The livestream audience was already stunned.

Even knowing that He Yu always operated in bizarre ways, this level of absurdity—actually telling Wanrenzhan to attack him—still left everyone dumbfounded.

Had he gone insane?

Didn’t he know how badly Wanrenzhan wanted to kill him?!

Wanrenzhan did not attack immediately. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and sized He Yu up from head to toe, his voice filled with suspicion.

“You trying to screw me over?”

He wanted to kill He Yu, yes. But when He Yu actually told him to attack, his first reaction wasn’t to move.

Instead—

This guy is definitely trying to trap me!

Inside this instance, they couldn’t kill training instructors. If He Yu was telling him to attack, then he was obviously tempting him!

Leading him into a trap so he could be eliminated!

—Too fucking sinister!

Wanrenzhan looked at He Yu with eyes full of condemnation.

He Yu lifted his eyelids slightly and said calmly, “Relax. You’re not worth the brainpower it would take to scheme against you.”

The damage wasn’t great.

The humiliation was devastating.

Wanrenzhan: “???”

His familiar axe appeared in his hand. He glared viciously at He Yu, grinding his teeth so hard his eyes looked ready to split apart.

He Yu bent down and placed the notebook aside, the pen resting atop it.

“Training instructors can’t be killed, but nobody said they can’t be attacked. I’m not stupid enough to let you kill me.”

After putting his things down, he straightened up.

His tall, slender figure standing opposite Wanrenzhan looked especially “delicate” by comparison.

Yet that slightly raised chin, those cold rimless glasses, that eternally calm and leisurely demeanor—

None of it made him lose out before the towering Wanrenzhan.

If anything, he drew even more attention than Wanrenzhan did.

He stepped backward several paces before staring directly at Wanrenzhan.

“And besides, I have a thousand better ways to eliminate you. Don’t assume I’m as stupid as you.”

Wanrenzhan: “?”

Fuck!

He couldn’t hold back anymore.

Gripping the axe tightly, he swung viciously toward He Yu.

—Die!!

At that moment, Wanrenzhan genuinely wanted to kill He Yu.

Outside the screen, Wei Jiaguo’s expression changed drastically.

“He Yu!!”

Beside him, everyone stared fixedly at the screen, terrified and worried.

Every heart tightened instantly. Some people even closed their eyes, unable to bear watching what might happen next...

Only He Yu remained perfectly calm.

The moment before Wanrenzhan attacked, he slowly raised his hands.

No equipment.

His bare hands formed palms, drawing a Taiji circle before him.

The movement was light, elegant, and strangely beautiful.

What met Wanrenzhan’s axe—

Were simply those hands lightly tracing arcs through the air.

Barehanded against the axe?

—He was genuinely courting death!

Eugene’s hand unconsciously clenched. Even though he was already exhausted, he still forced himself upright and stared fixedly ahead without blinking.

Zhen Xing and the others were also staring intently.

In front of countless screens, many people shut their eyes.

He Yu only had eight points of combat power. He wasn’t even using equipment.

Facing Wanrenzhan’s giant axe backed by 320 combat power, how could he possibly resist?

They didn’t want to witness He Yu’s blood splattering everywhere.

So they closed their eyes.

Of course, there were also many people who hated He Yu intensely. Their eyes widened excitedly, anticipation surging through them.

—This garbage planet native with eight combat power... was he finally going to die?

The sharp and overwhelmingly powerful giant axe crashed downward violently!

Bang—!

The axe collided with He Yu’s palms.

Time seemed to freeze at that instant.

The surroundings became terrifyingly silent.

The barrage stopped completely.

No one had enough attention left to send comments.

The expected spray of blood never appeared.

The expected scene of flesh being hacked apart never happened.

After tracing the Taiji arc, He Yu’s hand gently pushed against the axe.

An invisible wave of energy spread outward in a single direction.

The giant axe that had seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth suddenly halted midair!

It was as if the axe had lost all strength.

With just a light push from He Yu—

It flew away.

Flew away...

Away...

...

Even more unimaginable—

The axe flew back along the path it came from.

Straight toward Wanrenzhan.

Wanrenzhan: “???”

Zhen Xing and the others: “???”

Barrage: “???”

“AAAAAH—!”

Wanrenzhan let out a miserable scream as the axe carried him flying backward and smashed him into the combat room wall.

That incredibly durable wall was cut open with a massive gash, the axe embedded deeply within it.

The trembling of the axe clearly proved—

It had not lost its power at all.

Wanrenzhan hung there from the axe, completely dumbfounded.

Everyone: “......”

Holy shit.

What the hell just happened?

The barrage was blank.

The combat room was deathly silent.

He Yu calmly lowered his hands and stood there peacefully.

Everyone looked at the composed He Yu, then at the utterly stunned Wanrenzhan...

—I. DON’T. UNDERSTAND.

After several seconds of complete blankness, the barrage exploded—

“HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS!!”

“What did He Yu even do?!”

“He really only has eight combat power? I don’t fucking believe it!”

“My mom asked why I’m kneeling while watching the stream!”

“SOMEONE EXPLAIN!!”

“Does He Yu secretly have some insanely powerful defensive equipment?!”

“Don’t you all know what equipment He Yu has? Most of his stuff is practically useless!”

“Then what was that stance supposed to mean?!”

...

Eugene flashed over instantly and cautiously poked at He Yu’s body before lowering his voice.

“Bro... do you have some ridiculously powerful defensive equipment?”

Even though he lowered his voice, everyone could hear him.

Immediately, all ears perked up.

He Yu smiled faintly. “No equipment needed. And no defensive equipment either.”

—Though it still needed further improvement.

No one noticed that the hand he lowered was trembling almost imperceptibly.

That exchange had not been nearly as effortless as it appeared.

Zhen Xing and the others all crowded around him.

Qiong asked, “How did you do that?”

Cheng Zhao copied the Taiji motion with his hands. “Does this movement have some special meaning?”

Zhen Xing stared at him. “Is this your strange theory?”

Their previous attitudes had completely changed. Every pair of eyes now shone brightly as they stared at He Yu.

Wanrenzhan yanked himself off the axe, ripped the weapon from the wall, and dragged it over while roaring from a distance—

“He Yu! What the hell did you do to me?!”

He charged over furiously, glaring at He Yu while his eyes constantly darted over He Yu’s body, trying to locate hidden defensive equipment.

But he found nothing.

He Yu raised a hand and pushed up his glasses with one finger.

“That was Blue Star Taiji.”

“I’ve already proven my theory to you.”

“Combat power is a type of energy. Energy itself doesn’t exist as a concept on Blue Star, but it can be integrated into Blue Star martial arts systems.”

He lifted his hands again and repeated the Taiji motion from before.

Wanrenzhan immediately leapt backward.

The others subconsciously retreated too, their faces filled with fear.

—What a joke. They might not understand the movement, but it had already left a terrifying impression on them!

Seeing this, He Yu continued the movement calmly.

The Taiji circle completed.

Stopped.

This time, unlike before, nothing terrifying happened.

Nothing happened at all.

He Yu said, “No need to be afraid. This technique is still in the experimental stage. Right now, it doesn’t have much combat power.”

Everyone: “???”

They looked at He Yu.

Then at Wanrenzhan.

Then at the massive slash carved into the combat wall.

—And you call this “not much combat power”??

He Yu remained perfectly calm.

“It genuinely doesn’t possess much combat power.”

“When Wanrenzhan attacked me, he brought overwhelming combat power with him. In essence, he charged at me carrying immense energy.”

“And by applying Blue Star martial arts principles through Taiji, I only needed a tiny amount of energy guidance to redirect the massive energy Wanrenzhan himself brought with him.”

“In the same manner...”

“I redirected it back.”

He lowered his hands and summarized calmly:

“Four ounces deflecting a thousand pounds.”

Eugene and the others stood there with mouths hanging open as though listening to some heavenly scripture.

Barrage:

“...I didn’t understand a single thing, but it sounded really fucking awesome.”

“What the hell is Taiji?”

“What planet is Blue Star exactly? If they have something like this, how are they a garbage planet?!”

Wei Jiaguo also stood there with his mouth open, staring blankly at Ye Kaijun.

Ye Kaijun muttered, “...Taiji is this powerful?”

Wei Jiaguo looked dazed. “Then why didn’t we ever discover it before?”

Zheng Ke said faintly, “That’s probably because He Yu himself is terrifying...”

The three of them stared at He Yu’s calm face on the screen, more shocked than ever before.

He Yu did not become arrogant because of their shock.

His gaze lowered slightly as he stared at the floor thoughtfully.

Actually, there was still something he hadn’t said.

For example—

He could only use this technique when another person attacked him and brought energy with them.

Only then could he redirect it.

Without someone attacking first, he had no way to unleash a powerful move on his own.

If Gedai mastered this ability, then when Eugene—who had always been stronger than him—attacked, Gedai would be able to effortlessly defeat Eugene using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds.

But—

Gedai possessed many “four ounces.”

Enough to redirect far more than a thousand pounds.

He Yu could not.

He Yu only had a single “four ounces.”

Meaning he could only redirect one “thousand pounds.”

That was why he chose Wanrenzhan.

If it had been Eugene, Zhen Xing, Cheng Zhao, or others whose current combat power surpassed Wanrenzhan’s—

He would not have been able to redirect it.

Even that single redirection just now had been extremely strenuous.

Naturally, He Yu had no intention of exposing such weaknesses himself.

—This path was viable.

But it was still incomplete.

He still needed to find another method.

A way to turn his “four ounces” into something infinite.

He Yu murmured softly,

“Combat power development really is fascinating...”

“The martial arts system is only the beginning.”

“Perhaps... I should consider a cultivation system too?”

Zhen Xing and the others: “Huh?”

They hadn’t even understood the martial arts system yet.

What the hell was a cultivation system now?

Barrage:

“Didn’t understand.”

“Fuck, can some Blue Star people explain this?!”

“What exactly are Blue Star martial arts and cultivation?! How did He Yu even do this?!”

“I’m trying the Taiji movements myself to see if I can do it too...”

“How do we contact Blue Star people? I want to learn!”

“So martial arts and cultivation are both from Blue Star?”

...

Blue Star people: “???”

—No no no, we don’t have this! We don’t know either!!

Zhang Yu looked at his roommate blankly.

“Does Blue Star secretly have martial arts masters and cultivation experts?”

His roommate replied weakly, “...Apparently not.”

Blue Star’s trending searches exploded instantly—

Don’t Ask Blue Star

Blue Star Doesn’t Know Either!

They knew what martial arts and cultivation were.

But weren’t those things from novels and TV dramas?

—What exactly was He Yu doing? What had he realized?

Blue Star didn’t know either!

“Ding—”

Class ended.

The still-dazed crowd snapped back to reality.

Eugene moved closer, his mechanical arm copying He Yu’s Taiji movements.

“Like this? Can I also use four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds?”

“No.”

“You don’t understand the system, so you can’t integrate yourself into it.”

He Yu picked up the notebook and pen from the floor before saying faintly,

“A sincere reminder: if you don’t understand the system, don’t casually try to receive equipment attacks barehanded.”

“Otherwise...”

“I am not responsible for any resulting consequences.”

“Then teach me,” Eugene said shamelessly.

He was genuinely curious.

He Yu’s actions had completely shocked him. If he didn’t figure it out, he would feel unbearably itchy inside.

He Yu smiled slightly.

“Dear student, class is already over.”

Everyone: “......”

He Yu turned and walked out.

The others subconsciously followed behind him step by step.

“Teacher He, explain it clearly!”

“I already said this before. Once I’m no longer your Teacher He, even if you beg me to teach you <Basic Principles>, I still won’t teach you.”

He spoke calmly.

“Class is over. Time to figure out how to clear the instance. Go stay busy, everyone.”

After speaking, he tucked one hand into his pocket, notebook under his arm, and leisurely walked away with an elegant, carefree silhouette.

Leaving Wanrenzhan and the others behind.

Zhen Xing and Eugene exchanged glances. Realizing they wouldn’t get answers, they finally stopped chasing after him.

Cheng Zhao muttered, “Is that <Basic Principles> textbook really that extraordinary? Isn’t it just foundational material? Haven’t we all already learned it? Why didn’t I notice anything special?”

Yuan Ze shook his head. “No idea.”

He raised his hands and copied He Yu’s Taiji posture.

Tang Ke also started practicing the Taiji motion and asked,

“Like this? I didn’t see clearly earlier.”

Qiong copied He Yu and smacked Gedai with her palm.

“Did you feel anything?”

Gedai’s face darkened. Expressionless, he replied:

“No.”

Qiong: “......”

Wanrenzhan looked at the other eight people.

Without exception, every single one of them was practicing Taiji.

Wanrenzhan: “Fuck!”

He put away his axe, raised his hands, and started copying the movements too while muttering,

“What’s so special about this thing?”

“Maybe there’s some kind of slogan?”

He pushed his palms outward.

“Reflect?”

Livestream audience—

“Suddenly these people all seem kinda dumb...”

“He Yu did one movement and managed to confuse all of them.”

“As if you people aren’t confused too!!”

“Stop talking, I’m already learning Taiji.”

“What does any of this even mean?! Why won’t He Yu explain it clearly?! AHHH, just explain it properly already!”

...

Blue Star viewers looked at the nine people in the livestream, then at the barrage completely consumed by the words “Taiji”...

—And felt strangely dazed.

<Top Talent Show> discussion plaza—

How exactly did He Yu do that just now?! He actually counterattacked Wanrenzhan without equipment!

1L: The strength is real, but the confusion is also very real.

2L: My dad and I both tried copying his movements, but it didn’t work. My dad attacked me with equipment and almost beat me to death.

3L: He Yu literally warned people not to casually try it.

4L: So what exactly are martial arts systems and Taiji?!

5L: Can anybody contact Blue Star and gather information?

...

1987L: HUGE NEWS! Universe First News Agency already contacted Blue Star and got a bunch of books from them! Hurry and go look!

1988L: ...The titles are kinda weird though. Stuff like <Grandmasters Across Two Generations>, <Martial Arts God: Divine Chicken Heroes>, <Those Years I Spent with a Taiji Successor>, <Dominating the Jianghu>, <How I Became Supreme in the Martial World with Embroidery Needles>, and <Legend of Long Xiaofan>...

...

2003L: Came back after reading some. Doesn’t feel very reliable... but it’s really good.

2004L: What about the others?

2005L: ...Still reading. Fuck, it’s so good.

...

Unable to understand what He Yu had done no matter how much they thought about it, the nine contestants also left the combat room.

There was no helping it. They still had to complete the instance mission.

Otherwise, if they were eliminated, they’d regret it even if they learned the truth afterward.

Especially with only one hundred thousand advancement spots this round.

They already knew around twenty thousand people had advanced so far, and the number was still increasing.

If they wasted any more time and got eliminated, they’d regret it for the rest of their lives.

—Especially someone like Wanrenzhan, whose votes were still insufficient.

They split into groups to investigate the gatekeeper and the study committee member, trying to find definitive proof that “the gatekeeper is the murderer.”

Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan, Gedai, Qiong, and Yuan Ze tailed the gatekeeper.

Eugene led the other three to follow the study committee member.

Relatively speaking, following the gatekeeper was more dangerous.

Wanrenzhan said irritably, “He’s been guarding this place all day. Where the hell are any clues? The NPCs in this instance barely even give missions. Opportunities to obtain equipment are pitifully rare.”

On top of that, they’d run into a weirdo like He Yu.

Wanrenzhan hated this instance intensely.

Zhen Xing rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

“Whether he’s the murderer or not, the chances of us finding clues during daytime are probably very low.”

“Then why are we even following him?”

“It’s still better than doing nothing.”

“Yuan Ze, what are you doing?”

Yuan Ze lowered his hands and replied expressionlessly,

“Practicing Taiji.”

Wanrenzhan: “......”

They had already experimented countless times.

Even perfectly replicating He Yu’s movements failed to produce the “four ounces deflecting a thousand pounds” effect from earlier.

If they really wanted to achieve it, He Yu himself would probably need to explain it willingly.

Finally, the gatekeeper got off shift.

Zhen Xing’s group carefully followed him, hoping to uncover clues related to the murders.

The gatekeeper went to eat.

Along the way, he helped people who needed assistance. His attitude was gentle and kind, and it was obvious that his kindness was genuine rather than an act.

At one point, he accidentally bumped into a student. Even when the student lost his temper, the gatekeeper only apologized politely.

Later, a school administrator rudely ordered him around, yet he accepted everything obediently without complaint.

—The perfect gatekeeper.

There wasn’t a single suspicious thing about him.

Nor did he resemble some hidden expert.

Wanrenzhan grew more annoyed.

“There aren’t any clues at all. I wonder how the others are doing? Can they at least find something useful?”

Comments began appearing in his livestream—

“The people tailing the study committee member also found nothing. He just attends class normally. He’s gloomy, but he never actively causes trouble.”

“Both of them seem pretty normal.”

“So is the murderer in this instance even the gatekeeper? Has any other group cleared the instance yet?”

“Not yet. Everyone’s completely lost.”

“What about He Yu? What’s He Yu doing?”

“Just came from He Yu’s stream. He’s investigating the previous eight-person case.”

“Yeah, he even went back to the old building earlier, checked every dorm room belonging to the eight people, and looked through records too.”

“The eight criminals were already avenged, weren’t they? What’s the point of investigating that?”

“I don’t understand He Yu.”

...

The audience couldn’t understand what He Yu was investigating.

That matter was already over.

Continuing to investigate it seemed meaningless.

What they needed to do now was find the murderer killing the eight perpetrators—not investigate the old case itself.

—The audience truly couldn’t understand.

Naturally, He Yu had no intention of explaining things to them.

Even when he occasionally glanced at the barrage and saw their doubts, he still did whatever he wanted without changing course.

He personally investigated all eight deceased individuals.

His identity as a teacher allowed him to examine the belongings that hadn’t been confiscated.

In the Anna and Youmo case, aside from the two perpetrators who were immediately exposed, the remaining six were initially hidden.

Only after they died one after another did people gradually uncover traces from their belongings—

For example, the third victim had been moving together with the two main perpetrators that day.

The three were extremely close and nearly inseparable. He himself also had a notorious reputation.

There was no way he hadn’t been involved.

Deleted chat logs from the fourth victim mentioned the first two perpetrators and even explicitly stated:

“I hope my identity won’t be exposed.”

The fifth victim had exchanged messages with the fourth.

The fourth was terrified and asked whether they would eventually be discovered and killed too.

After five deaths occurred, the sixth victim cried hysterically and demanded to transfer schools.

Before they could even leave, they were killed.

The seventh victim had transferred away immediately after the incident.

For unknown reasons, they returned briefly—

And were murdered that same night.

The eighth victim was the one He Yu and the others witnessed personally.

Anna’s belongings were hidden inside his locker.

He also habitually committed all kinds of evil acts.

In short—

Not a single one of the eight was innocent.

He Yu investigated each person individually.

Finally, he let out a long breath and stepped out of the eighth victim’s dorm room.

After saying goodbye to the roommate, he rubbed his temples.

“So what exactly is He Yu doing?”

“I don’t get it. He seems especially interested in the eight dead people.”

“He’s probably angry? He already knows the truth behind the incident, yet he’s still investigating. Maybe he’s trying to find the murderer?”

“But if he’s looking for the murderer, shouldn’t he investigate the bodies or events around the deaths instead of their past lives, relationships, and personalities?”

“Where’s he going now?”

“...Alright, understood. It’s dinner time. He’s going to eat.”

“Holy shit, Zhen Xing’s group found an important clue! Hurry and switch over!”

...

Zhen Xing’s side truly had discovered a critical clue.

It was already dinner time. They originally thought they wouldn’t uncover any information during the day—

But unexpectedly, they made a breakthrough.

—The school doctor came to see the gatekeeper.

The two found a secluded place to talk.

Although Qiong felt they probably wouldn’t hear anything important, she still sneaked closer to eavesdrop.

And then—

They heard a piece of information that changed everyone’s expressions instantly.

When He Yu arrived at the cafeteria entrance, the other nine were already waiting for him.

The moment they saw him, Wanrenzhan impatiently said,

“What the hell have you been doing? Eugene said you were investigating the dead people. What’s there to investigate about them? We found a critical clue!”

The final sentence carried obvious pride.

He Yu nodded calmly.

“Let’s talk while eating.”

He took the lead and walked into the student cafeteria.

If all ten of them wanted to eat together, they had to use the student cafeteria. Wanrenzhan and the others weren’t allowed into the teachers’ cafeteria.

There weren’t many people inside.

Seeing that He Yu still had the mood to think about eating, Wanrenzhan looked incredulous.

“You’re not curious about the critical clue we found?!”

He Yu replied, “I am.”

“Then why are you still thinking about food?!”

He Yu spread his hands. “Those things don’t conflict. We can eat while talking.”

Wanrenzhan was about to continue when Zhen Xing interrupted him.

“Let’s discuss the clue first. Tonight’s operation will probably have to be suspended.”

“Just now, from the conversation between the school doctor and the gatekeeper, we learned something.”

“The gatekeeper’s left hand is disabled.”

“And the disability dates back to when he was young. Normally it looks fine, but he can’t exert force with it.”

“He especially cannot...”

“Use equipment.”

Which meant—

The murderer absolutely could not be the gatekeeper.

Wanrenzhan stared fixedly at He Yu, trying to find shock or disbelief on his face.

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