This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

It wasn't loud. It wasn't a shout.

Yet his voice echoed throughout the entire transfer station, ringing clearly in everyone's ears—firm, resolute, every word carrying undeniable weight.

Before Blue Star came into contact with the interstellar civilizations, they had never encountered a combat power system, nor had they undergone bodily enhancement through potions.

So they had originally been shorter than Federation citizens. But after entering the competition, improving their physiques and raising their combat power, Bo Jingshan and Ling Buchen had gradually grown taller.

Only He Yu remained exactly the same height as when he had entered the competition.

It seemed that every improvement he had gained in <Top Talent Show> had gone into his mind, while his body hadn't changed at all.

His slender frame made him appear even thinner and frailer.

Yet at this moment, this He Yu—shorter than them, thinner than them, weaker than them—seemed infinitely taller.

In that instant, it was as though they all had to look up at him.

His delicate face, barely the size of a palm, appeared even paler beneath the fluffy Frost Beast coat.

But the determination in his eyes and the frost-like calm on his face made him resemble a towering pine standing proudly against the world, refusing to bend even if it meant breaking.

After he finished speaking, the transfer station fell into complete silence.

Everyone had been stunned by He Yu's words.

They stared blankly at him, watching him grow infinitely taller before their eyes, watching him stand like that unyielding pine, proud and unbowed.

His words continued to echo around them, echoing throughout the transfer station—

Always wanted cooperation.

The goal has never changed.

Break the rules.

Overturn the system.

Leave together...

Each word struck like a heavy hammer against their hearts.

Qu Wu and Tang Ke instinctively wanted to refute him, but they suddenly remembered the instances they had gone through alongside He Yu and recalled everything he had done...

It seemed that time after time, he had been the one leading everyone out of an instance.

No matter the circumstances, he had never taken the opportunity to eliminate other contestants for his own benefit.

He truly wanted to bring every contestant in an instance through together.

Ever since Dawn Training School, his method of clearing instances had always been cooperation.

Ten-player instances could cooperate.

Five-player instances could cooperate.

Even hundred-player instances like Who Is the Undercover and Species Collapse could cooperate!

At some point, everyone who entered the same instance as He Yu had unconsciously begun working together.

There was less killing.

More understanding.

Just like the end of Species Collapse.

Everyone had gone "crazy" together, entrusted their lives to one another, each fulfilling their own role while gambling everything on success.

Back then, He Yu could easily have gotten every one of them killed.

Instead, he had led them all to victory and brought everyone out alive.

So...

Had he already held this idea from the very first instance?

A thought so unbelievable.

So insane.

Everyone entered <Top Talent Show> thinking only about one thing—

How to advance.

How to survive.

The people around them were teammates, but also opponents.

Conflict, schemes, betrayal...

Those had long been accepted as the unspoken rules.

But He Yu was different.

From the very moment he learned the rules of this competition...

He had already begun thinking about how to break them.

Perhaps it wasn't because he was especially kind.

Perhaps it wasn't because he was soft-hearted.

He simply hated being arranged.

Even more, he hated being controlled.

The victory he sought wasn't merely his own—it was changing the terrifying rules everyone had silently accepted as inevitable.

Everyone fell silent.

The audience fell silent as well.

Within the enormous transfer station...

No one spoke.

Tick.

Tick.

Time passed second by second.

The first to break the silence was Wanrenzhan.

Looking at He Yu, he pursed his lips, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

"Oh... so every time you spared me and let me advance, it wasn't because you saw me differently... or liked me... but because you wanted to break the rules?"

Everyone: "..."

Audience: "..."

—As expected. That's so completely you.

—His perspective is always this bizarre.

Eugene rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"What are you thinking? Even if He Yu liked someone, it wouldn't be you. You're crude, violent, and you're always yelling about killing He Yu."

Wanrenzhan hugged his axe, shot Eugene a sidelong glance, then looked back at He Yu with obvious displeasure.

He looked exactly like a man who had just been cheated on.

[Bullet Screen: "HAHAHAHA Wanrenzhan, you're overthinking it. Out of every CP, yours has the lowest popularity, okay? Blue Eyes is the official pairing!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "His train of thought is incredible. Secrets, the competition, the rules... none of that matters to him as much as realizing He Yu doesn't actually like him..."]

[Bullet Screen: "??? Since when did you think He Yu liked you? Where'd that confidence come from?"]

[Bullet Screen: "Everyone's gone off-topic!! Is nobody paying attention to what He Yu just said? Leaving the competition together!"]

[Bullet Screen: "AHHHH Leaving together! I've never wanted a competition to end as desperately as I do right now. Let everyone out already!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Same. This generation is just too amazing. I can't bear to lose them."]

[Bullet Screen: "AHHHH He God, we're behind you! Crush this garbage system!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Our protest group has already set out. Anyone from District One who wants to join, hurry up! We're splitting into two teams—one heading to the production headquarters, the other to the Royal Palace. We're demanding a full investigation!"]

[Bullet Screen: "Can people from other districts and ordinary planets join too?"]

...

The audience was in an uproar.

But after recovering from the shock, the people inside the transfer station reacted far less dramatically than expected.

Not because they weren't shaken.

They simply needed time to process everything.

Going from "kill each other" to "cooperate" was like transitioning from the combat power system to the energy system.

Breaking their understanding also meant breaking the deeply rooted beliefs they had lived with for countless years.

That wasn't easy.

The rules of the competition clearly stated that only one person could survive.

Could they really trust He Yu without reservation?

If they did...

Would everyone die in the end, leaving only He Yu alive?

Could this be another conspiracy?

So they neither voiced support nor questioned him.

They simply needed time to think.

To observe.

He Yu wasn't surprised in the slightest.

If these people had immediately believed him without question...

Immediately changed their stance...

Immediately declared they'd follow him...

That would only prove they were either idiots or malicious.

He didn't need an answer.

He only needed their actions.

Nor did he want teammates who were either fools or villains.

What he needed...

Was a team that could help him.

He Yu withdrew his gaze, took out his familiar notebook and pen, tapped the notebook lightly with the pen, then nodded toward them.

"All right, everyone. We still have some time. Can we talk about the previous instance? Let's summarize everything and exchange information."

No one objected.

Everyone gathered around and sat cross-legged on the floor.

They knew He Yu was collecting information.

Regardless of whether they ultimately decided to cooperate with him, the system's interference in the competition had already provoked everyone's anger.

They were willing to provide him with whatever information they had.

Siya spoke first.

"Ling Buchen is very strong. Li Zhan's zither... well, a divine-grade treasure truly deserves its reputation. Ling Buchen's original combat power was only a little over one hundred, but with Li Zhan's zither, he's absolutely comparable to an SSS-ranked fighter."

Her expression carried both frustration and relief.

She had undoubtedly been fortunate in the previous instance.

Out of everyone there, she was the only contestant who advanced through votes.

Had the audience not voted for her, after losing to Ling Buchen, she would have been eliminated just like Cheng Zhao and died completely.

But she also understood that such luck couldn't happen twice.

She had spent five million votes in one go.

Now she had no votes left.

In the next competition, she would never be able to rely on votes again.

Following Siya's words, everyone turned to He Yu.

Only afterward did they slowly notice Ling Buchen standing beside him.

His presence was truly too [N O V E L I G H T] weak.

Unless he brought out Li Zhan's zither, everyone unconsciously overlooked him.

Their eyes would simply pass over him without registering his existence.

But since he was always following He Yu, looking toward He Yu first and then searching beside him made him much easier to find.

Ling Buchen scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"I just got lucky. My equipment is amazing."

Everyone: "..."

Jealous!!

Then they remembered that He Yu had been the one to give him the zither.

Damn it.

That made them even more jealous.

Wanrenzhan's eyes were practically turning red.

He glared fiercely at Ling Buchen through gritted teeth.

"When there's a chance, let's fight. We'll see whether your zither is stronger or my axe."

Eugene focused on something entirely different.

He looked curiously at Siya.

"So your combat power has already reached SSS rank?"

Siya blinked.

"Aren't all of you about the same?"

Eugene grinned and rubbed the smooth metallic chin of his mechanical face.

"I thought I was the only one who'd benefited. The first elimination battle was brutal, but almost the entire world's resources belonged to us. Improving was ridiculously easy."

That was one of the greatest advantages of <Top Talent Show>.

Growth was dozens of times faster than outside.

The later the competition progressed...

The easier it became to improve.

Outside the competition, the entire universe competed for limited resources.

Inside the competition, however...

Only one contestant could leave alive each season.

All remaining resources stayed inside.

And every year, the Federation replenished them.

Resources were incredibly abundant.

Resources were concentrated.

Competition was limited.

Advancement was astonishingly fast.

If someone became the final victor and left alive...

They would truly rise to the heavens in a single step.

Their family would rise.

Their entire planet could rise alongside them.

That was why contestants continued rushing into the competition one after another.

If registration restrictions didn't exist, even countless powerful old monsters from the Federation would probably want to enter and harvest these resources.

Top Talent Show.

A trial of death.

A god-making system.

Its reputation was well deserved.

Suddenly, He Yu asked,

"So... have all of you been cultivating?"

At present, only Ling Buchen, Bo Jingshan, Zhen Xing, Eugene, Wanrenzhan, and Qiong possessed cultivation methods.

Aside from He Yu himself, only those six had them.

After thinking for a moment, Zhen Xing answered seriously,

"Cultivation improves your own combat power, but it's relatively slow. When you have access to an entire world's resources, equipment upgrades are much faster."

In the past, they had relied only on equipment.

Nothing about that had seemed strange.

But now they understood the energy system.

Cultivation strengthened oneself internally.

Equipment only provided external enhancement.

If equipment became unusable...

Or if it was damaged...

One's strength would drop drastically.

Even so...

They had to admit that for short-term growth, equipment upgrades were still much faster.

Eugene shook his head, causing his silver hair to sway.

"I haven't cultivated yet. My opponent in the last instance was Eddie, and he had the advantage from the beginning. I had to gather equipment as quickly as possible. That instance was incredibly dangerous. Eddie started organizing people to hunt me down the moment it began. What an absolute bastard. I had to gather resources while constantly hiding. I simply didn't have time to cultivate..."

By the end of his explanation, Eugene looked thoroughly depressed.

Everyone else had been cultivating.

Only he had made no progress whatsoever.

Well...

Not only him.

Wanrenzhan looked impatient.

"That stuff progresses way too slowly. I didn't cultivate either. I was busy collecting equipment. I started at a disadvantage. If I weren't strong enough, the other guy would've beaten me into the ground."

Gedai frowned, even the expression on the mechanical face changing slightly.

"So all of us started the previous instance at an inherent disadvantage?"

Bo Jingshan.

Zhen Xing.

Duan Yuchen.

Qiong.

Annie.

Tang Ke.

Qu Wu.

Yuan Ze.

Zhante...

They all raised their hands in agreement.

He Yu let out a cold laugh.

Tapping the tip of his pen against the paper, he spoke calmly.

"So all the strongest contestants were being suppressed?

Interesting."

"Malicious intentions," Duan Yuchen said darkly.

Zhante glanced at He Yu, his meaning obvious.

"Isn't that already beyond doubt? The system wanted experts like us to die in there."

Ling Buchen suddenly interjected.

"My combat power is very low, so using Li Zhan's zither is difficult. But if I cultivate while circulating energy, using it becomes much easier."

Everyone immediately turned toward him.

At that moment, Bo Jingshan nodded slowly.

"Same here. Crescent Moon is connected to me. In the last instance, every piece of equipment I collected was chopped apart by Crescent Moon."

Everyone froze before looking toward Bo Jingshan.

Duan Yuchen shot to his feet.

"What did you discover?"

Holding Crescent Moon in his arms, Bo Jingshan gently stroked the blade.

"I discovered that after equipment is destroyed, it releases an enormous amount of energy. Both Crescent Moon and I can absorb it. If you don't absorb it immediately, the energy dissipates very quickly."

After a brief pause, he added,

"My current system-assessed combat power...

Three thousand five hundred."

Nearly Mid-SSS Rank.

Everyone was stunned.

They stared at Bo Jingshan in disbelief.

Especially Eugene and Wanrenzhan.

Their eyes immediately turned red.

Eugene slammed a fist into the ground.

"Holy shit! You're already Mid-SSS Rank?!"

Two thousand combat power qualified as SSS Rank.

That was already the Federation's highest tier.

Above that—

Four thousand meant Mid-SSS Rank.

Six thousand meant High-SSS Rank.

As for "gods"...

They had no rank at all.

That was an entirely different realm.

Within the Federation, SSS Rank stood at the top of the food chain.

High-SSS experts were incredibly rare.

Each one possessed tremendous status and prestige.

It was utterly unbelievable.

When the elimination rounds had ended, almost everyone had only reached S Rank.

Very few had reached SS Rank.

After the first elimination battle, nearly every elite who monopolized an entire world's resources had advanced to SSS Rank, just like Cheng Zhao.

But Mid-SSS?

That was absurd.

Moreover...

Bo Jingshan had started on Blue Star just like He Yu.

His initial combat power had been pitifully low.

Yet somehow...

He had quietly surpassed all of them.

Eugene and Wanrenzhan hadn't cultivated.

They had devoted themselves entirely to gathering resources and collecting equipment.

Even then...

Neither of them had reached 3500.

Eugene's combat power: 3200.

Wanrenzhan's combat power: 3000.

Neither could compare to someone who had simply cultivated with a single blade?

Didn't that mean...

Everything they'd done in the previous instance had practically been for nothing?!

Worse still...

Their 3000 combat power couldn't actually be unleashed all at once.

It was impossible to activate every piece of combat equipment simultaneously.

Even reaching an explosive output of 2000 in a single strike was already impressive.

Only in prolonged battles could they gradually make use of the full 3000.

Bo Jingshan's 3500, however...

Was genuine personal strength.

One strike.

Three thousand five hundred.

How terrifying.

Jealous.

Very jealous.

Zhen Xing spoke quietly.

"I realized that too. That's why I never stopped cultivating during the previous instance. Unfortunately, my Star Cube isn't like Crescent Moon. It can't absorb energy."

He Yu looked toward him, motioning for him to continue.

"In the last instance, I collected every piece of equipment I could find. I also gathered a large amount of forging materials. He Yu, forge my Star Cube again in the next instance."

Once reforged...

It would be able to absorb energy just like Crescent Moon.

It could cultivate and evolve alongside him.

All the equipment he had collected could then be broken apart and converted into energy.

Although he hadn't followed Bo Jingshan's exact approach...

He had already completed every preparation.

All he lacked was another reforging.

After that...

His strength would soar without falling behind.

Eugene and Wanrenzhan: "..."

The two looked at each other.

Suddenly...

They both felt rather stupid.

Had they completely put the cart before the horse?

Qiong shrugged.

"I didn't think of that either. But I cultivated seriously during the last instance, so my personal combat power improved a lot. I also collected some usable equipment. Next time, I can do what Zhen Xing plans to do."

She wasn't as thoroughly prepared as Zhen Xing.

But she wasn't too far behind either.

She could still catch up.

Duan Yuchen slowly sat back down, staring blankly ahead as he muttered,

"I learned a new forging technique during Species Collapse. It can fuse a certain amount of energy into equipment... but it still can't compare to He Yu's craftsmanship. I need a cultivation method!"

The final sentence burst out as he suddenly looked straight at He Yu.

He Yu said nothing.

Lowering his head, he recorded several pieces of information before looking back at everyone.

"What else? How were your instances?"

Zhen Xing replied,

"A combat instance. I was matched against Kamin. Almost all the world's resources belonged to us. Kill the other person, and you advanced."

Kamin.

An elite from District Three.

Outside <Top Talent Show>, the two of them actually seemed to have had a decent relationship.

He Yu looked carefully at Zhen Xing.

Sure enough...

The other man lowered his gaze slightly, his expression becoming complicated.

Without speaking, He Yu reached out and gently patted his shoulder.

Zhen Xing felt it.

He looked back up.

Then smiled at He Yu.

His phoenix eyes curved slightly.

Their gazes met.

No words were necessary.

Wanrenzhan said,

"Mine was a combat instance too."

Gedai.

Duan Yuchen.

Qu Wu.

Zhante.

Annie.

Tang Ke.

All nodded together.

"Aside from He Yu, it seems everyone got combat instances."

"Right. Kill the other person and advance. No additional conditions."

"And the opponent dropped equipment. Everyone tacitly focused on strengthening themselves first before ending the instance."

"We're not idiots. If you kill your opponent immediately after entering, you advance too early and fall behind everyone else in equipment."

...

Zhen Xing's face turned cold, ridicule filling his phoenix eyes.

"So only Ling Buchen and Siya managed to have both contestants advance, and one instance ended with both participants dying together. Every other instance, despite slight variations, was ultimately a combat instance where one person killed the other to finish."

From the surrounding crowd, Zhao Pingqi suddenly spoke.

"Our instance had missions. My opponent and I had to complete objectives while attacking each other. But in the end, it still came down to killing one person so the other could advance."

The people sitting on the ground were all the contestants most likely to reach the finals.

The others merely stood around watching quietly.

Although they recognized these elite contestants, they rarely shared instances with them.

Unlike He Yu, Wanrenzhan, Zhen Xing, and the others, whose paths crossed repeatedly, they had little interaction.

Naturally...

They weren't eager to join the conversation.

After all...

Who wanted to attract the attention of the strongest contestants?

Zhao Pingqi only spoke because he actually had useful information.

He Yu looked toward him.

Zhao Pingqi smiled slightly.

He Yu nodded in return without saying much before withdrawing his gaze.

Zhao Pingqi.

Blue Star's shooting champion.

One of the contestants Blue Star's government had placed great hopes upon.

Only four Blue Star contestants remained.

Ling Buchen and Bo Jingshan had openly chosen to follow He Yu from the beginning.

Zhao Pingqi never joined them.

But unlike Gao Jianming, he had never opposed them either.

With only a single exchange of glances, He Yu already had a good understanding of his personality.

Rather than being a Blue Star contestant...

He now resembled an ideal Federation contestant.

Outstanding.

But never overly conspicuous.

Low-profile.

Quietly moving forward.

Never drawing unnecessary attention.

He held no hostility toward He Yu's group.

He wouldn't deliberately cause trouble.

Nor did he automatically form alliances simply because they came from the same planet.

Instead...

He actually seemed closer to the District One expert, Balei, standing beside him.

As long as there wasn't a conflict, he wouldn't provoke anyone.

But if life and death truly hung in the balance...

He wouldn't hesitate.

The kind of intelligent person He Yu actually appreciated.

After giving him one final glance, He Yu stopped exchanging pleasantries and wrote several notes into his notebook.

"In the previous instance, aside from Cheng Zhao and myself being specifically targeted by the system with a total extermination setup, everyone else entered combat instances. After entering, each of you strengthened yourselves, accumulated equipment, and only fought at the end. That was the first elimination battle."

Everyone nodded.

As though remembering something unpleasant, Eugene clenched his mechanical fists until the joints clicked loudly.

"My opponent was a complete bastard. The moment the instance started, he kept trying to fight me, provoking me nonstop. If I hadn't kept sparing him, he'd have died much earlier. I still hadn't collected enough equipment, but eventually I couldn't take it anymore, so I killed him early and ended the instance."

His opponent had been powerful.

But still weaker than Eugene.

Killing him had never been difficult.

Eugene wasn't stupid.

Instances where you monopolized an entire world's resources were incredibly rare.

He had wanted to keep gathering equipment and rapidly improve himself before finally killing his opponent.

Unfortunately...

That guy had apparently realized he wasn't getting out alive.

He constantly caused trouble, forcing Eugene to finish the instance ahead of schedule.

Zhante asked curiously,

"So you came out first. You saw the instance where both contestants died together, right? What happened?"

Eugene nodded.

"I did."

Everyone looked toward him.

Even He Yu raised his eyes.

The pen he had been writing with came to a stop.

His expression remained calm.

"There wasn't anything particularly special. Their strength was about equal, so they fought for a long time. I was paying more attention to everyone else's battles, so I only glanced over occasionally. I think one of them defeated the other but didn't kill him immediately. Probably had a personal grudge and wanted to torture him a little longer. Then the loser suddenly blew himself up... together with all his equipment."

After a pause, Eugene added,

"The explosion was huge. The livestream became unstable, and both livestreams disappeared at the same time."

He Yu's fingers paused slightly.

His ears listened to Eugene's explanation.

His eyes...

Were reading the Bullet Screen.

[Bullet Screen: "I watched the replay. Holy hell, it was brutal. The entire instance world got blown apart."]

[Bullet Screen: "Was he really that strong? How did he blow himself up? I'm too lazy to watch the replay. Someone explain."]

[Bullet Screen: "It was because the equipment he obtained had been left behind by Zhante God. The artifact carried Zhante God's name. When he detonated the equipment, the entire instance collapsed. The livestream became unstable, and both contestants died together."]

He Yu pressed his lips together.

Lowering his eyes slightly...

Something flickered within them.

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