Everyone looked at He Yu.

The voting was about to begin. What did He Yu want to say?

Duan Yuchen and Harvey exchanged a glance.

They had already discussed it long ago.

Once this round ended, they would definitely vote for He Yu.

Even though he had just displayed an extremely frightening kind of ability.

—But this was a killing competition. The stronger he was, the more everyone else wanted to get rid of him early.

However, that didn’t stop them from hearing what He Yu had to say.

So the two of them turned their gazes toward He Yu, and everyone else had long since been looking at him too.

He Yu stood in the middle of the crowd.

Under everyone’s attention, he remained calm and composed.

He pushed up his rimless glasses and slowly spoke:

“Everyone, I know you’re planning to vote for me now that this round is over.”

The moment his voice fell, everyone paused slightly.

Duan Yuchen and the others did not refute him.

That was practically an open admission that they intended to eliminate He Yu.

He Yu swept his eyes over them and continued:

“But Siya has been eliminated, and the undercover has already been exposed. Under these circumstances, do you think eliminating me is better, or eliminating the undercover is better?”

His voice was faint and lingering.

As though choosing the former would be—

Utterly stupid.

Duan Yuchen’s pupils shrank. He said in shock:

“The undercover has already been exposed?!”

Siya had been eliminated.

But she had left alone. No one knew who had acted against her.

At least Duan Yuchen and the others, who had passed the stage in a daze, did not know.

Wanrenzhan nodded heavily and stepped forward with his axe in his arms.

“That’s right. The scope of possible undercovers is very small. He Yu, Zhante, and I met up in advance and already analyzed it—Maze monsters don’t eat people, and the small monsters inside weren’t enough to threaten Siya. In that case, Siya’s elimination could only have been done by the undercover! As long as we confirm the situation of the five of you, we can basically determine who the undercover is!”

Ling Buchen was ignored by him again.

After all, he truly did not have much of a presence.

Qiong immediately reacted.

They wanted everyone to provide alibis and clear themselves of suspicion.

She raised her hand.

“When Siya was eliminated, Qiao Yuan and I had already met up. After that, we moved together. When Siya was eliminated, we can prove each other’s alibis.”

This was rather unexpected.

Qiong and Qiao Yuan, who had been moving alone, had actually met.

And since they had met before Siya was eliminated, then the undercover definitely was not among them.

Zhante said:

“Ling Buchen and I can prove each other’s alibis. We never separated the entire time.”

Duan Yuchen frowned.

“Harvey and I never separated either.”

If they reasoned like this, then the result was obvious...

Wanrenzhan lifted his chin, his voice certain.

“He Yu and I didn’t separate either. In that case, the undercover’s identity is clear. The only person capable of threatening Siya while acting alone was—Earlie!”

Beside him, He Yu rubbed his chin and casually added:

“I don’t know whether you have any special methods of contacting each other, but when the smart brain couldn’t be used and there was no way to communicate, it would probably have been very hard to find Siya too.”

Duan Yuchen’s pupils shrank, and he abruptly looked toward Earlie.

Harvey also looked at Earlie and said with certainty:

“You’re the undercover. You, Siya, and Duan Yuchen have a special way to contact one another.”

This was something Duan Yuchen had personally told him while they were searching for a path in the maze.

Earlie had no alibi.

Earlie was capable of threatening Siya.

Earlie and Siya had a special method of communication...

The answer seemed to already be confirmed.

Everyone had already decided that the undercover was Earlie.

Only Earlie himself looked utterly confused.

Undercover?!

After the confusion came furious rage.

Earlie jumped up.

“Bullshit! I’m not the undercover at all, and I never saw Siya! When Siya was eliminated, I was fucking wandering around alone!”

Wanrenzhan sneered.

“Can anyone prove that?”

Everyone else had an alibi.

Only Earlie did not.

“Wanrenzhan, you’re framing me!”

Earlie glared fiercely at Wanrenzhan, looking as though he was about to pounce.

His vote count was not enough.

If he was truly eliminated, then he would die.

Earlie hurriedly defended himself:

“I’m really not the undercover. I don’t know anything! I had no reason to kill Siya. Siya and I were cooperating. Even if I were the undercover, I wouldn’t kill Siya.”

Wanrenzhan said:

“That’s hard to say... After all, in this round, either the undercover dies or the teammates die. A cooperative relationship isn’t stable.”

“Nonsense!”

Earlie looked as though he could breathe fire.

Qiong also nodded.

“The rest of us can all prove each other’s alibis. When you went to eliminate Siya, you probably didn’t expect that everyone else had stayed together, and that Qiao Yuan and I would meet up.”

He Yu nodded and said blandly—

“That’s right. You and Qiao Yuan meeting was something difficult to predict. If the others had separated, or if you and Qiao Yuan hadn’t met, then Earlie would only be one undercover suspect among many. According to your plan, this round would have eliminated me, and he would have been very safe.”

This analysis made perfect sense.

Unless the undercover was confirmed one hundred percent, the person they would vote out would definitely be He Yu.

Wanrenzhan sneered.

“Unfortunately, heaven didn’t help him. Compared to He Yu with eight points of combat power, the undercover Earlie is the one we should be more on guard against!”

“Fuck you! Wanrenzhan, you’re slandering me! You’re the fucking undercover!”

Earlie lunged forward, grabbed Wanrenzhan by the collar, and glared at him as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Wanrenzhan calmly pried his hand away and said:

“My vote goes to Earlie.”

As soon as his voice fell, the number “1” appeared above Earlie’s head.

Earlie panicked.

He had no idea how to defend himself.

His eyes nearly split with rage, and they widened until they were bloodshot. His face flushed a deep red.

“I’m not the undercover! I’m fucking not the undercover! You’ll regret this! Your analysis is wrong!”

He glared fiercely at Wanrenzhan.

“Is it you? Are you the undercover?”

Then he glared at He Yu, Qiong, Harvey, and the others.

“Is it you people? You’re the ones who are undercover!”

Earlie had spent the entire time searching for a way through the maze. He did not know how they had gotten out, nor had he seen anyone else.

He had no idea who the undercover was.

And in the face of this sudden suspicion, he had no way to defend himself.

He Yu spread his hands helplessly.

“I trust Wanrenzhan’s analysis. Voting out the undercover is the safest course of action. Now that we’ve made it to this stage, everyone should be able to tell that each stage is harder than the last. If the undercover causes trouble in the next stage, we’ll all be finished.”

After a pause, he casually added:

“Even if Earlie is strong enough not to get into trouble, if we accidentally end up alone again... I’m afraid quite a few people here can’t beat him. No one knows whether the next stage will force us to act alone.”

Hearing this, Duan Yuchen’s expression immediately turned solemn.

He Yu said:

“So, like Wanrenzhan, my vote goes to Earlie too.”

With his analysis affirmed, Wanrenzhan proudly lifted his head.

After He Yu finished speaking, the barrage began flooding wildly—

“Goddamn ‘trust Wanrenzhan’s analysis’!”

“Goddamn ‘like Wanrenzhan.’ You’re obviously the one who guided Wanrenzhan into saying it.”

“Fuck, look at Wanrenzhan’s proud face. Doesn’t he look like that idiot who lives next door to my house?”

“I’m convinced. I’m seriously convinced. When Wanrenzhan remembers this later, will he go insane from anger?”

“You’re proud? Wanrenzhan, are you a fucking idiot?!”

“Fuck, He Yu successfully dumped his undercover blame onto Earlie.”

...

The barrage was mocking Wanrenzhan.

Meanwhile, above Earlie’s head, the “1” became “2.”

Earlie completely collapsed.

An ominous premonition seized his throat.

The threat of death almost made it impossible for him to breathe.

He glared at He Yu and cursed:

“You believe that dumbass Wanrenzhan too? You fucking garbage from a garbage planet, are you trying to lick Wanrenzhan’s stinking feet? I’m telling you, he’ll kill you sooner or later! Trash, you dare vote for me too? I’ll kill all you garbage planet tras—”

Ling Buchen, who had almost no presence, suddenly said:

“I vote for Earlie.”

It had to be said.

If Wanrenzhan was a ruthless man, then Earlie was an evil man.

Even at a time like this, he still mocked contestants from garbage planets. There was no benefit to it at all.

The votes above Earlie’s head changed from “2” to “3.”

This time, he finally couldn’t curse anymore.

Because he felt despair.

There were nine of them in total.

As long as he received five votes, the others would not need to vote anymore.

He would be eliminated directly, with no chance of turning things around.

Earlie’s breathing grew heavy. His face turned pale.

He suddenly looked toward Qiong.

“I’m not the undercover. I’m really not the undercover. You’re voting wrong. Didn’t we agree to vote for He Yu this round?!”

Qiong sneered.

“I wanted to vote for He Yu because I’m wary of him. But voting for you—”

“Is because I despise you!”

If they could not find the undercover, she would have been willing to vote for He Yu.

But now, they had found the undercover, and that undercover was Earlie...

—Then there was no need to discuss voting for Earlie!

Earlie clenched his fists.

His expression was violent and panicked.

He lunged toward Qiong, wanting to stop her from voting.

“No! You can’t vote for me! I’m not the undercover—”

Earlie broke down.

Qiao Yuan stopped him.

Qiong said:

“You’re infamous in the Federation. Countless ordinary-planet women have been tortured and killed by you. Even after entering <Top Talent Show>, you still didn’t know how to restrain yourself... If you hadn’t acted against Siya, we might not have been able to find you.”

“I said I’m not the undercover! I didn’t kill Siya!!”

Qiong sneered.

“Is there any use quibbling now? My vote goes to Earlie.”

Four votes...

Only one more vote, and Earlie would be doomed to elimination.

He hurriedly checked his own vote count.

However, from the beginning of voting until now, he had not even reached one hundred thousand audience votes.

It was even lower than He Yu’s!

Earlie backed away in terror.

“How is that possible? Hurry and vote for me! I’m begging you! I need two hundred thousand audience votes! Give them to me, hurry, please!”

He looked at the sky.

He was clearly pleading with the audience.

However, after his words fell, his vote count only increased by a tiny amount.

The barrage was calm.

There were even mocking voices—

“Compared to He Yu, that garbage planet person, Earlie is way more disgusting. I hate criminals like Earlie, who target weak women, more than anything in my life.”

“Hahaha! Earlie, die! The young lady next door to us was such a gentle, adorable person, but because Earlie took a liking to her, she was brutally violated and tortured to death. He relied on his strength to run wild and only knew how to bully women from ordinary planets. If he hadn’t offended an expert, he would still be running rampant out there. He deserves this.”

“I have to say, Earlie won’t be able to beg for votes. In the Federation, he’s already a death row criminal. If he hadn’t entered this talent show, he would have been executed already.”

“I actually admire villains like Earlie, but unfortunately, he can’t turn this round around. I won’t waste my vote.”

...

The tiny amount of votes that slowly rose was clearly not enough for him to leave the competition.

Earlie completely lost his mind.

He looked pleadingly at Duan Yuchen.

“Vote for He Yu. All of you vote for He Yu. Didn’t we agree? We agreed to vote for He Yu. I’m really not the undercover. Believe me!”

Wanrenzhan sneered.

“Still quibbling? If you’re not the undercover, then who is?”

Duan Yuchen hesitated.

He kept feeling as though something was wrong, but he truly could not sort out his thoughts.

After hesitating for a moment, he said:

“Could there be a problem somewhere? If Earlie is the undercover, he could attack us...”

He had already been forced into this position, but Earlie still had not attacked.

Could it be that a restriction forbidding teammates from attacking each other was stopping him?

Duan Yuchen kept feeling that everything had gone too smoothly.

So smoothly that it felt out of place.

Wanrenzhan looked at him in surprise.

“Duan Yuchen, you’re still doubting? Only Earlie had the conditions to commit the crime. He’s the only one who could have forced Siya away. He can attack, but he can’t beat all of us together, so he’s using this method to clear himself. You believe that too?”

Duan Yuchen looked at everyone.

Then he looked at the collapsed Earlie.

Finally, his gaze stopped on He Yu.

To be honest, he had always wanted to eliminate He Yu.

Especially after He Yu displayed stronger abilities, Duan Yuchen became even more wary of him.

Sensing his gaze, He Yu calmly met his eyes.

Seeing Duan Yuchen and He Yu looking at each other, Wanrenzhan said impatiently:

“What are you dragging this out for? Obviously we eliminate the undercover first. If you want to eliminate He Yu, do it next round. He Yu only has eight points of combat power. Although his formations and Star-Sucking Technique or whatever are very powerful, he can’t use them himself. Earlie is still more frightening. Aside from Zhante, which one of you can beat him one-on-one?”

That was true.

He Yu had displayed some terrifying abilities.

But for now, those abilities seemed to require borrowing someone else’s strength before they could take effect.

If that was the case...

He Yu’s threat level was not that high.

Earlie, on the other hand...

Wanrenzhan was right.

If the undercover were anyone else, they could wait a little longer.

But if the undercover was Earlie, they could not wait. They did not dare wait.

Earlie’s combat power was too strong.

Facing him one-on-one would make victory extremely difficult.

As for Duan Yuchen himself, if he had to face Earlie alone, he definitely had no chance of winning.

So Duan Yuchen withdrew his gaze from He Yu and looked toward Earlie—

“Wanrenzhan and He Yu can prove each other’s alibis. Harvey and I can prove each other’s alibis. Zhante and Ling Buchen can prove each other’s alibis. Qiao Yuan and Qiong can prove each other’s alibis... And Siya must have been harmed by the undercover. Then, indeed, it can only be you.”

Compared to eliminating the threatening He Yu.

In this stage, they should eliminate the even more threatening undercover, Earlie.

—As for He Yu, they could vote him out after the next stage.

Earlie completely lost his mind.

Two hundred thousand audience votes were not enough.

Four contestant votes hung over him.

As long as there was one more vote, he would be eliminated.

Duan Yuchen did not believe him.

How could Harvey, Qiao Yuan, or Zhante possibly support him?

Death was about to descend.

That despair nearly drowned Earlie.

Duan Yuchen said:

“I vote—Earlie.”

The instant he spoke, Earlie lunged toward Wanrenzhan and He Yu.

He probably knew he could not kill Wanrenzhan, so his main attack was aimed at He Yu!

Since he was doomed to die, he wanted to take someone with him!

He Yu, with his eight points of combat power, was undoubtedly the easiest one to take with him.

However—

“Bang!”

The moment before Earlie’s weapon could strike the two of them, Earlie exploded like smoke.

Blood-red mist nearly dyed the entire livestream red.

Wanrenzhan was splattered with blood.

He Yu took one step back.

Only a few drops splashed onto his cheek.

The blood mist stunned everyone.

For a moment, the scene was deathly silent.

Even the livestream barrage went quiet.

He Yu raised a hand.

Beneath his rimless glasses, his eyes were cold.

He gently wiped away the bead of blood on his cheek.

His delicate side profile was flawless.

And his voice was clear and cold—

“It seems we chose the wrong undercover.”

He was the first to say what everyone was thinking at that moment!

Earlie had very clearly been erased by the system...

Duan Yuchen’s vote had only just gone out.

The number over Earlie’s head had not even had time to turn into 5 before he exploded.

It could only be because he had violated a system rule.

What rule?

—Teammates cannot attack each other.

So Earlie was not the undercover.

The undercover would not be erased for attacking.

The surroundings grew even quieter.

Wanrenzhan looked utterly confused.

“How is that possible? How could Earlie not be the undercover?!”

Zhante was also somewhat dazed.

“But we could all prove that our teammates didn’t act. Could it be... that two people are covering for each other? Who would cover for the other person?!”

If the undercover lived, everyone else would die.

Who would be willing to cover for the undercover?

Was there really such deep emotion between them?

Everyone looked utterly confused.

Wanrenzhan in particular practically began doubting his life.

Ling Buchen suddenly spoke:

“Could it be that Siya wasn’t actually threatened by the undercover, and really did encounter a small monster she couldn’t handle?”

It did seem very possible...

Everyone fell into a strange silence.

—Their earlier certainty suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon.

What they did not know was that the barrage had already exploded—

“Holy shit, holy shit! Earlie actually wasn’t the undercover? I’ve been camping in Duan Yuchen’s livestream this whole time, so I don’t know what happened. Can someone explain?”

“?? There are still people who don’t know He Yu is the undercover?”

“...I’ve been camping in Wanrenzhan’s livestream, and I also know He Yu is the undercover. But how exactly did he threaten Siya?”

“I’ve been camping in He God’s livestream. Go watch the replay in He God’s livestream. Seriously, I watched that part on my knees. I kneel to this Blue Star He God with eight points of combat power!!”

...

At once, countless people flooded into He Yu’s livestream to watch the replay.

His cover hung high in the central position of the selection area.

--

Siya was also watching the replay at the transfer station.

This was her fifth time watching it.

But even after watching it until now, she still could not accept that she had been eliminated like this.

In fact, the more she watched, the less she could accept it...

He Yu pressed himself against the cave wall and then disappeared.

Wanrenzhan hacked at the wall.

He Yu, who had appeared in another tunnel, did not stop for even a second.

He neither explored nor tried to return.

Without the slightest hesitation, he continued crossing tunnels with an extremely clear purpose.

In the upper right corner, there was a detailed map showing everyone’s positions.

—Rule: The undercover will know more information.

He Yu was the undercover.

Inside the maze, he had known where everyone was the entire time!!

But he did not lead Wanrenzhan to find the others.

Instead, he approached Siya’s location.

Then, leaving Wanrenzhan behind, he walked toward Siya.

Siya was attacking a monster.

The small monster was not too strong.

She could defeat it.

But she, who loved the spotlight, hated the darkness. She was extremely irritated.

The instant she raised her head, she saw a black shadow walking toward her.

Siya froze.

The black shadow walked unhurriedly, extremely composed.

Siya narrowed her eyes.

When the person drew closer, she finally saw clearly—

“He Yu? Why are you here alone?”

Her voice was full of surprise.

Wasn’t He Yu grouped with Wanrenzhan?

With his eight points of combat power, he actually dared to run around?

Where was Wanrenzhan?

Countless doubts flashed through Siya’s mind in an instant.

He Yu stopped two meters in front of her.

In the darkness, the smile at the corner of his mouth looked somewhat eerie.

His delicate face also carried a chill that made one’s spine go cold.

His voice was hoarse and low:

“I came specifically to find you.”

Siya was stunned.

Then she quickly reacted.

“You’re the undercover?!”

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

“Are you joking? Eight combat power, and you think you can kill me?”

He Yu smiled.

His smile became even more hair-raising.

In the darkness, the lenses of his rimless glasses flashed with cold light.

His voice was faint and lingering:

“Siya, you’re so naive. Guess where Wanrenzhan is right now?”

Siya’s pupils shrank.

Her voice rose, trembling slightly:

“You killed Wanrenzhan?!”

How was that possible?!

He Yu tilted his head, looking innocent.

“Don’t be so surprised. You’re next.”

Siya pressed her lips together, weapon clenched in hand.

She did not know where He Yu, with his eight points of combat power, got the confidence to kill her.

But since he dared to come, he must have a backup plan.

Especially when Wanrenzhan had already died at his hands!

No matter how He Yu had done it, he was indeed very dangerous right now.

He Yu stretched out a hand and took out a lighter.

His fingers, with their distinct knuckles, played with the lighter.

His index and middle fingers spun it.

His voice was calm and meaningful:

“Siya, guess what this is?”

Siya looked at him warily and pressed her lips tight.

—She had seen it before.

It was the equipment He Yu had obtained in the second stage.

But at the time, they had been in a hurry to return to the first stage.

Each of them had hastily taken one piece of equipment and left.

He Yu had been the first to choose.

He had taken a piece of equipment that looked like a lighter.

Its function was unknown.

He Yu looked at her.

His smile remained the same.

Only, the more he smiled, the more terrifying it became.

“This isn’t an ordinary lighter. It can be used twice. The first use was spent just now. I killed Wanrenzhan with it.”

“This time, I’ll use it on you.”

His hand rested on the gear.

He gently pressed it down.

The smile at the corner of his mouth was mad and confident.

Siya subconsciously took a step back.

—She could not beat Wanrenzhan.

—She cherished her life very, very much and did not want to die in the maze.

So without the slightest hesitation, she used two hundred thousand votes and fled.

As a Federation celebrity, among the team of ten, Siya was the first contestant whose votes reached two hundred thousand.

Votes were important.

But they were not more important than her life.

The instant she left, He Yu’s lighter ignited.

Nothing terrifying happened.

It only illuminated his delicate face, and the brilliant smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

“Whoo—”

He calmly blew out the lighter, touched the bead at his neck, turned around, and quickly left.

As he walked, he said blandly:

“On Blue Star, there is a game called Three-Card Brag. Either your points are high enough, or your disguise is good enough. If you dare to gamble, you can scare off your opponent.”

“Unfortunately, I like gambling.”

He was even better at disguising.

“And I don’t like betting money. I only like betting lives.”

After saying that, he laughed loudly and pressed himself against the tunnel wall.

Before the system announcement sounded, he returned to the tunnel where Wanrenzhan was.

Siya was so furious that she slapped her thigh and cursed—

“He Yu, you lunatic!”

“You dared to scare this lady with a broken lighter!!”

If he had failed to scare her off, or if Siya had attacked him, he would have immediately exposed both his empty hand and his undercover identity.

And yet—

Siya had backed down.

She had been bluffed by He Yu’s confident disguise!

If she had lost to anyone else, that would have been one thing.

But losing to eight combat power and a completely useless lighter made Siya so angry she beat her chest and stamped her feet.

She never expected that He Yu would dare.

That he would actually dare!!

—That reckless lunatic.

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