This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Discovered something?

A thoughtful look appeared in He Yu's eyes as he frowned slightly.

"Far too many things."

"I just haven't connected them yet."

There were too many clues.

Too scattered.

They seemed unrelated...

Yet they also seemed deeply connected.

Without the most critical clue...

It was impossible to infer the complete truth.

No matter how intelligent He Yu was, every theory he came up with lacked a decisive piece of evidence.

Any one of those theories...

Could be overturned the moment the next clue appeared.

—But wasn't that exactly what made it interesting?

Ling Buchen scratched his head.

"You experts really shouldn't all have entered together. Yet the officials approved it, fully aware that only one of you can leave alive... everyone else will die."

"Even Cheng Zhao from your own District Three will die."

As though suddenly thinking of something, he shuddered before looking at He Yu.

"Could the people behind all this be trying to wipe out every talented young expert at once?"

The contestants from the previous competition had never returned.

Had they been "silenced"?

If so...

Was the mastermind now trying to eliminate the Federation's entire younger generation of elites?

He Yu shook his head.

"No."

"The contestants who entered are only the younger generation."

"The people who truly hold power throughout the Universe Federation aren't them."

Whether it was Zhen Xing, Eugene, Duan Yuchen...

Or Cheng Zhao, Gedai, Yuan Ze...

All of them possessed considerable fame.

But above them still stood their elders.

Their teachers.

Their superiors.

The mastermind had no reason to target them specifically.

As the saying went—

Beat the young, and the old will come.

There was no reason to focus exclusively on the younger generation.

Unless...

The mastermind needed the younger generation to become sacrifices.

Zhen Xing suddenly spoke.

"He Yu is right."

"Impossible."

"The list of contestants for the <Top Talent Show> is submitted independently by each planet."

"No one can enter without their own consent."

"I had already signed up from District Three."

"It's true that Cheng Zhao and the others signing up is rather strange..."

"But there's absolutely no chance the higher-ups deliberately wanted them dead."

Ling Buchen frowned.

"How can you be so certain?"

Zhen Xing answered calmly,

"Because Cheng Zhao works for District Three."

Ling Buchen's eyes widened.

Even He Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

Cheng Zhao actually worked for District Three's official government?

Then it really was unlikely that District Three wanted him dead.

Knowing the outcome...

Yet still allowing him to participate?

He Yu glanced toward Cheng Zhao in the distance.

The corner of his lips curled upward.

"So he's an official."

"This just became even more complicated..."

"...and even more interesting."

An official?

Then...

Had he entered voluntarily?

Or had someone arranged for him to enter?

And for what purpose?

—Another possible source of clues.

He Yu's gaze fixed firmly on Cheng Zhao.

Not far away...

Cheng Zhao subconsciously rubbed the back of his head.

Yuan Ze looked at him.

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Zhao shook his head.

"I don't know..."

"I suddenly feel like something's staring at me."

"It's making my skin crawl."

Zhen Xing cast He Yu a complicated look.

This guy really was...

The greater the challenge...

The happier he became.

Shaking his head helplessly, he sighed.

At that moment—

【All contestants, please prepare yourselves. The Fifth Elimination Round is about to begin, as well as the final elimination round...】

The announcement echoed throughout the Transit Station.

The final elimination round?

That meant...

The next round would begin the prelude to the finals.

The true slaughter.

He Yu adjusted his clothes.

His gaze was as calm as still water.

"Let's prepare to enter the next instance."

"If there are more clues..."

"We'll discuss them after this round."

Everyone nodded.

He Yu turned and walked forward.

Zhen Xing blinked.

"We're about to enter the instance."

"Where are you going?"

"To find Cheng Zhao."

He Yu answered without slowing.

By the time he finished speaking...

He had already walked away.

Ling Buchen hurried after him.

Following closely behind.

Zhen Xing muttered to himself,

"Didn't you just say we'd wait until after the next round?"

"So why are you looking for Cheng Zhao now?"

No one heard him.

He Yu had already stopped in front of Cheng Zhao.

Unlike Ling Buchen...

He Yu's presence was impossible to ignore.

Naturally, Cheng Zhao noticed him.

Looking thoroughly confused, he asked,

"Why did you come over?"

He Yu answered matter-of-factly.

"I'm standing beside you."

Cheng Zhao: "??"

Something about this felt very wrong...

He Yu turned toward him.

Showing a bright smile, he said,

"Maybe if I stand beside you..."

"We'll be assigned to the same instance this round."

Cheng Zhao: "!!!"

He immediately jumped backward several steps.

"No!"

"No, no, no!"

"I absolutely don't want to be in the same instance as you!"

—What kind of horror story is this?!

—No wonder the back of my head felt creepy...

He Yu actually had his eye on me!

His entire face radiated resistance.

He retreated several more steps.

Only after placing a crowd of people between himself and He Yu did he finally relax.

Yuan Ze: "..."

He looked at He Yu.

Then at Cheng Zhao hiding in the distance.

Silently...

He also stepped backward.

Avoiding He Yu as well.

—He didn't want to enter the same instance as He Yu either.

—That feeling of constantly being trapped inside layer after layer of schemes...

Was simply unbearable.

He Yu smiled faintly at Cheng Zhao.

He didn't pursue him.

Instead, he withdrew his gaze.

His fingers lightly tapped against his side.

Quietly waiting.

"What a coincidence."

"He Yu."

"Ling Buchen."

Another voice suddenly sounded.

He Yu turned around.

Only then did he realize...

The place where Cheng Zhao had originally been standing wasn't far from Gao Jianming.

Now that Cheng Zhao and Yuan Ze had retreated...

The nearest person to He Yu and Ling Buchen had become—

Gao Jianming.

He Yu slowly looked him up and down.

Without saying a word.

Ling Buchen reacted exactly the same way.

His gaze was icy.

He remained silent.

Gao Jianming wore a gentle smile.

But calculation filled every expression.

He probably understood there was no possibility of getting along peacefully with either of them.

So he made no attempt to hide his true colors.

Raising an eyebrow slightly, he mocked,

"Ling Buchen."

"You really are lucky."

He envied Ling Buchen.

Back on Blue Star...

He had been a death-row inmate.

Ling Buchen had been an immensely popular celebrity.

Inside the competition...

He had crawled his way here through countless brushes with death.

Meanwhile...

Ling Buchen had advanced with apparent ease.

How could Gao Jianming not feel jealous?

Ling Buchen replied coldly,

"Thank you."

"I survived by sheer luck."

"Which means..."

"I still have a chance to take my revenge."

Gao Jianming sneered.

"Revenge?"

"With your combat power barely above one hundred?"

"Or with that broken fan of yours?"

He Yu tilted his head.

"Your fan is broken?"

Ling Buchen nodded.

Looking somewhat distressed, he said,

"Mm."

"There was an accident."

"It still barely functions..."

"But its combat power is nowhere near what it used to be."

He Yu answered calmly,

"That's fine."

"You can always find another weapon."

Gao Jianming laughed mockingly.

"What?"

"He Yu, are you planning to help Ling Buchen?"

"This is a deathmatch competition."

"You help him today..."

"And maybe next round..."

"He'll be the one killing you."

He deliberately sowed discord.

"If you don't believe me..."

"Ask Ling Buchen whether he'd be willing to sacrifice his own life for yours."

He Yu never even looked at him.

He remained completely unmoved.

Nor did Ling Buchen rush to defend himself.

The two of them silently ignored Gao Jianming's nonsense.

—This was the Transit Station.

Gao Jianming knew no one could attack him here.

That was why he behaved so arrogantly.

So disgustingly.

Seeing himself ignored...

Gao Jianming grew irritated.

The gentle smile remained on his face.

But every word became more venomous.

"He Yu."

"Single-digit combat power."

"Ling Buchen."

"Just barely over one hundred."

"The two of you are nothing but a disgrace to Blue Star."

"You'd both be better off dying sooner."

Ling Buchen answered icily,

"The real disgrace to Blue Star..."

"...is you."

He Yu said nothing.

But in his heart...

He had already decided exactly how Gao Jianming would die.

Gao Jianming sneered.

"Just wait unti—"

Before he could finish—

Someone shoved him hard from behind.

A rough voice thundered,

"Get lost."

"Ugly bastard."

"I'm standing here."

Gao Jianming stumbled several steps.

Furious, he looked back.

Standing there was an enormous, muscular man.

A vicious scar stretched across his face.

His appearance was ferocious.

—Wanrenzhan.

"Why did you shove me?"

Gao Jianming suppressed his anger.

Wanrenzhan wasn't paying attention to him at all.

Instead, he was talking to He Yu.

His rough voice sounded almost eager.

"I'm standing next to you."

"Maybe we'll end up in the same instance."

"Then I can finally get my revenge."

He Yu ignored him.

Only after hearing Gao Jianming's voice did Wanrenzhan finally turn around.

Holding his axe, his scarred face filled with menace, he glared fiercely.

"What?"

"Ugly bastard."

"You got a problem with that?"

"I shoved you."

"So what?"

"You wanna fight?"

Gao Jianming: "..."

Grinding his teeth, he finally spat out,

"You just wait..."

He dared confront He Yu with single-digit combat power.

He dared mock Ling Buchen with barely over one hundred combat power.

But...

Facing last tournament's champion—

One of the Federation's most famous experts—

He no longer dared act arrogantly.

Even after being called "ugly bastard."

Gao Jianming turned around and hurried away.

There was unmistakable panic in his retreat.

Wanrenzhan sneered.

"I'll be waiting."

"Coward."

Ling Buchen: "..."

So this was...

One evil suppressing another.

Magic defeating magic.

—The wicked feared those even more wicked.

After chasing Gao Jianming away...

Wanrenzhan happily occupied the spot closest to He Yu.

Just as he was about to speak—

A pulling force suddenly enveloped everyone.

The figures inside the Transit Station vanished simultaneously.

The new instance had begun.

—

【Welcome to the Fifth Elimination Round of the <Top Talent Show>: 2000 → 1000!】

【This round will eliminate one thousand contestants. Talented experts fill this battlefield. Contestants, do your best and fight for a place among the Top 1000!】

【The theme of the Fifth Elimination Round is—<Species Collapse>.】

【This is a planet where species have collapsed. Strange phenomena are occurring everywhere. Humans are no longer humans, becoming every conceivable species or object. Limited by their new forms, their strength may be greatly reduced.】

【Collapsed species have given birth to entirely new rules. Endless wars rage between species as each fights to become the ruler of this new world. Having entered this collapsing world, you are inevitably drawn into the conflict and can no longer remain uninvolved.】

【Mission Objective: Reverse the Species Collapse. Restore order. Return everything to its proper state.】

【This round may also be cleared immediately by consuming two million audience votes.】

【Contestants assigned to this instance (ranked according to performance in the previous round): He Yu, Zhen Xing, Eugene, Gedai, Duan Yuchen, Qiong, Wanrenzhan, Bo Jingshan, Siya, Ling Buchen, Zhante, Cheng Zhao, Yuan Ze, Xilu, Guan Ju, Gao Jianming... (100 contestants total)】

【Team invitations may be sent. After successfully forming a team, teammates gain each other's location and may communicate over long distances.】

【Note: Each team may contain a maximum of five members. While teammates, members cannot harm one another.】

【Good luck, contestants. We wish you success in advancing.】

The rules of this instance were simple.

It was a world where species had collapsed.

Humans might no longer appear human.

Those who looked human might not actually be human.

The world's order had fallen into complete chaos.

Countless distorted species fought to seize control of the world.

After entering...

Contestants would inevitably become involved in that conflict.

Their mission was simple—

Restore everything to its original state.

Humans should become humans again.

Objects should return to being objects.

There were one hundred contestants in this instance.

The same number as the <Who Is the Undercover> instance.

However...

In <Who Is the Undercover>, contestants had been divided into ten-person teams before entering.

This instance was different.

Teams could only be formed after entering.

Each team could contain no more than five people.

Once teammates...

They could no longer kill one another unless the team was dissolved.

Direct advancement required two million audience votes.

Practically impossible.

Well...

Not necessarily.

He Yu already possessed 1.2 million votes.

If he earned another eight hundred thousand during this round...

He could leave immediately.

Zhen Xing, Eugene, and the others had probably accumulated many votes during the previous instance as well.

He Yu took a deep breath.

Murmuring softly,

"Doesn't seem that difficult."

With that...

He prepared to walk away and carefully investigate this world of collapsed species.

However—

He couldn't lift his foot.

He Yu froze.

Instinctively...

He lowered his head.

Except...

He couldn't lower his head either.

For a brief moment...

He was completely bewildered.

Remembering the Species Collapse mechanic...

He realized he might no longer be human.

He calmed himself.

Then carefully sensed his current condition.

After understanding it...

He Yu was completely stunned.

He Yu: "???"

For the first time in the entire history of the Universe Federation...

The audience witnessed He Yu completely losing his composure.

Grinding his teeth, he hissed,

"Damn this Species Collapse."

The Bullet Screen had already exploded.

"Hahahahahahaha!!"

"HAHAHAHAHA THIS IS PERFECT! He Yu is too adorable!!"

"I'm dying from laughter!!"

"Hahahahaha I want to hug God He too!"

"Even when He's angry, He's this cute!"

"It's the first time I've ever seen He Yu break down! I'm crying from laughing!!"

...

The audience had completely lost control.

Many viewers frantically switched between livestreams...

Desperate to see what everyone else had transformed into.

After venting his frustration...

He Yu quickly calmed down again.

Then began considering solutions.

First.

In this state...

He had no combat ability whatsoever.

Second.

If he wanted to move...

He could only bounce.

Finally.

He absolutely refused.

—Therefore...

The only option was forming a team.

Taking a deep breath...

He Yu recalled everyone assigned to this instance.

Then sent four invitations.

【He Yu invites Ling Buchen.】

【He Yu invites Bo Jingshan.】

【He Yu invites Zhen Xing.】

【He Yu invites Cheng Zhao.】

At the same time...

Countless invitations flooded toward him.

He Yu didn't even look at them.

Silently waiting.

Every viewer could clearly sense...

Just how terrible his mood had become.

He wasn't afraid of brutal instances.

He wasn't worried about becoming the undercover.

He wasn't angry when others wanted to kill him.

Yet becoming...

Whatever he currently was...

Had made him genuinely unhappy.

【Zhen Xing rejected your invitation and replied: I've been captured.】

He Yu paused slightly.

Captured?

Zhen Xing had been captured immediately after entering?

He understood why Zhen Xing had rejected him.

If everyone had transformed into non-human forms like himself...

Their combat power would have been severely reduced.

Perhaps even eliminated entirely.

Zhen Xing being captured so quickly explained everything.

He must have been almost completely unable to resist.

He didn't want to occupy one of He Yu's precious team slots.

Since everyone's strength had been restricted...

The more teammates He Yu could recruit, the better.

Leaving the slot open meant He Yu might recruit someone else...

Someone capable of rescuing him later.

The fact that Zhen Xing could still reject invitations indicated...

His current situation probably wasn't too dangerous yet.

After figuring that out...

He Yu immediately sent another invitation.

【He Yu invites Zhante.】

At almost the exact same moment—

Replies arrived.

【Ling Buchen accepted your invitation. Team formed successfully. Teammate location acquired.】

【Bo Jingshan accepted your invitation. Team formed successfully. Teammate location acquired.】

【Cheng Zhao rejected your invitation and replied: I've already joined another team. My current situation is terrible. Please don't scheme against me.】

【Zhante rejected your invitation and replied: Critical situation. I urgently joined Duan Yuchen's team. One slot remains. I've already sent you an invitation.】

He Yu declined Duan Yuchen's invitation.

Then checked the locations of Ling Buchen and Bo Jingshan.

Ling Buchen was only one hundred meters away.

Yet...

He hadn't moved at all.

He Yu sighed helplessly.

Apparently...

He wasn't capable of moving either.

Bo Jingshan, meanwhile, was extremely far away.

Yet...

He was approaching He Yu at an astonishing speed.

He Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.

Good.

At least one teammate could move.

Quietly...

He waited for Bo Jingshan to come pick him up.

His current team contained three members.

Looking through his remaining invitations...

There were countless requests.

Eugene alone had sent three invitations.

Wanrenzhan...

Was practically spamming them.

From the moment the instance began...

He had apparently never stopped sending invitations.

If they didn't succeed...

He intended to annoy He Yu to death instead.

After thinking for a moment...

He Yu sent two more invitations.

【He Yu invites Eugene.】

【He Yu invites Wanrenzhan.】

Wanrenzhan replied instantly.

【Wanrenzhan accepted your invitation. Team formed successfully. Teammate location acquired.】

A moment later...

Eugene also accepted.

【Eugene accepted your invitation. Team formed successfully. Teammate location acquired.】

Wanrenzhan wasn't especially close.

Nor especially far.

But...

He was moving even faster than Bo Jingshan.

Charging directly toward He Yu.

Eugene's location lay farther than Wanrenzhan's but closer than Ling Buchen's.

After acquiring the team location...

His red marker slowly began moving toward He Yu.

Very...

Very slowly.

Meanwhile...

He cried inside the team chat,

"Someone come carry me!"

"I can't move!"

"Wanrenzhan, you're the closest! Hurry up and carry me!"

"Damn it!"

"What the hell have I transformed into?!"

"He Yu and Ling Buchen aren't moving at all."

"What's going on?"

Wanrenzhan completely ignored him.

His mind contained only one objective.

Reach He Yu.

He rushed straight past Eugene's marker...

Without even slowing down.

Eugene: "???"

He couldn't believe it.

"Wanrenzhan!!"

"Are you blind?!"

"Carry me!"

Only after quite some time did Wanrenzhan finally reply.

"You can move."

Eugene: "..."

Pouting angrily...

He slowly dragged himself toward He Yu.

Not forgetting to beg again,

"Then Bo Jingshan can carry me."

"You're passing right by me anyway."

"At this speed..."

"I won't reach you before nightfall..."

By the end...

He sounded genuinely pitiful.

Bo Jingshan didn't respond.

Eugene continued crying miserably for help.

Finally...

He Yu spoke.

"Bo Jingshan."

"Pick him up on the way."

Bo Jingshan replied instantly.

"Okay."

Eugene: "..."

Why...

Did everyone only listen to He Yu...

But ignore him completely?

So unfair!

The Bullet Screen continued exploding.

"Hahahaha I absolutely love this instance! Even more than the previous one!"

"These invincible experts have all become the weirdest things imaginable! I'm dying!"

"I can't wait for them to meet! I also can't wait to see them finish the mission like this!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

...

Amid the audience's laughter...

He Yu finally welcomed the first teammate to arrive.

—Wanrenzhan.

Racing all the way without stopping...

He had arrived first.

He flew through the air like a blur.

Braking abruptly in front of He Yu.

His body spun several times before stopping.

His voice carried obvious uncertainty.

"...He Yu?"

He almost couldn't believe what he was seeing.

The "object" before him remained expressionless.

"Mm."

Wanrenzhan: "???"

Suddenly...

He burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"Hahahahaha!"

"What the hell did you turn into?!"

"Is this a white ball?!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"I'm dying!"

Yes.

He Yu had become...

A ball.

Well...

Not exactly.

More accurately...

He had become—

A glutinous rice dumpling.

Roughly thirty centimeters in diameter.

Perfectly round.

Perfectly white.

He possessed two tiny black bean-like eyes.

His mouth was merely a thin slit.

If he didn't speak...

You couldn't even tell he had one.

He also had an adorably tiny pair of hands.

So tiny they were almost impossible to notice.

Most importantly...

He had no feet.

That was precisely why he refused to move.

With a body like this...

Walking meant bouncing.

Would He Yu willingly bounce around?

Absolutely not.

Most importantly—

Balanced atop his tiny little ears...

Sat his rimless glasses.

Utterly adorable.

As expected of equipment-grade glasses.

Remarkably adaptable...

And apparently capable of adjusting themselves to literally anything.

Wanrenzhan laughed so hard he couldn't even maintain flight.

Plop.

He crashed onto the ground.

Rolling left and right while laughing uncontrollably.

"Hahahaha!"

"He Yu!"

"You finally got what was coming to you!"

"You've become just like yourself!"

"So weak!"

"But actually pretty cute!"

"It suits you perfectly!"

"Hahahaha!"

He Yu stared expressionlessly at him with his tiny black bean eyes.

"Oh."

"What you've become suits you perfectly too."

"You really are..."

"...such a sword."

Yes.

Wanrenzhan had transformed into—

A sword.

A very sharp-looking short sword.

Black hilt.

Silver-gray blade.

Dark.

Extremely sharp.

Without hands.

Without feet.

Hearing that...

Wanrenzhan rolled himself toward He Yu.

A sword wasn't exactly good at moving either.

He could only flip himself over repeatedly.

Soon...

He reached He Yu's side.

The hilt gently pressed against He Yu's soft, squishy body.

Wanrenzhan paused.

Then grinned foolishly.

"Wow!"

"He Yu!"

"You feel amazing!"

"It's a shame I'm not human anymore."

"Otherwise I'd definitely squeeze you."

He Yu's face darkened.

Taking a deep breath to suppress his anger...

He replied calmly,

"That's alright."

"I still think you're a human."

Wanrenzhan looked confused.

"Huh?"

"What do you mean?"

[Bullet Screen: "You blockhead! He Yu's insulting you!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Seriously though, I want to squeeze He Yu too. Hahaha! How are they supposed to clear this instance like this?"]

[Bullet Screen: "I have the same question. Just wait until they meet the other three teammates. It'll be even worse. Hahaha!"]

He Yu smiled faintly.

"A sword idiot..."

"...is still an idiot, isn't he?"

Wanrenzhan: "..."

He immediately exploded.

"You actually insulted me!"

The sword hilt smacked forward.

Boing!

He Yu's squishy body bounced away instantly.

Rolling across the ground twice.

Only barely managing to stop himself with his tiny hands.

He Yu stood himself upright again.

His face had completely darkened.

"Wan."

"Ren."

"Zhan."

One glutinous rice dumpling.

One sword.

They stared directly at each other.

Wanrenzhan hadn't expected such a light tap to send He Yu flying.

He felt slightly guilty.

But still argued stubbornly,

"You insulted me first!"

After speaking...

He flew back into the air.

Shaking proudly, he declared,

"He Yu."

"You don't have any combat ability right now."

"I can fly."

"One stab..."

"And I'll poke straight through you."

"So hurry up and flatter me."

His voice overflowed with the excitement of a petty villain finally getting his chance.

He looked tremendously pleased with himself.

Although he was only a sword...

He still believed himself far more useful than whatever He Yu had become.

Besides...

Current He Yu was ridiculously adorable.

If He Yu softened his attitude...

Wanrenzhan would happily carry him throughout the entire instance.

He Yu ignored him completely.

Looking at the team location instead, he finally relaxed.

"Bo Jingshan."

"You're finally here."

—Thank goodness.

At least one normal teammate had arrived.

Wanrenzhan froze.

Just as he was about to look up and see what Bo Jingshan had transformed into—

Clang!!

Bo Jingshan dropped straight from the sky.

Landing directly on top of Wanrenzhan.

The sword was smashed completely into the dirt.

Only the hilt remained visible.

Bo Jingshan coughed awkwardly.

"...Sorry."

"I'm still not very good at controlling myself."

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