Chapter 328
"Of course." Jiang Yan naturally had no reason to refuse. She nodded and led everyone to the first floor. She registered everyone first and issued a points savings card. Then she took them to another front desk to check the tasks.
The tasks in the Nightmare World are generally related to high-level Nightmare Beasts. There are tasks to draw maps of unexplored areas, tasks to eliminate high-level Nightmare Beasts, rescue tasks...
These tasks are generally worth 10-20 points, and the difficulty is not low. If the S class were to do these tasks, one task might take two or three people half a day to complete. If the points were divided equally, they would not even be enough to pay for their accommodation.
I have to complete two tasks in a day to get enough points for accommodation, which means I only have to spend ordinary money on meals here, otherwise I will really spend more than I earn.
"It will be so difficult to go back then." Lan Subing sighed softly.
Jiang Yan had good hearing. After hearing this, she turned to look at her and said, "Before entering here, these things will be announced. Only those who believe in their own strength, or are determined to spend a long time training here, will choose to enter the Nightmare World from the entrance of our Three Schools Base."
"Three-school base"... Hearing this name, Su Bei couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Does it mean, as the name suggests, that it is a base built by three colleges? It's really a careless name.
Unlike his wild thoughts, the others were taking Jiang Yan's words seriously. As she said, knowing that they would not be able to leave for a long time after entering here, there were only two possibilities for coming here.
"No wonder they say that the superpowers coming out of the Three Learning Bases are very strong." Si Zhaohua had heard of the Three Learning Bases when he was in the family. Now that he understood their internal mechanism, he felt that they were indeed worthy of their reputation.
At this time, Zhao Xiaoyu suddenly thought of another question: "Teacher, if I don't know how to draw a map, can I not take on this task of drawing a map?"
Before Jiang Yan could answer, a man at a stall next to her suddenly raised his voice: "We have professional map drawing talents here. You can hire us for only 2 points. We are honest and fair. Good quality and low price. First come, first served!"
Everyone: “…”
There were a lot of people at the mission point in the lobby on the first floor. Jiang Yan didn't keep them here for long. After reading the mission, she went straight out the door.
There is an open-air camp outside the Sanxue Base fort, which is also under the jurisdiction of the Sanxue Base. You can see many tents, sleeping bags, and some campfires in the camp.
"They sleep here," Ai Baozhu asked in surprise, "Aren't there dormitories?"
It was obvious that this young lady, who had no idea of the sufferings of the world, had never seen the poor people sleeping on the streets.
Jiang Yan glanced at those people and replied calmly: "Because they can't afford or don't want to pay the 10-point room fee, so they choose to sleep outside."
If you want to save points, you need to save money. If you don't have the ability to save money, you can only think of ways to save money. Zhao Xiaoyu feels that she can understand this part of people. If she came here, she might also choose to sleep outside. But she has a question: "Is it safe to sleep outside?"
"The camp is definitely safer than other places in the Nightmare World. After all, there are so many people here, and the scared Nightmare generally won't come here." Jiang Yan answered the same question many times, and she answered skillfully, "But in fact, the base is not responsible for protecting the psychics in the camp. At night, the entire fortress will be closed. If there is really danger, they can only fend for themselves."
After hearing her explanation, everyone understood immediately. To put it simply, this place is indeed safer than other places in the Nightmare World, but not much safer. The real safety is still inside the fortress.
But this is normal. If the inside and outside of the fortress were the same, and 10 points could only provide a more comfortable place to live, I'm afraid no one would choose to live in the dormitory.
"Do we have to spend points to live here?" Jiang Tianming asked a key question.
Jiang Yan had expected this question. She shook her head and said, "No, your accommodation will be fully covered by the academy, and you can leave directly after one month. But if you want to come here again after graduation, you will have to follow the same rules as everyone else."
After thinking for a while, she added with a rare smile: "But if you are willing to work here after graduation, that's another matter."
These students are all top students from the "Infinite Power Academy", and it would be a great fortune if you could pick one of them up.
"We will consider it carefully." Si Zhaohua nodded, although he himself would definitely not stay here and the Si family would not allow it.
The Iron Man seemed a little tempted. He didn't want to stay in school as a teacher, but wanted to go into battle and fight nightmare beasts. At present, staying here seemed to be a good choice.
Jiang Yan didn't insist on recruiting new members. She simply said one sentence and clapped her hands: "I have taken you around the base. Now it's free time. There is a clock in the lobby on the first floor. The curfew will start at midnight, and the base gate will be closed. It will not be reopened until five o'clock the next day. So you must enter the dormitory building before 11:00 p.m. and then return to your room."
As she spoke, she distributed keys with house numbers on them to everyone. After she had distributed them, she continued, "Because it's easy for everyone to get in the way if they all go together, I'll arrange for you to explore in pairs. If anyone has a problem, that person's temporary teammate will also be punished."
After announcing her collective responsibility system, she began to divide the group: "The people I called can form a team and leave directly. Su Bei Si Zhaohua will form a team, Ai Baozhu and Lan Subing will form a team, Jiang Tianming... Mu Tieren Li Shu and Zhou Renjie, the three of you will form a team."
Su Bei and Si Zhaohua, who were called first, walked back together. They both tacitly understood that they did not want to explore the Nightmare World first, but planned to go back and learn more about the Three Schools Base.
After all, we will be staying here for a whole month, so we must know the map well.
"Where to go first?" After entering the fort, Si Zhaohua looked at Su Bei, "I want to go see the ring on the fifth floor first."
Su Bei had no objection. Because the Nightmare World automatically suppressed happy emotions, he did not have much curiosity about this colorless place.
Arriving on the fifth floor, there were endless shouting and cheering. Si Zhaohua couldn't help but frowning at the noise: "It's so noisy, won't this affect the treatment upstairs?"
"There should be a soundproof wall upstairs." Su Bei answered casually, threw a pair of earplugs to him, then took a few steps to squeeze into the cheering crowd, turned his head and smiled at the awkward guy, "Come on, come on, let's watch a ring match first."
"Since we are here, we are here" is a classic Chinese quote for persuading people. It is classic and effective, and it can be said to be timeless. Si Zhaohua was persuaded. Although he didn't want to squeeze in with others, he still squeezed in despite his cleanliness.
It is worth mentioning that although they are both relatively tall in the class and even in the grade, they are still minors after all. They look very small in this place full of scarred strong men. Their small bodies contain great energy. Otherwise, they would not have been able to squeeze in so easily.
Si Zhaohua looked extremely unhappy. On the one hand, he was bothered by the smell and dissatisfied with his own height. "I will definitely grow to 1.9 meters in the future."
"You have ambition." The people nearby who heard his words couldn't help but laugh and praised him in a gruff voice, but it was hard to tell whether he was really complimenting him or was just being sarcastic.
Su Bei felt that Si Zhaohua's wish might be difficult to realize. In the comic world, it is difficult for a beautiful character to have a strong body. Except for silly comics.
However, he did not break the other party's beautiful fantasy, but just looked at the ring. Two people were fighting on the ring, a ruthless fight to kill each other. This kind of fight was much more interesting and useful than the sparring they usually saw in school.
What Su Bei had to do was to constantly learn their skills by watching them, and strive to learn such skills without playing in person. Others might not be able to do it, but Su Bei was a PE genius who had been personally stamped by his PE teacher, so naturally there was no problem.
He was quite interested in the show, but Si Zhaohua, who had proposed to visit here, felt a little regretful. After a while, he began to lose focus and brought up something else: "What tasks do you think the teacher will assign us tomorrow?"
"Patrol," Su Bei answered nonchalantly, glancing at the crowded first floor, "There shouldn't be a shortage of people for other tasks."
"You're wrong about that." The big man who laughed at Si Zhaohua before interrupted again, "There are so many people now because it's morning. There will be fewer people later. The goal of the Sanxue Base is to explore the entire Nightmare Beast World with the base as the center. No matter how many esper people there are, it won't be enough."
That is indeed a very lofty ideal, and it will not be in vain because of the author's arrangement of the ending of the Nightmare. The result of completely destroying the meteorite is that the Nightmare will no longer be born, but it does not mean that the original Nightmare will disappear immediately, nor does it mean that this space will disappear immediately.
Over the past few hundred years, the number of Nightmare Beasts has been innumerable, and the Nightmare Beast world is also boundless, so such exploration is very meaningful.
The big man then continued, "But you look like you are still students. The academy will not assign dangerous tasks to students here. It's probably like what you said, they will assign you to patrol."
The two thanked him, left the ring and returned to the stairs. Si Zhaohua looked up and knew that Su Bei had no idea, so he made a decision directly: "Let's go to the sixth floor."
When they arrived at the door of the sixth floor, two guards stopped them. One of them sternly drove them away: "Don't come over to join in the fun, kids. This is not a place for you."
Si Zhaohua took out a high-end prop without changing his expression: "I'm here to sell things."
Seeing this prop, the guard did not continue to drive, but took out a simple quality assessment prop to test it. When he saw the prop emitting purple light, he immediately became more respectful and opened the door: "Please."
Although the trading platform on the sixth floor is much more advanced than the second floor, it is only the trading items that are more advanced. In essence, they are the same, both use money to make transactions. Of course, you can also use points with some sellers, but Si Zhaohua will definitely use money to make transactions.
The thing that the young master of the Si family has the most is money.
Su Bei was not short of money, but his abundance was only reflected in his daily life. Facing such a venue that cost millions, he was still stretched. So he did not plan to buy anything this time, just to learn from Si Zhaohua.
In addition to artificial production, the most important source of high-level props is high-level nightmare beasts. Many high-level nightmare beasts will drop props when they die. Su Bei had encountered many high-level nightmare beasts with the protagonist group before, but he actually killed very few of them, so naturally he didn't get any high-level props.
On the contrary, as far as Su Bei knew, everyone in the protagonist group should have at least one. Fortunately, he himself did not lack props at all, otherwise he would be really angry.
Here, Si Zhaohua was spending money like crazy, buying things all the way, and his main point was that a person can have a lot of money without being stupid. After becoming the recognized big money man of this floor, he left with Su Bei and went to the third floor to eat with satisfaction.
"Don't you have a lot of props yourself? Why did you buy so many?" After yawning, Su Bei asked with some confusion.
He often studies new abilities at night during this period, and his mental strength is seriously insufficient, so he naturally appears sleepy. However, he cannot study every day, otherwise his teacher and classmates will find out. Yesterday, he experimented with his abilities for the last time, so Su Bei is not in a good mental state today.
But he often does this, Si Zhaohua didn't think there was anything wrong, and calmly replied: "Do you think I have too many props? Anyway, I have enough money."
"Being rich is great." Su Bei gave a thumbs up in admiration.
There are several restaurants on the third floor, and the ingredients are basically nightmare meat, and various dishes made from nightmare meat. A meal like this is very expensive outside, but here, it is the cheapest meal. On the contrary, fresh vegetables are rare in restaurants and the price is also very expensive.
They chose a braised chicken restaurant in Subei, but the chicken here is a kind of nightmare chicken, with plump meat and fragrant meat, and it can also replenish a little spiritual power for the user. Not much, but it can make people feel more energetic after eating.
When ordering, Su Bei asked about the vegetables: "Boss, do we buy the vegetables here from outside or grow them ourselves in Nightmare World?"
This bit of knowledge is common sense here, so the boss naturally has nothing to hide: "It is impossible to grow vegetation in the Nightmare World, so the vegetables here are either purchased from outside or directly found out by wood-type esper with relevant superpowers. I am not talented, but my superpower is [Plant Growth Induction]."
That was indeed a professional match, but Su Bei had a new question: "I'm sorry if this is a little offensive, but I still want to ask you if you think it's dangerous to enter the world of nightmare beasts with this ability?"
[Plant Growth] It sounds like a D-class or even F-class superpower with no offensive power. Not to mention coming to the nightmare world, it's difficult to even stay in the superpower world. But the boss actually came in, and he's obviously alive and well.
Seeing no disdain in his eyes, but pure curiosity, the boss replied: "You think my ability has no offensive power?"
He casually took out a seed, and after a little nurturing, a small Piranha Plant was planted. The boss smiled and said, "As long as the seeds are in place, my special ability can play a variety of roles."
Su Bei showed a look of sudden realization: "Great, thank you for the answer, boss."
After saying that, he first turned on his supernatural power to take a look at the boss's destiny compass. After confirming that there was no problem, he thought for a while and placed a silver gear on the counter: "Thank you, this is a gear that can find the opponent's weakness."
"Hit Gear" can only be used against a relatively strong opponent who is not easily attacked. However, Su Bei thought that when the boss used this item, the enemy should be more difficult to deal with, and then the gear would naturally play its due role.
In fact, he originally wanted to give a "Wish Gear" to make this ability more prominent. But after thinking about it, he decided not to. First of all, the "Wish Gear" is very powerful, and it would seem a bit cheap to give it to the other party just because he answered a few unimportant questions.
Secondly, the "Wish Gear" has the disadvantage of backfire after an hour. He doesn't want to tell others about the whole disadvantage, so he naturally can't use the "Wish Gear" to cheat others.
After lunch, they both decided to go check out the dormitory, where they would be staying for the next 30 days. If the environment was not good, they would suffer a lot.
Su Bei and Si Zhaohua's rooms were next to each other, which was also the basis for Teacher Jiang to form teams. After all, they had been together for a year, so there was no need to divide them into groups to let them get familiar with each other. They could do whatever was convenient for them.
When I opened the door, I saw a small room. But don't be fooled by the small size of the room. In fact, although it is small, it has everything. A bed, a small wardrobe, a table and a chair, that's all there is in the room.
There is no toilet in the room, the public toilet is in the middle of the corridor.
To be honest, it was a bit depressing. The room was small, there were no windows, and the colors were monotonous, black, white and gray. It was obvious that if I lived here for a long time, I would definitely have psychological problems.
However, if you don't live there permanently and just use it to sleep, it's still acceptable. At least it's clean and there are no small animals living there.
The day passed quickly, and at eight o'clock the next morning, Teacher Jiang came to arrange the tasks. Just as Su Bei guessed yesterday, their task was indeed to patrol. Four people formed a group, and each team was inserted into a different patrol team and was responsible for different areas.
It is worth mentioning that Feng Lan did not participate in this mission. He was mainly responsible for sitting in the rear. Jiang Yan was not even prepared to let him leave the fortress this month, which was also the requirement put forward by the Feng family for this study.
Walking to his patrol team, Su Bei looked at the people next to him and felt that his luck was pretty good this time. Si Zhaohua, Zhao Xiaoyu, Wu Jin, none of the main characters were there, making him the safest one among all the teams.
Naturally, the place they patrolled was also the safest one, and they only needed to patrol within the camp.
Seeing the student team members assigned to him, the red-haired captain frowned and looked at the three of them. Wu Jin was subconsciously ignored by him. The captain said concisely: "I know you are here to plate gold. Stay in the middle of the team and don't cause trouble for us, otherwise I will make you unable to plate gold at this level. Do you understand?"
Oh no, the guy that even Wu Jin couldn't notice at first is now threatening them. Su Bei lowered his head and raised the corners of his mouth with a bit of amusement, trying hard not to sneer.
Anyone who speaks out at this time will become a cannon fodder in the plot. Although this is not a bad plot, it is a bit troublesome. Su Bei is too lazy to take action. He would rather watch his teammates show off their prowess.
As expected, the one who showed his power was Si Zhaohua. He looked at the other person with cold blue eyes and said word by word: "I don't quite understand. How can you prevent us from being coated with this layer of gold?"
The red-haired captain didn't see how confident he was, or even if he saw it, he didn't care. After all, as the captain, he had the right to reprimand and even teach a lesson to his disobedient team members. In addition, the three bases were relatively independent, so even if they went out to complain, the "Infinite Power Academy" would never put pressure on them for them.
So when faced with Si Zhaohua's question, he arrogantly replied: "Of course I will beat you up for being disobedient, and then refuse to let you rejoin the team."
However, when he said this, he overlooked one point, that is, these students whom he looked down upon did not need the help of the academy at all, and they could give him enough lessons.
Si Zhaohua glanced at Su Bei, who surprisingly understood what he meant immediately. He nodded slightly, indicating that he had recorded everything he had just said.
Seeing him nod, Si Zhaohua withdrew his gaze with relief. He didn't worry at all that Su Bei would misunderstand, and directly activated his supernatural powers to attack the red-haired captain.
Wu Jin asked in a low voice: "Is everything ok?"
"Who are you referring to?" Su Bei asked puzzledly.
If he was worried about Si Zhaohua, then he could only say that Wu Jin's eyesight was not very good. The red-haired captain's strength was obviously average. Knowing that there were four new members, he didn't even see Wu Jin just now. This was enough to show that his mental strength was low. As a superpower owner, Wu Jin should be very clear about this. With Si Zhaohua's strength, he would not be defeated by such a person.
As for worrying about the captain, that was nonsense. Su Bei didn't think Wu Jin was such a kind person.
"He's probably worried about being discovered fighting." Zhao Xiaoyu understood Wu Jin's thoughts very well.
Sure enough, Wu Jin nodded and tacitly agreed to her explanation.
Su Bei suddenly realized, and then replied: "Don't worry, this is the territory of the superpowers, it's normal for people to fight. As long as the trouble doesn't spread to the fortress and no nightmare beasts appear, others will not meddle in it."
He had a basis for what he said. There was a fight outside yesterday and the people around were just watching the fun.
As Jiang Yan said, living in such a repressive environment for a long time, many people need to vent their emotions. Those who can control themselves can go to the sixth floor to vent, while those who can't control themselves can only fight on the spot.
The battle over there quickly came to an end, and Si Zhaohua was undoubtedly the winner. He didn't even use his ultimate move, but just used his newly learned "Angel Radiance" skill to defeat his opponent.
Not to mention the red-haired captain, even the team members who had been watching from the sidelines were all stunned. They never thought that this student, who was obviously a minor and probably not even in the third year of high school, could defeat the captain.
"How did you become the captain of the patrol team?" Si Zhaohua, who had won, did not show any joy, but instead looked puzzled. "I am beginning to doubt the patrol system of the Three Academy Base."