Chapter 228
After understanding what he meant, Wu Mingbai immediately left with Si Zhaohua to find the chief of the Mud Tribe. Su Bei set up the trap he suggested at the door, and then moved Li Bowen to Qiao Mu's bed. Because the bed was relatively large, there was still a relatively wide gap even if two people were lying on it.
After another bed was vacated, Su Bei lay down on it directly: "Good night."
Wu Jin looked left and right, and decisively chose the latter between sleeping on the floor and lying on the bed: "Leave some room for me."
Su Bei did not make things difficult for him. The two of them lay on the bed, one on each side, with their eyes closed, pretending to sleep. In this situation, it was impossible to sleep soundly. Who knew when the underground people would break in?
Although he had set up a simple trap at the door, once someone came in, it would immediately make a loud noise, so that they could react in time. But if they slept too deeply and didn't react in time, they would be easily caught in this absolutely disadvantageous situation.
Su Bei was awakened by a burst of noisy noises. No one came in that night, but there was a commotion at the door early in the morning, as if something big had happened.
Seeing that Wu Jin was still sleeping, Su Bei did not wake him up, but walked to the door and listened carefully. It turned out that someone from the Grass Tribe had fainted, and this kind of fainting seemed to be an infectious disease. Many underground people in the entire underground world fell into the same situation, inexplicably falling into a coma and then sleeping forever.
At this time, the people outside were discussing whether to compromise like Cyril and Li Xiang. After many people fell unconscious, the two of them just revealed their cards. They manipulated a dead man's mouth to tell them that if they wanted to wake up those unconscious people, they had to obey their orders.
Because there are only so many underground people, and they are all related to each other to some extent. One person can implicate a whole bunch of people, and so many unconscious people really make it difficult for them to start.
Wu Jin checked the time on his phone. It was eight o'clock in the morning. There were less than five hours left before they could leave. If things were not resolved within these five hours, Su Bei would leave no matter what. He didn't want to stay and face a big fight.
At this time, Wu Jin also woke up. He rubbed his messy purple hair and asked, "What's going on?"
"Cyril and the others have laid out their cards, and are asking these people to make a choice." Su Bei summarized very concisely.
Hearing this, Wu Jin suddenly came to his senses and asked several questions in a row: "What should we do? Have Jiang Tianming and the others found a solution? Should we go out and help?"
Su Bei extended his palm toward the door and gestured to him, "Go ahead."
Whoever wants to do this kind of hiding work can do it, anyway, he will never leave the safe room before no one breaks in. As for Wu Jin's going out, Su Bei can only say that he supports him with both hands and feet. The more people help, the faster the problem will be solved, and the safer he will be, right?
After hesitating for a while, Wu Jin finally decided to go out and help. As a member of the main character group of the boys' comic, no matter how he usually is, at this time, he can't hide his passion.
I lay flat until noon, when Si Zhaohua and Wu Mingbai arrived as scheduled. Behind them followed a sturdy underground man, who was their companion who helped them create the earthquake.
"Who is this?" The underground man was a little surprised to see that there was an outsider in the room, and he was awake, and asked Si Zhaohua vigilantly.
"Don't worry, he is our companion." Understanding his concern, Si Zhaohua immediately explained, and then said to Su Bei: "Leave them to us from now on, you can go."
His original intention was to ask Su Bei to go outside and help out, to control the situation or something, but Su Bei didn't want to do that, and he immediately showed a shocked expression: "What do you mean by killing the donkey after you have done your job?"
Si Zhaohua: ""
Wu Ming was smarter and guessed what he meant immediately: "So what do you want to do?"
"Please send me up with you." Su Bei made his request without hesitation, "Si Zhaohua, after you send Qiao Mu and the others up, you should want to come back. Take me with you. I will explain the situation to the teachers, and you can come down directly."
It must be said that he had accurately grasped Si Zhaohua's psychology. The two sides reached an agreement that it didn't matter whether they brought two or three. Su Bei had made it clear that he wanted to keep fishing, so it was good to let him play the final role.
Because there was an underground person leading them, Si Zhaohua and the other two were not caught by them. Those people just watched from a distance, occasionally asking the underground person leading them what was going on.
The underground man was also very smart. He did not tell the truth, but told them that he had captured the three people from Su Bei and that he would find a place to lock them up first. With his explanation, the others naturally did not block their way and watched them leave.
They came to the cave where they fell down. There were many people guarding the entrance of the cave just like before. After knowing the truth, Su Bei realized that these people were not afraid that they would sneak in, but they were always keeping a close eye on it to prevent outsiders from falling down.
Seeing them, the captain of the guards had obviously received the news in advance and let them in directly. Wu Mingbai and the members of the Earth Tribe used their special powers together, and with their actions, the whole cave began to tremble faintly.
The shaking became stronger and stronger, and gravel and dirt fell from above, making it almost impossible for people to stand steadily. The Mud Tribe members shouted, "Now!"
Following his order, Si Zhaohua grabbed Li Bowen's hand and flew up along the hole in the ceiling, while Su Bei held Li Bowen with one hand and Qiao Mu with the other, and flew up into the sky with him.
There was a dark and narrow road above. Fortunately, they had glasses that could see in the dark to help them avoid obstacles. Falling from above only took a moment, but flying from below took a long time. Si Zhaohua flew for five minutes before he successfully saw the light.
The light at this time meant that they had indeed broken through the space barrier and could return to the ground. Si Zhaohua's surprised voice came from above: "I saw someone!"
Sure enough, after noticing the movement at the cave entrance, the people guarding on the ground quickly used their special powers to expand the cave entrance and saw Si Zhaohua and others at a glance.
The other party was also very surprised and shouted loudly: "The missing student is back, someone come and pick him up!"
After saying this, he took a step back, leaving enough space for Si Zhaohua. When the four people came to the ground, Si Zhaohua didn't care to say anything and quickly jumped back. He had to return to his own battlefield while the earthquake was still going on.
Su Bei stopped the surprised staff who wanted to hold Si Zhaohua back and took the initiative to explain: "He has to go back to pick up other people."
"We can send someone to pick you up." The staff member called over several of his companions. "Ten of you fell down. It would be a lot of trouble to come up one by one. Speaking of which, where did you go? We dug for a long time and couldn't find any trace of you."
"This is a long story. Anyway, if you go down now, you will only cause trouble. Why don't you just listen to me and send these two to the infirmary to rest?" Su Bei pointed at Qiao Mu and Li Bowen, who had been put on the stretcher. He didn't worry about the safety of these two people because he knew that they would be fine as long as they returned to the ground.
But the staff didn't know. When he heard Su Bei talking about these two people, he immediately responded and said, "What's the situation with these two students? Hurry up! Send them to the infirmary. Don't worry, we will do our best to save them."
"Actually, they..." Before Su Bei finished speaking, another group of people came over. They were teachers from various colleges, led by Wu Di.
After all, so many students, all elites, were missing, which was a huge loss to the entire supernatural world. Therefore, as soon as they received the news, they rushed over via the teleportation array.
Those who should stay here stay here, those who should go to the infirmary go to the infirmary, and those who should go to the conference room go to the conference room. Only when they arrived at the conference room did Su Bei slowly begin to talk about his experience in the underground world.
Upon hearing that there were so many strange-looking humans in the underground world, the knowledgeable principal of the "Houde School of Supernatural Powers" immediately guessed their identities just like Cyril.
Su Bei did not keep the secrets to himself and directly explained the secret conspiracy from a bird's eye view. He concluded: "They don't want to join the Black Flash organization. If the government can help them remove the threat of the prophecy, I think they will definitely be willing to follow the government's arrangements."
"We will definitely handle this matter properly." Wu Di stood up. Their academy has the head of the Feng family, so it would be most appropriate for him to negotiate. "I will contact the Feng family."
As a family of prophets, no one in the entire supernatural world knows how to solve this problem better than them.
"Then let's go underground and take control of the situation." The dean of the "Sky Power Academy" also stood up. Since they already knew how to get to the underground world, there was no reason for them to wait up there.
They both had a mission, and the dean of the Houde School of Supernatural Powers was not to be outdone: "I'll arrange for people to wait up there. Those two members of the 'Black Flash' organization will definitely come out of the cave, and then we'll catch them."
Seeing that they all had their own things to do, Su Bei stretched his waist and said, "Then can I go and have a rest?"
"Of course." Wu Di turned to look at him and said gently, "Have a good sleep. You've worked hard. I promise that everything will be over when you wake up."
Big leaders are always gentle to junior employees, but the top boss is different. As soon as they left, Meng Huai, who had been silent, revealed his true nature: "You kid just came up like this? It should be possible for Si Zhaohua to bring people up alone, right?"
Su Bei was not justified but still angry: "Doesn't that mean he still wants to go down and continue fighting? I can only sacrifice myself for the sake of others."
"Should Si Zhaohua thank you?" Meng Huai rolled his eyes and got down to business. "Although your falling into the underground world was an accident, it was the fault of the supernatural government that the Black Flash organization invaded the venue. We will try our best to get compensation for you."
The school was reliable and did not let them suffer in vain. Su Bei nodded and asked in a very knowledgeable manner: "Is there anything I can do?"
If there was nothing for him to do, Meng Huai could have waited until the compensation was paid and given them a surprise. He told them so early, definitely not just to tell him that it was so simple.
Seeing that Su Bei asked directly, Meng Huai also said directly: "When they ask, say it's serious."
Hearing this, Su Bei immediately understood that the more serious the problem was, the easier it would be for the school to get more compensation for them. He immediately made an "OK" gesture: "No problem."
After the discussion, all the staff led us to the lounge of the venue. Knowing that Su Bei had not eaten lunch, a sumptuous lunch had been prepared for him.
After finishing my meal and lying on the bed, before I fell asleep, Su Bei suddenly reminded me: "If the comics are updated while I'm asleep, remind me when I wake up."
When he woke up, it was already dark outside. Just as Su Bei had guessed before he fell asleep, the comics had been updated. Hearing the reminder from "comic consciousness", he did not check the comics immediately, but got out of bed, opened the door and walked out.
There was a guard specially arranged by the government not far from the door. When he saw him coming out, he walked over and said, "Excuse me, is there anything you need? Your companions have already come out. If necessary, I can take you to find them."
Su Bei nodded: "Then take me there."
When they arrived at the meeting room they had been to before, everyone was there, not just them, but also several underground tribe leaders. This was the first time Su Bei saw what they looked like under the light. Compared to the previous view, they had many more colors on their bodies. But having some colors did not mean that they became better-looking. On the contrary, the tribe leaders looked even more inhuman.
Although it originally had arms and tentacles and was taller, it still looked like a human. But now its grayish-blue skin was exposed, and the corpse-like spots on its body that were previously covered by darkness were now visible under the light, which looked very strange.
Although they were in the room, because the lights were on, each of them held an umbrella. The umbrella was light-proof, and although it was impossible to block out the light coming from all directions, it could greatly alleviate their allergy symptoms.
The person who opened the door was Jiang Tianming. He was stunned for a moment when he saw him, then quickly stepped aside to let Su Bei in. The others did not greet him and continued to listen to what Patriarch He was saying.
They were talking about the requirements for joining the supernatural government: "The first thing that must be solved is the prophecy problem. The deadline for solving this problem is before we start to have people die. If we start to have unnatural deaths again, then I'm sorry, we will have to find another way out."
As soon as he came up, Chief He stated his bottom line, implying that if the government could not solve their prophecy problem, then they would turn to the embrace of the "Black Flash" organization.
This request was reasonable, and no one had any objections. But even if they really couldn't solve the prophecy, they wouldn't let these underground people go to find the "Black Flash" organization.
Seeing that they agreed to the first request, Chief He continued, "We want to continue living underground. We cannot adapt to the light of the world above ground."
Regarding this issue, the negotiator sent by the government said: "No problem, but we want to arrange for some people to go underground with you to help you build a home and enrich your supplies."
He said it nicely, but everyone knew that the biggest role of these people was to monitor the underground humans, so that they would not secretly contact the "Black Flash" organization. However, considering that they could bring supplies down, Chief He still agreed.
At this time, Su Bei had already begun to regret. Why did he come here? He originally wanted to ask about the follow-up, but he was forced to attend a meeting here. And it was a meeting that had nothing to do with him.
But someone couldn't help it more than him. Huangfu Mingzhe coughed deliberately before raising his hand. When he was called up, he asked directly: "Can I leave first? It has nothing to do with us to discuss these contents now."
Warrior! Everyone looked at Huangfu Mingzhe with admiration. The teacher who stayed at the "Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers" turned black and shouted in a low voice: "Huangfu Mingzhe! Is this what my elder sister taught you?"
Yes, this teacher’s surname is also Huangfu.
Huangfu Mingzhe showed a confident expression and said arrogantly: "My mother taught me not to waste time on meaningless things."
Without waiting for Mr. Huangfu to say anything else, the negotiator ended the conversation directly: "For now, there is nothing for you to do. We were negligent. You have been in the underground world for so long, you must need a rest now. Go back first, we will deal with your matter tomorrow."
After receiving the amnesty, everyone quickly left the meeting room. When they walked out to the open space, Lan Subing breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, I'm out."
"Where are Cyril and Li Xiang?" Su Bei asked a more important question. He knew that someone was waiting at the entrance of the cave to catch the turtle in the jar, but now they obviously didn't catch these two people, otherwise they might have discussed these two guys just now. The question is how did the government let them escape?
Speaking of this, everyone had a lot of complaints to complain about. The ancestor waved his hands and said, "Don't mention it. We came up first, and then they came up. We came up first to bring government officials to catch them, but they followed us up, and they even held two underground people hostage."
After hearing this, Su Bei had completely understood that since they had held the underground people hostage, the government would naturally not take action without regard for the safety of the hostages. Otherwise, even if the hostages were not in trouble in the end, their cooperation with the underground people would probably be ruined.
After all, the underground people watching this scene would definitely think: If we don’t take them seriously at the beginning, can we expect them to be taken seriously in the subsequent cooperation?
He nodded to show his understanding, and then asked curiously: "How did they bring the two hostages up here?"
According to the abilities I learned before, these two people should not have the ability to fly. I'm afraid Jiang Tianming and others knew this, so they dared to come out first. They were sure that these people could not escape.
As long as they were trapped underground, it didn't matter if they took hostages. As long as the underground people above didn't know, they could just confirm the cooperation.
As a result, the two of them came up directly and held their tribesmen in front of all the underground tribe leaders, so they had to be rescued. Both the government and the underground tribe leaders had to choose to save them.
"We climbed up." Si Zhaohua showed a helpless expression. They really didn't expect that Cyril and the other two could climb up from such a deep underground purely by relying on their physical fitness, and they were even bringing two hostages with them.
Even Su Bei showed a rare look of envy, envious of their physical qualities. Before reaching adulthood at the age of 18, the physical qualities of psychics will continue to improve as they age, so most adult psychics will have better physical qualities than minors.
However, after the age of 18, this natural rapid growth period ends, and the only way to increase further is through exercise. Therefore, Su Bei is just a little envious of their current strength, but does not think that he can't reach it. After all, everyone will reach 18 years old, right?
"By the way, Qiao Mu and Li Bowen are fine now." Unsure whether he would ask this question, Jiang Tianming answered first, "The doctor said they will wake up tomorrow, but I'm not sure if there will be any sequelae. After all, the underground people have never released a fallen human before."
Su Bei was too lazy to ask questions, so he just found a place to sit down and asked, "Is there anything else interesting?"
Everyone thought about it, and Wu answered clearly: "The underground person who turned into a human has also returned to the surface. She came here many years ago. Her relatives have passed away, but she said she still wanted to see if she could restore her original life. Now she has been sent to the supernatural hospital with Qiao Mu and the others."
Then Lan Subing also thought of one: "The superpower government destroyed a base of the 'Black Flash' organization."
Because she was not used to talking too much at once, seeing Su Bei's puzzled expression, Jiang Tianming helped to explain: "During the time when we were missing, the government had already traced the people who jumped down from the audience seats at the entertainment competition and found a base of the 'Black Flash' organization that controlled ordinary people. They used their supernatural powers to brainwash these ordinary people, making them obey the orders of the 'Black Flash' organization unconditionally."
Speaking of those who died in blood sacrifices, Su Bei had to say that although this was indeed due to the negligence of the supernatural government, it was also true that the "Black Flash" organization was too insidious.
They took advantage of the psychics' contempt for ordinary people and guessed that the venue would only carefully check the psychics and ignore ordinary people, so they sent ordinary people to hide in the audience. If they had sent psychics, they would have been discovered long ago.
"We will probably sign a confidentiality agreement tomorrow. Does hiding the existence of humans underground count?" Wu Jin asked uncertainly.
"Ah, you have to keep it secret!" The ancestor first showed a surprised expression, and then a disappointed look, "Then how can I brag to my friends about this experience when I go back? I finally experienced such a big thing!"
A completely dark world, alien-like humans, fighting wits and courage with underground humans and the "Black Flash" organization... Each one of them will definitely open the eyes of the classmates. It would be a pity if I can't show it off.
"There's nothing we can do about it, but you can always talk about your confrontation with the Black Flash organization," Jiang Tianming consoled kindly.
Unlike other people, the people in the "Infinite Power Academy" didn't feel much about this incident. They had seen too many storms and waves, so it didn't matter if they said one less thing.
Seeing that the ancestors were squatting and moldy like dark mushrooms, Su Bei chuckled: "The fact that the government asked us to sign a confidentiality agreement itself can prove that your experience during this period is extraordinary, right?"