Chapter 93

The three of them were arranged in two rooms, one for Zhao Xiaoyu, and one for Su Bei and Si Zhaohua. These two rooms were indeed luxurious, with the configuration of a five-star hotel suite. There was also a fresh fruit platter inside, which was obviously for enjoyment.

The three of them gathered together, and Si Zhaohua first turned on a jammer in the room. This was also redeemed from the academy points mall, and it could interfere with superpowers and electronic signals. Su Bei had also redeemed it during the team competition.

After making sure that no one could eavesdrop, he finally spoke: "If not, we should first find the person who can touch the crystal ball. As long as we persuade him to come with us, we will definitely find a way for us to escape smoothly after we go there."

This is indeed a solution. Zhao Xiaoyu immediately perked up: "Then let's divide the work and cooperate. You two go find a way to leave, and I'll go find this person."

Su Bei thought for a moment and raised his hand and said, "I'll go alone. At my age, no one would intentionally cause trouble for me."

"Why are you walking alone?" Si Zhaohua was puzzled. Although in order to let others take medicine without worry, no one in this place should embarrass Su Bei who has surrendered. But he is just a child after all. What's the point of walking alone?

Su Bei smiled and blinked: "Maybe I can get some unexpected gains. Don't underestimate the ability of children to act."

In the end, it was Zhao Xiaoyu who made the final decision: "Then you can go alone, but you must come back at noon and 8 pm every day, okay?"

"no problem!"

It was late at night, Zhao Xiaoyu went back to sleep, Su Bei and Si Zhaohua also went back to bed after washing up. Less than ten minutes after lying down, Si Zhaohua's voice suddenly rang out in the darkness: "Yan Nan, are you asleep?"

"Not asleep." Su Bei replied immediately.

Si Zhaohua turned his head and looked at him: "I turned on the jammer now, so no one can hear our conversation. How can I know who brought you to the auction?"

Sure enough, she still doubted his identity. Su Bei didn't intend to expose himself now, so he pretended to be injured: "You don't believe me"

Si Zhaohua quickly explained: "I believe it, but..."

Before he could finish, Su Bei interrupted him: "That's it."

After a moment of silence, Si Zhaohua said, "Well, actually I don't believe you at all..."

Su Bei interrupted him again: "Coincidentally, I don't trust you that much either, so I can't tell you my identity."

Si Zhaohua: “…”

At this time he finally reacted: "You kid are not kidding me, are you?"

Looking at his expression, he didn't look hurt at all, it was obvious that he was deliberately arguing with him!

Su Bei couldn't help laughing when he heard Meng Huai's common colloquialism "you kid". Even a young master like Si Zhaohua is not so elegant anymore. The influence of the class teacher is really great.

Hearing his laughter, Si Zhaohua felt that he had been fooled. He threatened fiercely: "You are done. I will complain to your parents when I get back!"

Su Bei smiled slightly and looked up at the ceiling: "Let's talk about it after you find them."

The next morning, the three of them pretended to go to the reception room to persuade people to surrender, but in fact they were hinting that people should not surrender. Then they left with sighs and went their separate ways.

Su Bei was like a real child, wandering around aimlessly, going wherever there was fun, and for most of the day he had no intention of gathering any information.

People here usually speak foreign languages, and only those who often face hostages can speak the language they are familiar with. Although he can understand and speak, in order to maintain the image of an eight-year-old child and to let others relax their vigilance, Su Bei pretends not to understand those foreign languages.

In the evening, he started reading comics in the lobby, which others saw as study materials. Although there was no signal here, the downloaded materials would not disappear. So others did not suspect anything, but just thought that he loved to study.

The next morning, we played all day again. After Su Bei toured the base, he also walked around outside under the noses of the kidnappers.

This is indeed an island, not very big, with only one pier. The terrain is from low to high, and opposite the pier, that is, the other side of the island is a very high cliff. Even though there is sea support below, jumping down will definitely kill you.

In the evening, he pretended to look at study materials for a while, and then went to find the kidnapper who had shown the most appreciation for his hard work.

"Sister, I have finished reading the study materials I downloaded before. Do you have any other materials?" The brown-haired boy spoke a foreign language that was not very fluent and had some grammatical errors, but he looked very serious. No one would doubt his enthusiasm for learning.

But the problem is, how could a group of adults who have graduated for who knows how many years have learning materials? He was destined not to get a satisfactory answer.

Seeing the troubled look on the face of the kidnapper in the yellow skirt, Su Bei very sensibly stepped back and said, "Are there any books? The teacher said it would be useful for us to read some extracurricular materials."

This is indeed available, but not everyone can see it. Seeing Su Bei's expectant expression, the girl in the yellow skirt gritted her teeth and said, "I'll apply for you. If it works, you can go and see it. If not, you can relax for a few days. There's no rush to learn."

Su Bei also knew that he couldn't rush things, so he nodded obediently: "Then I'll trouble you, sister."

That night, the girl in the yellow skirt really went to her boss, Scorpio Braid.

"You mean you want that kid named Yan Nan to go to the data room?" Scorpio frowned, "How come I didn't know you were such a soft-hearted person?"

Being questioned by her, the girl in the yellow skirt was not very nervous. She just sighed and said, "I have a younger brother at home, but he doesn't like studying. We have had arguments over this several times. It's rare to see a child who loves studying so much, so I just want to help him."

Seeing that the other party still disagreed, she persuaded him: "What kind of mind can an eight-year-old child have? How could he know that I would help? Even if he knew that I would help, how could he know that the books were only in the library? Besides, even if he saw the data, he probably wouldn't understand it. Even adults would have trouble reading it."

This is why she dared to make this request. Even if Su Bei really wanted to know the key information, he would be absolutely powerless. A bunch of numbers would make anyone who can read them dizzy. Even adults would have a headache, let alone an eight-year-old kid who is only in the third grade of elementary school.

With them watching in the monitoring room, there is no need to worry about him secretly taking photos, there won't be any problem at all.

Scorpio Braid was also persuaded by her and hesitated for a moment: "Wait for me to take a look first."

After that, she turned on the surveillance and checked the video footage of Su Bei's actions over the past two days. At least from the footage, he really had no intention of gathering intelligence. In fact, because they were kidnappers, they didn't dare to talk at all. They played alone in the morning and read books in the afternoon.

It was rare to meet such a well-behaved child, and Scorpio finally nodded: "Okay, but when he goes to the data room, you must arrange for someone to accompany him or use surveillance to monitor him, so that he doesn't do anything that is disadvantageous to us."

We must always be on guard against others, as there are many cases where children cause harm to children.

After getting permission, the girl in the yellow skirt excitedly went back to Su Bei, told him the good news, and agreed to go to the data room tomorrow.

Hearing that they were going to the data room, Su Bei smiled with satisfaction. Although she had not chatted with anyone in the past two days, she could tell from their words and actions that the members of this base were not well educated. They were probably all psychics who graduated from psychic academies, did not go to college, and had not read books for many years.

If you don't read books, you naturally don't have the need to read them, and there won't be any libraries or book cabinets. The most likely place to have books is probably the data room.

Sure enough, he guessed correctly.

It was dinner time when the girl in the yellow skirt said this. Si Zhaohua and Zhao Xiaoyu were also there. They were just surprised, but no one asked to go with them.

But as soon as the girl in the yellow skirt left, the two surrounded Su Bei. Zhao Xiaoyu praised him, "You are really good! You even managed to sneak into the data room. How did you do that?"

Si Zhaohua looked incredulous: "They actually agreed just because you are a child?"

Su Bei put his chin on his hand in a cute and innocent manner, "Maybe it's because I'm cute and adorable."

There was silence at the table.

Thankfully, only Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua came this time, otherwise we would all be vomiting now.

At eight o'clock the next morning, the girl in the yellow skirt came to pick up Su Bei, but she only took him to the door of the data room and told him that he could only read and not do anything else. Then she left with an excuse and went to the monitoring room.

She was also a little afraid that she had made a mistake, so she naturally had to supervise it personally.

After the girl in the yellow skirt left, Su Bei walked into the data room that looked like a small library and walked around it openly. With just this one walk, he could already tell where the important information was stored.

Unlike other cost-effective books, here are stacks of file bags and several single-bound papers. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be where the data is.

However, Su Bei only glanced at it quickly and passed by it with a look of disinterest. After he had browsed the entire library, he returned to pick up a travel book, took it to the sofa in the library, and leaned on it to read it with relish.

The girl in the yellow skirt watched behind the scenes for a full hour. During this time, Su Bei had no intention of getting up. She just read quietly, and even her posture did not change. If she hadn't turned a page occasionally, she would have thought she was stuck.

Such performance naturally satisfied the girl in the yellow skirt, who felt that she had made the right choice. She randomly found someone to continue watching and went about her own business.

Su Bei didn't know that the person monitoring him had been changed, but even if he knew, he would never act rashly. It had only been a short time, and some things could not be rushed.

On the other hand, everyone in the reception room held on under Zhao Xiaoyu's suggestion. It wasn't because they were determined, but they knew very well that if they compromised, unless everyone except the one who compromised died, their future would be ruined. Who could climb to this point without some ambition? Under the threat of the future, no one dared to act rashly.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyu's guess was not wrong at all, and the kidnappers served them food the next day. Although the dishes were not very good, as long as they were not picky, they could at least eat their fill.

The other party even claimed that they felt sorry for them, but those who had already received Zhao Xiaoyu's hints just felt relieved and did not believe the kidnappers' lies at all.

With the food delivered this time, the hostages' emotions were immediately stabilized. They realized that what Zhao Xiaoyu had hinted at before was correct, and the kidnappers would never let them starve to death, nor would they let them die easily.

Before the rescue team arrives, they will at most suffer a little, but their lives will not be in danger.

With this understanding, anyone who cares a little about his or her future will never surrender.

The rear was stable, and the front was also making progress. During the two days of reading travel notes in northern Jiangsu, Si Zhaohua and Zhao Xiaoyu had successfully completed their respective tasks.

Si Zhaohua found a way to escape. In fact, the entire island was surrounded by the sea. A little research would reveal that the only way to escape was to the pier.

Of course, the kidnappers knew this, so there were so many people guarding the dock that it was almost impossible to escape.

But since this is the only way, they still have to ask. Every Friday at 2pm, a ship carrying supplies arrives at the island and leaves after an hour of handover. This hour is also the most likely time for them to escape.

The person driving the boat was an ordinary person, so he could be easily subdued. As long as we could find a way to distract the others, we could take the opportunity to leave by boat.

While he was trying hard, Zhao Xiaoyu also found the only person who could touch the crystal ball, but bad news followed. This person was in a coma, and it was said that only Scorpio could wake him up.

But it was obvious that the only time Scorpio would wake him up was when someone came to the academy. But if they waited until then, Scorpio would have made sufficient preparations in advance, and it would be even more difficult for the two of them to succeed.

If the crystal ball is really taken away, those who have not taken the medicine will die on the spot. Do we really have to force ourselves to test whether touching the crystal ball will cause our bodies to explode and die?

Unable to find any other solution, Zhao Xiaoyu looked a little decadent and stayed in his room without going out.

She really didn't want to die. She had been working so hard just to live a better life. If this matter had nothing to do with her, but only she could try to save others, Zhao Xiaoyu would definitely refuse. She was not that selfless.

This is a life-or-death attempt! Scorpio himself said that although theoretically only those with poor abilities can touch the "Loyalty Crystal", in the end, only one person succeeded, and the rest died!

But it happened to be related to her. If she didn't go, not only would others die, but she would also die. This made Zhao Xiaoyu very uncomfortable.

Intellectually, she knew she had to give it a try, but emotionally, she couldn't help but think, what if there was a way after the academy arrived? It would be better than just going there to die.

In a nutshell - Zhao Xiaoyu doesn't want to go.

After understanding what happened, Si Zhaohua did not persuade the other party. Who can righteously persuade others to die? That is too shameless, anyway, Si Zhaohua would never do it.

He tried hard to find other ways to solve the problem without Zhao Xiaoyu. But Zhao Xiaoyu was so careful and smart. This matter concerned her life and death. She felt that there was no other way, so Si Zhaohua naturally couldn't find it.

Just when everything was at a stalemate, Su Bei suddenly came to Si Zhaohua to borrow a jammer.

"What are you going to do?" Si Zhaohua was still persistently looking for new solutions. When he heard Su Bei's request, he asked with some confusion.

Su Bei had the look of a hermit: "You'll know later."

It was a little funny for an eight-year-old to act like this, but unfortunately Si Zhaohua couldn't laugh at the moment. However, he didn't refuse. After teaching Su Bei how to use the prop, he warned him, "Don't use this prop casually. If they find out, we will all be locked up again."

Su Bei nodded. How could he use it casually? He was looking for a way to break the impasse.

Unlike Zhao Xiaoyu and the other person who were in the game, he, who had a God's perspective, knew very well that Zhao Xiaoyu could definitely touch the "Loyalty Crystal" safely, otherwise how could this game be solved?

After all, the other party is one of the protagonists, so there must be something special about him.

But the question is how should he tell the other party?

A very simple method is for him to directly reveal his identity and then tell Zhao Xiaoyu that he predicted that Zhao Xiaoyu could touch the "Loyalty Crystal".

This is indeed a method, but it will ruin his character. He is a funny person, hiding his identity for so long and watching the show, and the first thing he showed up was to tell Zhao Xiaoyu that she could destroy the crystal. Doesn't that tell others that he is greedy and afraid of death?

There are indeed people who can establish the character of being greedy and afraid of death well, such as Zhao Xiaoyu, who has this character setting. A greedy and afraid person who sacrifices himself in the end will definitely win the readers' strong love.

But he can't do that, that's not the character he is.

Only those who don't care about anyone's life or death, including their own, can be good people who enjoy themselves. If you want to watch the show but are afraid of death, then you are a despicable person.

So he couldn't just show up and tell the other person the answer, so he could only find clues to the answer himself.

That afternoon, he came to the data room as usual, and the people behind the scenes monitored him as usual.

But the other party behaved very peacefully during the past three days and was not at all troublesome. The guard had long since relaxed his vigilance and fell asleep as soon as he sat on the chair. When he was awake occasionally, he would glance at the surveillance screen, and close his eyes again after making sure that Su Bei had not moved.

He has been in this state for the past three days. When reading, he stays motionless except for turning the pages occasionally. The guard has gotten used to it.

However, what he didn't know was that the picture he saw today was no longer a moving picture, but a still picture. Su Bei posed and used the jammer to freeze the surveillance picture.

As for himself, he is now frantically searching for information.

I opened the file bags one by one, and found both text records and data records inside. The text records were easy to distinguish, but unfortunately none of them were useful.

There were also several sheets of paper with numerical records. After removing a few with table headers and then removing a few that were obviously not relevant, Su Bei picked and chose, and finally found a sheet that only had data and nothing else.

The leftmost column of this table is 1-10 from top to bottom, which should be the serial number. The top row is 6-0 from left to right, which Su Bei does not understand for the time being.

The numbers in the middle are all in disarray. The only thing that seems to be similar is the rightmost column, where, except for the first and fifth numbers, all the remaining numbers are 0.

What do these numbers mean?

To make a clear table, the most important thing is to understand what the horizontal and vertical columns represent. If this is indeed the experimental data of whether or not the "loyalty crystal" can be touched, then the numbers in the leftmost vertical column should represent the serial numbers, experimenters 1-10.

What does 6-0 mean?

After thinking about it, Su Bei decided to brainstorm. He was not the only one present, so why did he have to think for himself? His two teammates were smarter than each other.

Seeing that it was almost time for his usual rest, Su Bei quickly memorized the data in his mind, restored everything, then returned to the sofa and eliminated the interference of the jammer.

He didn't have a photographic memory, so it was impossible for him to remember all those chaotic numbers in a short time. But it didn't matter, he just had to remember what he really needed to remember. As for what he really needed to remember, besides the ones he didn't understand, there were naturally some special items.

As usual, Su Bei read here until 7:30, then turned around and left. After dinner, he looked at Zhao Xiaoyu, who had a pale face and a cold expression: "Sister, come to my room, I have something to talk to you about."

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoyu raised her eyes slightly, looking uninterested: "What's the matter, sister is a little tired, if you have nothing else..."

"It's very important." Su Bei interrupted her and emphasized, "There are some things I don't understand in my studies, and I want to ask my sister for help."

What's the point of studying? Zhao Xiaoyu was about to refuse, but suddenly an idea flashed in her mind. Hasn't this kid been studying in the library all this time?

Her eyes lit up: "Okay, let's go over there now."

Si Zhaohua naturally followed them back to the room. Su Bei wrote down the data he had memorized on a piece of paper. He was very confident that he could remember a few of them: "I'm still a child. How can I remember so many? Anyway, I don't see any pattern in those numbers. They should be about the same whether they are correct or not."

The other two naturally wouldn't blame him. It was already amazing that he could find such important information by himself.

The three of them studied the table for a while and were sure that the numbers in the middle of the table did not have any pattern. Whether from top to bottom or from left to right, they kept going up and down, and the data remained between 100-0.

Among the data in the middle, there are only two points that show regularities. The first is what Su Bei mentioned before, that except for the last one, the rest of the numbers in the rightmost column are all 0.

Another rule is that the data in the leftmost column (except the serial number column) are all between 99-95.

When you are completely clueless, the only set of data that stands out from the crowd deserves special attention.

This is the only number that ends in 20 that ends in a zero.

What is more noteworthy is that, unlike other chaotic data, this set of data is very regular, slowly decreasing from 95 to 20, without any sudden highs and lows.

If nothing unexpected happens, this group will probably be the only one that succeeds. And everyone has vaguely guessed what the last 0 means - "These 0s should mean death."

So the most important question now is to figure out what the 6-0 in the table header means.

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