This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Earlie’s popularity wasn’t low at all. At the very least, he ranked within the top fifty.

Duan Yuchen, meanwhile, was a master blacksmith. During the preliminary stage, countless top-tier contestants had sought him out to forge weapons, so his popularity was even higher than Earlie’s.

Siya was a Federation celebrity and a famous elite fighter. Her popularity could rank within the top thirty.

Even they hadn’t gotten in.

Which could only mean—

Contestants with even higher rankings had entered.

Earlie’s expression darkened instantly. He exchanged a glance with Siya, and both saw heaviness in the other’s eyes.

Ten people per battleground.

Although there were still ten separate livestreams, because they were inside the same battleground, their traffic and viewership would overlap.

What if one battleground gathered countless top experts together?

The result was obvious—

The audience would all flock to that battleground.

Which meant the viewership of all the other battlegrounds would naturally suffer.

In <Top Talent Show>, aside from completing the mission to advance, contestants could also directly qualify for the next round through audience voting support.

Audience votes were insurance.

A green channel.

Even if you were about to be killed one second earlier, as long as you used your audience support votes in time, you could still safely advance to the next round.

That alone showed how important audience votes were.

This situation was not what Earlie wanted to see.

If barely anyone was paying attention to him anymore, then how many votes could he possibly receive?

Earlie and the others all wore dark expressions as they stared upward into the sky.

So exactly who had entered <Dawn Training School> Battleground 8?

The “full capacity” message vanished, replaced by new text—

【<Dawn Training School> Battleground 8: He Yu, Eugene, Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan, Cheng Zhao, Gedai, Annie, Tang Ke, Yuan Ze, Qiong】

Earlie’s body instinctively tensed. His eyes locked onto that line of dazzling names.

Siya muttered,

“They... actually all entered the same livestream?”

Wei Bailer murmured,

“God. How terrifying.”

—

Not only were the contestants stunned.

The audience was even more shocked.

The moment the system announced the name “He Yu,” the livestream exploded—

“WHY THE HELL IS HE YU RANKED FIRST IN POPULARITY??”

“I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS!!”

“...Putting everything else aside, people really have been discussing He Yu constantly lately.”

“His livestream has been hanging around the bottom edge of the First Ring layer this whole time, and five out of the ten hottest discussion topics are related to him, so honestly... it makes sense.”

“Heh. First in popularity? People just want to see when this garbage-planet contestant dies. Nobody actually cares about him.”

“Agreed. He just got lucky and ended up first in popularity. Once the next round starts using support votes, he definitely won’t get a single vote.”

“Not necessarily. There are still some brain-damaged people supporting this garbage-planet contestant.”

......

While many viewers were still furiously complaining about a garbage-planet contestant taking first place in popularity, He Yu’s face appeared before all the contestants.

And then the contestants began selecting their battlegrounds one after another.

Without almost any hesitation, Eugene decisively followed He Yu in.

Because of selection priority, Zhen Xing was half a second slower than Eugene.

Then came Wanrenzhan and the others.

Every single person who entered—

Was an elite.

All ten of them were currently within the top thirty in popularity.

Eugene, Zhen Xing, and Wanrenzhan didn’t even need mentioning.

Cheng Zhao, Gedai, Annie, and Tang Ke were all famous Main Planet experts.

Yuan Ze came from an ordinary planet, but his strength was overwhelming. District One had even established an embassy for Yuan Ze’s home planet because of him.

Qiong came from Dikui Chaos Planet.

She was the woman who had stolen Earlie’s belongings and still escaped successfully despite being hunted by him.

Not only that, she had also rescued several garbage-planet contestants from Keli Hai’s hands.

During the preliminary stage, Qiong’s performance had been stunning. She had produced far too many high-energy moments. Her livestream viewership had even surpassed Siya’s.

She was currently considered the number one contestant from Chaos Planet.

So many terrifying contestants had followed He Yu into the same battleground.

Normally, a gathering of this many elites would only happen during the semifinals or finals.

But now, because of “He Yu,” countless top-tier contestants had gathered in the same region far ahead of schedule.

Eighty percent of the Federation universe’s audience excitedly flooded into <Dawn Training School> Battleground 8.

Blue Star’s audience did the same.

—Fuck, this really is a battlefield of demons.

—

He Yu entered <Dawn Training School> Battleground 8.

He was the first person to arrive.

The instant he entered, all the information regarding this instance flooded into his mind.

<Dawn Training School> had been established a hundred years ago.

It was a famous combat-training academy in the local region.

However, beginning one month ago, one student had mysteriously died every single night.

【Dear contestant, welcome to <Dawn Training School> Battleground 8. Below is your identity background—】

【You are a transfer student at <Dawn Training School>. After hearing rumors that the school is cursed and students die every night, you transferred here out of curiosity and became a student in Class 1 of the third year.】

【Dear contestant, the method for leaving this instance is: find the real culprit and kill the real culprit.】

【Each contestant receives one killing opportunity every night. Only one target may be killed, though abstaining is allowed.】

【The motto of <Dawn Training School> is “Respect Teachers and Value Morality.” Therefore, the school’s four training teachers cannot be killed.】

【Aside from the training teachers, everyone else may become your nighttime target, including other contestants.】

【Violence is forbidden after dawn. Contestants who did not kill anyone may report a murderer to the school. After investigation, the school will expel the guilty party. Expelled contestants are automatically eliminated.】

【Contestants, please work hard and identify the real culprit as quickly as possible.】

【Note: Only contestants who kill the real culprit may advance. All others who fail to identify the culprit will be automatically eliminated. One hundred thousand audience support votes can also directly guarantee advancement.】

He Yu raised a hand and pushed up the rimless glasses resting on the bridge of his nose.

His dark, star-like eyes flickered slightly.

—This instance was basically another form of Werewolf.

There was a murderer within the school.

Every night, the murderer would kill one student.

Their objective was to identify that murderer.

As long as they found the culprit and killed them, the instance would be cleared successfully.

Each of the ten contestants entering this battleground possessed one nightly kill opportunity.

After nightfall—

Kill the correct culprit, collect the equipment dropped by the culprit, and clear the game.

Everyone else would be eliminated.

Kill the wrong person—

And if another contestant successfully reported you after dawn, you would be eliminated.

They could kill NPCs.

They could kill contestants.

Only the four training teachers could not be killed.

It was obvious under these rules—

The four training teachers were the only guaranteed “good people.”

Any other NPC identity within the school could potentially be the murderer.

He Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

Combining this with Wanrenzhan’s earlier “advice”—

Kill people at night to loot equipment.

Investigate the murderer during the day.

Complete NPC quests to obtain equipment rewards.

This instance wasn’t just brutal.

It openly encouraged slaughter.

And it also introduced the reporting mechanic.

This system was clearly designed so that only one contestant could walk out alive.

No wonder Wanrenzhan had been so eager to form alliances.

Inside this instance, even if you couldn’t defeat another contestant directly, as long as you discovered them attacking someone, if you yourself had not killed anyone, you could report them after dawn.

The weak could eliminate the strong through the rules.

While He Yu was still analyzing the instance, he noticed the barrage exploding before his eyes—

“He Yu is finished.”

“Wanrenzhan, Eugene, Zhen Xing, Annie, Tang Ke, Gedai, and all the others entered this instance. They’ll definitely kill He Yu on the first night!”

“He only has eight combat power. He can’t beat anyone. There’s no hope.”

“Wanrenzhan literally entered specifically to kill him.”

“Prediction: He Yu dies tonight.”

......

He Yu: “......”

Definitely going to die?

He raised a hand and pushed up his glasses once more.

The situation truly wasn’t looking very good.

Everyone who entered was an expert.

And clearly, they all knew each other.

Even if they originally didn’t want to cooperate, once they saw these rules, they would definitely form an alliance.

Otherwise, if other contestants became familiar with your fighting methods and reported you to each other, the risk would become enormous.

—Forming alliances was the best strategy in this instance.

And experts meant they weren’t stupid.

Nor were they shortsighted.

So as the “outsider,” and someone they didn’t know, He Yu becoming the first target made perfect sense.

Especially since some of them had entered specifically to kill him.

He Yu lowered his hand, adjusted the school uniform on his body, and smiled.

—Terribly sorry.

—But he had absolutely no intention of dying.

He Yu lifted a foot.

Instead of heading toward the “New Student Registration Office,” he turned and walked toward the “Principal’s Office.”

—

New Student Registration Office.

Aside from He Yu, all nine remaining contestants had arrived.

Wanrenzhan’s expression was dark.

“He entered first. Where is he?”

Eugene shrugged.

“No idea. I came straight to the registration office after entering. Didn’t see him.”

Zhen Xing stared at the crossroads ahead.

Clearly, he was waiting for the one person who hadn’t appeared yet.

Yuan Ze was an extraordinarily handsome man. His long brown hair was incredibly eye-catching, and his facial features looked as perfect as if molded from a template.

Expressionless, he spoke calmly,

“We need to register within thirty minutes. He’ll show up eventually. Let’s discuss advancement strategy first.”

Qiong was petite and looked underage, but her eyes kept darting around, obviously plotting something.

Qiong said,

“Everyone understands the rules by now. And everyone should also understand that cooperation is the best option.”

Wanrenzhan disliked all non–Main Planet contestants, so his face darkened immediately.

“I can cooperate with them. Tonight, I’ll kill you first.”

Qiong’s expression changed, but she quickly calmed down and shrugged.

“You won’t. The person you really want to kill is He Yu. Besides, once we start killing each other, trust completely disappears. That only makes things more dangerous.”

She lowered the brim of her black baseball cap.

“Wanrenzhan, let’s be direct. The nine of us cooperate. We don’t rush to eliminate anyone in the first round. Gathering equipment matters most.”

Wanrenzhan snorted coldly but didn’t refute her.

Not seeing He Yu anywhere, Zhen Xing irritably withdrew his gaze. The starry-blue bangs over his forehead looked wildly unruly, and his phoenix eyes brimmed with impatience.

“Let’s register first. We’ll discuss the rest later.”

Gedai glanced at Eugene.

His flat mechanical voice sounded out.

“I didn’t expect all of us to enter the same battleground. For safety reasons, we move together tonight. In front of everyone else, each person kills one NPC.”

As long as everyone killed someone—

Everyone became a “murderer.”

And nobody retained reporting rights.

Of course, if someone’s luck reached heaven-defying levels and they directly killed the true culprit tonight while the others still lacked one hundred thousand audience votes...

Then everyone else would simply be unlucky.

Wanrenzhan said coldly,

“I don’t care what plans the rest of you make. Tonight, I’m killing He Yu.”

His eyes were vicious. His hand unconsciously tightened as though gripping the handle of an axe.

Eugene gave him a meaningful look.

After thinking for a moment, he said,

“Fine. As long as you can beat him, go ahead and kill him. But before you do, let me ask him a few questions.”

—Eugene didn’t think Wanrenzhan could kill that man.

It was instinct.

The image of that person flying down from atop the giant fish had simply been too graceful.

Too shocking.

It had left an unforgettable impression on Eugene.

The barrage inside Eugene’s livestream instantly exploded—

“Boss Eugene! He’s just a trash weakling with eight combat power!”

“You’re overestimating him. He’s dead tonight.”

“One swing from Wanrenzhan’s axe will turn him into paste.”

“I said this before already — He Yu definitely won’t survive the first elimination round. With that pathetic combat power, there’s no way he can survive real combat!”

“Now you understand how important combat power is, right?”

“The elimination rounds are real fights. There’s no giant fish here to cheat for him.”

“Exactly. Heh. I’m just waiting to watch He Yu get chopped apart. Waiting to watch Wanrenzhan, Zhen Xing, and Eugene all realize how disappointed they should’ve been.”

“Where are all the people defending He Yu now? Come out. If he survives tonight, I’ll give all my support votes to him!”

......

The viewers were completely convinced that He Yu would not survive the night.

They stayed inside the other nine contestants’ livestreams, waiting alongside Wanrenzhan and the others for He Yu to appear.

Waiting to see panic on his face.

Waiting to see despair.

None of them went to He Yu’s livestream.

His “popularity rank #1” status had irritated them too much.

And so they restrained themselves—

Absolutely refusing to contribute any more popularity to that garbage-planet contestant!

Not even if he was about to die!

However—

Even after Wanrenzhan’s group of nine were led into Class 1 of the third year by the dean, He Yu still had not appeared.

Wanrenzhan frowned.

“Where’s He Yu?”

Gedai also looked confused and shook his head.

Annie said,

“Did he get lost? Otherwise why hasn’t he reported in yet?”

The moment the words fell—

Footsteps sounded from outside the door.

A delicate face entered everyone’s field of vision.

Black hair.

Black eyes.

A beautiful pair of rimless glasses resting against the bridge of his nose.

A smile curled at the corner of his lips.

White shirt.

Jeans.

The outfit made his tall figure seem as elegant as carved jade.

Wanrenzhan and the others froze.

He Yu slowly walked to the podium.

He pushed up his glasses, his hoarse voice warm and gentle—

“Good morning, students.”

“I am your fifth training teacher, He Yu.”

“I will be teaching everyone <Fundamentals of Combat Power Development Principles>. Students, please prepare for class.”

His star-like eyes curved with amusement as his gaze swept across the room.

When his eyes landed on Wanrenzhan, they paused for a brief second.

Then calmly moved away.

As though asking—

Surprised?

Unexpected?

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