Chapter 241
However, the words that Su Bei reminded Officer Zhou immediately afterwards left readers confused. Some people were wondering why Officer Zhou was allowed to go when the crisis had been resolved. Some people were praising him for being a good kid. And some people thought he was a little ooc for reminding others.
Seeing these comments, Su Bei was not angry at all, but very satisfied. This was his deliberate design of the character, and the fact that readers believed in it could only mean that he was very successful.
As the saying goes, if you put down your butcher knife, you will become a Buddha. A purely good person character will only add shackles to yourself. Doing good things is what you should do, and if you don't do it, you will be criticized. And a half-bad person character like him can be praised for doing some good things occasionally.
It is true that this is a very distorted idea, but Su Bei does not mind making full use of it. Since you cannot change the readers, then just follow the readers.
As for the issue of ooc characters raised by some readers, he gave an explanation later. If nothing unexpected happens, the author will probably upload it, so Su Bei is not worried.
The story of the comic is still going on. Although the ancestors were completely wiped out, the whole village still lost their lives. When everyone felt confused and thought that there was a problem with the intelligence and the ancestors were successfully resurrected, Zhou Min's appearance answered everyone's doubts.
The readers were all shocked. No one had expected that Zhou Min could actually get a big advantage, using this terminally ill body to continue the effect of the life magic circle, absorbing the spiritual power of the entire village, and becoming the biggest winner of this conspiracy.
Facing such a little girl whose previous story was quite tragic, readers did not have any conspiracy theories, but only felt that she was extremely lucky. Although her relatives were dead, from their previous performance, it was clear that their relationship with Zhou Min was not good. So for Zhou Min, this incident was almost all good things.
At night, when Su Bei was sleeping, Jiang Tianming and others were busy cleaning up the mess. Although the villagers of Changsheng Village were already dead, they still had to check carefully to see if there were still people like Zhou Min.
Secondly, the bodies need to be collected. It is obviously not a good idea to let them lie at home like this. At least the bodies should be gathered together and cremated when the staff from the supernatural government come.
After seeing this scene in the comic, Su Bei suddenly realized what was going on. He said that when they woke up the next morning, they all had dark circles under their eyes. At that time, he thought they had insomnia because they felt guilty about the death of the whole village. It turned out that they had worked as laborers at night.
Looking at the busy scenes in the comics, and thinking that he was sleeping in the next room at that moment, Su Bei couldn't help but raise his lips, and then coughed lightly to cover up his schadenfreude.
The reason why Su Bei reminded Officer Zhou was indeed drawn into the comic by the author. No one is more worried about popular characters being ooc than a normal author. After all, when the fans rush to attack, it will definitely not be the characters, but the author.
The ending of the comic was as good as always, and through his prophecy, he hinted to the readers that something bad was going to happen in the next chapter. Amid the wailing of the bullet screen, Su Bei closed this chapter and refreshed it several times, but surprisingly did not see any new content.
Although I did not hear the "manga consciousness" prompt sound, the question is how could this happen? They have all returned from the danger, why hasn't the manga been updated yet?
Su Bei was a little confused, but he understood and felt relieved in a flash. They had brought back the Life Stone, and this incident was almost completely over. However, there were definitely some follow-ups to be explained, such as whether Zhou Min had superpowers, how the Nightmare Beast would react to the Life Stone being taken away by the government, etc., so it didn't end immediately.
After thinking about it, even though he couldn't read the two comics together, he still chose to open the forum first to take a look at the latest updates from readers.
Because this time it didn't involve the main plot, everyone didn't have any deeper discussions, most of them were just discussing the plot. Su Bei randomly clicked on one that was related to him and had some interest in it.
"I'm curious about what Su Bei knew in advance"
[Leeuwenhoek is also No. 0: It is obvious that Su Bei had seen many things in advance, so he was able to lead step by step. I summarized all the hints and explicit hints he made in advance. If there is anything missing, you can help to fill it in. The main purpose is to use these plots to reversely speculate what Su Bei saw with the [Gear of Destiny]. 】
[No.1: The OP has said something I have always been curious about. Feng Lan can usually tell the prophecies he sees directly, but Su Bei can only judge based on his behavior.]
No.2: Squat
No.3: Squat
[No.4: Curiosity +1]
[No.5: The host is so free, I like it so much]
【No.6 replied to No.5:
Hahahahahahahahahahaha]
【……】
Leeuwenhoek is also No. 15: I am back!
1. The name of Changsheng Village in Subei is very interesting.
2. The Longevity Village in Northern Jiangsu
3. Su Bei's inexplicable concern for Zhou Min
4. Su Bei returned early when purchasing cinnabar
5. Su Bei knew that the true body of his ancestors was hidden in the Life Stone
6. Let Officer Zhou leave early
7. At the end, Su Bei reminded everyone to leave as soon as possible (this should be what he just saw, judging from his reaction, so I won’t study it)
My guess is that he already knew that the Life Stone was in Changsheng Village, and it is very likely... Well, in fact, it seems to me that he already knew the whole story, otherwise how could he be involved from beginning to end?]
[No.16: After reading the author’s summary, I realized that Subei is still too comprehensive]
[No.17: Now that I think about it, he really hinted at a lot from the beginning to the end!]
[Ni.18: If Jiang Jiang had asked him directly at the beginning, would he have been able to take the Life Stone back to the academy a long time ago?]
【No.19 replied to No.18:
But the problem is that even if you ask Su Bei, he will definitely not tell you. I suspect he enjoys the pleasure of being a secret teller.]
【No.20 replied to No.19:
You have some bad intentions.
[No.21: Su Bei, you are a black-hearted little fox]
【……】
[No.77: Su Bei definitely didn’t know everything at the beginning. He also took steps to investigate the case.]
[No.78: I suspect that Su Bei can actually know the content of the next node in advance every time he reaches a node, but he cannot know the entire plot in one go]
【No.79 replied to No.78:
You are definitely wrong. Su Bei clearly knew about the existence of the Life Stone from the beginning. The Life Stone should be a very later node.]
[No.80: Is it possible that he can only see some key things, such as the life stone in the village, or that Zhou Min's fate is different from others?]
[No.81: What the above person said is the most likely one I have seen so far]
【……】
[No.151: To be honest, I have always suspected that Su Bei's ability is not the "gear of fate" at all, but the real "fate". Otherwise, how can he know so much every time? Only the purest fate-related ability can have such great power.]
【No.152 replied to No.151:
I think so too, he is really too strong]
[No.153: If this is true, then Su Bei has been lying all along. He first said his ability was [gear], then he said it was [gear of fate], and finally it was [fate]. He is just playing Candy Crush here.]
【No.154 replied to No.153:
Hahahahahaha Candy Crush Hahahahahahaha]
[No.155: Perhaps Su Bei's ability has also changed without our knowledge, just like Xiao Yu and the class leader's.]
[No.156: When will the old thief announce the official book of Subei]
【No.157 replied to No.156:
The most logical floor in the entire building】
The previous content was just for fun, but when he saw someone guessing that his real superpower was [Destiny] a few floors later, Su Bei finally perked up a little.
In the beginning, he set his ability to [Gear of Destiny] in order to make it fit his original ability [Gear] and allow this ability to change as quickly and reasonably as possible.
After all, at that time he was just a nameless character in the comics, and a passerby in Class F. Even if he boasted that he had some powerful supernatural powers, readers might not believe him, and the author might even not draw him in the comics.
Therefore, the ability that he wants to change must be related to his original ability, so that he can design it more ingeniously.
He did not make further changes afterwards because, firstly, his current ability was enough. The [Gear of Destiny] ability itself was very powerful and did not need to be changed. Secondly, his character was already deeply rooted in people's minds. Everyone knew that his ability was [Gear of Destiny] and it would be very difficult to change this impression. He did not need to bother with this.
But now it seems that readers are quite accepting of his ability change.
If [Destiny Gear] evolves into [Destiny], it will definitely be beneficial to Su Bei. The purer the supernatural power is, the more powerful it is. For example, Feng Lan's awakened [Prophecy] made him the head of the Feng family.
Wu Ming's [Earth Element] is also very powerful. Although the strength of this power mainly depends on the elemental concentration of the power user himself, this pure power can be transformed into various forms of the same type of power, such as earth walls, earth escape, and even earthquakes... This point alone is very powerful.
No one in the history of the supernatural world has awakened the [Destiny] supernatural power, so Su Bei doesn't know what new abilities he will have if he really changes. But what is certain is that the original ability will not disappear, at most it will only evolve, so the benefits must outweigh the disadvantages.
But he had more important tasks to do, and changing his abilities was not a big deal. As he said before, [Destiny Gear] was enough for him now, and there was no need to change it for the time being.
Besides, it was difficult to convince readers that his ability was destiny, and she couldn't think of a good way to reveal this. If she wasted time on this, it would be like throwing away the big picture.
It is better to try to find a way to destroy the Nightmare Beast first. Su Bei has a hunch that the time for him to achieve this goal is coming soon.
This is not nonsense. You have to know that a life stone that is very important to the Nightmare Beast is now in the hands of the government. In addition, both sides have long-cherished wishes. Su Bei does not believe that they will swallow their anger.
As long as the Nightmare Beast causes trouble next time and gets humans excited, he can take the opportunity to give them hope of completely destroying the Nightmare Beast.
After refreshing the forum interface, another interesting post caught Su Bei's eye: "Su Bei pursues [human immortality]"
Sure enough, there were people discussing it, which was worth his revealing the information.
[Master of Debate No. 0: This plot left me confused. How could such a lofty goal as "human immortality" come out of Su Bei's mouth?
OK, just kidding. Although Su Bei doesn't look like a kind-hearted man who wants to save all sentient beings, it is possible that he has a lofty ideal. It's just that "human immortality" always sounds a bit strange, and the specific direction is not so clear.
Does he hope that humans can live longer like the villagers of Changsheng Village, or does he hope that humans can live forever?】
[No.1: Indeed, I was also shocked by what I saw]
[No.2: Perhaps if you understand this, you can understand the mystery of northern Jiangsu]
[No.3: I don’t quite understand. Su Bei wants to achieve human immortality with the Life Stone]
【No.4 replied to No.3:
How big a life stone would that be?】
[No.5: I am more curious about another question. Has he come into contact with the Life Stone before? Otherwise, how does he know its function?]
[No.6: The Life Stone is not only found in the Nightmare World, but is also guarded by a bunch of high-level Nightmare Worlds. It is impossible for ordinary people to get access to it. Su Bei’s source of information is indeed very strange.]
[No.7: After all, this is northern Jiangsu, so everything is reasonable]
【……】
[No.31: I think what the original poster said is wrong. Su Bei may be pursuing the immortality of the human race, not in the sense of longevity]
【Debate Master No.32 replied to No.31:
This is indeed a possibility I didn't think of, but why are you so sure that this is the possibility?]
【No.33 replied to No.32:
If all he wanted was to extend human lifespan, Su Bei would have taken the Life Stone for himself and used it for research. But he obviously didn't have that intention...
To be honest, I don't really understand what he wants to do. If he hadn't said that he was pursuing human immortality, I would definitely not have thought of this. 】
【No.34 replied to No.33:
I don’t understand either. If he wants to pursue human immortality, shouldn’t he do something with the Life Stone? Why does he do nothing?】
【……】
[No.78: Has no one studied why Su Bei has such a goal? How can a 15 or 16-year-old child have such a big ideal?]
【No.79 replied to No.78:
He has too many secrets, not even this one.]
【No.80 replied to No.78:
If studying this problem is equivalent to studying a quadratic equation, then we are probably at the stage where we haven’t learned multiplication yet…】
[No.81: No matter what, at least this time we can be sure that Su Bei must be a good person. With such a goal, how could he be a bad person?]
[No.82: Hey, the person above, that's not necessarily true. The boss of the "Black Flash" organization still wants to turn Nightmare back into a human. Isn't he a complete villain?]
【No.83 replied to No.82:
That’s right, and it’s easy to go astray when it comes to immortality in comics.]
[No.84: Su Bei should be a character who is both good and evil. He has never done anything bad, but if you say he is a good person, no one will agree. A very magical character]
[No.85: I saved Officer Zhou in this chapter! He is definitely a good man!]
【No.86 replied to No.85:
You rescued someone because Officer Zhou led him to find the Life Stone.]
【No.87 replied to No.86:
It is even better to repay a favor!】
【No.88: You northern chefs...】
[No.89: OK, OK, OK, I believe it, Su Bei’s “Alien King” is the best person!]
[No.90: Su Bei saves people, Su Bei is good. Jiang Jiang kills bad guys, Jiang Jiang is good. Ling You assists, Ling You is good. Li Shu helps, Li Shu is good. The old thief draws comics, the old thief is bad]
【No.91 replied to No.90:
The master of clear soup!】
【……】
[No.152: Am I the only one who thinks "human immortality" sounds worth discussing? Just like the boss of the mechanical processing factory I met before, he is also pursuing something similar to human immortality, except that he wants to turn all humans into robots to achieve the goal of immortality.
At least in my understanding, it is impossible for humans to truly achieve immortality. If you want to achieve this, you will definitely lose something, such as your real life. Isn't there a TV show where people are turned into puppets to make them immortal?
I don’t think Su Bei thinks the same way.】
[No.153: You upstairs made me a little scared when I think about it]
[No.154: I was saying that Su Bei’s character is obviously a villain! This goal is so exciting!]
【No.155 replied to No.154:
Come on, don’t do that!】
【No.156 replied to No.154:
Oh my god, the protagonist group can't reduce any more members. Su Bei's character is not that of a pure villain, and Lao Ze has already designed so many characters who become villains because of their dreams. If Su Bei is also like this, it will fall into the cliché.】
[No.157: The word "immortality" is indeed easy to give people a bad feeling]
[No.158: I hope Su Bei doesn’t do anything bad for Changsheng. If he does that, he will most likely die in the comic world!]
【……】
[No.206 replied to No.78: I suddenly remembered that in "Superpower King", the characters' goals are usually related to their superpowers, and Su Bei's superpower is "Destiny Gear". You said, is it possible that he saw something in the future? To be frank, he saw the extinction of mankind in the future, so he wanted to pursue human immortality.]
【No.207 replied to No.206:
!】
【No.208 replied to No.206:
It’s really possible!】
【No.209 replied to No.206:
It is known that Su Bei's superpowers were not awakened when he was attending the "Infinite Superpower Academy", but awakened long ago. It is possible that he really had this goal in mind long ago.]
[No.210: Do you remember that someone said before that the world view of "Superpowers Are Kings" is a bit unreasonable, that the number of nightmare beasts will only increase, and far exceed the number of superpowers. According to this setting, the world will be occupied by nightmare beasts sooner or later. Is it possible that Su Bei saw this scene and worked hard to change it?]
[No.211: You convinced me upstairs]
[No.212: Wow, this is becoming more and more reasonable]
[No.213: If it is true what the above people said, then I would like to call Su Bei the best person in "Alien King"!]
【No.214: Hahahahahahaha you guys have really wild imaginations】
【No.215 replied to No.214:
Su Bei: What are you doing to me? Are you still talking about me?】
After seeing that someone actually guessed what he meant after reading the post, even Su Bei couldn't help but be surprised and marvel at the keenness of comic readers.
So the real situation is not exactly what he guessed, but it can indeed be understood this way. He was forced to pursue human immortality because he saw the text and images conveyed to him by the "comic consciousness".
It's good to have a big imagination. Since someone has guessed the truth, things will be easy. Next, he just needs to release the method of destroying the nightmare beast, and there will be great scholars in the forum to defend him.
After watching the forum, Su Bei finally felt a little sleepy. He went out to have lunch and then took a nap. Then he was woken up by Jiang Tianming and went to Meng Huai's office to be scolded.
Subei: Bad luck!
No matter what they did outside, they would only be scolded when they returned to school. Meng Huai sneered at them and said, "You have all grown up. Have you discovered something so dangerous in the village? You didn't even report it to the academy immediately. You want to be a hero and you want to die. If I had come a little later, you would be four corpses now!"
If he hadn't been worried about something happening to the students and hadn't followed the government's arrangement and gone with them, but had rushed to the scene before the government, Jiang Tianming and the others would probably be in real danger now.
After all, they had just killed a high-level nightmare beast, so the new wave would not underestimate them. In addition, the mental strength of Su Bei and others had been almost exhausted at that time. If the nightmare beasts were serious, they would be killed instantly.
"I'm sorry, teacher. We were too careless." Knowing he was wrong, Jiang Tianming didn't argue but bowed his head and apologized honestly.
If he had known that the original seal would not last long enough for them to complete the new seal, he should have informed the government as soon as he found the Life Stone. He did not choose to take the risk himself because he was worried that the government's intervention would cause a scare and allow the Nightmare to arrive early.
Although Jiang Tianming is used to doing things on his own, he is not the kind of person who would be reckless and insist on being a lone wolf. This time, it was mainly due to information bias that caused the problem.
His swift apology helped Meng Huai calm down a bit. Seeing this, the other three also criticized themselves very discerningly. Whether they were convinced or not was another matter. Anyway, they were not the kind of people who would argue with the teacher at this time.
Seeing that they all apologized, Meng Huai turned his attention to Su Bei: "There is one thing I am curious about, Su Bei, why did you fool around with them?"