Chapter 336

Taking advantage of the fact that the "comic consciousness" seems to be quite free now, Su Bei intends to ask all the questions he is curious about at once: "If I didn't save the person, what would the author do next?"

Although he already knew the answer to this question, he was still a little curious.

"This answer is not very friendly..." "Comic Consciousness" hesitated and did not answer immediately.

Hearing this, Su Bei sneered: "When has this world ever been friendly to me?"

Well, that's the truth, "Comic Consciousness" is no longer hypocritical: "He will continue to find ways to kill you, and he will intensify the efforts. The author does not want Si Zhaohua and Wu to understand death. If you don't save them, not only will he not win the gamble, but he will also lose two important characters. It's like losing both the wife and the army. The author with a bad temper is not as easy to deal with as before."

As Su Bei had thought, if he failed to save the person, then the plot would go from hard mode to hell mode. On the contrary, once he saved the person, the author would let him go completely.

"Then the next question is, what kind of bet would allow the author to gamble the lives of Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua?"

Since the lives of these two people are very important, it is reasonable not to let them make a bet. Moreover, judging from the bet, the friend is definitely more advantageous. There are three people in total, and only one of them survives for the author to win. This means that the other party has a three-quarter chance of winning. What kind of bet can entice the author to participate in such an unfair bet?

“It is a cornerstone of the world.” “Comic Consciousness” gave an unexpected answer, “World Documentary can make the world of the work real and become a place that can be visited by people in the real world.”

Perhaps knowing that Su Bei didn't understand the meaning of this, it went on to explain: "Although all original works in the real world can generate a real world, very few can be used for tourism to make money. Putting aside issues such as stability, the qualification of the world to be realized is itself a big problem. This kind of world foundation that can make the world of the work a reality and become a tourist attraction is controlled by a small number of capitalists. Even if it is a very popular hit work, if you want to obtain this qualification, you have to pay a lot of profit and get the world foundation from them."

Giving Su Bei some time to react, half a cup of tea later, it continued, "The author of "The King of Superpowers" had offended those people, so it was almost impossible for him to get the cornerstone. So he didn't care whether this world could continue to exist after the comic was finished, because it couldn't be put into practice anyway."

So that's the case. This is indeed a very tempting bet. Even if it can't be used in this work, it will be very valuable if used in the next work or sold. But it's also quite amazing that my friend can use the cornerstone of the world as a bet.

Su Bei grasped a key question: "So, will our world soon be visited by people?"

"Yes, after this season is over, the author will integrate the world foundation and open the visitor function." "Comic Consciousness" answered immediately, and then told Su Bei like a treasure, "Because you are not a complete comic character, you are partially connected to the real world, so you can see those readers!"

This wasn't good news, but it wasn't bad. Su Bei also wanted to see what the real-world readers were like: "Then don't forget to let me know when they come. I want to see them, too."

By the time this season of the comic ends, he should have returned to the academy, just in time to catch up with the tourists.

"Comic Consciousness" readily agreed and even offered an additional service: "No problem! If you want, you can interact with them! Anyway, they can hear you talking and you can hear them talking."

"That's not necessary." Su Bei refused decisively.

Suddenly he seemed to realize something, and his eyes lit up: "Well, if they can come to our world, and even have an identity in the comic world and talk to us, then can I also go to the real world?"

Generally, comic characters want to go to the real world because they are curious about what the real world is like. But Su Bei is obviously not such a person. He is not that curious at all.

The "comic consciousness" of Su Bei, who was still relatively familiar with it, immediately became alert: "What do you want to do?"

Su Bei got the answer he wanted from its reaction. His eyes lit up amazingly, and he raised his mouth to reveal a wicked smile. He answered loudly without hesitation: "Of course, beat up the author!"

On Monday, Class S was dead silent, not as lively as before. Everyone had dark circles under their eyes, and their faces were as pale as ghosts. Some people had swollen eyelids, obviously they had been crying for a long time.

Si Zhaohua and Wu Mingzhi were even worse. Not only were they in a bad state, but their temperaments also seemed to be much gloomier than before.

They firmly believed that the people Su Bei said he wanted to save were them. In other words, Su Bei said he died for them. They felt more guilty than anyone else. They had hardly slept in the past few days, and had been looking for a way to bring the dead back to life.

There are many items that can bring people back to life at the moment of death, but there are almost no items that can bring people back to life after a period of time.

The former is said to be a resurrection item, but in fact it is more like a defensive item. The theoretical basis for its resurrection is mostly to perform various forms of defense at the moment of the user's death, such as substitution, disguise, exchange...

In essence, it is to save a person before he dies, not to bring him back to life. This is completely different from bringing a person back to life after he has been dead for a period of time.

The latter often requires a huge price to be paid, for example, the plan of the ancestor in Changsheng Village was to sacrifice the entire village to prolong his life. Because of this, generally speaking, anything that can bring people back to life is considered a sorcery, which is not tolerated by the righteous path, and all related information is destroyed.

But now Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua can't care so much. If they do nothing, they will be overwhelmed by the guilt in their hearts sooner or later. If they were more careful at that time, or simply not so greedy and gave up the mission directly, Su Bei would not be in trouble.

Every time they think of this, they feel miserable. Si Zhaohua even contacted Elvis to ask for a way to turn back time.

But unfortunately, even Elvis cannot turn back the time of the entire world. He can only change the time of a small area centered on himself. It is far from being possible to change a larger area with his current ability.

There was no familiar figure in the class. No one even dared to look in that direction, for fear that they would burst into tears. The classmate who was still full of life two days ago was gone in the blink of an eye.

What is even more unacceptable is that this person is actually Su Bei! You know, Su Bei has almost never accepted their help, but often helped them intentionally or unintentionally. Moreover, he always behaves cynically, which makes it impossible for people to judge his feelings.

Such a person who they all thought didn't care about them very much actually died to save them. What they thought before was wrong! Every time they thought of this, they couldn't stop feeling heartbroken. How could it be that their perception and reality deviated so much?

Four days have passed since that day, and there is still no news from Subei. If he is still alive, why didn't he contact them? Although everyone still doesn't want to believe it, they already have a bad feeling in their hearts.

I'm afraid that northern Jiangsu has really...

Among all the people, the only one who could be described as having a calm expression was Feng Lan. His face was a little paler than usual, and his eyes were fixed on the door, as if he was waiting for something.

At this time, Meng Huai walked in with a refreshed look. Seeing everyone's listless appearance, he curled his lips, clapped his hands while standing on the podium, and deliberately put on a stern look: "Cheer up, everyone. Who are you showing off to on Monday? Do you still have the mood to study like this?"

"Teacher, we..." The wooden iron man with swollen eyes wanted to defend them, but he didn't know where to start because he didn't want to say the name. After a long silence, he could only bow his head and promise in a low voice, "We will adjust the situation as soon as possible."

He felt that the teacher was right. They should adjust their status and study hard as soon as possible. Otherwise, how could they become strong and avenge Su Bei?

Although Su Bei died for them, what killed him was the destruction of the Nightmare Beast. Therefore, Mu Tie Ren believed that completely destroying the Nightmare Beast would allow Su Bei's spirit to rest in peace. To achieve this, a strong force was needed to support it.

The others looked at Meng Huai with some confusion. They didn't understand why Meng Huai could act as if nothing had happened. He wasn't an irresponsible teacher. How could he be so calm about the death of a student in his class?

Is it because they are in the supernatural world and have become accustomed to the death of others, and even lost empathy? But that doesn't want to be the teacher they know.

Qi Huang, who had been very sad these days, wanted to stand up and refute him, telling Meng Huai that they couldn't accept the disappearance of their companion so quickly. But out of respect for his teacher, he didn't say anything.

Ignoring their doubts and dissatisfaction, Meng Huai suppressed his laughter and coughed heavily: "Ahem! New week, new weather, let us welcome the arrival of a new classmate."

After saying this, he looked towards the door. The others were even more confused, and without any time to think, they also looked towards the door subconsciously.

At the door, a blond boy wearing sunglasses suddenly appeared, walked up to the podium with long legs, took off his sunglasses, raised his eyebrows, and smiled in his deep purple eyes: "Hello, classmates, I am Su Bei, please take care of me."

"Su Bei!" Everyone in the class could hardly believe their eyes and shouted out in unison with great surprise.

Su Bei smiled and nodded leisurely: "I'm here."

Almost the next second, the whole class gathered around. They no longer cared about the sense of boundaries and reached out to Su Bei, wanting to confirm that the Su Bei standing on the podium was talking about a real person.

No matter how generous Su Bei was, he could not help but step back when faced with 13 men touching him: "Hey, hey! What are you doing? Touching hands and arms is fine, but touching breasts and buttocks, what are you trying to do? Even men will be shy, okay?"

No one paid any attention to him. Everyone was trying to confirm it in their own way. It was not until two minutes later that everyone finally stood still. Si Zhaohua's eyes were red again without knowing when: "So what was the situation at that time? You..."

"Didn't you see the doll I left on the ground?" Before he could finish his words, Su Bei asked in confusion, "I used a 'life-saving doll'."

The "life-saving doll" is a very small prop. This kind of prop that can resurrect people is generally very small and rarely known to outsiders. But this obviously does not include Feng Lan, who has a family background in this field. As a family of prophecy, the Feng family has far more life-saving props than other families, so naturally they know a lot.

He immediately explained the functions of the "life-replacing doll" to everyone, but he only talked about its general capabilities, and Feng Lan didn't know the disadvantages. It was impossible for him to memorize the information of each prop, so for him, a general understanding was enough.

After listening to his introduction, Jiang Tianming, who was at the scene at the time, shook his head in embarrassment: "Wasn't I too... too shocked at the time?"

At that time, his mind was full of Su Bei's suddenly white hair and his disappearing figure. He had no intention of looking around and did not notice that the doll had fallen to the ground.

If he had noticed it at that time, with his intelligence he would have realized that Su Bei was not really dead.

After a brief moment of embarrassment, Jiang Tianming quickly smiled and said, "No matter what, it's great that you're still alive!"

Hearing these sincere words, Su Bei couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, teacher, have you known for a long time that Su Bei is not dead?" Qi Huang suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look at Meng Huai who was standing beside him.

Meng Huai made an innocent expression: "I just found out yesterday. Su Bei was unable to act because of the disadvantages of the 'life-saving doll'."

At this point, Si Zhaohua suddenly turned around and looked at Su Bei: "That item can't just have the drawback of being unable to move for three days, right? Tell us what else it is and we'll see if we can help solve it."

He himself was carrying a resurrection item, so he was well aware that this item would never be beneficial without any harm. Resurrection was something that went against the will of heaven, and even if it was not a true resurrection, the price to pay would not be small.

Su Bei did not intend to hide it from them. After all, the drawback was not permanent, only half a year, so what if he told them about it? Besides, he came here just to talk about this matter, so as to prevent readers from having wild imaginations and mistakenly thinking that there were any excessive drawbacks.

"In addition to being unable to move for three days, I won't be able to use my supernatural powers for the next six months." Su Bei pointed out the disadvantages, and then talked about his own plans, "So I plan to take a leave of absence from school for the next six months, and declare to the outside world that I'm faking my death, so that the Nightmare Beast won't come after me for revenge. Don't show your secrets, guys."

He used the invisibility charm to appear outside Class S. Once the surveillance here was deleted, there was no evidence that he was still alive. Many nightmare beasts saw him die at that time, and the "life-replacement doll" would disappear after ten minutes, so there should be no nightmare beasts who suspected that he was just faking his death.

There will be a full six months of rest time next. To be honest, Su Bei is very happy. But he doesn't need to show his happiness in class. He is afraid that these unlucky classmates who will have to work like slaves for the supernatural world will be unbalanced.

Knowing that the price he had to pay was only to have his supernatural powers sealed for half a year, Si Zhaohua breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't think Su Bei was lying. After being together for so long, how could he not know that when Su Bei didn't want to answer a question, the most common way was to be a riddle teller, not to lie.

Although Su Bei has been shaping his persona, in fact everyone in the class can see through some of his true nature, for example, Su Bei doesn't like to lie.

Compared to coming back from the dead, having no superpowers for half a year, taking a leave of absence for half a year, and pretending to be dead were nothing. Everyone nodded in tolerance, saying that they would definitely keep it a secret for him.

Wu Mingbai, who was standing further back, pushed aside the people in front of him and walked up to Su Bei. He said very seriously, "You almost died because you saved me and Zhao Hua. I'm sorry you paid such a heavy price. If you need anything from me in the future, just tell me. I will do my best to repay you for saving my life."

He had consulted Jiang Tianming countless times in the past few days to review what happened that day, so he naturally knew what Su Bei said before he "died". Although he might have just been joking about asking him to apologize, Wu Mingzhi didn't intend to take that as a joke.

Si Zhaohua also came back to his senses from the joy of knowing that he was still alive, and quickly followed suit and expressed his opinion: "Me too, not just me, our Si family will all remember your kindness. If there is anything you need me or the Si family to do, you can tell us. Within the scope of my patriarch's duties, we can help you unconditionally."

Of course Su Bei would not refuse such a good thing. He was just leaving comics, not the world, so he would not refuse help from others. Besides, he paid such a high price to save people this time, so it is normal for him to get it back from them.

It is not his motto to do things without asking for anything in return.

After thinking for a while, he made a direct request without any hesitation: "Then the first favor I want you to do is to ask the college not to pursue my six-month leave. I refuse to make up the credits after I come back."

Seeing him nod, Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua looked a little relieved.

After hearing these words, the two of them couldn't help laughing. They were really nervous just now. How could Su Bei be such a selfless person who didn't ask for anything in return? But it must be said that this kind of Su Bei made them more familiar and liked him more.

Ai Baozhu burst out laughing and poked Si Zhaohua: "Now we are at the place where you are good at."

"Don't worry, I will take care of it." Si Zhaohua nodded slightly. It didn't matter if the matter was troublesome. He was just afraid that he could not help.

However, Meng Huai could not sit still any longer: "Hey, hey, I'm still here as a teacher! It's not good to openly discuss letting the college use a backdoor in front of me!"

"These are some reasonable requests. I will handle them, teacher." Si Zhaohua said with a smile in an official tone.

Seeing him like this, Meng Huai shook his head in anger and amusement, and finally stopped caring about him. Anyway, as long as he didn't cause any trouble to him, it was fine.

After completely accepting the news that Su Bei was fine, everyone returned to their seats before he left and began to ask some curious questions. The first to speak was Lan Subing: "Su Bei, did you know in advance that we would be in danger, so you specially prepared the resurrection props to use at that time?"

Just as they thought, Su Bei really didn't like to lie. He shook his head and said honestly: "The resurrection props were prepared a long time ago, and your fate at that time... changed very suddenly."

Speaking of which, he forgot to ask what the "comic consciousness" was all about. Judging from the subsequent reactions, the author obviously did not want Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua to die, so why would he design such a plot? It couldn't be just to test him. Su Bei didn't think he had such a great influence on the author. Although the other party was targeting him, it didn't actually affect the plot much.

After noting down the question, Su Bei continued to answer: "After I realized that the mission could not be carried out smoothly and that they would both die, I had no choice but to resort to this last resort. After all, even I didn't have enough mental strength at the time."

"You still don't have enough mental power." Qi Huang said with sigh. She also thought that Su Bei's mental power was endless.

Jiang Tianming probably knew why his mental power was insufficient. It might be because they had two boundary stones. There were four high-level nightmare beasts guarding near the stone forest. Although he had to share some of the responsibility, it would definitely take a lot of mental power to destroy the remaining part.

Who knew that something like this would happen later?

However, what he didn't know was that it was actually the halo of the protagonist group that caused it to consume more mental energy to change the fate of several of them. He only thought that Su Bei had consumed a lot in the beginning, and later he had to kill the two nightmare beasts that were following Wu Mingbai and them, and also change the fate of Wu Mingbai and Si Zhaohua, which led to insufficient mental energy.

"So what are you going to do next?" The question was asked by Zhao Xiaoyu. She was very curious about what Su Bei planned to do during the six months when he was not in school.

Others also looked over with curiosity. Not going to school was very attractive to students.

I really thought about this Subei yesterday: "I plan to travel abroad. I originally wanted to go after graduation, but now is a good time."

The country where the protagonists are located will definitely not be safe. The next six months will be a period of frequent accidents. Having lost the ability to protect himself, his best choice is to seek refuge abroad and travel at the same time.

Zhao Xiaoyu's eyes flashed with envy when she heard that he was actually going on a trip. She was not a fool, and of course she could guess that the supernatural world would definitely not be peaceful in the future. If possible, she also wanted to go on a trip to avoid these dangers.

Unfortunately, that was impossible. Not to mention her student status, the fact that she accepted financial aid from the college meant that she could not leave freely at this time. Zhao Xiaoyu knew very well that if you get any benefit, you must bear the responsibility. She also fully accepted this.

"When will you come back?" Feng Lan asked, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes. This was a great display of emotion for him. Although he knew that Su Bei would be back in half a year, he still couldn't help asking this question.

Su Bei didn't think it was strange and calculated the time: "Next semester, I should be able to recover by then."

"Then see you next semester." Jiang Tianming raised a fist to signal Su Bei. The others understood what he meant and raised a fist as well.

Su Bei's purple eyes were filled with smiles. He curled his lips and bumped fists with everyone in a very consistent manner: "See you later!"

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After completely resolving his crisis, Su Bei's main storyline ends. The next part will be a sequel to the main storyline of the manga from Su Bei's perspective. After that, we will move on to the extra content.