Chapter 226
As expected, before they could find out anything, there was another commotion outside. The chief of the Mud Tribe came in with another group of people, his expression solemn and sad: "Two people from the Grass Tribe, Rock Tribe, and Gecko Tribe also died. They died not long ago, and their bodies are still warm. They died in the same way as Xiao Wang and the others."
He had originally planned to go out and call the other clan leaders to discuss the matter because it involved outsiders. But he did not expect that he would run into two more cases.
Six more people died. The crowd, which had been quiet, suddenly became noisy. Everyone had a vague feeling of uneasiness. You know, these people died in exactly the same way. Not only could they not find the murderer, but they also couldn't find the cause of their death. Who knew if they would be the next to die?
"Then can they be cleared of suspicion?" A young underground human pointed at Jiang Tianming and others and said. These people have been under their noses for a long time, and it is impossible for them to commit any crime.
The man with the ponytail glared at him. He originally wanted to find an excuse to kill Su Bei and his group. Of course, he couldn't let them get away with it so easily: "Why clear them? Who knows if they are a gang? Even if they are not a gang, their companions killed people here. Can they just stay out of it?"
What he said did make some sense, and those who had originally wanted to say a few words in defense of Su Bei and others suddenly stopped talking.
Seeing that he had successfully persuaded everyone to leave, the man with the ponytail turned around and questioned Jiang Tianming and the others: "Tell me! Where are the remaining four people? You are protecting them. If we can't find them, we will have to take action against you."
"You are trying to force a confession out of me." Si Zhaohua glanced at everyone and his eyes fell on the man with the ponytail who was targeting them the most. "Six of your own people have died, but every word you say is aimed at us who are absolutely not suspected. I think you don't care about the death of your people at all, you just want to put the blame on us."
Wu Mingbai seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to put pressure on the other party: "Zhao Hua, don't say that. We have no grudges against this uncle. Although he had an argument with us before, he would not disregard the safety of the tribe members and just want to retaliate against us."
As soon as these words came out, the underground humans immediately looked at the ponytail man with strange eyes. Not all of them knew the truth of the prophecy, so many of them actually thought that the ponytail man's aggressiveness was very strange.
Now hearing Si Zhaohua and Wu Mingbai's words in unison, they also felt that the man with the ponytail didn't care about their lives at all and was just looking for revenge.
"I'm not saying anything bad about you, Old Ma. You're wrong." A fellow tribesman who was familiar with the ponytailed man looked at him disapprovingly. "I support you if you don't like them, but this is not the time for you to take revenge. Finding the murderer is of vital importance!"
"I..." The ponytail man was really in pain. He was not targeting the outsiders because of a quarrel, but because of the prophecy! It was a pity that the prophecy could not be made public, otherwise it would cause chaos. He could only swallow his anger.
Taking advantage of their internal quarrel, Jiang Tianming and the others exchanged glances. This bizarre death was most likely caused by supernatural powers, that is, Cyril and the others. After all, Huangfu Mingzhe and his ancestors could not have killed people, and in such a way that left no traces, this was obviously the method of the "Black Flash" organization.
"I know where those missing people are." After giving a wink, Su Bei directly released the bombshell news.
"Where are they?" Chief He asked hurriedly. He also suspected that an outsider had killed the people. Since these few people were not suspects, the murderer must be among the missing four. If they could be found, things would be much easier.
Su Bei answered truthfully: "I saw them talking to the leader of the psychic tribe before."
"The psychic tribe..." The tribe leader's expression changed slightly, "Did you hear what they were talking about?"
Su Bei did not answer this question, but just smiled awkwardly. His smile could be interpreted in two ways: it could be that he did hear it, but it was difficult to tell him. It could also be that he heard nothing.
After a moment of silence, Su Bei smiled and said, "But you don't have to worry too much, Chief. They definitely didn't have a conflict, otherwise how could the psychics be okay?"
Although he seemed to be speaking for the psychic leader, he was actually throwing dirty water on him. There are six races in total, and three of them have already been in trouble. However, the psychic who chatted with Cyril and the others at the beginning did not get into trouble. It is strange no matter how you think about it.
If Su Bei had expected it, he thought that Cyril and the other two would continue to kill people, but they would not kill the psychic tribe members because they wanted to force the psychic tribe leader to make a decision.
This is actually not difficult to imagine. Now that a murder has occurred in the underground world, it is known that Cyril and Li Xiang were responsible, and there is no specific pattern in the people they killed, so we have to start thinking about their purpose.
Killing people indiscriminately will cause chaos in the underworld and make their situation difficult, which is actually of no benefit to either of them. So what is the benefit for them to do this?
When he heard that eight people had died, and that two people from each of the four tribes had died, Su Bei knew what was going on. If nothing unexpected happened, they would kill ten people in total, and only the psychics would be spared.
This is a conspiracy. When others find out about this, they will inevitably become suspicious of the psychic tribe. Even if someone thinks this is a deliberate slander, they will inevitably feel uncomfortable. Who made their tribe stay safe?
Although he understood their conspiracy, Su Bei still added fuel to the fire without scruples. If there is no chaos, how will the plot unfold? He also hopes that the psychic tribe leader can make a decision as soon as possible.
Chief He thought for a moment and looked at the others: "Let's go to the Psychic Clan to have a look."
Everyone had no objection and walked towards the psychic tribe. Su Bei decisively covered his stomach with a painful expression: "My stomach hurts, I want to go to the toilet."
Wu Jin, who had never spoken, looked at everyone, then looked at him, and finally spoke his first words since noon: "I'll accompany him. Don't let anything happen to him here."
Since they were indeed not suspicious, and Su Bei had pointed out his companions, it would be difficult to destroy the bridge after crossing the river. Chief He nodded and said, "Okay, if you have nothing to do after class, come to the Psychic Clan to find us. If you still feel uncomfortable, go back to your room and have a good rest."
After they left, Su Bei looked at Wu Jin, shook his head and pretended to sigh: "Wu Jin, you have learned bad things."
Wu Jin's face turned slightly red, and he coughed lightly: "What are you planning to do by leaving the team?"
"Let's go to the rooms of these clan leaders. Now that they have all been led to the psychic tribe, isn't this a good opportunity?" Su Bei walked back with a clear goal. He had said before that his reasoning was still missing a key link. If he could find this link, he would be able to understand the purpose of the "Black Flash" organization.
As for the method of leaving, Su Bei didn't think about looking for it. With the protagonists around, why would he bother with all this?
They had seen Patriarch He's room before. Although the door was locked, it was not difficult for them to open it. They just needed to use brute force. If the other party came back and asked about this matter, they could also put the blame on Cyril and the others. Who made them disappear? The people who were not present were the ones to take the blame.
Looking at the destiny compasses above their heads, his luck had returned to normal, and Wu Jin's luck was pretty good at the moment. Su Mei sat on the chair and gave orders: "Go and look for it. If you find anything useful, give it to me. I want to see relevant information about the underground humans."
Because it was thanks to him that he was able to successfully escape from the team, Wu Jin did not mind being treated as a hard laborer and started searching honestly.
His luck was indeed good. After rummaging around on the desk for a long time, he found a button. He pressed the button, and a door flipped open on the opposite wall, revealing the hidden model.
Wu Jin stood there in a daze, and after a while he mechanically exclaimed, "Wow."
Su Bei stood up and walked towards the door, complaining: "If you reacted too slowly, you wouldn't have to add the word 'surprise'. It would make you look even more stupid."
After entering the door and going down the stairs, we soon arrived at a secret room. There was a lot of information in the secret room, which was the history of underground humans and the research of our ancestors over the years.
With plenty of time, Su Bei picked up the history book and read it slowly. The history book started from the time when the supernatural power appeared and changed the fate of all of them. The person who recorded this book said that he crawled out of the battlefield.
He was about to die, but he was resurrected inexplicably and regained his vitality. Not only him, but many of his comrades around him also had the same thing happen. They thought it was a good thing, but not long after, their bodies began to change.
Extra organs, abnormal limbs, sharp teeth... all of them frightened the normal people around them. Especially in that era, they were reported for being resurrected and mutated, and were directly surrounded and suppressed by soldiers.
The subsequent plot is similar to what they already know. After hiding for a while, they finally found a village far away from other people and settled down. However, an earthquake occurred not long after, and the group of people came to the underground world by accident.
In this story, the part that interested Su Bei was undoubtedly the first part. Resurrection from the dead, no, to be more precise, resurrection from the near death. This sounds like nothing in itself, it's just the magical power of a meteorite falling from the sky.
But what if it is linked to the birth of Nightmare?
Nightmare beasts are the resentment of people after death, and they are also related to death. Su Bei had analyzed before that the "Black Flash" organization has two goals in total. One is immortality, and the other is nightmare beasts.
It is obvious why they are interested in the underground humans: they believe they are related to the Nightmare.
Su Bei also thought so. If these people died at that time, they would become nightmare beasts. And because they were in a dying state, they became a combination of nightmare beasts and mutants.
No wonder Cyril became so enthusiastic about this place after realizing who they were. The biggest goal of the Black Flash organization was to study how nightmare beasts could become humans. The emergence of these combined entities would undoubtedly speed up their research by a large margin.
However, Su Bei, who has a God's perspective, has another layer of worry. You know, "Comic Consciousness" has already admitted that it is impossible for Nightmare to turn back into a human being.
If the people of the "Black Flash" organization really brought the underground people back, then can they find out about this through these underground people? After finding out, what will the "Black Flash" organization do?
"Su Bei, look here!" While he was thinking, Wu Jin suddenly made a new discovery.
Hearing him calling him, Su Bei went over to take a look, and saw that it was written that they had a way to leave. The method of returning to the surface from the underground world was very similar to the method of returning from the surface to the underground world, both of which required causing a large earthquake, and then leaving quickly while the energy was fluctuating.
The difference is that on the way back, you cannot take anything from the underworld with you. Of course, "anything" here includes food in your stomach, so you must digest the food before leaving.
This is common sense that people in northern Jiangsu still have. Generally, food is metabolized in the human body within 24 hours. They just had lunch, and if they don't eat anything else, they can leave by causing an earthquake at noon tomorrow.
I have to say, this method of leaving is really insidious. If you don't have this information and rely on someone you know to lead you, the other party may deliberately not tell them about the food and feed them the food here in advance, causing them to fail to leave.
"Let's go." After reading all the useful things, Su Bei stood up and cleaned up the secret room, restoring it to the state it was in before they came, then looked at Wu Jin, "We should go back."
However, just after they took two steps out, they heard footsteps from above. No matter who the footsteps belonged to, it was not good news for them. The two looked at each other warily and found a cover to hide.
Su Bei hid behind the sofa, where the gap between the sofa and the wall was very small and most people would not look at it. Wu Jin, on the other hand, relied on the smaller reminder to get into the desk cabinet. Fortunately, they deliberately closed the door when they came in, so that they would not be discovered as soon as they came in.
The door of the secret room was soon opened, and the footsteps of two people were heard. The moment he saw the two pairs of shoes, Su Bei confirmed the identity of the people.
It's Cyril and Li Xiang.
The appearance of these two people here was unexpected but reasonable. Su Bei slowed down his breathing and thanked himself for not using his mental power to detect them, otherwise he would have been discovered by now.
"It's right here. Just take the information back." Li Xiang said calmly.
Cyril nodded and was about to say something when her expression suddenly changed and a playful look appeared in her eyes: "Oh, it seems a little mouse ran in."
His ability is [Cell Control], and his perception of living things is very clear. There are obviously other people in this room, which makes Cyril very interested. Who got here before them?
Hearing his words, Su Bei and the others felt nervous, but Li Xiang said calmly: "Since you have heard it, hurry up and come out. Don't waste time letting us look for it."
This was said to the person hiding here, and Cyril said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, playing hide-and-seek is also a kind of fun."
It's just for their fun. Su Bei rolled his eyes in his heart, and took the initiative to walk out from behind the sofa with a surprised smile on his face, as if he really met an old friend by chance: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here. What are you looking for? Do you need my help?"
There was no other way. Since they had sensed that someone was here, one of them had to step forward first to see if he could protect the other. If both of them hid, they would both be discovered.
Su Bei chose to stand up first, not because he was loyal, but mainly because of practical interests. The cost-effectiveness of his standing up must be far higher than that of Wu Jin.
What is Wu Jin's identity? He is the son of Wu Di, the principal of the "Infinite Power Academy"! Ordinary people don't know this, but how could the people of the "Black Flash" organization not know it?
If he goes out, the Black Flash organization will think more about the research. If Wu Jin goes out, they must want to use him to threaten Wu Enemy. Therefore, whether in terms of safety or practicality, he is more suitable than Wu Jin.
Fortunately, Wu Jin saw through his intention and did not show up rashly.
Su Bei's attitude also amused Cyril. He made a "please" gesture to Su Bei and said, "Then come and find them. I want to know the origins of these people and how to leave."
Isn't this a coincidence? Su Bei had just seen these things, and he had taken them back himself, so it was easy to find them. Regardless, he was not in a hurry and slowly searched.
It would be best if he could hold off until the tribe leader and his men came back. Then he could just throw the blame away and say that these two men had captured him to help them find something in the basement. It didn't matter if he couldn't hold off until they came back. He had nothing to do anyway, so wasting the two men's time here was better than building a seven-story pagoda.
The two men were not in a hurry and sat on the sofa waiting for him to find something. Cyril asked with interest: "How did you find this place?"
"It would be strange if you didn't come to look for the clan leader's room." Su Bei shrugged, then asked curiously, "Shouldn't you know everything? Why did you come here again?"
This question was harmless, and Cyril didn't mind answering it: "We only know what we know, but the truth may not be the same as the information we have. Besides, since we are going to conduct research, the information about these underground humans themselves is naturally indispensable."
So that's how it is. Su Bei nodded and asked tentatively: "I wonder what exactly you are going to study?"
In fact, he certainly knew what the Black Flash organization was going to study through the underground humans, but he could never show that he knew. After all, this was a secret to the Black Flash organization, and if a secret was known to an outsider, it would be disastrous.
Sure enough, Cyril glanced at him with a smile but did not answer.
After a brief silence, Li Xiang suddenly spoke up: "Do you want to join us?"
Fate-related psychics are rare, let alone someone like Su Bei who can truly change fate. The leader had paid attention to him many times before, and since he was a student in Class S of the "Endless Psychic Academy", it would be a great achievement if he could be brought into the organization.
Su Bei pretended to be surprised: "Is this considered pulling the trigger?"
But in fact, he was very calm in his heart. Su Bei had previously guessed that they would take this opportunity to pull him back.
"No, this is a threat." Cyril interrupted with a smile, "If you don't agree, I will kill you."
However, facing the threat of death, Su Bei was not panicked at all, so he threw the historical records he had just dug up to the other party and said: "You will not kill me."
Hearing this, both Cyril and Li Xiang were surprised. Cyril asked curiously, "How can you be sure that we won't kill you?"
"For you, the most important thing should be these underground humans," Su Bei answered slowly, "so you won't cause any trouble at this time."
Once he was killed, Jiang Tianming and others who originally wanted to leave would inevitably unite with the people of the underground world to fight against Cyril and the others. When they have a common goal, it will be difficult for "Black Flash" to win over the people of the underground world.
After all, compared to Cyril, who killed several of their people, the Square Camp, who were also victims, were definitely more friendly.
Su Bei guessed correctly, Cyril did not intend to kill him at this time. Although it could solve a big problem for the "Black Flash" organization, the more critical thing now was to reach a cooperation with the underground people.
For them, the ultimate goal of the organization is the most important. In order to achieve that goal, they would not hesitate even if the organization is destroyed. Moreover, although Su Bei's ability is annoying, from Cyril's point of view, he is not completely unmanageable. It is better to keep him now, maybe there will be a surprise in the future.
After getting all the information, the two of them did not plan to stay here any longer. They were now wanted by the underground people, and with most of their superpowers sealed, they would definitely not be able to escape if they showed up.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the two of them have no killing power, otherwise those underground people wouldn't have died for nothing. It's just that they are now capable of sneak attacks or single combat, but if they are beaten by a group, they can only surrender.
During this period, Su Bei was very honest and had no intention of exposing them. Cyril and the other two did not kill him just to avoid unnecessary trouble. It was not that they could not kill him, so why should he risk his life to catch them? There was no fundamental contradiction.
So the two sides completed the handover in such a strange yet harmonious atmosphere.
After the two left, Wu Jin came out of the cupboard with a complicated expression: "Su Bei, you just came out directly, aren't you worried?"
"Didn't I explain it?" Su Bei shrugged. "They won't kill me. But if it was you who got out, it's hard to say."
It is hard to say which of the two things is more profitable: bringing underground people to join the organization for research, or holding the son of the current number one superpower person, the president of the "Infinite Superpower Academy". It is safer for him to come out.
"Thank you." Wu Jin pursed his lips and said in a deep voice. Although he knew that Su Bei was right, he was willing to come out under such circumstances, and no matter what the reason was, he deserved a word of thanks.
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Regarding some questions that I occasionally see, let me explain:
1. Jiang Tianming was added as the protagonist in the character list because there must be two protagonists there, otherwise there would be question marks on the other side which I think is not good looking. I have complained about this to my friends, saying that JJ is not humane at all. Why should there be two protagonists if there is no CP?
2. This is a group portrait from the beginning, but I don’t think Su Bei’s presence is less. His character in the comics doesn’t involve much in the plot, but he does a lot in private.