This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Bo Jingshan frowned slightly. Under everyone's shocked gazes, his blade rose and fell, severing the corroding leg at the ankle. Blood immediately spilled all over the floor.

The man hurriedly drank a recovery potion. Although his foot hadn't grown back yet, the bleeding stopped immediately.

He let out a long breath and glanced at Bo Jingshan. "Thanks."

Even though Bo Jingshan had cut off his foot, he had to thank him.

If Bo Jingshan hadn't acted just now, the corrosion spreading upward from his foot would definitely have continued expanding, and he might even have lost his life.

Now he'd only lost part of his leg. With some high-grade potions, it could slowly grow back. As long as he survived and entered the next instance, everything would be restored to normal anyway... At least he wouldn't die right now.

Eugene's brows knitted tightly. "Looks like this corrosive rain is extremely dangerous. Once it touches you, potions are basically useless. You can only cut away the affected area."

As soon as he finished speaking, another enormous wave rolled toward them. It was as though an invisible hand were tearing at the cruise ship, trying to drag the entire vessel into the seawater and completely submerge it.

Someone tried to use something to block the gap, but the moment the huge wave struck, it was corroded away completely!

"Only the material covering the outermost layer of the cruise ship can withstand the corrosive rain!" someone exclaimed.

"What do we do? Is there anything else we can use?" someone asked frantically while searching.

No matter what they used to block the rain, the moment it touched the corrosive liquid, it was immediately eaten away completely, allowing the water to pour into the bridge again.

However, corroding the interior of the cruise ship was different from corroding a human body. When it corroded a human body, it spread through the blood. When it corroded inanimate objects, it didn't spread, but the area it destroyed was larger and broader.

Everyone abruptly retreated, squeezing toward the innermost part of the room.

The already crowded room instantly became even more cramped. Despite how tightly packed everyone was, an empty space had actually formed behind the door. Obvious traces of water lay across the floor, and they were gradually flowing farther inward.

—Just looking at it made their scalps tingle.

"Crash—"

Another enormous wave slammed into the ship.

He Yu looked outside through the bridge window and could see nothing but oppressive darkness.

This darkness was different from the darkness of night. This "blackness" seemed utterly devoid of daylight, as though they weren't inside Gama Strait at all, but rather... inside an abyss.

It was truly terrifying.

He looked again at the display in front of Barre. It showed a real-time view of the area ahead. After special processing, the scene outside was slightly clearer. At the very least, they could see the raindrops striking the cruise ship.

Black!

The rain was actually black!

Gama Strait truly was a hellish abyss.

"The rain is getting inside!"

"Ah, move!!"

"Fuck, who the hell pushed me?!"

"Stop squeezing! Stop squeezing!"

...

Another enormous wave struck, violently tossing and wrenching the cruise ship. Someone lost his footing—or perhaps someone had pushed him—and fell to the floor. His head struck toward the doorway and touched the black rainwater.

Before anything could be done, the man disappeared, and they received the elimination notification.

Everything happened far too suddenly.

A powerful expert had fallen just like that.

Zhen Xing kept He Yu steady. With him and Ling Buchen there, no one dared squeeze against He Yu.

His expression was grim, his voice hoarse. "We can't keep going like this."

He Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at the floor, his voice calm. "Cut a hole. Let's go down first."

Staying packed in here wasn't a solution. They needed to go downstairs and figure something out. Moreover, the corrosive rain was already seeping inside. The interior of the cabin was different from the outside. The black rainwater could corrode the objects inside one by one...

With the waves continuing to surge, more and more rainwater would only seep in.

Eugene nodded. "I'll do it."

His expression darkened. His mechanical arm extended directly, and with a "buzz," a power saw activated and began cutting into the floor.

The material of the cruise ship was extremely hard. Fortunately, Eugene was powerful and the saw was exceptionally sharp. He slowly cut through it, making only a small circular opening. It only needed to be large enough for a person to pass through.

Barre's pupils abruptly contracted, and he raised his voice. "What about me?!"

They were going downstairs to take shelter. What was he supposed to do?

According to his rules, the Helmsman wasn't allowed to leave the bridge!

No one answered. Clearly, Barre's survival wasn't among the other contestants' concerns.

Barre's face went pale, his voice trembling. "You can't do this. I'm the Helmsman. I'm the only one who can operate the ship. Gama Strait is extremely dangerous. You can't abandon the Helmsman..."

Someone snapped irritably, "Then what do you suggest? Stay crammed in here and wait to die?"

Eugene didn't even bother acknowledging them and continued cutting.

He Yu frowned, his voice still calm and indifferent. "We made an agreement beforehand to maintain peace as much as possible until midnight. You can come down. No one's stopping you."

Barre was the Helmsman. If the Helmsman left the bridge, it counted as a violation.

And once he violated the rules and someone discovered it, anyone else could attack him freely. His combat power and defenses would be sealed, leaving him completely at their mercy.

However, if no one discovered his violation, or no one attacked him because of it, then violating the rule wouldn't really affect him.

Barre froze.

Immediately afterward, regret filled his heart.

He should have negotiated with He Yu to maintain peace until they left Gama Strait!

All of them could trust He Yu's credibility.

And as long as He Yu was keeping everyone in check, the others wouldn't dare casually violate the rules and start trouble either. Who knew whether He Yu and the others would interfere once someone attacked?

Why the hell had he agreed to midnight?!

Trusting this unreliable bunch behind him was worse than trusting He Yu!

Zhao Pingqi patted Barre on the shoulder, his voice firm. "I won't let anyone attack you casually."

They had teamed up for so long, and Barre had helped him many times. Zhao Pingqi wouldn't abandon Barre.

Barre looked at Zhao Pingqi, then gritted his teeth. "Thanks, brother."

—Sure enough, Zhao Pingqi was the one he could ultimately rely on.

—And He Yu was the one whose word could be trusted.

"It's open!" Eugene abruptly retracted his mechanical arm. In a flash, he braced himself against the floor and jumped through the opening. His voice came from below. "I'll check first. Wait."

A few seconds later, Eugene shouted, "He Yu, it's fine! Come straight down."

Ling Buchen jumped down first. He Yu followed, with Zhen Xing immediately behind him. One in front and one behind, they gave absolutely no one an opportunity to attack He Yu.

Only after everyone on their team had gone down did the remaining people begin following one after another.

-

The opening they had cut led to the public activity area on the second floor. It was spacious and luxuriously decorated. Only Eugene, Zhen Xing, and Ling Buchen had rooms on this entire floor.

After they jumped down, Eugene fitted the piece of flooring he'd cut out back into place. There were narrow gaps around it, but they didn't seal them.

The corrosive rainwater entering the bridge would sooner or later slowly eat its way downward.

Leaving an opening allowed them to observe whether any rainwater was seeping onto the second floor. Since they couldn't stop it, they could at least watch it.

Against rainwater like this, filling the gaps with anything would be useless.

The cruise ship continued pitching and rolling, but the situation on the second floor felt much better than on the top deck. There were also lounges and reception rooms, so there was plenty of space.

Everyone gathered in the reception room. Beside them was a closed window, and through the transparent glass they could clearly see the churning black seawater outside.

Eugene let out a long breath and sat down on the sofa, his voice relaxing. "That happened way too suddenly. Good thing most of us were indoors."

If they'd all been on the deck when the corrosive rain suddenly began falling, they probably would've lost even more people.

Duan Yuchen swept his gaze across the crowd. "How many are still alive?"

One glance was enough to immediately get the number.

—Forty-two remained.

In such a short time, eight had already been eliminated.

Everyone gradually sat down. Barre stayed tightly beside Zhao Pingqi. He actually wanted to stay close to He Yu, but unfortunately, the moment he approached, several pairs of fierce eyes immediately glared at him.

Barre could only miserably stick beside Zhao Pingqi instead. There was nothing he could do. Right now, he was a fragile target anyone could attack.

Barre looked at He Yu.

He'd only been in this "fragile" state for a short while, yet he already felt terrible.

He Yu had been "fragile" from the preliminary selection all the way until now. How could he possibly remain so calm and steady?

—Barre couldn't understand it.

He Yu ignored Barre and sat down on the sofa.

Someone asked, "What do we do next?"

They weren't merely expecting someone else to come up with an idea. It was also a way to start a discussion.

Zhen Xing and the others looked at He Yu in tacit understanding.

He Yu, meanwhile, accurately picked out several people from the crowd. His gaze was deep as he stared directly at them. "How did you know the corrosive rain was going to fall just now?"

Everyone froze and simultaneously looked at the people He Yu had singled out.

They were all among those who had been on the deck earlier, and they were also the first few to rush into the bridge, the ones who had reacted fastest.

Of course, others had run after them, but it was impossible to determine whether those people had followed because they saw them running or because they'd sensed something themselves.

Therefore, He Yu only singled out the first few.

The way he'd phrased the question was interesting as well. He'd dug a small trap. Now it depended on whether anyone jumped into it.

Those people froze too.

More instantly reacted and immediately shook their head. "I didn't know there would be corrosive rain. My perception has always been very strong. I sensed danger, so I ran toward the bridge."

The others nodded and echoed—

"Same. I have a piece of equipment that enhances my perception."

"I ran because I saw More running."

"Right. My perception is strong too. I have a special sensitivity to disasters, so I could sense it in advance."

...

He Yu nodded noncommittally.

Eugene gave them a strange look. "All of you have perception that strong?"

As someone from Mechanical Planet, Eugene's perception could already be considered extremely powerful, yet all these people had sensed the danger before even he had...

There truly wasn't a single weakling left at this stage.

He Yu stared closely at their reactions and narrowed his eyes slightly.

—Flawless.

—There wasn't even the slightest trace that they were lying.

But that strange feeling swept over him again.

He felt that these people... weren't quite right.

No.

It wasn't even just them.

Something was wrong everywhere.

"Smack—"

Black seawater crashed against the cruise ship and slammed heavily against the window. Through the transparent glass, they could see the terrifying seawater outside that seemed capable of crushing and devouring everything...

The raging storm continued.

Watching the scene, Yuan Ze felt somewhat fortunate. "Good thing the cruise ship can withstand the seawater and rain outside. Otherwise, we'd definitely be completely wiped out."

Duan Yuchen was a forging master. He had been observing the ship carefully while they were on the bridge earlier. Now, looking at the black water outside, he stated with certainty—

"It's the substance coating the outermost layer of the cruise ship that's resisting the corrosive rain. Only that special substance can do it. But what exactly is it? I've never seen anything like it."

Qiong sneered. "What material it is doesn't matter. It's all determined by the instance. The rules can define whatever they want."

After a pause, she added, "All we need to know is that the seawater in Gama Strait is something that can directly devour us."

It could corrode anything, including their equipment.

Once contaminated by the corrosive rainwater, potions alone were useless. They had to immediately cut away the affected flesh, showing just how thoroughly it suppressed them.

—Against the waters of Gama Strait, they could only hide. They couldn't fight back.

A chill suddenly ran down Zhante's spine. He rubbed his arms, lingering fear in his voice. "So we're lucky we used the replacement board. Otherwise, a cruise ship with a broken door could never have kept out this terrifying seawater."

It wasn't difficult to imagine what would have happened if they hadn't repaired the hole in the door, or if they'd patched it with something else.

The moment the corrosive seawater arrived, whatever they'd used would have been instantly devoured. Seawater would have flooded the cabins, freely corroding everything until it eventually swallowed every last one of them.

He Yu now understood the replacement board's exact function.

The replacement board was expensive not merely because it could repair anything. It could restore something to its original state.

In other words, it could merge into the cruise ship and become part of the ship itself. Its material would completely integrate with the cruise ship, becoming identical to it.

—Once a replacement board was used, everything returned to its original state, exactly as though it had never been damaged.

Even if the cruise ship were smashed apart afterward, the replacement board would already be identical to the ship and could never return to the form of a "replacement board."

Its importance was obvious.

Without the replacement board, that one strike from Wanrenzhan would've sent every single one of them straight to hell.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

Everyone simultaneously turned to look at Wanrenzhan.

Wanrenzhan: "..."

For once, the usually forceful and domineering man shrank his neck, looking as guilty as a quail.

Barre: "We're hiding inside the cruise ship now, and the cruise ship can withstand the corrosive rain. Doesn't that mean we can rely on it to safely cross Gama Strait?"

Zhante raised his brows slightly. "That simple?"

Someone in the crowd interjected, "The difficulty of this instance is probably the fact that 'only ten people can advance.' We ride the cruise ship through Gama Strait, and during that process, we eliminate... most of the others."

Toward the end, he glanced at He Yu's group of twelve.

The moment °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° eliminating people was mentioned, the atmosphere immediately became tense.

Zhen Xing's brows drew together, his voice filled with doubt. "That's all?"

Gedai opened his mouth. "If that's really it, then this instance... is way too easy."

Wasn't it?

Even the additional match hadn't been this simple!

The additional match had been designed to quickly select the fifty contestants who would advance. Yet even then, it had restricted He Yu with health bars and separated all of them.

But this instance didn't restrict He Yu at all. As long as Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen, the two contestants with the highest combat power, never left He Yu's side, they could easily make it through the instance.

Had they stopped restricting He Yu?

Or was this really just about selecting the ten finalists as quickly as possible?

Ling Buchen shook his head. "It can't be this simple. This is the final battle before the finals. It's far too important."

The mastermind desperately wanted He Yu dead. Would they really let this opportunity pass?

Putting everything on the final round clearly wasn't the mastermind's style.

At that moment, Eugene suddenly stood up with a faint smile.

He always carried himself with a charming, carefree air, and he looked the same now. Only his eyes were icy cold, making his displeasure perfectly obvious.

Eugene spoke calmly. "I'm very sorry to tell you some extremely unfortunate news. According to the Captain's Manual, all passengers must return to their rooms and rest at ten p.m. Otherwise, it's a violation. After ten, Security Guards must remain active within the passenger accommodation area. Otherwise, it's a violation."

Everyone froze.

Then their brows abruptly furrowed, their expressions turning ugly.

—Sure enough, things weren't going to remain peaceful!

The passengers all had to stay in their bedrooms, whether two to a room or one to a room. Anything could happen then.

Meanwhile, the Security Guards had to patrol outside the rooms. Yet their rank was lower than the passengers', meaning they couldn't suppress or execute them.

However, Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen remained perfectly calm. They still sat on either side of He Yu, while Wanrenzhan, Bo Jingshan, and the others stood behind them, all with tranquil expressions.

Barre blinked, somewhat bewildered. "Aren't you worried? This rule means you can't protect He Yu at all times. You'll have to stay in your rooms..."

Zhao Pingqi: "Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen are VIP Passengers. No one outranks them."

VIP Passengers were the highest rank aboard the ship. Even if they violated the rules, was there anyone who could punish them?

The moment he finished speaking, quite a few contestants who hadn't realized this immediately changed expressions.

That was too unfair!

Didn't that mean everyone's lives were completely in those two people's hands?

Zhao Pingqi shook his head. "That's not how it works. They can't possibly be completely unrestricted. If I'm not mistaken—once they've violated the rules themselves, other people who violate the rules in front of them won't have their combat power and defenses sealed."

He looked at the two of them.

Neither had any intention of hiding it. They slowly nodded. Their strength gave them confidence.

The others relaxed slightly.

Although Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen still held an overwhelming advantage, at least they couldn't simply harvest everyone else's lives without resistance. The others still had some room to breathe.

Barre was practically crying with envy. "How the hell did you get so lucky?"

His identity as Helmsman ranked fairly high, but VIP Passenger was the truly enviable identity. It was practically invincible. They didn't even need to fear violating the rules!

—It was absurdly overpowered.

"He Yu, what are you thinking about?" Zhante asked, hugging his weapon as he looked at He Yu in confusion.

He Yu had always been quiet, but right now, he clearly wasn't listening. His gaze was fixed on the place they'd cut open earlier, his mind obviously somewhere else entirely...

That was a little strange.

Hearing him, He Yu withdrew his gaze from the opening and raised a hand to push up his glasses. "I'm wondering what effect the seawater seeping through that gap in the bridge will have."

Barre paused, then frowned and shook his head. "Very little rainwater is coming through that gap. It'll seep into the bridge and corrode the floor, but because there isn't much of it, it probably won't corrode the entire interior of the ship. The ship is huge. As long as we hold out until—"

He suddenly shot to his feet and raised his voice.

"Fuck! My fucking bridge is up there! If the bridge gets destroyed, the fucking cruise ship won't be able to move at all!!"

Barre had finally realized it!

Only a small amount of seawater was seeping inside, and the cruise ship was huge. They could probably endure until eight tomorrow morning, when they left Gama Strait.

But if the bridge itself was corroded, that was completely different.

The ship would stop.

And once the ship stopped in a hellhole like Gama Strait, all they could do was wait to die.

Their scalps tingled!

Someone sucked in a sharp breath. "Then what do we do now? There's a gap in the bridge. We can't stop the corrosive rainwater at all."

Unease and fear appeared on everyone's faces. They looked upward anxiously.

"Can we move it down here?" Ling Buchen asked.

The people from Blue Star didn't understand Federation cruise ships well enough and didn't know some of their characteristics.

Gedai shook his head. "Everything operates according to preset programs. If we move it, the autopilot might stop."

Ling Buchen asked in surprise, "Then just pilot it manually."

Everyone: "?"

The air fell into a bizarre silence.

After a moment, Eugene spoke.

"Blue Star's technology is still really backward, but—some of your methods make a fucking lot of sense."

They were so accustomed to autopilot that the moment autopilot stopped working, they had absolutely no idea what to do.

They had completely forgotten that they could still pilot the ship manually.

He Yu looked at Barre. "You're useful again."

Barre was moved to tears.

—Fuck! He'd just been worrying that his safety couldn't be guaranteed once everyone returned to their rooms at ten, and now these people had handed him such a perfect solution!!

—He was useful again! He could live!

-

Once they had a plan, they immediately put it into action.

They pried open the cut section of flooring again. Several drops of black rainwater fell through, instantly corroding several large holes in the carpet. Perhaps because it wasn't a living object, the affected area was fairly large, but there was no tendency for the corrosion to spread.

Eugene, Gedai, Qiong, and Barre worked together while the others assisted them. They moved the bridge's control console downstairs, taking it directly to the storage room on the first floor, where it was safer.

Barre manually piloted the ship while sitting inside the storage room. Zhao Pingqi had to patrol this floor, so he could conveniently protect Barre.

Of course, as long as no one wanted to die, nobody would attack him anyway.

If the ship stopped, everyone would die.

The ship suddenly lurched violently.

Zhante sighed. "The wind and waves outside are getting stronger..."

Barre: "...Sorry."

Zhante looked puzzled. "Why are you apologizing?"

Barre smiled awkwardly. "I'm still not very familiar with the controls. I accidentally sped up and drove straight into a wave."

Zhante: "..."

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

Everyone speechlessly walked out of the storage room.

Fortunately, there was no need to worry about whether Barre would take piloting the ship seriously. His own life depended on it too.

If he didn't want to die, he had no choice but to take it seriously.

Eugene glanced at the time. "It's almost ten. Let's go."

Apart from the four Security Guards, everyone had to return to their rooms. Otherwise, it would count as a violation. The Security Guards returning to their rooms would also count as a violation, and once someone violated the rules, anyone ranked above them could easily deal with them.

Thus, everyone returned to their rooms.

If the cruise ship could hold out, they could successfully leave Gama Strait.

But... only ten people could land on the island.

Everyone knew that tonight was destined to be drenched in blood.

Separating was also giving everyone time to make their own moves.

Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen didn't go upstairs. They followed He Yu down to the next floor. The room on that floor had six beds. The four Security Guards had to remain outside, so there were only four people inside the room at the moment.

Gedai sat on the bed and frowned. "Is this instance really this simple?"

With Zhen Xing and Ling Buchen protecting them, their team could easily become the final survivors. The cruise ship protected them from the corrosive rainwater, and with Barre piloting it, they could successfully sail out of Gama Strait...

It was too simple.

So simple that it was frightening.

Ling Buchen pursed his lips. "He Yu, I feel uneasy. It's like something bad is about to happen..."

As the "Emperor of Luck," his perception was also extremely powerful.

And right now, he had a very bad feeling.

He Yu was rubbing the carved "2" on the bed. Hearing this, he withdrew his hand, his brows likewise slightly furrowed. "It definitely isn't this simple. If I'm not mistaken, this instance really was meticulously designed by the mastermind, and its purpose is—to wipe all of us out."

They had been aboard the ship for so long, yet he hadn't seen the Bullet Screen even once.

Wasn't that strange enough?

He slowly sat down on the bed.

No one would be sleeping tonight.

"Ah—"

A scream suddenly rang out from outside.

The four of them abruptly raised their heads and looked toward the door.

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