A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 348 : Chapter 348

Chapter 348

“Is there anything else you need me to do?” After arranging for Su Bei to stay in the room next to hers, Ai Baozhu asked with rare thoughtfulness. Of course, her thoughtfulness was not without reason. Knowing that Su Bei must have a purpose for coming, she naturally had to be more attentive. What if she could get some information out of him?

Seeing Su Bei shake his head, Ai Baozhu directly unfolded the overly short map of the Yan state, revealing her true intentions. “Why did you tell me to be careful just now?”

“As one of the only two defenders in the refuge city, isn’t it normal for me to tell you to be careful?” Su Bei replied leisurely.

Unfortunately, Ai Baozhu wasn’t buying it. She snorted lightly, “Would you remind me if that was all there was to it?”

In her impression, Su Bei was not someone who meddled in other people’s business, let alone give a casual reminder for no reason. If the other party hadn’t foreseen that she would encounter a very unexpected danger, it would be impossible for him to remind her.

I had to admit that Ai Baozhu did know Su Bei quite well. That was indeed the case. But Su Bei couldn’t give her a specific reminder. Firstly, he didn’t know what exactly would happen, and secondly, this was a fixed plot.

If Ai Baozhu didn’t have a problem, how would the sacrifice unfold, and how would Jiang Tianming and the others play their roles? So even if I reminded her, it would be useless; things would still happen.

Su Bei pretended to be sad and wiped away non-existent tears. “I didn’t expect you to see me this way. It’s truly heartbreaking.”

This time, Ai Baozhu finally couldn’t hold it in and rolled her eyes, getting up to walk out. “Forget it, I won’t ask you.”

Just as she reached the door, she suddenly remembered something and turned around to ask, “Can I tell others about you coming here?”

She was referring to Jiang Tianming and the others.

Su Bei thought for a moment. Although telling others didn’t seem to be a problem, less trouble was better than more, so he still refused. “Don’t. They’ll know eventually.”

This was almost a blatant statement to Ai Baozhu that something was going to happen to Refuge City No. 3. To be honest, she really wanted to tell the leaders about this immediately and ask them to send more reinforcements.

But since Su Bei didn’t ask her to, Ai Baozhu felt it was better not to do anything extra. After all, destiny was something ethereal. Su Bei could see destiny and could change it precisely. But she couldn’t see destiny. What if, by a twist of fate, she ended up fulfilling the predetermined doom? That wouldn’t be good.

The Nightmare Beasts would act in at most a week, so Su Bei didn’t cause any trouble these few days. Instead, he slowly wandered around Refuge City No. 3. On one hand, it was to understand the terrain, and on the other, it was to find people with special Compasses and connect their Destiny Compasses in advance.

Su Bei’s destiny connection wasn’t something that could only take effect and be used immediately. He could also set aside some time, meaning he could connect in advance and activate it a few days later. The connection would not break during this period.

However, it could only be maintained for three days at most; any longer and it couldn’t be maintained.

Connecting some in advance these few days could effectively save Mental Energy later. After all, humans and Nightmare Beasts were different. Their Destiny Compasses were much richer. Even in a collective environment, it was difficult to have large-scale repetitions like with Nightmare Beasts.

The scenery of the refuge city was very unique. Because it was a temporarily built city, it was very simple overall, without any extra decorations. All the houses were made of stone to make them more sturdy.

As far as Su Bei knew, every house here had a basement, which was specially built by another Earth Element defense-type Ability user. It could not only provide a second layer of protection for the residents but also effectively prevent enemies from breaking through from underground.

The residents in the city patrolled in batches, covering the entire city, ensuring that no matter when a Nightmare Beast appeared in the city, someone would react immediately. Although ordinary people couldn’t eliminate Nightmare Beasts, it was still possible to call other Ability users over at the first moment by shouting.

In a serious and tense wartime atmosphere, a loafer like Su Bei seemed out of place. If Ai Baozhu hadn’t personally brought him in, he would probably have been arrested as a spy or driven out as an idler long ago.

But they didn’t know that Su Bei wasn’t actually wandering around; he was just connecting the residents’ Destiny Compasses.

Time flew to the fourth day. The moment Su Bei went out, he felt a surge of energy.

It’s finally here!

At this moment, the Destiny Compasses above everyone’s heads had changed drastically. The small pointers were uniformly pointing to the far right, while the positions of the large pointers varied, though the vast majority were in the lower half of the compass.

“Did the main character group not play a role?” Suddenly remembering something, Su Bei asked the “Manga Consciousness” with some doubt in his mind. “Or did the Author include what I’m going to do next in his plan?”

I had originally thought that this sacrifice would end with the main character group finding the gathering place of the Cross Nightmare Beast and foiling the conspiracy of the Nightmare Beasts and the “Black Flash” organization. But seeing that so many people still died here, I knew that wasn’t the case.

Therefore, I suspected that this situation occurred because the Author had included me in the manga, and I needed to save people to achieve the no-damage-run achievement.

However, this was also a bit strange. After all, I was not a manga character and was not controlled by the Author. Wasn’t the Author worried that my actions would fail? Although in the Author’s eyes, even if my actions failed, it would just be the death of some villagers, Ai Baozhu was still here. If my actions failed, Ai Baozhu would also face danger like the others.

“That’s not it. The people in this city were fated to be either dead or alive. If they didn’t die, the sacrifice naturally wouldn’t be completed. But even if they died, with the main character group acting on another front, the sacrifice would still not be completed.”

Hearing this, Su Bei suddenly understood. The Author indeed had not included his actions in the plan, but had left him ample room to act. Whether he succeeded or failed, it would not affect the development of the plot.

Without any worries, he turned to find Ai Baozhu. Since today was the day the Nightmare Beasts would act, Ai Baozhu would definitely be the first to be in trouble. I was going back now not to prevent Ai Baozhu from getting into trouble, but to see if I could save her in time after she got into trouble.

I got up at eight o’clock. Ai Baozhu had to get up earlier recently, usually around six o’clock. At this time, according to her usual routine, she should be on the city wall.

With that in mind, Su Bei went all the way to the city wall, but he didn’t see her there. He randomly found a guard and asked, “Where did Ai Baozhu go? Shouldn’t she be patrolling here now?”

The guard knew that Su Bei was Ai Baozhu’s friend, so he didn’t hide it from him. “Miss Ai Baozhu was just called away by a leader.”

“Which one?” Su Bei immediately realized something and asked immediately, “Where did he take her? Or where is that leader’s office?”

Although this matter probably shouldn’t be told to an outsider, Su Bei’s seriousness at that moment prompted the guard to subconsciously blurt out the answer. “In Building A, 502.”

Seeing Su Bei turn to leave, he hurriedly called out to him, “Hey, where are you going? The leader must have something to discuss with Miss Ai Baozhu. If you disturb them, you’ll definitely be punished.”

Su Bei didn’t turn back, just waved his hand. “You won’t be implicated.”

With no more resistance behind him, he walked away quickly and soon arrived at Building A, 502. There was no need to knock at a time like this. Anyway, with his Ability here, even if he was really wrong, he could just blame it on a hint from his Ability.

However, in the end, he was not wrong. Because the room was simple and had no cover, the scene inside was clear at a glance after he kicked the door open. A middle-aged man was holding a cigarette, looking at the suddenly appearing Su Bei at the door with a stunned expression. Next to him was Ai Baozhu, who was unconscious and slumped over a chair.

The man reacted in just a moment. His expression turned fierce, and a dagger immediately appeared in his hand, looking as if it was about to plunge into Ai Baozhu’s neck next to him.

Su Bei’s Gear shot out in time, hitting his wrist directly and interrupting the man’s movement. At the same time, a pink light emanated from Ai Baozhu’s neck. It seemed her self-defense system had been triggered.

Su Bei gave the other party no chance. Taking advantage of the opportunity when he was about to act again, he directly manipulated the Destiny Compass and instantly caused the man to have a heart attack and fall to the ground.

Logically, he should have conserved his Mental Energy at a time like this, as there was still another project that would require a lot of it. But for the other party to become a leader of a refuge, his strength must not be underestimated. If he didn’t strike first and defeat the man as quickly as possible, Su Bei was afraid he would fail in an easy task.

After dealing with the man, he went over to check on Ai Baozhu’s condition. Ai Baozhu was in a deep sleep and couldn’t be woken up no matter how much he shook her. Su Bei sighed, got up, and walked to the window. He had already heard the sudden clamor outside just now, and now he saw that it was indeed the case.

He didn’t know when, but Nightmare Beasts had quietly appeared in every corner of the city. The Ability users were caught off guard and could only fight back in a hurry.

But this was also normal. Even the leader of the refuge city was on the Nightmare Beasts’ side, so it was only reasonable for problems to arise within the city.

Su Bei placed a defensive item next to Ai Baozhu, covering her with a protective shield, then went out and walked towards the city wall. He needed to go to the highest place to see everyone’s Destiny Compasses.

At this time, the city wall was empty, with only a few guards left. With problems arising internally, they naturally had no mood to worry about the outside. Besides, Refuge No. 3 was located in the middle of several other refuges, and there were no Nightmare Realm Gates nearby, so the possibility of problems outside was not high.

The few remaining guards didn’t stop him either. After all, Su Bei alone certainly couldn’t open the main gate. Since he couldn’t open the main gate, what was the harm in letting him go up to the city wall?

Arriving at the tallest tower, Su Bei activated his Ability, connecting everyone’s Destiny Compasses. Because he had already connected many in the past few days, he didn’t consume too much Mental Energy now. He directly connected everyone’s Destiny Compasses and uniformly adjusted their large pointers to the top.

Then, he used the remaining Mental Energy to start connecting the Nightmare Beasts’ Compasses. He stopped when his Mental Energy was almost exhausted and activated the instant skill!

The next second, many large rocks suddenly fell from the sky, accurately hitting every Nightmare Beast that Su Bei had connected.

Su Bei looked up and could only vaguely see two black dots in the sky. He raised his eyebrows, thinking this way of dying was really interesting.

Remembering what he had to do, he curled his lips slightly. “The principal told me to come, so I came. I really am a good student.”

Since the Author also wanted him to expose his identity as the leader of the “Destiny” organization to the readers, after seeing his words, he would probably put the information about Principal Wu Di asking the leader to personally come and help in the manga.