This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Tang Ke knew that if Zhen Xing, Ling Buchen, Bo Jingshan, and Wanrenzhan remained alive, then even if he managed to persuade everyone else, he would still inevitably die in the end.

They would avenge He Yu.

So while Tang Ke still had He Yu in his hands, he had to get rid of those four first.

Zhante and Qiong exchanged a glance, both seeing the same heaviness in each other's eyes. Did Tang Ke really think this would be enough to threaten Zhen Xing and the other three? Did he not realize what a terrible situation he was in right now?

—Perhaps he did, but he had already fallen into an obsession.

Zhen Xing looked perfectly calm, but towering rage had long since filled his eyes. He sneered, "Even if we willingly go to our deaths, you'll still kill He Yu in the end."

If He Yu was the key to ending the loop, then judging by Tang Ke's current behavior, he would definitely kill He Yu regardless of whether Zhen Xing and the others went willingly to their deaths.

Even Wanrenzhan possessed at least that much judgment. He would never be stupid enough to follow Tang Ke's arrangements and go die.

On the contrary, only while they were alive would Tang Ke not dare kill He Yu.

However, Tang Ke, burdened with memories of death, had already gone mad. He dragged He Yu toward the black corrosive rainwater. Corrosive seawater that had surged in from outside pooled around his feet, while corrosive rainwater dripped down from above with a steady "drip, drip."

Because of the forging, and because it was already past five in the morning, the cruise ship was riddled with openings on every side. Corrosive seawater and rainwater seeped in through every possible gap, threatening them from all directions.

Tang Ke clamped a hand around He Yu's neck and dragged his arm toward the falling corrosive rainwater!

The black water was terrifyingly corrosive. With He Yu's physical constitution, the slightest contact would mean certain death. And most horrifying of all, he would die in despair as his body was corroded away bit by bit, unable to find peace even in death...

"Stop!" Wanrenzhan's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively stepped forward twice.

Tang Ke's body shook violently from his rapid breathing. Several times, He Yu narrowly "brushed past" the falling black rain, only a hair's breadth away from being touched by the corrosive droplets.

The crazed Tang Ke's face was flushed red, his eyes bloodshot.

Zhen Xing and the others instantly began breathing faster, their eyes nearly splitting with rage.

Tang Ke roared, "Stay where you are!"

Wanrenzhan gritted his teeth hard and forced himself to remain where he stood, his clenched fist making "crack, crack" sounds.

Tang Ke turned toward Gedai and the others. "He Yu is in my hands. Zhen Xing and the others will have reservations when they fight. This is the best opportunity, so go kill them! As long as they're dead, we might actually leave <Top Talent Show> alive. Don't you want to live?!"

He Yu died, the loop ended.

Zhen Xing and the other three currently possessed the highest combat power. Killing them would also benefit anyone aiming for the position of "Top Talent." The temptation was undeniable.

Yet Gedai merely sneered. Just as he was about to say something, Tang Ke continued, "This time it's Fifty Down to Ten. You only need to eliminate two people. But what about next time? Next time it'll be Ten Down to One! Are all of you willing to die?!"

Those words seemed to strike directly at their weak point.

Eugene suddenly spoke. "I think you're right."

Gedai froze and looked at Eugene in disbelief.

The chainsaw emerged from Eugene's mechanical arm. His highly technological mechanical face looked cold and arrogant, and his voice was emotionless. "This really is the best solution. Kill He Yu, then kill Zhen Xing and the others. The seven of us can take the lifeboat to the island, enter the finals, and compete for the position of 'Top Talent'..."

Tang Ke's eyes lit up, his breathing turning heavy. "As expected of a clever Mechanical Planet native."

Wanrenzhan gritted his teeth. "Eugene!"

Qiong lifted the brim of her hat. "Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. I also think Tang Ke has a point. Staying alive comes first."

She suddenly lunged at Wanrenzhan. Threads shot outward as her expression sharpened. "Wanrenzhan, He Yu is in our hands. You'd better not make any reckless moves."

Seeing this, Eugene lunged at Zhen Xing.

Gedai couldn't understand why the situation had suddenly developed this way and stood there in confusion. Meanwhile, Zhante had also lunged at Bo Jingshan. Blade and staff collided as a fierce battle erupted.

Gedai stared at everyone fighting, then looked toward Duan Yuchen, who was still wholly focused on forging. The confusion in his eyes only deepened...

Weren't they a team centered around He Yu?

Why had they suddenly started fighting each other?

At a dangerous time like this, why the hell were they fighting?

Had a single Tang Ke really managed to destroy their team?

Or perhaps...

Once He Yu became the key to the loop, once their own lives were threatened, had they all hardened their hearts, abandoned the team, and chosen the path most advantageous to themselves?

Had they chosen to save themselves?

Gedai was confused and at a loss.

Tang Ke trembled with excitement. He held He Yu tightly, but in his agitation, the pointed blade in his hand moved away from He Yu's neck. His gaze had been completely captured by the people fighting before him.

Fight.

Keep fighting.

Kill Zhen Xing and the others, end the loop, and then he would have a chance to survive...

"See? I'm not wrong. Anyone who wants to live isn't wrong!" Tang Ke emphasized through gritted teeth.

He kept telling himself the same thing over and over, reinforcing his own conviction. His hand remained clamped around He Yu, yet he didn't dare lower his head to look at him.

All his attention was on the fighting crowd. He knew Zhen Xing and the other three were extremely strong. Eugene and the others couldn't beat them, but he had He Yu. He could threaten them with He Yu. He could—

A flash of light suddenly appeared before him, followed by a fierce gust of wind attacking them!

Ling Buchen!

Ling Buchen had approached without making a sound!

His attack was vicious. He swung his guqin horizontally, and its notes sliced toward the two of them like blades, seemingly without the slightest concern for He Yu. Corrosive rainwater dripped beside them, black corrosive seawater lay behind them, and blade-like guqin notes sealed off the path ahead.

There was nowhere to retreat!

Tang Ke's expression changed drastically.

No one knew what Tang Ke was thinking at that moment. Perhaps he had grown accustomed to protecting their captain, He Yu. Perhaps he knew that if He Yu died, he himself would inevitably die as well. Or perhaps there were reasons no one else knew.

He threw He Yu upward.

Because of that movement, his own body retreated into the corrosive black water, and the guqin-note attack struck him as well.

"Bang—"

Yet the frontal guqin-note attack was actually soft and feeble!

Tang Ke stared in shock at his completely unharmed front, then looked down at the black corrosive seawater that had already submerged his calves...

His face was filled with astonishment and disbelief.

He raised his head again and opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

Meanwhile, everyone who had been fighting had already stopped. They had stopped the instant Ling Buchen launched his attack.

Tang Ke suddenly understood.

—They had coordinated.

—An incredibly seamless coordination.

Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan, Bo Jingshan, Eugene, Qiong, and Zhante had pretended to confront one another and started fighting, drawing away his attention. Ling Buchen, whose presence was so faint he was almost unnoticeable, had quietly approached and attacked Tang Ke.

And the reaction they had expected from Tang Ke was for him to instinctively shove He Yu forward to block the attack. That was why Ling Buchen's guqin-note attack had been soft and powerless, without the slightest lethality.

Human nature was always so complicated, contradictory, and incongruous.

There had been a slight deviation from the plan. Tang Ke hadn't pushed He Yu forward to block the attack for him. Instead, he had thrown He Yu safely away.

That small change in detail did not affect their rescue plan.

Yuan Ze leaped into the air and caught He Yu.

Everyone else immediately surrounded them, checking whether He Yu was injured and handing him potions.

"Hahahaha!" Tang Ke suddenly began chuckling as he watched the scene.

His lower legs disappeared in the blink of an eye. The corrosion had already reached his thighs. His bones were hard, leaving two thin leg bones supporting him in the corrosive seawater, but they too were gradually turning black and dissolving.

With such extensive corrosion, there was absolutely no saving him.

Tang Ke, who had fallen into an obsession born from his fear of death, seemed to gradually regain his clarity. He didn't even look at his own legs. His eyes remained fixed deeply on the others.

They really did work together seamlessly.

Once, he had been one of them.

Once, he too had shared that kind of tacit understanding with them.

But just now, terrified of death and trapped in his obsession, he had thrown away that trust and underestimated these former teammates of his.

—They would never attack their own "brain" merely because of a guess.

Tang Ke didn't want to die.

In order to survive, he had personally sent himself down the road to death.

It was like a vicious circle. After going around and around, every single "effort" he had made had only served to lead him toward his predetermined fate.

In the previous loop, He Yu had told him there would be another loop.

His memories of death contained terror, fear, and despair. Yet after receiving those memories of death and truly entering the next loop, he hadn't trusted He Yu. Instead, he had forced himself onto the very path he feared most and desperately wanted to escape.

Twelve Down to Ten.

He Yu and the others hadn't abandoned him.

He had abandoned himself.

Tang Ke opened his mouth. The blood-red color faded from his eyes, and his voice was hoarse. "Everyone has their own fate. In the end, I still couldn't change mine."

After saying that, he spread his arms and allowed himself to fall backward.

"Bang!"

A clean, decisive sound rang out, sending black droplets splashing into the air.

His massive body crashed into the black corrosive seawater. There wasn't much water inside the ship, yet in the blink of an eye, it corroded Tang Ke completely away, leaving only his skeleton.

Soon, even those bones would be corroded into nothing...

[Battle Planet No. 990 Tang Ke, eliminated! Remaining contestants: 11/50]

Inside the battered cruise ship, an eerie silence lasted for a moment.

Wanrenzhan's emotions were somewhat complicated. Tang Ke and Annie were both from District One, and they had been his companions when he first entered <Top Talent Show>.

Now he was the only one left.

But the moment he turned around and saw He Yu's mangled, bloody neck, Wanrenzhan immediately gritted his teeth. "That bastard got off too easy!"

"He Yu, are you all right?" Zhen Xing's eyes were filled with concern.

He Yu shook his head and slowly straightened up, coughing twice.

The coughing caused blood to gush from the wound on his neck. He Yu's face was pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

Zhante frowned. He looked around but couldn't find anything suitable. Then his gaze landed on the clean bedsheet on the bunk below. He immediately jumped down, yanked it free, then jumped back up and pressed the sheet against He Yu's neck—

"Hold this against it for now. Hurry up and drink a potion."

Beside them, Gedai finally reacted. "So you were doing it on purpose!"

Everything had happened too quickly just now, and only at this moment did he finally process what had happened. His expression immediately became complicated.

These people had coordinated so seamlessly that he hadn't even realized what they were doing.

Could it be...

That he was a little stupider than they were?

Gedai shook his head, refusing to let his thoughts wander. Seeing that He Yu was fine, he looked toward the place where Tang Ke had died, his expression growing even more complicated. "Tang Ke really did fall into an obsession. Fortunately, He Yu is all right. Unfortunately, now we'll never know exactly what information he was carrying..."

Obviously, they hadn't intended to kill Tang Ke just now. At the very least, they had wanted to wait until they learned what information he possessed before killing him.

But in order to throw He Yu to safety, Tang Ke himself had stepped into the corrosive seawater...

Wanrenzhan glanced at He Yu's neck and said irritably, "Are you sure the you from the second loop was cooperating with the current you? Of all the people you could've chosen to carry information, you chose Tang Ke? And this was the result?"

Not only had Tang Ke failed to reveal any information, he'd nearly gotten He Yu himself killed in the process.

Was the He Yu from the second loop really He Yu?

How could he be so—stupid?

He Yu drank a recovery potion, and his complexion improved slightly. He pushed away the people trying to support him and cleared his throat.

"I already know what information he brought."

After a pause, his gaze swept calmly over Wanrenzhan.

"The me from the previous loop was still smarter than you."

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