Chapter 331

After reading the comics, Su Bei sat in a chair thoughtfully, resting his chin on one hand, muttering to himself: "It looks like things won't be peaceful from now on. I have to stay close to Jiang Tianming."

The fact that the Black Flash lost their treasure must be a secret. I'm afraid they have already received the news. If others don't know that the machine can be reversed, how could the Black Flash know it?

Now that they have cooperated with the Nightmare Beasts, it is impossible for them to let this machine, which may threaten the Nightmare Beast group, be obtained by the decent people.

Now that the machine is at the Sanxue base, it only takes a little thought to figure out what the Black Flash organization will do. Either send someone to infiltrate the base and destroy the machine, or tell the Nightmare Beast about it and have it attack the base directly.

But no matter which one it is, the base will not be safe from now on.

Similar plots have happened before, and the author's solution is to divide the team into two groups, one to protect everyone and the other to deal with the crisis.

If nothing unexpected happens, the same method should be used this time. In other words, the Yi people will stay at the base, while another group will deal with the meteorites or earth elemental nightmare beasts.

It goes without saying which team Su Bei wants to choose, he must go to deal with the meteorite.

He has been working hard for this goal for so long. If he doesn't participate in the end, he will feel very regretful even if the problem is solved. Although he usually likes to slack off, he also has a sense of ceremony.

Just as Su Bei expected, the number of nightmare beasts around the base increased on the third day. The nightmare beasts around the Sanxue base had been cleared out long ago, and after that, missions were regularly issued for the psychics to clear them out. It was understandable that one or two appeared occasionally, but so many appeared at once, which clearly showed that there was a problem.

The Nightmare Beasts obviously had no intention of hiding their purpose. More and more Nightmare Beasts gathered around them, making it clear that they wanted to surround them.

At this time, Su Bei was still very confused. What was the point of the Nightmare Beasts doing this other than to scare them? It wasn't like they couldn't leave. If it wasn't him who set the flag, the Nightmare Realm Gate of the Sanxue Base would never be closed.

This is the magic weapon that the three academies rely on for survival. If you want to close the door to the nightmare world here, you can only close it from the real world. However, the door in the real world is jointly guarded by the three academies, and countless supernatural powers are applied around it.

If the Nightmare Beasts could find an opportunity to forcibly close the academies, then there would be no need for the three academies to continue teaching and they could simply close down to avoid misleading the students.

In the comic book "Superpowers Are King", the academy and the government have the usual problem of every comic book, that is, they always appear after the fact. But compared to other comics that Su Bei read, the officials in this comic book are actually quite good, at least they are reliable.

This is also the reason why Su Bei believes that they will not make any major mistakes.

Since everyone can exit the Nightmare World and return to the real world at any time, what is the purpose of the Nightmare World surrounding the Three Schools Base on a large scale?

If they wanted to destroy the base they had built with great difficulty, then Su Bei could only say that they were overthinking.

It is true that this base is important, but what is more important is the data that the base has held for so long, the base staff, and the psychics active inside... Compared to these, the base itself is not that important.

They can completely regroup, come back to destroy the nightmare beast after repairing, and then rebuild the base. It won't cost much anyway.

Even if they want to change the base address, it's no problem. They are familiar with the map here. They just need to slowly expand the new base here and then connect the two maps together.

Su Bei felt that the nightmare beasts would not be unable to think of what he could think of. After all, it was not something difficult to understand. They would not do useless work, so what was the purpose of surrounding this place?

Soon Su Bei had the answer.

On the fifth day when the Nightmare Beasts surrounded this place, the unprepared psychics began to get impatient as their numbers grew. The Sanxue Base made a decision to let a group of people retreat with the data first.

They would not abandon the Sanxue Base immediately, after all, they had worked so hard here. But it was impossible for them to not make any preparations when they had seen the determination of the Nightmare Beasts. The various coordinate maps and other data in the base must not be wrong, and the best result would be to transport them out first.

As for the psychics in the base, they were not hired and hired, so they naturally had no obligation to defend the base. However, destroying nightmare beasts was the psychics' duty, and with the large amount of rewards promised by the base, many were willing to stay. The base did not force those who did not want to stay, and they could just leave with the data.

However, a small accident occurred during the retreat - the machine Jiang Tianming brought back could not pass through the gate to the Nightmare Realm.

To be more precise, it cannot leave the Nightmare World.

After this incident, Su Bei finally analyzed the purpose of the Nightmare Beast.

They just don't want the base to study the converter, so they either destroy it now or fight the nightmare beasts to the death. Anyway, the number of nightmare beasts in the nightmare world is almost infinite, and this is their home ground. If they really fight, the three-school base will definitely lose in the end.

Not long after the analysis, Su Bei and the other students in Class S were called away by Jiang Yan. When they arrived at the meeting room, there were several adults besides Jiang Yan, who were probably the leaders of the three academic bases.

The Mutie man, who hadn't been seen for several days, had dark circles under his eyes and was sitting in a chair in a daze. It was unclear whether he was thinking about something or just daydreaming.

Everyone took their seats one by one. After they were seated, Jiang Yan told them the purpose of calling them here this time: "I believe you have seen clearly these days that the cause of the Nightmare Beasts' siege is most likely the machine you brought back. It is very useful to the Nightmare Beasts, and the Nightmare Beasts want to snatch it back. The machine cannot be brought back to the real world, so we thought that since this is the case, we might as well destroy it directly. Since you brought the machine back, this meeting is mainly to seek your opinions."

Because she was unsure whether Su Bei and the others knew the relationship between the Nightmare Beast and the meteorite, Jiang Yan made it vague here and only said that the machine was good for the Nightmare Beast.

However, Jiang Tianming and his friends knew the truth, so there was no communication barrier between the two sides. But even though he knew she was right, Jiang Tianming couldn't make a decision. He always felt that something was wrong.

Jiang Tianming was still hesitant, so he didn't say anything. Su Bei just watched quietly. Although he knew very well that he had to reject Jiang Yan's idea at this time, he argued with Mu Tieren to keep the machine and continue the research.

But he never opened his mouth.

Su Bei believed in Jiang Tianming and believed that he would definitely realize this. Since he could refuse, why should he ask for it? He brought the things back, and this was his moment.

As expected, when Jiang Yan and others gradually began to wonder, Jiang Tianming finally raised his head and said firmly: "I'm sorry, but I don't think we can destroy this transformer."

Without waiting for Jiang Yan to ask, he took the initiative to continue explaining: "If, as you said, the Nightmare Beasts' goal is to take back the machine, then they cannot fail to think that once they besiege the city, we will definitely destroy it if we can't take the machine away. This is contrary to what you said about their idea."

His idea was simple. The Nightmare Beast obviously wanted them to destroy the machine, so they should do the opposite. Keeping the machine was the best option for them.

After listening to him, Jiang Yan pondered for a moment: "In fact, we have also considered this point. The Nightmare Beast may have other purposes. But if it returns to the Nightmare Beast, it will definitely do us more harm than good, so it is best to destroy it. We can't take such a big risk just for a machine that we don't know what the benefits are."

"Well... I think I know why they want us to destroy the machine." The wooden iron man, who had been lost in thought for a long time, raised his hand resolutely as if he had finally made up his mind. "My research has yielded some results."

He took out a diagram he had made and demonstrated it: "This machine is not one-way. In fact, according to my research, its initial function should be exactly the opposite of what it is now, that is, to transform meteorites into other stones and transform earth element nightmare beasts into nightmare beasts of other elements."

After a pause, waiting for others to understand what he meant, the wooden iron man continued, "Thanks to the ingenious design of the researchers, the function of this machine has been successfully reversed and has become what it is now. But if you give me some time, I think I should be able to turn it back to its original state."

Suddenly, there was silence in the conference room. Jiang Yan and others who knew the inside story naturally knew that if the wooden iron man could be successfully researched, it would be a great help to their ultimate goal of completely eliminating the nightmare beast.

Even though he himself was not sure whether the research would bear fruit, and if it failed, they would pay a heavy price, but the huge benefits still made Jiang Yan inevitably tempted.

Looking back at the leader, she could tell from just one glance that the leader was also hesitating. Jiang Yan pursed her lips, and when she spoke again, she used a persuasive tone: "If Mu Tieren can really succeed, it will be worth it no matter how much it costs. Besides, we can still leave at any time, right? If we just leave like this, we may miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Then we will be sinners of the entire human world."

By the end of her persuasion, her tone had become completely firm, and it sounded like "If you don't agree, I will force you to agree."

The leader looked at her for a few times and suddenly smiled: "Look, you have made up your mind. In that case, I support you. I will give you a week, and we will support you for a week at most. If there is no result after a week, everyone will leave together, and no one is allowed to delay."

It should be said that he threw the pot very quickly and put it on Jiang Yan's head in a blink of an eye. If he succeeded, it was because of his foresight, and if he failed, it was because of Jiang Yan's willfulness.

But Jiang Yan had no objection. Since she had decided to support the wooden iron man, she was ready to bear all the consequences. She was willing to gamble her future for that possibility. Compared with completely destroying the nightmare beast, her future was not even worth putting on the table.

It was quickly agreed that the leader would tell the outside world about the matter and insist on their intention to stay, while everyone else except the wooden iron man would be responsible for getting through the week.

As for the wooden iron man, there is naturally no need to say much. He only needs to be responsible for research.

Su Bei's dream was shattered. He did not intend to take advantage of this incident, but that was limited to destroying the meteorite, not working as a laborer for the Sanxue base!

The current situation is that the wooden iron man continues to study the machine, while the rest of them begin to prepare for war in an urgent manner.

Initially, the base leaders planned to find some people with special abilities to prepare for war together and make up for their shortage of personnel.

But Jiang Tianming, who soon learned about this, stepped forward to stop their idea, and the reason he gave was also very reasonable: "The 'Black Flash' organization has undercover agents in many places. If they recruit a few undercover agents, the plan may fail directly. It is best to use the existing psychics, at least they are absolutely reliable."

That's true. Sometimes one undercover agent can be more effective than a thousand enemies. Given their current situation, if they really recruit an undercover agent, it would really cause more trouble.

The leader was willing to hold out for a week because he hoped that the wooden iron man would succeed. He wanted to avoid any unexpected incidents, so after listening to Jiang Tianming's reasons, he decisively gave up seeking help from outside, and decided to send out the important information and then close the gate to the Nightmare Realm in one direction, ensuring that everyone could fight to the death in this week.

Upon learning of his actions, Ai Baozhu had a complicated expression: "Is this guy timid or brave?"

If you say he is brave, he was the one who threw the pot away at the beginning of the incident. Even when he agreed to this matter, it sounded like he was swayed by Jiang Yan. But if you say he is cowardly, he was the one who insisted on letting them stay here under pressure and put his life and death aside.

"Human nature is complicated." Zhao Xiaoyu said calmly, "Let's discuss how to deal with the coming beast tide."

Compared to the large-scale beast waves in the ordinary world, the small-scale beast waves here have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the place is relatively small, so we can concentrate our strength on defense. The Sanxue base fortress itself is also very strong and cannot be easily breached. The supplies in the fortress are very sufficient, and there is absolutely no problem in supporting it for at least a week.

The disadvantages were obvious. If their power was concentrated, the power of the Nightmare Beasts would also be concentrated. And no matter what, this was the Nightmare Beasts' world, so it was naturally the Nightmare Beasts' home turf.

Fortunately, their goal is not to defeat the opponent, but to hold out for a week. This is a comic book world, and Su Bei believes that a week is definitely enough time for Mu Tieren to produce results.

Then he should prepare for a rainy day in advance.

Once the Mutie people develop a reverse converter, all they have to do is use it to destroy meteorites. It is definitely impossible to convert all meteorites, but they can convert large chunks first.

As long as the large pieces of meteorites are transformed, they will immediately cause severe damage to the Nightmare World. The remaining small pieces are just a matter of time.

According to the data of the "Fate" organization, or from the world settings added by the author, those large meteorites are the reason why nightmare beasts are constantly born. The role of small meteorite fragments is to maintain the environment of the nightmare world.

Of course, the latter also need to be destroyed, otherwise as long as the Nightmare World is not destroyed, the Nightmare Beasts who do not know themselves can continue to exist and even evolve. But the most important thing is to destroy the meteorite first.

As an intelligence officer, Su Bei immediately knew what he had to do. What he had to do was to provide the coordinates of those large meteorites so that Jiang Tianming and others could find them smoothly.

After figuring this out, Su Bei opened his notebook and looked through the information. Large meteorites are commonly called "boundary stones" and are important pillars supporting the world of nightmare beasts.

The "Destiny" organization is indeed an intelligence organization established by the "Comic Consciousness" himself. It records a total of five boundary stones and their specific locations. You should know that there are almost no coordinates in the nightmare world, so the specific locations recorded in the organization are not through coordinates, but through props.

That is, there are props in the organization that can directly go to the boundary stone.

It's a bit too omnipotent, Su Bei couldn't help but admire it in his heart, then he waved his hand and exchanged out those teleportation props.

Unexpectedly, the item was not expensive. Of course, the inexpensive price here was for Su Bei, the leader of the organization, but it was still very expensive for others. But in Su Bei's eyes, the price of the item was far less than its effect.

But he soon figured it out. He was sure that the research on the wooden iron man would be successful. At that time, they only needed to send the meteorite into the machine, and the transformation would be completed in an instant. So he felt that this teleportation prop could play a big role.

But the others didn't have the tools, so it was almost impossible to destroy the boundary stone with bare hands. Plus, there must be more than one powerful high-level nightmare beast guarding the boundary stone, making it even more difficult to destroy it. So in the eyes of others, this teleportation tool was probably just a tourist attraction, so the price was naturally not high.

The reason why a few were still redeemed was probably because they were confident in their own strength and wanted to try it out. If someone could achieve some results, these teleportation talismans would not be so unknown.

"Are there only five boundary stones in total?" Su Bei suddenly asked, looking at the five teleportation talismans.

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After a moment of silence, "Comic Consciousness" gave the answer: "Sorry, I can't spoil the story."

That means there is a sixth piece, Su Bei immediately understood. If there are really only five pieces, "comic consciousness" can be said directly.

Fortunately, he discovered it in advance. Su Bei couldn't help but feel a little scared. If they had waited until they started to act and then found that there was still a boundary stone to be dealt with, he didn't know how desperate he would be.

You have to know that if this kind of thing doesn't succeed once, it will be even more difficult to implement the plan next time. The boundary stone protected by the power of the entire nightmare world is almost impossible to be destroyed again.

After thinking for a while, Su Bei directly asked the "Destiny" organization to find out the whereabouts of the sixth boundary stone.

Yes, in his opinion, he only needed to suspend one prize.

There are not many people in the class who can actually complete this task, including myself, the three protagonists, Qi Huang and Si Zhaohua, and no one else.

Although Zhao Xiaoyu's ability is a natural enemy of nightmare beasts, it has not had much effect on the top-level nightmare beasts that are responsible for guarding the boundary stone. Wu Jin also cannot charm high-level nightmare beasts. Ling You's effect is more effective on low- and medium-level nightmare beasts, and they are also unable to perform tasks. Ai Baozhu and Ling You can both play a role, but they are not people who like to face danger, so they can also be ruled out. Zhou Renjie cannot swallow multiple high-level nightmare beasts at a time, and there is no need for him to take risks now.

Mu Tieren is a researcher, and if he has already been useful, the author probably won't let him appear again. The same goes for Feng Lan.

Therefore, there are six people who can go, and according to the comic theorem, there should be six boundary stones.

Su Bei was not sure whether anyone would take up the bounty. The points he offered were sufficient, but the location of the sixth boundary stone might not be known to anyone, so no matter how much money he offered, there would be no demand for it.

But if he didn't have the answer, the author would have thought of a way to let Jiang Tianming find the sixth boundary stone by accident. He thought uncertainly, and didn't know how the author arranged it.

After finishing the preparations, Su Bei, who was bored, had another curious question. Given that there were so many powerful psychics in the base, how did the task of clearing the meteorite fall to Jiang Tianming and others?

No matter how you think about it, they can't let a few students complete this task.

Jiang Tianming and his team were not qualified for the job in terms of strength or experience. Moreover, being a minor was a major limitation, and any conscientious adult would not let a minor take risks if they had any way to do so.

Soon Su Bei knew the answer to the question. It was Feng Lan who came to see him. And it was Feng Lan whose face was extremely pale and whose lips were bloodless. Seeing him like this, Su Bei's first reaction was that he was injured somewhere. But there was no smell of blood on him. Su Bei, who knew Feng Lan well enough, soon realized that he probably used his [Prophecy] ability and predicted something "big".

Feng Lan turned on the power shielding tool with a serious expression, and then said to everyone seriously: "In the future I predicted, the people sent by the base to convert the meteorite will fail, because as soon as they disappear from the main battlefield, the Nightmare will notice something is wrong and discover our plan."

His predictions were rarely so accurate. This time, because he knew that what they were about to do was extremely important, he used his mental power regardless of the cost and predicted an accurate future even though he realized that the future was not going to be good.

"Have you told Teacher Jiang about this?" Jiang Tianming asked first.

Feng Lan shook her head: "Not yet."

In this strange place, faced with an important mission concerning the entire human world, knowing that there would be problems with the people arranged by the base, the only people he could trust were his classmates.

Jiang Tianming thought for a moment and said, "In the future you predicted, those people were discovered because they did not appear on the battlefield and were noticed. This means that the Nightmare Beast has actually been keeping an eye on the psychics in the Three Schools Base, so that it can immediately detect who disappears."

But this is normal. The Three Schools Base is built in the Nightmare World, which is a big threat to the Nightmare World itself, so it is normal to be watched all the time. And a group of superpowers will enter here every six months. Unless they are "transfer students" like them, the number of people will not change for a period of time. Collecting their information is still very valuable.

But this also means——"Then we are not under the observation of the nightmare beast?"

The person who asked this question was Lan Subing, and she grasped the key to the problem at the first moment.

Jiang Tianming, who had the same idea as her, nodded and said, "I think so too. Then we will complete this task."