Chapter 298
【Northern Jiangsu:】
Seeing that he answered, Jiang Tianming, who was always keeping an eye on his watch, replied immediately.
【Jiang Tianming: Let me make a long story short. We learned that Xiao Chou’s initial setting was not like this. They would only teach students who lie a lesson and deduct half of their fixed points. As a result, I don’t know what happened, but this setting was changed at the beginning and became what it is now. We want to see if you can change Xiao Chou’s fate】
Of course not. He knew his special ability. He could change the fate of the present or the future, but definitely not the past. However, Su Bei knew someone who could help.
【Subei: Looking for Elvis. 】
Elvis's ability is there. If there is anyone who can change the past, it must be him. Moreover, the old characters are returning, and the plot is definitely indispensable. Su Bei thinks that the author's original plan should be to let the children Elvis help solve the problem. It's just that Jiang Tianming and the others are more familiar with him, so he subconsciously asked him for help first.
The other end said "OK" and then fell silent. He must have gone to ask Elvis for help.
However, despite the success of his proposal, Su Bei still had a bad feeling. He suspected that he would have to take action himself in the end.
From the last incident at the Holy Land of Vishi, it can be seen that the comic book author actually doesn’t mind him having his moments of glory, and sometimes the other party will even take the initiative to give him some plots.
Su Bei later pondered the author's behavior and felt that the author, after realizing the existence of this character, did not mind letting him do something in order to make the best use of him.
Anyway, in comics, no matter good guys, villains, white moonlight, cannon fodder, passerby... they can all die. As an author, I have absolute confidence in this. Can I give Su Bei some plots to make him escape from control?
Therefore, he might have a chance to appear in this plot. Su Bei thought about it carefully and soon figured out the problem.
Maybe it is not difficult for Elvis to change the timeline of a little clown. He only needs to change the timeline of the little clown to a few hours ago. But there are so many little clowns in the amusement park. It takes a lot of mental energy to change them all.
The time system consumes a lot of Competitive Power to begin with, and this time the amount to be used is so large and the time is so long. Even if Elvis has a special method to save Competitive Power, it is definitely not enough.
It just so happened that Su Bei had come up with a solution to this problem a long time ago. As the owner of a comics forum, he naturally would not ignore this loophole, and he had long since specialized in researching a method to unleash group supernatural powers.
Thinking of this, Su Bei opened the lid of the treasure chest, stood up, patted the dust off his body and walked out. He wanted to find Xiao Chou here first, and see if he could connect their fates together in advance. If he could, everyone would be happy. If not, then he would have to think of a reason to reject Jiang Tianming's request without exposing his incompetence.
Following the sound, he found a little clown chasing someone. Su Bei activated his special ability and used the gear to record the other party's destiny compass. Today, he found another little clown and observed the other party's destiny compass as well.
He heaved a sigh of relief at once. The two little ugly guys' destiny compasses were almost identical, which made it much easier for him to link their destinies together.
Just now when he was on the train around the city, he looked down and saw that there were quite a few little clowns on the ground, definitely more than 200 in number. With so many little clowns, if the pointers were particularly different, he would consume a lot of mental energy if he wanted to adjust them one by one.
Although it is possible to forcibly link their destinies together, doing so actually consumes a lot of mental energy. However, it is much less than actually adjusting the destinies one by one.
If we regard Su Bei's mental strength as 100, and connect the destiny compasses with similar pointers together, the consumption will be only about 20.
If you want to forcibly connect the fate of a group of guys with completely different pointers, the cost is at least 50, and it depends on the number of people.
Although this consumes much less mental energy than changing fate one by one, Su Bei is not satisfied with this. Everything he does is primarily for the purpose of saving his own life. You know, it is not safe outside now. If he does not save enough mental energy, what will he do if he cannot protect himself outside?
Having two little idiots as evidence was enough. Su Bei knew what was going on. He returned to the city train and patiently waited for Jiang Tianming and the others to send him another message. Of course, it was okay if they didn't send a message. If they could solve the problem themselves, Su Bei would be happy to see it happen.
However, his judgment was always correct. About an hour later, the watch rang again. But this time it was not Jiang Tianming who spoke, but Wu Mingbai. It was estimated that Jiang Tianming also felt embarrassed.
[Wu Mingbai: Su Bei, can you link the fates of the little clowns together? This way, when Elvis changes one, he can change the others as well. Otherwise, if he changes them one by one, his mental strength may not be enough...]
【Su Bei: Yes. 】
Su Beisi, who had expected this, was not surprised at all. After giving a positive answer, Jiang Tianming directly sent Si Zhaohua to pick him up. After all, their location was not easy to find, but Su Beisi's location was quite easy to find. There was only one small train and one track. If he could fly, he could easily find him by following the track.
Si Zhaohua arrived very quickly. When he took Su Bei to fly in the air, he smiled and said, "Xiao Chou said that as long as we adjust their fate, they can send us away."
It's about to end. Su Bei's eyes lit up. Although the danger outside may not be over yet, from the look of the comic he read before, the author probably wants Qi Huang to play a role this time. If so, by the time they leave, Qi Huang must have solved most of the problems, and at most there will be a small amount of aftermath left for the protagonists to solve.
As for him, it can be said that as long as he leaves the illusion, the danger is basically over. The remaining danger may come from the outside, which should be easily solved with the mental strength he has left.
"That's really..." Before he could finish his words, Su Bei subconsciously used his special ability to take a look and changed the subject, "You're thinking too much."
Just that luck that hit rock bottom, if they could successfully leave the illusion after dealing with Xiao Chou, he would swallow the other party's destiny compass alive.
Si Zhaohua: ""
"What do you mean?" His originally relaxed expression suddenly became tense. He thought he could leave safely soon, but after hearing what Su Bei said, it seemed that things would not end so easily.
Su Bei didn't know what was going on. He only knew one thing: "Let it go. Your fate cannot be changed anyway."
The plot designed by the author cannot be changed. Even if this is not a comic book world, Su Bei cannot help change everyone's fate. There are too many people, and their indicators are all different. They will definitely not be in the same position like Xiao Chou. Moreover, these are all psychic superpowers, so it will be more difficult to change their fate.
After he adjusted their fate, in order to ensure that he still had some mental strength to save himself, he would definitely not adjust Xiao Chou again. In the situation of choosing between the two, he chose to follow the author's plot.
Knowing that Su Bei would not speak without purpose, Si Zhaohua frowned and said nothing.
When they arrived at the destination, everyone was excited to welcome them, but when they noticed Si Zhaohua's gaze, they immediately stopped smiling. Jiang Tianming asked in confusion: "What happened?"
"Su Bei said..." Si Zhaohua glanced at Su Bei, and seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he continued, "Things may not end as easily as we thought."
Everyone knew what this meant. Su Bei's supernatural powers would not lie. Elvis immediately cast a questioning look at Xiao Chou: "He is lying."
Before Xiao Chou could say anything, Jiang Tianming took the initiative to refute: "Xiao Chou would not lie, I believe that there is no problem with this."
Su Bei also agreed with him. Xiao Chou would not lie, otherwise their reasons for killing people would be ridiculous.
Just because you don't lie doesn't mean you can't lie. Zhang Tianming obviously knew this and started to rethink what Xiao Chou had just said: "'We can find a way to send you out of the illusion'. If this promise is not a lie, then the problem is... where will we go after leaving the illusion?"
After figuring out the key to the problem, he immediately looked at Xiao Chou, his eyes fixed on the colorful face painted with oil paint: "You said you would send us out of the illusion, where will we go after leaving the illusion?"
"I have never been to the outside world, and no one knows where it is." Xiao Chou still had his iconic smiling face, as if he was not angry at all about their doubts.
His answer was impeccable. Jiang Tianming thought for a moment and asked again: "After we go out, will we be in the same place as when we came in?"
Xiao Chou's answer was similar to the previous one: "I have never been outside, so I don't know what it was like when you came in, and what it was like when you left."
"Then one last question." Jiang Tianming asked calmly, "Please don't bother talking about other things. Are we in the same place when we came in and when we leave?"
Although there is nothing wrong with Xiao Chou's answer just now, if you think about it carefully, you will find that Xiao Chou did not answer Jiang Tianming's previous question at all.
Jiang Tianming's question only requires a "yes" or "no" answer, and Xiao Chou's answer is obviously not between these two answers. He is trying to change the subject, and Jiang Tianming knows what this means.
The question was unavoidable, and Xiao Chou finally stopped hiding it: "...No."
After answering this sentence, the smile on Xiao Chou's face disappeared, and his blood-red sausage mouth closed tightly, making it clear that he was not going to say another word.
Jiang Tianming no longer had the interest to continue asking questions. Xiao Chou had already answered the question. He had no idea where they would be teleported to next, so there was no point in asking further.
"What should we do now?" one of Elvis' teammates said with a frustrated look, "This must be a conspiracy. We will fall into someone else's trap as soon as we go out!"
Not only him, but others were also frustrated. They thought they were close to success, but who knew that behind one deep pit was another deep pit. If they were destined to fall into another trap after leaving, what was the point of leaving now? It would be better to stay in the illusion honestly, at least they could wait for the teacher's rescue.
"Who told you to do this? The Nightmare 'Black Flash' organization or some other force?" Elvis asked angrily. He hoped to know the identity of the culprit in advance so that he could infer their purpose.
After all, the consequences of being captured by Nightmare and by the Black Flash organization are completely different.
However, Xiao Chou did not answer.
Wu Mingbai also wanted to know the answer to this question, so he immediately asked: "Isn't Xiao Chou supposed to bring joy to others? Look, are we happy?"
"You are bad kids, and Xiao Chou will not bring happiness to bad kids." Xiao Chou lowered his head and answered in a rhythmic tone. His mouth deliberately turned down to make a bracket shape.
Honestly speaking, if the situation wasn't inappropriate, Su Beigao would have to learn from him how to make the lips turn down so smoothly.
Wu Mingbai was naturally dissatisfied with this answer. He imitated the other party's tone and said in a sarcastic tone: "Wow, it turns out that all of us lied to you, otherwise how could you be blamed all at once? Mr. Xiao Chou is so kind, he will definitely not wrongly accuse a good person, right?"
He was also present when Xiao Chou turned on the sobering mode, and he knew that there were only ten people who lied to Xiao Chou. After Xiao Chou went on a killing spree, no one would have the chance to lie to them again, so there must be many innocent people on the scene.
"It's you liars who harmed them." Xiao Chou didn't bother to fight back and decisively threw the pot away.
"We will only help you change the settings, so there is no need for you to send us away." Seeing his own impeccable internal logic, Jiang Tianming was too lazy to continue arguing and took the initiative to speak out the plan he had just decided on.
As long as Xiao Chou stopped attacking them, they could destroy the nightmare beast and wait for rescue. He still trusted the teachers outside, especially the teachers in his own academy, and believed that they would come to rescue him and others.
Xiao Chou closed his mouth again and stopped talking. It was unclear whether he was angry because Jiang Tianming's plan was good or bad.
Others didn't know, but Su Bei knew it very well. He had to speak up to break the other party's beautiful fantasy: "I said, fate will not change."
When he said this, his expression seemed a little tired and indifferent because of helplessness and annoyance to troubles. To others, he had predicted that everyone's fate would not be good in the future.
This is indeed the case. It can be seen from the fact that Jiang Tianming's luck did not change after he finished speaking. No matter what, they can't avoid the plot set by the author. However, the nightmare beasts thought their plan was foolproof, so how could they leave such a loophole?
Jiang Tianming and the others couldn't let Xiao Chou run rampant. The students' physical strength was limited, but Xiao Chou's was unlimited. Without knowing when the teacher would come to support them, if they continued to waste time like this, they would be wiped out sooner or later. So it was necessary to stop Xiao Chou.
But considering their luck, it was clear that nothing good would happen even if Xiao Chou stopped. Combined with what Xiao Chou had just said, Su Bei made a bold guess: as long as Xiao Chou's settings were changed, the people in the illusion would be transported to another dimension.
If you don't want to be teleported, you can only leave the illusion through other methods, that is, either kill until only your team is left, or break the illusion by force, or leave by destroying the array eye.
Thinking this way, Su Bei began to slowly move back. If his previous inference was correct, then it should be safe outside now. After Jiang Tianming and the others were teleported away and could no longer be rescued immediately, the crisis outside could also be successfully ended.
One is a safe place, and the other is an unknown place, which may even be a dangerous place in the world of nightmare beasts. Su Bei naturally chose the former.
Here the protagonists are about to take action. Lan Subing uses the [Word Spirit] to cooperate with another senior who can spread her voice throughout the playground. The two work together to summon Xiao Chou. When Xiao Chou arrives, Su Bei immediately uses his skills to connect their fate compasses together.
Then, while others were busy, Su Bei took the opportunity to move out. However, this time, without the help of the invisibility talisman, he was quickly discovered.
Noticing that he had left the crowd, Lan Subing, who had also successfully completed her mission, turned around and asked in confusion: "Su Bei, where are you going?"
Although he was caught, Su Bei did not look panicked at all: "I have to leave immediately, so I have to play for a while longer."
Because Xiao Chou was there, he didn't even lie, he was indeed leaving the illusion soon. But Su Bei's departure was different from the others', they were teleported to other places, while he went directly back to the venue before entering the illusion.
Many people knew that Su Bei had been playing in the playground for a long time. Jiang Tianming and his friends had also heard him mention his excuses during their chat. So when they heard him say this, they didn't find it strange.
But only Jiang Tianming and others who were familiar with Subei knew that something was wrong. This guy suddenly left at this time, which was not a good sign. Moreover, if he really had a clear conscience, he should have told them before leaving, instead of making a promise secretly.
But without sufficient evidence, they couldn't call Su Bei to stop him. Unless they had evidence, he would definitely not listen even if they called him.
In addition, they now had to control the little clowns and prevent them from exploding. They had no choice but to watch Su Bei stagger away.
As soon as Su Bei left, he strode straight to the haunted house. He had to move quickly and leave the amusement park before the little clowns were retraced. Otherwise, they might be taken away in one breath and he wouldn't be able to run away even if he wanted to.
A psychic with strong physical fitness can run at full speed very fast. In just five minutes, Su Bei ran the distance that would normally take him an hour to walk.
Arriving at the center of the haunted house, without thinking too much, Su Bei quickly moved his little pointer to the far left, and then stepped into the purple vortex.
Coming out of the formation was like a small teleportation. His brain was dizzy for a second. Just as he recovered, Su Bei heard Qi Huang's surprised voice: "Su Bei! You came out of the illusion!"
After opening his eyes, Su Bei turned his head to look at Qi Huang, nodded, and said concisely: "Take me to find the teacher, the others can't come back for the time being."
Upon hearing him say this, Qi Huang immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He quickly suppressed the surprise on his face and took him to see Teacher Li with a serious expression.
Before he had walked a few steps, Su Bei heard the voice of "Comic Sense": "The King of Superpowers has been updated, please check it out."
If nothing unexpected happens, they should have left the illusion, and I don’t know where they have been sent to now. I hope the comics can give some hints.
On the way, Qi Huang talked about what happened after they entered the illusion: "Not long after you entered the illusion, the nightmare beasts outside broke out. Because the illusion was relatively safer than the outside, the teachers did not let you out. Of course, there was no time to let you out at that time... When we realized something was wrong later, Jiram had already disappeared."
She didn't elaborate on this matter and continued, "The teachers were very powerful and held back most of the nightmare beasts. But there were too many nightmare beasts this time. In order to prevent them from harming ordinary people, a space-based psychic sent most of the psychics and these nightmare beasts to a new battlefield. I wanted to go, but Teacher Li said that this was a battle for adults and asked me to stay outside."
When she said this, her face did not show any reluctance, but was full of relief. Su Bei immediately understood and asked: "Are there any remaining nightmare beasts outside?"
If it wasn't like this, if she simply couldn't participate in the battle, Qi Huang would only be disappointed, not happy. Especially since she stayed outside to fight the nightmare beast to improve her reputation. If her wish was not fulfilled, she would definitely not behave like this now.
"That's right!" Qi Huang snapped his fingers, "Not long after they and the Nightmare Beasts disappeared, another small group of Nightmare Beasts came out of the hotel, including a high-level Nightmare Beast. At that time, only I, a few staff members with life-related abilities, and the unconscious seniors were left outside. In the end, I protected everyone and wiped out the Nightmare Beasts!"
Although she said it lightly and happily, Su Bei knew that things were definitely not so easy to solve. Seeing Qi Huang's high-spirited German Shepherd, Su Bei knew that she must have made a great contribution this time. Maybe she could really do as she said, relying on her reputation to defeat Si Zhaohua and become the new Secretary-General.
But the high-level nightmare beast that Qi Huang mentioned should be the Calabash Nightmare Beast. That guy clearly said before that he had no attacking ability, and it really showed that. How come he could attack again suddenly?
It seemed that there were some changes that he didn't know about, which should be part of Nightmare's plan. Su Bei couldn't help but feel lucky that he was not outside at the time, otherwise he might have been tricked by the intelligence he knew.
Although he was very curious about what happened during this period, Su Bei knew that he could read the comics on his mobile phone to understand the plot when he returned to the hotel room. Therefore, he was not in a hurry now. He went to the second floor of the hotel with Qi Huang and found Teacher Li who was helping to preside over the aftermath.
As soon as he saw Teacher Li, Qi Huang shouted happily: "Teacher, look who's back!"
Hearing the voice, Teacher Li turned around subconsciously, and then showed the same surprised expression as Qi Huang just now: "Su Bei! How did you get out? Where are the others? Have they come out too?"