Chapter 281
It was a very suicidal behavior, but it was unexpected by Su Bei. If the protagonist group didn't cause trouble, they wouldn't be called the protagonist group. Wu Mingbai wanted to stay here secretly, which was completely unexpected and expected.
But expected doesn't mean acceptable. Mu Tieren immediately refused and said very seriously: "No, if you stay here with your teacher, your life will not be guaranteed. I will watch you and take you back."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Wu Mingbai realized that he had made a mistake. He forgot that this topic should be discussed away from the wooden iron man. If he talked about it in front of him, wouldn't that definitely not work? The squad leader attached great importance to rules.
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret now. The wooden iron man had made it clear that he was going to keep a tight watch on Wu Mingbai. Even if the others wanted to help, they had no idea where to start. Everyone gave him a helpless expression and decisively gave up helping him.
But the protagonist is the protagonist after all. Seeing that the wild way didn't work, Wu Mingbai pestered Wu Jin to contact the principal, and then obtained the principal's consent to stay openly.
No one knew how he convinced the principal, but when they learned that he could stay, everyone was shocked. Many people regretted not joining him in the fun, otherwise they might have been able to stay.
But no matter what they thought, they had to leave. The "Infinite Power Academy" was very efficient, and all the students were evacuated in just 20 minutes.
When I returned to the classroom, Meng Huai was already waiting inside. One of my friends was the team leader, and he got the news faster than other teachers, and he already knew what happened in the Nightmare World.
Seeing everyone walking into the classroom with their heads down and looking sad, he didn't say anything to comfort them, but just talked about business in a concise manner: "Except for Qi Huang, everyone else will need to retake the final exam. The exam questions will be announced in three days, so be mentally prepared in advance."
This topic really attracted everyone's attention. Everyone had a bitter look on their faces. Ai Baozhu couldn't help but say, "But we have already completed half of it."
She really wasn't exaggerating, because the five people worked very harmoniously, so the task progressed very quickly. They had already drained more than 200 nightmare beasts, which was a lot of work. So when she heard that she had to retake the exam, Ai Baozhu's reaction was particularly intense.
"If you don't complete all of it, it doesn't count." Facing Ai Baozhu's accusation, Meng Huai remained unmoved, "Wu Mingbai has completed the exam, so doesn't he need to retake it?"
When talking about this, people are a little curious: "Yes, teacher, why does he have to retake the exam too?"
Qi Huang doesn't need it, so logically speaking, Wu Mingbai shouldn't need it either.
Meng Huai replied: "Because not all candidates of the Earth Element have finished the exam, in order to facilitate scoring and ranking, all candidates of the Earth Element must retake the exam."
Poor Wu Mingbai, the others immediately lost their opinions. Even Wu Mingbai, who had already finished the exam, had to retake it, so what were they?
"Okay, you must be tired, you can leave now. We have a day off tomorrow." With a wave of his hand, Meng Huai drove everyone out of the classroom.
Everyone looked at each other, and Su Bei was the first to run away. No one stopped him this time, as everyone had their own thoughts.
After eating in the cafeteria, Su Bei returned to the dormitory and turned on his phone. He had originally planned to wait until the comics were updated twice before reading them, but since he had plenty of time now, it was okay to take a look.
As usual, the comic started when they learned about the final exams. The content of the cultural exams did not account for a large proportion. After all, this was a comic that was mainly about superpowers. In fact, Su Bei was already very surprised that there were cultural exams in college. There was a kind of logical beauty that did not fit the tone of the comics.
However, this time the author did not directly post their score sheets, but only hinted at their approximate ranking in the exam through the conversations between several people later.
"So the results of this exam are Si Zhaohua, Qi Huang, Su Bei, and Lan Subing."
“Hahahahaha, what a changing world!”
"Mr. Si is indeed number one in everything!"
"Every time I see Su Bei's good grades, I feel mixed emotions. I thought he was a delinquent."
"This time there is no Mo Xiaotian to support us, alas"
As for the next supernatural power test, Su Bei originally thought that the only highlight was the earth element test that Wu Mingbai was taking, but he didn't expect that the author also included another useful content in the comic.
[“Principal, this is too dangerous.” The Dean’s eyes flashed with coldness. “If you don’t give me a reasonable explanation, I will not agree to let the students go to the Nightmare World to complete the last final exam.”
Wu Di sat on the chair, not angry at her refusal. He was just hesitating whether to tell her the real reason.
The Dean of Studies had been working with him for a few years and could easily see through his hesitation. He immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "Don't tell me that they are about to graduate and should experience danger in advance. There is no such experience. This is the territory of the Nightmare Beasts! Even if we are well prepared, it is still very likely that the Nightmare Beasts will take advantage of us. If a student really gets into trouble in the Nightmare Beast world, who will bear the losses and the infamy?"
Students were about to graduate, and died because of their final exams. Even if they signed a life and death agreement in advance, it would not be able to offset the anger of their parents. Moreover, even if she did not consider the reputation of the academy, she did not think it was necessary to let these students go to the Nightmare World for their final exams.
Seeing her determined look, it was clear that she didn't want to give an answer. Wu Di sighed helplessly and had to tell the truth: "Well, I want to use them to test what method is most likely to remove the meteorite fragments from the Nightmare World without alerting the Nightmare."】
Sure enough, just as Su Bei thought, the "Infinite Power Academy" went to great lengths to send them to the Nightmare World for examinations, and their purpose was indeed for this.
If they sent an adult mutant to test it, the high-level nightmare beasts would definitely notice something was wrong. After all, in Su Bei's setting, the high-level nightmare beasts knew this secret.
It is much more reasonable to test students with the excuse of final exams. Although it may attract the Nightmare Beasts, it will not arouse their vigilance. It is equivalent to exchanging the safety of students for the possibility of completely eliminating the Nightmare Beasts.
Seeing this, the comments were full of discussion.
"So that's why I suddenly have to go to Nightmare World for the final exam."
“This testing method is quite smart”
"What if the student really died? We can't just sacrifice the student's life for the sake of completely destroying the nightmare beast!"
“Does a life and death agreement have legal effect?”
"I actually think it's worth it..."
The discussion of the readers will not affect the progress of the comic, and the candidates soon enter the world of nightmare beasts. In order to be fair and to add water, the author depicts the exams in several examination halls. Su Bei was not interested in other places, so he turned directly to the exam where Wu Mingbai was.
As the foreshadowing of the main plot, this section has the longest length. The author not only draws Wu Mingbai's examination process, but also draws some passers-by.
Wu understood that just as he had demonstrated at the time, he used the [Earth Element] to condense the broken lime and dust around him, and then threw them aside after they became large pieces. This method really tested his ability to do two things at once. While destroying the nightmare beast, he needed to constantly allocate a small amount of supernatural power to do this.
Other students also had very strange ways of taking the exam. Some used earth-based abilities to make armor around themselves to protect themselves, so that no dust could get close to them. This method was fine for passing the exam, but it did not help the academy's real purpose.
Among the several methods shown in the comics, there are three methods that are truly useful for removing meteorite fragments, including the ones that Wu knows.
The other two are to increase the earth's ability to absorb meteorites, allowing them to stick directly to the ground, so that they will naturally not stick to the psychics.
On the surface, this method is useless for removing meteorites. After all, letting them fall to the ground does not make them disappear. But if the earth can have a stronger ability to absorb meteorites, can other objects also have a stronger ability to absorb them?
If it is possible to completely eliminate the meteorites by traveling all over the Nightmare World, although it is troublesome and time-consuming, it is not completely undesirable.
It is worth mentioning that this is very similar to the method used by a classmate in the Special Department. The opponent's method of bleeding the Nightmare is to directly use the [Black Hole] ability to suck the Nightmare's blood dry at once, allowing the opponent to travel through the Nightmare world while keeping the ability turned on, and can also completely clear the meteorites. However, the Nightmare will hardly let them do as they wish.
The third method is to transform the dust and gravel into something else, by changing their internal structure, so that they become another species. The exam rules say that you can't let the dust and gravel get close to you, but they don't say that you can't let glass get close to you.
The way the girl in the comic solves the problem is indeed very novel. Su Bei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw it. If the meteorite fragments are converted into other minerals, does it also count as clearing the meteorite fragments?
The biggest advantage of this method is that, as long as it is done properly, they can completely replace all meteorites with other species without attracting the attention of the Nightmare Beast. At least for a long period of time, it will be difficult for the Nightmare Beast to detect the clues.
The most important thing is that Wu Mingbai can use all three methods. As someone who possesses the most essential elemental ability [Earth Element], he is a jack of all trades when it comes to things related to the Earth Element, and can mix any method into one.
Seeing that the author was seriously laying the groundwork for completely destroying the nightmare beast, Su Bei finally put his mind at ease. As long as the author was willing, it would definitely not be difficult to complete this task.
Now that the main plot of destroying the Nightmare Beast has been settled, Su Bei should consider his own problems. His main hesitation now is whether he should take the initiative to join this main plot.
There is a good way to judge whether you want to do this, that is to judge by the author's attitude. Knowing that the author does not want him to have an easy life, then he should just do whatever the author does not allow him to do.
But Su Bei couldn't tell the author's attitude in this matter. If he didn't want to get involved, the questions in the special department were obviously a bit special, and they felt related to the main plot. If he wanted to get involved, the disappearance of Jiang Tianming and others had nothing to do with him.
Let's wait until the next chapter of the comic is updated. Su Bei is not in a hurry and has no intention of opening the forum. The reader cannot find anything special in this chapter, and it has nothing to do with him, so there is no need to read it.
It was not until 11 o'clock in the evening, when Su Bei was packing up and getting ready for bed, that the reminder sound of "Comic Consciousness" rang again, and the second chapter of the comic was finally updated.
Su Bei, who was already feeling a little sleepy, woke up at that moment, leaned back on the pillow, took out his mobile phone and read comics.
The author did not waste time and started drawing directly from the moment Jiang Tianming and his companions were abducted.
Su Bei had been curious about how they managed to escape successfully when the high-level nightmare beasts were watching them. After reading the comics, he realized that it was Wu Jin's [Succubus] ability that played a big role.
He reacted extremely quickly and activated his superpower the moment he was forced to leave the protective shield. If the mental power protection is not activated in advance, the [Succubus] superpower will definitely be bewitched no matter how high the mental power is, the only difference is the duration of the bewitching.
The moment after all the nightmare beasts were charmed, Wu Jin directly used a small escape combo, a skill that reduced the group's presence, and took the opportunity to escape with everyone.
Of course, it was impossible to go back into the shield directly. The Nightmare Beasts had already planned it out. The moment they were driven out, a high-level Nightmare Beast used a counter-spell on the shield, making it impossible for them to get back in a short time.
There was no other choice, the few of them could only rely on Wu Jin's low presence and slip away under the noses of the nightmare beasts.
But those nightmare beasts were also fools. Knowing that they could not go back, they soon discovered their traces outside and sent several high-level nightmare beasts to capture them.
Fortunately, they didn't think too highly of Jiang Tianming and his men, and only sent a few nightmare beasts. If all the high-level nightmare beasts were dispatched, Jiang Tianming and his men would be dead even if they had great abilities.
After they escaped some distance, the camera turned and came to Su Bei. When they saw Su Bei took out his mobile phone and called Jiang Tianming and others directly, not to mention Ai Baozhu and others, even the readers were stunned.
"It's a bit weird that you can make phone calls in the Nightmare World."
“Bad review, not comic at all!”
“Hahahaha sorry that's a bit funny”
"I felt relieved when I saw that Baozhu was also shocked."
“What a convenient mobile phone! Can you give me one too? My child really needs it.”
After briefly showing their faces, the plot returned to Jiang Tianming. He hid and ran, fighting and retreating all the way, and managed to hold on for a long time.
But this is definitely not possible, their mental power will eventually run out, while the energy of the Nightmare Beasts in the Nightmare Beast World is inexhaustible. If they were to compete purely in terms of consumption, not to mention the high-level Nightmare Beasts, even the low-level Nightmare Beasts would be able to fight with them.
So we still have to find a place to stay as soon as possible and let the teachers pick us up.
At this time, the cooperation of several people is needed. Zhou Renjie first used the supernatural powers of Jiang Tianming, Lan Subing and Li Shu to swallow them into his stomach. Jiang Tianming used his ineffectiveness supernatural power in his stomach, making any nightmare beast's lock on Zhou Renjie ineffective.
Li Shu created an illusion in advance, using the dummy inside to attract the attention of the nightmare beasts and help everyone escape. Then, relying on Wu Jin's low presence, Zhou Renjie was hidden to the maximum extent. In the end, they really escaped the sight of the nightmare beasts and found a place without nightmare beasts.
The comic camera then turned to Wu Mingbai, and the comic started when he decided to stay and wait for Jiang Tianming and others. Through this plot, Su Bei finally knew how he convinced Principal Wu Di.
Wu Mingbai's persuasion method was very straightforward. He said that he must be the one who knew Jiang Tianming and Lan Subing best. If there was any accident and they left a secret code, he would be the only one who could understand it. If no one in the academy could understand Jiang Tianming and his friends' hints because of his absence, and the best time for rescue was missed, wouldn't that be a big loss?
“Hahahahaha that’s a good reason.”
"I can see that he's racking his brains to come up with a reason."
"They could have gone back to the academy but they insisted on staying. The friendship between the three of them is the best!"
"I feel like I'm going to be crow-mouthed...
“Is there really an accident next door?”
"Principal, just agree to him. We, the protagonists, must be together!"
It should be said or not, Su Bei also felt that Wu Ming was going to be silent. It would be better if he didn't mention it, but if he did, something bad might happen. If Jiang Tianming and the others were fine, wouldn't it mean that his staying here was of no practical use?
Fast forward to the section where others were retreating. Jiang Tianming and others called one hour after they retreated. When they heard that they had found a safe place and could come to pick them up, Lei Zeen and others were very excited. God knows how much they were suffering during that period, how afraid they were that the phone call would not come, and finally they got the news that the student had died.
According to the coordinates displayed on Jiang Tianming's phone, Lei Zeen set up the teleportation array as quickly as possible. Under the watchful eyes of a group of high-level nightmare beasts, he quickly removed the protective shield and then teleported away directly through the teleportation array at the same time.
Although this step looks easy, it is actually very dangerous from Su Bei's perspective. You have to know that those nightmare beasts are not vegetarians. If Lei Zeen's ability was not stable enough and his hand speed was not fast enough, the moment the protective shield was removed, they would have been intercepted by the nightmare beasts and forced to fight with them.
Fortunately, they finally got out of the trap and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. However, what they didn't expect was that when they arrived at the place, Jiang Tianming and his companions were nowhere to be seen, leaving only a mobile phone lying on the ground.
"What's going on?" Lei Zeen frowned, a trace of worry flashed across his eyes. He picked up the phone on the ground, opened it and asked, "Where are they?"
The phone has a lock screen password, and it can't be opened. Lei Zeen looked at Wu Mingbai, and suddenly felt that it was a wise decision for the principal to let him follow him: "Mingbai, do you know the lock screen password of this phone?"
"I know, this is Jiang Tianming's phone." Wu Mingbai recognized it at a glance, took the phone, and opened it in no time. The first interface that popped up after opening it was a memo with a few words written in it.
——"The Nightmare Beast is coming, 23, 26"
Seeing the content in the phone, Lei Zeen showed a puzzled expression: "I understand that 'Nightmare Beast is coming', which means that the Nightmare Beast is coming, which should be the reason why they left. What do the two numbers at the end mean?"
"It's the coordinates." Wu Mingbai answered affirmatively.
The three of them were good friends, so Lei Zeen naturally believed in his judgment. But then another question arose. He looked around, looking at the confusing world of nightmare beasts without any coordinates, which could not give people a sense of direction, and asked with a strange expression: "But how can I tell the direction here?"
If you want to find Jiang Tianming and others through coordinates, the first thing you need to do is to identify east, south, west and north.
Before Wu Mingliang in the comic could give the answer, Su Bei and the readers outside the comic had already given the answer in their hearts - "The direction the phone head is facing is the 'north' that Jiang Tianming and his friends have identified."
In the first season of "Superpower King", they accidentally lost contact and used this method to find each other. Now seeing the same coordinates again, all readers, including Su Bei, couldn't help but smile, feeling like they were also involved in this adventure.
"After many twists and turns, the second season is still about finding people by using cell phone coordinates"
“It’s this, hahahahahahaha”
“So much time has passed in the blink of an eye.”
"I miss it so much. I want to rewatch the first season."
"We understand that staying here is really useful!"
Unlike the readers who have read the comics, the teachers did not know the inside story. One of the teachers asked doubtfully: "Are you sure why they didn't point their phones in the direction they were running away?"
Wu Mingzhi said with reason: "Because we think the enemy will think the same way. We don't want the enemy to pick up our clues and use them at will."
"Okay, what you said makes sense." The teacher said that he really couldn't understand today's young people. Their ways of thinking were really different from others.
The following plot is quite ordinary. The others walked straight and finally found Jiang Tianming and his friends. They also helped to solve the nightmare beast that was chasing them. Then the flashback replayed the plot of Jiang Tianming and his friends' second escape. Finally, there was a little three-person manga to end it, and this chapter of the comic ended.
Um
Su Bei was a little surprised that there was no part related to the main plot. He originally thought that the author would definitely use this plot to lay some foreshadowing for the destruction of the nightmare beast, but it turned out to be just a simple side plot.
No, Su Bei felt that something was wrong. He turned to the first page again and read the plot again carefully. Because he already knew the plot of the comic this time, he only needed to pay attention to the details, so he actually found some interesting places.
The author seems to have described the nightmare beasts in a bit too much detail.
Usually in this kind of plot, the nightmare beasts that appear to chase the protagonist are usually given a simple unified few screens to show the hardship of the escape process. The author has done this before.
But this time, the other party specifically gave a lot of plots to several nightmare beasts. Is it a trick or is there another hidden secret?