Chapter 299
Of course, the others did not come out with him, otherwise Su Bei would not be the only one here now. Even if he sent someone to report the situation to the teacher, he would not be sent here.
Su Bei briefly recounted what happened in the illusion, including the discovery that killing someone in the illusion was equivalent to real killing, Xiao Chou turning on the self-conscious mode, and Jiang Tianming and others solving Xiao Chou's problem but new problems arose.
Finally, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "They should have been teleported to the Nightmare's territory by now."
After so many crises, he has become very skilled at giving post-event explanations. He can explain everything clearly in a few words, and at the same time, he does not forget to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing to conceal things that are disadvantageous to him.
The so-called disadvantage was, of course, that Su Bei left through the formation without telling others how to leave. Although he knew in his heart that this method was probably only for him to use, if others followed suit, he would not be able to use it even here.
But this reason is valid in the real world, but certainly not in the comic world. If I say it out loud, it will easily be seen as an excuse, so it’s better not to say it.
After hearing the whole story, Teacher Li's face couldn't be uglier. Not only her, Qi Huang was also furious. Not to mention the embarrassing incident later, just the fact that killing someone in the illusion was equivalent to real killing was enough to shock people.
You have to know that the rule to pass the game is to eliminate everyone from other teams, and the way to eliminate them is by killing them!
Those who can come to the world competition and survive to the second round are all the proud sons of heaven. Even if they lose one of them, it will be enough to make the school sad. If they all die, it will be a loss for the entire supernatural world, and a heavy loss.
Teacher Li's voice was trembling: "When you came out, how many students were left in the illusion?"
Su Bei certainly didn't personally count the number of people who died, but he had taken a tour of the amusement park on the city train, so he had an idea: "More than 100 people. Because the problem broke out relatively quickly, not many people died."
Half of them died, but it was much better than expected. Teacher Li had just begun to imagine the sea of blood and corpses in the fantasy world, and the turmoil that the entire supernatural world would face. Although a small number of people was not a lot, it was much better than the annihilation of the entire army.
Teacher Li took a deep breath and calmed down quickly: "I will report to the higher-ups now. You call your teacher Meng and explain the situation. He will know what to do."
After saying that, she walked out of the hotel in a swift and vigorous manner. Su Bei and Qi Huang looked at each other and called Meng Huai obediently.
As soon as Meng Huai received the call, he had a bad feeling. When would this guy Su Bei take the initiative to call him in his spare time? Not to mention him, even other students would not have the time to do so. Now that he received this call, it could only mean that there was a new problem in the competition.
"What happened?" Meng Huai was in no mood for small talk and asked straight to the point as soon as the call was connected.
Understanding what he meant, Su Bei didn't waste any words and told him everything that happened in the second stage of the competition, including the changes in the territory and Qi Huang.
Just as Teacher Li said, Meng Huai knew what to do immediately: "I know, the principal should send someone to pick you up right away. You don't have to worry about Jiang Tianming and the others, we will take care of it. You are responsible for bringing Mu Yunfan and the others back safely."
Speaking of Mu Yunfan and the others, Su Bei remembered something: "By the way, teacher, has the person from the school who poisoned them been caught?"
"They have been caught. Our preliminary investigation revealed that it was the 'Saint Dante School of Supernatural Powers' who secretly instigated this. But we still need more concrete evidence to identify them." This answer was within Su Bei's expectations. He guessed from the beginning that it was this school that was behind this.
After hanging up the phone, Su Bei looked at Qi Huang: "Then I'll go back to my room to rest first, don't look for me if you have nothing else..."
"I don't want to come to you even if I have something to do, right?" Qi Huang said unhappily. She had heard this "famous saying" of Su Bei from other people a long time ago.
Su Bei was not ashamed but proud, and nodded seriously, "Yes, I hope I won't receive your sudden call."
Back in the dormitory, he picked up the phone on the bed and started reading comics. It was impossible to be tired. The experience of a superpower was much better than that of an ordinary person, not to mention that he really didn't do anything. Although he ran back and forth for a long time, he also had a lot of time to rest. Compared with others, Su Bei was simply enjoying himself in a fantasy world.
The comic has been updated with two chapters in total. The first chapter is the normal second round of competition content. Except for the fact that the author showed some weirdness in the portrayal of Xiao Chou and the bleeding effect when the two sides were fighting was more realistic and bloody, there were no flaws in the first part.
But readers are very sharp. Based on this little detail, Su Bei saw that there were several people in the barrage who guessed the truth.
The first part of the story in this chapter related to Su Bei is about deceiving others at the beginning and riding the roller coaster sincerely.
“Good reason, surprisingly in line with the character”
"Hahahaha Beibei, tell me, are you really just looking for an excuse to stay?"
“It’s so fun in Subei”
“It’s clear that Subei loves exciting games.”
"Who is the happiest person in this exam? Answer: Northern Jiangsu"
"Students who saw a person on a roller coaster:"
The next plot returns to the protagonists. Because they deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, they were hunted down the whole time. Of course, the main people who hunted them down were from the "Saint Dante School of Supernatural Powers", and their main goal was to kill them all.
But the protagonists are not to be trifled with. Although their physical strength is indeed much weaker, their brains are also a kind of strength. Jiang Tianming is undoubtedly the kind of person who can make up for his lack of physical strength with his brains.
He first let Lan Subing use the [Spirit of Words] to give the enemy the illusion that they were still here, because this would not cause harm to the enemy, and the enemy did not realize that Lan Subing's casual words "They have been watching us here" were actually a [Spirit of Words], so the mental energy consumed was not too much.
Then Jiang Tianming quietly released the [Immortal Binding Ropes], and Wu Mingbai quietly controlled the bricks and soil to loosely cover the ropes to prevent them from being exposed. At the same time, Jiang Tianming also released a red halo on each Immortal Binding Rope.
There is no doubt that this red halo is his new ability. Su Bei knows this, but the reader does not. The page where the halo appears has a rapid increase in the number of bullet points.
"What author am I asking you what this is!"
"New... Superpower
"Ah Jiang, when did you evolve quietly?"
"Ahhhh, is it a new superpower? Of course it is!"
"Grandma, you will finally be able to see Jiang Jiang master new superpowers in your lifetime!"
“I’m curious what this new ability is.”
Su Yuan was also curious about the function of this red circle. He flipped through a few pages and soon understood. This is a very magical power. There will be a circle under the feet of the caster. The power used in the circle will be synchronized to every circle. That is, one person's attack can be copied into several copies.
This is really a good skill for group attacks, especially when combined with [Binding Rope]. Just like Jiang Tianming used it in the comics, [Binding Rope] fixed several enemies in a red circle, and then all the people on the team got into position in the red circle under Jiang Tianming's feet and attacked.
Any one of the five players from "Saint Dante's School of Supernatural Powers" can defeat the entire first-year lineup of "Endless School of Supernatural Powers" if it is a one-on-one match.
But when they had to face the all-out attack of four people, especially with Jiang Tianming and Si Zhaohua's extremely powerful moves, the answer was self-evident.
In fact, if they are well prepared, Su Bei believes that the people in the "Saint Dante School of Supernatural Powers" have a way to deal with this method. Although it sounds unsolvable, whether it is to break the [Binding Rope] with brute force, attack Jiang Tianming and others from a distance, or perform group defense... these are all reactions that can be made instantly. Just like Su Bei thought of these methods instantly after seeing Jiang Tianming's operation in the comics.
But Jiang Tianming was smart in that he let Lan Subing create the illusion first, and then suddenly attacked after everything was ready, leaving them no time to react.
It is worth mentioning that although both are illusions, the one created by Lan Subing and the one created by Li Shu are completely different. The former only creates illusions for the enemy, while the latter is a real illusion.
That is to say, Lan Subing's weapon could be easily broken by concentrating a little mental power. Unfortunately, because they knew that there were no people with mental interference abilities among them, they didn't even think about being on guard and were completely confused.
Seeing that the people from "St. Dante School of Supernatural Powers" were eliminated, Su Bei showed a slightly strange expression. When he called just now, Meng Huai said that after getting the evidence, they would take revenge on "St. Dante School of Supernatural Powers". Now there is no need to be so urgent, Jiang Tianming and others have already succeeded in revenge.
Compared with the coma that could be cured for Mu Yunfan and others, the death of all the opponent's starting players was obviously much more serious.
However, their heavy losses did not mean that "Infinite Power" would stop seeking revenge. Su Bei just said that it was not necessary to be so urgent. Jiang Tianming and his team eliminated their opponents during the competition, while "Saint Dante School of Power" attacked the selected players, which was an outside matter. It was also the business of "Infinite Power School" and "Saint Dante School of Power".
Su Bei believed that no matter how miserable they were, the "Infinite Ability Academy" would not give up punishing them.
As expected, Jiang Tianming was the first to discover that there was something wrong with the murder. However, he did not discover the problem from his perception, but from the corpse. Since they killed a spiritual being, it was unreasonable to have a corpse. The corpse would affect the aesthetics, easily cause discomfort to people, and take up space. Wouldn't it be better to just make them disappear?
But these corpses not only did not disappear, but they were made extremely realistic, and the smell of blood could be clearly smelled. Most importantly, the human corpses were more realistic than the nightmare beast corpses, which made Jiang Tianming wonder if there was something wrong.
It can't be that this competition is just to get them used to killing people. There is no such way of playing in the supernatural world. If they really dare to do this, they will be drowned in the saliva of the masses after they go out.
After Jiang Tianming told others about this doubt, they did not take it lightly, and they all started to speculate. For example, human corpses are more complicated than nightmare corpses, so they are more real. For example, because these corpses are attached with the spiritual power of real people, they look more real...
Among all the speculations, the most reasonable one is undoubtedly "Could the person we killed be a real person?"
This guess was made by Lan Subing. As soon as she finished speaking, the entire comic screen changed from the boys' comic set to the crime scene, and the color tone also changed from colorful warm to cold.
The author intentionally leaves the story in suspense, and the comic scene changes to a different place outside the illusion. While the audience is happily watching the game through a mirror, the Nightmare Beasts have already controlled the people they had controlled in advance to find the machine that Sesbia used to restrain the Nightmare Beasts.
This man took the opportunity of going to the toilet and used his supernatural powers to destroy the Nightmare Defense Machine installed by Sesbia in the venue. Not only did he successfully bring down the Nightmare from the Nightmare World, he also unleashed the Calabash Nightmare hidden in the hotel, allowing it and the group of Nightmare it led to use their abilities.
Not long after watching the competition, Teacher Li realized something was wrong. She saw through the mirror that the eliminated students in the comics died so realistically. At first, she didn't think anything of it, but the more she watched, the more she felt something was wrong. Just like Su Bei, she also had a deep confusion in her heart. Was it necessary to make this illusion so detailed on the bodies of the eliminated students?
Not only her, but teachers from other schools also felt that it was inappropriate. Everyone wanted to ask Gillam about the situation, but unexpectedly found that Gillam, who had gone to the lounge, was not there at the moment!
After the foreshadowing was set, the plot returned to the fantasy world. Lan Subing proposed the most outrageous but also the most terrifying conjecture. Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.
After a long silence, Jiang Tianming began to analyze what they should do if this was the case.
It's definitely not okay to tell others directly. Without solid evidence, who would believe such nonsense? Even they couldn't help but think that this was a statement made by the weak team to protect themselves. It just so happened that they were the representatives of the weak team in the eyes of others. It was really unbelievable that they said this.
But he had to keep silent. Jiang Tianming and his men were not like Su Bei. They still cared about other people's lives. They were indifferent when they could have saved them. This was not their habit.
However, the most urgent task at present is to find evidence to confirm that their guess is true. Only after this is confirmed can they continue to discuss the subsequent plans. Otherwise, if their guess is wrong, wouldn't it be a joke?
Even so, everyone hoped that they were joking and that this was not the case.
Su Bei knew the next plot, and Xiao Chou helped him sell the intelligence to Jiang Tianming. Because he thought the intelligence of the fantasy creatures would be more reliable, Jiang Tianming still bought it even though the price was high.
Several people came all the way to the haunted house and soon found the intelligence left by Su Bei, confirming that their guess was correct. If someone was killed in the illusion, the deceased would really die.
The manga ends here, and the barrage of comments exploded as expected.
"Oh my god, this is too sinister!"
"I can't even imagine how many people would have died by now."
"The organizers are too unreliable. They didn't even notice such a big loophole."
"There must be something wrong with that illusion master."
"Since there is a problem in the illusion, why can the creatures in the illusion still inform them?"
After finishing this chapter of the comic, Su Bei did not immediately look at the forum, but immediately turned to the next chapter of the comic.
The next chapter of the comic goes straight from inside the fantasy world to outside the fantasy world, and begins to tell what Qi Huang encountered. The plot is roughly the same as what Qi Huang said. Before everyone finds Jiram, the nightmare beasts suddenly go haywire, and the dense nightmare beasts are all over the venue.
The Sesbia government had anticipated the Nightmare Beast's actions, so they responded promptly and organized the audience to flee through the escape tunnels. The government staff and teachers from various colleges stayed behind to fight the Nightmare Beast together.
However, there were too many nightmare beasts. If they were allowed to fight outside, one would surely escape in no time, and it would easily cause great losses.
After obtaining everyone's consent, the master of space powers in Sesbia decisively activated his powers and sent all the nightmare beasts in. After a brief discussion, the others left behind the weaker powers and went in together.
Objectively speaking, Qi Huang is definitely not a weak fighter. But compared with these supernatural masters, she is still a little behind. The most important thing is that she is still a minor, and the teachers will certainly not let her take the risk.
However, what they didn't expect was that staying outside where combat power was scarce was, in a sense, even more dangerous than going into space.
The author first showed the adults fighting the nightmare beast, and spent two consecutive pages describing this plot. It was obvious that the author wanted to show that the adults were not useless, and that they were the main force in facing the nightmare beast.
Two pages later, the camera turned back to the outside. When they saw the nightmare beasts pouring out of the hotel, Su Bei and the audience couldn't help but gasp, knowing that the problem should be solved satisfactorily in the end.
The fear of having one's home robbed is probably something that is ingrained in everyone's DNA. This scene is really scary. It feels like a conspiracy that has just emerged after a catastrophe, and it is hard to guard against.
The leader was indeed the Calabash Nightmare Beast. It looked at the sunlight outside and sighed that it had finally come out.
Faced with so many nightmare beasts that suddenly appeared, although Qi Huang was one of the few psychics with strong attack power present, she was not panicked because she had seen enough of the world.
Her [Fire Phoenix] has a large-scale group attack skill, and can easily deal with a large number of Nightmare Beasts. With a handful of phoenix flames, all the Nightmare Beasts will be reduced to ashes.
However, low-level and medium-level nightmare beasts are no problem for her, but the high-level nightmare beast, the Calabash Nightmare Beast, is not so easy to deal with. The Calabash Nightmare Beast's skills include not only invisibility, but also absorption. It can absorb all attacks released by others and use them for itself.
Among the psychics who stayed outside, there was a doctor who focused on the study of nightmare beasts. He quickly recognized the Calabash Nightmare Beast and quickly told Qi Huang, the current top fighter, how to deal with it.
There are only three ways to deal with it. The simplest one is close combat, which it cannot absorb. But the Calabash Nightmare Beast is obviously aware of its own weakness, so when choosing its subordinates, it deliberately chooses those who can protect itself and will definitely not let anyone get close to it.
After trying twice, Qi Huang gave up decisively and started thinking about two other methods.
The first of the other two is naturally to release enough energy. Even if the Calabash Nightmare Beast can absorb energy and attack, it is limited. As long as the amount is enough, it can kill itself.
The second is to release attacks that it cannot absorb, such as Mu Yunfan's [Light of Hope] which the Gourd Nightmare Beast cannot absorb. As a product of resentment, how can it possibly absorb an attack generated by the energy of hope? The moment it absorbs it will die. Similarly, it cannot absorb Zhao Xiaoyu's [Happiness] either, as those are poison to the Nightmare Beast.
Seeing this, Su Bei suddenly understood that Qi Huang's opportunity for improvement was coming. She couldn't fight against the Calabash Nightmare Beast with her current abilities. In a situation where she was completely restrained, even if her abilities were strong, they would be useless.
If they don't find a way to deal with the Calabash Nightmare through evolution, then from Su Bei's perspective, everyone will die here before the adults come back. From the results and the process, they are safe and sound now, so Qi Huang must have gained something.
[No matter which method the doctor said, it is obvious that Qi Huang cannot do it now. She can only try her best to attack other nightmare beasts without attacking the Calabash Nightmare Beast. As long as it does not absorb the attacks of others, the Calabash Nightmare Beast itself has no offensive power.
This is also the reason why it can avoid the inspection of Sesbia's machine. It has no offensive power, and the props seal the power, so naturally nothing can be detected.
However, Qi Huang wanted to hide, but the Calabash Nightmare Beast rushed forward to take the attack. If you want to deal with a large number of Nightmare Beasts, you must use group attack and release a large range of flames. But as long as you use the group attack skill, you will definitely be hit by the Calabash Nightmare Beast.
Once it touches her, it can be used to attack ordinary people with special powers. In other words, Qi Huang will not be hurt by her own special power, otherwise she will suffer.
But in fact her situation was not much better. It was very mentally exhausting for one person to deal with so many nightmare beasts, especially when the gourd nightmare beast was stealing energy nearby.
Although there were others to help, she was the only one in the group attack department. As everyone knows, the stronger the attack power, the more mental energy is consumed.
Seeing her face getting paler, the doctor, who also had a deep understanding of people with special abilities, hurriedly said, "Student Qi Huang, you should take a rest. We can hold out for a while."
Seeing this, Su Bei couldn't help but nodded. The doctor's choice was correct. It was indeed time to let Qi Huang take a break.
Although there are other reserve players besides her on the field who can also serve as combat forces. However, the schools that can generally participate in the second round are seed schools. Most of the reserve members of these schools are like "Endless Ability Academy", sending people who are likely to participate in the next competition, that is, students in the first and second year of high school.
After all, generally speaking, with so many healing psychics around, it's hard for the regulars to have problems. So the remaining backups are here to gain experience. In this case, there really aren't many combat forces left outside.