Chapter 50

Su Bei nodded and looked around, but found that the compass needle was almost the same in every direction. Obviously, this compass needle was not omnipotent. When nothing real happened, it often worked and didn't work.

Seeing this, Su Bei made a quick decision and said, "Let's go back and look for Jiang Tianming and the others. We separated before because we were not sure whether to accept the mission and did not want to waste time. Now that we have accepted the mission, there is nothing wrong with getting together."

This is indeed a reason, but it is definitely not the main reason. The reason why Su Bei wanted to meet Jiang Tianming was because he knew that he would not be able to live peacefully around the protagonist.

Mo Xiaotian has a very good advantage, that is, he is obedient. He nodded without hesitation: "Okay! There is strength in numbers!"

The two of them confirmed the direction of Jiang Tianming and the others on the map, and then walked in that direction together.

It is not known whether the protagonist Jiang Tianming is indeed poisonous, but Su Bei and his companion, who had walked for such a long time without encountering a nightmare monkey, encountered one not long after they decided to find Jiang Tianming.

This black monkey-like nightmare beast came to them on its own. No one knew whether Su Bei and the others had entered its territory, but they were suddenly hit by a pile of stones and felt dizzy.

After discovering that it was this monkey-like nightmare beast that was causing trouble, Mo Xiaotian said happily: "We actually encountered it so soon. We are so lucky!"

No, Su Bei felt that the one who was truly "lucky" was Jiang Tianming. However, he did not say anything, but just looked at the Nightmare Monkey and ejected a gear to launch a tentative attack.

Without a doubt, the Nightmare Monkey dodged, and it did so effortlessly. As a monkey, it was known for its speed, and it thrived in the forest.

Su Bei's face suddenly darkened, realizing that this nightmare monkey might be more powerful than the lizard nightmare beast that Qi Huang and the others had just encountered. They were both extremely fast, but the lizard moved in a regular fixed position, while this monkey could sneak around everywhere by using tall trees.

Mo Xiaotian, who was standing next to him, had a wild instinct for fighting, and immediately exposed his weakness accurately: "It's too fast, I can't seem to attack it...even if I trap it, it won't work."

Hearing this, Su Bei's original plan had to be declared a failure. He had originally thought of letting Mo Xiaotian use air blocks to confine the Nightmare Monkey's activities to a small area, but Mo Xiaotian predicted his idea in advance.

But Su Bei was an experienced fighter, and he soon came up with a new plan. Since Mo Xiaotian's plan of attacking while he was besieging was not feasible, he decided to do the opposite: he would besiege while Mo Xiaotian would attack.

After figuring out what was going on, he dodged the stones the size of a human head thrown by the Nightmare Monkey while asking, "How many explosive blocks can you make at one time?"

"Three." Mo Xiaotian was a little embarrassed. "If there are more, I won't be able to control the timing of their explosion."

"That's enough." Su Bei nodded in satisfaction, and was very satisfied with his character of saying what he wanted to say. If Mo Xiaotian deliberately showed off, it would only make things worse.

After observing the terrain, he quickly said, "Put an explosive block at each of the three locations: the top of the tree at 12 o'clock, the top of the branch in the middle of the sixth tree from the right, and where the Nightmare Monkey is now. Is that okay?"

Mo Xiaotian nodded immediately, narrowly avoiding two rocks that fell from the sky. His mood was not affected at all, and he said excitedly: "So, Brother Bei, are you going to rely on my bombs to attack the Nightmare Monkey?"

At this time he was not worried about not causing enough damage. Mo Xiaotian was very smart in this regard. He knew that since this nightmare monkey was very fast, it would not be very strong in other aspects, otherwise the academy would not keep it here.

The explosive block can't blow up people, but can it blow up a crispy monkey?

"Well, I'm responsible for forcing it to these three points, and you decide when to explode, okay?" Without waiting for the other party to reply, he emphasized, "You only have one chance."

This was not to put pressure on the other party, Su Bei was telling the truth. It can be seen that the nightmare monkey was very smart. It refused to approach Su Bei and the others, and even squeaked and provoked them, trying to make them fall into its trap.

Such an intelligent enemy would definitely be on guard once it discovered Mo Xiaotian's attack method. However, Mo Xiaotian's bombs were indeed quite rigid, and it was easy to dodge them if one was mentally prepared and the area was wide.

So just like Su Bei said, Mo Xiaotian only has one chance. Those three cubes are expanding his and Su Bei's options, but only one can really explode.

Hearing his words, Mo Xiaotian nodded in understanding, and his expression became serious for a rare time.

While they were talking, the stone attacks of the nightmare monkey continued to fall, and Su Bei could feel that the stones this guy had conjured were increasing. He didn't know what the process of the nightmare monkey's superpower was. Wouldn't it be like a human, where the more you hit, the fewer stones you have, but could it be that the more you hit, the more stones you have?

But no matter what, he had to speed up. Thinking of this, Su Bei began to release gears one after another, and a series of gears flew diagonally in several rows towards the nightmare monkey, so that the opponent had to swing on branches and jump towards the position of the block in order to avoid Su Bei's attack.

The first block passed by but did not explode. Su Bei said nothing and continued to force the Nightmare Monkey to move towards the second block.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak--" the monkey screamed, wandering in the bushes to avoid his attacks and throwing stones at Su Bei.

"Hiss!" Su Bei was hit on the arm by a stone without paying attention. He took a breath of cool air, but he didn't even have time to cover his arm. He immediately rolled over to avoid the next stone.

It was different from before, when he only needed to dodge. Moreover, with two people sharing the attack, he naturally seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

Now, the attack strength of the Nightmare Monkey has increased, and because Su Bei has been attacking it, it chooses to attack Su Bei first. However, Su Bei has been distracted by controlling the gears to aim at the Nightmare Monkey as much as possible.

As a result, northern Jiangsu is now unable to avoid 100% of the attacks and will be hit by rocks if they are not careful.

In fact, if the person in this position was not him but any other first-year student, he would probably be covered in scars by now.

He led the Nightmare Monkey past two other explosive blocks, but none of them exploded. Su Bei pursed his pale lips, said nothing, and continued to guide the Nightmare Monkey.

After a long period of mental output, he didn't have much mental power left. In addition, he was hit by stones four or five times in a row. Su Bei now felt pain all over his body. He really couldn't wait to end this one-sided beating.

But he still didn't say anything, and didn't even look at Mo Xiaotian behind him. If you don't trust someone, don't use him. Since he chose to give the only chance of attack to Mo Xiaotian, he would never put any pressure on him until he was about to give up.

He believed that Mo Xiaotian could find the best time to kill with one strike.

Finally, the second round started in Su Bei, and the Nightmare Monkey was led to the third block.

"Bang!"

"squeak--"

There was a sharp explosion, and the Nightmare Monkey was blown into a pool of black blood. He screamed and fell headfirst from the treetop.

Seeing this, Su Bei's spirits rose, and he immediately picked up a few gears and shot them directly in the direction where the nightmare monkey landed. If you don't make up for it when you kill a monster, it's like killing it in vain.

After finishing all this, Su Bei immediately checked the task progress on his watch. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the task bar had changed to (3/5).

Obviously, not only they succeeded, but others also gained something.

"Brother Bei, are you okay?" Mo Xiaotian asked worriedly while wiping the sweat from his forehead. Su Bei then noticed that he was sweating in the middle of winter.

Don't think that Mo Xiaotian's role just now seemed small, as he was only responsible for one explosion. But in fact, it was extremely difficult to kill a fast-moving nightmare monkey with a small bomb.

He must concentrate all his attention and judge whether the bomb is powerful enough to kill the Nightmare Monkey in time and accurately when the bomb is about to reach the explosive block.

Every time he saw Su Bei being hit, Mo Xiaotian's pupils couldn't help shrinking, and the sweat on his forehead became more and more. But he always restrained himself and completed the task assigned by Su Bei wholeheartedly. Mo Xiaotian knew that only if he killed this nightmare monkey, he would not let Su Bei down.

Fortunately, he succeeded.

"There is indeed something." Su Bei looked down at himself.

Hearing this, Mo Xiaotian's expression suddenly tensed up, and he looked at Su Bei's arm that was bleeding with guilt: "Sorry, it's all my fault that I was too slow just now. What do you need me to do?"

Su Bei snorted and chuckled, then tore off a piece of his shirt and bandaged himself skillfully. After the quick and simple bandaging was completed, he raised his hand and rubbed Mo Xiaotian's head randomly: "I'm hungry, let's go find something to eat."

He didn't lie. Although it was only ten o'clock and far from dinner time, he had been walking and fighting since he entered the alien space, which consumed a lot of energy.

Hearing him say that he was hungry, not that there was something wrong with the wound, Mo Xiaotian was greatly encouraged and immediately raised his head which had just been lowered out of guilt: "Okay!"

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and asked eagerly, "Can you eat the meat of the nightmare monkey?"

Su Bei laughed again: "You must have been to the school's points cafeteria before, so you can eat there."

As he said this, he took the lead and walked over to examine the body of the nightmare monkey. Although it was a nightmare beast and its blood was black, as expected, the edible parts of its body should be similar to those of ordinary animals.

Su Bei used the gears to cut off several pieces of black and bloody meat from the nightmare monkey and let Mo Xiaotian hold them. Then he looked around and said, "Let's find a place to make a fire first."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. Although he had learned how to live in the wild, it would be much more convenient if he could meet Qi Huang at this time.

But with Mo Xiaotian by his side, it was not difficult to start a fire. Su Bei first took some small branches to make a nest, and then found some wood chips to put inside. Then he prepared the wood for making fire. After doing all this, he said to Mo Xiaotian: "Prepare an air block full of oxygen to cover it."

With sufficient air, the combustible material was quickly ignited.

Su Bei squeezed out the mineral water he brought with him, poured some to wash off the blood foam on the meat, then stuck the meat on a sharpened wooden skewer and handed it to Mo Xiaotian: "Can you grill the meat yourself?"

"Sure!" Mo Xiaotian said happily, "I used to work part-time at a barbecue restaurant!"

Seeing how confident he was, Su Bei immediately handed him his portion of meat, then put his hands together and said, "Please, grill it for me too!"

There was no other way. Su Bei knew his own strength. It was not possible to say that the food he made could poison people to death, but it was definitely not tasty.

To be honest, he himself doesn't understand why the food he makes is not tasty. Did he offend the God of Cookery in his previous life and get blocked?

Mo Xiaotian was naturally willing to help him, happily holding a skewer of meat in each hand, roasting it on his knees over the fire. He turned it over from time to time, looking like he was very good at roasting meat.

Su Bei crossed his legs and supported his face with his hands while watching Mo Xiaotian grilling meat. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "You just said that you worked part-time in a barbecue restaurant before, but we were all minors, right?"

Hearing this, Mo Xiaotian replied: "Actually, it's a shop opened by one of my uncles. I went there to help out during the summer vacation."

"I see." Su Bei nodded thoughtfully, and said with a casual smile, "It's great to have a relative who runs a barbecue restaurant. I can go there and eat and drink for free. It would be even better if my parents also run a small shop!"

These words clearly touched Mo Xiaotian's heart. His eyes immediately lit up, as if he had met a soulmate: "I thought so too! My dream when I was a kid was to open a small shop at the gate of a school when I grew up!"

Su Bei jokingly asked, "Why did you give up now? My parents didn't let me do that. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pirate, but my dad brutally killed this dream with force."

"Hahahaha!" Mo Xiaotian couldn't help laughing, and after he finished laughing, he answered Su Bei's question, "I was adopted by my grandmother, and she hopes that I can be a person who benefits society. Opening a small shop is too small, I want to be a powerful superpower to eliminate nightmare beasts!"

"Opening a small shop is too small to start a small fight" This sentence does not sound like what Mo Xiaotian would say. Su Bei frowned and said, "If you can open a small shop chain, it can benefit students in many schools. Children are the flowers of the motherland. How can benefiting students not be considered benefiting society?"

As he spoke, Mo Xiaotian's eyes became brighter and brighter, almost in high spirits: "What you said makes a lot of sense! Why didn't I think of that?"

"So who said you were just a minor troublemaker?" Su Bei asked casually.

"Teacher, classmates, grandma... it seems like everyone is saying," Mo Xiaotian thought for a moment, "You are the first person who thinks this dream is great!"

"Go ask Jiang Tianming and the others. They must think your dream is great." Su Bei said with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. He realized that his acting skills were not good enough, so he decisively closed his eyes and pretended to rest.

Seeing him close his eyes, Mo Xiaotian thought he was going to rest, so he stopped talking. However, in fact, Su Bei was thinking.

From what Mo Xiaotian said just now, he could clearly sense that there was something wrong with the people around Mo Xiaotian. If his teachers and parents did not agree with this dream that sounded a little childish, then it was understandable. But it was strange that his classmates also kept thinking it was not okay.

You know, the kiosks at the school gate are paradise in the eyes of children. Even if you don’t want to open one, you won’t deny others’ dreams. Moreover, Su Bei firmly believes that no child can refuse a kiosk! No!

From this perspective, these children who go to school with Mo Xiaotian are very strange.

Thinking of Mo Xiaotian's identity as a member of the Black Lightning Organization, Su Bei had to think about something more. He opened his eyes again: "By the way, which school did you go to for elementary and junior high school?"

"I was admitted directly from elementary school to junior high school, to a private school in a small county town. You probably haven't heard of it." Mo Xiaotian handed him the barbecue, "It's ready!"

Su Bei glanced at him, took the barbecue, and said nothing more. Regardless of whether Mo Xiaotian was interrupting him intentionally by handing him the barbecue at this time, he should not continue to ask.

Although it had been a long time, he still hadn't forgotten the first time he met Mo Xiaotian and his horrified reaction when he found out that he was observing him.

It's better not to ask too many questions before you are ready.

The taste of the nightmare monkey meat is very good, a bit like chicken. Although no salt is added, Mo Xiaotian's barbecue skills add the icing on the cake to the deliciousness of this lunch. The meat is tender and juicy, and it tastes unique.

As the nightmare meat went down his stomach, Su Bei could vaguely feel his physical strength recovering. Compared with ordinary meat, long-term consumption of nightmare meat can enhance physical fitness, and some nightmare meat can also enhance mental strength. No wonder the school has a special points canteen.

After this monthly exam, he can eat as much as he wants in the points canteen.

"The fragrance seems to be coming from this side."

While they were enjoying lunch, a male voice was heard from not far away.

It's Zhou Renjie's voice!

Su Bei and Mo Xiaotian looked at each other, quickly stuffed the last bit of meat into their mouths, then stomped out the fire and quickly hid in the bushes.

Just as they hid, Zhou Renjie came through the dense grass. Behind him were Ai Baozhu and Si Zhaohua. As for Zhao Xiaoyu and Wu Jin, they must have been left to fend for themselves.

"The people here must have heard you and ran away." Ai Baozhu looked at the smoking fire and complained, "But I'm hungry. What should I do now?"

Zhou Renjie smiled awkwardly and sniffed the remaining smell in the air: "They should be eating barbecued meat, roasted nightmare beast meat. We can just catch a nightmare beast as well."

This task, which is very difficult for ordinary people, is nothing in the eyes of these three people. Ai Baozhu looked at Si Zhaohua: "Zhaohua, it's up to you."

After saying this, she couldn't help laughing. She found it funny, but also a little worried: "I didn't expect your ability to have such an effect. You should be more careful in the future."

"Don't worry." Si Zhaohua tied her silver hair into a ponytail again, looking very artistic. "It will be fine."

Listening to their conversation, Su Bei poked Mo Xiaotian with interest and said, "How do you think his ability can attract the Nightmare Beast?"

Mo Xiaotian shook his head in confusion: "I don't know, should we still leave?"

"Of course not!" Su Bei said confidently, "Isn't this a good time to complete the mission?"

They still need two, oh no, now one nightmare beast to complete the mission. If Si Zhaohua really has a way to summon nightmare beasts, then they can stay here and take advantage of the situation to complete the mission.

In the open space, Si Zhaohua had already used the [Angel] to transform. He flew into the air, his white feather wings flapping. It was a pity that there was no sunlight, otherwise he would have looked very holy.

But then again, forests and elves are generally more suitable, and it does feel a bit incongruous to have angels appear here.

After flying in the air for about five minutes, the first nightmare beast appeared as expected. It was another nightmare monkey, and it rushed straight towards Si Zhaohua. There was no doubt that it was attracted by the [Angel] power.

"It's breath..." Mo Xiaotian muttered to himself.

Indeed, it was the aura. If nothing unexpected happened, it must have been the aura of the Angel that attracted the Nightmare Beast.

This ability is absolutely dangerous to the owner. You have to know that psychics are easy to attract nightmare beasts, and his superpowers can deepen this attraction. This means that once Si Zhaohua reaches the alien space or the wild that has not been cleared, he will be very dangerous. He cannot defeat the nightmare beasts without using superpowers, and using superpowers will attract more nightmare beasts.

But Su Bei noticed something very strange. Mo Xiaotian's expression at this moment was actually jealous. He envied Si Zhaohua for being able to summon the Nightmare Beast.

Why

If Mo Xiaotian was the kind of person who could easily kill nightmare beasts, then it would be understandable that he was envious. However, it was clear from his previous experience with nightmare monkeys that, at least for now, Mo Xiaotian could not easily kill nightmare beasts.

Why is he envious of this ability? Is he looking for death?

More and more clues about Mo Xiaotian surfaced, but Su Bei could not find a thread that could connect them all.

Turning his attention back to the field, the moment the Nightmare Monkey pounced over, Ai Baozhu immediately activated [Gorgeous Domain] and easily bounced the Nightmare Monkey out while it was attacking within the domain.

"squeak!"

The Nightmare Monkey let out a strange cry with its teeth bared, rushed up again, and slammed heavily into the barrier of the [Gorgeous Realm].

Ai Baozhu's face turned pale. Her domain was supported by her mental power. This kind of attack on her domain would undoubtedly accelerate the consumption of her mental power. If the attack was strong enough, it could even directly break her mental power.

"I'll do it!" Seeing her like this, Si Zhaohua didn't intend to waste time and directly used feathers to harvest.

It was different from the last time Su Bei faced the Nightmare Monkey. Because of Si Zhaohua's strong attraction, the Nightmare Monkey had no intention of dodging or teasing them and only wanted to break through the barrier.

Because of this, it was much easier to aim at the Nightmare Monkey. After being attacked fiercely, the Nightmare Monkey's brain finally came back to its senses a little. It realized that it was not a wise choice to continue attacking, and it seriously wanted to retreat temporarily.

However, before it could move, a gear that appeared beside it out of nowhere quietly scratched its neck and then disappeared without any warning.

The next second after the gear disappeared, a white feather landed at the same location. The time difference was almost the same, and at first glance, it seemed that the Nightmare Monkey was killed by the feather.

This act of stealing the monster did not arouse suspicion from Si Zhaohua and others. Su Bei and the other man smiled at each other and left after their mission accomplished.

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