This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

The flag.

The Black Camp's flag had appeared.

However...

He Yu raised an eyebrow.

"There's only one?"

Capturing a city required planting a flag. Even though the Red Camp was weakened, it still possessed more than one flag. As long as the inheritance existed, flags could be produced endlessly.

Yet the Black Camp only had a single flag?

The Black Camp already lacked sufficient military strength, and without enough flags to maintain the rules and order of occupied cities, it was no wonder they had hidden underground all this time, never daring to emerge.

Old Pine looked embarrassed for a moment before coughing lightly.

"There is only one flag. But this flag is different from the flags of the other two camps."

"How is it different?"

Old Pine explained,

"This flag began being created when the inheritance first started weakening, but it was never completed. I don't know the exact details, but before the inheritance disappeared, the flag remained unfinished. Later, when the inheritance vanished, it didn't simply disappear directly. Instead, it automatically continued forging this flag. Once the flag was completed... the inheritance disappeared."

That was also why the King had been unable to leave.

The inheritance had been forging the flag.

And it was obvious that the inheritance itself was disappearing.

Under those circumstances, how could the King possibly leave?

A King was supposed to take the inheritance with him.

Without the inheritance, the King had no meaning whatsoever.

And so...

The King stayed.

By the time the inheritance vanished and the flag was finally completed, the Red and Green armies had already broken into the capital and killed the King.

He Yu believed he understood.

The inheritance had sensed that it was about to disappear. As its remaining energy dwindled, it poured every last bit of power into the flag, creating one final banner that preserved its remaining strength.

Just like...

Old Pine wore a solemn expression filled with nostalgia.

"The King said... it wasn't an ordinary flag. Something had gone wrong with our inheritance. It died... but it left behind a seed."

It was as though it knew it was about to die...

So it willingly left behind a seed.

As long as there was an opportunity...

A seed could still sprout.

So the inheritance truly was alive.

And it was capable of thought.

He Yu suddenly remembered a reward he had once received—

A seed.

He had also obtained a seed before.

A completely ordinary-looking, utterly unremarkable seed.

He quickly pushed the thought aside and continued asking Old Pine.

"If I'm not mistaken, your status in the Black Camp two hundred years ago couldn't have been very high."

If his status hadn't been high...

Why did he know all this?

Old Stone knew absolutely nothing.

Old Pine smiled bitterly.

"Because the Thousand-Year Pine species I became has an extremely long lifespan, I was brought before the King. That's when the King entrusted something to me."

His lifespan was long.

And he had happened to be inside the capital at the time.

The King had no other choice.

He urgently entrusted the most important item to him.

Old Pine wasn't someone who attracted attention.

That made him the perfect person to quietly leave with it and disappear among the countless other toys without drawing the attention of the Red or Green Camps.

"Have you ever seen the inheritance?" He Yu asked curiously.

Old Pine shook his head.

"No."

"Only the King could see the inheritance. By the time I was brought before him, only the flag remained. The inheritance was already gone."

So...

Other than the King...

No one knew what the inheritance looked like.

Or even what it actually was.

After a brief pause, Old Pine continued.

"But I remember one of the Kings once saying... the inheritance was incredibly powerful. If any of us original humans became something like the inheritance... we'd become just as powerful."

That sentence contained a crucial clue.

The inheritance wasn't humanoid.

Its appearance was probably...

A toy.

He Yu nodded slowly, his black bean-like eyes narrowing slightly.

"Since the King entrusted you with the seed of the Black Camp inheritance before his death, he must have told you how to use it."

Old Pine sighed before shaking his head sadly.

"No."

"The King didn't know either."

"He only said..."

"The Black Camp inheritance is the main body."

"But neither part can exist without the other."

He Yu murmured the last four words to himself.

"Neither part can exist without the other..."

Suddenly...

His eyes lit up.

A smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"I think..."

"I understand now."

[Bullet Screen: "???"]

[Bullet Screen: "What do you understand now??"]

[Bullet Screen: "Am I just stupid? Why don't I understand anything?"]

[Bullet Screen: "It's not just us. Look at Eugene and the others—they're equally confused."]

[Bullet Screen: "HE YU!! Explain it! Old Pine, why aren't you asking? This is so important! Aren't you curious?!"]

This was a matter that determined the survival of the Black Camp.

Yet...

Old Pine didn't seem concerned anymore.

He never asked.

The audience simply couldn't understand.

Naturally, Old Pine knew nothing about the Bullet Screen or the viewers.

He merely looked quietly at He Yu.

"I don't know where you came from."

"And I don't know what you're trying to accomplish."

"But I can tell..."

"You're very capable."

"And everything you promised me..."

"Was genuine."

Old Pine had lived for so many years.

His experience was extensive.

He naturally understood that He Yu and the others were not the toys he was familiar with.

But that wasn't important.

They were naturally on the same side.

He could feel how desperately these people wanted to become human again...

To restore order.

And he could also tell...

Every promise He Yu had made him was sincere.

He wasn't lying.

Their goals aligned.

And He Yu possessed the ability to achieve them.

Why wouldn't Old Pine gamble on him?

After saying that, Old Pine stared directly into He Yu's eyes, as though trying to detect even the slightest trace of guilt.

Could He Yu possibly feel guilty?

Of course not.

Even when he lied...

He never felt guilty.

Nor would anyone ever notice.

Old Pine finally relaxed.

His trunk swayed gently, and the pine needles rustled.

His voice remained calm and warm.

"Ever since we original humans became toys, we've been searching for a solution."

"One of the Kings once said..."

'Everything begins with the inheritance.'

'Everything ends with the inheritance.'

Old Pine shook his head.

"I never understood those words."

"So..."

"I'll leave the thinking to you."

"Where did the inheritance come from?"

"I don't know. One day the species of the world suddenly collapsed. We became toys. Animals and plants became humans. Then the inheritance appeared."

Old Pine sank into memory.

"I once heard an Elder say that when the inheritance first appeared, the First King immediately sensed it was connected to order, so he brought it back at once."

"Unfortunately..."

"At that time, the Red and Green Camps had already become human."

"They also realized something was wrong..."

"And they took part of the inheritance away."

"What determines the Black, Red, and Green inheritances?" He Yu asked again.

Old Pine shook his head.

"I don't know."

"I heard the original inheritance was black."

"But after a portion was separated and became the Red and Green Camps..."

"Its color changed."

"And that's how the current Red and Green inheritances came into existence."

After a pause, he added,

"The inheritance allows us to survive in this world where species have collapsed."

"If we want to escape the inheritance's control..."

"We have to control this world ourselves..."

"And establish new rules."

"The world itself told that to the King."

"All three camps accept it as fact."

He Yu raised an eyebrow before smiling.

"So..."

"The inheritance and the world's consciousness are actually two separate existences?"

The inheritance allowed living beings to survive in this broken world.

It could support entirely new rules.

But it wasn't the world's consciousness.

On the contrary...

The inheritance might even be capable of—

Destroying the world's consciousness.

Old Pine looked confused for a moment before once again shaking his head.

"I don't know."

He Yu lowered his eyes and fell into thought.

Things seemed to be growing more complicated...

Yet also more interesting.

Old Pine looked at him.

"Do you have anything else you want to ask?"

"I've already told you everything I know."

"If there's something else you're curious about, I can try to remember."

He Yu looked at him strangely.

"Why does this sound like you're giving your last words?"

"What?"

"Are you dying?"

He found it rather surprising.

Old Pine appeared full of vitality.

His life force seemed incredibly vigorous.

Why did he sound as though he were about to die?

Old Pine didn't answer.

Instead, the old face on his trunk smiled warmly.

His eyes were filled with expectation.

"General He Yu..."

"Don't you want to see the Black Camp's flag?"

He Yu answered honestly,

"I don't just want to see it."

"I want it."

Even before questioning Old Pine...

He had already wanted all three camps' flags.

Now that he knew even more...

He wanted them even more desperately.

The three flags were the key to breaking this deadlock.

Especially the unique flag of the Black Camp.

Old Pine nodded.

He slowly pulled his roots from the earth.

His voice remained gentle.

"It should be yours."

"Keeping it in the Black Camp serves no purpose."

"Once either the Red or Green Camp wins..."

"We'll lose our final hope forever."

Therefore...

He didn't want to keep it.

Keeping it was meaningless.

The moment he finished speaking...

Changes began occurring.

His trunk started swelling.

It grew larger and larger.

Meanwhile...

His pine branches rapidly withered.

He Yu looked at him in surprise.

Although Eugene and the others were secretly eavesdropping and couldn't actually see what was happening...

They immediately realized something major was occurring.

Now they weren't satisfied with merely listening.

They wanted to peek as well.

The viewers were equally stunned.

For a brief moment...

The Bullet Screen became completely empty.

Old Pine's ever-expanding trunk split open.

A terrifying aura surged outward.

Thin strands of black energy floated out from inside the trunk before dissipating into the air.

Old Pine's voice became extraordinarily soft.

"The flag is here."

"When the King couldn't find anywhere safe enough to hide it..."

"He hid it inside my trunk."

"I waited..."

"For the chance to pass it to someone capable of finding a future for the Black Camp."

His trunk had not only concealed the flag from the Red and Green Camps...

It had also nourished him.

It allowed Old Pine to live for centuries.

Had Old Pine not voluntarily taken it out today...

That secret could have remained hidden for much longer.

No one knew...

That beneath the swollen trunk...

A flag had been hidden all along.

The Black Camp's flag had remained in Old Pine's possession this entire time.

He Yu had once wondered about Old Pine's unnaturally swollen trunk...

And his unusually lush appearance.

But because the world itself had undergone species collapse...

He hadn't looked into it further.

The Black Camp's secret...

Had truly been hidden incredibly deeply.

No one could have imagined...

That the Black Camp's inheritance had been concealed inside an ancient pine tree.

For two hundred years...

Old Pine had carried the inheritance flag while constantly hiding from pursuit...

Living right beneath the noses of the Red and Green Camps.

The greatest concealment was hiding in plain sight.

Everyone...

Including the toys...

Had always regarded him as nothing more than an ordinary toy.

The crack across his trunk widened further and further.

His crown of pine needles rapidly withered.

The black energy became increasingly dense.

It grew so thick it could be seen clearly with the naked eye.

Strands of black mist continuously drifted out through the widening crack.

Old Pine extended a wooden hand...

And slowly pulled a flag out from inside his swollen trunk.

At first glance...

The Black Camp's flag looked identical to those of the Red and Green Camps.

But its black wasn't merely the color of cloth.

Black energy continuously flowed across its surface.

Its aura was incredibly dense.

It was completely different.

The energy contained within the Black Camp's flag far exceeded that of the Red and Green flags.

No wonder...

It was called the seed of the inheritance.

The instant the flag was completely removed...

The surrounding air itself twisted and distorted.

A chilling sensation ran down everyone's spine.

Inside Lilu City...

City Lord Chashu suddenly frowned.

He abruptly looked up.

Someone beside him asked,

"What is it?"

Chashu carefully sensed the strange feeling before shaking his head.

"I don't know."

"It feels like something has appeared..."

"Something... strange."

Outside Lilu City...

An Elder suddenly stood up.

His eyes locked firmly onto the city.

Li Mao asked,

"What happened?"

The Elder took a deep breath.

"A familiar..."

"And unpleasant..."

"Presence."

"I'm afraid something major has happened inside Lilu City."

At the very same time...

Within the capitals of both camps...

The two Kings who had been forging flags simultaneously stopped what they were doing.

Both frowned deeply.

Then...

Almost at the same moment...

They muttered,

"What a familiar aura..."

"The Black Camp's inheritance has returned?"

Immediately afterward...

Orders were issued from both royal capitals—

"Investigate Lilu City."

"Destroy the Black Camp inheritance."

"Kill every toy."

Inside the castle...

Old Pine's leaves had completely turned yellow.

His trunk had yellowed as well.

He held the flag out toward He Yu with a bitter smile.

"The moment the flag is removed..."

"If nothing unexpected happens..."

"The Red and Green Camps will both sense it."

"If you take it..."

"I'm afraid you don't have much time."

"And..."

"Things will never be peaceful again."

He Yu looked at the withering trunk and frowned.

"What's happening to you?"

"Does removing the flag affect you that much?"

He had survived while the flag remained inside him.

So why was removing it enough to kill him?

Old Pine's voice became weaker and weaker.

"When the flag was placed inside me..."

"My tree body had already suffered irreversible damage."

"But..."

"The flag remained within me."

"So I continued living."

That was also why he hadn't cared what realization He Yu had reached.

He was going to die.

Everything that remained...

Could only be entrusted to He Yu.

There was no point in learning more himself.

It was enough for He Yu to know.

He Yu stared quietly at Old Pine.

Soon...

He understood.

The Black Camp's flag carried the very energy the Black Camp required.

As long as it remained inside Old Pine...

Even with his fatal injuries...

He could continue living energetically.

But once the flag was removed...

The energy disappeared.

Old Pine could only wither away.

After a long silence...

He Yu finally spoke.

"I finally understand..."

"Why you've hidden the Black Camp's secret all this time."

It wasn't only because the secret itself was incredibly important.

It was also because...

Revealing the secret meant Old Pine's death.

Once he died...

No one would remain to guard the flag.

The Red and Green Camps would immediately notice the Black Camp.

One careless mistake...

And the inheritance could be erased forever.

If he hadn't found someone he could truly trust...

How could he possibly entrust both his own life...

And the future of the entire Black Camp...

To someone else?

There was only one flag.

If it were destroyed...

The Black Camp would lose all hope forever.

He Yu took a deep breath.

His tiny, stubby hands accepted the flag.

Holding it firmly...

His expression remained calm.

His voice was steady.

"Thank you for trusting me."

"I won't betray that trust."

Those were the words Old Pine had wanted to hear most.

They had never feared death.

What they feared...

Was failure.

In two hundred years...

He Yu was the most capable person Old Pine had ever met.

No other toy had ever managed to impersonate the Generals of two different camps.

If even He Yu had deceived the Black Camp...

That would simply mean he was that capable.

As long as he ultimately succeeded...

Old Pine didn't care about anything else.

So...

He peacefully entrusted the flag to him.

His trunk completely turned yellow.

The pine needles had long since withered.

The once-vibrant pine tree...

Rapidly transformed into dry firewood.

Then—

It crashed to the ground.

And crumbled into dust.

The room remained eerily silent for a very long time.

He Yu lowered his gaze, silently looking at the flag in his hands.

This was the second flag he had obtained.

Equipment couldn't be used.

But storage space still functioned.

The Red Camp's flag was already inside his storage space.

And now...

The most deeply hidden flag of all—

The Black Camp's flag—

Rested in his hands.

Movement came from below.

Gedai climbed up first.

Behind him followed an entire procession of "toys."

Cheng Zhao asked,

"Old Pine just... died?"

"He died simply from taking out the flag?"

Eugene glanced at He Yu before looking toward the pile of dust.

"No matter how real this instance world feels..."

"It's still fake."

"When we finish the mission..."

"This entire world will disappear."

He Yu stored the flag away before giving Eugene a strange look.

"Were you trying to comfort me?"

Eugene coughed awkwardly.

"No."

"I was just making an observation."

He Yu neither agreed nor disagreed.

[Bullet Screen: "After Wanrenzhan, Eugene has started saying one thing while meaning another too!"]

[Bullet Screen: "I ship it! Eugene and He Yu both have black eyes—this pairing has potential!"]

[Bullet Screen: "??? Eugene literally tried to kill He Yu multiple times. I'd rather ship He Yu with Wanrenzhan—or Zhen Xing."]

[Bullet Screen: "I only ship blue eyes. Everyone else, please leave."]

Gedai snorted loudly.

His bull head stretched forward as his large, bright eyes blinked.

"He Yu..."

"You already put away the flag?"

"What exactly did Old Pine mean?"

"If the flag is the inheritance's seed..."

"Then how do we recover the Black Camp inheritance?"

Eugene fell into thought.

"We not only have to recover the Black Camp inheritance..."

"We also have to merge the Red and Green inheritances..."

"Only then can we move on."

Zhante's blade trembled.

"...This instance..."

"...is ridiculously difficult."

Gedai rolled his huge bovine eyes.

"The later the instances become..."

"The harder they obviously get."

Duan Yuchen frowned deeply.

Suddenly...

His eyes widened as he looked toward He Yu.

"Old Pine said neither part can exist without the other."

"The Black Camp inheritance lost two portions of itself..."

"That's why it declined toward death."

"If we want to awaken it..."

"We'll probably need the power of both the Red and Green Camps."

"Is that why you've been collecting the flags?!"

How could they obtain the Red and Green Camps' power?

Other than the inheritances themselves...

Only the flags created by those inheritances remained.

He Yu nodded.

"Exactly."

Duan Yuchen sucked in a sharp breath.

"You started collecting flags before meeting Old Pine."

"You already knew?"

Most people couldn't understand why He Yu had repeatedly turned Lilu City upside down.

But Duan Yuchen understood immediately.

He Yu had been collecting flags.

He Yu would never waste that much effort on something so troublesome...

Unless it served an important purpose.

Hearing that, He Yu shook his head innocently.

His black bean-like eyes looked completely harmless.

"I didn't know."

"But I knew the flags were important..."

"So I collected them first."

"And..."

At that time...

He genuinely hadn't known all three inheritances needed to become one.

He had only instinctively felt that something was wrong.

The three camps were too sharply divided.

Perhaps...

They were meant to become one.

"And what?" Siya asked.

He Yu smiled faintly.

"And..."

"I thought the top of the castle looked like the perfect place to plant three flags."

Everyone: "???"

That was it?

Just because of that?

He had walked a tightrope between two camps and turned Lilu City upside down?

None of them could understand He Yu.

Yet...

He had been right.

They truly did need to collect the flags.

Everything He Yu had done up until now had served a purpose.

He had already gathered two flags.

The Green Camp's flag would soon be delivered.

City Lord Chashu had already promised He Yu that he could plant it.

Which meant...

All three flags were now within reach.

Gedai tilted his head in astonishment.

"Wait."

"So your plan is..."

"While planting the Green Camp's flag..."

"You'll also plant the Red Camp's..."

"And the Black Camp's flags?"

He Yu calmly nodded.

Eugene took a deep breath before analyzing the situation.

"That's impossible."

"First, the Green Camp would never stand there and watch you plant the Red Camp's flag."

"Second..."

"After planting them..."

"How do we escape?"

Even though Eugene acknowledged He Yu's intelligence...

He still voiced his doubts.

He had used the word "we."

Clearly...

He already considered them a temporary team.

When everyone's strength was severely restricted and the mission was incredibly difficult...

Even contestants who had once been enemies naturally gathered together.

They temporarily abandoned their internal conflicts...

To face the greater threat together.

He Yu blinked his black bean-like eyes.

Reflected light flashed across his glasses.

The round little white dumpling somehow radiated overwhelming confidence.

"First..."

"To answer your first question..."

"The Green Camp definitely won't quietly watch me plant the Red Camp's flag."

"I don't know what will happen when all three flags are brought together."

"So..."

"I need time."

Cheng Zhao's chain shifted.

"You don't mean..."

"You want us to hold off the Green Camp?"

He Yu looked at them expressionlessly.

"Can you?"

Cheng Zhao answered miserably.

"...No."

If they still had their human bodies...

Then with so many powerful contestants gathered together...

Forget merely holding them back.

They could even escort He Yu safely away.

But now...

They were nothing more than useless toys.

They could only hope someone else carried them.

He Yu sighed quietly.

"I never expected you to deal with the Green Camp."

Duan Yuchen asked curiously,

"Then who are you counting on?"

He Yu answered,

"The Red Camp."

Everyone: "???"

Zhante's blade shook.

"Wait."

"If I remember correctly..."

"You're supposed to plant the Green Camp's flag."

"So why would the Red Camp help you?"

He Yu smiled slightly.

"The timing."

"After all..."

"I'm the General of both camps."

Everyone sucked in another sharp breath.

Now they understood.

He Yu intended to make the two camps fight each other.

While he planted the flags above them...

As long as both camps believed he was planting their own flag...

Each side would gladly help him fight the other.

"But you said yourself you need time!"

"The moment you plant all three flags—"

"No."

"The moment you even take out the Black Camp's flag..."

"They'll attack you!"

"And how are you going to make the Red Camp and Green Camp appear at the same time?"

"He Yu..."

"There are problems with this plan."

"It won't work."

...

He Yu quietly waited for everyone to finish before answering simply.

"The Green Camp will be there watching me plant the flag."

"The Red Camp can enter too."

"Gao Jianming is still alive."

That...

Was precisely why He Yu had spared Gao Jianming's life.

He still intended to use him one more time.

[Bullet Screen: "Gao Jianming: Well... thanks, I guess."]

[Bullet Screen: "Poor Gao Jianming... He Yu is squeezing every last drop of value out of him."]

"As for them attacking me..."

He Yu shrugged helplessly.

"Then we'll just have to gamble on the Black Camp inheritance."

"The Black Camp inheritance is the strongest."

"If we awaken it..."

"Maybe it'll protect us."

Everyone: "???"

Gedai's voice rose sharply in disbelief.

"You're betting on an inheritance that hasn't even appeared?!"

"We don't even know whether it has the power to protect the Black Camp!"

"We're not even sure we can awaken it at all!"

So...

What exactly was He Yu gambling on?

Did this insane gamble have any chance of success?

He Yu sighed.

His tiny hands spread apart helplessly.

"Well..."

"It seems none of you are willing to gamble."

"In that case..."

"We'll have to rely on all of you."

Everyone looked confused.

"What do you mean?"

He Yu answered matter-of-factly,

"You'll protect me."

"You'll help me hold off both the Red and Green Camps."

Everyone: "................"

For a moment...

They honestly thought they had misheard him.

He wanted this entire group of "toys"...

To fight both the Red and Green Camps?

Cheng Zhao was speechless.

He Yu truly hadn't expected them to fight only the Green Camp.

He expected them...

To fight both camps at once!

Everyone fell into a strange silence.

They stared at He Yu in complete disbelief.

He Yu's eyes curved into crescents.

The round little tangyuan smiled with innocent charm.

His tiny hands spread encouragingly as he spoke cheerfully,

"You can do it."

"Be bolder."

"When you're human..."

"The most important thing is confidence."

Everyone: "???"

—That wasn't confidence.

—That was a completely insane operation.

They even suspected He Yu had gotten drunk.

Because no one with a clear mind...

Could possibly come up with such a crazy plan...

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