Chapter 94

"Wait, let me explain first. If this 0 does represent the death of the subject, then the numbers before it should also represent the subject's condition, right?" Zhao Xiaoyu confirmed.

Su Bei and Si Zhaohua nodded. They thought so too.

Seeing that they had reached a consensus, Zhao Xiaoyu continued, "That means that at 0, the experimenter will die. The kidnappers said before that no matter if it is an ordinary person or a superpower, as long as they touch the crystal ball, they will die. In other words, the 0 at the end of the first line represents touch. When touched, the experimenter will be dead."

She was still trying to analyze, but Si Zhaohua immediately figured out the key to the problem from her analysis: "It's distance! 6-0 represents distance!"

It was only after he came up with this guess that he remembered: "The distance between the door of our room with the 'Loyalty Crystal' and the 'Loyalty Crystal' is exactly five or six meters."

The three of them suddenly realized what was going on. Su Bei had not expected this to be the case. Si Zhaohua concluded, "So as long as your own functions steadily decrease as you get closer to the crystal, it means you can touch the crystal. But if your own functions fluctuate without any regularity, it means that if you touch the crystal you will explode and die."

If that's the case, then this is a very good test method. You can know if you are the chosen one without touching the crystal, and you can avoid meaningless death.

Zhao Xiaoyu let out a long sigh and was about to say something when Su Bei smiled and said, "That may not necessarily be the case."

"How do you say that?" she asked quickly.

Su Bei replied calmly, "The kidnappers actually just needed someone who could touch the crystal, so the experiment ended after the tenth experimenter successfully touched the crystal, so there was only one successful example."

The two of them naturally understood what he meant. Just one example showed that the law was not completely certain. They would be very hasty to draw conclusions based on this one example, which might lead to mistakes.

The price of error is death.

"...but there is no other way, right?" After a moment of silence, Zhao Xiaoyu smiled and replied, "If I really meet this condition, I will touch it. If I really die from it...I am unwilling to accept it, but I can accept it."

It was better than just betting on a one in ten thousand chance without knowing anything. At least this time she knew certain rules and could make a preliminary judgment on whether she could touch the crystal. If she was fooled by these rules, she could only say that God wanted her to die. But at least she had made every effort for her life and had a clear conscience.

Su Bei raised his lips and nodded. The reason why he brought up this loophole even though he knew that Zhao Xiaoyu had no problem was to let the readers know that she did not agree because there was no risk. Even with the rules shown in the table, the risk of death that Zhao Xiaoyu would face was still not small.

Zhao Xiaoyu saved his life this time, so it's not too much for him to increase his popularity. For real comic characters, the higher the popularity, the more opportunities they have. Zhao Xiaoyu has always wanted to stay in Class S, and maybe he can achieve his goal with this opportunity.

Now that they had made up their minds, the three began to discuss their plans for Friday's action.

If they decide to destroy the crystal, then they will have the conditions to lure the kidnappers away from the port. It goes without saying that when the crystal is destroyed, kidnappers from all over the island will come to capture them, and not many people will be interested in the dock.

This is the perfect time for others to escape.

But the problem is that there is a disadvantage to doing this, that is, they can't find a way to escape. The dock is empty, and the hostage politicians can take the opportunity to run away. But as the main target of the kidnappers, they absolutely cannot leave from there, otherwise the final result is that no one can leave.

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoyu had thought of a solution by accident: "We can fly away from the cliff."

While asking for information about the person who could touch the "Loyalty Crystal", she also asked about the abilities of other kidnappers. There weren't many people with flying abilities, and since this was an island, most of the people with abilities were related to the ocean, and there was only one person with flying abilities.

"There is only one person on this island who can fly. His power is the [Bamboo Dragonfly]. If it is destroyed, he will not be able to fly." Zhao Xiaoyu said as he integrated the previous plan, "After destroying the crystal, we can run directly to the other side of the pier, which is the cliff. Once we reach the cliff, you can take us away. By the way, can you take both of us to fly?"

"Of course!" Si Zhaohua answered without hesitation, "Let alone the two of you, even if there's another Zhou Renjie, I can easily take him away."

If it was when he first entered school, he really couldn't support too much weight. In the last team competition, it was a bit difficult to lead only Jiang Tianming. But after so much training in Class S, he is no longer Wu Xia Amon! Just two people, no problem!

Zhao Xiaoyu looked at him with amusement, and suddenly said: "I will go in first, and you will come in later. If I die from touching the crystal ball, you will pretend to find out that I am just pretending to surrender, and come to arrest me, understand?"

As soon as these words came out, Si Zhaohua's brows immediately furrowed. Isn't this asking them to sell out their teammates? How could he agree to this? However, before he could say anything, Su Bei raised his thumb and said, "We got it!"

Seeing that he was actually quite positive, Zhao Xiaoyu was really angry and amused, and ruffled his hair fiercely: "You are such a heartless little bastard."

Si Zhaohua next to her seemed to sigh softly, then she rolled up her low ponytail and took off a silver necklace from her neck. The pendant was made of silver feathers with a blue gem inlaid on it.

He handed the necklace to Zhao Xiaoyu and said solemnly, "You will not die."

Looking at this prop, both of them stared at the necklace with surprise. Si Zhaohua explained, "I wanted to give it to you that day. It is inlaid with the 'Resurrection Stone'. If you really die on the spot, you can be resurrected on the spot."

He didn't lie, he really planned to give Zhao Xiaoyu that day. The reason why he didn't tell her about this before was that he wanted to see if there was any other way.

But since Zhao Xiaoyu has made up her mind to go, there is no problem in handing it over to her now.

"Ah, there is such a heaven-defying item like the 'Resurrection Stone'." Zhao Xiaoyu was dumbfounded. Even if this was a world with super powers, something like the 'Resurrection Stone' was a bit too much of a cheat.

Su Bei was also stunned. He only knew that Si Zhaohua, as the eldest son of the Si family, must have a lot of life-saving props on him, but he didn't expect that he even had things of this level! Resurrection is too outrageous!

Si Zhaohua explained helplessly, "That's not the case. This item is called the 'Resurrection Stone' but it's just a gimmick. Its real function is to resist a lethal attack. So it will only work if you carry it with you when you are injured. It will be useless afterwards."

So that's how it is, then this is actually a defensive tool. Although its function is also very amazing, it is definitely much easier to accept than being able to resurrect people.

"It's just that..." Si Zhaohua pursed his lips, "After using this item, the psychic will lose his psychic powers."

This is also the reason why he didn't take out this prop immediately before. The disadvantages are too great for people with special abilities. If they have a choice, I'm afraid no one will use this prop.

Zhao Xiaoyu hesitated, but only for a moment. The next second she took the necklace decisively: "Thank you, I hope I can return it to you in good condition."

Although superpowers are valuable, life is more valuable. Although she wants to carve out a niche as a superpower, she won't get hung up if it's impossible.

Today is Tuesday, and Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua will work hard to perfect the plan in the next two days. They can't just implement the plan as soon as they think of it, they must plan the specific time, escape route, and compensatory measures after the mission fails.

On the other hand, they also tried every means to pass on the news of Friday's escape to the hostages. When they showed up, it would definitely make a lot of noise. They just hoped that the politicians would leave as soon as they heard the noise and not let them down.

As for Northern Jiangsu

Su Bei is slacking off.

He is an eight-year-old kid and he has done a great job, so why does he need a bicycle? He has never wronged himself for the sake of trouble before. The travel book he carefully selected is really good, and he just took this opportunity to finish reading it.

On Friday, everything was ready except for the east wind. The three of them interfered with the surveillance and came to the silver door. It was obvious that the door could not be easily broken and could only be opened with a password.

Logically speaking, this should be a difficult point, but it obviously does not pose a problem for Su Bei and the other two, as each of them actually knows the password.

The most convenient one was Su Bei, who directly used his mental power to "see" the password entered by Scorpio Braid. Of course, he claimed to the outside world that he saw it secretly.

Si Chaohua used his supernatural power to gently stick a feather to Scorpion Braid's elbow, so that he could replicate the action. This was only him, because Su Bei couldn't replicate it under such circumstances.

The last one to come was Zhao Xiaoyu. She borrowed a piece of transparent wide tape from somewhere and stuck it directly onto the keys of the digital combination lock. Several almost undetectable fingerprints immediately appeared on the tape.

She had deliberately observed Scorpio's movements at the time and knew roughly where she had pressed the repeat button, and she deduced the same thing.

The three of them opened the door and walked in. Zhao Xiaoyu took a deep breath and began to walk towards the "Loyalty Crystal" step by step. Su Bei and the other two also stared at her closely, trying to guess from her complexion whether she was getting weaker step by step.

But surprisingly, Zhao Xiaoyu did not show any sign of getting weaker. Instead, her expression became weirder as she walked, as if she had discovered something strange.

When she reached the crystal ball, she turned her head with a suspicious expression: "I... I didn't become weaker. On the contrary, I feel stronger as I walk."

To be honest, the feeling of having a strong spirit and a strong body is really good. But this is completely different from what was recorded in the experiment. In the experiment, the vitality of No. 10 was steadily decreasing, but her vitality change was also stable, but it was steadily getting stronger.

Su Bei, Si Zhaohua: ""

Su Bei had never thought that his words would come true. The success data in the table was indeed inaccurate. It turned out that it was not that steady descent close to the crystal was the sign of being able to touch, but that stability was the sign of being able to touch.

He had been wrong before. The comic book author had no intention of weakening Zhao Xiaoyu's role. Even if he hadn't said that, there would still be plot points at this time that would allow Zhao Xiaoyu to establish his character.

As expected, Zhao Xiaoyu began to hesitate because of this. Even though he now had the "Resurrection Stone" provided by Si Zhaohua, once it was activated, the price would change from death to the loss of superpowers, which was also not easy to accept.

Neither Si Zhaohua nor Su Bei spoke at this time. This important decision concerning life and death (superpowers) can only be made by the person concerned, and whether she chooses to continue or give up, they support her.

Time waits for no one, and Zhao Xiaoyu is not a person who hesitates. But after a minute, she made a decision: "I want to continue."

Although her data was not exactly the same as the successful experiments, her similarity to the successful examples was far greater than that to the failed ones. All of the failed examples were chaotic, and her feeling was so stable that it was enough for her to take a gamble.

After she finished speaking about her decision, she looked at the two of them and said firmly, "But I didn't make this decision to save anyone."

She is not that selfless. In fact, in Zhao Xiaoyu's opinion, the adjective "selfless" is absolutely derogatory when used to describe herself.

She would rather be judged as a selfish villain than be judged as a selfless gentleman. Therefore, even though she knew it would be more beneficial to not say it, she still said it.

Si Zhaohua was a little confused, not understanding why Zhao Xiaoyu would say such a thing at this time. No matter why she did it, didn't she save everyone? He was the kind of person who would selflessly choose to save more people when faced with a life-or-death decision, so he couldn't understand Zhao Xiaoyu's meaning.

But Su Bei understood her thoughts at the moment and nodded slightly: "You are trying to save yourself."

Zhao Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and when he met Su Bei's eyes that were filled with a faint smile of affirmation, an idea came to his mind and he blurted out subconsciously: "Su Bei"

In her opinion, among all the people she knew, Su Bei was probably the only one who could best understand what she wanted to express just now.

The other classmates in the class all have the passion and sense of justice that is typical of their age, which sometimes makes Zhao Xiaoyu feel that she is too philistine and seems out of place.

But Su Bei was different. Although he and himself were completely different people, they had at least one thing in common: neither of them had an innate sense of justice.

Of course, there are two other people in Class S who have the same idea as her, Zhou Renjie and Li Shu. But they are different from Zhao Xiaoyu.

Zhao Xiaoyu is selfish and generous, and is not afraid of others knowing how smart she is. However, the two of them like to hide their "badness". Although there are big differences between them, their external performance in this regard is always a cover-up.

Zhou Renjie and Li Shu probably couldn't react to what she said just now. Because even if they only wanted to save themselves, they would definitely say it was for everyone.

Only Su Bei would not hide his "badness".

So the moment Zhao Xiaoyu heard the child Yan Nan's answer, he thought of him first.

However, when she looked over again, the naked confusion in the brown-haired child's eyes made her hesitate again. Is this child really Su Bei? He looks very similar, but it seems unlikely.

What she didn't know was that Su Bei had already planned to reveal his identity after successfully escaping. After all, it was obvious that even without him, Si Zhaohua and the other two would be able to escape successfully.

Since it's the same with or without him, why not just be a kid and slack off? If he turns back, he will definitely have to work hard. And with his additional fighting power, the danger of the kidnappers may increase. It's a matter of all harm and no benefit to him.

Therefore, he would never reveal his identity now. Su Bei's acting skills were possessed, and he looked at Zhao Xiaoyu with a confused look on his face: "Ah what?"

"No...nothing." In the end, Zhao Xiaoyu didn't ask any more questions. She had no basis at all. Even if she really thought that Su Bei was very similar to this child, she would not make such a random guess.

Besides, she had other important things to do, so she didn't intend to dwell on this issue. She shook her head, cleared her mind, and looked at the black crystal ball again.

Life or death was decided at once. Zhao Xiaoyu took a deep breath and placed his hand on the crystal ball.

The air seemed to stagnate for a moment.

The next second, she breathed a sigh of relief, and even felt her legs go weak. But then she felt a strong joy rising from the bottom of her heart, "I succeeded!"

"Great!" Si Zhaohua naturally breathed a sigh of relief and was happy for her. "Let's destroy the 'Loyalty Crystal'!"

"I'll return the necklace to you first." Zhao Xiaoyu said as she was about to take off the necklace. She was actually quite nervous to wear a necklace that would make her supernatural powers disappear if it broke.

Si Zhaohua stopped her in time: "Wait a minute, let's destroy the crystal first. No one has ever done this before, what will happen when it is destroyed?"

What he said made sense, so Zhao Xiaoyu had no choice but to keep the necklace for the time being.

Watching them pass the buck to each other, Su Bei just felt a little amused. This "Resurrection Stone" that seemed invaluable to outsiders, seemed like a hot potato from their behavior, and no one wanted it.

Because of her experience of destroying intermediate nightmare beasts several times, Zhao Xiaoyu is now very proficient in how to attack with mental power. She uses her supernatural power to guide her mental power to attack the crystal ball.

The crystal ball shattered easily.

But surprisingly, the black color in the crystal ball did not disappear, but flowed directly into Zhao Xiaoyu's body.

"What's going on?" The two people watching clearly saw this scene, and Zhao Xiaoyu himself was also very nervous. But the "Resurrection Stone" didn't show any problems, so it should be nothing serious.

There was no time to ponder. The moment the crystal ball broke, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the base.

“Ding ding ding ding ding ding—”

The three of them opened the door in perfect sync and ran straight out of the base. They had planned their route in advance. Now was the time for the cargo ship to be handed over, and most of the psychics should be outside. As long as they ran out of the back door, they could temporarily avoid most of the enemies.

As expected, they only encountered three or four superpowers blocking their way. Because they were kidnappers, Si Zhaohua was also ruthless. His feathers were as sharp as knives, and he killed gods and Buddhas, worthy of being the opposite of the protagonist of the comics.

After leaving the base, Su Bei followed them up the mountain, thinking that he had already been exposed. How could an ordinary child keep up with the speed of a superpower? Not to mention following them here, he would have fallen behind at the base.

But he couldn't ask Zhao Xiaoyu and the others to pick him up in order to avoid exposing himself. After all, the "transformation mask" was just a mask in the final analysis. It could only change his appearance but not his weight.

When someone hugs you, your guts will be exposed even faster, so you might as well run after them.

Normally, he should have been discovered in this state long ago. The reason why he has not been discovered until now is not because Zhao Xiaoyu and the others are not careful enough, but mainly because the current situation does not allow them to be too careful.

When exercising vigorously, even thinking is very energy-consuming. At this time, you can only focus on the things in front of you, and those details will be ignored.

If Su Bei was a real kid and fell behind because he couldn't keep up with their speed, they would definitely find out and pick him up and take him away. But Su Bei caught up, so Zhao Xiaoyu and Si Zhaohua didn't think much about it.

After running a long distance in one breath, the three finally had time to discuss what had happened.

"Xiaoyu, you really didn't feel anything?" Si Zhaohua asked with a frown, "You saw something entering your body, right?"

"I saw it." Zhao Xiaoyu nodded, "It's something in the 'Loyalty Crystal'. I don't know what it is, but I really don't feel anything now."

She herself was also worried, who knows what it is. Especially since it is black, in the eyes of the world, dark colors such as black and purple are more likely to make people think of something bad.

But it was meaningless to dwell on this now, and it wouldn't achieve anything. She also needed to conserve her energy and talk less, so Zhao Xiao said briefly, "Let's go back and ask the teacher. Teacher Ye Lin might have a solution."

This was the only way out at the moment. The two stopped talking and focused on running away. During this time, Su Bei just ran with his head down, not saying a word. It was strange enough that he could still keep up with these two people. If he made a little presence, they might remember this matter.

If they could guess his identity directly, it would be fine, at most the plot about him would be a little less interesting. But if they couldn't guess it, they might even associate it with some conspiracy theory, which would be troublesome.

They ran fast, but so did the people chasing them. The kidnappers reacted and chased them. Ordinary espers were easily distanced, but the powerful ones, such as Scorpion Braid, could not be distanced at all. They even ran faster than Si Zhaohua and the other two.

Scorpio was so angry that she didn't expect that she had made a mistake. She thought she had tamed three dogs, but she actually released three wolves.

As a result, because of her mistake, the "loyalty crystal" was destroyed and the mission failed. Needless to say, she must bear the main responsibility. She had originally hoped to take this opportunity to get a promotion and a pay rise, but now it is difficult to even save her life. How can she not be angry?

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