This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

By this point in the competition, the twelve of them could practically be considered to be in the same boat. As long as He Yu was still alive, this boat would not sink. They would have to remain bound together and face the coming turmoil as one.

Their identities, origins, and objectives—even the secrets of the forces behind them—had already been revealed. They were advancing hand in hand, entrusting their backs to one another. At a time like this, any concealment would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Qiong had revealed her true origins, spoken about the cooperation between Chaos Planet and District Four, and explained that Siya was merely a decoy placed out in the open...

She had told them all of that, yet she was hiding something concerning Siya. It was difficult not to suspect her.

Eugene and He Yu had arrived at the same time. When they arrived, they had caught the very last second of Siya’s death.

That meant Qiong had been the first person besides the killer to see Siya!

She had put something away?

What could Qiong have put away at the scene?

Tang Ke’s eyes were filled with suspicion. “Qiong, if it was just Siya’s equipment, there shouldn’t be any need for you to hide it, right? Something you had to secretly conceal... could it have been the murder weapon?”

—If it was the murder weapon, that would be tantamount to accusing Qiong of attacking Siya.

Other than the murder weapon, they could not think of anything that needed to be hidden.

Hearing this, Qiong slowly shook her head under everyone’s gaze. “It wasn’t the murder weapon, nor was it a weapon. The killer cleaned the scene extremely thoroughly. When I arrived, the traces were exactly the same as what He Yu and Eugene saw afterward.”

She raised her head, pursed her dry lips, and said calmly, “What I put away was a potion vial. I wanted to use a Life Potion on Siya.”

She opened her hand.

An eight-star Life Potion appeared in her palm.

Everyone’s pupils contracted. They stared at Qiong’s palm in disbelief, their faces filled with astonishment.

Gedai raised his voice. “You actually have a Life Potion, and it’s even eight-star!”

Life Potions were nothing like common products such as Recovery Potions. Life Potions were exceptionally rare, and their effects were extraordinarily powerful. Even a single high-star Life Potion appearing anywhere in the Federation would cause a sensation.

So far in this season of <Top Talent Show>, only Qiong and He Yu possessed high-star Life Potions.

He Yu had obtained his in the <Who Is the Undercover?> instance, shocking everyone at the time. No one had known about Qiong’s.

If a “divine-grade treasure” was the strongest existence among equipment,

then seven-, eight-, and nine-star “Life Potions” were the strongest existence among potions. Eight-star was practically the highest level known to exist, while nine-star existed only in legends.

—It was equivalent to having an extra life.

Qiong actually possessed something like this. No wonder she wanted to hide it.

Zhante’s expression was complicated. “So... you wanted to use an eight-star Life Potion on Siya?”

Qiong and Siya had never gotten along. No one could have imagined that she would actually be willing to use a Life Potion on Siya!

—It was far too shocking.

It took everyone quite a while to finally calm down.

Qiong and Siya did not get along, or at least, they appeared not to get along on the surface.

Yet when faced with Siya’s death, Qiong had actually used a Life Potion on her. He Yu and Eugene had appeared immediately afterward, and she had not wanted them to see it, so she quickly put it away.

That was entirely understandable.

Qiong smiled bitterly. “After I used one-third of it on her, I realized it had no effect at all.”

She shook her head, her expression becoming complicated and obscure. “Even an eight-star Life Potion was useless. The killer must have used some special item that prevented the injured person from being saved with potions.”

If a Life Potion was useless, then Recovery Potions would be even more useless.

No wonder Siya had been unable to hold on after being severely injured. She herself had originally possessed many potions. Logically speaking, even if she had to stack potion after potion, she should still have been able to hold on until Qiong, He Yu, and Eugene arrived.

But in reality, Siya had died both quickly and suddenly.

—A special item.

That person possessed a special item!

Worry and shock appeared on everyone’s faces. Tang Ke swallowed, his voice trembling slightly. “Are you sure?”

Qiong slowly nodded.

Tang Ke’s face instantly went pale.

That person had been capable of defeating Siya. Either their combat power was higher than Siya’s, or Siya had not been on guard against them. But regardless of which it was, as long as the killer also possessed special equipment, they could slowly grind away the life of any one of them.

How terrifying!

If the one who had encountered the killer had not been Siya but one of them, the outcome would probably have been the same.

Yuan Ze pressed Qiong, “You really didn’t discover anything at all?”

Qiong shook her head.

He looked at He Yu and Eugene again.

Both of them shook their heads as well.

Yuan Ze immediately fell silent.

There was an unknown expert hidden among them, and this person was clearly hostile. Under such circumstances, no one could possibly relax.

But without any clues, they had no basis for any conjecture.

As for Qiong, whom Eugene had suspected, she had actually only been putting away a Life Potion...

Duan Yuchen took a deep breath, breaking the silence. His voice was hoarse. “If Siya knew, she’d definitely be very happy.”

Qiong tugged at the corner of her mouth. “No. She’d make fun of me.”

She could almost imagine it. If Siya really had been saved by her, her expression would certainly have been extremely complicated at first.

But in the end, she would still toss that brilliant purple hair of hers, looking unbearably smug—

[Hahaha, Bean Sprout, who would’ve thought you cared about me this much!]

At the thought, a hint of a smile appeared in Qiong’s eyes.

That proud, flamboyant queen of flowers—that was Siya.

Wanrenzhan rubbed his brow. “So we still don’t have any clues about Siya’s death? Not even a single guess?”

—The more unknown something was, the more of a headache it became.

Eugene was still staring intently at Qiong. As he watched her slowly put the potion back into her backpack, he suddenly frowned. His gaze grew increasingly piercing.

Clearly, he had noticed something.

Zhen Xing saw it and turned his head. “Eugene, what did you find this time?”

Eugene’s face was expressionless. “I actually did notice something.”

The smile at the corner of his mouth turned cold. He continued staring at Qiong.

“Qiong, you’re lying.”

Lying?

Those few words immediately made everyone raise their heads. They looked at Eugene, then at Qiong, their faces filled with confusion.

Eugene pointed at his own eyes. “Never overlook the memory and detection abilities of someone from Mechanical Planet. There’s no need to doubt that you really did use a potion on Siya, and it really didn’t work. But when you put the potion away, you absolutely didn’t put away only the potion!”

The movements were different, and so was the image he had glimpsed in that fleeting instant.

Rather than saying Qiong was lying, it would be more accurate to say that she had concealed part of the truth.

And she was still concealing it even now.

That was a serious problem...

Once again, everyone looked at Qiong.

Gedai frowned. “I don’t believe Qiong killed Siya. If she wanted to kill Siya, she wouldn’t have used a Life Potion on her.”

If she had used the Life Potion simply to clear herself of suspicion, then she would have had no reason to hide it.

It could be said that, so far, there was neither suspicion nor evidence suggesting Qiong had any reason to kill Siya.

Yet she had undeniably concealed something.

—It was contradictory.

Under the gaze of pair after pair of eyes, Qiong lowered her head and said nothing.

Everyone else watched her, waiting quietly.

After a long while, Qiong raised her head, her gaze calm. “Yes, I concealed something. But I don’t want to say it, and I can’t say it.”

In an instant, everyone’s brows furrowed deeply.

Duan Yuchen looked at her reassuringly. “Is it because of the livestream? We can turn it off.”

[Bullet Screen: “Aaaah, don’t!”]

[Bullet Screen: “I’m listening so seriously right now! Please don’t turn it off!”]

[Bullet Screen: “Let us listen too! But if it’s because of your plan, then go ahead and turn it off...”]

But Qiong shook her head. “There’s no need. I won’t say it.”

In other words, regardless of whether they turned off the livestream, she would not reveal what she was hiding.

Yuan Ze said, “What could possibly be something you can’t tell us? If you act like this, we’ll have to remain highly vigilant against you.”

Someone had killed Siya.

And that person might be one of them.

If Qiong refused to reveal what she knew, then they would inevitably guard against her and remain wary of her.

Wanrenzhan could not understand. “What kind of secret could possibly make you prefer being suspected over telling us?”

Tang Ke’s gaze darkened slightly. “Then is it possible—that she really is the one who killed Siya?!”

“Impossible.” He Yu spun the whistle between his fingers, his voice calm. “I believe Qiong wasn’t the one who killed Siya, and I also believe Qiong has always been on our side.”

Although he said he believed her, he looked deeply at Qiong, his dark eyes profound and probing.

She could not speak regardless of whether the livestream was turned off.

Clearly, what Qiong feared was not the livestream, nor was it them.

Then it could only be—

The hand behind the scenes.

He Yu’s gaze grew increasingly profound. His rimless glasses gleamed coldly, making even his black eyes appear indifferent.

Qiong turned her gaze away.

Facing everyone else, she could grit her teeth and refuse to say anything.

But facing He Yu, who seemed capable of seeing through everything, she felt as though she had been completely seen through...

As though He Yu had already guessed everything she was hiding!

—It was an extremely complicated feeling. Qiong felt shocked, yet at the same time, delighted.

With just He Yu’s words, “I believe Qiong,” the atmosphere immediately changed.

He had remained silent all this time, giving them room to discuss and argue. But whenever he finally spoke, his words were practically a final verdict.

Zhen Xing looked away, perfectly calm. “Then let Qiong keep it hidden for now. Let’s continue discussing.”

No secret could remain hidden from He Yu for long.

Since He Yu had clearly already seen something, there was no need for them to dwell on it any further.

Ling Buchen nodded. “Qiong isn’t Siya’s killer. Setting aside the part she’s concealing—”

He looked at Qiong and asked, “Are you certain that what you’re concealing has nothing to do with the killer?”

Qiong firmly shook her head. “It doesn’t.”

Ling Buchen understood and continued, “The killer must satisfy two conditions. First, they must be extremely, extremely powerful—powerful enough to completely crush Siya. Second, Siya must not have been on guard against them.”

Both conditions had to apply.

At first, Siya had not been on guard. Only afterward had she realized something was wrong and immediately said to He Yu, “He Yu, quick—”

If she had been on guard, then given her strength, she should at least have had enough time to finish a complete sentence.

After all, she had strengthened herself in the <Kill the Prisoner> instance. Her combat power was definitely not low.

And the killer was much stronger than her, while also possessing special equipment...

Zhante swept his gaze over everyone present and narrowed his eyes slightly. “If we follow that reasoning, then the probability that it was someone here is actually very high.”

Aside from the twelve of them, very few remaining contestants were powerful enough to reach that level.

And then there was the fact that Siya had not been on guard...

She would not be on guard against a teammate.

Yuan Ze calmly picked up the thought. “In other words, there’s a very high probability that one of us made the move.”

Zhen Xing said, “We can’t rule out that possibility.”

He swept his gaze over everyone. “But it’s also possible that the hand behind the scenes wants us to suspect one another.”

The power of the twelve of them working together was considerable. The <Are They Teammates?> and <Health Bar> instances had already demonstrated that.

Using Siya’s death to divide them was entirely possible.

Once they stopped standing united, it would become much easier to defeat them one by one.

Duan Yuchen took a deep breath, shifted forward, and began counting on his fingers as he summarized, “Let’s analyze the first possibility. Based on our current deductions, Siya encountered someone she wasn’t on guard against. Siya herself wasn’t special, so the hand behind the scenes had no reason to specifically kill her. The only possibility is that Siya discovered something first.”

Eugene nodded and continued, “She discovered an important secret. The killer immediately attacked her, completely overwhelmed her in strength, and possessed a special item. That was why Siya died.”

He Yu lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the Bullet Screen before him.

[Bullet Screen: “This deduction makes a lot of sense, and logically it holds up, but... I didn’t find any so-called special equipment in their backpacks...”]

[Bullet Screen: “The hand behind the scenes might have hidden it. If the hand behind the scenes can erase traces, naturally they can hide equipment too.”]

[Bullet Screen: “So who the hell is the hand behind the scenes?”]

He Yu slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at the other eleven people.

Tang Ke was sweeping his gaze across Zhen Xing and the others, suspicion in his voice. “The ones capable of completely crushing a strengthened Siya are Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan, Ling Buchen, Bo Jingshan... You four are highly suspicious.”

Zhante, Yuan Ze, Eugene, Gedai, Duan Yuchen, and Qiong were all extremely powerful as well, but they had not reached the level where they could completely crush Siya like those four.

Regardless of whether Siya’s death had been intended to make them suspicious of one another, the result was indeed suspicion.

—They had begun to suspect each other.

Wanrenzhan sneered. “Sure, we can crush Siya, but why would we kill her? Besides, anyone stronger than Siya could crush her if they also had special equipment! You’re pointing the finger at us—are you trying to hide something?”

Tang Ke became angry. “I only said you’re highly suspicious. All of us are suspicious. You four are just more suspicious than the rest!”

Wanrenzhan grumbled, “I didn’t see Siya anyway. It had nothing to do with me.”

Duan Yuchen frowned deeply and shot the two of them a warning look. “Stop arguing. Keep discussing. We won’t have much time in the Transfer Station, so we can’t waste it.”

He looked at He Yu. “If I were Siya, and everything happened according to the sequence we just deduced, then the moment I realized something was wrong, I would immediately try to send information out.”

In other words, Siya had discovered a secret and immediately called He Yu.

And He Yu really had received Siya’s final words.

“He Yu, quick—”

Holding the whistle, He Yu played it again, repeating those three words over and over.

Zhante listened with some disappointment and shook his head. “There’s too little information. Siya only had time to say those three words. We can’t even determine whether she was asking for help or trying to convey information, much less deduce what secret she discovered from them.”

Anything could follow those three words.

If they interpreted them incorrectly, they would head completely in the wrong direction.

“It’s possible she was asking He Yu for help, but the killer was so strong that Siya went silent before she could even finish one sentence... Under those circumstances, asking for help would’ve been meaningless.” Yuan Ze pursed his lips.

Gedai looked at He Yu. “Siya wasn’t far away from you?”

He Yu shook his head. “Not far. The straight-line distance was less than five hundred meters. There were many maze tunnels, but I only traveled about three kilometers before reaching Siya.”

Three kilometers was truly an extremely short distance.

In the eyes of these Federation experts, especially contestants with flying equipment, three kilometers was a distance that could be crossed within a few breaths.

The straight-line distance had been only five hundred meters, well within many people’s detection range.

[Bullet Screen: “The livestream room became blurry. There’s no way to see what happened or who attacked her.”]

[Bullet Screen: “Someone has already opened an analysis thread in the Chat Plaza. They compared footage from every contestant’s livestream room and analyzed everyone’s position... but they didn’t find a single contestant whose position overlapped with Siya’s...”]

[Bullet Screen: “In other words, nobody attacked her at all? The hand behind the scenes acted directly? So He Yu and the others have their entire deduction backward?”]

After seeing these Bullet Screens, some people immediately switched to the Chat Plaza—

#Analysis: Who Attacked Siya?#

[The livestream room became blurry. The people demanding accountability have already mobilized. I’m too far away to go to District One, so I’m opening an analysis thread for everyone instead to share my thoughts.

The blurred livestream room really does make it impossible to clearly see who attacked her, but the livestream only became blurry—it didn’t go completely black. You can still vaguely determine the livestream owner’s position. Combining that with everyone’s locations before and after the incident, I drew an analysis diagram. Everyone can click it and take a look.

According to the analysis diagram, anyone outside the first red circle absolutely could not have killed Siya during that brief period when the livestream was blurred. They simply couldn’t have reached Siya in time!

The people inside the second red circle could have reached Siya if they possessed a map (the hand behind the scenes has already interfered, so it isn’t impossible for the instance to have provided them with a map). They would have had enough time to reach Siya and kill her.

However, they wouldn’t have had enough time to return. After the livestream rooms became clear again, all of them were still near where they had been before the blur. So they can also be eliminated.

That leaves only the people in the third red circle: He Yu, Wanrenzhan, Qiong, Eugene, and two other contestants who advanced. Only these six people were closest to Siya.

After repeatedly analyzing and processing the blurred livestream footage, we can determine that none of them showed any sign of rapidly moving toward Siya. They only headed toward her after something happened to her.

In other words, the people in the first red circle can be eliminated as suspects too!]

1L: So it’s basically confirmed that He Yu and the others are analyzing this from the wrong direction?

2L: The hand behind the scenes probably achieved their goal. They personally killed Siya, and now the twelve of them are suspicious of one another, dividing their relationship.

3L: There’s no way He Yu hasn’t thought of that, right?

4L: Same. I keep feeling like something about this is wrong...

...

He Yu could not see the Chat Plaza, but he could extract information from the Bullet Screen, analyze the viewers’ conjectures, and even determine their attitudes.

He lowered his eyes, concealing the coldness within them.

—No. They weren’t wrong.

Instead, the viewers were wrong.

—Siya’s death absolutely had not been caused by the hand behind the scenes acting directly.

They had already analyzed this before. If the hand behind the scenes could directly kill people, what would be the point of killing Siya?

The hand behind the scenes should simply kill He Yu.

As long as He Yu died, every problem could be easily resolved.

Combining that with the fact that Siya had discovered something and had not been on guard...

It was obvious that the hand behind the scenes had used a contestant to attack Siya.

As for things like position, location, and range—those were the easiest false evidence to fabricate.

They could not be trusted at all.

“He Yu, quick—”

He listened to Siya’s final words several more times before pausing the recording.

Then he slowly raised his head and pushed up his exquisite rimless glasses. His black eyes were deep.

“The information Siya wanted to convey was the secret she discovered. She wasn’t asking me for help, yet she still called my name...”

Zhen Xing’s voice was hoarse. “The secret had something to do with you. The information she wanted to convey also had something to do with you!”

The corners of He Yu’s lips curved slightly.

His smile was icy, and his cool, clear voice sounded almost eerie—

“Is it possible that what Siya wanted to say was: He Yu, quick—run.”

In an instant, a chill shot up from the soles of everyone’s feet straight into their hearts.

Their scalps went numb, and every hair on their bodies stood on end.

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