Chapter 231

Sitting in the government-sent car, Lan Subing yawned loudly. She received her last mission late at night and had to go to school very early, so she didn't get enough sleep. She originally wanted to catch up on some sleep in the classroom, but she didn't know that she had a new mission.

She felt relieved that Su Bei was beside her. She leaned slightly, took out a pillow from her storage ring, leaned against the door and closed her eyes: "I'll take a nap first."

"Go to sleep." Su Bei answered softly, then took out the organization's notebook and continued to read the secret intelligence in the "Destiny" organization.

In order to give this notebook an extra layer of concealment, Su Bei deliberately fooled the "comic consciousness" and gave the notebook the same protection as when reading comic forums on mobile phones, so in the eyes of outsiders, this is just a high school math book.

Su Bei believed that he was a normal person and would not take the initiative to read such a book. He could also interrogate him about the content of the book. As a high school student, it was reasonable for him to read such a book. After all, the future of a superpower was not only to graduate from high school and destroy the nightmare beast, but also to go back to a normal school.

The driver in front glanced at the two psychics in the back seat through the rearview mirror, then slightly widened his eyes. He often saw them sleeping these days, but this was the first time he had seen them reading a math book.

"Young man, you love studying so much," the driver whispered to Su Bei, "You even remember to read during this short time."

Su Bei smiled and said: "Life is about learning."

"Well said!" the driver praised highly.

But he was interrupted by Su Bei just after he said one sentence. He pointed at Lan Subing who closed her eyes and whispered: "Shh!"

Siji also realized that he had disturbed others' rest, so he nodded quickly and continued in a low voice: "You young people are still ambitious. I wish my child loved studying as much as you do."

Su Bei did not reply. Firstly, there was nothing to say. Secondly, even if they spoke in a low voice, it would definitely disturb Lan Subing's rest. Fortunately, the driver understood what he meant and said nothing more.

You have to know that if he receives a complaint from a passenger, he will be fired immediately. After all, at such a critical moment, the most important thing is the superpowers who can fight. People like him who have no fighting ability and can only help run errands are all replaceable resources.

The driver does not want to be replaced. Although this job seems hard and requires driving all day, the money earned is really good. If an ordinary driver can earn 300 to 500 yuan a day, then he can earn less than 1,000 yuan a day.

The superpower government generally treats these superpowers well, regardless of whether they have the ability to fight or not. The government does have money, after all, it has the responsibility to save the world, and the real government has allocated a lot of funds to them. In addition, with the accumulation of commissions over the years, there is too much money to spend.

Following the navigation, we arrived at a deep mountain. Seeing that there was no road ahead, I thought of parking the car as I was used to it: “Can you just drop me off here?”

Su Bei nodded in agreement, then woke up Lan Subing. The two got out of the car and walked into the mountains together.

The location of this mission was not so specific. The Nightmare was first discovered by a group of donkey friends who were hiking in the wild mountains, halfway up the mountain. Later, the exploration team saw it again at the top of the mountain in this forest.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happened, the nightmare beasts should be gathered in the area above the halfway point of the mountain. However, although the search area has been reduced by more than half, they still have a lot of work to do to find those nightmare beasts.

Since there are only two of us on the mission, we cannot split up to look for our teammates. If something goes wrong, we won't be able to find them at all, and we will have nowhere to turn to for help.

Halfway up the mountain, the two stopped at the same time. Lan Subing looked at the lush trees around him and asked with a worried look on his face, "How do we find this?"

In theory, Su Bei could use the Destiny Compass to find the Nightmare Beast, but the trees here are stacked up one after another, which obscures his vision. The Destiny Compass will only appear when the other party is within his field of vision, so it is not applicable in this situation.

After thinking for a while, Su Bei took out a speaker from his storage ring and handed it to Lan Subing: "Try it with the speaker."

They didn't need to let the nightmare beasts come to them on their own initiative, they just needed to make them move and make noises so that people could determine their specific location. Su Bei felt that this operation would not consume too much mental energy for the Word Spirit.

But Lan Subing obviously didn't think so. She shook her head and said, "If we want to use this method to make the nightmare beasts make noises that we can hear, then we must reduce the range of the power. And if that's the case, if we want to patrol the entire mountain, then I'm afraid you'll have to destroy them all by yourself."

It's not that she will be completely out of mental power after finishing these. In fact, she will still have at least half of it left. But the problem is that she is not only doing this one task today. Lan Subing does not have high-level mental power, so her mental power recovers very slowly. This is only the first task of the day, and she must leave at least more than half of her mental power to last a whole day.

"It doesn't matter, just look for it." Su Bei was very efficient, and he needed to use the free time to supplement his knowledge. He couldn't take out his math book to review while looking for the nightmare beast. So it was better to find it as soon as possible and not waste time.

Moreover, he did not have the same troubles as Lan Subing. His high-level mental power recovered quickly. In addition, they only destroyed low-level nightmare beasts, which did not consume much mental power themselves.

Seeing that he had said so, Lan Subing naturally had no objection and directly raised the loudspeaker to use her supernatural power: "Nightmare Beast Action, Nightmare Beast Action, Nightmare Beast Action"... "

The two of them climbed up while using their special powers. When they were still 1/4 of the distance to the top of the mountain, they finally heard some movement.

Su Bei followed the movement and saw sixteen low-level nightmare beasts. These were sixteen wild boar-like nightmare beasts, and they were obviously not very strong. However, they all had stone-like armor on their bodies, and their defensive power seemed to be very outstanding.

I don't know if it's because they are from the same species and are out looking for something together, but they are quite tacit. Sixteen wild boars came together to besiege Su Bei, surrounding him completely and not giving him any chance to escape.

If it were an ordinary psychic, he might really be defeated here. But how could Su Bei be defeated by them? He first attacked with ordinary gears, but the power of those gears was obviously not enough to penetrate the armor.

But this did not pose a problem for Su Bei. He used the skill "Hit Gear" he had acquired earlier and successfully determined that the weakness of these nightmare pigs was in the tiny gap at their necks.

Once the weakness was identified, the rest was easy. With Su Bei's precise control of the gears, even though the gap was very thin, he could still easily make the gears hit the Nightmare Pig's neck accurately.

“Puff, puff, puff!”

Several streams of blood sprayed in the air, and soon, the sixteen nightmare pigs fell to the ground one after another. However, there was not even a trace of blood on Su Bei's body, and he looked as clean as a passerby who had just come to the crime scene.

After picking out a few nightmare pigs that looked like they would taste good when roasted and storing them in his storage ring, Su Bei slowly walked back. In order to prevent Lan Subing from being attacked, he was the only one who came here.

The two met, and Su Bei made an "OK" gesture: "Mission accomplished, continue."

Although they had already killed sixteen nightmare beasts, they still had to patrol the entire mountain patiently to prevent any escapees or another wave of nightmare beasts from appearing.

As we explored along the way, we found a few fish that had escaped the net. By the time we finished killing them all and were about to go down the mountain, two hours had already passed.

On the way down the mountain, Lan Subing felt relaxed and relieved. Her brain had been fully stimulated and awakened, so she had time to think about other things. "Speaking of which, Su Bei, why have you been reading math books lately?"

Faced with this question, Su Bei naturally gave a standard answer: "Because I want to go to university in the future."

But Lan Subing was not so easily fooled: "But you didn't mean that before."

Su Bei replied calmly, "I was still adapting to the supernatural world last semester, so it was hard to review. In the first half of this semester, there was pressure from the three-school competition, so it was not a good time to prepare. Now that everything has been settled, I should naturally start preparing for the rainy day."

"But you seem very anxious. If I didn't know you, I would think you were going to drop out of school and go to college." Lan Subing complained in a low voice.

This question was not easy to answer, so Su Bei started to talk nonsense: "I'm not in a hurry, I just want to kill you."

Lan Subing: “…”

She was speechless for a moment, then she said sincerely: "Then you succeeded. I saw Zhaohua and Xiaohuang also secretly reading textbooks after class."

Su Bei: "..."

This time it was Su Bei's turn to be speechless. He had been concentrating on learning knowledge during this period and had not paid attention to this point. Hearing Lan Subing say this, he was really incredulous: "Their desire to win... Will these two really go to college?"

You have to know that they are all children of superpower families. Although Qi Huang's family is much smaller, most of his close relatives are superpowers. Such children are usually educated to understand the superpower world from a young age, and they also call themselves future superpowers. They don't care much about the world of ordinary people, and naturally have no obsession with going to college.

Moreover, even if their families did not object to them going to college, they would not let them miss the opportunity to complete their missions and make connections in the supernatural world because of college. And if they wanted to have both, it would consume too much energy.

Lan Subing shrugged. She also planned to go to college, so she accepted it well: "Maybe it's true."

Thinking of the real content under the cover of his math book, Su Bei couldn't help but shudder. Don't let them both get into college, while he fails because he didn't study at all.

Don't do that!

When Su Bei returned to the car that had been waiting outside to continue reading after completing the mission, Lan Subing suddenly tugged at his clothes in surprise: "Hurry up and read the news! The government knows what the Nightmare Beast is looking for!"

The "news" she refers to is news about superpowers, which usually updates the latest developments in the superpower world on the official website.

After hearing what Lan Subing said, Su Bei went over to take a look. Sure enough, the topmost board at this time had the relevant title - "Why do Nightmare Beasts frequently riot: Don't pick up stones on the roadside."

I clicked in and saw a bunch of nonsense literature at the beginning. It first talked about the recent phenomenon, then posted a lot of recent complaints from people with special abilities. Finally, it repeated the title question three or four times in various ways. After it had accumulated a thousand words, it finally started to answer the question.

In short, it seems that the rare "Life Stone" on the ground was dug out by someone unknown, and the Nightmare Beasts sensed this aura and naturally swarmed out.

After reading this explanation, Lan Subing was a little confused: "What is the Life Stone?"

"It's a prop unique to the Nightmare Beast world. It can improve the quality of new Nightmare Beasts." Su Bei's hand unconsciously touched his chest, where there was a Life Stone that turned into a gear.

"It can improve the quality of nightmare beasts." Lan Subing's eyes widened in surprise. She had never known there was such a thing. No wonder the nightmare beasts were so crazy. This item was indeed very useful.

But she soon realized the loophole in the conversation and asked in confusion: "Isn't it said that this kind of life stone is only in the nightmare world? Why can it be found in our world?"

Su Bei shrugged: "It's not like the Life Stone can't be taken out."

However, a Life Stone that could cause so many Nightmare Beasts to riot must be a very large piece. I don’t know how the other party was able to take such a large piece of Life Stone out of the Nightmare Beast world.

But now that the Life Stone has suddenly been exposed, I'm afraid the person who took it out of the Nightmare World is no longer here.

"You are quite knowledgeable and talented, young man. You have lived up to all the books you have read." The driver who heard their conversation in the driver's seat praised, "Whether this life is useful to mankind or not, I also want to improve the quality of my son's life."

Su Bei twitched his lips: "It only works on nightmare beasts."

Of course, it is not completely useless to humans. For example, the fragment of Life Stone in Su Bei's hand can help him replenish his vitality in extreme situations. However, this is only the function of the fragment. As the saying goes, if humans want to use a larger Life Stone, they will be backfired.

This is the information Su Bei got from the intelligence of the "Destiny" organization. At that time, a man accidentally found a guarded life stone in the nightmare world. Because there were powerful nightmares all around, he couldn't escape. So he wanted to absorb the life stone directly, increase his strength and force his way out.

As a result, he was unable to control the amount of energy he absorbed, and he exploded because of too much vitality. As for how the whistleblower knew this information, the other party did not say it, but he left such information in the organization's intelligence database.

It is worth mentioning that because the Life Stone itself is extremely hard, it cannot be cut by tools. The Life Stone fragment that Su Bei got is a very rare natural fall-off. It is for this reason that it can be absorbed by humans.

Hearing this, the driver Fu immediately showed a disappointed expression. However, Lan Subing suddenly remembered something after being reminded by him: "By the way, Su Bei, where did you get the information about the Life Stone? I will also learn about it when I go back."

"You know." Su Bei put on a polite smile, "My sources of information are always amazing."

Lan Subing understood that this was what she couldn't tell him. She curled her lips helplessly and said, "So the next step is to find this stone and return it to the nightmare beasts, and the problem will be solved, right?"

"Not necessarily." Su Bei shook his head. "Let's not talk about how hard it is to find a stone in the entire country. Just think about finding something. Do you think the government will return it to you?"

Hearing him say this, Lan Subing was a little surprised: "No way?"

But she immediately responded: "You're right, that's something that can improve the quality of Nightmare Beasts, how can we return it?"

It would have been fine if they couldn't get it before, but now it's on their territory, and returning it would be aiding the enemy! As for the Nightmare Beast being angry, let it be angry, since they have been in a life-and-death relationship anyway.

Su Bei nodded: "But no matter what, as long as they can find the Life Stone, we will be liberated."

After they find it, the Nightmare Beasts will not search as widely as they do now, but will only carry out special blasting at the storage location of the Life Stone. How to resist is the government's job, and they will not be allowed to participate in it.

"I have a question. If the Nightmare Beasts really attack the supernatural government for the Life Stone, can they resist it?" Lan Subing suddenly asked a crucial question.

This is a good question. Su Bei fell silent. Normally, he should have confidence in the government, but this is a comic book world. God knows whether the author will let the government down in order to let the protagonists go to the battlefield.

In the end, it was the driver who spoke first: "Kids, you should have some faith in the government. It has held up so many times before, how could it fail this time? If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. This is a problem you should consider in two years."

After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh: "You're only in the first year of high school, you're really amazing. When I was in the first year of high school, I couldn't even beat a low-level nightmare beast."

This remark not only dispelled Lan Subing's concerns, but also aroused her curiosity. She was very curious about what special abilities the driver had, but was too embarrassed to talk to a stranger, so she had to signal Su Bei to ask.

But how could Su Bei understand what she wanted to ask? The two of them stared at each other for a long time. After making faces and making hand gestures, Su Bei finally understood what she meant by guessing. He asked speechlessly, "Master, what is your special ability?"

However, Lan Subing looked at the driver anxiously, waved her hands, and mouthed the word "euphemistic".

This time, Su Beifuzhi understood what she meant, and added to the driver: "Of course, you don't have to say it if you don't want to. I just asked casually."

After saying that, he looked at Lan Subing and raised his eyebrows, as if to say, "Are you satisfied now?" Lan Subing was indeed satisfied, and she leaned back in her chair contentedly, waiting for the driver's answer.

"Hahaha, there's nothing to hide about this." The driver laughed cheerfully, "My special ability is [Smooth Driving], which allows me to drive any vehicle smoothly."

The two were surprised. They had never heard of such a superpower. But that was how the superpower world worked. Powerful superpowers always ended up in the same place, but low-level superpowers could be interestingly diverse. For a superpower like [Smooth Driving], it was hard to even classify it.

Seeing their surprise, the driver said while driving: "Don't underestimate this ability. Not only can I drive cars, motorcycles, trucks and other common vehicles, I can also drive trains, airplanes and subways. Not only that, even if you bring me a pig, as long as you put the reins on it, I can drive it smoothly!"

"The Holy Body of the Innate Driver." Lan Subing commented in a low voice.

Although she was teasing, her eyes were full of admiration. You know, if the driver can say that, he must have personally experienced those types of driving before he is sure that his special ability can drive them.

Even though his abilities are not that strong, he is not discouraged at all and works hard to experiment, making the most of his abilities. This mentality and action are really admirable.

Su Bei almost couldn't hold back his laughter when she said that. He covered it up with a cough and then clapped his hands: "It's indeed a very useful ability."

Apart from other things, it was at least much more useful than his [Gear Transformation]. In particular, he could tame mounts, which was equivalent to an all-round driver and a tamer. Su Bei even felt that it was a waste of talent for this driver to only be used to pick them up.

But I think it was because the situation was quite urgent during that period, otherwise there would be people vying for a driver like this, and he definitely would not be a professional taxi driver.

Such a frank performance made the driver feel a little embarrassed. As a driver, he was used to seeing all kinds of people. He could still tell whether the other party was sincere or shady.

In the past, he often encountered people with special abilities who looked down on him when they heard that his special abilities had no combat capabilities. But he did not expect that today, the two passengers in the car did not look down on him at all.

"It's not as powerful as you think. After all, I can't rely on this ability to fight nightmare beasts." He was just trying to be humble, but when he said this, he sighed with real emotion, "The main task of a psychic is to destroy nightmare beasts."

When he first discovered that he had superpowers, why didn't he have the imaginary and passionate idea of ​​using his superpowers to kill everyone and save the world? However, the reality is very cruel. Geniuses are always a minority, and he is obviously not one of them.

"No, assisting in the battle is also fighting against the Nightmare Beast." Lan Subing rarely broke through the limits of social phobia and seriously retorted, "You are willing to stay here to help, which means you are fighting side by side with us."

In fact, choosing to stay in the supernatural world with weak supernatural powers is a manifestation of courage. Although the salary in the supernatural world is high, the salary of supernatural people outside will not be low as long as they have the right professional skills.

With supernatural powers like a driver, even if he leaves the supernatural world, there will definitely be many big bosses vying for him with high salaries. But he chose to take the risk of being attacked by nightmare beasts and accept the government job. Just like Lan Subing said, they are indeed fighting side by side.

Lan Subing's words seemed to bring a force that lifted the driver's depressed mood. Before he could say anything, the three people's mobile phones simultaneously sent out a message alert.

“Ding Dong!”

"Again!" Su Bei knew it was a task reminder without even looking. He leaned back heavily and looked at Lan Subing, "Do you have any spiritual chicken soup that can soothe my current mood?"

Lan Subing also looked half dead, with a mask of pain on her face: "Who will come to comfort me first?"