Chapter 91

Su Bei's heart sank a little. He had already realized his mistake when he dodged Si Zhaohua's hand for the second time. How could he possibly dodge it with his current status?

The silence of Zhao Xiaoyu and the other person at this time made him feel uneasy. What Uncle Liu said was right. Although he was deliberately pretending to be a child, his performance just now was nothing wrong for a child of this age.

But Zhao Xiaoyu and the other two were too familiar with his attitude, and they would inevitably become suspicious because of his attitude. After all, these two people, especially Si Zhaohua, were by no means approachable people.

"Maybe it's because I'm very cute." Su Bei spoke without hesitation, interrupting the two people's thoughts.

He deliberately acted a bit narcissistic: After all, not every child is as cute as me, and it is normal for them to be unable to help themselves. "

Zhao Xiaoyu: “…”

Si Zhaohua: “…”

Although they did think the kid was cute and had an inexplicable sense of closeness, when he said it himself, it felt like he deserved a beating.

But there was no time to argue this time. The door was suddenly pushed open and the girl with the scorpion braid had changed into a beautiful evening gown and walked in. Behind her was a group of waiters who looked like foreigners, each pushing a food cart filled with food.

It was about two or three in the morning. Although everyone was in good spirits due to the shock of being kidnapped, they were all really hungry. Seeing the food, many people's eyes lit up and their stomachs growled.

Hearing the voice, Scorpio Braid smiled with satisfaction: "I guess everyone is hungry. I'll bring you some food."

No one said anything. Although everyone was hungry, they were not so hungry that they lost their minds. Who would dare to eat the food sent by the kidnappers under such circumstances?

Scorpio naturally knew why everyone reacted this way, and said softly: "Don't worry, although the process of inviting you here was a bit rude, we actually have no ill intentions, we just invited you to be our guests."

Only a fool would believe this, but no one dared to refute her. After all, the kidnappers in the three teams had killed a few "chickens" to "respectfully wait", so who would dare to openly challenge them now?

Seeing that they still didn't move, Scorpio Braid didn't get angry, but said kindly: "You will have to stay here for a long time, you can't just stay here without food or water, you should eat quickly, so as not to suffer in vain."

The words were almost telling everyone that there was something wrong with the meal, but everyone could do nothing about it. In their hearts, they knew that Scorpio was right. If the academy couldn't rescue them immediately, they would have to eat sooner or later if they were locked up here.

However, despite this, no one took action immediately. After all, everyone still held a glimmer of hope in their hearts, thinking that maybe the academy could rescue them in these two days.

Scorpio was still not angry, but he was too lazy to persuade them: "You will stay in this reception room for the time being. We will deliver fresh meals to you every day. Over there is the toilet. If anyone eats the food, please knock on the door and tell us. We will arrange better accommodation for you."

After saying that, she turned around and left with a group of waiters, leaving everyone looking at the exquisite meal with complicated expressions. Uncle Liu swallowed his saliva and cruelly retracted his gaze: "This meal is 100% problematic, don't be fooled."

Everyone knew this, and they all moved away from the food. The eldest sister sighed, "I just hope they can come soon, otherwise who can support an empty stomach? There are three children here."

Su Bei didn't say anything, he leaned against the wall with his eyes closed pretending to be asleep. Of course he wouldn't sleep at this time, in fact Su Bei was thinking.

There are many ways to make a group of ordinary people eat. You can directly control them, such as Lan Subing's [Word Spirit], Li Shu's [Illusion], and Wu Jin's [Succubus]. Even if you don't have these, you can force them to open their mouths and feed them.

But these people didn't do that. Instead, they just wanted to wait until they were too hungry to eat.

Why is this?

Su Bei naturally thought of an answer - they must eat this meal voluntarily.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and had an idea in his mind. Since it only works if they eat voluntarily, then wouldn't it be fine if they just force each other to eat?

Then this matter would be simple. Su Bei was not afraid that others would not think of it. He just stared at the food calmly, waiting for someone to come up with this method, and then he would be the first experimenter.

The first person to bring it up was Zhao Xiaoyu. She thought the same thing as Su Bei. It would be easy for the psychics to make them eat these things. The reason they were given autonomy was probably because these things would only be useful if they were eaten voluntarily.

Then just eat it "involuntarily".

"I think I have a way to make us eat more." Zhao Xiaoyu spoke out his idea and walked towards the dining car: "Who wants to try it?"

Although this was a risky thing, after all, you couldn't spit out what you ate, but Si Zhaohua was willing to trust his classmates, and Zhao Xiaoyu was not someone who would joke with his own life, so he was also willing to be the first to try it.

However, before he could say anything, Su Bei, who was already hungry, rushed out first: "I'll do it!"

No one expected that he would be the first one willing to try, and they all thought he was young and inconsiderate. His elder sister, who had taken good care of him before, quickly advised him, "Don't go... why don't you wait a little longer?"

The man with glasses taught her in a fatherly manner: "You are too impulsive. When faced with such risky things, you should wait for others to try it first, and then do it yourself after seeing if there is any problem."

"But if you don't do it and I don't do it, who will be the first to try it?" Su Bei tilted his head and asked sincerely.

He has known Wu Mingbai, Feng Lan, Mo Xiaotian and Li Shu for such a long time, and what he has learned the most is this kind of seemingly sincere weirdness, even though half of these four people are not being weird on purpose.

The man in glasses was choked by his words. He wanted to answer, "Someone will always do it," but such overly sophisticated and selfish remarks were not suitable for children.

Su Bei smiled and said to the elder sister, "I think she is right. The superpowers are so strong that they can easily... force us to eat. If she doesn't force us, it proves that we can force ourselves."

After saying that, he walked over to Zhao Xiaoyu, who looked a little surprised, and ordered dishes without hesitation: "I'm hungry. I want this steak and that pudding."

In fact, this amount of food is not enough for him to eat. After all, the little boy eats up his father. Su Bei's appetite is not small. However, he is still an eight-year-old after all. If he eats too much, his stomach will be exposed.

Zhao Xiaoyu found it a little funny, thought for a moment and asked, "Are you really not afraid?"

"I'm scared. I'm scared to death." Su Bei answered lazily, but suddenly realized that the only answer he had said before was when he was held hostage by the killer of the "Black Flash" organization.

Fortunately, neither Zhao Xiaoyu nor Si Zhaohua were present at the time, so it was impossible to recognize who he was based on this sentence. At most, readers of the comics in the future can notice the foreshadowing here and guess his identity in advance.

But what Su Bei didn't know was that both Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua were stunned for a moment when they saw the way he answered just now. Why did the carefree spirit that this kid just revealed look a little familiar?

Feeding him was the most important thing at the moment, Zhao Xiaoyu quickly gathered his thoughts, picked up the steak Su Bei ordered, and forced it into his mouth. Su Bei did resist, but it didn't work.

After finishing his meal, he did not go back to help Zhao Xiaoyu, but looked towards the door. Their actions had clearly gone against the kidnappers' intentions, and they would surely come over soon.

The others followed his gaze and saw that the door was soon opened. The Scorpio-braided woman looked unhappy and walked in, clapping her hands mockingly: "Do you think you are very smart? Unfortunately, I am the butcher and you are the meat. In the face of absolute power, this little bit of intelligence is of no use."

At this point, she took out a box from her bag, opened it, and inside was a black pill the size of a maltose can. "I'll tell you the truth, we did hide something in the food, and this is it."

Everyone gasped when they heard this. Although they had already guessed that there was something wrong with the food, they still felt a little scared when it was directly acknowledged.

"From now on, let's not play any more nonsense. Whoever is willing to eat this thing, just knock on the door. If not, just stay in there until you die!" She snorted coldly and turned to leave the room.

Zhao Xiaoyu stopped her immediately and said, "Can we know what this pill is for? How can we dare to take it if you don't tell us anything?"

"Anyway, I won't let you die." Scorpion Braid turned his head and glanced at her. "I admire you very much. I advise you to take this thing as soon as possible to save yourself from suffering. I'm not afraid to tell you, if you don't take this pill, none of you will be able to leave this island alive."

After saying this, she left completely, slamming the door shut before leaving.

There was a deathly silence in the air. After a moment, Uncle Liu sighed and walked slowly towards the food: "Eat quickly, but be frugal. This is probably the last food they can deliver before we compromise."

Sure enough, no one came in for the whole day. They seemed to be abandoned by the world and could only sit in this small room and wait to die.

An anxious atmosphere spread among the crowd, and everyone was thinking about what to do. Should they really compromise or wait patiently for rescue? But will rescue really arrive as expected?

Unlike the others, Su Bei was not panicked at all. If he was alone, he might panic a little, but Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua were also here. It was obvious that these two people could not die here in such a miserable way, so there must be a way for them to get out.

Of course, he still showed some fear at the right time, so as not to be noticed by others. Even a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, but it is impossible for him to not be afraid at all in such an unfamiliar environment.

There was no window in the room, so he couldn't see what was going on outside. Su Bei took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and took a look inside. There was no window in the bathroom either, but there was an exhaust vent on the ceiling. Apart from this place, the entire reception room was a completely enclosed space. Unless one had special abilities, there was no way to escape.

Scorpio just revealed a piece of information, that is, they are now on a small island. A small island is probably surrounded by the sea on all sides. It is really difficult to escape back to the mainland in such a place. What's more, the nearby mainland may not be the mainland of the country. If it is a foreign country, it will be difficult to be safe.

Having stayed up late to begin with and now having nothing to do, Su Bei soon felt sleepy and curled up in a corner and fell asleep.

When I woke up, the room was quiet. Some people were sleeping, some were in a daze. There were also differences among the daze-seekers, some were in a daze after waking up, and some had not slept all night.

Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua were among the group who had woken up. When they saw Su Bei wake up, they sat next to him tacitly.

"Little boy, what's your name?" Zhao Xiaoyu asked.

"Yannan." Su Bei answered casually.

Su(Su) is opposite to Yan(Yan), as South is opposite to North.

The joke was so subtle that neither of them noticed anything was wrong. Si Zhaohua asked curiously, "Do you think we should take that pill?"

From yesterday's experience, it can be seen that although this child is young, he is very opinionated and very interesting. Si Zhaohua thought that asking him might give him some different ideas.

"eat--"

When they heard Su Bei actually say "eat", they both looked at each other in surprise.

But immediately afterwards, Su Bei said, "——That's fine, you don't have to eat it."

The two of them, as well as the others who were eavesdropping, were extremely disappointed and almost scolded the brat. Just keep talking, why do you draw out the words? Isn't this just deliberately keeping people in suspense?

Su Bei was of course being malicious, shaking his head and saying, "There will always be a way out when you get to the mountain."

But there was one thing he said that was true: it didn't matter whether they ate or not. After all, they were the protagonists, and it was impossible for anything to happen in a place like this.

In fact, Su Bei hadn't figured out what to do. There were only two options. Either knock on the door to get the medicine, and then pretend to eat it. Or find a way to escape from this room, and then escape from this island.

To be honest, the possibility of implementing the latter is very small, so we still have to find a way out from the former method. Su Bei is not sure whether those methods of pretending to take medicine will work. You know, if it doesn't work once, they will definitely remain vigilant in the future, and it will be difficult to deceive people in the future.

So it must succeed at once.

And there was another point that made Su Bei a little worried. Before, Scorpio said that if they didn't take medicine, they wouldn't be able to leave the island alive. Of course, there was a superficial understanding of this sentence, that is, those who didn't take medicine would be killed directly by them.

But there is also a deeper understanding, like they are now tied to this island, and the pill is the key. Unless they take the pill, they will die suddenly for some reason if they leave this island.

With these two concerns, he dared not act rashly. Now he could only wait for the first person to take the risk. As long as someone couldn't bear it and took the medicine, the enemy would definitely send someone back to persuade them. At that time, he could ask about the specific situation and then decide what to do.

Do you want to push this process forward?

If everyone worked together, they could probably hold out for another three or four days, and then someone would compromise because they couldn't stand being hungry. But if he interfered and made the atmosphere in the room bad, then I'm afraid someone would not be able to hold out by tomorrow at the latest.

After thinking about it, Su Bei decided not to take the initiative to do anything. He probably wouldn't be able to find a way to leave the room soon after the first person compromised. So once the atmosphere in the room deteriorated and someone else left, the days ahead would probably be even more difficult.

For the sake of long-term considerations, he should just be honest. There is no need to make yourself uncomfortable just to save a little time. Even if you are kidnapped, comfort is important.

The food in the two dining cars was eaten up in just one day. After all, there were more than 30 mouths to feed, and even if they ate sparingly, there would be little left.

Because they were not hungry, everyone was very quiet in the first two days and had no intention of compromising. A small number of people began to go in and out of the toilet frequently. They naturally realized that the exhaust vent was the only possible place for them to leave. And the toilet should not be monitored, so they would not be discovered by the kidnappers if they did something in it.

But looking at their actions, Su Bei felt that these people were seeking death. What they could think of, couldn't the kidnappers think of it? There was only one exit in the whole room, and it happened to be in a place without surveillance. Doesn't it look suspicious?

Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua thought the same and tried to persuade them once. However, their good advice was not recognized by these people and they were ridiculed. So they just watched from the sidelines.

On the third day, those people went to the restroom more frequently, and sometimes went in groups, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were plotting to escape.

This extremely stupid behavior actually made Subei feel a little wary. After all, these people are well-known politicians in the country. How could they become so stupid after being kidnapped?

He thought he was quite smart, but not much smarter than the average person. If the three of them could see it, there was no reason why others couldn't see it.

There are two possibilities now. Either the comics forcefully lower the intelligence of the cannon fodder characters, just like he was forced to die. Or this group of people has other intentions, and everything they are doing now is just a cover-up.

After seeing two people coming out of the toilet again, he went to the toilet and left an open recorder in a hidden corner.

That night, he went to the toilet again and picked up the recorder to listen to the contents.

"We can't just wait like this, we have to start implementing the plan." Su Bei could tell that it was the voice of the man in glasses.

Another male voice was a little hesitant: "But they are not fools. If we say we have found the way, will they believe us?"

"But they don't have any other options, right?" The man with glasses said confidently, "As long as we can trick most of the people, the kidnappers will definitely spend a lot of energy to catch them. You knock on the door and pretend to want to take medicine. As soon as they open the door, we will take the opportunity to escape."

"I know, I know, I've already memorized the plan. But..." The man was still very hesitant. After all, this matter would harm more than one person. "What if it's exposed?"

"If we don't say anything, how can we expose them? If they go up and get caught, it means we didn't investigate well enough and were deceived by the cunning kidnappers. It's not intentional."

Then he deliberately said coldly: "I decided to bring you into the group because I thought you were smart. Please don't let me really make a mistake and hurt the rest of us."

Hearing this, Su Bei couldn't help but sneer. He had a good idea, using the others as bait, and he himself took advantage of the defense to sneak out.

Unfortunately, a plan that is doomed to fail will be useless no matter how clever it is.

The man was finally persuaded by the man with glasses and followed him out of the toilet. After waiting for a while, two more people came in. They were also pulled into a team by the man with glasses and were also discussing the plan.

"I always feel that this plan is unreliable." The first man who spoke sounded a little panicked. "Don't let Zhang Lei screw us over in the end."

"I don't think it's reliable either." Another male voice with a deeper voice answered, "But we don't have any other choice right now. I don't want to starve to death here, nor do I want to take those pills. Escape is our only way out."

The two men fell silent at the same time. Finally, the second man continued, "This method is always worth a try. At worst, we can just not help or hinder it."

After several more conversations, Su Bei calculated that there should be a total of six people involved in the plan of the man with glasses. Among them, A and B were responsible for telling the others that they had found a way to the ground through the exhaust vent, and then guiding the others in.

As the pioneers, they had already walked the route once, so they should stay in front to lead the way. Now it was C and D's turn. They were responsible for holding A and B back by force, saying that someone had to stay behind to hold back the kidnappers, so that the others had to go up alone.

Finally, it was E who knocked on the door and told the person outside that he had decided to take the pill. Then the others who stayed behind rushed forward to deal with the person outside when the door was opened, and thus escaped from the reception room.

As for who is left out of the six people besides ABCDE, it is naturally the man with glasses. He said with confidence that he was in charge of the command. He was the planner, so why should he still be the executor?

You know what, this is true. You can't ask others to use their brains and hands, what's the point of having other people?

After knowing their plan, Su Bei didn't care anymore. After all, he would not go out. It was obvious that their plan was not reliable. The reason why the five people including the man with glasses were willing to carry it out was probably because they wanted to avoid being responsible.

Drag everyone along. Unless the enemy wants to catch them all, they won't kill anyone. If they do escape, everyone will be happy. Even if they don't succeed, it won't be a big problem. It's impossible to kill them all.

But this plan is impossible to succeed. If they are caught, they will suffer even if they don't die. How can Su Bei do such a stupid thing to suffer for nothing? Let's see what they do.

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