Chapter 92
Another whole day passed and no one came to rescue them. Just as Su Bei expected, the group of people finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Just as they had agreed before, the two of them came out of the toilet and hurried towards the crowd. Then they pretended to say a few words to everyone, but in fact they stuffed a piece of paper into everyone's hand.
Su Bei naturally didn't get the note, he used his mental power to sense their actions. But it's obvious that the content on the note must have told everyone that the vents could go out.
As expected, everyone secretly read the contents of the note and then showed shock in their eyes. However, they were just a group of politicians and did not show it, but their behavior was obviously much more active. Except for the six people, everyone else also began to go to the toilet frequently.
By the afternoon of that day, these people had obviously calmed down, but a hint of excitement could still be seen between their eyebrows. It seemed that they had already discussed the escape plan.
Some people believed it, some did not, and there were quite a few people who were unmoved, including Zhao Xiaoyu and Uncle Liu and the eldest sister. Needless to say, the first two people, the latter two people were determined to wait for the rescue party.
The main reason was that after chatting with the students of the School of Superpowers, they knew that superpowers were indeed very powerful, even if they didn't fully understand them. In this situation, it was too difficult to escape, so it was better to stay where you were.
The glasses man and others didn't care about their rejection. As long as most people were willing to cooperate, it would be fine. One or two people who didn't agree would not be a problem as long as they didn't tell on others.
Night is the best time to do bad things. A person goes to the toilet and suddenly shouts: "It's over! I don't think I flushed it. What should I do?"
If this is true, it is indeed a terrifying problem. After all, it goes without saying that the kidnappers will never help them to repair the toilet, and they are even happy to let them endure the torture of the stench.
But when he saw a large group of people rushing into the toilet, Su Bei knew that this was part of their plan.
At this time, Si Zhaohua came over and looked at the calm expression on the child's face. After hesitating for a moment, he looked straight in the direction of the toilet and said softly with a somewhat cold look: "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you."
Su Bei originally wanted to ask back, "Do I look worried?", but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything and just nodded silently.
This is Si Zhaohua, who is too proud to tease a child in such a situation, nor to test his performance. He can only give an awkward comfort.
If it were someone else, they would probably ask him, "Do you want to know what they are doing?" or "Are you scared that they ran away without you?"
There are not many honest people like Si Zhaohua, so we must take good care of him.
After they finished talking, the two people standing next to the man with glasses suddenly shouted: "Xiao Zhao and Xiao Wang, come out quickly, don't stay in the toilet for so long!"
There seemed to be a commotion coming from the toilet, and soon two men and a woman came out. The woman walking in front frowned, with a matchmaker mole on her face: "What are they doing? They still need to repair the toilet."
This was said in an obscure way, but those who understood would understand. The person who called them said confidently: "There is only one method anyway, how can you guys not do it?"
He was just as unreasonable as he said in the recording: "I don't care, they were the ones who discovered the problem first, so why should they be the main force? This is not reliable. If you two still consider me a friend, then stay!"
The two people originally wanted to stay, but when they heard this, they looked at each other in confusion, pretending to be embarrassed for a while, and then said apologetically to the matchmaker who followed them out: "Sorry, we still..."
The matchmaker was also convinced: "You guys are not poisonous, are you?"
Her eyes fell on the people who had not entered the restroom. She looked around, her eyes flickered, and she suddenly said, "Then I won't go either."
As soon as this was said, the other people became anxious. Just as they were about to say something, they were stopped by the man in glasses. The man in glasses smiled meaningfully: "Of course you can, but you have to let others fix the toilet in peace."
Matchmaker Mole looked at him, then turned and walked back to the bathroom. The bathroom door was well soundproofed, and he didn't know what she said, but when she came out, she was the only one there, so she must have successfully convinced the others.
There was another faint noise coming from the toilet, and this time it lasted for a long time. When it finally quieted down, the man with glasses exchanged a glance with the man in a gray suit standing next to him. The man suddenly knocked on the door and said, "I want to take medicine!"
As soon as these words came out, those who knew about the plan were fine, but those who didn't were immediately shocked. The matchmaker who finally decided to follow the man with glasses and others asked in surprise: "Are you planning to surrender?"
The man in glasses glanced at her meaningfully, and then answered: "What do you mean by surrender? We call it abandoning darkness and joining the light."
Perhaps she understood the meaning in his eyes, Matchmaker Mole said nothing more, but frowned.
After a while, a voice came from the door: "Who wants to take medicine?"
"Me!" replied the man in the gray suit.
The man outside the door asked again: "It is completely voluntary"
"Absolutely voluntary." The man in the gray suit said firmly.
After hearing what he said, the man outside the door finally stopped asking questions. The sound of unlocking the door was heard, and it was obvious that he was about to open the door and come in.
A group of people, including the man in glasses, were standing behind the man in gray suits. The man in glasses had his hands in his pockets, which were bulging like a bag, as if he was holding something in them.
The next second, the door opened.
Almost at the same time when he was sure that only one person had come, the man with glasses suddenly took out a pistol from his pocket.
A muffled sound was heard, and the man who opened the door had a bloody hole on his forehead, his eyes were wide open, and he slowly fell backwards to the ground.
Even a person with special abilities can be easily killed by thermal weapons if they are completely unprepared. However, the person who came was obviously not very strong, and should be just an errand boy.
After successfully killing an enemy, the ordinary people present were very excited. The man with glasses had a proud look in his eyes: "The superpowers are indeed very powerful, but they are by no means unbeatable."
Several other people in his group immediately agreed, even Brother Liu and the others could not hide their excitement. After all, the psychics who had captured them before had acted invincible, and now an ordinary person had killed a psychic with his own hands, which undoubtedly broke the absolute authority established by the kidnappers.
The man in glasses said without wasting any time: "Leave quickly, I'm afraid the kidnappers will come to arrest us soon. By the way, do you want to leave? Anyone who wants to follow us can leave."
He was mainly looking at Brother Liu and the others, but from what he said, he didn't mind bringing Su Bei and the others along.
Brother Liu and the others hesitated for a while, but finally gritted their teeth and decided to do something big. The door was already open, and if they didn't leave, it would be too much. Besides, psychics can indeed be killed by thermal weapons, which made them feel more confident.
Finally, they all looked at the three people from Su Bei who had been silent the whole time. The eldest sister asked worriedly, "Aren't you leaving?"
"No." Zhao Xiaoyu shook his head, his tone firm, "We believe the academy will send someone to rescue us."
The two of them are students of the Academy of Superpowers, so it is normal for them to believe in their academy unconditionally.
The elder sister looked at Su Bei again. Actually, the man with glasses didn’t want to take Su Bei with him, but she still asked, “Little boy, you don’t want to come with us either?”
Su Bei also shook his head and said obediently: "I don't want to hold uncle and aunt back. If you really leave, please find someone to come back and save us."
Hearing him say this, the elder sister felt a little reluctant. But the man with glasses didn't want to waste any more time: "We will, hurry up, or the kidnappers will come."
Hearing this, the elder sister did not dare to delay and followed the others. After they all left, Zhao Xiaoyu asked: "Do you regret not going with them?"
Su Bei sat on the ground, resting his hands on his knees and holding his chin: "Aren't you still here with me?"
"We may not accompany you." Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua looked at each other, "We plan to take medicine, for real."
Su Bei knew that what she said "really" was not true, but she was pretending to take the medicine, so he left the reception room naturally. Unlike the man with glasses who took the opportunity of taking the medicine to escape.
Su Bei happened to have the same plan, and he also wanted to take medicine. With the storage ring in his pocket, it was not difficult to pretend to take medicine. But he was very curious about how these two people would make it impossible for others to see that they did not take medicine.
Without a doubt, the first group to be caught were the ones who left through the vent. They were carried in two by two by several strong men. They looked very shabby, with pale faces and sweating profusely. However, they did not have any injuries on their bodies, so they must have been mentally tortured. This was not difficult for a superpower.
The last one to come in was Scorpion Braid. She looked at Zhao Xiaoyu and the other two with cold eyes and said, "You three are quite obedient. We will catch the remaining ones who escaped soon. I'll teach you a lesson this time. If you run away again next time, it won't be so easy."
After hearing the last two sentences, all the people who were captured shuddered in unison, obviously having just been tortured a lot.
After being thrown into the reception room, everyone was listless, and Zhao Xiaoyu decisively went over to inquire about the intelligence. Only then did he learn that as soon as they arrived on the ground, they were directly captured by the kidnappers who were waiting for them.
Then everyone was locked in a dark room, and a very strange sound similar to ultrasound was emitted from the dark room. Everyone who heard this sound felt extreme pain, as if countless needles were piercing their brains.
They no longer had the energy to speak, and after giving a simple answer, they fell asleep exhausted.
Zhao Xiaoyu returned to her original position, looking thoughtful: "What is the definition of voluntary?"
With such means, we can just give it to everyone a few more times, and everyone will definitely be willing to take the medicine.
But if this method is not considered voluntary, then why can it be considered voluntary if people are hungry enough to take medicine?
Zhao Xiaoyu had a guess in her mind: "Maybe we will have food after some time."
"What do you mean?" Si Zhaohua looked at her with a puzzled expression. Others also dragged their tired bodies to look at her, hoping to get some good news from her.
Ignoring the looks of others, Zhao Xiaoyu explained to Si Zhaohua: "If we want the medicine to work, we should take it voluntarily. Compromising when we are starving to death is not within our scope of voluntariness."
She paused and continued, "So I guess they just give us the illusion that they will keep us hungry until we compromise. As long as we compromise before we are really too hungry, it will be considered voluntary. But as long as we persist, they will definitely give us food. Otherwise, even if we are so hungry that we take medicine, it will be useless."
A woman asked weakly: "What if they really starve us to death?"
"So we will give it a try." Zhao Xiaoyu didn't mind her doubts. "If they give us food first after we say we want to take medicine, it will prove that my guess is right."
The woman was stunned when she heard this: "You guessed that they would give us food in the end, why do we still need to take medicine and wait for treatment?"
"Because we don't want to pin our hopes on others." Zhao Xiaoyu replied, and Si Zhaohua nodded beside him.
They both thought so. Of course they could wait for the academy to rescue them, but that would be too passive and they would suffer a lot.
However, the two people actually have different focuses. Zhao Xiaoyu is more concerned about his own safety. Who knows if the kidnappers have any tricks up their sleeves? Will they really let them live like this forever? When the academy arrives, the first to suffer are the hostages.
However, Si Zhaohua was more concerned about his own pride. After all, they were students of Class S. How could they just wait for rescue when facing danger? The school and the family did not train him to be used as waste. It is better to save himself if he can.
One was passively defending, the other was actively attacking, and they unexpectedly reached the same conclusion in the end.
Su Bei, who knew both of these people relatively well, found it inexplicably funny to see them nodding in unison.
About half an hour later, the glasses man and his group were also captured. Like the first group, they were also treated like wolves and suffered a lot of torture. After returning, they didn't have the energy to do anything else, and each of them huddled in a corner to recover their energy.
At this time, Zhao Xiaoyu said to Scorpio Braid who had followed him, "We need to take medicine."
She was followed by Si Zhaohua and Su Bei.
Hearing this, Scorpio raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "Now"
Zhao Xiaoyu nodded: "Originally we were just trying to see if they could escape. Since both groups failed, we probably have no chance of escaping either. We might as well give up the dark and join the light as soon as possible."
This reason is very reasonable, especially since the kidnappers who were responsible for capturing Zhao Xiaoyu and her group also said that she was a smart person who was very good at judging the situation. This reason made it even more reasonable when she said it.
"Then let's go." Scorpio didn't doubt it much. With her around, there was no way she would let these three people run away in front of her.
Just as Zhao Xiaoyu expected, she took the three of them to have a big meal, calling it a reward for the first person who was willing to take the medicine.
After dinner, Scorpio took out three pills. She was obviously a little reluctant when she handed them to Su Bei. After all, Su Bei was too young, and it was a bit of a waste to give him such a precious thing.
Seeing this, Zhao Xiaoyu's eyes moved, and he suddenly said: "Otherwise, don't let Yan Nan eat it. It's okay if he doesn't eat it when he's so young."
"If he doesn't eat this, he won't be able to leave freely." Although Scorpion Braid was a little tempted, he still shook his head.
This sentence revealed a lot of information, which just verified Su Bei's previous guess. Zhao Xiaoyu was even more shocked: "Are all of us unable to leave without taking medicine?"
Scorpio glanced at her and nodded: "If you leave without taking the medicine, you will die. But I can't tell you more now. I can tell you in detail after you finish taking the medicine."
"Let's eat first. Yan Nan can eat it in a few days." Because of his identity and ability, Si Zhaohua has been very quiet and tried to reduce his presence. Even though it would not be of much use to reduce his appearance.
However, in order to prevent Su Bei from taking the medicine, he still spoke up. After all, he and Zhao Xiaoyu had a way to pretend to take medicine, but a child probably didn't have this method.
Scorpion Braid thought about it and thought that what the two people said was not a bad idea. Anyway, it was OK to give it to Su Bei at any time. If it was not enough in the end, it would save a seat.
Thinking of this, she nodded and said, "Okay, you two come on."
He handed a red box to each person, and when they opened it, they found the black pill. Looking at the pill up close, they made another discovery.
This thing was not what Su Bei had thought it was, the maltose. Instead, it was a kind of translucent bead with a hint of black inside, so at first glance it looked like pure black.
Neither Zhao Xiaoyu nor Si Zhaohua hesitated. They picked up the pill with one hand and swallowed it in one gulp.
However, Su Bei's attention was not on their mouths, but on their other hand that did not hold the pills. Both of their hands were clenched into fists, with their thumbs inside the fists.
After pretending to take the medicine, they calmly put their clenched fists into their pockets, and when they took them out, they were stretched out again.
Su Bei understood and a smile flashed across his eyes. He didn't know when these two people bought the storage rings from the academy's points mall. He originally wanted to use this thing to pretend to take medicine.
Scorpio didn't see any flaws in his appearance. She said with satisfaction but a little doubt: "You did a good job, but I want to remind you that you can't leave without taking medicine. Even if you can fool me, you will still explode and die when you leave because you didn't take the medicine."
After saying this, she carefully observed the expressions of the two people, trying to see something from their eyes. However, the one who was going to be surprised had already been surprised, and the two people were calm and composed. Zhao Xiaoyu even deliberately showed a bit of relief in her eyes.
"So now I can tell you why we died?" she asked curiously, "We'll go and persuade others later to join the light as well."
Maybe it was the last sentence that touched Scorpio, or maybe it was the privilege only given to the first group to surrender, she stood up and said, "Come with me, I'll take you to see something."
She led the three of them inside and came to a room. The door of this room was silver-white, like the door of a bank safe. Scorpio entered the password behind their backs, then opened the door and walked in.
As soon as they opened the door, the three of them felt uncomfortable at the same time, and their eyes involuntarily fell on the enlarged version of the pill placed in the center of the display stand in the middle of the dark room.
It was a transparent crystal ball the size of a human head, with a hint of black inside. Different from the feeling that the small pill gave people, this large crystal ball had an evil but pure feeling.
"This is the 'Loyalty Crystal', a supernatural product that we have developed in collaboration with others. If you stay within the radiation range of this crystal for a whole day, you will not be able to leave. You must take medicine to leave. The function of this medicine is to make you absolutely loyal and obey our arrangements honestly."
Zhao Xiaoyu didn't hesitate at all and asked directly: "Then can't we just destroy this crystal ball to solve this problem?"
She asked generously, and Scorpio Braid didn't doubt it. She said with a half-smile: "Since I dare to bring you here to see it, I am naturally not afraid of you destroying it. I am not afraid to tell you that this crystal ball can only be destroyed by mental power. Ordinary people will die if they touch it, but the same is true if a superpower touches it with mental power or body. Moreover, the stronger the superpower and mental power, the more painful the death."
"Is it possible that no one can touch it?" Si Zhaohua looked doubtful. No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible. Otherwise, how could this thing be placed here?
"Of course there are people who can do it, as long as their supernatural powers and mental strength are not strong, but not weak enough to be killed by the crystal ball like ordinary people." Scorpio Braid had no intention of hiding this and said confidently, "But unless they just reach that limit, they will die on the spot if they are too strong or too weak. We spent a lot of people testing to find such a person."
After hearing what she said earlier, Zhao Xiaoyu was thinking that maybe she could give it a try, as she was just the kind of person who had superpowers, but neither superpowers nor mental strength were strong. But after hearing the latter part, she immediately gave up the idea. The cost of trial and error was too high, and how could she, who cherished her life so much, dare to do it?
But the problem is that if the crystal ball is not destroyed, they can't leave its radiation range. When the academy comes to rescue them, it's obvious that Scorpio will take the crystal ball away with them. What will they do then? Will they really explode and die?
Si Zhaohua thought of a key point: "Is the person who can touch the crystal ball also on the island? What if he is threatened and destroys the crystal ball?"
"Don't worry, as long as you take the pill, you won't be able to destroy the crystal ball." Naturally, they had already thought of this loophole and filled it, otherwise Scorpio would not have dared to tell them about that person's existence so generously.
Hearing this, the three people's eyes suddenly darkened. This method was also blocked. If this was the case, wouldn't it be necessary for Zhao Xiaoyu to try and fail? But trial and error was too easy to cause trouble, and once something went wrong, the price to pay was life. How could they dare to do that?
In the end, it was Zhao Xiaoyu who calmed down first and said with a wry smile, "We want to find a better room to rest for a day. We have suffered so much these past few days."
Scorpio naturally didn't mind fulfilling this small wish, but reminded: "After you rest, don't forget to persuade those who came with you. We don't want their lives, and they'd better not be ignorant."
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