Chapter 296

Just as Jiang Tianming said, the playground is very large and is divided into four areas, each of which is as big as an ordinary small playground.

With such a large area, the eye of the array must also be very large. Su Bei roughly recalled the relevant knowledge and had an idea in his mind. If Gillam didn't want the eye of the array to be easily found, he would definitely use something larger than the eye of the array to cover it.

As far as he could see, there were haunted houses, circuses, aquariums, and large rapids pools that were even bigger than the eye of the array. There were two haunted houses, one on the left and one on the right of the entire amusement park, and Su Bei and his friends were born in the one on the left.

"No way." After riding the Ferris wheel for the second time and making sure that he had seen it all, Su Bei's expression became strange.

He was now somewhat suspicious of the location of the center of the formation, which was the haunted house where they were born. As the saying goes, any clues related to the protagonist may be a foreshadowing by the author. After searching for a while, he finally found that there was a way to leave at the birth point. Isn't this very reasonable?

Why didn't he think of it just now? If he had thought of it, he wouldn't have to run all this way. Su Bei was silent for a long time, and then he started to walk back. As he walked, he recalled the method of breaking the eye of the formation.

In theory, the method is very simple. Just find a key object or key person in the illusion and place the object or person in the center of the array.

The center of the array eye is also easy to find. If the array eye is really a haunted house, then the center of the array eye is probably near the center of the haunted house. You can find it after a few tries.

But the problem is, who knows who the key item or key person in the amusement park is?

Everything from now on will be very troublesome, but for the sake of his own safety, Su Bei still has to try hard. The hidden data of the "Destiny" organization said that the key to breaking the eye of the array must be something that penetrates the illusion. This thing may be a person or object that is most representative of the concept, or it may be a person or object that can be seen everywhere.

Meeting either of the two could be the key.

The concept of an amusement park is definitely fun, and the items related to this are all kinds of amusement facilities. But the facilities in the amusement park are basically large items, which he can't move at all.

As for people...

"Xiao Chou" Su Bei muttered to himself and turned to walk towards the Ferris wheel.

I came to the side of Xiao Chou, the guard of the Ferris wheel. Since there was no mission here anymore, it was deserted and completely different from not long ago.

Seeing Su Bei coming back, Xiao Chou smiled widely and said, "My dear little friend, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

"Can you only stay here? Can you go somewhere else?" Su Bei asked straight to the point.

Xiao Chou nodded. They were always honest. "Once all the tasks on hand are completed, I can move freely."

The reason why he didn't leave just now was mainly because Su Bei was riding the Ferris wheel and it was not convenient for him to leave.

As expected, I could leave Subei. My suspicion deepened, so I asked politely, "Can I invite you to go to the haunted house in the west with me?"

"Invite!" Xiao Chou made an exaggerated surprised expression, and his body language was as exaggerated as his expression, "Oh! A cute kid actually wants to invite me! Of course I'm happy to do so, dear, shall we go now?"

"That would be too conspicuous." After receiving his affirmative answer, Su Bei breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head, "I hope we can act separately and finally meet in the haunted house."

It is known that Xiao Chou represents a mission in the eyes of the players. If he follows Xiao Chou out, who knows how many people will surround him along the way. Xiao Chou will be fine, but he will become Xiao Chou.

"No problem, then we'll see you in three hours," Xiao Chou said happily, not asking why he couldn't go with Su Bei. The three hours was a reasonable time. With the physical fitness of a superpower, this section of the road can be walked in more than an hour, leaving nearly an hour and a half of detour time. As long as they are not deliberately late or encounter any accidents along the way, normal people can make it.

Su Bei nodded in approval of his proposal: "No problem, I'll go first then."

When he was about to leave the door, Xiao Shi suddenly added behind him: "Please don't break your promise, Xiao Chou will be very sad."

Su Bei paused for a moment and continued to walk out: "No."

On the way back to the haunted house, he began to think about whether Xiao Chou's words had any deeper meaning. It's not that Su Bei was too nervous, but there were indeed clues to this matter. Long before they entered the illusion, Gillam had said, "Please don't hurt our lovely staff. There will be punishment for hurting them."

At first he thought that this was just a joke, telling everyone not to destroy the "public props". After all, creating a moving person in a fantasy world is not an easy task and requires a lot of mental energy.

But just now when Xiao Chou said that he would be sad, Su Bei suddenly remembered this sentence in his heart. Would it be considered hurting Xiao Chou if he was sad? What would be the consequences of hurting him?

Practice makes perfect. He would only know the answer to this question when someone else stepped on a landmine. Su Bei was definitely not the one who would step on a landmine, so he was not worried. He just suddenly thought of something.

He had wanted to use the truth of the fantasy world to profit for himself, but he couldn't think of a way. After all, there was no radio station here, and Su Bei couldn't let everyone know that he had intelligence all at once.

He himself does not have the ability to spread intelligence widely. You can't just meet someone and ask him: "I have an important intelligence here, do you want to spend 500 points to buy it?"

Who would care about him?

Besides, if he really asked everyone one by one, Su Bei was sure that he would be threatened with force after asking no more than ten people. Without sufficient self-protection ability, if he held important intelligence, he would have no choice but to keep silent or publish it for free.

If he wants to gain benefits from it, he must either have a strong military power or hide himself. Only by finding a safe way can he implement his plan.

The fact that Xiao Chou can move around gives hope to his father. He can walk around, doesn't need points, and won't be hurt. Most importantly, he is friendly to the players and is a staff member here, so there is a certain possibility that he will accept his request.

It just so happened that he had just made an appointment with Xiao Chou to go to the haunted house together, and after solving the problem of the formation, they could discuss this matter.

When it comes to announcing the news, Su Bei is not worried that the author will stop him. By the time he starts announcing it, the main characters will probably already know the news, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't affect the main plot.

The most important thing is that not everyone is determined to get the information that costs 500 points. In a short period of time, it is impossible for everyone in the illusion to know his information, so it is naturally harmless.

After killing a low-level nightmare beast, Su Bei felt a little hungry. They entered the illusion at 8 o'clock in the morning, and it was already 1 o'clock in the afternoon. It was indeed time for lunch.

Su Bei found a place to start grilling, and soon attracted a small group of people. For example, when it comes to eating, some people don't feel hungry before they see the food, but once they see the food or smell the fragrance, their stomachs immediately growl.

This is the group of people that are coming over now.

"No...what the hell are you making?" The first boy who came over asked with disgust, looking at the black roasted meat.

Su Bei had long known that he was an ruthless kitchen killer, and he was not ashamed at all when he heard that. He offered his position and said, "Then you can do it. I can provide the props and meat."

The barbecue props were made from chairs on the road and branches around him. As for the nightmare beast he had just killed, it was as big as a cow, so it was no problem to share half with others.

"Okay, no problem." The man was quite straightforward. He first picked up Su Bei's meat with two fingers and returned it to Su Bei, and then took out new Nightmare Beast meat to roast.

His teammates knew his barbecue skills and immediately said to him happily: "We want to eat it too, we want to eat it too!"

The boy rolled his eyes: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat. If it's my meat, then ask me what I want to eat."

Upon hearing this, the teammates immediately looked at Su Bei. They all knew Su Bei. They all had some impression of the five people from the "Infinite Power Academy" participating in this competition: "Classmate, can we borrow your grill? We can cook the meat ourselves."

Su Bei did not agree immediately, but said meaningfully: "One who eats someone's food should be grateful, and one who takes someone's money should be soft-handed..."

"If you don't actively hinder us, we won't take action against you until there are only a few people left." Before he could finish his words, the girl in the team suddenly spoke up.

If someone else was here, she would definitely not make such a promise. But Su Bei was a freshman who was just trying to get a job. Even if his abilities were stronger, they didn't think he could defeat them.

After all, who isn't a genius?

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Su Bei extended his hand and made a "please" gesture, then stepped back and said nothing. Their match was broadcast live throughout, and there were audiences watching, so he believed they would not dare to lie.

Another team that came over followed suit and also got the right to use the grill after making the promise.

Now he had no intention of standing guard here. He took his piece of barbecue, filled his stomach and left directly. He had an agreement with Xiao Chou to rush to the haunted house as soon as possible within three hours. If he had not walked in a straight line, it would have taken only more than an hour. Su Bei would never dare to delay eating here.

As soon as he got to the haunted house, Su Bei saw Xiao Chou standing at the door. There were many people around Xiao Chou, all asking him if he had any tasks to do. Seeing that there was still a lot of time left, Su Bei waited for a while. When the crowd gradually dispersed, he walked over.

Seeing him show up as promised, the ugly red mouth cracked into an excited smile: "You are here, so let's go to the haunted house together now?"

"Okay..." Su Bei was about to nod in agreement, but suddenly remembered his plan.

According to his original idea, he would naturally trick Xiao Chou into walking with him, and then when they reached the center of the haunted house, he would take him around a few more times until he would step on the eye of the formation.

But if Xiao Chou is really the key person to break the eye of the formation, then he would have felt something when he stepped on it. It would be strange if he didn't feel anything when he destroyed the illusion as a creature in the illusion.

Therefore, once he steps on the spot, he will immediately find that he has deceived him. Then Su Bei will have only one choice, which is to immediately leave the illusion through the broken array eye.

Although he didn't know what would happen if he offended Xiao Chou, Su Bei had a hunch that it was very dangerous. You know, Xiao Chou had always been very honest before. Generally, how a person treats others is how others will treat him. Xiao Chou was so honest with others, so he must have hoped and believed that others would be honest with him. And if he lied to others, Xiao Chou might be even more angry than if he hurt him directly.

Su Bei knew that his ability to escape was not strong. Although he could kill Xiao Chou instantly by changing his fate, the opponent was an illusionary creature and he might not be able to kill him completely.

Because he still wanted to stay, Su Bei didn't intend to quarrel with the other party.

After hesitating for a second, he chose to be honest: "The main reason I invited you to the haunted house is to see if you can destroy the array."

If it was a fantasy with a plot, the characters in the fantasy would generally not understand what he said. But in a fantasy like this amusement park, which had no plot and was built purely for competition, the characters in the fantasy generally knew that they were fantasy creatures.

The reason why Su Bei dared to ask this question so brazenly was because leaving the illusion by destroying the eye of the array would not damage the illusion. In a sense, destroying the eye of the array was like pressing the flush button of a toilet. He, the person in the center of the vortex, would be sucked out, but the toilet would not be damaged at all.

Seeing Xiao Chou's extremely friendly attitude before, Su Bei judged that even if he told the truth, he would not be angry, and at most he would not help him. In that case, although he could no longer use the other party to help break the eye of the formation, he could still find someone else to help, and he could also indirectly confirm that Xiao Chou was indeed the key person who destroyed the eye of the formation.

As expected, Xiao Chou didn't get angry right away. He stood there in silence for a few seconds, his voice was a little lonely: "Happy time has just started, and the children want to leave. Is our playground not good enough?"

Su Bei has played so many games, and when he heard this question, he knew he needed to give a good answer. He shook his head decisively: "Of course not, the amusement park is very interesting, and I haven't played enough! I don't plan to leave right away, I just want to find a different path from others."

This was half true and half false. It was true that he hadn't had enough fun and didn't plan to leave immediately, but the last sentence was false. However, this was enough for Xiao Chou, and a smile appeared on his face again: "That's great, let's go, let's go and finish what you want to do now."

Su Bei glanced at his luck. The little pointer was pointing in a good direction at this moment, which gave him more confidence in his goal.

Sure enough, after walking around the haunted house with Xiao Chou for a few laps, a purple vortex appeared under Xiao Chou's feet with a "click". Su Bei understood that as long as he stepped on the vortex, he could leave the illusion directly. However, this vortex could only be used by him. If others wanted to use it, they had to bring another Xiao Chou to step into this position.

Su Bei kept his promise and left without entering the vortex. After all, the exit would not disappear before he entered, so he could leave whenever he wanted.

The two of them toured the haunted house together, during which Xiao Chou fully demonstrated his comedic qualities. He laughed out loud at every fright and put on a show for Su Bei.

Su Bei also tried his best to relax and not let himself subconsciously feel that he was accompanying the other person, but that the other person was accompanying him.

After the tour was over and both parties were in a good mood, he spoke of his second purpose: "I have a deal I want to make with other tourists, but if I go there myself I might be threatened. Can you help me make the deal as a thank you? If there is anything you need me to do, I can help you."

"What kind of deal do you want to make?" Xiao Chou asked curiously.

Seeing that he had no intention of rejecting it, Su Bei breathed a sigh of relief: "I have some information here that requires 500 points to exchange. Tell them this sentence and help me collect the points. Then let those who have paid the points come to the haunted house center."

At first, he wanted to tell Xiao Chou that "killing someone in the fantasy world is equivalent to killing someone in reality" and let Xiao Chou pass it on directly. This is convenient and saves trouble, and he doesn't need to set up the haunted house.

But Su Bei thought about it and realized that if there was a problem with the illusion, it must be that Jiram was controlled by the nightmare beast. If that was the case, would Xiao Chou, who was a creature in the illusion, be okay?

The friendliness he displayed now was probably because he had not yet encountered the problem with the Nightmare Beast. Once this matter was made public, the other party might immediately turn against him under the control of the Nightmare Beast.

Xiao Chou naturally didn't know what Su Bei was thinking. He happily nodded his funny head and said, "I can help you. In exchange, you have to be happy every day! Xiao Chou's biggest wish is to make the children happy every day!"

"I also hope that I can be happy every day, and I will try my best to do so." Su Bei replied sincerely.

Because he realized that the other party might attach more importance to honesty, he did not agree to this seemingly polite and blessing-like request. Instead, he was very cautious and only said that he would try his best. After all, it is impossible to be happy every day.

Xiao Chou blinked, paused for a moment and said, "Then I'll go first. I'll tell other kids about your deal when I meet them."

Seeing him turn around and leave, Su Bei asked in confusion: "Don't you need to know my ID?"

The answer is of course no. Xiao Chou smiled and shook his head, raising a finger: "You have to know that staff always have some privileges."

After Xiao Chou left, Su Bei started to decorate the haunted house. 500 points is a lot, but the competition has entered the middle stage, and most teams should be able to get enough if they gather together.

Not many people would pay attention to important news from the players, but if it came from the staff, it would give people a very reliable feeling. Su Bei was sure that someone would be willing to pay for this news.

The most important point is that the points collected by the staff will not attract envy. Players will only subconsciously think that Xiao Chou is just collecting points according to the rules, but in fact the points are useless to him.

Who would have thought that this deal was given to Xiao Chou by another player?

It was necessary to decorate the haunted house, otherwise when they arrived at the haunted house, Su Bei would not be able to stand at the door of the haunted house and tell whoever came. Then after he finished telling the news, he would definitely be robbed.

He needs to let the players who come over see the message, but not be able to find where he is. So it is necessary to find a good place to put the message in advance. And it is best that the message cannot be taken away or damaged. Although normally no one should do this, who knows if there will be a player with a bad brain.

Use the gear to carve information on the first level of the steps below the center of the haunted house. This location is hard to be noticed if you don't search it carefully, which can effectively prevent people who don't spend points from getting information for free. When people who have paid 500 points come here, they will definitely search carefully for the points they have already spent, so they are likely to find it.

After carving the message, Su Bei quickly left the haunted house. He couldn't stay here forever, otherwise it would be difficult to leave when other people arrived. It was obvious that this message was not from the illusion itself. After all, such a big thing happened, so there must be something wrong with the illusion itself. If there was something wrong with the illusion, how could it remind everyone?

In addition, intelligence can only be purchased with points. If you are not too stupid, you should be able to guess that the news was leaked by the players. After all, if the teachers outside leaked the information in order to save them, why would they need points?

By then, whether it was to confirm the accuracy of the intelligence or to gain more points, someone would definitely take the initiative to look for him. Only by leaving in advance could you ensure your own safety.

He has to release the intelligence, pocket the points, and ensure his safety.

In the middle of the game, everyone has started to move beyond destroying Nightmares. It is reasonable to destroy some opponents at this time to prepare for destroying others in the later stages.

Su Bei was alone, and had no means of escape. Before, he could still use his eloquence to persuade others to let him go, but now it was definitely not possible. So he had to be careful and not get caught.

Thinking of this, he sighed. If he had been caught before, he could have given the points to Jiang Tianming and the others in advance, and then left the illusion without a fight. But being eliminated now would mean real death, which made his situation much more dangerous.

After finding a bush to hide temporarily, Su Bei looked at his watch. Because Jiang Tianming and the other four were always together, there was nothing on the chat screen. Only Jiang Tianming would regularly report their current location to him to avoid bumping into each other.

The points he had, that is, the total points of the whole team, were 670. Although it seemed a little small, it was obtained after Jiang Tianming and others tried their best to hide their shortcomings. Moreover, more than 400 points were fixed points, so the progress was not slow compared to other colleges.

Suddenly, the number on the watch jumped from 670 to 1170. It seemed that Mr. Xiao Chou had made an effort and someone had bought his information.

Su Bei smiled, and felt that he had done nothing wrong. He earned the money that Jiang Tianming and his four friends took several hours to earn in just one minute. Anyone who saw this would say that the information dealer really made money.

It's a pity that you can only exchange points here, not other things. And points have no effect except to make the results look better. After all, the final result of this game is either the protagonist group wins, or the game can't be successfully completed.