This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

As his words fell, the Cafeteria Uncle’s body gradually faded, transforming into countless specks of starlight.

He Yu turned to look beside him.

As expected, the Janitor and the others were also dissolving into starlight one after another.

A gust of wind blew past, carrying all the starlight away.

At this moment, every NPC in the school disappeared.

Only the four of them remained.

And after the Cafeteria Uncle vanished, four pieces of equipment were left behind where he had stood.

Eugene’s head had already been reattached. He stepped forward, just about to speak—

【Ding! Congratulations to Blue Star No. 2333 He Yu, Inheritance Planet No. 151 Zhen Xing, Mechanical Planet No. 26 Eugene, and Battle Planet No. 1 Wanrenzhan for successfully clearing the instance “Dawn Training School” and advancing into the Top 100,000!】

【Congratulations to the four contestants for uncovering the true meaning of the instance: “Find the real murderer, the class monitor, and kill the murderer, the Cafeteria Uncle.” Special reward: four high-level pieces of equipment.】

【Congratulations to the four contestants for becoming the first group to clear the “Dawn Training School” instance. Reward: four Team-Up Cards.】

【Until the next instance begins, contestants may not kill each other.】

As the announcements sounded, all four of them looked somewhat surprised.

Including the equipment dropped by the murderer, this round had yielded eight pieces of equipment and four Team-Up Cards.

Among them, four pieces of equipment were high-level items.

That was an extremely generous reward.

And just listen to what the system had said earlier...

Eugene and the others looked at He Yu with complicated expressions.

Without He Yu, the moment they discovered the Cafeteria Uncle, they would’ve ended up like Gedai and the others after those suddenly appearing s-rank experts arrived—spending one hundred thousand votes just to advance empty-handed.

Even if they’d somehow stayed behind by luck, they wouldn’t have known the Cafeteria Uncle was about to die.

And even if they knew the Cafeteria Uncle was going to die, they still wouldn’t have completed the task of “finding the real murderer, the class monitor.”

Even now, they still found the class monitor hard to believe.

Nobody would’ve suspected him.

He had performed his role too ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) perfectly.

Perhaps even Anna herself, after rejecting him, had still believed he was a good person. That was probably why she’d gone out after he invited her, ultimately leading to her death.

As for the eighth corpse—the scapegoat the class monitor had chosen—they’d previously wondered why he had appeared behind the dormitory building.

Now they completely understood.

—It was because of the class monitor too.

Only someone trusted by the victim could lure him outside and create the opportunity for the Cafeteria Uncle to kill.

And the person he trusted...

was the class monitor.

Without He Yu, there was absolutely no way they could’ve cleared this instance.

The bullet comments exploded—

“This instance seriously... He Yu is fucking amazing.”

“He showed us how terrifying intelligence can be. Honestly, during the preliminary selection, I didn’t think highly of him at all. But he actually passed the first elimination round. That’s practically a miracle.”

“Where are those people who said if he passed the first round they’d donate all their votes to him?”

“...But if he hadn’t become an unkillable training teacher in this instance, with his combat power, no matter how smart he was, he’d still die instantly upon entering.”

“Agreed. He Yu is definitely smart, I admit that, but this instance still involved a lot of luck.”

“If he survives the second round too, I’ll kneel and call him daddy!”

“I’ll shit upside down!”

......

Even though many people were still stubbornly refusing to admit it—especially those self-important Main Planet citizens—

at this point, everyone had to acknowledge one thing:

He Yu had been outstanding in this instance.

And the success of this instance was because of He Yu.

His combat power might be poor—

but he had brains.

“These pieces of equipment...” Eugene spoke, pointing at the eight floating items and four Team-Up Cards.

The bullet comments instantly shifted topics—

“Will there be conflict over distribution?”

“Thankfully they can’t kill each other right now. Otherwise there’d definitely be fighting. Other instances get insanely bloody over equipment.”

“Eugene, Zhen Xing, and Wanrenzhan are all experts though. It shouldn’t get ugly, right?”

“But shouldn’t the equipment from this instance belong to He Yu?”

“The hell? Who’s shameless enough to say something like that?!”

“The equipment clearly gets divided by headcount!”

“Exactly. But this garbage-planet contestant will definitely cause trouble. Eugene and the others are used to equipment, but No. 2333 definitely won’t accept losing out...”

......

“Two items per person. I pick first. No objections, right?”

He Yu raised a hand and pushed up his glasses.

During the hour they’d left the rooftop, he had already removed his makeup, changed back into his own clothes, and put on his familiar rimless glasses again.

As soon as he spoke, the other three stared at him in shock.

Even Eugene, who had started the topic, looked stunned.

—It wasn’t because He Yu chose first.

It was because he was actually willing to divide the equipment equally!

After thinking for a moment, Zhen Xing said, “All this equipment should belong to you.”

It wasn’t that they’d contributed nothing.

But their contribution had been extremely limited.

Without He Yu, they wouldn’t have gotten any equipment at all and would’ve lost one hundred thousand votes.

Honestly, simply not losing votes would’ve already been the best possible outcome.

So Zhen Xing genuinely had no objection to He Yu taking everything.

Eugene nodded too. His eyes greedily lingered on one particular piece of equipment as slyness flashed through his gaze.

“If you’re willing, honestly, giving each of us one piece would already be fine.”

Wanrenzhan: “......”

He looked dissatisfied. “Why? The system clearly distributed rewards based on headcount. Each of us should get two items.”

Zhen Xing and Eugene both rolled their eyes at him.

He Yu remained perfectly calm. “We agreed on this when we cooperated. Split equipment equally and choose according to contribution. That’s the principle of cooperation.”

“I’m a person who values principles.”

Without Zhen Xing, Eugene, and the others, this instance would not have gone smoothly for He Yu either.

Zhen Xing and Wanrenzhan’s combat power, Eugene’s mechanical head—

all of them had helped him.

Moreover, He Yu understood something clearly:

This “Top Talent Show” would not end after just one round.

There would be more rounds ahead.

And they would only become more dangerous and more horrifying.

—What He Yu wanted had never been one or two extra pieces of equipment.

If he died here, no amount of equipment would matter anyway.

What he truly wanted was to leave behind a deep impression on everyone—

including the contestants currently watching their livestreams from the transfer station.

He Yu honored agreements and followed principles.

In any match involving He Yu, people could safely trust him as the “leader.”

That would only benefit him in future rounds.

Besides—

they were just equipment.

He Yu had no real desire for equipment.

If the theory he was experimenting with succeeded, then equipment itself would become something unnecessary.

Why would he need so much of it?

What interested him more were unusual things—

or things useful for his research.

“Holy shit! He Yu actually proposed splitting equally?!”

“Honestly, this is the moment I genuinely started liking He Yu.”

“He’s not only smart, but despite having such terrible combat power himself, he still isn’t greedy over equipment. That’s seriously admirable.”

“Yeah. I disliked him during the preliminaries because he kept snatching equipment, but this completely changed my impression. My votes are going to He Yu. He’s the MVP of this instance in my heart.”

“??? This garbage-planet guy is insane! He doesn’t even want the equipment? He only has eight combat power now! He’s dead for sure next round.”

“You people are actually voting for him? He already has one hundred thousand votes!! He can directly advance into the next round now!”

......

At this moment, He Yu couldn’t see the bullet comments and didn’t particularly care anyway.

He walked toward the equipment.

He had already set his sights on two items.

His target was extremely clear.

Zhen Xing and Eugene looked conflicted. Even Wanrenzhan froze slightly, unable to believe He Yu truly intended to split things evenly.

Among the eight items were:

two different ores capable of increasing weapon combat power;

a piece of equipment clearly making Eugene drool, designed for mechanical arms;

a level-seven recovery potion;

an invisibility cloak;

a book titled <Complete Weapon Forging Encyclopedia>;

a flight-type piece of equipment;

and a seed.

He Yu first took the <Complete Weapon Forging Encyclopedia>.

Then his hand moved toward the invisibility cloak.

But as if sensing something, his hand shifted slightly to the side instead...

Eugene nearly had a heart attack.

—His mechanical-arm equipment!!

But he said nothing.

He Yu was already generous enough to share equipment. Eugene couldn’t very well stop him from choosing.

He Yu’s hand passed over the mechanical-arm equipment entirely.

Eugene finally let out a long breath of relief.

Then—

he watched He Yu’s hand stop on the very last and most inconspicuous item.

The seed.

He Yu stored it away.

Eugene’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He chose a book and some random seed?!

As He Yu stored them, the equipment descriptions appeared—

【An extremely profound yet extremely powerful book titled <Complete Weapon Forging Encyclopedia>. Study seriously and you may forge equipment yourself.】

【An unknown seed. Further exploration required.】

“He Yu’s gone crazy?? He picked two items that don’t increase combat power again?”

“His equipment choices are always so bizarre.”

“I seriously can’t understand what he’s thinking. Even using one ore on a weapon would raise combat power by at least thirty to fifty points, but he chose a seed and a book?!”

“I don’t understand. I truly don’t.”

“Wanrenzhan and the others must be thrilled meeting an idiot like this hahaha.”

......

Zhen Xing frowned. “You only want those two?”

He Yu nodded with complete satisfaction. “Yep. They’re what I wanted. The rest is up to you guys.”

Eugene’s expression turned incredibly complicated, like he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

“Heh. Idiot.” Wanrenzhan snorted coldly, openly expressing his disdain toward He Yu’s taste in equipment.

He Yu ignored him entirely and simply said:

“Go pick your equipment. It’s time to leave.”

Eugene and Zhen Xing exchanged glances.

Eugene chose first.

Inside this instance, Eugene’s... head had contributed more than Zhen Xing’s abilities, so he received priority.

Eugene selected the mechanical-arm equipment and the invisibility cloak.

Wanrenzhan nearly drooled from jealousy.

He glanced at He Yu again and muttered, “Idiot. Didn’t even take the invisibility cloak.”

He thought to himself—

If He Yu had taken the invisibility cloak, then in the next instance he could just kill He Yu and take it for himself.

What a stupid He Yu!

Zhen Xing took one ore and the flight equipment.

That left Wanrenzhan with the remaining ore and the recovery potion.

The level-seven recovery potion was extremely powerful and could save his life at critical moments, so Wanrenzhan wasn’t too dissatisfied.

After the equipment distribution, the Team-Up Cards were easy.

One per person.

Zhen Xing said sincerely, “He Yu, thank you.”

Eugene lifted his chin, eyes serious. “I owe you one. I’ll repay it someday.”

Wanrenzhan looked down at him arrogantly, nostrils pointed skyward.

“Don’t think giving me equipment means I’ll spare you. In the next instance, I’ll still kill you!”

At most—

he’d let He Yu die a little more painlessly.

He Yu simply waved a hand without saying anything.

The figures of the four contestants vanished from the “Dawn Training School” instance.

--

Transfer Station.

The transfer station for one hundred thousand people was enormous.

The moment He Yu stepped inside, deafening noise flooded his ears.

He entered from a corner area.

Eugene and the others weren’t nearby, clearly having appeared elsewhere.

He Yu raised his head.

Ahead of him floated gigantic projections displaying livestreams from contestants still trapped inside instances.

And above the projections, massive words were written—

【Successfully Advanced: 98,992 / 100,000】

【Remaining Spots: 1,008 / 100,000】

Only one thousand spots remained!

Especially since the number was still shrinking rapidly.

Inside the livestream projections, contestants looked panic-stricken, some even crying while begging viewers for voting points.

The closer things got to the limit, the faster the remaining spots disappeared.

Because contestants already holding one hundred thousand votes were still attempting instances.

But once they noticed the remaining slots dwindling, many immediately gave up and directly used their votes to secure advancement, causing the number of remaining spots to plummet even faster.

Besides, after so many days, most instances had already reached their end stages.

Only one hour after He Yu entered the transfer station, the remaining spots had dropped to five hundred.

Less than five hours later—

all slots were filled.

At the same time, every contestant heard the familiar announcement—

【Ding! Elimination Round One: One Million to One Hundred Thousand has officially ended! Congratulations to the one hundred thousand contestants who successfully advanced!】

【Before Elimination Round Two begins, an extremely important phase will take place—“Scheming Team-Up Period.”】

【During this phase, you may send a team-up invitation to any contestant. If the other party agrees, you will enter the same instance together in the next round!】

【Please note: you may only send one invitation to one person. If rejected, you permanently lose your invitation opportunity! Each competition instance has a maximum capacity of ten contestants.】

【At the same time, contestants possessing “Team-Up Cards” may choose to convert them into either “Binding Cards” or “Absolute Non-Binding Cards.” The former forces two contestants to bind together. The latter forces two contestants to never be matched together. If both cards are used simultaneously, the effects cancel each other out.】

【Please freely choose the contestants you wish to enter the next instance with!】

The moment the rules were announced, the surrounding area erupted into noise—

“Want to team up with me?”

“What’s the point? Instances are basically slaughterhouses anyway. We should choose weaker people.”

“Let’s team up.”

“Sure. Promise we cooperate inside the instance?”

“Then you invite me.”

“No, you invite me.”

“No way! What if you invite one of your friends too and the two of you gang up to kill me?”

“Well, I’m worried you’ll invite someone else and the two of you will kill me!”

......

He Yu slightly raised a brow.

“Scheming Team-Up Period? Judging from these rules... the name really is fitting.”

Each contestant could only send one team-up request.

If A invited B and B rejected them, A’s opportunity was permanently wasted.

And even if B accepted A, A was still in danger.

Because B could still invite C afterward—

then B and C could team up and kill A together.

This was a competition with absolutely no trust.

And during this entire phase of mutual waiting, probing, and suspicion—

there were also those troublesome Team-Up Cards capable of forcing people together or permanently separating them.

—How scheming.

Just as He Yu was thinking that—

he suddenly received four team-up invitations.

At the same time—

two Team-Up Cards had already been used on him.

He Yu raised a brow.

Nobody had even met face-to-face yet, and people were already this impatient?

—Who could it be?

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