The viewers losing their minds in the barrage comments didn’t know.

Wanrenzhan was so jealous his eyes practically bled, while Gedai questioned coldly, “Take the equipment out and let us see it. Are you sure it’ll work? That’s an s-rank expert.”

If He Yu’s equipment couldn’t rob the other party of their mobility, then with their abilities, they probably still wouldn’t be able to keep the killer here.

—Not only was that an s-rank expert, it was someone capable of killing another s-rank expert.

He Yu very obviously hesitated.

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” Qiong asked.

He Yu replied, “That piece of equipment of mine... is a little complicated. Are you sure you want to see it?”

Eugene’s curiosity was immediately hooked. He nodded eagerly. “Let us see it. Hurry up and show us. How complicated can it be? Is it some super powerful equipment?”

He Yu emphasized, “Once I take it out, you’ll bear the consequences yourselves?”

Wanrenzhan grew impatient. “Hurry the hell up and take it out. Isn’t it just one piece of equipment? I’ve got tons of them outside. Quit acting so secretive and stingy.”

He looked at He Yu with disdain written all over his face.

Helpless, He Yu raised a hand and pushed up his glasses. “Sigh, alright then.”

He extended his hand, preparing to take out the equipment.

The barrage split into two groups. The first group consisted of viewers who had watched plenty of He Yu’s livestreams since the preliminary rounds. Their comments instantly exploded—

“Fuck, run!!”

“I’m out, I’ll come back later!”

“Brothers and sisters, I’m leaving first!”

“RUN!”

“I advise everyone who doesn’t understand He Yu, everyone who hasn’t watched his streams before—RUN NOW. Don’t blame us for not warning you.”

“HIGH ENERGY AHEAD!”

...

Those comments completely baffled the viewers who had only started paying attention to He Yu because of Eugene, Zhen Xing, and the others. Confused comments flooded in—

“What does that mean?”

“Why are viewers running away?”

“I don’t know either. Why did the audience count across all livestreams suddenly drop by a third?”

“I don’t get it. What’s so special about it?”

...

He Yu’s equipment appeared in his hand.

A blunt knife.

A silver-white blunt knife without an edge.

The material looked decent enough, but no matter how one looked at it, it didn’t seem remotely lethal.

Gedai said flatly, “You want to rely on that to remotely attack an s-rank expert?”

The words “You’re dreaming” were practically written across his face.

For once, Wanrenzhan didn’t mock him, but his entire expression screamed—

That’s it?

It was as though he was too stunned to even begin ridiculing him.

Eugene rubbed his chin thoughtfully, carefully inspecting the blunt knife.

Suspicion appeared in Zhen Xing’s eyes. “Don’t know why... but it feels strangely familiar?”

Cheng Zhao muttered, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this...”

The moment his words fell, He Yu flipped the knife in his hand. The blade surface angled toward the overhead light.

In an instant—

A blinding white flash exploded outward.

“AHHH—”

“AAAAHHH—”

“What the hell is that thing?!”

“Fuck, I finally remembered!!”

“Put it away! I’m fucking blind!”

...

By the time Ke Ai from the Main Planet returned to the livestream, He Yu had already put the blunt knife away.

He sat there helplessly, an empty tray cleaned spotless in front of him.

Meanwhile, across from him and beside him—

Wanrenzhan was foaming at the mouth, eyes rolled back white.

Zhen Xing and Qiong stared blankly ahead.

Gedai and Eugene’s visual circuits had shorted out, smoke literally rising from their ears.

Everyone else had vacant eyes and dazed expressions.

For the first time ever, the barrage went completely blank, as though all the viewers had vanished.

Wanrenzhan, Gedai, Annie, Tang Ke, and Eugene had never seen He Yu use the blunt knife before, but everyone else had encountered it during the preliminary rounds.

That damned familiar blinding light.

That damned familiar dizzy sensation...

They finally knew which equipment had tormented them back then!

It was actually this utterly non-lethal-looking blunt knife that didn’t even have an edge!

The empty barrage slowly resumed.

“I’m back. Holy shit, terrifying.”

“This thing is basically a cheat. Every time He Yu uses it, I fall into despair.”

“Look at Wanrenzhan and the others’ expressions. They were the ones insisting on seeing it just now... hahaha, serves them right.”

“...Why... didn’t you... explain it clearly?! My eyes are still watering! Everything I see has double images!”

“Because you can’t explain it clearly. If you don’t experience it personally, you’ll never understand why it’s called the ‘Bastard Knife.’”

...

He Yu sighed helplessly. “So, this equipment works, right?”

Nobody spoke.

He Yu tilted his head slightly. “Didn’t see it clearly? Want another look?”

The moment he raised his hand again, five or six hands instantly slammed down on his arm to stop him.

Gedai’s expression was blank, his voice hoarse. “Saw it clearly. Don’t want to see it again.”

Zhen Xing slowly blinked his unfocused eyes. “Let’s discuss the details of capturing the killer instead.”

Eugene mechanically muttered unconsciously, “Right. Discuss details. Discuss details.”

When they left the cafeteria, the uncle was cleaning up.

With visible difficulty, he lifted a huge basin of leftovers and carried it from the serving window toward the kitchen, looking extremely serious about his work.

He Yu noticed and stopped walking. Turning his head, he smiled and asked, “Uncle, need help?”

The cafeteria uncle immediately waved enthusiastically. “Yes, yes! Ah, Teacher He and your students are really too kind. My back’s bad, carrying these is exhausting. I was just worrying about not having anyone to help.”

He Yu nodded. “Three-Good Student, go help Uncle carry things.”

Wanrenzhan: “???”

He Yu added calmly, “You still owe one credit point.”

Wanrenzhan stomped over angrily. Though his movements were rough and his face radiated impatience and hostility, he was undeniably good at manual labor. The trays the cafeteria uncle struggled to lift, he carried effortlessly one-handed.

The uncle smiled so hard his eyes disappeared. “Wonderful, wonderful. Such a good student.”

Looking at the leftovers, He Yu casually sighed, “Such a waste. All this food going to waste is a pity.”

The cafeteria uncle looked heartbroken. “Right? Such a pity. The staff can only divide it up and eat it ourselves.”

He Yu nodded and said nothing more.

By the time Wanrenzhan returned after carrying everything, fuming all over again, He Yu had already turned and started walking away. The others subconsciously followed.

“One day, He Yu, I’m going to kill you!” Wanrenzhan ground out through clenched teeth.

He Yu ignored him. Instead, he glanced back.

The cafeteria uncle was still skillfully sorting the leftovers with practiced movements.

Eugene asked curiously, “You’re observing the cafeteria uncle? Because his body shape resembles the killer?”

He Yu nodded. “Anyone whose physique matches the killer can’t be overlooked.”

Eugene also glanced back before withdrawing his gaze. “Don’t know what exactly you suspect, but according to my analysis, he really is a chef.”

Qiong nodded. Having grown up on Chaos Planet, she understood people well. “His cooking skills definitely aren’t something developed in three months. And his movements in the kitchen are extremely practiced. He seriously learned this stuff.”

“Do s-rank experts have hobbies like cooking?” Yuan Ze asked.

Zhen Xing thought for a moment before shaking his head. “Although everyone has their own hobbies, anyone capable of becoming an s-rank expert definitely prioritizes the pursuit of combat power above all else.”

After a pause, he added, “Of course, that doesn’t completely rule out someone having this hobby.”

Qiong suddenly said, “Right, there’s another person.”

He Yu looked at her.

“The school doctor,” Qiong replied. “Their body shape is almost exactly the same too.”

Gedai said expressionlessly, “So obviously, every suspect in this instance possesses the exact same physique. Our task is to identify the real killer while eliminating all the innocent suspects.”

Even he was beginning to feel how troublesome this instance was.

“It’s too troublesome, and it consumes too much time. More than forty thousand slots have already been eliminated, and the number is still rising. We can’t afford delays,” Tang Ke said seriously.

Eugene nodded. “So let’s follow He Yu’s plan.”

He Yu said nothing.

He was distracted.

Because at this moment, he could see the barrage comments, and certain lines caught his attention—

“This instance is genuinely insane. Out of all the instances, only <Dawn Training School> has never been cleared.”

“Even Zhen Xing and the others haven’t succeeded yet. How could anyone else succeed?”

“The Dawn Training School instances have already wiped out several hundred groups. Nobody has even seen who the killer is before getting slaughtered. As expected of the hardest elimination-round instance this time.”

“Other instances already have tons of people advancing, right?”

“Yep, and a lot of contestants have performed shockingly well.”

“Holy shit holy shit!! Everyone hurry to <Death Spaceship> Instance 98! Another Blue Star contestant appeared—No. 1234 Ling Buchen!”

“There are plenty of Blue Star contestants, what’s the big deal?”

“He got an insanely, insanely awesome piece of equipment! It’s not a divine-grade treasure, but it’s absolutely just beneath one, and it’s ridiculously practical!!”

“Holy crap, I’m going to watch!”

...

Ling Buchen?

He Yu raised an eyebrow.

Back during the preliminary rounds, the first Blue Star contestant to reach the island had been Ling Buchen, right? And the second had been Bo Jingshan. He still remembered those two names.

Ling Buchen had obtained an extremely powerful piece of equipment?

The viewers didn’t say what it was, which instead sparked a faint curiosity in He Yu.

This <Dawn Training School> instance was probably even more difficult than he’d imagined. Otherwise, hundreds of groups wouldn’t have been wiped out without anyone even seeing the killer.

Tsk.

His luck really was something else...

“He Yu?” Eugene nudged him.

Focus returned to He Yu’s eyes. Calmly, he replied, “But I’ll repeat myself. Once the killer appears, if things spiral into consequences you can’t clean up yourselves, don’t blame me. You’ll bear the consequences yourselves.”

Wanrenzhan sneered. “Coward.”

Night.

Ever since You Mo’s death, the class study representative had been unable to sleep properly for a very long time.

The gatekeeper worried about his son, so recently he had let the boy sleep in the security room. Only with someone guarding him could the study representative barely sleep peacefully.

Tonight was the same. As usual, he headed toward the security room.

Halfway there, however, he “ran into” Wanrenzhan.

This time, the study representative absolutely hadn’t done it on purpose. He had no idea where Wanrenzhan had suddenly appeared from.

Before he could speak, Wanrenzhan grabbed his collar. “You again?!”

The study representative finally recognized his face and froze.

“I didn’t deal with you last time. Since you personally delivered yourself to me now, don’t blame me!” Wanrenzhan roared.

Then he lifted the study representative and punched him several times.

The injuries weren’t severe, but every blow landed on the face.

—Making him look utterly miserable, bruised and swollen.

Wanrenzhan kicked him once before stepping over him coldly and striding away arrogantly.

Once he had gone far enough that the study representative could no longer see his back, Wanrenzhan returned to the group and proudly lifted his chin.

“Well? My acting was good, right?”

He Yu nodded approvingly. “Very good.”

The corner of Wanrenzhan’s mouth lifted.

He Yu continued calmly, “You brought out the essence of human scum perfectly. Absolutely flawless natural acting.”

Wanrenzhan: “???”

Wanrenzhan exploded. “HE YU! FUCK YOUR GRANDPA!!”

The next day.

The homeroom teacher called Wanrenzhan in for a talk, warning him not to bully the study representative again—or any other student.

Wanrenzhan brushed it off casually. After returning, he grabbed the study representative loudly and shouted, “You complained to the teacher, didn’t you? What, can’t win a fight so you tattled instead? Pathetic. Nobody talk to him anymore!”

His expression was arrogant and obnoxious to the extreme.

The study representative’s face flushed red.

The entire class watched them. Aside from the class monitor trying to mediate a few times, nobody spoke. They only watched silently while the study representative slowly clenched his fists.

That night, the study representative once again ran into Wanrenzhan while passing by.

This time, Wanrenzhan refused to let him leave.

“Once, twice—what, you think I’ll forgive you every single time? Who gave you the guts to offend me?” he snarled, reeking of alcohol.

Clearly, he had just returned completely drunk.

The study representative’s face instantly darkened, the gloom in his eyes deepening.

—He realized Wanrenzhan was deliberately targeting him.

Wanrenzhan grinned viciously as he lifted the study representative into the air, preparing to smash him down violently. The study representative closed his eyes in despair.

Against Wanrenzhan, his combat power was utterly insignificant.

“Stop!”

A clear female voice suddenly rang out.

Wanrenzhan looked up.

Qiong entered his field of vision, with He Yu beside her.

The petite Qiong dragged the thin, weak-looking He Yu closer, fury written across her face. “Wanrenzhan, what are you doing?! You actually dare bully a classmate? Put him down immediately!”

Wanrenzhan held the study representative up one-handed, annoyance filling his face. “Mind your own business.”

Qiong widened her eyes. “Didn’t we agree to investigate the killer together and chase excitement? Why are you bullying the study representative? Put him down now!”

“Who the fuck are you to tell me what to do?” Wanrenzhan sneered. “I’m in a bad mood today. Keep nagging and I’ll bully both of you too.”

He Yu pushed up his glasses. “Our school has new rules now. Bullying classmates isn’t allowed. Wanrenzhan, you’ve been expelled. Put the student down immediately and apologize.”

Wanrenzhan froze.

Then his expression twisted savagely. “You dare expel me?! You really think you’re a teacher now? Fuck your grandpa. You keep stopping me from this and that—who the hell are you to control me?”

He burst into laughter. “Hahaha! You two weaklings want to save someone? Fine then, join him. You can die together!”

“I’ve been sick of you for a long time already. Your combat power sucks. Cleaning you up is effortless!”

His voice was domineering and brutal.

“You—” Qiong glared at him.

The study representative suddenly began struggling frantically, screaming himself hoarse, “Run! Hurry and run!”

Wanrenzhan tossed him onto the ground before turning toward Qiong with a vicious grin. His tall, muscular body slowly advanced, frightening Qiong into retreating instinctively, fear plastered across her face.

Qiong trembled. “N-no...”

Wanrenzhan grinned nastily. “You’re pretty cute. Perfect for me to play with. He Yu!”

The people hiding in the distance: “?”

Qiong, currently pretending to be weak: “?”

Livestream viewers: “?”

Uh...

Wanrenzhan, you bastard, you privately changed the script!!

He Yu was a master actor. The skill of a hall-of-fame performer was unquestionable.

His face turned pale.

He staggered backward repeatedly, his body trembling uncontrollably, even his voice shaking. “Y-you—I’m your teacher! Don’t come closer!”

Messy black hair hung over his forehead.

His pale skin seemed almost translucent.

Neat white teeth bit into colorless lips.

He looked frail, pitiful, and heartbreakingly fragile.

Especially with the massive Wanrenzhan steadily approaching him, causing his trembling to worsen and worsen—

It made people want to bully him.

To bully him mercilessly.

—Neither men nor women could withstand this appearance.

Barrage comments exploded—

“Fuck, this He Yu... he’s way too damn good at this.”

Qiong: “...”

She silently edged farther away, reducing her presence.

—Compared to He Yu, she suddenly felt a little unnecessary. When she pretended to be weak, the act felt too obvious.

“Hahaha! You can’t escape my grasp! I’m going to torture you and then kill you!”

Wanrenzhan’s expression grew even more savage, his laughter wildly arrogant. At this point he wasn’t acting anymore—he was fully immersed in the role. He nearly walked too quickly from excitement, causing the study representative to almost fail to grab his leg.

Perhaps He Yu’s appearance had stimulated the study representative as well. Even though Wanrenzhan moved too quickly, he still lunged forward and hugged his leg tightly.

“Run! Hurry and run!”

This was directed at He Yu.

He Yu hesitated. Looking at Wanrenzhan, then at the study representative on the ground, he finally spoke in a trembling voice:

“Y-you should let us go. Otherwise... otherwise you’ll suffer retribution.”

“Heh. Then let the retribution come right now!” Wanrenzhan kicked the study representative away, gripped his axe, and charged at He Yu.

The study representative screamed, “RUN!!”

Qiong stared dumbfoundedly for a moment before finally reacting to the scream and hurriedly shouting—

“Help!”

“Someone help us!”

Her weak female voice rang especially clearly through the night.

Bang!

Wanrenzhan was kicked flying.

Immediately afterward, a black shadow appeared.

Wearing invisibility equipment, the group couldn’t see his appearance, but everyone could feel it—

This was the killer from that night.

They had lured him out.

“Who the hell are you?!” Wanrenzhan roared viciously, raising his axe.

The black shadow instantly attacked him.

Although Wanrenzhan wasn’t truly s-rank yet, outside the competition he was still a top-tier powerhouse. He wouldn’t lose in a single exchange.

Yet the moment their equipment collided, Wanrenzhan was blasted backward a great distance, his entire body aching.

Wanrenzhan roared furiously, “He Yu! Why the hell aren’t you moving yet?!”

Their plan had been simple:

The moment the killer appeared, He Yu would instantly blind him.

But now the killer had emerged, and He Yu hadn’t moved at all.

He simply stood there quietly watching them fight.

Oh, no.

Watching the killer beat Wanrenzhan into the ground.

Hearing this, He Yu smiled faintly and slowly took out the blunt knife.

And in the brief delay that caused—

Wanrenzhan’s axe was smashed away.

His body was hurled flying as well, crashing hard into a wall.

Blood sprayed from his mouth.

The look he gave He Yu seemed ready to devour him alive.

—He Yu had absolutely done that on purpose!

【Barrage: ...There’s definitely some personal grudge mixed into this.】

【Barrage: Fuck, I’m scared, but I also want to watch!】

【Barrage: I’m wearing three pairs of sunglasses. I’m watching no matter what! Nobody can stop me! Even if I get flashed blind, I’m still watching!】

At that moment, Qiong walked over beside He Yu and took out a gigantic pearl.

Combat power flowed into the pearl, causing it to shine brilliantly.

The killer had just sent Wanrenzhan flying and instinctively turned his head—

Then—

Blinding white light exploded forth.

It was nearly enough to blind everyone present.

Wanrenzhan screamed, “AAAAAH FUCK, HE YU, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING?! WHY DOES CLOSING MY EYES NOT WORK?!”

【Barrage: Holy shit, closing your eyes really doesn’t work!】

【Barrage: Turning my head away helps a little though.】

【Barrage: Three pairs of sunglasses help too. I can still barely see now.】

Gedai saw stars dancing before his eyes. He had already wrapped black silk over his eyes, so it was somewhat better than before, but he still felt nearly blinded.

Eugene blinked hard several times before giving a thumbs-up. “Fuck, this thing is insane!”

—Could He Yu lend him both the blunt knife and the wings sometime?

Zhen Xing exhaled deeply. “Good thing I wrapped three layers and added an eye mask.”

Eugene widened his eyes indignantly. “??? Since when did you wrap three layers?!”

Yuan Ze lunged toward the killer. “Stop talking and attack!”

All seven of them charged together.

The killer finally realized he had fallen into a trap, but directly facing the blunt knife’s effects wasn’t something ordinary people could withstand. Even his movements became unsteady. Every counterattack lacked strength.

Other than He Yu, all nine people surrounded him and attacked.

Even for an s-rank expert, defeat came quickly.

The dizziness reduced his combat power to barely ten percent. After being blasted away by Zhen Xing’s cube, he slammed heavily into the wall.

He no longer had enough energy to maintain the invisibility equipment.

His appearance was revealed.

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