teleportation array in a different space.

Everyone stood on the teleportation array, their eyes went dizzy, and the next second they were back at school.

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