Chapter 79

I went around in a big circle, took three wrong roads, and finally turned a corner thinking I would reach my destination, but what I saw was a high wall.

Northern Jiangsu finally collapsed.

He resolutely took out the mirror, looked at the top of his head, and moved the little finger that was originally on the left a little further to the left.

Instantly, his face turned pale. Normally, one should save his energy in the dangerous space, but this damn broken road really made Su Bei too lazy to look for it.

After adjusting, he chose a new path and started to move forward. This time, his mental energy was not in vain. Half an hour after entering the alien space, Su Bei finally succeeded in meeting Ling You.

The moment she saw him, Ling You also breathed a sigh of relief. Next to her was a black nightmare tiger that had fallen to the ground. Its body was covered with red herpes-like things, and it looked very scary.

"Your superpowers?" Su Bei raised his eyebrows.

Ling You nodded, noticing that the other person's eyes were still on the corpse. Because the two of them were going to work together, she added a few more words: My ability [Plague] can't kill the enemy quickly, but it can make the enemy weak quickly. "

Hearing this, Su Bei understood immediately: "So you killed this nightmare tiger after making it very weak. This herpes is also a product of the plague."

"Um."

This ability is indeed very powerful, and it is not as effective on a single person as Ling You said before. Just looking at her being able to kill a nightmare tiger alone, you can tell that this ability definitely has a lot of weakening effects on people.

After answering, Ling You glanced at his watch and said in a cold voice, "The others are far away."

Su Bei also glanced at his watch and found that it was indeed the case. Through the experience of looking for Ling You just now, he had a general understanding of the scale of the map, so he could easily see that the other people were not very close to them.

"Let's find an exit. I don't think this place can really rely on luck. There must be some clues to find the exit." Su Bei said this, and his eyes suddenly looked at the nightmare tiger.

Is it possible that the clues are on these nightmare beasts?

Thinking of this, he looked at Ling You and asked, "Can I touch this nightmare tiger now?"

He didn't want to just touch it and get the virus.

Ling You nodded lightly: "Okay."

After receiving a positive answer, Su Bei immediately went over with a dagger to dissect the body. The school had a practical class every week that taught how to dissect a nightmare beast, so although he was not very good at it, his technique was not bad.

Unfortunately, Su Bei didn't find any problems until he completely dissected the nightmare tiger. However, he put away the tiger claws and fangs, which are very expensive in the nightmare beast market. Tiger skin is also very expensive, but unfortunately, it is now covered with herpes and is obviously unusable.

"Let's just walk around blindly and make some marks on the road." Su Bei had no choice but to say. As early as when he realized that he was in a maze, he began to consciously make marks on the wall.

Ling You naturally had no objection and started walking around with him. Before they had walked far, they ran into two students from the "Sky Dome School of Supernatural Powers".

Isn't this a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road? As soon as they recognized them, the two men opposite immediately showed a playful look and strode towards them, as if they were afraid that they would run away. Su Bei and Ling You looked at each other, and neither of them had any intention of leaving.

When they walked up to him, one of the boys in a blue sweater said in a sarcastic tone, "Hey, isn't this someone from the 'Infinite Power Academy'? What a coincidence!"

Ling You naturally didn't intend to pay attention to them. Su Bei nodded with a half-smile: "It's a coincidence."

Perhaps irritated by their nonchalant attitude, the boy in the blue sweater said firmly: "Since we have met, let's go together so that we can take care of each other."

When he said the last sentence, his face was full of malicious smile. Su Bei could guess without thinking that these two people were planning to use them as pathfinders. Once they encountered danger, they would throw them out to prevent disaster.

It's okay to play around. After all, it's still unknown who will be the one to stop the disaster. They have this idea, and Su Bei can naturally have the same idea. It just depends on who has a higher martial arts value.

But before he could answer, Ling You frowned and refused: "No."

She is a lone wolf, and because this alien space is quite dangerous, it's okay for her to team up with classmates, but there's no need to team up with people from other schools who have bad intentions.

The two people on the opposite side obviously didn't expect to receive a rejection, or they didn't think that Su Bei and the other two dared to reject them. After all, how powerful could two junior students be in their eyes?

Hearing Ling You's unconscious words, the other boy in the fisherman's hat got angry: "I think you want to..."

Before he could finish his words, the boy in blue stopped him and threatened Su Bei and the other two with a smile: "We just want to team up with you to protect you. If you don't agree, in order to ensure your safety, we will have to manually eliminate you."

Both parties were here to train, and naturally they had the school's protection measures on them. As long as they were beaten to the point where they were forced to activate their protection measures, they would be eliminated.

This time Su Bei didn't say anything, he was waiting for Ling You's decision. Ling You naturally refused again, and this time the refusal was very clear and sharp, with a direct move, a light green smoke drifted towards the faces of the two boys.

Then he flew up and kicked the boy in blue with such force that he flew out and hit the wall hard.

Since she had already started, Su Bei naturally did not want to be outdone. He kicked the man in the fisherman's hat with the same kick, but did not let him fly away. Instead, he pulled him back with one hand, then threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw. He then tied his hands behind his back and sat on the boy carelessly.

He directly cut off the possibility of the fisherman hat man's counterattack, but the blue sweatshirt man was not subdued. He was also well trained in school, and he didn't react for a while. After being kicked out, he immediately stood up and rushed to Su Bei to save his teammates without hesitation.

But Ling You would never give him such a chance and went straight up to fight him. Previously, the main focus of his training was on mental strength, and Ling You's physical skills were not particularly strong. In addition, he was still young, so in terms of skills and physique alone, he could not compare with the man in the blue sweater.

But she had already used her special powers to strike first, and the man in the sweatshirt felt weaker and weaker, and even had the urge to cough.

He immediately gave up the idea of ​​using physical skills to teach Ling You a lesson, and activated his supernatural power. The moment the supernatural power was activated, a layer of gray fur suddenly grew on the boy's face and neck, and fangs half a finger long grew out of his mouth. His ears stood up on his head and turned into wolf ears. His eyes also turned dark green, as if emitting a fierce glow.

Although his abilities are related to werewolves.

The werewolf ability made the sweatshirt man's speed and strength much greater than before. A cruel smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his claws to attack Ling You again.

This time, Ling You was really no match for him. In the narrow space, it was difficult for him to dodge, and he was defeated in just a few moves. The hoodie man's claws were very sharp, and he scratched Ling You who was not paying attention for a moment with just a few strikes.

"Hiss!" Ling You covered his bleeding arm and took a step back, frowning.

If she waited a little longer, until the disease had penetrated deep into her bones, the sweatshirt man would have been defeated. But the problem was that it wouldn't take that long for her to be defeated.

Seeing this, Su Bei had to give up the idea of ​​mocking Fisherman's Hat with regret. He knocked him out with a knife and then stood up to join the battle.

As soon as he came up, he kicked the man in the hoodie, interrupting his attack on Ling You.

The man in the sweatshirt dodged, a look of anger flashed across his face, and he sneered: "If she can't do it, then you can do it, and you're just a useless person!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt an itchy feeling in his throat and his hands and feet began to feel weak again. The man in the sweatshirt knew that this must be the green-haired girl's ability, and his heart sank, and he decided to make a quick decision.

But he obviously underestimated the strength of northern Jiangsu.

Because of his supernatural powers, Su Bei is not as fast or strong as the sweatshirt man. But in terms of skills, ten sweatshirt men can't beat him. You have to know that his physical skills are recognized by Meng Huai, and he was taught by him personally. How can the sweatshirt men who learn from him compare with him?

As for fighting, unless the physical difference between the two sides is so great that one can defeat the other with force, skills are always more important.

The gap between them was obviously not that big. After fighting for a while, the man in the hoodie realized that he was no match for Su Bei, and he might even be defeated if he continued fighting for a while.

At the same time, his mental power was also decreasing. After all, his supernatural power consumed mental power. The decrease in mental power weakened his ability to suppress toxins. Coupled with the physical setback, the sweatshirt man finally lost control and started coughing violently.

"Cough cough cough cough!"

Su Bei stopped at the right time, and was too lazy to fight again. The opponent could sense the fight just now, so he could naturally sense it too. Even if the man in the hoodie used his superpowers, he couldn't beat him, not to mention that he had Ling You's assistance.

Thinking of Ling You, he turned around and looked: "Is your hand okay?"

"I brought a bandage." Ling You had a cold face as always, but still nodded to Su Bei with a hint of gratitude. If she had met the two people on the opposite side alone, she would probably have been in trouble by now.

At this time, the sweatshirt man finally stopped coughing. He was about to raise his head to curse, but he was horrified to find that his clenched fists were covered in blood.

This is what he just coughed up!

"What did you do? Cough cough cough cough! Why am I vomiting cough cough blood?" Because of fear, the man in the sweatshirt opened his eyes wide and his bloodstained lips trembled unconsciously.

Seeing that Ling You didn't answer, Su Bei spoke for her: "It will be fine if you lead your teammates to elimination, otherwise..."

He didn't finish the rest of his words, but the man in the hoodie didn't dare to hesitate. Even in modern times with advanced medicine, vomiting blood is something that deserves great attention.

But before leaving, he warned me: "If I'm not well after I leave, you will be held accountable by our school!"

Su Bei calmly watched him press his chest and that of his teammates, and then the two of them left together. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a loud noise, a "boom" sound coming from afar.

He looked up.

——It was a giant stone pillar that looked like a horse flying towards him.

"Horse!" Even Su Bei couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Oh my god, there is such a creature here!"

As he spoke, he pulled Ling You, who hadn't reacted yet, and ran back quickly, then quickly slipped into the side passage.

A few seconds after they flashed past, the three or four-meter-high stone horse pillar sped past. Su Bei immediately chased after it to check, only to see that the stone pillar went all the way to the top, then turned and disappeared from sight.

"What is that?" Ling You, who was following behind him, also had a complicated expression on his face, "Nightmare Beast"

After a moment of silence, Su Bei nodded uncertainly: "It's probably that the alien space automatically generates a maze, but it would be too strange if it could also automatically generate a stone horse. It's not certain..."

At this point, he suddenly thought of a way to confirm, and immediately pressed the talk button on the intercom: "Wu Jin, are you there?"

"Yes." Wu Jin replied quickly in a low voice. It was obvious that they had been listening to the intercom.

Su Bei immediately said, "I just saw a horse-shaped stone pillar here. If you have seen it, please help me see if it is a nightmare beast."

"I understand." Wu Jin naturally had no objection.

At this time, Jiang Tianming's voice came from the intercom again: "Couldn't the horse-shaped stone pillar be in the shape of a human? A man wearing a crown."

Li Shu's voice came from beside him: "It's a man. It seems there are many different styles of stone pillars here."

"The Man with the Crown on the Horse" Si Zhaohua's voice suddenly rang out from the intercom: "Could it be chess?"

Because he had never played chess before, Su Bei didn't think of it at first, but when Si Zhaohua said it, he immediately realized that this was indeed possible.

The man with the crown is the "king" in chess, while the knight is the "horse".

After seeing the new species, I thought about the idea that I had temporarily abandoned before: "Is it possible that these chess stone pillars contain clues to the exit?"

Hearing this, Ling You's eyes lit up: "It's possible. The stone pillars and the stone wall maze look like they are one."

The two looked at each other and began to chase the stone pillar. Unfortunately, they didn't know where the stone pillar turned and couldn't find it at all.

"Forget it, let's wait for the next one." Su Bei sighed. He was too lazy to waste his energy, so he took Ling You to find a place to sit down and rest.

Ling You was not a person who liked to slack off, but he could sit still and had no objection to his arrangement. The two of them leaned against the wall, closed their eyes and rested, listening to the occasional conversations of their companions coming from the intercom.

"Hey, are you two okay?" Suddenly, a female voice came from not far away.

Su Bei had noticed this person's movements when she came over, but he didn't react. Only when he heard her speak did he open his eyes and look over.

The person who came was a woman in her thirties, dressed very smartly, and looked like a veteran psychic. However, despite her smart clothes, it was not hard to tell that she had not taken care of herself for some time.

His short hair was a little messy and greasy, his clothes were full of wrinkles and had a few rips, and he had one or two wounds on his body, but they were all bandaged.

Seeing Su Bei blinking, the woman realized that the two of them were probably just taking a break. She felt a little apologetic, but did not leave. Instead, she stood there and asked, "I see, are you two new here?"

Not wanting to argue with her, Su Bei asked directly: "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Ling You had also opened his eyes, stood up, and looked at the woman opposite him vigilantly.

The woman waved her hands hastily: "I'm sorry, I just couldn't find a way out for a long time. I've been trapped for a while. I saw you two are new here, so I wanted to ask if you have any way to get out."

This is a maze. You can only leave if you find the exit. There is no way back. Unless you have a special way to leave the maze directly, you will be trapped inside if you can't find the exit.

No wonder this woman looks so sloppy, it turns out she is trapped here.

"No, we are also looking for an exit." Su Bei replied.

The woman didn't get the answer she wanted, but she didn't leave. After hesitating for a while, she said, "Although I know you may not agree, I still want to fight for it. Can I go with you?"

Without waiting for the two to answer, she hurriedly continued, "You just came in, so you definitely don't know what's going on here. I've been locked up here for seven days, and I know almost everything I need to know, which will definitely be useful to you."

"Are you referring to the chess pillar?" Su Bei asked nonchalantly, implying "If you're talking about this, then there's no need to say anything."

But the woman obviously didn't know that this wasn't a secret either. She shook her head and said, "What I want to talk about is the exit and the forces in this alien space."

Hearing this, Su Bei's eyes flickered and he sat up slightly. He just realized this. Although the exit is hard to find, as long as someone has found it, there will definitely be someone selling the map to make money. It's a maze and a different space, so selling the map will definitely make a lot of money.

It would have been fine if he hadn't noticed it before, but this woman seemed to be an experienced psychic who had been through many battles, but she didn't buy a map in advance. He couldn't even find the exit and was trapped in there for seven days. It was obvious that the location of the exit was not as simple as he thought.

The second issue is about "power". The woman was trapped in the maze for seven days. There must be people who have been trapped for the same time or even longer than her.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Being trapped in there for such a long time, daily necessities are definitely a big problem, so it is very reasonable for various forces to form.

In this way, an old man who has been there for a while introduced that they can avoid many pitfalls.

Thinking of this, Su Bei once again looked at the woman. This time, he quickly realized the incongruity.

The woman's body was indeed very rough and dusty, but her face and hands were not dirty.

If, as she said, she has been trapped here for seven days, then the food and drinking water should have been used up, and the only thing left to eat is nightmare beast meat and drink nightmare beast blood.

But her face and hands were so clean, which was obviously abnormal.

It was certain that this person probably had some problems, but Su Bei didn't mind. As long as they could beat her, it didn't matter if there were any problems.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Can I discuss this with my companions first?"

"Of course." The woman nodded immediately and took the initiative to move away a little.

After making sure she was in a position where she couldn't hear them talking, Su Bei said directly: "This person might have a problem. Can you use a poison on her that will make her lose her ability to move once it is activated?"

Hearing this, Ling You's eyes dimmed and she answered his question first: "There is indeed such a virus, but it needs to stay dormant in her body for at least a whole day."

Then he asked with disapproval in his eyes: "You know she has problems, but you still want to team up with her?"

She naturally understood what Su Bei meant. Since he wanted to make the other party lose the ability to move, he must be on guard against it because he wanted to form a team.

Su Bei nodded: "We are new here, it would be more convenient to have an old lady with us. Besides, as long as she doesn't threaten us, it will be fine."

After a moment of silence, Ling You finally agreed. Finally, she prepared a virus, took the initiative to walk over, forced a less cold expression, and stretched out her hand: "Happy cooperation"

Seeing that they agreed, the woman immediately shook her hand happily: "Happy cooperation!"

Su Bei, who was watching from a distance, knew that the virus might have already spread to this woman. It must be said that Ling You's ability was really hard to guard against. If you were to become her enemy, you would have to be careful to avoid her breath, body fluids, and contact.

After confirming the partnership, the woman immediately showed her sincerity: "There are three forces in this maze now, one of which is naturally a lone psychic like us. As long as we can be self-sufficient and not afraid of danger, there is no need to join any force."

From what she said, it seemed that the two forces would not force others to join. Su Bei turned on the intercom button and asked curiously, "What about the other two forces?"

"We generally call them conservatives and radicals. The conservatives plan to live in the alien space and wait for people outside to rescue them. The radicals want to get out and frantically snatch the clues in the hands of the superpowers."

"Clues" Hearing the key word, Su Bei raised her eyebrows, "Sister, are you talking about clues about the exit? Logically speaking, as long as one person finds the exit, the rest of the people can get out, right?"

Hearing the handsome blond boy calling her sister, the woman couldn't help but smile: "Just call me Sister Zhao, it's not like that. There are actually many exits to this alien space, but only by finding the corresponding token can you leave from this exit."

Knowing what the key content is, Sister Zhao did not hide it: "The token is on the 'Queen', and the exit clue corresponding to the token is on the 'King'."

"Then won't there be any benefit if the other chess pieces are destroyed?" Su Beiju asked in a logical way.

"Of course there are benefits." Sister Zhao did not hide this point, "We will give you some props specifically for this alien space."

At this point, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Su Bei and the other two: "What kind of chess did you just encounter?"

"It's 'horse'." Su Bei replied.

It was the right thing for him not to lie, because Sister Zhao was clearly aware of the rules of chess: "You are lucky if you meet a 'Knight', because a 'Knight' is just fast. If you meet a 'Soldier', you will be in trouble, because a 'Soldier' ​​will chase you all the time, unless someone else gets closer to it, then it will switch to chasing you."

Su Bei was a little disappointed that the rules were different from those of chess. But when he thought about it, it made sense. After all, this was a maze, not a chessboard. How could it be the same?

"What about the other chess piece rules?"

This time, Sister Zhao did not answer immediately. Instead, she showed a tacit expression: "I am thirsty while talking. Did you bring anything?"

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