Chapter 173

"It's too dangerous. Can your mental strength hold up?" Si Zhaohua asked with a frown. You have to know that there are a lot of fish. Although their individual attack power is very low, their group attack power can be said to be invincible. Once the [Gorgeous Domain] fails to hold up, Ai Baozhu will be eaten to pieces immediately.

"Let me try it first." At this time, Lan Subing stood up. [Word Spirit] This top-level ability can be used at any time, but he is not sure whether he can succeed. But whether he can succeed or not, it is definitely safer and more reliable than letting Ai Baozhu to experiment.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Lan Subing mobilized her mental power: "Separate."

After she used her special powers, the fish dispersed as expected. But before they could completely separate, Lan Subing could no longer hold on.

There is no way. When the fish school in this area is separated by the effect of [Word Spirit], the fish schools in other locations will rush up like crazy to fill the gaps.

She soon realized that it was impossible to order all the fish not to come here with her mental power, so she gave up decisively and shook her head regretfully: "No."

The others were not surprised by this result. It was not easy to deal with so many nightmare beasts, even if they were very weak.

But Lan Subing's mental strength is no worse than Ai Baozhu's. If she can't do it, the possibility of Ai Baozhu succeeding is not great either.

"What should we do now?" Si Zhaohua said, looking at Elvis and the other two, "Do you have any ideas?"

If the three of them couldn't think of a solution, then they might as well cooperate, although Si Zhaohua couldn't think of how cooperation would help at the moment. With so many nightmare beasts, it's not easy to wipe them out with just a few more people.

As expected, Elvis and his two companions had no good ideas. If they only targeted a small group of fish, after they killed them, other groups would come back. With the number of fish in the river, they would never be able to kill them all. If they wanted to target the fish in the entire river, sorry, none of them had the ability to do so.

Su Bei might succeed, but he didn't know what the price would be. However, after seeing the number of fish with his own eyes, he was 100% sure that if he really took action, the price would definitely be high.

If this were not the case, he would definitely agree to help. Otherwise, if the protagonists got mixed up with Elvis and his gang, it's easy to imagine what would happen next.

Unfortunately, he was powerless and could only watch the situation develop.

If only Mo Xiaotian or Ling You were here, Mo Xiaotian's air wall could effectively isolate the nightmare beasts on both sides. And only air walls can do that. If it were a dirt wall or a wooden wall, it would be easily devoured by these black fish nightmare beasts.

As for Ling You, it goes without saying that once she attacks, all the nightmare beasts in the river will be poisoned to death. Once they die, wouldn't it be easy to take the underwater resources?

Unfortunately, the eight people present had no idea how to deal with this situation.

Finally, Jiang Tianming came up with a good idea: "Got it! Baozhu, you and Ah Bing work together. Ah Bing first uses [Word Spirit] to separate a part of the remaining group, and then you use [Glorious Domain] to squeeze in instantly. This way, a vacant spot can be left for a period of time."

He then looked at Elvis and said, "Then I need you to turn back time when the two of them couldn't hold on any longer and leave, and replay the time when the school of fish was separated just now."

I have to say this is a really good method, and it is currently the only possible way for everyone to see the bottom of the river safely.

Elvis nodded in agreement without discussing the subsequent distribution of materials. It was useless to discuss those things now. The distribution issues needed to be discussed after seeing the results.

Jiang Tianming's plan turned out to be correct. According to his instructions, the three of them worked together and successfully separated the schools of fish, revealing the scene in the river.

When they saw the river bottom, many people couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's Galaxy Sand!"

The riverbed was covered with sand and gravel that sparkled with stars. Under the sunlight, they looked like blue-purple diamonds. They didn't seem to sink to the bottom of the water, but rather seemed to be floating and flowing, making people feel as if they were seeing the Milky Way. Although only a small section of the riverbed with stars was exposed, it still made people unable to take their eyes away.

What is Galaxy Sand? It is the main raw material of some supernatural props. These supernatural props have two characteristics. One is that they look like stars and are very beautiful. The other is that they float. Galaxy Sand has buoyancy in the air. If you take a handful of them out of the water and dry them, these sands will really fly.

Prop makers can use this feature to create some flying tools, such as the Galaxy Carpet, which is similar to Mr. John's [Flying Carpet] ability.

The extremely beautiful appearance and the ability to carry people flying make the Galaxy Sand expensive. If they could take down all the Galaxy Sand in this entire river and divide the money equally among everyone, it would be a considerable amount of pocket money even for Si Zhaohua and others.

And more importantly, the prop of Xinghesha is useless to Si Zhaohua who can fly by himself, but it is a very good prop for the rest of the team. If they ask the school to process it into props, they can also fly for a short time.

Now that the resources were determined, everyone started to discuss how to distribute them. Undoubtedly, Lan Subing, Ai Baozhu, and Elvis, who participated in the plan, got more. Jiang Tianming, who proposed the plan, also got more. Ian, who ventured into the river to collect the star sand, also got a little more. The remaining three people divided the last bit equally.

Su Bei had no objection at all. He didn't do anything and still got a large sum of money for free. It was because the protagonists were kind-hearted. If it were somewhere else, he wouldn't even be able to drink soup, let alone eat meat.

However, although the method was known, it was not an easy task to get all the galaxy sand in the river. If the three people who used their supernatural powers wanted to clear a small area, they would need to consume a lot of mental energy.

This was true even for Elvis, because Lan Subing and the others could only clear a space for a short time. Therefore, in order to allow Ian time to scoop up the sand, he could only go back in time many times, which naturally consumed a lot of mental energy.

And they don't have advanced mental power like Su Bei, and their mental power recovery speed is not fast. After clearing an area, they need to rest for three hours before starting the next one.

This is actually very fast. If it were someone else, even with props, they might only be able to clear one area a day.

But the "Alpha Superpower High School" event only lasts for three days in total. Excluding the first day and the time they spent when they arrived, there are only less than a day and a half left.

Moreover, they couldn't stay here forever. Not to mention that there were still many other resource points that they hadn't visited, they would definitely encounter a lot of troubles on the way back from the alien space, and they had to reserve time in advance, so they would only have one day at most to mine the star sand.

Of course, this was also deliberately designed by "Alpha Supernatural High School". How could they really let the students dig up all the galaxy sand in the river? If so, how would they regenerate in the future?

But for Su Bei and his people, the more they could get, the better. Sighing, he began to think of another way.

This was actually the revelation he got when he destroyed the bat nightmares yesterday. The reason why those bat nightmares could be destroyed together was because they were afraid of light. In other words, even fate could not allow a large number of lives to be lost without reason. There must be some reasonable way to let these lives die together.

The same is true for these black fish nightmare beasts. Since their fates can be adjusted together, it means that they must have a common weakness. Once this weakness is found, they can be caught in one fell swoop.

If he finds the weakness himself, he will not be bound by fate, because it is a fate he created himself, not created by supernatural powers.

But what are the weaknesses of these black fish?

It was certain that they could not leave the water, but it was impossible for him to drain the water. After thinking for a while, Su Bei directly killed a fish with the gear, then controlled his mental power, forked the fish with the gear, picked up the fish from the water, and wanted to study it closely.

Who would have thought that as soon as it left the water, the black fish nightmare beast quickly shrank and bent as if the water had been drained out, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a skinny little fish.

Su Bei suddenly realized something and raised his eyebrows. He realized that the fish could not leave the water because it could not breathe after leaving the water, but because it would shrink due to dehydration after leaving the water. In other words, it would become like this as long as it came into contact with air.

But what's the point? As I said before, they can't pump the water out.

"What are you doing?" Others naturally noticed Su Bei's unusual behavior. Ian asked in confusion, and looked at the fish in front of him, and said in surprise, "I didn't expect it to become like this after being out of water. If I put it back into the water, can it return to its original state?"

This reminded Su Bei that some creatures would be dehydrated after leaving the water, but would recover once they returned to the water. He immediately threw the fish back into the water, but fortunately the skinny fish remained skinny, obviously dead.

Seeing this scene, Su Bei's eyes lit up and he immediately had a good idea. He reminded everyone meaningfully: "If these fish can't swim, there will be no effect."

If they can't swim, they won't be able to replace them immediately after they kill a wave of black fish, creating an endless stream of them. It would be much easier for them to get the underwater galaxy sand, and they wouldn't need to waste too much mental energy to kill fish. Anyway, they can't swim, so they can just move to the side.

Jiang Tianming immediately understood what he meant and said in surprise: "I understand! You are right!"

As a smart protagonist, he immediately came up with a new method based on Su Bei's reminder: "Let's mix the water and inject air into it. The fish's skin will become dry when it comes into contact with air, and once it becomes dry, they will lose their ability to move."

Once a fish's body becomes partially rigid, its ability to swim in the water is immediately hampered, and it is much easier to clean it when it is immobilized.

With his plan, everyone immediately took action. It was not difficult for them to stir the water and let air in. Although most objects would be swallowed up by the school of fish as soon as they entered the water, as long as there were enough of them, they would always make a splash.

Su Bei and Si Zhaohua used gears and feathers to stir the water, while Lan Subing used [Word Spirit] to directly let air bubbles enter the water.

Next, just as Su Bei expected, tiny bubbles of air clung to the fish's body, causing the black fish nightmare beast's skin to dry up and shrivel up. The shrunken body could no longer support them to continue swimming, and they could only sink silently to the bottom of the water.

Seeing that they could no longer move, Si Zhaohua immediately killed a part of them and opened up the carcasses. Sure enough, the surrounding black fish did not swarm up again, and they were able to pick up the star sand smoothly.

In this way, they cleared half of the river of star sand. The sun set in the west, and the entire sky gradually changed from orange-red to blue-purple from west to east. The few people knew that it was time for them to go back.

The night in the alien space is still very dangerous, especially in this alien space with many nightmare beasts. And tomorrow is the last day, and they still have to go through the test of going out.

It goes without saying that there will be many people waiting at the door to rob these "rich people", so it is crucial to get a good rest today and find a safe place.

"Let's find a place to rest together," Ian suggested. "We can also go together tomorrow. You don't want to give up half of the school's resources because you can't go out, do you?"

He trusts the character of Su Bei and others, mainly because he knows Su Bei and feels that he is not that kind of person.

Tiffany, who hadn't said a word the entire time, finally frowned and said, "Wait."

After saying that, she walked to the side, obviously she had something to discuss with Ian and the others. And it was obvious that the topic was what Ian had just mentioned, namely, cooperating with Su Bei and the others.

I don't know what Ian and Elvis said, but after listening to them, Tiffany's brows relaxed a little. After she came back, she stood at the back and didn't say anything.

Jiang Tianming and the others also trusted Elvis's character, so after a brief discussion, the two sides decided to cooperate. They didn't need to exchange any interests with each other, as long as they went together when the time came. With so many strong people around, even if others coveted their gains, they would not dare to take action.

On the way back, Su Bei once again sensed a message from the notebook in his storage ring. It was another message, but it was from the Black Flash organization.

He was a little surprised, but it was a pity that now was not a good time to check. It was not until they found a safe place to stay and everyone temporarily dispersed to rest that Su Bei found a hidden corner and opened his notebook.

As he expected, it was indeed a message from the Black Flash organization. However, this time, they were not asking him to monitor the clock tower, but a ridiculous task - "I need you to get the exchange student team and Elvis' team to come to the clock tower together tomorrow."

Seeing this mission, everyone in Su Bei was dumbfounded. What kind of reward was this? They were originally together, and because the exit of the alien space was near the clock tower, they were supposed to go to the clock tower together tomorrow.

It can be said that he accepted this mission and got the reward for free without doing anything, and he didn't have to bear any risk at all. After all, the encounter and cooperation between the two teams had nothing to do with him, and no one could possibly suspect him through this mission.

After a brief bargain, Su Bei decisively accepted the mission. It would be great if he could make this part appear in the comics and expand his influence abroad.

However, this mission also provided him with some information. First of all, his initial guess was correct. The "Black Flash" organization really wanted to deal with Elvis and the other two. But now it seems that they want to kill two birds with one stone and catch Jiang Tianming and the others in one fell swoop.

This time they have successfully attacked the clock tower, and the surveillance inside is not surprising. It is quite surprising that they can accomplish this in such a short time. Could it be that they also have an undercover agent in "Alpha Superpower High School"?

However, Su Bei was more concerned about the deeper content. They clearly had a way to quickly resolve the surveillance in the clock tower, but they still spent a lot of money to find him. The first reason was probably that they did not want their undercover to be exposed, but the second reason must be that they wanted to test his identity and ability.

If he personally removed the surveillance sticker, he would be discovered by the undercover agents hiding in the dark. If he did not remove the sticker physically and used other methods, he or his abilities could be traced back to the source.

What a fox! Fortunately, he directly refused the cooperation.

While Su Bei was complaining in his heart, someone else was also thinking.

The person in charge of the "Black Flash" organization's related incidents originally thought that the "Fate" organization would not accept any missions related to "Alpha Superpower High School", but he did not expect that the other party would accept the next mission at the same location in a blink of an eye, and this mission could easily expose his identity.

Compared with the previous and next two missions, this mission must be more likely to expose his identity. He originally thought that the other party did not accept the previous mission because he was afraid of exposing his identity, but now he accepted this mission.

The person in charge was surprised and immediately contacted the leader. Mo Xiaotian's grandfather, the leader of the "Black Flash" organization, received the news that the other party had taken on the mission. After thinking for a moment, he ordered: "Investigate later how the team from the "Infinite Power Academy" got together with those three people to come to the clock tower."

The next morning, Su Bei and his group continued to go to the Blackwater River to collect star sand. However, before they arrived, Teacher John's helpless voice sounded again: "Children, how about we discuss something?"

It was obvious that their crazy exploitation of the star sand in the Blackwater River yesterday made the top management of "Alpha Supernatural High School" anxious. They didn't mind students getting some resources from this resource-rich space, as it was one of the benefits of their school.

But if they take too much, even taking away all the resources in an entire river, that would be unacceptable to Alpha Supernatural High School.

But the problem is that generally no one can take away too many resources that make them feel bad, after all, those precious resources are very difficult to obtain. For example, the skill book is guarded by the knowledge nightmare beast, and the galaxy sand is guarded by a large number of black fish nightmare beasts. Even if they get the resources, they can't take much because of the nightmare beasts.

No one expected that students could get so many resources, so much that even the school leaders felt bad. Yesterday, they dug up half of the river's worth of sand in just half a day. If they dug for another day today, would there be any resources left in the river?

It would definitely not work to directly order them to stop digging. The school had not made any relevant regulations before, only saying that students could freely use the resources in the alien space within these three days. This was also the reason why their school had a particularly large number of students enrolled every year. If they went back on their word now, they would inevitably suffer a backlash in the future.

But leaving them alone is not an option. Star Sand is a very profitable resource and is very useful. Most importantly, it is renewable and is one of the most important resources in this alien space. Otherwise, the school would not deliberately cultivate and breed black fish nightmare beasts in the river.

If they really dug it all out, "Alpha Supernatural High School" would be bleeding heavily. Seeing that their goal today was still very clear, and it was obvious that they would not stop until all the galaxy sand was dug out, the school finally couldn't sit still anymore, so they sent Teacher John out to negotiate.

Guessing what his purpose was, Jiang Tianming immediately said, "Exchange it with other resources."

John appreciated his straightforward attitude and said, "How about a map of the location of the caltrop resource point? It has not been dug up by anyone yet. Besides you, only one other team has a map of this resource point."

As the name suggests, the herb can strengthen the body. Whether it is used to cook, boil medicine, or eaten directly, it can achieve the effect of strengthening the body.

Because it works on the body, it can be used by all types of psychics, so it is naturally very popular. Its price is much more expensive than the star sand which requires a lot of processing.

John had his own reasons for choosing this resource point. Firstly, a plant of Bodybuilding Grass is as valuable as a pound of Star River Sand, so using it for resource exchange would not be a disservice to them.

Secondly, as long as the treadmill grass is not uprooted, even if they take away all the treadmill grass, it can still regenerate the next year. It is not a pity to give such resources to the school.

Thirdly, it would allow them to compete with another team, which was also a team of Class 1. Even if they couldn't beat them, they could still cause them some trouble and exercise. In addition, the dangers hidden in this resource point itself could provide great exercise for the students. This was what John wanted to see.

After hearing his words, Jiang Tianming thought for a moment and looked at the others, asking for their opinions with his eyes. He felt that there was no problem. He couldn't force the school into a corner. The resource of calisthenics was very good and they could all use it. Improving physical fitness was no less important than improving mental strength.

Su Bei nodded to show that he had no objection, and in his heart he sighed that "Alpha Supernatural High School" was really rich. This resource space probably had a lot of resources put in by them. This space alone was worth a fortune, and with the resources inside... it felt like this school was richer than the school where the protagonists were.

Seeing that no one had any objection, Jiang Tianming expressed his agreement on behalf of everyone. Then a map suddenly appeared out of thin air and floated in front of them. It was the map of the gymnastic grass resource point.

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