Mocking comments flooded the livestream, while on-site, after the homeroom teacher sent Wanrenzhan flying, she shifted her gaze toward He Yu.

He Yu’s wings had already been destroyed, lying shattered on the ground.

The wings Eugene had wanted for so long were now nothing but fragments. He Yu no longer even had flight equipment.

The plain-looking knife only had three combat power points.

The blunt knife could still be used, but the glowing pearl had been taken away by Qiong. Blinding people wasn’t enough to break the deadlock.

A dead end.

He Yu sighed softly.

The homeroom teacher’s weapon was a massive cleaver. Every swing carried sharp blade light capable of tearing through opponents. At this moment, she slashed toward He Yu.

The blade light exploded forward, charging straight at him.

He Yu didn’t move.

As though suddenly realizing something, Eugene shouted loudly:

“He Yu! Use your four ounces to move a thousand pounds! That Taiji thing, hurry!”

He Yu didn’t move.

Nor did he draw a Taiji circle.

His eyes only showed helplessness.

—Four ounces moving a thousand pounds.

—His “four ounces” could redirect Wanrenzhan’s “thousand pounds,” but it couldn’t redirect the homeroom teacher’s “ten thousand pounds.”

—So... was there any other way?

“He Yu’s definitely dead this time.”

“Eugene and the others don’t know, but we all do. His combat power is only eight points.”

“And he doesn’t have any defensive equipment left. Tsk tsk, combat power really is the most important thing.”

“He Yu’s done for. Goodbye, garbage planet!”

“Wasn’t his Taiji super strong? Why isn’t he using it? Is there some trick behind it?”

“Hahaha, I finally get to watch this garbage planet guy die. I’m gonna sing—holy shit?!”

“Holy shit!!”

“??? Fuck!!”

“What the hell is that?!”

“???????”

...

Ye Kaijun’s eyes widened as his hand clenched instantly.

At the scene, from Zhen Xing to Eugene to Wanrenzhan, who still hadn’t managed to peel himself off the wall—

“???”

All of them slowly raised their heads, staring blankly at the sky with slightly open mouths.

Above them, He Yu was standing on...

...a broomstick.

The homeroom teacher froze briefly before swinging her blade again. Another fierce streak of blade light rushed toward He Yu with overwhelming destructive force.

He Yu stepped on the broom and agilely dodged aside.

That utterly ordinary-looking broom possessed speed and flexibility completely inconsistent with its appearance. Even its dodging posture felt especially... lively.

The homeroom teacher: “???”

She slashed.

The broom dodged.

She slashed again.

The broom dodged again.

The broomstick even wiggled smugly from side to side, as if proudly showing off its evasion ability.

—This damn annoying piece of equipment was about as irritating as the blunt knife.

He Yu: “......”

This wasn’t my doing.

The homeroom teacher: “......”

The anger in her chest instantly exploded upward. She was just about to continue attacking when—

“Wait, isn’t that thing yours?”

The cafeteria uncle looked toward the janitor.

The janitor wore the exact same dumbfounded expression. She stared upward at the absurdly agile broomstick and muttered:

“It is mine, but... this thing was a flight-type equipment?”

She had always assumed it was some useless combat equipment or maybe defensive equipment.

She had never once imagined this thing could fly.

—But thinking about it, who the hell would ever try sitting on a broom to fly?!

What kind of lunatic created such bizarre equipment? A broomstick that was actually a flying item??

Even someone as experienced as the janitor felt depressed.

Such a bizarre flying tool, yet He Yu had actually figured out how to use it.

Truly... a bizarre person perfectly matched with bizarre equipment.

In the sky, He Yu let out a long breath.

He raised a hand to touch the bead hanging at his neck before lowering his eyes toward the broom beneath his feet.

So...

The more unlucky and dangerous things became, the better his luck was?

Probably because he had finally discovered the correct usage method, information about the equipment appeared—

[A high-grade flight-type equipment that looks ugly as hell. Creator: Li Zhan.]

He Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

This was the first time he had ever seen a creator’s name included in equipment information.

Li Zhan?

Who was that?

What he didn’t know was that his livestream comments were already exploding with “holy shit” again—

“Holy shit holy shit!!”

“Zhan God! It was actually made by Zhan God!!”

“Oh my god, there’s actually equipment made by Zhan God left inside this competition! Wuwuwu, I’m so emotional.”

“Well yeah, equipment crafting processes aren’t shown to viewers in order to protect manufacturing techniques. That’s why none of us knew Zhan God had forged... a broomstick.”

“He Yu!! What right do you have to own equipment made by Zhan God?!”

...

Regardless of who created it, the equipment was undeniably useful.

At the very least, standing on it allowed He Yu to flexibly dodge attacks from these S-rank experts and preserve his life.

Eugene and Zhen Xing both gave him thumbs-ups.

—Brother, you really always have a solution.

Wanrenzhan, who still hadn’t managed to come off the wall completely: “......”

He. Was. Not. Convinced!!

He jumped down from the wall and charged over.

“He Yu, you’re just lucky and have a lot of equipment! Otherwise you absolutely wouldn’t—AHH!”

He was too noisy, so the irritated janitor slapped him flying again.

Wanrenzhan embedded himself back into the wall.

Foam bubbled from his mouth, but he still refused to leave. His persistence was honestly impressive.

He thought: He Yu didn’t have enough votes, and the cafeteria uncle couldn’t be killed. That meant there was only one possible ending left.

He. Would. Wait. And. Watch.

Zhen Xing also had flight equipment—a small boat. But that was the most common type of flight equipment in the Universe Federation. He Yu’s broomstick...

...was just as bizarre as he was.

Seeing this, Eugene immediately latched onto Zhen Xing’s boat and followed him into the sky.

Normally, ordinary flight equipment could only carry one person. But Zhen Xing wasn’t heavy, and mechanical beings from Mechanical Planet like Eugene were especially light, so the little boat managed to bring both of them beside He Yu.

The instant the boat approached, the broomstick flashed away and deliberately widened the distance between them, seemingly full of disgust.

Zhen Xing and Eugene: “......”

They suddenly really wanted to beat up a broomstick.

He Yu pointed at it.

“......Its actions have nothing to do with me.”

Eugene asked:

“So what do we do now?”

He Yu couldn’t escape, and they couldn’t kill anyone either.

A troublesome deadlock.

Hearing this, He Yu lowered his gaze toward the five S-rank experts below. In truth, they didn’t particularly want to kill He Yu and the others either. Otherwise, even with him flying, they would still have swarmed him.

Four S-ranks plus one SS-rank.

If they truly went all out, flying wouldn’t save He Yu.

—Their objective was simply preventing the cafeteria uncle from being killed.

After thinking briefly, He Yu said:

“The only option left now is probably negotiation.”

Everyone froze.

Even the experts below looked at him with puzzled expressions.

He Yu said:

“Let’s make a deal.”

“What kind of deal?” the gatekeeper uncle casually asked, not taking him seriously.

He Yu looked toward the cafeteria uncle.

“Uncle, we’ve always assumed you were extremely powerful. But maybe... you’re not actually as powerful as we imagined.”

The cafeteria uncle’s expression remained unchanged.

He Yu continued:

“That S-rank detective you killed—although you succeeded, he must’ve left you with extremely serious injuries too, right? Your waist injury is real. And probably not just your waist, either.”

Otherwise, the blunt knife’s flash attack wouldn’t have affected him so severely.

The reason he had nearly lost all combat capability was because he himself was already heavily injured. His combat power had weakened dramatically long ago.

The janitor and the others immediately looked toward the cafeteria uncle.

“You’re seriously injured?” they frowned.

The cafeteria uncle gave a bitter smile.

“This little guy really is frighteningly sharp.”

“Why didn’t you tell us? Do you need recovery medicine?” The janitor immediately took recovery potions out of her backpack.

The cafeteria uncle waved his hand.

“It’s fine. Just a minor injury. Resting for a while will fix it.”

He Yu exposed the lie mercilessly:

“No. It’s not minor.”

He raised a hand and pushed up his glasses.

“If I’m not mistaken... you probably don’t have much time left to live, right?”

The expressions of the janitor and the other four changed drastically.

The cafeteria uncle looked deeply at He Yu again, his gaze complicated.

Beside him, Eugene and Zhen Xing: “......”

Wanrenzhan, still mounted on the wall: “......”

—Were they really even in the same instance?

—Or had He Yu secretly bought cheats behind their backs?

[Livestream comments: ...This guy’s brain is genuinely insane!]

[Livestream comments: Seriously, are we sure he really came from a garbage planet?]

[Livestream comments: Looking at his combat power... apparently yes...]

The janitor and gatekeeper uncle completely ignored He Yu now and hurried toward the cafeteria uncle. The school doctor especially immediately took out equipment to examine his condition.

As the school doctor’s expression became uglier and uglier, everyone else’s faces darkened too.

The cafeteria uncle smiled bitterly.

“It’s fine. I didn’t want to keep living anyway. I’ve already avenged You Mo. My wish has been fulfilled.”

“I want to go accompany You Mo. Stay beside her every moment. Protect her forever so nobody can hurt her again.”

“Ah...” The janitor let out a long sigh, unable to say anything.

As old friends, they understood his pain.

The cafeteria uncle raised his head to look at He Yu.

“So? Why reveal my physical condition? Are you saying that since I’m going to die anyway, I might as well die by your hands?”

He Yu shook his head.

“No. I only need to be present when you die.”

—The cafeteria uncle was destined to die already, but today’s attacks had worsened his condition dramatically.

So when he died, if contestants were present, it would probably count as clearing the instance successfully.

The livestream comments exploded—

“I’m convinced. He Yu’s brain is absolutely insane.”

“So the way to clear this instance is to find the killer, then wait beside the killer until they die naturally...”

“I knew it! The killer couldn’t be killed, so how else could this instance be cleared? Turns out this was the trick.”

“He Yu is seriously incredible.”

“He even found a solution to this. I thought he’d end up crying and begging viewers.”

“All those haters waiting to see He Yu beg people—how’s that going for you?”

“Heh. Then let’s see if he can actually convince the cafeteria uncle.”

...

Although He Yu’s purpose was simply clearing the instance, to the janitor and the others, his words sounded utterly cold-blooded.

Especially when their friend was dying while someone calmly waited for his death.

How could they not be furious?

The janitor viciously launched another attack at He Yu!

As expected of an SS-rank expert. Although the broomstick dodged away, He Yu’s arm was still sliced open. Blood instantly poured out, and his face turned pale.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Blood fell downward, but He Yu didn’t even glance at it. His gaze remained fixed on the cafeteria uncle the entire time.

He Yu said:

“Don’t you want to ask about my trade conditions?”

The cafeteria uncle had already avenged You Mo. His mentality was completely different now.

“What could you possibly trade with me? I don’t need anything anymore.”

His face was just as pale as He Yu’s, but his expression carried relief.

He Yu lowered his eyes to look at him. Rimless glasses rested across the bridge of his nose. His perfect features were delicate and beautiful. Messy bangs fell across his forehead. Cold and peerlessly elegant.

Now that he was injured, his voice sounded especially hoarse.

“Killer.”

“I’ll trade you the final killer.”

“Uncle, you killed the wrong people.”

“The eighth person.”

“The one who hid the deepest.”

“The true mastermind...”

“...is still alive.”

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