This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

A heavy atmosphere of despair spread through the room.

No one spoke.

They had all survived countless brushes with death.

They were all the brightest talents of the Federation's younger generation.

Their minds were disciplined.

Their wills were unshakable.

Yet at this moment...

...every one of them was at a complete loss.

The surroundings were so quiet that the only sounds were the howling wind...

...and the distant voices of prison guards.

Ling Buchen looked toward He Yu.

His movement seemed to wake everyone else.

All eyes turned to He Yu.

There was something in their gazes...

...a hope they themselves hadn't even realized they were clinging to.

—He Yu had discovered the prison's hidden rule in advance.

Otherwise...

...the moment they had begun escaping, they might already have been erased by the prison's defense system.

If he'd found it beforehand...

...did that also mean...

...he had a solution?

Facing everyone's eyes, He Yu calmly lowered his gaze to check the time.

His voice was slightly hoarse.

"The moment I saw the instance rules, and then the hidden rule we triggered last night, I knew this instance was concealing another killing move."

"Now that it's revealed itself..."

"...it's our turn to fight back."

Fight back.

Those two words ignited something inside everyone.

The hidden rules...

The instance's "total party wipe"...

They had soaked their hearts in oil, crushing them beneath despair.

Now...

He Yu's sentence was like a spark landing on that oil.

Everything ignited instantly.

Their despair transformed into boundless fury.

Their fury became unwillingness.

Their unwillingness became fighting spirit.

—A total party wipe package?

—You expect us to die...

...and we'll obediently accept it?

Impossible.

Compared to an unseen threat...

...they at least knew the truth behind this instance now.

Fire burned in Qiong's eyes as she stared at He Yu.

"That's right."

"It's time to fight back."

"We refuse to be manipulated."

"We refuse to accept our fate."

She also glanced at the time.

When she looked up again, her voice had become exceptionally clear.

"We have ninety seconds left."

"We need to find the safest place possible before Chaotic Night begins."

They could no longer force a prison break.

That meant...

...they definitely weren't leaving tonight.

The Chaotic Night they had done everything possible to avoid...

...had become inevitable.

Eugene licked his dry lips.

"There is no safe place."

"No matter where we go, the doctor will find us."

Duan Yuchen answered immediately,

"Then let him find us."

"As long as we're still alive."

He Yu had already started walking briskly back the way they'd come.

Without turning around, he left them one sentence.

"I've never believed rules are without loopholes."

"As long as there's a loophole..."

"...there's an opportunity for us."

"Come."

"You're all choosing the crazy plan with me after all."

Everyone froze.

The crazy plan...

The one He Yu had mentioned on Underground Floor Nine.

Back then...

Every one of them had firmly rejected it.

None of them wanted to become experimental subjects whose lives rested entirely in someone else's hands.

But now...

He Yu had brought up that crazy plan once again.

This time...

...none of them felt the same resistance.

When a path to survival existed...

...the crazy plan was never their choice.

But now...

...there was no other road left.

No matter how insane the plan became...

...the ending couldn't be worse than the one awaiting them already.

Whenever they didn't know what to do...

...they followed He Yu into madness.

After all...

He might be insane.

But somehow...

...he always managed to carve out the smallest chance of survival.

He was the brain of their team.

—They'd already gone crazy with him plenty of times.

—One more step into madness wouldn't matter.

—Because they had no other choice.

Eugene exchanged a glance with Qiong.

The two activated their flying equipment simultaneously.

They lifted everyone who couldn't fly.

Eugene flew to the front, grabbed He Yu, and laughed.

"You're too slow on foot."

"We've only got one minute."

He Yu: "..."

His face remained expressionless.

"I liked you better when you looked completely hopeless."

Eugene's mechanical face broke into a grin.

"I think you're adorable all the time."

He Yu remained utterly emotionless.

His rimless glasses rested coldly on the bridge of his nose.

His lips moved slightly.

One word escaped them.

"Fuck off."

Eugene suddenly frowned.

"When you first proposed the crazy plan, we rejected it."

"You didn't try to persuade us at all."

"Don't tell me..."

"...you'd already predicted this outcome?"

"You knew we'd eventually listen to you anyway?"

He Yu chuckled.

"You guess."

Eugene: "..."

When it came to pissing people off...

...He Yu truly was unmatched.

Although they continued talking...

...everyone knew they only had one minute.

They flew toward the training room at breakneck speed.

There was no longer any point hiding themselves.

As a result...

...a long trail of prison guards gave chase behind them.

No one cared.

They continued sprinting forward.

[Bullet Screen: "HOLY SHIT. The more you think about Eugene's words, the scarier they become!!"]

[Bullet Screen: "He Yu's 'You guess' is absolutely unbeatable. He definitely predicted all of this beforehand."]

[Bullet Screen: "Exactly!! I thought it was strange before. If He Yu really wanted to persuade someone, it'd be incredibly easy. Why did he stop trying? Because he already knew they'd eventually make this choice."]

[Bullet Screen: "There wasn't any alternative anyway. Once Chaotic Night started, the doctor would definitely capture them. Whether they wanted the crazy plan or not, they'd have to carry it out."]

[Bullet Screen: "If he'd already guessed this, then why bother escaping from Underground Floor Nine in the first place?"]

[Bullet Screen: "He probably wasn't certain. He was still thinking just now."]

Many viewers had the same question.

One of Qiao's friends asked,

"So He Yu really anticipated all this?"

"He even predicted this hidden rule?"

The Federation powerhouse Qiao immediately shook his head.

"No."

"I think he predicted there would be a hidden rule."

"But he couldn't possibly know exactly what it was."

"When He Yu proposed the crazy plan, I believe he'd already simulated countless possibilities."

"Different developments."

"Different endings."

"The crazy plan was simply one of those outcomes."

"At the time..."

"...I think that outcome had the highest probability."

"That's why he proposed it."

"But because the information was still incomplete..."

"...he didn't insist everyone choose it."

"As they escaped upward..."

"...he continued thinking."

"Only just now..."

"...after confirming the hidden rule and eliminating the option of escaping directly..."

"...did he fully commit to the crazy plan."

His friend stared blankly for a long moment before speaking hoarsely.

"He Yu..."

"...is terrifyingly intelligent."

Everyone already knew He Yu was smart.

Yet every single time...

...his intelligence shattered their expectations all over again.

Zhen Xing.

Eugene.

Qiong.

Duan Yuchen.

Yuan Ze.

Zhante.

Siya.

None of them lacked intelligence.

But compared to He Yu...

...there was still a gap.

Fortunately...

...they were all smart enough to recognize it.

Inside an instance...

...they naturally allowed He Yu to become their brain.

Qiao nodded.

Unlike before, when he had been pessimistic about He Yu...

...his eyes now held nothing but admiration.

He had even joined in cursing the production team earlier.

Now his appreciation was completely undisguised.

"Exactly."

"He's incredibly intelligent."

"When information is insufficient..."

"...he constructs Hypothesis A."

"Hypothesis B."

"And so on."

"He derives conclusions from every possibility."

"Then, as new information appears..."

"...he verifies those conclusions..."

"...until only one choice remains."

His friend immediately sat upright.

His voice became urgent.

"If He's that smart..."

"...can they clear this instance?"

Qiao took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his chest.

"I don't know."

"But I do know one thing."

"He Yu will never accept his fate."

"Until the very instant he truly dies..."

"...he'll never stop struggling."

"And..."

"...he keeps getting smarter."

"Many of his thoughts..."

"...are already beyond our ability to understand."

He looked toward the projection.

His gaze drifted far away.

"The mastermind..."

"...is deeply hidden."

"The influence behind them is immense."

"He Yu is playing a game against that person."

"And all we can do..."

"...is watch."

If they could help...

...they would do so without hesitation.

But He Yu and the others were inside the competition.

No outsider could interfere.

All they could do was pressure the production team...

...and the Royal Palace.

Qiao's voice became softer and softer.

So soft...

...it was almost inaudible.

"I can't wait to see the day you walk out alive..."

"...He God."

—

The people outside discussed endlessly.

The contestants inside knew nothing.

They were running for their lives.

Only one minute remained.

They sprinted from the prison wall back to the training room.

The journey took twenty seconds.

Forty seconds remained.

They climbed back into the cage that had once imprisoned them.

With a flick of her fingers, Qiong used silk threads to reconnect the broken section of the cage before dragging it into the transport elevator.

Thirty seconds remained.

Eugene looked at the opening he'd worked so hard to cut.

His expression was indescribably complicated.

"I never imagined..."

"...that after finally cutting it open..."

"...we'd willingly crawl back inside."

Siya smiled bitterly.

"We don't have a choice."

"We need the transport elevator."

Duan Yuchen nodded.

"...Just as expected."

"This thing wasn't here for no reason."

"We really do need it."

"Good thing we interrogated Prisoner No. 4 earlier."

"Now we know we can go directly from the surface to Floor Seven."

Yes.

They were returning to Underground Floor Seven.

Although nowhere was safe during Chaotic Night...

...Floor Seven was at least familiar.

And the dormitories existed for a reason.

Since they were no longer escaping...

...according to the schedule...

...they should now be preparing to sleep in the dormitory.

The elevator was fast.

Only three seconds passed before they reached Underground Floor Seven.

Twenty-seven seconds remained.

The elevator opened directly into the central hall.

The only three remaining guards on that floor stood there.

They stared blankly as everyone appeared.

Their first instinct was to turn and run.

Qiong carried Siya.

She grabbed one guard and rushed toward the women's dormitory.

Eugene carried both He Yu and Duan Yuchen.

Duan Yuchen carried Zhen Xing.

Ling Buchen carried Qu Wu and another guard.

They charged toward the men's dormitory.

Twenty seconds remained.

They forced the guards to unlock the doors.

They rushed inside.

Five seconds remained.

Eugene and the other four returned to Room 706.

He Yu and Ling Buchen entered Room 705.

Ignoring Prisoner No. 4's expression—as though he'd seen a ghost—

...they calmly lay back on their beds.

Yes.

Prisoner No. 4 was still there.

At this moment...

...he desperately wished he wasn't.

Prisoner No. 4: "..."

Didn't these people escape?

Why the hell had they come back?!

The corridor doors closed.

23:00.

Time was up.

The lights went out.

Everyone closed their eyes.

Their breathing gradually steadied.

【Chaotic Night has begun.】

In an instant...

...they all fell asleep.

Their consciousness vanished.

—

Dr. Ganlun was completely bewildered.

At this moment, both he and Warden Lan Ersi were hiding somewhere on the surface.

They had come specifically to stop the experimental subjects from escaping.

Unexpectedly...

Before they even had a chance to intervene...

...they watched the experimental subjects sprint all the way back to Underground Floor Seven...

...of their own accord.

Right back to where their escape had begun.

Even Dr. Ganlun couldn't help wondering...

Did they somehow know he was coming to capture them?

After a long silence...

Dr. Ganlun swallowed.

"Thank goodness they're alright."

"If the prison defense system had attacked them..."

"...I'd have been heartbroken."

He had placed enormous expectations on this batch of experimental subjects.

For their sake...

...he had even sacrificed the semi-finished products from Floors Six through Two.

If they had died to the prison defenses...

...he truly would have been devastated.

Earlier...

When he saw them reach Underground Floor One...

...he knew more traps awaited above.

Since 23:00 was approaching...

...he simply waited for them to be transported back down.

Instead...

Their teamwork had been flawless.

Not only had they avoided being teleported by the prison cage...

...they had even reached the prison wall before 23:00.

That was when Dr. Ganlun panicked.

The surface wasn't under his control.

He couldn't manipulate anything directly there.

So he had immediately brought Warden Lan Ersi up personally to stop them.

Who would've thought...

...they weren't needed at all.

Those experimental subjects...

...had simply run back themselves.

Dr. Ganlun was utterly baffled.

Lan Ersi lowered his eyes slightly.

"Yes."

"Fortunately, nothing happened."

"They must have discovered the prison's defense system."

"So instead of escaping..."

"...they returned to Floor Seven."

"That's wonderful!"

"As long as the experimental subjects are safe!"

Dr. Ganlun beamed excitedly.

His voice trembled with excitement.

"Come."

"Let's go back."

"We'll transfer them immediately—"

"No."

"Not now."

"They become agitated at night."

Suppressing his excitement with visible effort, he said rationally,

"We can't capture them now."

"But that's fine."

"It's only one more night."

Still overflowing with excitement...

Dr. Ganlun hurried away.

Behind him...

Lan Ersi's eyes shifted continuously between brown and blue.

His expression was impossible to read.

—

He Yu vaguely sensed someone moving him.

He was pushed out of the dormitory.

Then farther and farther downward...

...until he entered the familiar underground laboratory.

Past Floor Eight.

Straight to Floor Nine.

Voices surrounded him from every direction.

It was obvious...

...the others were being transported together with him.

His consciousness remained hazy.

His body felt impossibly heavy.

Sleepiness prevented him from opening his eyes.

Only because his brain remained more active than an ordinary person's...

...could he still piece together fragmented information.

His bed stopped moving.

Then...

Someone fastened handcuffs around his wrists...

...locking him securely to the operating bed.

At the same time...

...Dr. Ganlun's familiar voice sounded nearby.

"These experimental subjects are extremely crafty."

"Make sure they're secured properly."

"Don't let any of them escape."

An assistant asked,

"Should we inject them with sedatives to keep them unconscious?"

The doctor immediately exploded.

"Absolutely not!"

His voice rose sharply.

"This batch of experimental subjects is extremely important."

"No one is allowed to inject them with anything."

"Once I've finalized the procedure..."

"...I'll handle everything personally."

"Understood."

The assistant answered respectfully.

Dr. Ganlun's voice trembled with excitement as he gazed at them.

"With all of you..."

"...my experiment will definitely succeed."

"I will succeed."

He suddenly turned.

"Where's Number Five?"

"Where's Number Five?"

The assistant immediately reported,

"Number Five is next door undergoing physical examinations."

"The data should be ready soon."

Number Five...

...was Zhen Xing.

He Yu's sluggish thoughts slowly reached that conclusion.

Dr. Ganlun's voice gradually faded into the distance.

"Hurry."

"Take me there."

Just from his footsteps...

Just from the excitement in his voice...

...anyone could hear his anticipation.

Some time later...

He Yu heard someone quietly calling beside him.

"He Yu."

"He Yu!"

The repeated calls became unbearably annoying.

Finally...

...he slowly opened his eyes.

At that moment...

...he knew one thing for certain.

Chaotic Night had passed.

He was still alive.

The familiar laboratory ceiling greeted him.

Probably because of yesterday's prison break...

...electricity now ran across the ceiling.

A faint but chilling crackling sound filled the room.

Scanners swept across the laboratory from time to time.

The light blades were obviously ready to activate at any moment.

After their successful prison break...

...Dr. Ganlun had clearly upgraded the laboratory overnight.

"You finally woke up."

"We've all been awake for ages."

"You were the last one."

Eugene complained quietly.

He Yu tried to sit up.

His wrists were still restrained.

Unable to move, he merely turned his head.

Eugene lay beside him.

The nonstop voice that had nearly ruptured his eardrums...

...had belonged to Eugene all along.

Eugene was in the same position.

Unable to sit up.

Only able to tilt his head toward He Yu.

He Yu's voice remained hoarse.

"Can you break free?"

Eugene shook his head, looking discouraged.

"These handcuffs work almost the same way as the wristbands."

"They prevent us from using equipment."

"And relying only on my own combat power..."

"...I can't break them."

Another voice spoke from elsewhere in the room.

"Neither can I."

Qiong smiled bitterly.

"We can't use equipment."

"Our hands are restrained."

"We can't even operate machinery."

"The doctor learned his lesson."

"This time..."

"...he's fully prepared."

They couldn't even sit up.

Breaking free was completely impossible.

He Yu nodded in understanding.

"That's only natural."

Eugene asked anxiously,

"What do we do now?"

"He's definitely going to experiment on us."

"Neither Zhen Xing nor Wanrenzhan endured it."

"We'll probably end up the same."

Once the experiments began...

...once they lost consciousness...

...it was practically equivalent to failing the instance.

They would almost certainly never survive...

...let alone advance to the next stage.

He Yu stared quietly at the silver-white ceiling.

His voice was incomparably calm.

"The crazy plan..."

"...is to become experimental subjects."

Everyone's breathing stopped.

Of course.

If even He Yu considered it a crazy plan...

...then it truly was a path with almost no chance of survival.

This was the first time they'd ever heard him use those words.

Now that they were lying here...

...simply remembering them filled everyone with instinctive fear.

Yet...

Because it was He Yu's plan...

...they also felt a strange sense of reassurance.

The despair and fury from last night's hidden rule still burned within them.

Duan Yuchen's eyes widened.

His fighting spirit surged.

"He Yu."

"What's the actual plan?"

"What are we supposed to do?"

Everyone else pricked up their ears.

Just like Duan Yuchen...

...they were burning with anger and determination.

They couldn't wait to smash through the rules themselves...

...and seize a chance to survive.

—You want us dead?

—We'll never let you have your way!

He Yu replied,

"Oh."

"I don't know."

Everyone, whose fighting spirit had just reached its peak: "?"

Eugene's voice shot upward.

"You don't know?!"

He Yu nodded calmly.

"My plan is simply to cooperate with the doctor's experiments."

"That way we'll suffer a little less."

"As for what comes next..."

"...that depends on what Dr. Ganlun plans to do."

Siya's voice trembled.

"So..."

"...we don't actually have a next step?"

"We're just..."

"...adapting to whatever happens?"

He Yu nodded.

"Mm."

He admitted it.

He actually admitted it.

"Adapting to circumstances" sounded nice.

But what Siya had really wanted to ask was—

Were they simply waiting to die?

Eugene nearly lost his mind.

"My God!"

"We don't even have a real plan!"

"We're just lying here!"

"We're fish on the chopping block!"

"We can only wait to be butchered, He Yu!"

He Yu answered calmly,

"Keep your voice down."

"I can hear you."

Then he asked in return,

"Do you have a better plan?"

"We were destined to be captured."

Lying here...

...had never been part of the plan.

It had been inevitable.

The only thing He Yu could do...

...was turn that inevitable outcome...

...into the first step of his plan.

Everyone: "..."

Silence filled the room.

The fighting spirit that had been blazing only moments earlier...

...vanished instantly.

He was right.

Because of the instance rules...

...they were always going to reach this point.

Always end up here.

This wasn't their choice.

It was the inevitable result.

The laboratory became eerily silent.

He Yu comforted them.

"Look on the bright side."

"We're still alive."

"That means there's still hope."

Everyone: "..."

Thanks.

That didn't comfort us at all.

Qiong stared blankly at the ceiling.

She murmured unconsciously,

"We're experimental subjects."

"The doctor has already injected us once."

"When he finally begins the experiments..."

"...we'll all end up like Zhen Xing and Wanrenzhan."

"Alive or dead..."

"Nobody knows."

"We'll lose consciousness."

Ling Buchen spoke calmly.

"Once we lose consciousness..."

"...we won't be able to do anything."

It was a terrifying state.

Unable to do anything.

Unable to complete the instance.

Unable to advance.

He Yu lay flat on the bed.

His voice remained perfectly steady.

"So..."

"All of you have to endure it."

"No matter what you become..."

"...you must stay alive."

Duan Yuchen's voice grew low and hoarse.

"He Yu..."

"We should be the ones saying that to you."

"Your combat power is far too low."

"You'll probably have the hardest time surviving the experiments."

"If anything happens to you..."

"...this instance is truly over."

Although He Yu claimed he had no plan...

...at this point...

...there was only one thing they could rely on.

His brain.

So...

He Yu absolutely could not die.

He Yu smiled.

His pale, exquisitely handsome face became breathtaking beneath the laboratory lights.

Light reflected from his glasses.

For a moment...

...the audience couldn't tell whether that brilliance came from the lenses...

...or from his eyes.

His cool voice carried a trace of confidence.

"You don't need to worry about me."

"Just survive yourselves."

"No matter what you become..."

"...as long as you're alive..."

"...I guarantee I'll get every one of you out."

Siya's eyes widened.

Her voice rose sharply.

"You've already thought of something?"

"Didn't you just say you had no plan?!"

She tried to sit up and look toward He Yu.

The handcuffs stopped her.

Guarantee they'd all escape?

Did he already have a complete strategy?

He Yu blinked innocently.

"I was just comforting you."

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

They all felt as though something had lodged in their throats.

It was unbearably uncomfortable.

—If they died now...

...they definitely wouldn't die peacefully.

No.

They couldn't die.

He Yu clearly wasn't completely reliable.

They had to survive on their own.

If someone tested everyone's blood at this moment...

...they'd discover boiling blood.

Their previously despairing spirits had become extraordinarily active.

Their hearts pounded wildly.

[Bullet Screen: "...Yep. That's so He Yu."]

[Bullet Screen: "Feels like he just trolled them, but I can't prove it."]

[Bullet Screen: "He God is the kind of person who could never have absolutely no plan... Well, even if he doesn't, he'll come up with one soon enough."]

[Bullet Screen: "Fuck... putting myself in their shoes is terrifying."]

He Yu adjusted his wrists.

These handcuffs were genuinely uncomfortable.

He shifted his hands upward until his wrists felt slightly better.

Only then did he speak again.

"Alright."

"Now let's discuss the important matter."

Everyone: "?"

So...

...everything they'd just discussed wasn't important?

Life and death weren't the important matter?

Eugene tilted his head toward him.

"You want to go over everything that happened during last night's Chaotic Night?"

"And combine everyone's information about the killer?"

He Yu looked back at him.

Approval flickered in his eyes.

"Smart."

Duan Yuchen took a deep breath.

He forced himself to regain his composure.

His voice became steady once more.

"Right."

"We need to share everything immediately."

"Once someone loses consciousness..."

"...the information available will become much more limited."

"Our time is short."

"No one hides anything."

"Speak honestly."

Qiong added,

"Anyone who conceals information..."

"...will be treated as the killer by default."

The implication was obvious.

Ling Buchen knew those words were aimed at him.

He nodded.

"Fine."

Siya also said,

"Let's begin."

Only then did Duan Yuchen suddenly realize something.

Horror spread across his face.

"Wait—"

"Where's Qu Wu?"

"...Aren't we missing someone?"

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