This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Louis threw the person onto the ground. His originally indifferent expression changed slightly, and the corners of his mouth lifted faintly, as though something good had happened, causing all his previous displeasure to disappear.

He Yu was thrown onto the ground. Black mist filled the surroundings, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

He coughed twice, bracing himself with one hand on the ground as he tilted his head slightly upward.

“So this is the secret you've been hiding, Louis?”

Eugene and the others had better physiques. Although they couldn't use combat power and were equally uncomfortable in this environment, they were far better off than He Yu. All of them silently watched Louis.

—Coming here had been their purpose all along.

Louis looked at He Yu, his expression calm.

“You talk too much.”

After a pause, the smile on his lips deepened.

“But you may stop thinking very soon. You won't have to worry about these questions anymore.”

He Yu clicked his tongue.

As expected, a final boss NPC wasn't that easy to trick. He clearly had no intention of saying much.

He Yu raised a hand and pushed up his slipping glasses, speaking softly.

“So, you're planning to turn us into ghosts too? The ghosts of Ghost Town really were created by you, weren't they? And how did you create them? With him?”

As his hand lowered, he naturally pointed toward the chained shadow.

Although it was phrased as a question, his gaze was almost certain.

Zhen Xing and the others followed his finger and froze.

Louis' expression changed. His sharp eyes locked onto He Yu.

“How do you know? What else do you know?”

He originally hadn't intended to pay He Yu any attention.

But he had just spoken a secret Louis had believed no one knew!

Seeing his reaction, He Yu knew—

His guess had been correct.

And if that guess was completely correct, then the rest of his speculations were likewise one hundred percent correct.

“Kan,” He Yu chuckled. “Three hundred years ago, everyone said you left after killing Li. Yet you changed your identity and became the mayor of Ghost Town, manufacturing ghosts little by little all these years...”

Slowly supporting himself to his feet, staggering slightly, he stared intently at the shadow, his eyes focused and serious.

“And Li is alive too, just like you are. Except you've chained him up. The reason you can create ghosts—is it because of Li's special nature?”

Louis' pupils contracted. His nostrils flared. Shock flashed across his face.

Clearly, He Yu was right.

Zhen Xing and the others:

“!!!”

They were stunned.

That was Li?!

The legendary Li Zhen Xing had mentioned before?

Three hundred years ago, he awakened the ability to naturally increase his body's combat power. He was eaten, transformed into a humanoid ghost, took revenge, and then was killed again.

Holy shit!

He was still alive too?!

Everyone was shocked.

Suddenly they remembered that He Yu had asked before—

Kan was still alive. Were there any other people from three hundred years ago who had survived?

At the time, they had only felt chills down their spines.

But had He Yu already guessed Li's existence back then, which was why he had asked?

Just when had He Yu figured all this out?

Wanrenzhan and the others couldn't imagine it, but this was obviously not the time to ask.

Zhen Xing looked toward the chained ghost.

No, not it.

Him.

He was clearly different from the other ghosts. His darkness was several shades deeper, several levels stronger. His body consisted entirely of black mist rather than flesh.

According to the legend, he had been the first humanoid ghost.

Only after him did countless humanoid ghosts appear.

So Louis had controlled Li and discovered the method of creating humanoid ghosts through him?

Li no longer resembled a human at all.

Clearly, these three hundred years had been nothing but torment.

Louis' face darkened, his good mood vanishing once again.

“He Yu, is it? You're very clever. Unfortunately, it's useless.”

He stepped forward and restrained He Yu with a single hand.

He Yu didn't resist, merely looked at him calmly.

Louis narrowed his eyes.

“Where exactly do you people come from? Who are you? Why are you different from everyone else?”

He Yu asked,

“You tried turning Keli Hai into a ghost, but failed, didn't you?”

After a pause, he shook his head.

“No, that's not accurate. You tried turning Keli Hai into a ghost, but only succeeded halfway. Right?”

“You know why?” Louis' grip loosened slightly.

He Yu shook his head.

“I don't.”

Louis immediately tightened his grip again.

“Enough. I'm done talking to you. You're stalling for time. Keli Hai said your group possesses a special ability that requires a cooldown period, allowing you to escape. I won't give you that chance.”

Eugene and the others cursed Keli Hai to death in their hearts.

That bastard.

Even in his own misfortune, he had to drag others down with him.

—He clearly didn't want them gathering enough votes to leave.

He Yu remained composed.

“Mr. Louis, don't be so impatient. Aren't you really curious?”

“I am.”

Louis' face was cold.

“But it doesn't matter. Eliminating you and preventing your escape matters more.”

As he spoke, he dragged He Yu toward Li.

There were things he cared about more. After years of creating ghosts, he had long discovered that some people were simply special.

He had no intention of digging too deeply and falling into a trap.

Li was obviously in terrible condition, almost devoid of consciousness.

But when Louis stretched out his hand and drew out a portion of the black aura from Li's body, the blurred figure twitched twice despite himself, as though in tremendous pain.

He Yu sighed.

“Mr. Louis, you're far crueler than the people of Ghost Town. Back then, they ate Li. But you imprisoned him for three hundred years and slowly ‘ate’ him for three hundred years.”

Wasn't that another kind of consumption?

Li himself had become a ghost. Those black energies constituted his body.

Louis' method of creating ghosts was simply to cut off a piece of Li and feed it to humans.

Humans ate Li and became ghosts.

Li slowly regenerated.

Like an inexhaustible resource.

Louis used him repeatedly.

Whenever a portion was consumed, a new one grew.

Again and again.

For three hundred years, his flesh had been carved away.

Looking at Louis, Zhen Xing felt that this man was even more terrifying than the ghosts.

They knew Louis was transforming He Yu into a ghost.

But they couldn't defeat him.

They couldn't save He Yu.

He Yu had planned all this.

He should have anticipated this situation too, right?

Louis' eyes grew crazed, but there was not the slightest guilt in them.

Only excitement.

“So what? You will all become stepping stones for me. To sacrifice yourselves for me is your honor!”

Grabbing He Yu by the neck, he lifted him into the air and used his other hand to force the black aura into He Yu's body.

He Yu struggled to breathe. Veins bulged on his forehead, yet he still managed to ask:

“S-since... we're all... going to be sacrificed... c-can you... tell me... what exactly you're trying to achieve?”

“I'll tell you, then.”

Louis' eyes gleamed with madness.

“Godhood. I will become a god. You are sacrificing yourselves for a god!”

Godhood!

Zhen Xing and the others' expressions changed dramatically.

This NPC's ambitions were enormous.

Becoming a god was no easy feat.

<Top Talent Show> itself was a god-making system.

Yet after all these years, only one god had emerged.

And this NPC wanted to become one himself.

How strange.

But—

What did godhood have to do with ghosts?

They were all confused.

Meanwhile, more than half of the black aura had entered He Yu's body.

Wanrenzhan's expression changed. He stood instinctively, wanting to save He Yu.

But he still couldn't use combat power.

Zhen Xing stared anxiously at He Yu.

Inside, Eugene cursed wildly—

He Yu, you lunatic!

Whatever trump card you have, hurry up and use it!!

Was He Yu really about to be turned into a ghost?

No.

Even Keli Hai hadn't completely transformed.

He Yu shouldn't either...

As the black aura fully entered his body, Louis' eyes became more and more crazed.

And He Yu smiled.

His eyes were even more insane than Louis'.

Louis froze.

Then subconsciously released him.

“You... why don't you have divine power? You weren't transformed by divine power?!”

He looked exactly the same as before.

Not a single change.

He Yu steadied himself after being released, swaying slightly, but his eyes remained clear and smiling.

After regaining his balance, he stretched out his hand.

“Is this what you call divine power?”

In his palm floated the ball of black aura Louis had just injected into him.

Louis' pupils shrank.

He stood there dumbfounded.

“Incredible... You can control divine power too?!”

The black aura became clearer atop He Yu's pale hand.

He flexed his fingers slightly.

The black aura moved with them.

Then, like smoke, it flowed back into Li's body.

Unlike when it had been extracted, returning it seemed to bring Li great comfort. The darkness around him trembled faintly.

Louis was completely stunned.

After a long moment, his face twisted.

His eyes locked onto He Yu.

“Who exactly are you? Why can you control divine power? No... are you really human?!”

He Yu chuckled and pushed up his glasses.

“Of course I'm human. But Mr. Louis doesn't seem to be.”

Everyone:

“!!!”

The barrage:

“!!!”

—Holy shit, what information had He Yu just dropped?!

Louis' pupils contracted.

He Yu remained calm.

“Unlike Mr. Louis, who doesn't like explaining things, I very much enjoy it. I'd be happy to answer all your questions.”

His tone sounded friendly.

Yet his eyes were full of amusement.

Louis said nothing.

He stared at He Yu.

At this moment, all he could see was He Yu.

He wanted to kill him.

Yet he was also filled with curiosity and shock.

—This person had far too many mysteries!

He Yu continued,

“Kan was human. But Mr. Louis isn't. You probably discovered Li's uniqueness, developed some ideas, and transformed yourself into something neither human nor ghost. Right now, you're somewhere in between.”

Louis ignored everything else.

“You are human, so why can you control divine power?!”

And just as he promised, He Yu was extremely willing to answer.

“Using the framework I've recently researched, combat power energy can be called He Qi. The divine power you speak of—the energy composing ghosts—can be called... Yu Qi.”

“Of course, they're just names. You can call them something else.”

Everyone: “...”

The viewers: “...”

[Barrage: “Don't think we don't know! He Qi and Yu Qi together spell He Yu!”]

[Barrage: “This guy's naming things after himself! Damn, he's unbelievable!”]

...

Louis frowned impatiently.

“What exactly are you trying to say?”

He Yu spread his hands.

“Mr. Louis, don't rush. If you rush, things become hard to explain.”

“First, let me popularize my previous theory.”

“Combat power isn't data.”

He looked at Zhen Xing.

Zhen Xing subconsciously replied,

“Energy.”

He Yu clapped.

“Exactly. Energy. Looks like everyone is gradually accepting this viewpoint.”

“If combat power is energy, then energy naturally has more manifestations than combat power alone. In my simple classification, there are at least He Qi and Yu Qi.”

“Yu Qi is this black aura on Li, and ghosts themselves. That's why ghosts can naturally come into existence and possess such terrifying combat power.”

He looked deeply at everyone and said quietly:

“Your entire system is full of contradictions. Ghosts themselves prove that.”

“Ghosts have no equipment.”

“But they possess combat power.”

So clearly—

Combat power was not scientific data as the Federation had always believed.

It was a mysterious form of energy.

Zhen Xing, Eugene, and Wanrenzhan all stood speechless.

The viewers were equally stunned.

He Yu was attempting to overturn everything they had ever believed.

If the combat power system itself was wrong—

Then what had they been pursuing all these years?

No!

The combat power system couldn't be wrong!

...

He Yu looked back at Louis.

“You've already noticed it, haven't you? The combat power system is inferior to the ghosts that possess Yu Qi. What did you see in Li that made you abandon your old path?”

Louis unconsciously fell into his memories.

Ever since He Yu manipulated the black aura, their relationship had changed.

At least now, they were having a conversation.

“Yes.”

“I saw the path to godhood through Li.”

“He had just become a ghost. Before becoming one, he wasn't powerful. Yet I almost lost to him!”

Louis took a deep breath.

“If I hadn't had another trump card, I would have died.”

He Yu nodded.

“So later you won and chained him up. You searched for a way to strengthen yourself through him.”

“And then you discovered that eating his Yu Qi would turn someone into a ghost?”

Louis stared at him without answering.

Which was answer enough.

Li was now composed entirely of black aura.

Eating the black aura meant eating him.

He Yu nodded.

“I understand.”

“So all those missing people in Ghost Town became ghosts?”

“You used these ghosts to build Ghost Town's reputation and attract more tourists.”

“And because ghosts were Ghost Town's trademark, no matter how many people disappeared, it seemed normal.”

Louis pressed his lips together.

“You still haven't explained why you can control divine power.”

—That was the only thing he truly cared about.

He Yu looked back.

“I can explain.”

“But first, Mr. Louis, answer me this.”

“The ghosts of Ghost Town...”

“They were all humans, weren't they?”

Louis nodded.

There was no point hiding it anymore.

Indeed.

All the ghosts had once been human.

And conversely—

Not every “human” was necessarily human.

He Yu tapped his chin.

“Then how do you control them? Who are you capturing? Why are some humanoid and others not?”

Louis' expression darkened.

“You ask too many questions.”

He Yu smiled.

“Just these. Answer me, and I'll answer you.”

Louis' expression shifted repeatedly.

He seemed ready to attack, but after some thought, he finally spoke.

“I control the ghosts I create and make them do whatever I want.”

“I capture people. All people.”

“I want to strengthen myself and become a god.”

“If dead people are infused with divine power, they become shadows or other forms.”

“If living people receive divine power and survive the agony of purification, they become humanoid ghosts.”

The black aura entering a living body caused unbearable pain.

Originally, Louis had intended that as torture for He Yu and the others.

He Yu nodded.

“I see.”

“The operational mechanism of Ghost Town is excellent.”

“You transform humans into ghosts, then use them to attract tourists, creating an endless supply of people.”

He thought for a moment.

“You wouldn't do pointless things.”

“You can control these ghosts. Which means you can absorb their energy too, right?”

“So those ghost babies—ah no, human infants—you ate them happily because they contained the energy you desired.”

Louis frowned.

“You talk too much.”

He Yu smiled faintly.

“This isn't nonsense, Mr. Louis.”

“I'm getting to know you.”

His eyes turned cold.

“Let me guess further.”

“The reason you created ghosts was also because of Li's regeneration ability.”

“You couldn't eat Li directly.”

“So you constantly weakened him and consumed him in another way.”

“Keeping him from recovering. Keeping him powerless to resist.”

It was easy to understand.

Most people couldn't even endure a tiny amount of Li's black aura.

Louis himself had probably suffered terribly when transforming from Kan into Louis.

So later, he switched methods.

He used Li to create an endless stream of ghosts.

Then consumed those ghosts instead.

A gentler process.

And one that continuously weakened Li.

Li was extremely powerful.

Only in this way could Louis suppress him forever.

Louis gritted his teeth.

“He Yu!”

“Why!”

“Can!”

“You!”

“Control!”

“Divine power?!”

That was the answer he wanted.

He had turned himself into something neither human nor ghost to wield divine power.

Yet He Yu controlled it in a human body.

And He Yu had used that question to extract countless answers.

Still without explaining.

Louis was on the verge of exploding.

He Yu's eyes flashed with mischief.

Spreading his hands, he said,

“Haven't I already explained?”

“The divine power you speak of is Yu Qi. It's simply energy.”

“Just like He Qi.”

“I can manipulate He Qi.”

“So naturally, I can manipulate Yu Qi.”

“But without introducing the cultivation system, I can only use myself as a relay station to manipulate He Qi and Yu Qi. I can't absorb them, nor can I directly use them.”

“That's a major flaw.”

He shook his head.

“So you don't need to be so wary of me.”

“I can't beat you.”

Everyone:

“!!!”

The viewers:

“!!!”

[Barrage: “Holy shit, has He Yu gone insane?!”]

[Barrage: “He just exposed his own weakness?!”]

[Barrage: “Damn it! Louis only hadn't attacked because he feared He Yu's control over Yu Qi!”]

[Barrage: “It's over. He just revealed all his cards!”]

Sure enough—

The instant those words left his mouth, Louis wasted not even a second.

He reached directly toward He Yu!

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