His voice carried a razor-sharp killing intent. The sword trembled, murderous aura surging from it, making everyone's blood boil.

Li Mao, who had been sitting on the ground blaming himself, suddenly jumped to his feet, his face full of excitement.

"Really?!"

He gripped his weapon, his face flushed red with excitement.

Those who had originally been stationed in Lilu City but had been driven out by the Green Camp also became excited. Holding their weapons high, they shouted—

"Good! It's finally time to take the city back!"

"I knew the General would never let Lilu City stay in the hands of those Green thieves!"

"Wonderful! We've finally waited for the General!"

"General He Yu! General He Yu!"

...

Excitement was contagious.

The Fifth Elder had been excited at first as well, but he quickly frowned, worry appearing on his face.

"If we seize the city during the flag-planting ceremony... won't General He Yu's identity be exposed?"

He Yu had already mentioned this point, so Wanrenzhan calmly replied,

"The Green Camp is already suspicious of the General. General He Yu said his disguise won't last much longer anyway. We might as well use this opportunity to take Lilu City back."

The Green Camp had already begun suspecting him. Even if they did nothing this time, sooner or later they would discover he wasn't the fake Kunhui.

So they might as well use that identity to its fullest and reclaim Lilu City.

The Fifth Elder took a deep breath.

"General He Yu has truly sacrificed so much for the Red Camp. I apologize for misunderstanding him before."

[Bullet Screen: "...No, you don't need to apologize."]

[Bullet Screen: "Because you never misunderstood him!"]

Wanrenzhan looked completely serious, cold light reflecting from his blade.

"Although the General's plan is excellent, he himself will be in extreme danger. Everyone, we must protect the General."

Li Mao was the first to raise his machete.

"Protect the General!"

Everyone else shouted in unison.

"Protect the General!"

Their determined roars echoed one after another.

Their General would plant the Red Camp's flag right in front of everyone. The Green Camp would certainly attack him, so they absolutely had to protect such a heroic General.

Wanrenzhan was very satisfied.

In the team chat, however, he simply replied,

"Mission accomplished."

Only then did Li Mao calm down slightly and suddenly ask,

"How are we going to take the city? Did the General say how we'll get inside?"

Wanrenzhan nodded heavily.

"He did. The General has sent us reinforcements."

The moment he finished speaking, the earth beneath their feet suddenly churned, and something burst out from underground...

Everyone looked over in confusion.

A calf with a completely expressionless, world-weary face clawed its way out of the dirt. Behind it emerged a familiar leopard carrying a backpack.

Gedai said,

"I've brought everyone. I'm leaving first."

After the calf spoke, no one answered.

Everyone was simply staring at the familiar leopard.

Bruised and battered, the leopard raised his head and met everyone's gaze.

Li Mao and the others: "..."

—Damn it, he looked so familiar. It was this guy again.

Inside Lilu City.

"The General still hasn't come out?" Chashu asked.

Someone beside him answered,

"The General said he wanted to straighten up his appearance. Although the ceremony is important, he also can't let the Red Camp discover his identity."

Black Vine walked over beside City Lord Chashu and glanced at the time.

"It's still early. There's another hour. This time we'll raise the flag when the sun rises. Lilu City will never be taken away again."

City Lord Chashu nodded.

"Yes. If Lilu City is taken again... I'll truly have no face left to see the King."

Black Vine sighed.

"Exactly. When I went back to retrieve the flag, the King's expression made me want to kill myself to atone."

Hearing this, Chashu suddenly lowered his voice.

"Black Vine... how are we going to tell the General about the King's order?"

Last night Black Vine had returned with the flag.

But he had also brought another squad.

That squad had come to...

...purge every single toy.

It was a personal order from the King. It was said to be related to the Black Camp's inheritance, so it absolutely had to be carried out.

This squad would begin with Lilu City before proceeding to the next city.

Of course, before that, every city would begin its own purge to ensure absolutely nothing went wrong.

It had been too late yesterday, and this morning was reserved for the flag ceremony, so that squad would only begin after the ceremony ended.

Starting with Lilu City, they would exterminate every toy.

Black Vine froze briefly before speaking matter-of-factly.

"We'll tell him directly. The General is one of us from the Green Camp. The King's orders cannot be questioned. The General will understand. He might even volunteer to help."

Although He Yu currently looked like a toy, everyone in the Green Camp viewed him not as a toy, but as their General who had accidentally become one.

Naturally, they would never attack their own General.

However...

Bo Jingshan and the others beside He Yu were genuine toys.

Those toys would no longer receive their protection. They would carry out the King's order.

Black Vine believed He Yu would certainly understand.

After thinking about it, Chashu nodded.

"You're right. He's our General after all. Although his personality has changed somewhat, he wouldn't possibly side with the Black Camp."

The two reached an agreement and stopped talking.

No one noticed that an old stone hidden in the corner quietly rolled away.

After reaching another corner, it lowered its voice and repeated everything it had just heard.

Underground, a little mouse listened before immediately sprinting away.

Inside the castle.

The little mouse crawled out of an underground tunnel, quickly repeated the information, then hurried away again.

Zhante looked at the tiny tunnel and sincerely sighed.

"It turns out Gedai becoming a cow really is useful. His tunneling skills are perfect. He practically dug an entire underground world."

Lilu City was still Lilu City.

Yet from the day He Yu and the others arrived, in only a few short days countless underground tunnels had appeared.

Gedai and the toys had practically turned everything beneath Lilu City into a giant sieve.

And they were still digging.

Duan Yuchen said speechlessly,

"This isn't the time for meaningless topics."

He looked at He Yu seriously.

"Your predictions were all correct. We really don't have much time left. Fortunately, our plan happens before they begin the purge."

Once again, He Yu's habit of thinking a hundred steps ahead after taking one had been proven.

It was enough to make anyone feel complicated emotions.

He Yu didn't care how complicated everyone felt.

He simply adjusted his green cloak with his tiny stubby hands before looking toward Eugene and the others.

"The time is about right. Are you all ready?"

Immediately, everyone became serious.

Eugene took a deep breath and muttered,

"You're really risking your life."

Then he firmly declared,

"We're ready!"

Zhante's blade flashed with a vicious light.

"I'm ready. Isn't this just another fight? I'll show everyone that even if I've turned into a blade, I'm no ordinary blade."

Yuan Ze swung his enormous hammer.

"Zhante, want to compete?"

"Count me in!"

"Hahaha! Let's show the Red Camp, the Green Camp, and all the viewers the glory of us contestants from <Top Talent Show>."

"Charge! Anyone who chickens out is a dog!"

[Bullet Screen: "AHHHHH I'm excited for no reason!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "This is one enormous gamble. Success means survival. Failure means total annihilation!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "That's exactly what makes it exciting. Any contestant who just wants to lie back and freeload deserves to die."]

[Bullet Screen: "My god. I always thought watching them slaughter each other was amazing, but this season taught me something—when they cooperate, they're even more incredible."]

At the transfer station, Zhen Xing's fingers paused while playing with his Rubik's Cube.

A moment later, his smile became somewhat helpless.

Looking at the enormous screen before him, he let out a long sigh.

The light inside his phoenix eyes dimmed beneath his messy bangs as he softly whispered,

"What a pity..."

What a pity...

...that he wasn't part of the team.

—A little disappointing.

The castle gates slowly opened.

He Yu rolled out atop the Wind-Fire Wheels, his green cloak fluttering gently behind him in an effortlessly elegant manner.

Black Vine and City Lord Chashu's eyes immediately lit up.

"General!"

He Yu calmly nodded, radiating authority.

Black Vine and Chashu exchanged glances before taking deep breaths and moving to either side of him.

The two had completely different styles, yet both were tall, powerfully built, and imposing.

Walking between them, He Yu appeared particularly small.

Wrapped in a green cloak that concealed his appearance except for his calm face, standing upon the Wind-Fire Wheels, he somehow lost nothing in terms of presence compared with the towering men beside him.

Nearly everyone from the Green Camp had gathered.

Standing in the plaza outside the castle, they watched the three approach.

Along the way, everyone saluted with their eyes.

Upon reaching the front of the plaza, Chashu shouted loudly,

"Our Green Camp seized Lilu City from the Red Camp! This belongs to every member of the Green Camp, and it is everyone's honor! Today we will raise the Green Camp's flag above the castle! From this day forward, Lilu City belongs to the Green Camp forever! It will never be taken again!"

"Never!"

"Never!!"

Everyone raised their weapons, eyes blazing as they roared.

Chashu nodded in satisfaction.

"Victory will belong to the Green Camp! Only the Green Camp will survive on this planet! Kill every member of the Red and Black Camps!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them all!!"

Hidden inside Qu Wu's backpack space, Li Mao gritted his teeth.

"Kill us? Those Green thieves can keep dreaming."

The Fifth Elder said coldly,

"Show absolutely no mercy later."

Wanrenzhan barked,

"Keep your voices down!"

Everyone from the Red Camp immediately fell silent and quietly continued listening.

Above them, Chashu watched the sun slowly rise over the horizon before shouting,

"General, please raise the flag!"

Black Vine immediately handed the Green Camp flag to He Yu.

He Yu accepted it with his tiny hands.

His expression remained calm, his eyes completely tranquil.

The instant he took the flag, something flickered briefly in his gaze before returning to stillness.

Wrapped in his green cloak, the white dumpling rode the Wind-Fire Wheels upward at astonishing speed, stopping steadily before the designated flag position atop the castle.

The reserved flag position was extremely wide.

He Yu had already suspected it wasn't meant for just one flag.

Looking at it now...

It seemed four flags could fit as well.

He stared fixedly at the position, holding the flag.

Below, Chashu's excitement gradually became nervousness.

He whispered,

"Does he... not know how to raise a flag?"

Black Vine froze.

"Impossible. It's very simple."

Chashu frowned.

"Then why isn't he moving? This is driving me crazy."

He complained,

"We should never have let him do this. The General should've stayed hidden in the Red Camp as an undercover agent so no one would discover him..."

As he spoke, he prepared to fly up and replace He Yu.

Then—

He Yu kept the Green Camp flag motionless in his right hand.

In his left hand...

...appeared a Red Camp flag.

Chashu: "???"

Everyone: "???"

He Yu slowly planted the Red Camp flag.

His movements were firm and unwavering.

After a brief moment of stunned silence—

Black Vine exploded with rage.

His vines lashed outward as he roared,

"He's not Kunhui! He's a Red Camp spy!"

Otherwise, why would he plant the Red Camp's flag?

He had to be a spy!

Chashu froze again.

The next instant his face twisted viciously.

"Damn you, He Yu!"

He shot into the sky on flying equipment, gripping his long saber as he hacked mercilessly toward He Yu.

At that exact moment—

"ROAR—"

Another force appeared.

Wanrenzhan charged in alongside Li Mao and the others.

Li Mao leaped straight toward Chashu, intercepting the attack aimed at He Yu.

Meanwhile, the Fifth Elder met Black Vine head-on with a fierce grin.

"Your opponent is me."

"Bang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

Intense fighting instantly erupted.

On the ground, the Red Camp also charged into the Green Camp.

The Red Camp fought more viciously.

The Green Camp had superior numbers.

In an instant, both sides were locked in an inseparable battle.

The two camps were mortal enemies.

Once they met, only one side could survive.

Some also attempted to attack He Yu in the sky.

But either the Red Camp intercepted the attacks, or Zhante, Yuan Ze, Wanrenzhan, and Guan Ju blocked them.

The battle below became increasingly brutal.

The Red Camp sought to reclaim Lilu City.

The Green Camp fought with bloodshot eyes.

Every one of them was terrifyingly ferocious.

While battling Li Mao, Chashu ground his teeth.

"Who exactly is he?!"

Li Mao moved with astonishing agility, sneering as he leaped.

"Of course he's our General."

Then, deciding that wasn't provocative enough, he grinned widely.

"General He Yu is also General Kunhui. The real General Kunhui—not the spy you people have."

Chashu: "?"

Nearby, Black Vine—currently fighting the Fifth Elder—suddenly shrank his pupils.

He instinctively shouted,

"Impossible! He's not the real Kunhui! The real Kunhui is already dead! I burned his corpse myself and scattered his ashes beneath a tree! He can't still be alive!"

The Fifth Elder froze.

Black Vine clenched his teeth.

"It's fake! His identity is fake!"

Above them, after planting the Red Camp flag, He Yu slowly planted the Green Camp flag as well.

Then, after a slight pause...

...he produced a Black Camp flag.

And planted that too.

Black.

Green.

Red.

Three flags stood side by side.

Everyone was stunned.

They subconsciously looked up at He Yu, shocked and utterly confused.

Even the battle stopped momentarily.

Black Vine and the Fifth Elder both stepped back.

Nearby, Li Mao and Chashu also retreated.

Everyone stood staring upward.

The Fifth Elder frowned.

"What exactly is going on?"

Li Mao looked completely bewildered.

"I have no idea..."

He had planted the Red Camp's flag...

...so why had he planted the Green Camp's as well?

And where had the Black Camp's flag come from?!

Wanrenzhan, wearing a mask, suddenly appeared.

Before the two could attack again, he hurriedly said,

"Trust the General! He's one of the Red Camp! You promised to protect him! Stop the Green Camp from attacking the General! He has a reason for doing this!"

Eugene's voice was anxious yet persuasive.

Far more sincere than when Wanrenzhan normally lied.

The two froze.

Their expressions became even more confused.

They had thought He Yu was an undercover agent sent by the Green Camp.

But if he truly belonged to the Green Camp...

...why would he plant the Red Camp's flag?

Why would he bring them inside?

Yet if he belonged to the Red Camp—

...he had also planted the Green Camp's flag!!

After speaking, Wanrenzhan tossed the mask aside and flew upward to protect He Yu.

Elsewhere, Chashu and Black Vine regrouped.

Chashu ground his teeth.

"Black Vine! Who exactly is he? Is he the Kunhui you've been dealing with all this time? Why did he plant the Red Camp's flag and then our Green Camp's flag?"

Black Vine: "..."

He didn't know either!

Gedai pushed a hole open from underground.

Perched atop his head, Siya lowered her voice and urgently said,

"Trust the General! He's one of the Green Camp! You promised to protect him! Stop the Red Camp from attacking the General! He has a reason for doing this!"

Just like Eugene's, Siya's voice was strangely convincing.

People couldn't help believing her.

The two became equally bewildered.

After saying that, Gedai carried Siya back underground.

Within the chaotic crowd of both camps, countless strange shouts suddenly erupted—

"Protect the General!"

"Protect our General!"

"Kill the Red Camp! Protect the General and Lilu City!"

"Kill the Green Camp! Protect the General and retake Lilu City!"

...

Mixed among the shouted slogans, arrows and throwing knives flew toward the opposite side.

None possessed much combat power.

But they were obvious provocations.

Both camps naturally assumed the attacks came from the other side.

Following the shouting, they charged instinctively toward anyone wearing different-colored clothing.

Whenever the two camps met, they always fought until their eyes turned red.

Cheng Zhao and Xilu led the Black Camp toys back underground through the crowd, retreating into the tunnels.

Clearing their throats, they quietly concealed their achievements.

Black Vine, Chashu, Li Mao, and the Fifth Elder resumed fighting.

As for He Yu overhead—

Forget him for now.

Kill the enemy camp first!

The slaughter resumed, buying He Yu even more time.

Although everything was proceeding according to plan, Duan Yuchen and the others were still so anxious they could barely stand still.

They constantly looked upward.

He Yu had already planted all three flags.

But...

Nothing seemed to be happening.

Where was the inheritance?

Did it even exist?

"Whoooooosh—"

Violent winds suddenly rose.

The weather changed instantly.

The previously clear sky turned pitch-black as dark storm clouds swallowed the heavens overhead.

The wind became stronger and stronger.

The hurricane nearly blew He Yu away.

Fortunately, the blazing Wind-Fire Wheels beneath Bo Jingshan remained steady.

So He Yu remained steady as well.

Only his green cloak was blown away, revealing his chubby white Tangyuan body, looking incredibly adorable.

Below, Duan Yuchen and the others staggered, nearly blown away by the gale.

If Cheng Zhao hadn't used his chain to hold Crown Siya and Mask Eugene in place, they likely would've already been swept into the sky.

The Red and Green flags fluttered violently.

Centered on the flags, red and green energy spread outward in expanding rings.

The Black flag remained perfectly still.

As though...

It were dead.

Yet everyone could clearly see that the black energy swirling around it had become denser and even more terrifying.

The red and green energy continued spreading and overlapping.

Like two waves colliding, they slowly rolled together, crashing into the motionless Black flag.

The three energies reacted.

The red and green energy suddenly seemed to be pulled toward the Black flag!

Very quickly, the Black flag also began fluttering.

An increasingly oppressive aura spread throughout the area.

Even those fighting below were affected.

The battle stopped once again.

Members of both camps looked upward blankly.

At the darkened sky.

At the Black flag that had finally begun to wave...

All three flags fluttered.

Yet the Black flag drew nearly everyone's attention.

Beside it, the remaining two flags became almost invisible.

Their energy actually flowed toward the Black flag.

The colors of both flags gradually faded.

As though they were about to disappear.

Black Vine and the Fifth Elder both felt something flash through their minds...

But neither managed to grasp it.

The changes continued.

Something terrifying seemed about to happen.

Everyone felt an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Then—

The Fifth Elder's face suddenly changed in horror.

"The inheritance... the Black Camp's inheritance!"

Black Vine roared,

"He's one of the Black Camp!"

The two immediately stopped fighting each other and charged into the sky simultaneously, roaring—

"Stop him!"

But at that exact moment...

Among the crowd, countless disguised voices shouted just as loudly—

"The Green Camp has a conspiracy! Kill every Green Camp member!"

"The Red Camp has a conspiracy! Kill them!"

The countless overlapping shouts completely drowned out Black Vine's and the Fifth Elder's warnings.

There were simply too many voices.

Both camps could only hear the people nearest to them and instinctively obeyed.

Instantly—

Chaos erupted.

Swords.

Spears.

Halberds.

Vines.

Arrows.

Every imaginable piece of equipment flew through the air.

The battlefield descended into utter disorder.

Yet that also meant the attacks against He Yu above became far less concentrated.

Only four people were currently attacking him—

The Fifth Elder.

Black Vine.

Li Mao, after hesitating for two seconds.

And Chashu.

The Fifth Elder's saber struck first.

Its terrifying killing intent shot directly toward He Yu.

There was no doubt.

It would pierce straight through him.

Wanrenzhan, Zhante, and Yuan Ze all moved simultaneously.

The three strongest contestants on this battlefield each intercepted one opponent, desperately holding them back.

But...

One attacker remained.

The Fifth Elder's strike headed straight for He Yu.

Looking upward, Eugene gritted his teeth.

"Duan Yuchen! Hurry! Protect He Yu!"

Gedai clenched a chain between his teeth.

The chain was attached to a small hammer.

He swung it high into the sky.

The hammer traced a graceful arc across the air.

At the same time—

He threw something else.

It was...

...a completely ordinary lump of iron.

The instant it touched the black energy—

It transformed.

"Boom—!"

The iron instantly became an enormous dome.

It enclosed He Yu and Bo Jingshan.

It also enclosed all three flags.

"Bang!"

The Fifth Elder's attack struck the barrier.

The dome trembled but endured the blow.

At the same moment, Duan Yuchen crashed heavily onto the ground.

Groaning, he muttered excitedly,

"I succeeded... I actually forged it... My god... I must be the greatest blacksmith in Federation history!"

He remembered the forging method He Yu had taught him.

He remembered He Yu saying—

"We can't use equipment.

But energy can.

Equipment is activated by energy.

Forge a passive piece of equipment.

The instant it comes into contact with black energy, it will activate automatically."

At the time, Duan Yuchen had cursed He Yu for dreaming while still discussing how to forge such a thing.

Such an absurd idea.

And yet...

He had actually succeeded.

This was a revolutionary breakthrough.

Duan Yuchen no longer felt any pain.

He felt only excitement.

He wanted to throw back his head and laugh.

He truly was the greatest blacksmith in Federation history.

No predecessor.

No successor.

As for He Yu...

Oh.

He hadn't joined the Federation yet.

Not far away, Gedai gritted his teeth.

"What are you celebrating for?! That thing won't last long!"

The dome had visibly shaken after only a single attack.

It clearly couldn't endure much longer.

Duan Yuchen: "..."

—I don't care.

I forged it successfully!

Siya shouted,

"He Yu! How much longer?!"

That so-called Black Camp inheritance had taken this long.

They still hadn't seen even a trace of it.

The furious Fifth Elder launched a second attack.

Grinding his teeth, he roared,

"You scheming little toy! I will definitely kill you!"

After the second strike, the dome shook even more violently.

The Fifth Elder immediately followed with another attack.

He Yu completely ignored the attacks behind him.

He simply stared at the three flags.

Watching the Red and Green flags gradually fade...

Until they disappeared completely.

Watching the Black flag become increasingly dense...

No.

It was no longer really a flag.

It resembled a mass of black energy shaped like a flag.

The black energy slowly contracted and gathered together.

More and more surrounding energy poured into it.

The energy became increasingly concentrated.

Increasingly compressed...

Pop.

A tiny sound.

So soft it was almost impossible to hear.

Like opening the lid of a bottle.

The black energy suddenly exploded outward.

And from inside...

...jumped out a sphere.

A black sphere.

It floated opposite He Yu.

Round.

Pitch black.

A pair of tiny blue eyes blinked.

Everyone froze.

They looked at the white Tangyuan.

Then at the identical black Tangyuan beside it.

Well...

If someone claimed the two had nothing to do with each other...

...probably nobody would believe them.

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