This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Although he desperately wanted to advance and retreat alongside He Yu, Ling Buchen obediently remained completely motionless, disguising himself as the perfect stone and staying behind as an utterly inconspicuous rock.

The instant they had fled...

...He Yu had thrown him away.

Ling Buchen didn't believe for a second that He Yu had abandoned him.

That could only mean—

He Yu had known they would be captured, so he had deliberately left Ling Buchen outside.

Other people might think this capture had been an accident.

Ling Buchen didn't.

An accident?

There weren't that many accidents in the world.

He Yu...

...was an adventurer by nature.

He loved walking the line between life and death.

The greater the danger...

...the calmer he became.

The less fear he showed.

Even if he knew there was a ninety-nine percent chance of death ahead, as long as there was even the slightest possibility of breaking the deadlock...

...he would step inside without hesitation.

All Ling Buchen had to do...

...was cooperate with him.

Thinking that He Yu would eventually give him instructions, he disguised himself even more thoroughly.

A passerby accidentally kicked the "stone."

The rock rolled to the foot of the city wall.

There were already several rocks beside the wall.

Now that he had mixed in among them, his utterly ordinary stone became even less noticeable.

Although he sat right beside the city gate...

Although countless people passed him every moment...

...no one spared a single glance for an ordinary rock.

No one even noticed he existed.

He had become one with the city wall.

One with the earth itself.

The Bullet Screen exploded—

"Oh no... which one is Ling Buchen?"

"...Damn it, I can't tell anymore either. This guy is cursed."

"His presence has gotten weaker and weaker. I remember when he first obtained that top-grade equipment, it wasn't anywhere near this terrifying..."

"...Looks like it evolved. He Yu's brain evolved, Wanrenzhan's stupidity evolved..."

"Forget this, switch to He Yu's livestream!"

...

He Yu's group of seven was carried into the city.

The city was enormous.

The castle at its center was the core district.

Naturally, they weren't qualified to enter.

Instead, they were taken to a cluster of dilapidated buildings behind the castle.

Along the way, Eugene looked around with open disdain.

Was this what Federation cities looked like?

Of course not.

Federation cities perfectly combined advanced technology with aesthetics.

They were both highly futuristic and wonderfully comfortable.

But in this corrupted world...

...these "people" had never originally been human.

After becoming "human," they had simply inherited human equipment and human cities.

They didn't know how to use the equipment properly.

Neither did they maintain the cities.

Both the technological sophistication and the beauty had deteriorated dramatically.

And these idiots still wanted to conquer the world?

—They only knew how to fight and kill.

They should really give the world back to whoever actually deserved it.

While Eugene was lost in these thoughts, they arrived at the prison.

They had also been imprisoned back in Ghost Town.

Louis had wanted to transform them into ghosts.

He hadn't expected He Yu to keep an ace hidden up his sleeve.

Not only had they survived...

...He Yu had awakened Li and killed Louis instead.

Thinking of that, Eugene's heart stirred.

Inside the team chat, he asked,

"He Yu, can we still control that He Qi and Yu Qi in this world?"

If they could...

...then even with their combat power weakened, they wouldn't necessarily be inferior to these people.

Eugene felt a surge of excitement.

Wanrenzhan's eyes also brightened.

He Yu mercilessly shattered their hopes.

"No."

"The species have collapsed. My body's structure has changed, so I can't manipulate energy anymore."

Ling Buchen couldn't cultivate.

Bo Jingshan couldn't cultivate.

Naturally...

...He Yu couldn't manipulate energy either.

After becoming non-human beings...

...they had all become heavily restricted.

Their strength had genuinely been reduced enormously.

Eugene and Wanrenzhan were visibly disappointed.

Wanrenzhan muttered,

"I wonder what they're planning to do with us after locking us up..."

The prison in this city wasn't heavily guarded.

There wasn't even anyone watching outside.

It looked old and shabby.

Some of the bound prisoners exchanged glances.

The same thought flashed through all of them.

There was an opportunity.

Surely they could escape from a prison like this?

Unfortunately...

...that hope didn't last long.

The prison interior was strangely empty.

Louis's underground prison had been packed full of ghosts.

Simply looking at it inspired fear.

This prison, however...

...contained nothing.

No living creatures at all.

It appeared almost unnaturally clean.

As though this city simply...

...didn't have many prisoners.

Everyone's hearts tightened.

The corrupted world was filled with constant fighting.

Conflicts erupted everywhere.

There was no way no one ever committed crimes.

Nor was it possible that they'd never captured any "enemy soldiers."

—Then...

...where had all those prisoners gone?

Just as that thought crossed their minds...

...someone yawned while walking over.

"What did you catch? Enemy soldiers?"

"Toys."

"Did you report them?" the newcomer asked.

The person carrying the scissors walked at the front.

He nodded.

"We've already reported them to General Kunhui. Orders should arrive shortly."

The words had barely left his mouth when hurried footsteps sounded from behind.

Everyone turned.

It was one of the guards from the city gate.

The same person who had pounced on He Yu's group.

Although he moved quickly, his footsteps remained incredibly light.

His feet overlapped gracefully as he appeared before everyone almost soundlessly.

"General Kunhui says to dispose of them immediately. Make sure they're completely eliminated so they can't mutate again."

"Understood."

The prison guard nodded before activating a strange machine nearby.

The man carrying the scissors immediately walked forward.

He shoved the scissors toward the machine's opening.

Even the dullest person finally realized something was wrong.

Everyone sucked in a cold breath.

Terror filled their eyes.

—They were going to kill them.

The scissors immediately struggled.

Although the guard's hand was cut by the sharp blades...

...he still forced the scissors into the machine.

"AAAAAH—!"

A shrill scream echoed through the prison.

Then...

...silence.

Dead.

They had just watched the scissors be "disposed of."

He Yu found the scissors' voice unfamiliar.

The others did not.

Especially Eugene.

The scissors had been a renowned expert from Mechanical Planet.

Perhaps not on Eugene's or Gedai's level...

...but definitely a famous powerhouse.

That was precisely why the hammer and the chain had chosen them as a teammate.

Now...

...that expert had been killed right before their eyes.

—Why weren't these people following the usual script?

—Why weren't they imprisoning them?

—Why weren't they interrogating them?!

Normally they should have been locked up first.

Then they would find a way to escape.

Instead...

...they were killing them immediately.

Now they understood why the prison was empty.

These people left prisoners absolutely no chance of survival.

The moment orders arrived from above...

...they immediately exterminated every captive.

Not even dust remained.

That machine...

...had clearly been built specifically to grind them to pieces.

After disposing of the scissors, the man's hand was injured.

He clicked his tongue irritably.

"These toys are such a nuisance. Even at death's door they managed to injure me..."

His cold gaze swept over the remaining six toys.

"Hand them over."

"I'll grind them up one by one."

"If anyone resists..."

"...I'll make sure you stay inside the grinder a little longer."

With that, he reached out and took hold of the chain.

The chain immediately shouted,

"Wait! Don't kill me yet! Aren't you going to interrogate me? I know a lot of information! I can tell you everything!"

The man sneered.

"No need."

"You toys are far too cunning."

"We used to imprison you."

"You always escaped sooner or later."

"Then General Kunhui said the simplest solution was to kill you immediately."

Everyone: "..."

That General Kunhui...

...really wasn't leaving anyone a path to survive.

Wanrenzhan wailed inside the team chat.

"What do we do?! These people aren't giving us any time to think!"

Captured.

Bound.

Disposed of.

—An unavoidable death.

[Bullet Screen: "Damn it! What do they do?!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Aaaaah! Their luck is horrible! They ran into the most ruthless General Kunhui. Anyone who falls into his hands dies without exception!"]

[Bullet Screen: "He Yu, Wanrenzhan, Eugene... are they seriously going to die the moment the instance starts? That's just..."]

[Bullet Screen: "Isn't He Yu supposed to be so smart? Why didn't he foresee this?"]

Eugene was panicking as well.

Suppressing it with difficulty, he said in the team chat,

"I-I... He Yu has no combat ability. Wanrenzhan, cut the ropes once they bring us over. Free all of us, then..."

"Bo Jingshan."

"We'll rely on your speed."

He Yu replied calmly,

"It has a ninety-nine percent chance of failure."

He wasn't guessing.

He was stating a fact.

They had already failed to escape once.

Besides the people guarding them...

...the one who had pounced on them earlier was still standing behind them.

The moment they moved...

...he would simply knock them down again.

Absolute strength.

Against that...

...they couldn't escape.

Eugene's plan had no chance of succeeding.

Wanrenzhan shouted,

"Then what do you suggest?! If we don't at least try, we're dead!"

He knew it would probably fail.

But if they didn't try...

...death was guaranteed.

Ling Buchen suddenly interrupted.

"What's happening over there? Are you all in danger?"

Although he remained outside the city gate...

...they still had the team communication channel.

The urgency in Eugene's and Wanrenzhan's voices immediately told him—

Something had happened.

He Yu briefly explained everything.

Eugene couldn't believe it.

"This is hardly the time for explanations!"

Shouldn't they all be thinking of a solution?

If they couldn't find one...

...they should at least make a desperate last stand.

Yet He Yu was calmly explaining everything to Ling Buchen.

Eugene simply couldn't understand why he remained so composed.

After hearing the explanation, Ling Buchen panicked.

"Then what do we do now? Can I help somehow?"

Wanrenzhan snapped irritably,

"You're a useless rock! What can you possibly do? Damn it, you're lucky He Yu left you outside."

Before...

...they had all hated Ling Buchen's transformation into a rock.

Now it seemed...

...what was wrong with being an inconspicuous rock?

At least...

...you stayed alive.

Faced with death...

...everyone became anxious.

The most desperate person was naturally the chain already halfway inside the grinder.

Half his body had entered the opening.

He had no idea what the grinder was made from...

...but simply resting against its entrance filled him with an overwhelming sensation of being pulled apart.

Of utter despair.

Even though he was an incredibly sturdy chain...

...this machine could still pulverize him.

His instinct to survive drove him to scream—

"He Yu! Save me!"

"Didn't you say you wanted to enter the same instance as me?"

"Save me!"

"I'll do anything you want!"

The chain...

...was Cheng Zhao.

Back at the transit station, He Yu had indeed said he wanted to enter the same instance as Cheng Zhao.

Cheng Zhao was utterly desperate.

Although he cried out for He Yu's help...

...he didn't truly believe He Yu could save him.

He was probably going to die here.

Such an unjust death.

Not because he lacked strength.

Not because he was foolish.

But because this instance's rules had doomed him.

His power had been restricted.

He had been captured.

He couldn't resist.

If only he had become a saber...

...he could at least have fought back.

Instead...

...he had become a completely useless chain.

He was going to die.

The others probably wouldn't survive either.

—What rotten luck.

[Bullet Screen: "Aaaah! Cheng Zhao! No!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Oh my god... Yuan Ze, Eugene, Wanrenzhan, He Yu... all these top experts are getting wiped out together. This is horrible."]

[Bullet Screen: "Wuwuwu... Cheng Zhao, don't die! I'm turning the stream off!"]

[Bullet Screen: "This is the worst luck imaginable. Zhen Xing was captured too, but he's still alive. These people are the ones about to die."]

He Yu said,

"Wanrenzhan."

"Cut Bo Jingshan's and my ropes."

Eugene stared in shock.

"Didn't you say that plan wouldn't work? Wait—only your ropes and Bo Jingshan's? What about me?! You're not abandoning me, are you?!"

Before he even finished speaking...

...the short sword first cut its own bindings.

Then it sliced through He Yu's.

Then Bo Jingshan's.

He Yu stepped onto the Wind Fire Wheels.

Flames erupted beneath them.

They prepared to fly.

But the man behind them moved with astonishing speed.

He immediately lunged toward them.

—He wasn't giving them the slightest chance to escape.

He Yu's gaze sharpened.

His voice rang out like a command.

"Li Mao!"

"How dare you?!"

"What do you think you're doing?!"

The moment his own name was called...

Li Mao froze in mid-lunge.

Meanwhile...

...He Yu made absolutely no attempt to flee atop the Wind Fire Wheels.

The man feeding Cheng Zhao into the grinder also stopped.

He turned around.

Cheng Zhao hurriedly dragged half his chain back out of the machine's entrance.

He was so overwhelmed he nearly burst into tears.

If he weren't afraid of ruining He Yu's plan...

...he would have knelt right there.

—This was life-saving grace.

[Bullet Screen: "Wuwuwu! I knew He Yu couldn't possibly be out of options!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Aaaaah! So cool! Even as a tangyuan he's cool! Truly worthy of being God He!"]

"You know my name?"

Li Mao landed on the ground and looked at He Yu in confusion.

Even so...

...he remained positioned in front of the exit, preventing their escape.

The man holding the chain hurriedly said,

"General Kunhui warned us not to waste words on toys. They're far too cunning!"

He Yu turned toward him and sneered.

"Black Bear."

"So you remembered that part."

"But do you remember General Kunhui also telling you to think for yourself?"

He had called out another name.

Hammer Yuan Ze and Chain Cheng Zhao were completely stunned.

The humans holding them wore equally astonished expressions.

Only Wanrenzhan, Eugene, and Bo Jingshan knew...

...how incredibly busy the "middleman" Ling Buchen was at this very moment.

He Yu said calmly,

"It seems I can't keep hiding anymore."

"The farce ends here."

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