Chapter 252
"Don't be so nervous. In fact, our goal is the same as yours. We all hope that the Nightmare Beast can disappear completely. Now that the war has broken out, as fellow human beings we must of course do our part." When he said this, his expression still maintained the playfulness from just now, so that the words that came out of his mouth did not sound credible at all, and were full of nonsense.
How could the "Black Flash" organization be so kind? We have hardly heard that they have ever destroyed any nightmare beasts, but they have made great achievements in persecuting people with special abilities.
However, Su Bei believed it. He was playing such a character himself, so he could naturally distinguish what was a joke and what was the truth behind the joke. Cyril was joking and sarcastic on the surface, but what he said was very serious. In addition, the goal of the "Black Flash" organization was indeed to completely eliminate the Nightmare Beast, so Su Bei chose to believe him.
However, only a few people believed him. Like most people, the commander naturally did not believe what Cyril said. But he did not dare to confront him. After all, judging from the strength Cyril and the other two had just shown, it would be a piece of cake to deal with them.
She moved her lips and finally said in a slow tone: "Thank you so much, but since the nightmare beasts here have been almost wiped out by you, can you change cities..."
I didn't say all the words, but I got the point.
"Ah~ You're right, we should leave now." Cyril nodded in agreement, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the blond man changed the subject and said, "But I don't want to leave yet. We plan to stay in the city until the battle is over."
The commander was almost choking because of her intermittent words. Her expression changed from joy to anger, but she still had to control her temper: "The accommodation environment in the city is not very good. I don't know when this poisonous gas will dissipate completely."
At this point, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten something and turned her head to look inside the city. Others were also reminded by her words that they still had a big issue to resolve!
In the short time they were delayed, the blue smoke was about to reach their faces!
Cyril and Li Xiang had naturally noticed the smoke a long time ago, but just now they saw that no one cared about it, so they thought it was a natural wonder of Moyun City. Now looking at their reactions, they realized that it might be the Nightmare Beast causing trouble.
"What kind of nightmare beast is this?" Cyril asked curiously.
Li Xiang, who was standing beside him, was more knowledgeable than him and blurted out several answers: "The Mist Nightmare Beast, the Sleep Nightmare Beast, and the Poison Miasma Nightmare Beast all have related abilities. As for this one..."
He looked at everyone and said, "You should already know what kind of nightmare this is."
Judging from their performance just now, although they were flustered, they were not worried. It was clear that they were well prepared. So Li Xiang made a direct judgment.
Sure enough, Jiang Tianming replied: "It's the Sleep Nightmare Beast."
At the same time, Li Xiang found that many people subconsciously looked at Su Bei. It was obvious that Su Bei was the first to find the answer. He immediately looked at Su Bei with great interest and coughed weakly: "Ahem, how do you distinguish which kind of nightmare beast this is? As far as I know, the three kinds of nightmare beasts I just mentioned have no obvious differences in ability and appearance."
The Mist Nightmare Beast is a special intermediate nightmare beast. It has no attack capability, but can create a very thick fog. People in the fog will become mentally confused, but the power is not great.
As the name suggests, the Poisonous Nightmare will release a poisonous miasma. Its ability is most similar to that of the Sleeping Nightmare, and even the reaction of humans after encountering the mist is the same, both appear to fall into a deep sleep.
However, unlike the Sleeping Nightmare, which trades its attack power for defense power, the Venomous Nightmare has a smaller range of abilities and is easier to crack. Its weaknesses are even clearly documented in the Fate organization's data. But its attack power is simply maxed out.
The poisonous swelling can kill people who come into contact with it within three hours. Even if people are moved away from the poisonous swelling, it will be useless. Only by killing the poisonous swelling nightmare beast or finding an antidote can the people infected with the poisonous swelling be cured. If you accidentally mistake the two nightmare beasts, it won't take long for Moyun City to become a dead city.
This was why Li Xiang had asked this question, because he didn't want to travel thousands of miles to save people. In the end, although the nightmare beasts were killed, most of the people were also dead.
Moreover, from the fact that Li Xiang was able to immediately determine the approximate identity of the Nightmare Beast through the smoke, it can be seen that he is indeed a knowledgeable person and is naturally very interested in knowledge that he does not know.
"The Sleeping Nightmare only moves at night." Su Bei sat on a rock, seemingly relaxed, but actually trying to adjust his breath to make his voice sound more powerful. He was not stingy in telling everyone what he had learned, "And the Venomous Nightmare generally prefers to use its abilities at dusk."
This is the only difference between the two types of nightmares before their abilities really come into play. Although the poisonous nightmare is not only able to use its abilities at dusk, its abilities are the strongest at dusk, and are greatly reduced at other times.
If there wasn't a large intelligence organization like the "Destiny" organization behind it, Su Bei would never have been able to know such secret intelligence.
As for the difference between the two, the mist of the Sleeping Nightmare will only cause sleep if inhaled, while the mist of the Poisonous Nightmare will poison the body as long as it touches the flesh. However, this point has nothing to do with this matter, so in order to save energy, he was too lazy to say more.
After finishing these words in a concise manner, he felt that he was about to pass out. Although he had recovered some of his mental strength during that period, it was not something that could be restored simply by recovering the depleted mental strength. He really needed to rest for a while to completely fill the void in his body.
"I see." Li Xiang showed a rare look of surprise, "I really didn't know about this."
Because the two sides were unfamiliar with each other, and were even on opposite sides, although he was curious, he did not ask how Su Bei knew this information. He would not be able to get the answer anyway, and now was not a good time to tear each other apart. With a powerful enemy in front of him, it was not good to cause internal strife.
As Cyril said just now, they really came here to help. The goal of the "Black Flash" organization is to completely eliminate the Nightmare Beast, and everything they do, whether good or bad, is in service of this goal.
Therefore, everyone in the organization, even though they know that what they are doing is not good, firmly believes that they are on the side of justice. Some things have to be done by someone, and the long-term security and peace of human society always requires black gloves. And they are responsible for playing the role of black gloves.
However, when such a war breaks out and the lives of a large number of people are not guaranteed, they will also stand up and join the team to protect the people. If people die, what is the point of them destroying the nightmare beast?
Although they did not come here entirely for this purpose, destroying the nightmare beast was indeed one of their goals and it was indeed what they wanted to do.
"Well, can we deal with the sleeping nightmare beasts first?" The commander couldn't help but speak as the green smoke was getting closer and closer to them. She was really afraid that all of them would fall into a deep sleep, and even if most of the nightmare beasts had been destroyed by them, it would be useless.
Jiang Tianming looked down at the "Hit Gear" in his hand. He had seen Su Bei use this ability before, so he asked with some familiarity, "Should we throw it directly into the smoke?"
"Hmm, then judge how to deal with the sleep nightmare beast based on its performance." Su Bei finished the instructions concisely, stood up and walked into the thick fog. His back was straight, and if you ignore his slightly shaky steps, he looked no different from an ordinary person.
Seeing that he was going in the wrong direction, Wu Mingbai quickly called him: "Hey, why are you walking into the fog?"
Su Bei turned around and pointed at the mask on his face: "If you have nothing to do, pay more attention to the college points mall. You can take home the 'isolation mask' that is 100% gas-proof for 299 points. You deserve it."
Class S has a lot of tasks, so the points naturally grow very fast. Su Bei has never been the type to save money, and usually spends the points immediately. After all, if you keep the money in your hand, it won't increase interest, and you can only get the maximum benefit by spending it.
In addition to exchanging a large number of invisibility charms in the points store, he almost exchanged all the redeemable items. No matter whether they are useful or not, the points are kept for consumption anyway. He bought all the props in advance just in case they can be used in the future.
Look, this is really useful.
After saying that, he chuckled and turned back to walk into the mist: "Good night."
With the protection of the mask, Su Bei braved the fog and returned to his accommodation without any problems. He was almost struggling all the way back to the hotel by willpower. Sitting on the bed, hesitating for a moment, Su Bei prepared to take off the mask and let himself inhale the fog.
Let's not talk about the harm of the Sleeping Nightmare Beast, but it has one real benefit, which is that it can really make people fall into a deep sleep. If you don't consider the danger, this kind of sleep is very good for people. Especially for people with special abilities, deep sleep can make mental strength recover faster.
Su Bei was the type of person who fell asleep quickly but had a light sleep. The slightest movement could wake him up, which was not conducive to the recovery of his mental strength. In order to get himself back to his prime as soon as possible, he planned to use the Sleep Nightmare Beast to give himself a deep sleep.
But before he could take off his mask, "Comic Consciousness" suddenly spoke up: "I suggest you take a look at the notebook of the 'Destiny' organization."
Because he knew that he was sorry for Su Bei, "Comic Consciousness" volunteered to remind him of some small things that did not affect the plot, and occasionally acted as Su Bei's assistant. This kind of reminder is very necessary. After all, Su Bei is not really omniscient and omnipotent. He may not be able to notice many small things at the first time. Sometimes the foresight is a time difference. If he can notice these details in advance, it will undoubtedly be of great help to his subsequent actions.
Hearing this, Su Bei frowned, endured the fatigue and opened the notebook, and then saw the message sent by Wu Di - "Is the method to completely eliminate the nightmare beast true?"
This sentence made him sober up. Why did Wu Di suddenly search for this question?
You have to know that the information he classified as top secret requires a lot of points to exchange.
The process of the "Destiny" organization using points to exchange for intelligence is to spend a certain amount of points before searching for a question. If the question really has an answer, then you need to exchange points for intelligence based on the level of the question. If there is no relevant intelligence, members can directly get points to publish tasks.
But regardless of whether there is data in the intelligence database of "Destiny", the points spent on searching for the problem are non-refundable, and the points are not small. Therefore, ordinary people will not search for nothing, and Wu Di must have known something to come to "Destiny" to search for related problems.
After thinking for a moment, he gave a positive answer. If nothing unexpected happens, the next comic will be updated soon. By then, the plot he had arranged before will become a foregone conclusion, and the method of completely destroying the nightmare beast will become a reality. Therefore, there is nothing he can't say.
After I answered, he asked casually, "Why do you suddenly ask this question?"
Wu Di soon showed up. He knew his identity was no secret to the leader of the organization, so he had no intention of hiding it. "A student accidentally learned a way to completely eliminate the Nightmare Beast. I had never heard of it before, so I looked it up."
Is it Jiang Tianming? Su Bei thought uncertainly, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with a tissue. If it was really him, then this guy was cautious enough to even secretly tell the principal about it.
Looking at the tissue soaked with sweat, Su Bei gave a bitter smile, feeling a moment of fear in his heart. If it weren't for someone keeping a hand and filing this intelligence in the intelligence database of the "Destiny" organization in advance, then when Wu Di didn't find the relevant content in the organization, he would probably verify this intelligence in other ways. Once the news was verified to be false, Su Bei would be in big trouble.
Let’s not talk about whether Wu Di can find out that he was the one who planned everything. Let’s just say that the author wants Su Bei offline now. Originally, he was concentrating on dealing with the internal troubles of “the author’s troubles” after solving the external troubles and “saving the world”. But if the external troubles cannot be solved smoothly, then the internal troubles will be even more difficult to solve.
Fortunately, he didn't reveal any flaws, and everything will be settled soon. Then there will be no problem for Wu Di to investigate again.
When he woke up, Su Bei felt the long-lost comfort. Normally, sleeping too long would make one exhausted, but because this was the ability of the Sleeping Nightmare Beast, this would not be a problem.
From this perspective, the Sleeping Nightmare is truly a treasure.
When he walked out of the room, it was already noisy outside again. Of course, it made no difference to Su Bei. When he fell asleep, it was night, so it should have been quiet. When he woke up, it was daytime, so it was normal for it to be noisy.
Although he was well aware that there was a whole day in between, he did not perceive that day. To Su Bei, it was just two very comfortable nights of falling asleep and waking up.
And after two nights of rest, his mental strength has almost recovered. In fact, it should be enough to recover all the mental strength in such a long time, but mental strength depletion is not a simple mental strength consumption. Assuming that it takes an hour to recover after using 50% of the mental strength, then it will take more than two hours to recover after using 90-99% of the mental strength.
After stretching, Su Bei heard the announcement from "Comic Awareness". As he expected, the next chapter of the comic had been updated while he was asleep.
But this is not the point. The point is: "Has the method of completely eliminating the Nightmare Beast been implemented?"
"It's done!" The joy in the voice of "Comic Consciousness" was obvious. "The author will take the initiative to design the relevant plot next. You basically don't have to worry about this. Just protect yourself."
Talking about this, Su Bei's expression inevitably darkened again. He was still trying to find a way to prevent himself from dying, which was a little funny.
However, he has thought about how to deal with it these days. In addition to countering the situation with countermeasures, there is another way to solve the problem once and for all: "If I drop out now and never show up again before the main storyline is completely concluded, is it also offline in another sense? Will the author let me go?"
This choice was not a last resort for him, but a better choice. The reason why Su Bei was willing to enroll in the "Endless Power Academy" was just to get a power license.
Now he only needs to ask for a permit, and his abilities have been greatly enhanced, so he can leave the academy and go to a regular school. It just so happens that he is not even 16 years old now, so if he goes to a regular school, it is only one year late, and it will not delay him at all.
Just when Su Bei was getting more and more excited and wanted to drop out of school immediately, the "comic consciousness" ruthlessly broke his fantasy: "Have you forgotten your identity as a cannon fodder passerby?"
As soon as these words came out, Su Bei's long-lost memories suddenly resurfaced in his mind. Yes, when he first knew that he was a cannon fodder in the comic "Superpower King", he proposed to leave the academy directly and avoid the plot so that he would not die.
At that time, the answer given to him by "comic consciousness" was that because he was a cannon fodder, he would carry a fatal debuff on him until the comic was completely finished.
This was one of the reasons why he tried to stay in the academy and participate in the plot. After all, he couldn't run away, so of course he had to stay.
But after all, that was the best solution. Su Bei still wanted to fight: "But I already have a good popularity now. You also said before that the author needs to pay attention to logic. He shouldn't let me die easily."
"Do you think it's logical for you to suddenly go offline?" "Comic Consciousness" gave an irrefutable explanation, "If you take the initiative to leave the main plot, the author will have the final say on the subsequent plot."
In short, if he stayed here, Su Bei could deal with whatever the author wanted to do. But once he left, it would no longer be up to him to decide what the author drew.
Su Bei immediately gave up the idea of dropping out and sighed, "Forget it, I'd better stay here. Anyway, I just need to take care of myself from now on."
Just as he thought before he fell into a coma, if both internal and external troubles were there, neither problem would be easy to solve. But if one of the problems had been solved and only the other needed to be solved, it would not be so troublesome.
You should know that he still has a powerful tool to save himself, that is the forum. As long as the plot is reasonable and readers don't want him to die, the author will not force him to die.
In the case of his high popularity, this is actually not difficult to do. Except for a few extreme fans who are very keen to make the characters they promote become the kind of white moonlight who dies early, the rest of the normal fans hope that their self-promotion can get a perfect ending.
There are only two possibilities for the author to make him go offline in a reasonable way. Either he is completely labeled as a villain and he gets the death he deserves. Or, as I just said, he becomes Bai Yueguang who dies early.
So what Su Bei needs to do is to maintain his popularity and not give the author the opportunity to create these two possibilities. That is, he cannot stay on the positive side all the time, he must at least go to the negative side for a while. When there is a strong suspicion of being a villain, the author will not let him die immediately, otherwise it will be an unfinished pit. But he cannot really become a villain, then the author can reasonably let him die.
"Su Bei, you're awake!" Just after taking two steps out, Su Bei ran into Lan Subing who had come back to replenish her mental strength.
Seeing her coming over, Su Bei raised his eyebrows. He originally wanted to go back to his room to read comics, but since she was here, he could get some information from Lan Subing about what happened after he fell into a coma: "What happened after I fell asleep?"
Hearing this question, Lan Subing walked into the room with him, smiling and looking in a good mood, saying, "We used the gear you gave us and indeed found a way to deal with the Sleep Nightmare Beast."
Because there was no one in the room, she naturally talked more: "After the gear was launched by Bei Ajiang, it didn't come back for a long time. Just when we were about to give up, it suddenly fell from a high altitude, and then we could clearly see that the blue smoke at its falling track disappeared. Ajiang picked up the gear and found that there was some blue liquid on it, and the gear was particularly cold, and I didn't know where it came from. Finally, I remembered the knowledge in junior high school that gas will liquefy when it encounters low temperature, and then I figured out how to eliminate the smoke!"
At the end she felt a little proud. After all, she had defeated her two friends in terms of thinking, and anyone would be happy about that.
After listening to her, Su Bei also understood. The Sleeping Nightmare Beast was probably very afraid of low temperatures. Extremely low temperatures could liquefy the green smoke it cast into liquid, and even its body might be in trouble.
After satisfying his curiosity, Su Bei asked another more crucial question: "Will Cyril and the others stay here?"
Speaking of this, Lan Subing curled her lips and nodded: "They should really intend to stay here. They have already lived here for a day. Because the nightmare beasts had been completely wiped out before, everyone was quite relaxed yesterday. So we started to deal with their affairs. I have already contacted the outside world, and it seems that the "Black Flash" organization is indeed here to help. Not only the two of them, but also members of the "Black Flash" organization have come to support other disaster-stricken cities. The policy given by the higher-ups is to unite all the forces that can be united, so that we can treat them well and treat them with caution when the battle is about to end."
That is, they united during the war, but continued to be in opposition after the war. Su Bei could understand this approach very well, and he was concerned about another thing: "Since they really came to help, then it stands to reason that the crisis in Moyun City has been resolved, and Cyril and Li Xiang would not stay even if they were angry."