The place is known as the "Arena of the Sea" – an ancient, narrow passage that extends into an open field in the middle of the sea. This magnificent maritime structure is supported by three massive stone columns. In the middle of the field is a circular iron cage that is sunken downward, and some terrifying creatures are imprisoned below. The wonders around the arena are breathtakingly beautiful, but what is revealed is a solemn aura.

The four boys stood in four directions of the sea arena and stood in full swing. One was excited, the other was calm, and the other two seemed nervous, especially the boy with glasses, whose legs were shaking.

"Hang Yi, I regret it, we still ......"

"You have the least reason to be afraid here, Lu Hua." Hang Yi (male No. 12) reminded. "Your 'defenses' are invincible."

"But I'm afraid of strange, disgusting creatures......" Lu Hua (male No. 9) said with a pale face, "I don't know what's locked up here!" ”

"You'll find out." Ji Kairui (male No. 10) said with a cold face, "Get ready, it's coming!" ”

The circular iron cage in the middle of the arena opened, and the first monsters poured out—four purple toads with spikes and tentacles on their heads, larger than hippos, leaping out. They have several small 'holes' in their sticky bodies, exhaling and inhaling like nostrils, and their mouths have long, curly tongues that are covered with pus, which look disgusting.

“oh，no！！！！” Lu Hua covered his cheeks in horror and almost fainted. "What is this?! 100 times more disgusting than I thought! ”

The four toad monsters moved slowly a few times, and suddenly jumped up at an alarming speed, pounced on each of the four people in the arena. They open their jaws as if they want to swallow their opponents.

Hang Yi reacted quickly, dodged with a roll, and then quickly 'inserted' the big sword into the scabbard tied to his back, and 'draws' two powerful pistols from his waist, reminding the toad while firing at it: "These guys are poisonous, don't fight them in close combat!" ”

"You know, you see." Ji Kairui bit his finger, and his left hand was compared to the shape of a pistol, and he 'fired' a bullet made of blood coagulated at the toad. The power of this bullet is much greater than that of ordinary bullets, and the monster that Hang fired more than ten shots in a row to 'shoot' to death, Ji Kairui solved it with only two bullets.

Hang Yi and Ji Kairui easily killed the two toad monsters, but the situation on the other side was not optimistic.

Sun Yuchen (male No. 19) narrowly avoided the toad's attack, and he really didn't dare to 'engage' this huge monster, so he ran towards Lu Hua in embarrassment. But Lu Hua's biggest weakness was that he couldn't face the disgusting creatures at all, he couldn't even raise the defensive wall, so he could only scream loudly and run away with his head in his hands, almost colliding with Sun Yuchen who was running towards him.

"What are you doing, Lu Hua?! Use the round defensive wall! Sun Yuchen shouted.

"I, I'm ......" Lu Hua trembled with fear, "If you encounter something disgusting, you won't be able to use your superpowers!" ”

Hang Yi looked anxious, raised his pistol and was about to 'shoot' the other two toads, but his raised hands were pressed down by Ji Kairui. "Let them deal with it themselves."

"However, if Lu Hua can't use the defensive wall, wouldn't it be a dead end?" Hang Yi said anxiously.

"If they can't even face this challenge, sooner or later they will all die." Ji Kairui said.

Hang Yi was speechless, and could only cheer for Lu Hua and Sun Yuchen in his heart.

The two toad monsters jumped up again, attacking from different angles, seeing that Sun Yuchen and Lu Hua could not avoid it, Sun Yuchen shouted: "Lu Hua, use the defensive wall quickly!" Otherwise, you will die! ”

At the moment of life and death, Lu Hua could only forcibly suppress his fear. His eyes were closed, he let out a loud shout, and pushed his palms forward—

"Bang, bang!" With two loud bangs, the two toadheads slammed into a transparent and solid defensive wall, slamming them to the ground, smashing the stone floor. Lu Hua and Sun Yuchen opened their eyes together, only to see that Lu Hua's hands were propped up by a "square defensive wall". Lu Hua was taken aback, obviously he didn't know that his superpowers could still take on this form.

"Why isn't it a circular defensive wall?" Lu Hua said embarrassedly, "The square defensive wall can't cover me!" ”

Two toad monsters rose from the ground, and they bypassed the defensive wall in front of them, ready to attack again. Sun Yuchen knew that he couldn't dodge anymore, and he couldn't rely on the panicked Lu Hua anymore. His eyes widened, and two fingers flew up from the ground to the ground that had been shattered, and under the command of "Mind", it flew like bullets towards the toad monster. The hard stone hit the toad's fragile head and eyes. The two toads screamed a few times and then fell to the ground.

"Yay! That's great! Hang Yi happily ran towards the two partners. I knew you could do it! ”

"I'm scared to death...... Lu Hua said in shock, "I'm leaving here......"

"This is the first 'wave', you can't do it?" Hang Yi said, "Didn't you behave 'well' just now? ”

"The second wave, I may die!" Lu Hua glared and said, "Who knows what more disgusting monsters will come out?!" ”

"You'd better stop chatting, the second wave of monsters is coming." Ji Kairui stared at a dark figure slowly rising in the middle of the arena.

This time, it was a terrifying monster floating in the air, dressed in a black robe, holding a blood-red 'colored' scythe more than two meters long in its hand, looking as terrifying as the Grim Reaper. Sun Yuchen only made contact with this monster for a moment, and he trembled with fear. He shook his head in horror and said, "No...... This guy is not something I can solve with my 'mind'. ”

Even Hang Yi became hesitant, he knew the power of the "black-robed Grim Reaper" - unlike the toad monster just now, this was a terrifying horn 'color' that could make people look different in an instant. Just when he was hesitating whether to continue, an extremely incongruous voice suddenly came from the arena-

"Ding-dong, ding-dong."

The doorbell rang.

Hang Yi was shocked, turned his head and asked Lu Hua: "Did they close the 'door' when they went out just now?" ”

"I ...... Can't remember......"

At this time, two 'women' carrying supermarket shopping bags pushed the 'door' in. As soon as they stepped through the 'door', they saw this shocking and terrifying scene in front of them, and they screamed in fright, and the shopping bags in their hands fell to the ground.

"Oops! Xinna and Jing Xiaoran are back! Sun Yuchen shouted loudly. But before they could react, the black-robed Grim Reaper in the middle of the arena swung his scythe at lightning speed and attacked the two 'girl' children.

"Ah——!h Xin Na and Jing Xiaoran ('female' No. 28) screamed in shock. Ji Kairui raised his arm, intending to use the "blood bullet" to 'shoot' the black-robed Grim Reaper, but it was too late.

Just as the Reaper's scythe was about to slash into Sina's neck a finger wide, the surrounding bizarre scene disappeared along with the black-robed Reaper—another 0.5 seconds slower, and Sina was about to meet the real Grim Reaper.

At the critical moment, Hang Yi lifted his ability "game", and they stood in the big house rented by Han Feng, the base camp of the "Guardian Alliance".

"Huh......" Hang Yi took a long breath and sat down on the ground, so frightened by the thrilling scene just now that he couldn't speak. Xin Na and Jing Xiaoran stood in place even more dumbfounded, unable to 'withdraw' from their frightened emotions for a long time.

Han Feng (male No. 27) walked into the 'door' with two boxes of things, and noticed that the people in the room all had frightened and frightened expressions. He saw the PS3 game Devil May Cry 4 on his TV screen and guessed what had happened. He put down the things in his hand, glared and said, "Hang Yi, have you used your superpowers to turn this place into a game scene again?" ”

Hang Yi swallowed his saliva: "I just want to use my free time to exercise the superpowers of a few of us......"

"Then don't 'drill' in the base camp! Anyone who enters your power can be led into a dangerous game world! Did Xin Na and Jing Xiaoran almost get injured just now? ”

"If only it were 'injured.'" Jing Xiaoran said in horror, "Xinna's neck was almost cut off by that monster. ”

"What?!" Han Feng glared at Hang Yi.

"I was wrong, I don't use superpowers in the house anymore." Hang Yi walked up to Xina with guilt and anxiety, "You're okay, Xinna." ”

Sina shook her head. "Nothing. Fortunately, you removed the superpower in time. She picked up the shopping bag and the items scattered on the floor.

"We just went downstairs to the supermarket to buy something, and when we came back, we almost died. Hang Yi, can't you settle down a little! Han Feng reprimanded.

In fact, without anyone scolding, Hang Yi was already guilty and self-blaming to the extreme, and he wanted to slap himself twice - if he killed his favorite 'girl' child with his superpowers, he wouldn't want to live anymore.

Xinna saw that Hang Yi had regretted it incomparably, she barely squeezed out a smile, graciously grabbed Hang Yi's hand, and said, "Okay, it's okay." In fact, we are also to blame for forgetting to lock the 'door' when we went out. ”

Hearing Xinna's relief, Hang Yi's heart was even more uncomfortable, he blushed and said, "Xinna, I promise you that this kind of thing will never happen again in the future." ”

Xina smiled and nodded: "You don't have to blame yourself too much. Actually, I can understand your feelings - try to train your superpowers to be stronger in order to deal with all kinds of attacks that may arise. ”

"That's right." "Practice has proven that in addition to 'leveling', training can also enhance superpowers. Only by getting stronger can we survive this competition. He looked at Xinna and Han Feng at the things they bought. But you look like you're pretty idle – cookies, chocolate, fudge, beef jerky...... And a whole case of beer and drinks – are you guys ready for a party? ”

Han Feng blushed and said, "No matter what, the quality of life should still be guaranteed......

"Great. I'm guessing you've already ordered a massage chair and a mahjong machine, right? Ji Kairui said sarcastically.

Han Feng looked a little embarrassed. Jing Xiaoran made a round and diverted the topic: "Why did we stand at the entrance of the 'door' just now, everything was normal, and as soon as we pushed open the 'door', we entered Hang Yi's 'game world'?" ”

"After training, I've been able to control what I'm capable of." "I've narrowed it down to just being in the living room, and only people who step into this area will enter the game world." ”

"That's right." Mi Xiaolu (male No. 49) walked down the stairs. "So I'm upstairs, and I'm safe and sound."

"Wow, that's amazing." Jing Xiaoran said admiringly, "You are becoming more and more proficient in your mastery of your superpowers. ”

"Each of us has improved to some degree, or tried out some new ways of using superpowers." Ji Kairui glanced at Han Feng, "Except for those who are content with the status quo and don't want to make progress - burnout can kill people." He left the words behind and went to another room.

Han Feng rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue with Ji Kairui. He sat on the couch, tore open a bag of potato chips, and said as he ate it, "So what am I going to do?" Do you create 'disasters' every day? And not every superpower is suitable for training. ”

Everyone sat on the couch. Lu Hua said, "Han Feng, have you thought about it? In fact, your ability is the most valuable for research. 'Disaster' covers a wide range of topics. ”

"Of course I know," Han Feng said irritably, "but it's for this reason that I don't dare to experiment easily." ”

"Maybe you can find an empty place and try it." Lu Hua said.

"Please, we're in the city now, where is there any 'empty and uninhabited' place? Besides, it is not a good thing to create a catastrophe anywhere. ”

"Maybe you can try it in my 'game world'." Hang Yi said.

"Forget it, your game world is a disaster." Han Feng glared and said, "I've seen it. ”

"I can find a game scene where there is no danger......"

"I don't want to try." Han Feng shook his head and refused. "If it weren't for some sheer emergency, I wouldn't want to use my superpowers at all. I don't want people to think I'm a person who brings disaster. He opened another box of chocolates. I want to bring joy to everyone, just like chocolate brings to people – don't you want some? ”

"Thank you." Lu Hua, Mi Xiaolu, and Jing Xiaoran each took a piece of chocolate from the iron box.

"Alright, let's get down to business." "My dad told me that after the earthquake at the Matilda Foreign Language Training Center, it needed to be overhauled and carefully repaired to be on the safe side, and I guess we wouldn't want to go there again for six months," said Xina. ”

"Isn't that just right?" Sun Yuchen said, "In this situation, who would dare to go back to tutoring?" At least the people of Class 13 would not dare. ”

"Listen to me. We can't go to the current teaching location of Matilda for the time being. However, the person in charge considered that the tuition fee was charged, and the students could not be allowed to go to class for a long time and delay their studies, so they contacted some schools in the city and planned to borrow their school buildings and place the students in different schools. Xina said.

"That's not a good idea." Han Feng asked, "Which school are the students of Class 13 assigned to?" ”

"The students of classes 10-20 are all arranged in Congzhou University." Xina said.

"What, university?"

"That's right, only a university can provide so many classrooms."

"So when are we going to go there for class?" Mi Xiaolu asked.

"Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Lu Hua said in surprise, "Then why haven't we received the notice from the training center now?" ”

"I don't know, maybe soon the teacher will call or send us a message." Xina said. Seeing Hang Yi frowning, she asked, "Why don't you speak, Hang Yi?" ”

"I'm thinking, like Han Feng said - this may really not be a good idea." Hang Yi said worriedly, "The 50 people in Class 13 were scattered, maybe it would be better, but once they gathered, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would not be a terrible event like the earthquake again." ”

"There's no doubt about it." Han Feng said, "It is impossible for 50 people to unite as one. Someone is going to make a move. ”

"That's right, gathering again is simply to facilitate the people of Class 13 to fight each other." Sun Yuchen said.

"So you mean we shouldn't continue to attend tuition?" Lu Hua asked.

"The question is, there are so many people in Class 13, will everyone think that?" Hang Yi said.

Everyone fell silent. At this time, Jing Xiaoran's mobile phone rang, she glanced at the caller ID, and said, "It's Pei Pei calling." ”

Pei Pei ('female' No. 39) is a good friend of Jing Xiaoran in Class 13. Hang Yi said: "Maybe she called to inform you about the tutoring the day after tomorrow, take it." ”

Jing Xiaoran picked up the phone, and just after saying "hey", he heard Pei Pei on the other end of the phone take a long breath: "Thank God, you finally answered the phone." I called you yesterday and you didn't answer? ”

"Probably not." Jing Xiaoran asked in wonder, "What's wrong?"

"Answering the phone means you're not missing, right?"

"Missing?" Jing Xiaoran was taken aback. "Why do you think that?"

The people on the sofa all sat up straight and looked at Jing Xiaoran together. Ji Kairui also came out of the room, leaning against the wall with his hands crossed. Jing Xiaoran turned on the voice of her mobile phone to speakerphone, and everyone heard Pei Pei's voice, and her voice contained panic and anxiety:

"I don't know what to say...... Here's what happened – this morning, Mr. Nie called me and asked me to try to inform my classmates in Class 13 that they would go to the temporarily rented teaching building of Congzhou University tomorrow. I wondered at the time - isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done by the class leader? How can I do it for me?

"I questioned. Teacher Nie told me that he had contacted the temporary class leader Ruan Junxi (male No. 31) and the deputy class leader Tong Jiayin (female No. 37), but could not get in touch with them. I asked what was going on, but Mr. Nie refused to explain, and just asked me to be responsible for informing everyone.

"After hanging up the phone, I really wondered, so I called Ruan Junxi's house. It was his mom who answered the phone. She looked anxious and cried to tell me that Nguyen had disappeared two days earlier. I called Tong Jiayin's house again, and it was the same. Then, I noticed that several other people from Class 13 had also disappeared around the same time. ”

The news brought by Pei Pei made the temperature in the room drop by several degrees, and everyone's hearts were raised. Jing Xiaoran asked urgently, "Who else is missing?" ”

"As far as I know, in addition to Ruan Junxi and Tong Jiayin, Lian En (male No. 14), Luo Xingchen (male No. 1), Dong Manni ('female' No. 46) and Yi Fang ('female' No. 18) are also missing. And strangely, they almost all disappeared at the same time. ”

Jing Xiaoran opened his mouth for a long time and didn't speak: "So, you call to make sure if I'm missing?" ”

"Yes, I'd like to meet you if you're free right now. Xiao Ran, something ...... I want to tell you in person. ”

Jing Xiaoran covered the phone receiver and asked everyone's opinions. "Pei Pei said she wants to come to me now, what should I do?"

Hang Yi thought for a moment and said, "You let her come here." ”

Han Feng whispered: "In this way, our base camp will be exposed, we don't know what her superpower is, in case she ......"

"I believe that Bae Pei can be trusted. Among the people I plan to woo to join the alliance, she is already there. Hang Yi said, "Besides, don't you care about what she just said?" ”

Han Feng stopped talking. Hang Yi motioned with his eyes to Jing Xiaoran to tell Pei Pei the address.

"Pei Pei, I'm ...... now" Jing Xiaoran told his friend the address in detail. Come to me. ”

After hanging up the phone, Jing Xiaoran said, "She said she would be there in twenty minutes." ”

Hang Yi got up from the sofa and paced back and forth, looking very anxious. Lu Hua couldn't help but ask: "Hang Yi, do you doubt that the 'disappearance' that Pei Pei said actually means that they have ...... He's dead? ”

"I don't know." Hang Yi's heart was pounding. "I have a feeling that it could be worse than we think."