This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Zhen Xing felt the same way, though he was far more restrained. He coughed lightly.

“Go ahead and explain.”

Gedai, Annie, Tang Ke, and the others stared at He Yu with dark expressions.

If he hadn't arrived and immediately claimed to have a solution, they would have killed him on the spot.

Even though they hadn't attacked, their gazes remained openly hostile.

It seemed that if his method proved useless, they would strike immediately.

Wanrenzhan and the others, having recovered some strength, sat up.

Earlie lowered his voice.

“Can he really do it? Can he actually stop them from attacking?”

Wanrenzhan turned his head and gave him a look of disgust.

“In the last instance, he found a solution while facing us, four S-ranks, and one SS-rank. Compared to that, these people... what do you think?”

During the last instance, although he had spent most of the time hanging on a wall, the shock He Yu caused had been very real.

Besides, Wanrenzhan always felt that He Yu's scheming was leveling up!

Earlie was rendered speechless.

“...”

He looked at Wanrenzhan strangely.

“Don't you trust He Yu a little too much? Aren't you supposed to kill him?”

Wanrenzhan froze.

Then, becoming embarrassed and angry, he snapped:

“Of course! The moment attacking becomes possible, I'll kill him immediately!”

Zhante asked,

“Do you know how he's going to convince them?”

Duan Yuchen shook his head.

“No idea. We've been running ourselves ragged following his orders the entire way. Who had time to ask?”

Siya tidied her hair, a sly gleam flashing through her eyes.

“You know... if they found out that we—”

“Shh!”

Qiao Yuan immediately cut her off.

The group instantly fell silent.

At the center of the area.

He Yu began speaking.

“If you want to obtain equipment safely and fairly, there's only one solution—everyone enters together.”

Everyone: “?”

Gedai sneered.

“So that's your brilliant idea? Do you think we're idiots?”

A blade slid out from his mechanical arm, as though he might attack at any second.

Other than Zhen Xing, Eugene, and a few others who looked puzzled, everyone else wore expressions of ridicule.

He Yu remained completely composed.

He sat down, spread the notebook across his knees, bit the cap of his pen, pulled the pen free, and held the cap between his teeth.

Even so, his voice remained perfectly clear.

“I know exactly what you're worried about. If everyone enters together, you're afraid the opponents beside you will attack you, right?”

Nobody answered.

Their silence was agreement enough.

He Yu smiled.

“If I'm telling everyone to enter together, naturally I already have a foolproof solution.”

He looked toward Gedai.

Those beautiful star-like eyes focused on him.

“Do you know what a formation is?”

Gedai froze.

His lips pressed together, and he didn't answer.

He Yu turned to Eugene instead.

Eugene honestly shook his head, looking curious.

“What's a formation?”

Zhen Xing beside him wore the exact same curious expression.

Very seriously, He Yu began explaining.

“Do you know how people fought before the technological era?”

Eugene answered,

“The age of firearms and machinery?”

Firearms and machinery were still used by the Federation.

Just more advanced and varied.

The era Eugene described was actually closer to present-day Blue Star.

He Yu shook his head.

“No. I'm talking about the era of cold weapons.”

After a pause, he clarified:

“Not your current Weapon Planet era. I mean a pure cold-weapon era without combat power, before hot weapons existed.”

That was a very ancient period.

These experts who spent their lives pursuing combat power weren't exactly history enthusiasts.

Only the Mechanical Planet contestants with their extraordinary memories might know something about it.

Everyone else looked completely confused.

In their understanding, weapons were simply tools used alongside combat power.

Weapons without combat power...

How much killing power could they possibly have?

Gedai grew impatient.

“What exactly are you trying to say? Weren't you supposed to be giving us a solution?”

He Yu tilted his eyes upward, looking at Gedai over the rim of his elegant glasses.

“Young man, don't be so impatient. I'm explaining it step by step.”

Gedai: “...”

I'm twice your age!

“HAHAHAHA!”

“He Yu, you're literally the youngest one here!”

“That line was absurd!”

“Everything He Yu does is absurd. When he isn't speaking, nobody can predict what he'll do next!”

Eugene was fascinated.

He leaned even closer.

“And then? Then what?”

He Yu's pen began sketching.

“Then we arrive at the two words I just mentioned.”

“Formation.”

As he explained, he rapidly drew.

“Team One is labeled 1. Team Two is labeled 2. And so on.”

“If we view the battlefield as groups of three forming a small unit, six forming a medium unit, and thirty-six forming a large unit...”

At this point, Eugene's and Zhen Xing's heads were practically covering the notebook.

Yuan Ze and Cheng Zhao found their view blocked and shoved the two aside before crowding in as well.

Tang Ke simply stood up and looked down from above.

As for everyone else?

They couldn't see a thing.

They scratched their heads anxiously and could only stare at Eugene and the others' hair.

But pushing Eugene and the others aside themselves?

No chance.

Gedai's face darkened further.

He wanted to see too.

But if he walked over, wouldn't that make it look like he was giving He Yu too much face?

Unable to swallow his pride, he stood in the back radiating murderous gloom.

He Yu's voice drifted out.

“See this? If arranged like this, every small unit contains members from different teams. If someone attacks another contestant, the people in the medium unit behind them will spot it immediately and can instantly eliminate them.”

Eugene's eyes widened.

“Whoa! You can do that?”

Gedai: “...”

What the hell are they talking about?!

He Yu continued.

“If someone in a medium unit attacks, the large unit notices instantly and eliminates them. The large units are large enough to supervise one another. Medium units can easily eliminate small units, while large units can easily eliminate medium units.”

“Like this. Let's say the contestant in {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} this position attacks the contestant in that position. The person at this point can immediately see it and directly kill the attacker.”

Eugene gasped.

“It can work like that?”

Gedai: “...”

WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?!

He Yu raised an eyebrow.

“Of course. And that's not all.”

“Look at Teams One, Two, Three, and so on. The members of each team are separated, but each person can still easily protect the teammate ahead of them.”

Eugene's eyes lit up.

“That's true!”

Even Zhen Xing sounded surprised.

“So if we follow this formation, we can fight the stone guardians while guarding against opponents. As long as nobody wants mutual destruction, nobody will dare attack.”

He Yu nodded.

“Exactly.”

“This is positioning.”

His voice remained calm and clear.

“And cross-positioning has another advantage.”

“Teammates can't cooperate secretly. They're separated by enemies. In front of them, behind them, to the left and right—everywhere are opponents.”

“But with positioning like this, how do we fight the stone guardians?” Yuan Ze asked curiously.

Gedai couldn't endure it anymore.

He strode forward, dragged Tang Ke out of the way, and squeezed himself beside Eugene and the others.

Tang Ke: “...”

Silently enduring the injustice, they found another angle where they could barely see.

He Yu gave Yuan Ze an approving look.

“Excellent question.”

Then he continued:

“But this is called a formation. Formations can change endlessly.”

He flipped to another diagram.

“You can rotate the positioning into this shape, placing both stone guardians in the center.”

“And it can even become a three-dimensional formation.”

“Starting from this ring, the formation rises upward and stands in midair.”

Eugene became excited.

“Then everyone can completely surround the stone guardians!”

Zhen Xing nodded.

“This is good. We can guard against opponents while fighting comfortably.”

He Yu nodded.

“Exactly.”

“This is my solution.”

“What do you think?”

Suddenly, Annie sneered.

“Very nice.”

“But we've already memorized it.”

“You can die now.”

A blade slashed toward He Yu.

He Yu calmly looked at them without moving.

“Oh.”

“I forgot to mention one thing.”

“The stone guardians move. They'll disrupt the formation.”

“We need someone who understands formations to command it in real time from above.”

Annie's blade stopped one centimeter from He Yu's neck.

Their expression darkened.

Gedai and the others looked equally unpleasant.

Eugene narrowed his eyes.

“So what you're saying is, you stay above and command us while we do all the fighting?”

“Only you can direct the formation?”

He Yu removed the pen cap from his mouth, placed it back on the pen, closed the notebook, and adjusted his glasses.

“That's exactly what I'm saying.”

Everyone: “...”

Although he had provided an excellent solution, for some reason they all felt annoyed.

Cheng Zhao asked,

“How can we trust you? What if you give random commands?”

He Yu smiled slightly.

“My teammates are down there too, aren't they?”

Everyone fell silent.

Wanrenzhan spoke impatiently.

“You people don't even understand this formation stuff. So what if he's directing from above?”

“Do you really need his combat power?”

A combat power of 8.

What use was that?

Everyone from Team One thought of the same thing.

Their expressions became indescribably complicated.

The other teams didn't know why.

But that didn't stop them from feeling irritated.

After all—

Who enjoys being ordered around?

Unfortunately...

They had no alternative.

Eugene and Zhen Xing exchanged a glance.

Both reached the same conclusion.

“Fine.”

“Let's cooperate.”

He Yu's smile became dazzling.

The setting sun painted his face in golden light.

He almost seemed to glow.

“I told you.”

“I came to bring you peace, didn't I?”

Everyone: “...”

Their expressions became even uglier.

Gedai, Annie, and the others merely snorted and remained silent.

—

The cooperation agreement was finalized.

Clearing the stage as quickly as possible was now everyone's top priority.

Each contestant received a number assigned by He Yu.

From this point forward, every command He Yu gave would be based on those numbers.

Whatever he said.

They had to do.

That had been agreed upon beforehand.

He Yu took out his familiar broom, stepped onto it, and flew into the sky.

The broom seemed to be in a particularly good mood.

It wagged its tail.

He Yu's foot shifted warningly.

The broom immediately behaved itself.

Everyone else moved as well.

Following the plan, they leaped to their designated positions, drew their weapons, and prepared to fight together.

The livestream chat exploded.

“AHHHH! This is insane! He actually got everyone to cooperate in a battle royale instance!”

“In another battlefield, one team slaughtered half the others before attempting the stage. This is the only battlefield where everyone is fighting together!”

“Holy shit, He Yu is genuinely incredible.”

“One battlefield tried forming an alliance too, but both sides planned to betray each other. They ended up killing one another before even touching the stone guardians.”

“These are all experts and smart people. Plus, He Yu's formation is ridiculously effective. Nobody dares attack. The moment they do, they die.”

...

As Gedai moved into position, he said coldly,

“If you dare trick us, I'll be the first one to kill you.”

He Yu smiled brightly.

His lenses reflected cold light.

Yet his starry eyes were warm and radiant.

His hoarse voice remained gentle.

“How could I?”

—How could he possibly trick them?

—He was merely taking advantage of the opportunity to verify another idea he had.

At most, he was using them as chess pieces for a while.

When adults set up a game, how could that be called deception?

Everyone took their positions.

The stone guardians moved.

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