Chapter 297

After staying on the tree for half an hour, Su Bei heard the "comic consciousness" prompt sound in his ears, indicating that the comics had been updated.

Update at this time... Su Bei lowered his eyes thoughtfully. It seems that the author intends to divide this competition into two chapters, and the contents of the two chapters must be different. If the first part is a serious competition, then the latter part is obvious - the conspiracy of the nightmare beast is completely exposed.

Su Bei knew that the next amusement park would not be as dangerous as before. The players would gradually realize that killing someone here was equivalent to real murder. After knowing this, they would definitely not continue the killing mission. After all, it was excusable to do so before knowing it, but doing so after knowing it was intentional murder.

Most of the Nightmare Beasts should stay outside, waiting for the teachers to notice something is wrong and then fight against them together. Also, the Nightmare Beast armies in the Nightmare Beast World should also come out at this time.

As for the illusion, Su Bei was not sure how many real nightmare beasts there were, but the nightmare beasts must have considered what to do if they discovered the truth.

Sitting on the tree, he put himself in their shoes and thought about it. If he were the Nightmare, what would he do when the psychics found out that they died in the illusion, which might be real death?

No doubt he would tinker with the method of leaving.

Since the method of killing other people to pass the level is not feasible, we can only think of another way to pass the level. The vast majority of children are thinking about the above, and it is impossible for them to wait obediently for the teacher outside to save them.

I have mentioned before that there are three ways to get through the illusion. Although they now have one less way to leave, there are still three ways in reality.

Su Bei didn't believe that the author would not set up another way to pass the plot here, especially when he saw that Xiao Chou in the illusion was so spiritual. They had hidden plots at a glance, but he couldn't trigger them.

Breaking through the illusion by force is absolutely not advisable, and among the remaining two methods, the easiest one is definitely the plot-based method. After all, there are so many episodes in the middle, who knows if there are any hidden detours in it.

As for the method used by Su Bei to destroy the array eye, he could definitely set up traps. For example, he could set up fake array eyes in other places that look like the array eye positions. When Xiao Chou steps on them, he can still trigger the vortex, but he will be deadly in the vortex there.

The reason why he was sure that the one he went to was the real one was, firstly, because the luck value above his head was good at that time, and it didn't look like he stepped on a fake one. Secondly, the haunted house he went to was very special, it was the birthplace of the protagonists. From the perspective of comics, this kind of place is the best position for the array eye.

Because he had found a correct way to leave, he didn't need to participate in the next plot. And the contestants would not attack him, so Su Bei knew that it would be much safer for him.

Unfortunately, this does not mean that he can wander around freely. It is known that Xiao Chou is likely to have problems. Who knows if they will attack indiscriminately? You must know that in this illusion, the only threats now are high-level nightmare beasts and Xiao Chou. Xiao Chou can be placed on the same level as high-level nightmare beasts, and his attack power is definitely not small.

Su Bei was just a weak passerby, so naturally he didn't want to confront Xiao Chou head-on.

After jumping down from the tree, Su Bei planned to find another place to hide. The trees in this playground were not particularly dense, and most of them were just ordinary greenery, which could be used for decoration, but it was not feasible to hide.

The haunted houses on both sides cannot be visited. After discovering the problem of the illusion, he is definitely not the only one who can think of a way to leave by destroying the array. Therefore, these two places will be the hardest hit areas for players to explore.

Although at this point, the players no longer want to eliminate him, but where they are, there is bound to be danger.

Where else is suitable to hide? After looking around, Su Bei finally fixed his eyes on the small train around the city in the distance. Although this place is connected in all directions, it seems that there is no safety at all.

But when Su Bei was playing with Xiao Chou just now, he happened to ask about the round-the-city train. The round-the-city train does not need staff. It has five stations in total. It will stop for two minutes at each station and then continue to move forward. It goes back and forth without stopping.

That is to say, after Su Bei got on the train, he was almost in the air the whole way. He would not encounter any trouble along the way, and no one would wonder why the train kept running. Under normal circumstances, no student would go to the train to take a look at the train in a critical moment. At the speed of the train, it would be better to walk than to rush.

As soon as he said he would go, Su Bei quickly got on the round-the-city train. This aerial sightseeing train gave people a very novel experience, especially when stimulated by the external environment, it was even more novel.

Looking down from the car window, the positions of the players and the nightmare beasts were clearly visible. Some were fighting the nightmare beasts, some were fighting other players, and some were walking quickly. Looking ahead, it was the haunted house where he placed the clues.

Reminded by this man's movements, Su Bei immediately looked down at his watch. The number of points on his hand had exceeded 2,000, and several more people had bought his intelligence.

Xiao Chou's actions were indeed efficient, attracting so many customers in just one hour. Su Bei did not prohibit players from revealing intelligence to others after receiving it. There were 25 people in the five teams, and they spread the intelligence out in a dispersed manner. I'm afraid it won't take long for all the students in the playground to know about it.

He had done what he was supposed to do, and Su Bei, feeling relieved, half-lying in the carriage, closed his eyes and rested. He was not sure what would happen next. Although it seemed that he would have nothing to do with it, based on past experience, everyone had to be on guard when the protagonists were present.

He couldn't bring his cell phone or notebook with him during the competition, so he didn't know what to do. He couldn't fall asleep for the time being, as this place wasn't as safe as the "Holy Spirit Banyan Tree". Su Bei could only close his eyes and recall the knowledge related to the illusion.

The collapse of the illusion itself will not cause harm to the people in the illusion, but the illusions accompanying the collapse may cause harm to people. For example, sudden volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. In the hands of a powerful illusionist, these illusions can cause real harm to people.

Su Bei was worried that the same thing would happen to Vesik Island, and that everyone in the amusement park would be in trouble. You have to know that the amusement park in the fantasy world is different from Vesik Island, and he cannot find the "fate" of the fantasy world in the fantasy world.

Fortunately, Su Bei had already prepared a way to escape. Even if the entire amusement park was really destroyed in the end, he could leave first.

“Ding Ding!”

Suddenly, the watch rings, it's the ringtone for an incoming call. The ringtone is very faint, Su Bei specially adjusted it. Normally, this thing should be set to silent, but Su Bei is in a relatively safe place now, so it's okay to make some noise.

When I opened it, I saw it was a message from Jiang Tianming.

[Jiang Tianming: Su Bei transferred 500 points to us, and we got an intelligence mission.]

Su Bei who saw this message: "..."

The intelligence mission they are talking about is not the one he released, right?

Of course, Su Bei laughed dumbly. After thinking about it, he transferred the 500 points to them. It was just a matter of transferring from one hand to the other, so it didn't matter if he gave it to them.

About half an hour after the points were transferred, Jiang Tianming sent the information he bought with 500 points to the group.

[Si Zhaohua: Our previous inference was correct. There is indeed something wrong with this illusion.]

[Lan Subing: Now I don’t know how many people have died...]

[Wu Mingbai: Anyway, there should be quite a lot left.]

[Jiang Tianming: Why don’t we gather together in Su and Bei now? This must be the Nightmare Beast’s conspiracy. It should be safer if we go together.]

[Su Bei: Do you really think it is safe to go with you?]

【Jiang Tianming: ……】

【Lan Subing: ……】

【Wu Mingbai: ……】

【Si Zhaohua: ……】

[Si Zhaohua: Have you already known this news?]

Su Bei raised his eyebrows when he actually guessed it.

【Su Bei: Uh-huh】

[Si Zhaohua: I knew it, why didn’t you tell us in advance?]

[Jiang Tianming: The news Xiao Chou released couldn’t have been yours, right?]

[Su Bei: Wow, now I am really amazed at your wisdom]

[Lan Subing: ...It's fine that you didn't tell us this news at the beginning, but we just said we wanted to buy intelligence from Xiao Chou, but you didn't even tell us that this intelligence was yours.]

[Si Zhaohua: That’s too much]

[Wu Mingbai: Su Bei, do you think the teachers can see what you have done?]

If Su Bei had only regarded the previous questions as jokes, then Wu Mingbai's final question, which was very sharp, made Su Bei sweat profusely. He twitched his lips and suddenly realized that he had really forgotten about this question.

This match itself was live-broadcasted, and even if Gillam helped cover up part of it under the control of the Nightmare Beast, the original video should be recoverable afterward. By then, everything Su Bei did would be made public.

Although what he did was not wrong, whether it was finding a way out for himself after discovering the problem or revealing the information to Xiao Chou, it was a very reasonable operation. Even if he sold the information, Su Bei could explain that it was easier to gain the trust of the players. After all, compared with free things, paid things seem much more reliable.

But the problem is, outsiders may believe this set of words, but will Meng Huai and others also believe it? Su Bei could almost foresee the righteous iron fist and united nagging that he would face in a few days.

He put on a mask of pain on his face, and replied in the group chat in a very stubborn tone, "So what if they saw it? All I did was good things." Then he turned off his watch and went away alone.

The situation changed two hours later, when Su Bei's points had reached 7750, and it had been a while since they had increased by 500. The news that there was something wrong with the illusion had spread among the students, so naturally no one would take advantage of him.

This led to the Nightmare Beasts starting to implement the second plan. Su Bei heard the noise below and looked down. He saw a group of little clowns chasing people with electric saws raised high.

The funny little clown now looked extremely scary, and the happy playground became weird. However, Su Bei didn't care too much about it. He was curious about one question: why didn't these people fight back?

There is no doubt that the superpowers, especially those sent to the world competition, are very powerful. Even if Xiao Chou's attack is stronger, it is impossible for all of them to just run away without any thought of resistance.

Soon Su Bei knew why everyone reacted like this. When the train was driving around the city, he saw with his own eyes that a little ugly girl that was attacked exploded. The explosion was so powerful that even though he was sitting in the carriage more than ten meters high, he felt a slight burning sensation, not to mention the students who were facing the explosion directly.

The student who dared to face the explosion had something to rely on, he was a fire-attribute esper. However, he obviously miscalculated. Although Xiao Chou's attack appeared to be an explosion, it was not an explosion of fire, but an explosion of energy. Therefore, although he could withstand high temperatures, he could not resist real damage.

Looking at the boy lying on the ground, charred and dead, Su Bei sighed silently. He just hoped that the injuries in the illusion were not completely real, otherwise it would be difficult for this person to survive.

The second chapter of the comic is indeed much more dangerous than the previous ones, but fortunately he has already found a way out in advance.

However, Su Bei did not intend to leave immediately. He knew very well that the crisis outside was far from over. Going out now would be like walking out of a tiger's den and into a wolf's den. Only when the crisis here was almost over would it be possible for the outside world to become safe again.

Then he looked down to see what was happening outside. A group of people were running around, trying to avoid Xiao Chou's pursuit. Fortunately, Xiao Chou didn't have any displacement skills. Although he was faster than the psychics, many of them were able to escape his sight.

However, relatively speaking, flying psychics are definitely the safest, and suddenly there are many more figures in the sky.

Among those who could fly, Si Zhaohua was naturally one of them. As soon as the pair of large white wings appeared in the air, Su Bei noticed them immediately. Perhaps because his ability was that of an angel, he even emitted a faint white light.

Teacher Li's reminder was not without reason. If it were a normal competition, he would be flying in the sky like a sitting duck and someone would find a way to shoot him down in less than a minute.

Perhaps feeling his gaze, Si Zhaohua actually turned around and met Su Bei's eyes.

Su Bei: "..."

Si Zhaohua: “…”

This scene was not much different from meeting an old friend in a foreign land. Si Zhaohua flew over in surprise, with an incredible look on his face: "Why are you here?"

"Take shelter, can't you see?" Su Bei opened the carriage door for him, and Si Zhaohua squeezed in at the moment he folded his wings.

He thought Su Bei was on vacation, Si Zhaohua complained in his heart. But the joy of meeting his teammates only lasted for a second. His eyes fell on the charred body on the ground through the window, and his expression was suddenly filled with heaviness.

"When did you know there was something wrong with the illusion?" Si Zhaohua asked with a sigh, retracting his gaze.

He believed that Su Bei could not have known about it before, otherwise, given his personality, he would never take the initiative to ask to enter the illusion. Even if there were dangers outside, with the teachers there, it couldn't be more dangerous than inside the illusion.

"I just came in not long ago." Su Bei didn't lie.

Then, not wanting to give him a chance to question her, she decisively changed the subject: "Weren't you leaving together? Why did you separate?"

Speaking of this, Si Zhaohua was helpless: "Xiao Chou chased us and beat us. Five of us were too big to hide or run away, so we split up first."

Su Bei still had many questions about Xiao Chou's pursuit of people. Someone who knew the situation came and asked immediately, "Why did Xiao Chou chase you?"

"You've asked the right person. We were there at the time." Si Zhaohua briefly explained what happened. "Someone lied to Xiao Chou, and then Xiao Chou said that this was the tenth person who lied. There were too many bad kids in the playground, so he turned on the purge mode. You should know what happened next."

As expected, lying to Xiao Chou is a big problem. Su Bei showed an understanding expression, and he said that Xiao Chou had been using words to induce him to lie, so there must be a problem, but he didn't expect that it was not a problem directed at individuals, but at everyone.

After answering his question, Si Zhaohua asked anxiously: "Do you know how to leave?"

The longer they stayed here, the more people died. After they determined that there was something wrong with the illusion, they began to look for a way to escape. Everyone knew that the teacher outside had not released them yet, which could only mean that there was a problem outside, and they might not be able to leave for a while, so they could only seek self-help.

In fact, saving yourself in the illusion is not dangerous. After all, the previous danger mainly came from the conflicts between the players. The pressure brought by the nightmare beast is relatively small. After all, only high-level nightmare beasts can bring threats to the participating players, and compared with the limited number of high-level nightmare beasts, the number of players is too large.

But who made a group of people try to get a way to leave from the little clown, but ended up losing more than they gained, triggering the cleanup mode, causing the original easy mode to become a difficult mode?

Now they can only find a way to escape under Xiao Chou's pursuit, which is many times more difficult than before. So after seeing Su Bei, he asked him this question, hoping to get a positive answer.

Unfortunately, although Su Bei did have a method, he did not intend to tell the other party: "There are only a few ways to leave the illusion, haven't you learned them?"

Normally, anyone can destroy the Nightmare by destroying the Eye of the Array, but this is a comic book world! If he tells this method to others directly, in order to keep the plot going, Su Bei can guarantee that the author will find a way to destroy this method of leaving. This is just a matter of convenience for the author, but for Su Bei it is a "disaster of the top".

Seeing that he didn't give a direct answer, Si Zhaohua guessed in his heart that he might really have a way to leave, but he also knew that whether he did or not, Su Bei's reaction would not make it possible for him to tell him the method.

Shaking his head helplessly, he stood up and prepared to leave. Although Subei was relatively safe, Si Zhaohua was not someone who liked to live in seclusion. He hoped to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

Just after jumping out of the car and spreading his wings, Si Zhaohua seemed to suddenly remember something and flew back to the window, his blue eyes full of curiosity: "By the way, how many points do we have now?"

You know, Su Bei's intelligence costs 500 points to buy, even if only one or two people buy it, they can save a lot. After learning that the intelligence was released by Su Bei, they were all curious about how many points the team has now.

Su Bei made a "seven" gesture with his hands: "Seven thousand seven."

Even Si Zhaohua couldn't help but take a deep breath. This was almost 8,000 points. If he remembered correctly, they only gave Su Bei 2,000 points. And as far as he knew, Elvis's team, which was in the upper middle level among all the teams, only had 4,000 points. Su Bei almost relied on himself to lead them to first place.

"What a shame..." He couldn't help but sigh before he was excited for two seconds. In the current situation, whether the World Championship can continue is another matter. Even if it can continue, it will definitely be a restart, so all the points will be wasted.

Upon hearing this, Su Bei knew what he was regretting. He sneered, "Don't forget how I earned so many points."

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have made so much money. Blessings are often accompanied by misfortunes, and misfortunes are often accompanied by blessings. But as Si Zhaohua said, it's a bit of a pity. After a busy day, he ended up back where he started.

Fortunately, Su Bei had already let it go and just regarded it as a personal achievement in the competition.

After his friends left, Su Bei also prepared to pack up and leave the train. This place is good, but it is too far from the haunted house. In order to avoid being late, he had to get there in advance.

I have to say that luck is a good thing. By expending his mental energy to maintain the best luck, Su Bei arrived at the haunted house without any obstacles.

During this period, he also summed up the rules of Xiao Chou, that is, a Xiao Chou who is chasing someone will not change who he is chasing. Only when he can't find the trace of the person he is chasing, will Xiao Chou start wandering again until he finds the next person who is not being chased by another Xiao Chou.

Because it was a closed space, as soon as Su Bei entered the haunted house, he heard several running sounds coming from the haunted house, accompanied by the sound of a chainsaw. However, because he knew that Xiao Chou would not change his pursuit of him, he was not worried at all and walked to the middle of the haunted house.

When he met other players who were being chased, they all looked at him as if they had seen a ghost. Even those who knew Xiao Chou's killing mechanism could not help but feel indignant. Why was Su Bei not chased by Xiao Chou?

Su Bei ignored the gazes of others and leisurely hid in a large treasure chest filled with skeletons in the haunted house. If something went wrong in the illusion, he would immediately leave through the array.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes. Although Su Bei had good ideas, the plot did not develop as he expected.

“Ding Ding!”

The watch's message alert sounded.

Su Bei raised his wrist and saw that the latest message in the group chat interface was from Jiang Tianming.

[Jiang Tianming: We want to change Xiao Chou's fate, Su Bei, can you help?]