This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Knowing exactly what He Yu wanted to ask—and what he cared about most—Qiong lowered her voice and spoke quickly.

"It can be removed, but it takes two hours. And I can only remove two bracelets at a time."

He Yu immediately understood. He nodded, his brows drawing together slightly.

"So that means ten hours in total."

To remove everyone's bracelets, Qiong and Eugene would need to work together for ten full hours.

But there was an even more serious problem.

The moment even one bracelet was removed, the prison would immediately notice.

Everyone whose bracelets remained would be in extreme danger.

Moreover, they still knew far too little about this mysterious prison.

There was no telling what else awaited them.

Glancing at the instructors floating overhead, Qiong pretended to dodge frantically, weaving through the crowd until she was shoulder-to-shoulder with He Yu.

"The bracelets can't be removed yet," she whispered. "I can't think of any way to free up ten uninterrupted hours. You'll have to figure that part out. Also... there's still a killer among us. Have you found any clues?"

As he moved with the panicked NPC prisoners, He Yu answered just as quietly,

"No. Are you the killer?"

The abrupt question caught Qiong off guard.

She froze for a split second before frowning.

"So you've started suspecting Siya and me? You don't think the men's side has a killer?"

She instantly understood the implication.

Looking at He Yu, she found only his calm, composed expression.

Her brows knitted even tighter.

"If we can't identify the killer... people might start suspecting you."

It was the truth.

If someone could hide deeply enough to escape even He Yu's notice, then the first person everyone would suspect would naturally be He Yu himself.

Only someone with intelligence on his level could conceal themselves so perfectly.

For a brief moment, even Qiong had entertained that possibility.

If the system truly wanted He Yu dead, the easiest solution would simply be to make him the killer this round.

He wanted to lead everyone out alive.

But what if he himself were the killer...

The thought flashed through her mind.

Just as quickly, she rejected it.

If He Yu were the killer, he would never have revealed that "no one has shown any signs of being the killer yet."

The optimal strategy would be more like Who's the Undercover?—framing someone else and letting them take the blame.

Of course...

Perhaps He Yu knew everyone would think that and had deliberately chosen a different strategy.

That was the rational conclusion.

Emotionally...

She still felt she could trust him.

Countless thoughts flashed through Qiong's mind.

He Yu, meanwhile, remained utterly composed, showing no concern whatsoever about being suspected.

Behind his rimless glasses, his eyes were cool and calm.

"I never received any notification saying I'm the killer. Don't rush. The killer can't possibly leave no trace at all. The system wouldn't be designed that way."

Qiong nodded.

Looking up, she saw the battle drawing to a close.

Quickly, she said,

"I'll continue studying the bracelets and investigate the prison. If I find anything, I'll tell you tomorrow."

At least during training, they could meet.

Most of every day seemed to be occupied by training.

There would always be another chance to exchange information.

He Yu lifted his eyes and looked at her.

"This prison is more dangerous than we imagined. Be careful."

Qiong paused.

Then the corners of her lips lifted.

"You too."

The two separated immediately, each returning to their respective groups.

Qiong glanced back.

Hidden among the crowd, He Yu still looked especially thin.

Yet his bearing never diminished.

She then looked toward the people still holding back the beasts so the two of them could have those precious few moments to talk.

...Was this what being part of a team felt like?

It was almost laughable.

Inside a survival competition where only one person was supposed to live...

She had actually experienced the feeling of having teammates.

With He Yu at the center, everyone had been united.

Everyone was working toward the same goal in their own way.

The eight words echoed through her mind once more—

Break the rules. Overthrow the system.

For the first time, Qiong's expression softened with genuine emotion.

But almost immediately...

She remembered the previous match.

Then she remembered this round's arrangement—

the killer.

Her gaze turned icy.

This damned system...

It truly was vicious.

—

Once Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan, and the others saw the two separate, they knew the exchange was over.

They stopped merely restraining the beasts.

Their eyes hardened.

The strength in their hands increased.

Zhen Xing darted nimbly across the beast's head, targeting its weakest points with surgical precision.

His fist smashed into the creature's most vulnerable spot on its skull.

The instant it became dizzy, he spun around, swung himself from one horn to the front of its head, and chopped downward with the edge of his hand against its neck.

"ROAR—!"

The beast howled in agony.

Moments later, it died.

Eugene fought in much the same way.

His mechanical body was even lighter.

As he bounded across the beast's back, he almost seemed to fly.

His movements were astonishingly weightless.

His silver hair swayed with every leap.

His perfectly sculpted mechanical face remained utterly emotionless.

Landing before the beast, he drove his hardened mechanical arm straight into its eye.

The beast didn't even manage to cry out before collapsing dead.

Meanwhile, Siya, Annie, and Qu Wu were keeping the largest beast occupied.

Siya continually attacked its weak points, drawing all of its attention before gracefully dodging every counterattack.

At the same time...

Annie and Qu Wu relentlessly targeted its vulnerable spots.

One struck its eye.

The other attacked its neck.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

The beast collapsed.

The most savage fighting style belonged to Wanrenzhan.

His physique was incredibly massive.

Standing beside He Yu, he looked almost twice his size.

Every muscle across his body bulged with raw power.

His scarred face radiated brutal, untamed masculinity.

Testosterone practically poured off him.

Half-kneeling atop the beast's head, he grabbed one horn in each hand.

Then...

He pulled with all his strength.

"HAAAH—!"

As he threw back his head and roared, the muscles in his arms swelled.

Pure, overwhelming strength...

Ripped the beast apart.

Blood splattered across his face.

Across his clothes.

He flung the corpse aside and jumped down.

Every movement was explosive and powerful.

Boom!

He landed heavily on the ground.

"Excellent!" one of the instructors shouted excitedly from above.

Zhen Xing calmly lowered his hand.

His fighting style was clean and efficient.

Not a single drop of blood had stained him.

Spotless.

Simple.

Eugene casually dragged over an NPC and wiped his mechanical hands clean using the prisoner's clothing.

Siya also returned to formation completely clean.

Only her clothes were slightly disheveled.

Annie and Qu Wu both had blood on their hands and clothes.

Neither looked anywhere near as bloody as Wanrenzhan.

The very first thing Wanrenzhan did was look toward He Yu.

He lifted his chin slightly.

Their eyes met.

His entire face practically screamed—

Wasn't that cool?

...Like a peacock proudly displaying its feathers.

He Yu: "..."

For the sake of protecting his own IQ...

He silently looked away.

Ahead of them, the two deputy wardens and several instructors descended.

The instructor standing in the center pointed at three people.

"You."

"You."

"And you."

"You performed exceptionally well. Come with me for individual training."

He was pointing at Zhen Xing, Eugene, and Wanrenzhan.

The three were momentarily surprised.

Nevertheless, they obediently followed.

Led by one instructor, they circled behind the prisoners and entered the room from which the beasts had been released.

Meanwhile, another instructor began training He Yu and the remaining prisoners.

He Yu glanced back.

The door had already closed.

Whatever was happening inside was now hidden from view.

Strangely enough...

The instructors' training methods were extremely scientific.

Everything focused on improving physical fitness and combat ability as efficiently as possible.

The prisoners were clearly accustomed to it.

Following every command without question.

Duan Yuchen frowned.

This prison was becoming stranger and stranger.

The training itself was completely normal.

Just extremely intense.

Most prisoners could handle it.

Of course...

That applied to Duan Yuchen and the others.

It also applied to the ordinary prisoners.

The exceptions...

Were He Yu, whose own combat power was only 2.

And Ling Buchen, whose natural combat power—without equipment—was only in the double digits.

The instructor frowned deeply.

He called the two of them out separately.

Carefully examining them from head to toe.

Standing side by side...

The pair somehow looked equally innocent.

[Bullet Screen: "The defining characteristic of this scheming duo: 'I look weak.'"]

[Bullet Screen: "'I also look innocent—but anyone who touches me gets stabbed.'"]

The deputy warden's face darkened.

"What's wrong with these two? Weren't they perfectly normal before?"

Another instructor pursed his lips.

"Their natural combat ability is unbelievably poor. Even the people upstairs aren't this weak. How long have they been here? When were they selected?"

He Yu lowered his eyes slightly.

Upstairs.

Selected.

Two important keywords.

The deputy warden glanced at the records in his hand.

"They both arrived recently. They replaced Prisoner No. 1 and Prisoner No. 2. Everything was normal before. It might just be some abnormal reaction."

The instructor muttered quietly,

"This reaction is way too extreme..."

He circled both of their names in his notebook.

"Remember to report their data to Dr. Ganlun."

The deputy warden nodded.

He Yu's brows tightened slightly.

The instructor waved impatiently.

"Get over there. If you're still like this tomorrow, useless trash like you should be disposed of."

After saying that, he completely ignored He Yu and Ling Buchen, tossing them aside while continuing everyone else's training.

[Bullet Screen: "What does that mean?"]

[Bullet Screen: "Probably because He God and Ling Buchen don't match the system's assigned background settings."]

[Bullet Screen: "Right. Maybe the system assigned them bodies with certain combat stats, but their real abilities don't match those values."]

[Bullet Screen: "Dungeon self-correction? That's why neither the instructor nor the deputy thinks anything is wrong?"]

No one could answer those questions.

After all...

The dungeon had only just begun to reveal itself.

—

The afternoon training session lasted a very long time.

Only at exactly 6:00 PM did it finally end.

More than two hundred prisoners entered the cafeteria through the front entrance.

He Yu silently committed the entire floor's layout to memory.

The long dormitory wings surrounded the central hall on all four sides.

Straight ahead lay the training room.

Inside the training room...

The door on the left led to the cafeteria.

The door on the right led into an unknown area.

The beasts had all emerged from there.

During dinner, He Yu finally saw the three who had been taken away.

All three were drenched in sweat.

Like everyone else, they collected meal trays and sat down.

He Yu's group's food was identical to that of the NPC prisoners.

But Zhen Xing's group had additional dishes.

Under the deputy warden's supervision, everyone sat in orderly groups of eight.

Qiong and Siya sat in another section far away.

The two groups merely exchanged a glance before looking away.

Since their rooms were adjacent, He Yu's group occupied the same table.

Zhen Xing sat opposite him.

Ling Buchen sat beside him.

Setting down his tray, Zhen Xing stared at the generous portions of high-quality ingredients.

His expression became strange.

"These are all premium ingredients. Even in the Federation, they aren't cheap."

Eugene nodded.

He looked at the abundant high-grade food on his own tray before glancing at He Yu's.

"Yours is all ordinary food. It's common throughout the Federation."

Wanrenzhan scratched his chin.

"So because we received extra training... we also get better food?"

He Yu glanced toward the deputy warden.

The man was currently talking with another deputy and wasn't paying attention to them.

The cafeteria itself remained extremely quiet.

Everyone ate with their heads lowered.

Almost nobody spoke.

Their group kept their voices low.

Duan Yuchen asked curiously,

"What exactly did your extra training involve?"

Eugene's expression darkened slightly.

"Slaughter."

"It was like an arena."

"Different beasts kept appearing one after another. The three of us had to fight them."

"Either they ate us..."

"Or we killed them."

The others immediately frowned.

Extra training.

Battling beasts.

Everything centered around improving combat ability and physical fitness.

Wanrenzhan stared blankly ahead, obviously lost in thought.

Almost unconsciously, he muttered,

"It's familiar training. A lot of Federation families raise warriors like this."

"You either kill your opponent..."

"Or you're killed."

Duan Yuchen also stared into space.

"So strange..."

"Aren't we prisoners?"

"Then why are we being trained?"

"And if we train well..."

"We even get better food."

Qu Wu held his utensils while eyeing the food suspiciously.

"Could it be poisoned?"

He Yu calmly picked up his utensils and started eating.

Everyone immediately watched him.

He calmly finished one bite of rice.

Then a piece of roasted beast meat.

Chewed.

Swallowed.

Without even looking up, he said,

"It's not poisoned. Eat."

"...The taste just isn't very good."

Qu Wu looked surprised.

"You can tell whether food is poisoned?"

When had He Yu learned that?

Without changing expression, He Yu answered,

"No."

"But if they wanted to poison us, there'd be no need to go to so much trouble."

"Nor would they waste food like this."

With the bracelets on their wrists...

Their lives were already entirely in someone else's hands.

There was simply no reason to make things so complicated.

...The logic was hard to argue with.

Ling Buchen quietly began eating.

After a brief pause, Zhen Xing pushed his tray toward He Yu.

"Want some?"

Compared with He Yu's meal...

The difference was enormous.

He Yu shook his head.

"No."

"The cook isn't very good."

Zhen Xing said nothing more.

He simply started eating.

Normally, people at their level could go a very long time without food.

But they had spent the entire afternoon engaged in intense physical training.

They had exercised seriously.

Their energy consumption had skyrocketed.

They were genuinely hungry.

Wanrenzhan silently joined the meal.

Eugene didn't eat.

Mechanical Planet natives could survive perfectly well without food.

Although He Yu's explanation made sense...

Eugene still wasn't willing to risk it.

Everyone else ate.

He didn't.

He could serve as the control group.

After thinking for a moment, Duan Yuchen lowered his head and began eating as well.

He really was starving.

Annie frowned.

"You all just started eating like that?"

Looking at Duan Yuchen, they asked,

"Aren't you worried something might happen?"

With his mouth full of beast meat, Duan Yuchen answered indistinctly,

"He Yu's analysis makes sense."

"The food should be safe."

"Since we're already inside Death Prison, we should follow the story."

Follow the plot first.

Cooperate with the prison's arrangements.

Maybe they'd discover something.

None of them wanted to test the consequences of breaking the rules.

Qu Wu thought about it.

That made sense.

He lowered his head and resumed eating.

Annie: "???"

So...

Besides Eugene, who didn't need food...

Was I the only cautious one left?

Everyone focused on eating.

The atmosphere became unexpectedly harmonious.

[Bullet Screen: "I honestly never imagined they'd be calmly eating in such a dangerous dungeon..."]

[Bullet Screen: "They're not discussing escaping or searching for the killer. That's so them."]

Dinner ended quickly.

In the end, Annie still hadn't eaten.

Their gaze swept across everyone before stopping on He Yu.

"You already met Qiong. What did she say?"

"We can't seriously spend every day training, can we?"

He Yu set down his utensils and wiped the corner of his mouth.

"Qiong needs Eugene's assistance."

"She can only remove two bracelets at a time."

"It takes approximately two hours."

Duan Yuchen frowned.

"We don't have that much time."

Eugene added,

"And Qiong and I can only meet during training."

"We can't make it too obvious."

"Removing the bracelets is extremely difficult."

Leaning forward, Qu Wu suggested,

"Then should we identify the killer first and escape afterward?"

"Once the bracelets are gone, escaping shouldn't be that difficult."

One SSS-rank individual escaping wasn't easy.

But they weren't alone.

A whole group of SSS-rank fighters...

Would be terrifying anywhere.

Forget escaping.

They could probably flatten the entire prison.

However...

He Yu shook his head.

"No."

"Based on what we currently know..."

"Escaping will probably be extremely difficult."

As soon as he finished speaking...

Dinner time ended.

The deputy warden strode over, his cold gaze sweeping across everyone.

"Finished eating?"

"Return to your rooms."

"Everyone will lie on your bed."

"Remain quiet."

Eugene and the others were momentarily stunned.

They had all seen the daily schedule.

From 6:30 PM until 11:00 PM—

Four and a half hours—

Had been labeled as Special Activity Time.

Yet now...

The deputy warden was simply telling them to lie in bed?

What kind of special activity was that?

Zhen Xing glanced at He Yu.

His expression was solemn.

He Yu gave the slightest nod.

Zhen Xing's breathing grew heavier.

...This Special Activity Time...

Was probably the true centerpiece.

...The secret of Death Prison...

They were likely about to learn much more.

The prisoners returned to their rooms in orderly lines.

Everyone quietly lay down.

He Yu's room still contained the same four people.

He occupied the bed nearest the door.

Wanrenzhan was opposite him.

Ling Buchen and Annie occupied the inner beds.

The four lay quietly, their breathing deliberately softened.

Wanrenzhan grew impatient.

"What exactly are they planning?"

"Are they seriously just making us lie here?"

He Yu replied,

"Don't move."

Lying flat, he closed his eyes.

"Hold your breath."

"Don't move."

Wanrenzhan obeyed.

Although his temper was terrible and he wasn't easy to control...

Overall...

He still followed instructions.

As a weapon...

He was exceptionally useful.

Everyone held their breath.

Yet they couldn't stop their heads from growing heavier and heavier.

Sleepiness overwhelmed them.

In that instant...

Everyone had exactly the same thought.

Damn.

They'd been drugged.

He Yu's physical condition was poor.

But his mental strength was extraordinarily powerful.

The moment he sensed something wrong, he bit his lip hard.

Blood filled his mouth.

His mind regained a sliver of clarity.

Only a sliver.

The bracelet.

They had held their breath.

Yet they were still being drugged.

The only possible source...

Was the bracelet.

He Yu could barely sense the outside world anymore.

His mouth was full of blood.

He bit through his lip.

Then his tongue.

Barely maintaining that single thread of consciousness.

He had no idea how much time passed.

Someone entered.

He felt his bed move.

A distant voice reached his ears.

"This one and the two next door go to the tenth floor."

"These two seem to have abnormal reactions."

"Send them to the ninth floor."

"Everyone else goes to the eighth."

"Understood."

As he was wheeled away, another voice sounded nearby.

"Number Three is waking up!"

"His physical condition is incredible!"

"Quick! Take him to Dr. Ganlun!"

"The doctor will be thrilled."

Number Three...

Wanrenzhan.

That was He Yu's final thought.

Time passed again.

Another furious voice reached him through the haze.

"What's going on?!"

"Why did Number One and Number Two suddenly become like this?!"

"They can't be given the serum in this condition..."

"Forget it."

"Don't bother Dr. Ganlun."

"He's already in a terrible mood."

"Right now he only cares about those two research subjects."

"Leave these two alone for now."

"They're so weak."

"Shouldn't we just dispose of them?"

"Wait until Dr. Ganlun has time to examine them..."

...

Another period of movement followed.

He seemed to be transported somewhere else.

He Yu couldn't open his eyes.

He couldn't even continue biting his tongue.

So he simply remained perfectly still.

His eyes closed.

Inside his mind...

Lines connected one after another.

Everything became astonishingly clear.

—

10:50 PM.

He Yu opened his eyes.

His gaze was completely clear.

He slowly shifted.

Looking around the room, he found the other three still there.

Just as he was about to sit up—

A shadow flipped onto his bed.

A hand pulled over the thin blanket, covering both of them from head to toe.

Instinctively, He Yu raised his hand to attack.

Eugene's familiar voice sounded.

"Shh! It's me!"

He Yu: "..."

He slowly turned his head.

Looking at the person lying beside him...

His face remained expressionless.

Keeping his voice extremely low, Eugene leaned close.

His head almost rested beside He Yu's ear.

Although he was from Mechanical Planet, his body felt little different from a normal human's.

Except...

The part touching He Yu was unusually cold.

Distinctly mechanical.

His breath brushed He Yu's cheek.

"I've got important information."

He had barely finished speaking when someone else climbed onto the bed.

They lay down on He Yu's other side.

Pulling the blanket over themselves as well.

Unlike Eugene's icy body...

This person's warmth was gentle.

Their temperature was even higher than He Yu's.

Silently...

He Yu turned his head.

Eugene poked his head out from beneath the blanket.

"Oh?"

"Ling Buchen?"

"You're awake too?"

Ling Buchen blinked innocently.

"I've been awake for a while."

"I heard you sneaking over."

"I even saw you hiding under He Yu's bed."

...That sounded strangely suggestive.

Eugene wasn't embarrassed in the slightest.

Blinking his flawless eyes, he replied,

"I was waiting for He Yu to wake up."

At last, He Yu spoke.

"So..."

"You two intend to hold the conversation like this?"

He lay expressionlessly beneath the blanket.

On one side...

Eugene was propped up on an elbow.

On the other...

Ling Buchen lay facing him.

The situation was indescribably bizarre.

Ling Buchen blinked innocently again.

Obviously...

He had climbed into the blanket because he didn't trust Eugene.

He refused to let Eugene monopolize the space beside He Yu.

Feeling completely misunderstood, Eugene protested,

"I've got important information!"

"It can't be discovered by the prison staff!"

He pulled He Yu farther beneath the blanket.

The two of them were nearly nose-to-nose.

Lowering his voice again, he whispered,

"Just listen first."

He Yu replied flatly,

"And you're sure hiding like this actually works?"

Eugene scratched his cheek.

"More or less."

"It's better than talking out in the open."

"We can't make too much noise."

"They're all still unconscious."

"Just now—"

Before he could continue—

The blanket was suddenly lifted.

Light flooded in.

Wanrenzhan stood over them with a sinister expression.

It looked exactly like someone catching lovers in bed.

Beside him...

Zhen Xing.

Duan Yuchen.

Annie.

Qu Wu.

Not a single one was missing.

Every single one of them was staring at the three under the blanket.

Their expressions were extraordinarily complicated.

The atmosphere became even stranger.

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