Chapter 335

After lying in bed for three days, on the fourth day, as soon as he was free, Su Bei drank water, went to the toilet and took a shower, and then went out to have a big meal. You won't die if you don't eat or drink water for three days, but how can you not be considered dead if you feel so uncomfortable?

While eating, Su Bei turned on his cell phone which had been turned off because it was out of battery when he came back that day.

“Ding ding ding ding—”

As soon as I turned on the phone, a series of message notification sounds rang out. All the messages on the chat software were 99+. Without opening the phone, Su Bei knew who sent the message and what the message was.

After thinking for a while, he did not reply to others, but clicked into Meng Huai's chat box. Meng Huai could be said to be the one who sent the least messages among all people, with only three messages in total.

[Let me work or die: I heard you disappeared]

[Let me work or I’ll die: I won’t really die, will I?]

[Let me work or die: if you are still alive, send a message]

【East, South, West: 1】

Ten minutes later, when Su Bei finished his meal, Meng Huai finally replied to the message.

[Let me work or die: 1 what 1 where are you now]

[Dongnanxi: I will go back to school tomorrow and let you know in advance. Don’t tell them, I want to give them a surprise.]

[Let me work or die: Congratulations on not using the wrong words, this is indeed a surprise. So what's going on? It seems like they all think you're dead. ]

【Dongnanxi: I was resurrected using a tool.】

After a while, there was no reply from the other end, so I called him directly: "Su Bei, do you mind a video call?"

"Don't mind." Su Bei shook his head and took the initiative to transfer the video call to him.

The video was connected, and it seemed that Meng Huai on the other side breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked calmly: "What is the price of the resurrection item?"

"You can't use your supernatural powers for half a year." Su Bei answered honestly. He would need to use this as an excuse to ask for leave later, so he couldn't lie.

Hearing that this was the only price to pay, Meng Huai breathed a sigh of relief again: "So do you still plan to continue your studies? You won't be able to use your superpowers for half a year, and you won't be able to participate in school classes. And the superpower world will probably be very dangerous in the future..."

"So I plan to take a leave." Su Bei interrupted him and said without hesitation.

He also knew that the next supernatural world would be very dangerous. Not to mention the "Black Flash" organization that was secretly causing trouble, even the Nightmare Beasts would not be able to stay safe.

You have to know that their foundations were just destroyed. The destruction of the six boundary stones was a fatal blow to the nightmare beasts. The remaining small meteorite fragments can only maintain the living environment of the nightmare beasts. It is impossible to allow the nightmare beast world to continuously produce nightmare beasts.

In this situation, Su Bei believed that the nightmare beasts would definitely go crazy.

After all, if they continue to remain silent, what awaits them is a slow death. Don't underestimate the speed at which humans are clearing out nightmare beasts. In the past, they were able to reach a balance between income and expenditure with humans, but now they have no income and are only spending money. They will definitely not be able to hold on for long.

So they either do nothing and wait for a slow death. Or they take advantage of the fact that the Nightmare Beasts are still at their peak and fight a last-ditch battle to completely wipe out humans. It goes without saying that the Nightmare Beasts will definitely choose the latter, and they can only choose the latter.

This was one of the reasons why Su Bei asked for leave. He didn't want to be transferred into those battles as an ordinary person. Especially since he was not an ordinary psychic, but one of the main culprits for the nightmare beasts to become like this.

Even in his prime, he couldn't guarantee 100% that he could face the revenge of the nightmare beasts, not to mention that he has become an ordinary person now.

His best option is to temporarily stay away from the supernatural world and avoid the counterattack of the nightmare beast.

Thinking of this, Su Bei told his plan: "I plan to give them a surprise this time and then fake my death to trick the nightmare beast. Then I will need your help, teacher."

"You've thought it through, but since you're going to fake your death, wouldn't it be better for you to just not come back to school?" Meng Huai asked doubtfully, then coughed, "Of course I'm not asking you to hide it from me, just let me know that you're alive, and I can help you tell other classmates."

"They need to maintain a good state next time, don't they?" After thinking about it, he realized that they no longer needed to maintain their image. Besides, he had "sacrificed" to save people before, so Su Bei slightly exposed his true nature and said this very honestly.

After that, they will have to face the counterattack of the Nightmare Beasts and the "Black Flash" organization, so they can't be in a bad state. If they keep thinking about his death, Su Bei is worried that some people will do something irrational.

After all, this is a comic book world, and if you are not careful, you may turn evil and become a villain. Although the author is in control, it is obvious that the other party cannot fully grasp everyone's thoughts, otherwise the author would have manipulated Su Bei to slowly fade out of the protagonist group.

And he also needs to make an appearance to let the readers know that he is still alive. Although the author no longer intends to mess with him, the changes that readers can make to him are still there. If they all think that he is dead, Su Bei is worried that something unexpected will happen.

The author had clearly decided to let him go, and everything was about to be settled. If he failed at the last step, he would be really angry. Besides, things should be done from beginning to end. Since he would be offline for a long time, he had to show up at the end to let readers know that he was still alive.

"Yeah, they are very sad now." Recalling the scene when he received them that day, Meng Huai said with deep emotion.

I have nothing to do now, so Su Bei finished his lunch and went back to his room to read the comics. Although his mission was completely over, it didn't matter if he didn't read the plot. But it was his own fake death anyway, so it would be wrong not to read it.

Su Bei quickly skipped the previous plot and turned directly to the second half of the comic, the part where they were preparing to put the boundary stone into the machine.

When he saw the beeping sound of the machine in the comic, Su Bei felt a heart attack again. The feeling of being just one step away from success but failing at the last hurdle, only those who try will know.

Compared to him, who experienced it firsthand, the readers are far less sincere. In fact, there are still many funny people among the readers. Compared with completing the task smoothly, they prefer such a plot with twists and turns.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy!"

"Oh no, it's a small accident"

"I won't fail to complete the task this time. I'll have to wait until next time."

"There is no other way. After all, we cannot conduct experiments in advance."

"The Nightmare Beasts are coming so fast"

"Let me see which cute kid is showing off his power this time."

Wu Mingbai quickly came up with a plan and worked with Si Zhaohua. After the two of them joined together, they headed to where Lan Subing was. Not long after they flew into the sky, they were targeted by several nightmare beasts.

Next is the perspective of the two nightmare beasts. Their abilities are very difficult to solve. One has the ability to track and can keep tracking the enemy. The other can kill a person as long as it stares at him long enough.

The two nightmare beasts worked together and killed countless powerful mutants.

Because time was running out and they didn't know what abilities these two nightmare beasts had, Si Zhaohua and Wu Mingbai only wanted to get rid of them and had no intention of turning around and attacking.

So that's how it is. Su Bei suddenly understood what was going on. He asked how these two people could have died. It seemed that if he hadn't intervened, they would have been followed by these two nightmare beasts and eventually "stared to death".

However, Su Bei was quite surprised that the author could release this paragraph. After this paragraph appeared, anyone who was not a fool should be able to tell who he was sacrificing for.

Speak of the devil, and here comes the plot of Su Bei's sacrifice. He in the comic suddenly senses something, his heart skips a beat, and then he reveals a bitter yet relieved smile.

There are two lines of white text next to it, which are——

"Fate..."

"You have to have a clear conscience."

After these two lines, he put on a carefree smile that would make Su Bei himself exclaim "Oh!", and his words seemed to be calculating, but they were carefree enough: "Remember to apologize to me afterwards, for making me pay such a high price to save your lives."

The next scene is a full-body shot of him. Against a pure black background, his feet are off the ground and floating in the air. Under his feet is a destiny compass, and in his hands! In the middle is a rotating gear. The light of the compass shines on his face, and the contrast between shadow and light makes him full of mystery.

It's like going through the transformation that every magical girl has to go through...

Well, Su Bei can only say this because he is the one who drew the comic. It is difficult for him to have any feelings about this picture from the perspective of being safe and sound. He is more like a bystander who knows the whole story.

In fact, from the reader's perspective, this scene should look quite shocking. Whether it is before or after his hair turns white, the picture is very beautiful, a kind of withered beauty. From the soaring number of bullet screens, it can be seen that readers are very fond of this.

"Subei Subei!"

"That's not what this is for."

"What a high-level magic circle! I finally see how Su Bei's supernatural power is related to fate."

"Ahhhhh why is your hair all white!"

"I'm sorry but it's so beautiful..."

"Damn, this is a sacrifice. Su Bei is sacrificing himself to save Zhao Hua and Ming Bai."

"How could you do such a thing, Su Bei? I'm crying!"

Jiang Tianming and his friends' collapse later surprised Su Bei. He didn't know if the author had exaggerated the story by saying that everyone cried or something...

It can only be said that feelings are indeed mutual. While he developed feelings for his classmates in Class S, they also developed deep feelings for him. This kind of two-way feeling made Su Bei feel a little complicated.

In the last scene of this episode, the camera falls on the place where he disappeared. On the ground, a doll that looks about 70% like him can be vaguely seen, mostly covered by a pile of rocks.

Many readers saw it, and the barrage was full of excitement again.

Seeing this, Su Bei raised his eyebrows, and finally realized that the author no longer wanted him to die. If it were the original, the author would never draw this scene in the comics. He would rather be considered dead by the readers.

But now the author not only took the initiative to add this shot to prove that he is not dead, but also drew the previous rescue scene clearly, so that he would not be misunderstood at all.

It was indeed different. Su Bei realized that he had changed from an unexpected character who was not welcomed by the author to a special guest. In the author's mind, a special guest is a character who usually does not die and exists as an Easter egg.

Good news. Su Bei lowered his head and smiled.

The later plots had nothing to do with him, so Su Bei stopped reading them. But even if he stopped reading the comics, he could still read the forums.

Because he was in the final episode, eight out of ten posts in the forum were discussing him.

"Su Bei is dead!"

"I'll kill you, old thief! Su Bei died to save people, I'm really going to cry"

"Looking at the last doll, Su Bei must have been resurrected by the props and didn't really die."

《……》

After taking a quick look, Su Bei decisively clicked on the post that analyzed why he was not dead.

"Looking at the last doll, Su Bei must have been resurrected by the props and didn't really die."

[Su Bei is resurrected and renamed No.0: Oh, I still can't help but sigh. The person who is most isolated from the protagonist group died to save the protagonist group. It is really dramatic. But I still have to say that Su Bei is definitely not dead.

The last scene before the camera changes is actually very telling. The doll that looks exactly like Su Bei should be Su Bei's prop, which has the effect of helping him to be resurrected once.

In fact, it is easy to imagine that even if Su Bei has really been "inspired" by the protagonists and has developed deep feelings for them, he does not seem like the kind of person who would sacrifice himself for others. If the old thief really draws it like this, then the character setting will be ruined.

I think Su Bei must have known that he might sacrifice himself for the protagonists, so he prepared the resurrection items in advance. But this is also the advantage of fate-related abilities, isn't it?】

[No.1: The original poster has a lot of words, I believe what the original poster says]

[No.2: I support you. Why are you crying next door? Su Bei is 100% not dead!]

[No.3: The foreshadowing that the old thief left at the end was obviously to tell us that Su Bei was not dead. He was afraid that if he didn't hint it in advance, we would make a fuss.]

[No.4: It’s easy to imagine how cunning Su Bei is, how could he die so easily?]

[No.5: On the one hand, I feel like my tears are in vain, but on the other hand, I feel like it's worth crying for]

【No.6 replied to No.5:

That atmosphere is really tear-jerking.】

【……】

[No.33: The resurrection item is really amazing. I feel like there must be a big drawback if I want to use it. I remember that Si Zhaohua's item lost its power after resurrection. I don't think Su Bei's item will be the same!]

【No.34 replied to No.33:

!!!!!!】

【No.35 replied to No.33:

No! Su Bei cannot lose his supernatural power, otherwise I will really cry to death!】

[No.36 replied to No.33: The idea of ​​a good devil]

[No.37: Resurrection definitely has a price, but I hope it’s not the loss of my special powers. That price would be too heavy, especially for Su Bei.]

[No.38: Old thief, if you really design it like this, I will send you a razor blade (stare——)]

【……】

[No.72: Don’t you think everyone’s reactions are great? I feel like I can write 10,086 fan fictions.]

【No.73 replied to No.72:

Write! (Hand over a pen)】

[No.74: Red-eyed Bingbing Jiang Jiang understands Xiao Huang Zhaohua and really wants to see how others will react after knowing this news. Can I see the red-eyed Feng Lan?]

【No.75 replied to No.74:

Well, although it’s immoral, I want to watch it too.]

【No.76 replied to No.75:

It would be immoral if Su Bei really died, but we know that Su Bei is not dead!】

【No.77: Write an if line where Su Bei really dies】

【No.78 replied to No.77:

Are you a devil? Send it to me after you finish writing it.]

[No.79: Although death is the best medical aesthetic for a character, it is really great that he can stay alive in the main story]

【……】

[No.107: On the one hand, I hope Su Bei can show up soon to reassure me, but on the other hand, I want him to show up later to give Jiang Jiang and the others more time to grieve.]

【No.108 replied to No.107:

You are so bad, I like you so much】

【No.109 replied to No.108:

I am a local dog, I just love to watch this】

[No.110: Su all, all Su has something new to write about]

[No.111: But I still hope that Su Bei shows up sooner rather than later. Only when he shows up can we know that he is indeed alive, right? And only when he shows up can we know what the price of resurrection is...]

【No.112 replied to No.111:

God bless you, the price can be lower, my blade is always ready for you.

"Oh, there's one thing." After reading the forum, Su Bei asked in the empty room, "Can I still read comics and use the forum in the future?"

It’s not that he wants to do anything, but without these, the rest of his solo journey might be a bit lonely.

"Comic Consciousness" did not respond to Su Bei's questions all the time as it had said before. It responded almost immediately: "Sure, no limit."

After getting this answer, Su Bei closed the comic book with satisfaction.

Then I remembered something: "So if the author didn't want Wu to understand their death, why did he design such a plot? It can't be just to test me."

"That's not the case, but it does have something to do with you." Anyway, the matter has all been concluded, and "Comic Consciousness" doesn't mind answering this question. "It all started when he talked to another author friend about your uncontrollable character, and then that guy said that it was the end of the series anyway, and a few characters had to die, so he took the opportunity to kill you."

Hearing this, Su Bei couldn't help but roll his eyes. Although he knew that from the other party's perspective, this suggestion was not wrong, the problem was that he was the one who was going to be killed, and he couldn't accept it anyway.

"Then what?" Su Bei asked, knowing that the other party had not finished speaking, "Shouldn't it be enough for me to die? Why do Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua have to die too?"

"Comic Consciousness" coughed in a very human way: "Well, that's because you always managed to escape before, so the author felt that this was useless to you. Then the two of them started betting, and after experiencing some farces, the final result was that the author wanted to kill a few more people this time. If no one died, the author won, and as long as someone died, the friend won."

Sure enough, something is wrong. Su Bei showed a puzzled expression: "It's not that I don't understand, but why did that friend think he could win the bet? The entire comic is written by the author. Can't he get any ending he wants? Even if an uncontrollable character like me appears, it sounds like the author is just not well-proportioned and failed to grasp my role. Does that friend really think that I am a character completely out of the author's control and have the role of determining the plot?"

"Ah, I don't think I've told you this yet." Hearing him ask this, "Comic Meaning" suddenly realized, "The writers in our world are different from those in your world."

This made Su Bei curious: "How is it different?"

"Comic Consciousness" patiently explained: "In the real world, whether it is comics, novels, or movies and TV series, independent works can generally derive a real small world. This is something that authors know. When the small world is complete and stable enough, it can even be visited by tourists."

Hearing the word "tourists", Su Bei frowned. If a group of strangers from higher dimensions suddenly appeared in his world and acted arrogantly, he thought it would be better to destroy this world.

Seeing that his expression was not right, "Comic Consciousness" quickly explained: "Of course, tourists generally exist as spirits that will not affect the plot. They can also spend more money to choose an identity to experience the life in the work. But they cannot affect any plot, otherwise they will be kicked out immediately. I said before that I will be very busy in the future. This is what I meant. I have to keep an eye on them all the time to prevent them from disturbing the comic world."

That's no problem. "Comic Consciousness" is still reliable in major matters, and Su Bei feels relieved to have it watching over him.

Seeing his expression recover, "Comic Consciousness" returned to the point: "It is rare for characters unexpected by the author to appear in the real world, but it does happen."

Something he had never expected happened, and Su Bei was shocked. He had always thought that their comic world was created by some accident, but he didn't expect it to be so common.

No wonder the author hated him after learning of his existence, but was not too scared or shocked. If you put yourself in his shoes, if the characters he created were completely out of control and didn't follow his instructions at all, he would be scared to death, right?

The previous explanation of "Comic Consciousness" was that it affected the author's subconscious, so that he wouldn't feel too strange. But now I think that even if the subconscious was changed, it should be very distressed and try hard to make him offline, instead of fishing for three days and drying the net for two days like the author.

It is true that the other party did not directly remove Su Bei because they were afraid of readers' backlash, but in fact, the author did not target him as many times as he initially expected. After failing twice, he did not do anything weird anymore.

The author's control over the comics is not as great as he thinks. After all, this is a real world!

In a real world, it is understandable that when writing a story with one of these people as the main plot, some unexpected characters may appear occasionally.

In that case, it is normal for a friend to bet on him. Any changes in the plot caused by an uncontrollable character are reasonable, which is why the author does not like to have such a character in his works.

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Death Escape!