This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

“Bzzz bzzz bzzz—”

Too much time had passed. The video image was blurry, the static was noisy, and snow filled the screen. After flickering several times, a vague picture finally appeared.

The sound came in fragments—

“You all... bzzz... are insane!”

“My god, they... bzzz...”

“...bzzz... Life Tree, it's over... bzzz...”

Those fragmented voices immediately quieted everyone. Even the few people who had been “questioning” He Yu all turned to look, their expressions focused.

They had heard the keyword—

Life Tree!

Qiong frowned, her fingers flying over the virtual keyboard. Gedai and Eugene's mechanical bodies entered high-speed operation, desperately stabilizing the image and data.

Examining another person's brain terminal was already enough to corrupt its contents. This one was a product from five hundred years ago. One wrong move and the entire brain terminal could be destroyed, losing all the information inside.

Qiong lowered the brim of her hat and immersed herself completely in her work.

He Yu's eyes were especially attentive. The picture was too blurry now. Nothing could be seen clearly, nothing heard clearly. He frowned slightly and pondered.

“What is the Life Tree in the Federation?”

Siya shook her head.

“I've never heard of it.”

Zhen Xing also shook his head.

“Me neither.”

Eugene said, “Something unique to Love Planet? Or something created by this instance?”

He Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

So it was something unknown? Something even Federation people didn't know?

Gedai, who had remained silent while being held by He Yu, suddenly spoke—

“The Life Tree is indeed unique to Love Planet. I once traveled and visited a barren ordinary planet. The people there were weak and ignorant. They treated a rare medicinal plant ingredient as a divine object and worshipped it every day.”

Even while speaking, Gedai's tone naturally carried disdain for “ordinary planets.” His expression was arrogant.

“They did gain benefits from that plant. Simply being near it helped injuries heal. Of course, the effect wasn't as strong as medicine.”

But for people who couldn't afford medicine, it was a divine object, something beyond their understanding.

He Yu understood and nodded.

“The Life Tree should be a rare plant on Love Planet with some special effects. That's why the people of Love Planet called it the Life Tree and worshipped it as a divine object.”

According to Gedai's explanation, whether rare medicinal ingredients or rare plants, they were all plants rich in energy.

Using the terminology of He Yu's cultivation system—

Spirit plants.

The Life Tree was a mutated spirit plant, enormous and full of energy.

Therefore, the people of Love Planet worshipped it. Perhaps because it had existed for so long and accumulated tremendous energy, it might even possess special abilities.

Siya couldn't help sighing.

“If something like that existed in the Federation, who knows what kind of sensation it would cause...”

And wars.

Rare plants were usually small. Just hearing the name Life Tree suggested a gigantic tree. Combined with the word “life,” its temptation was unimaginable.

If Love Planet truly existed within the Federation, Federation experts would probably have flattened it before the devil ever descended.

Hearing that, He Yu lowered his eyes slightly, revealing no emotion.

But Zhen Xing suddenly looked at him.

—Just now, he seemed to have sensed a change in He Yu's emotions?

It had lasted only a second before returning to calm.

So what had caused that emotional fluctuation?

And what kind of emotion had it been?

What exactly was going through He Yu's mind?

He Yu said lightly, “You have too much free time.”

Otherwise, how could he keep pondering someone else's inner thoughts?

“Mutual understanding” wasn't one-sided. Zhen Xing could sense He Yu, and naturally He Yu could sense Zhen Xing as well.

This fellow's thoughts had been particularly restless lately.

Zhen Xing: “......”

Touching his nose, he withdrew his thoughts and focused seriously on the projection.

“Bzzz bzzz bzzz—”

The static remained, but this time the picture was much clearer.

Qiong finally stopped typing and took a deep breath.

“This is the best I can restore.”

He Yu nodded.

“Thank you. You're amazing.”

Immediately, the corners of Qiong's mouth rose and her eyes curved happily.

For some reason, receiving He Yu's approval felt like obtaining official certification.

It was strangely satisfying.

He Yu stared at the projection.

Countless blurry figures filled the video, and the voices were still chaotic, but much clearer than before—

“They actually stained the Life Tree with blood! They've defiled the Life Tree!”

“My god! Get away! Don't dirty the Life Tree!”

“Ah— Pull them down! Kill them!”

...

The voices were chaotic and difficult to distinguish.

But in the center of everyone's vision stood a gigantic emerald tree that stretched into the heavens.

A towering tree.

A towering tree overflowing with life.

“Life Tree! We summon you with our blood and lives. Please tell us—is love really not important at all?”

A female voice sounded through tears.

He Yu recognized her.

She was one of the lovers from the background story.

Her lover knelt beside her, severely injured, blood covering the ground.

She held him inside a pool of blood, crying as though her heart had been torn apart.

The blood flowed toward the Life Tree, and everyone else panicked, rushing forward to drag them away.

“Life Tree! Life Tree, help us!”

The woman was desperate.

The position where she knelt had strange patterns drawn with blood. If she left that spot, the summoning would be interrupted.

“Ah—!”

During the struggle, more blood flowed from her lover's body.

Her own life force was also fading. Blood poured out frantically from both of them, rushing toward the Life Tree.

“Rumble—!”

Suddenly, heaven and earth shook.

Everyone looked forward in horror.

The Life Tree, after absorbing the blood, was withering.

Its leaves turned yellow and fell. The trunk shrank. It was as though something was extracting its energy.

The Life Tree was dying.

The people of Love Planet exploded.

“My god! The Life Tree!”

“The Life Tree is dying! What have you done?”

“What have you done to the Life Tree?!”

“Ahhh! Life Tree! Divine one!”

...

They fell to their knees, crying for the Life Tree.

Others seized the couple as though they wanted to devour them alive.

The lovers themselves were also confused.

Their pale and weakened bodies continued bleeding along the summoning patterns they had drawn.

They were dying.

And the Life Tree was dying as well.

Then—

The withering suddenly stopped.

Just as the people of Love Planet breathed in relief, a black shadow slowly emerged.

The shadow seemed wrapped around the Life Tree, and also seemed to grow from it.

Terrifying pressure surrounded it.

The area became eerily silent.

Those nearby couldn't even raise their heads.

“You are... the Life Tree?”

The lovers asked weakly, hope in their eyes.

But everyone else remained silent.

Because they knew—

Something carrying such terrifying pressure and instinctively provoking disgust could never be their Life Tree.

Sure enough, the shadow spoke.

Its voice was hoarse and deep, the voice of a devil.

“No. I am not. I was merely awakened by coincidence. You may call me...”

“Devil.”

Floating above, it looked down arrogantly at the lovers.

“You awakened me.”

“Whatever you desire, I shall grant.”

The lovers froze.

They had followed the summoning pattern from the books and sacrificed blood and life.

Yet they had not summoned the Life Tree.

Instead, they had summoned a devil from nowhere.

The devil swayed slightly and spoke maliciously.

“Speak. Otherwise...”

“I shall devour all of you.”

The couple's hearts tightened.

They could feel the hatred in the gazes behind them.

They could also feel that they wouldn't survive much longer.

The two exchanged a glance.

One of them struggled upright, looked at the devil, and prayed—

“We hope... that all living beings on Love Planet will understand love...”

“And possess love...”

After saying that, both of them died.

Their fingers remained tightly clasped together.

The devil remained silent.

Everyone else lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to speak.

The atmosphere became deathly quiet.

After a long time, the devil suddenly laughed.

“Hahaha...”

“Interesting. How amusing.”

Black mist spread from its body, nearly enveloping the world.

Its hoarse voice resembled a demon from hell.

“Then I shall grant your wish.”

“From today onward, every living being on Love Planet must obey the rules of Love Planet.”

“And those rules...”

“Will be made by me.”

“I hope everyone enjoys themselves. Hahaha.”

After speaking, the black mist condensed into a humanoid figure.

Its appearance was impossible to discern.

It slowly sank into the Life Tree, as though it belonged there.

Just before disappearing—

It looked in this direction.

Everything about the shadow was blurred.

But a pair of clear, beautiful water-blue eyes remained vividly visible.

Then the eyes disappeared together with the black mist.

Love Planet underwent a world-shaking transformation.

The video ended there.

—

Those eyes looked somewhat familiar.

Before He Yu and the others could speak, the audience had already exploded.

“AHHHH BLUE EYES!!”

“I didn't see wrong, right?! Those are blue eyes!”

“Yes! Exactly! They're identical!”

“I just compared them, they're really the same! Oh my god, I have no resistance against blue eyes. I automatically like anyone with blue eyes.”

“My Big Cat and Li!!”

...

Eugene blinked.

“The eyes seem familiar...”

Wanrenzhan, however, looked extremely dissatisfied.

He remembered the end of the previous instance.

He Yu had walked with the ghost Li, watched the stars together, and received gifts from him...

Grinding his teeth, he cursed—

“What the hell is wrong with the program team? Blue eyes are ugly! Why do they keep making blue eyes?”

One pair after another.

Never-ending.

【Bullet Comments: “Jealous. Wanrenzhan is definitely jealous.”】

【Bullet Comments: “Hahaha, first Zhen Xing, now blue eyes. Wanrenzhan, you're finished!”】

Although Zhen Xing was watching the video, part of his attention remained on He Yu.

Through their “mutual understanding,” he sensed once again—

He Yu had emotions.

Not clearly, but definitely not negative.

He was in a good mood?

Zhen Xing pursed his lips and looked at He Yu with obvious curiosity.

He Yu showed nothing unusual.

Calmly, he withdrew his gaze and said:

“The rules of Love Planet are controlled by the devil. The devil is connected to the Life Tree, perhaps even residing inside it.”

His words attracted everyone's attention.

Bo Jingshan frowned.

“We've traveled across most of Love Planet and never saw the Life Tree. According to these records, it should be enormous. There's no way we could have missed it.”

Wanrenzhan said,

“Don't tell me the Life Tree is gone?”

He Yu shook his head.

“Unclear.”

The clues they possessed were still too few.

Qiong had exhausted the machine.

He Yu and the others helped reinstall Eugene's and Gedai's heads. Their mechanical bodies moved and returned to normal.

Qiong looked at He Yu.

“What are you thinking? What do we do next?”

Spend thirty days on Love Planet?

Although they could safely advance, these thirty days would bring almost no improvement.

Just wasting time.

He Yu looked at her calmly.

“You already have an idea, don't you?”

Qiong rubbed her hands together, eyes full of cunning.

“Nothing escapes you.”

“We stay together for twenty-four hours. Tomorrow, after recombining our relationships, we split up.”

Love Planet had been destroyed.

Almost no living creatures remained.

But countless things had been left behind.

And the program team had definitely hidden equipment rewards.

Splitting up would allow everyone to search for equipment and strengthen themselves.

Of course, that required abandoning unpleasant “partners” and replacing them with more cooperative ones.

Siya rolled her eyes.

“As if I want to cooperate with you. Hmph.”

He Yu nodded and turned to Zhen Xing.

“I'm going to continue searching for the Life Tree. What about you?”

In other words—

If you aren't searching for the Life Tree, then we're splitting up.

Zhen Xing answered without hesitation.

“Wherever you go, I go.”

【Bullet Comments: “AHHHH I'M SHIPPING THEM!”】

【Bullet Comments: “Damn, that line is unbeatable. Zhen Xing and He Yu are such a perfect match.”】

Wanrenzhan glared at ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) him and then fixed his gaze on He Yu.

“I'm following you too. He Yu, team up with me tomorrow.”

He Yu ignored him.

Bo Jingshan remained silent.

Throughout this instance, he had followed He Yu completely and obeyed all his arrangements.

Qiong and Siya both wore thoughtful expressions.

Nobody knew what they were thinking.

Eugene stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes.

He didn't want to continue traveling with He Yu.

Too dangerous.

Who knew when that guy might suddenly scheme against someone?

Besides, splitting up was better for dividing benefits.

But according to the current rules, acting alone was unsafe.

He needed a partner.

So they couldn't separate today.

Otherwise, what if they couldn't find suitable partners in time?

What if they encountered another couple first?

Returning to the main issue—

Who should he cooperate with to get rid of Gedai?

Preferably while killing Gedai as well.

Gedai rolled his eyes.

Who knew who would kill whom?

Ignoring Eugene and the others, he jumped into the pit and continued digging diligently.

He absolutely intended to excavate the food below.

Suddenly, Siya remembered something.

“By the way, where's Duan Yuchen? There were ten people in this battlefield. Jun is dead. Only Duan Yuchen remains. Where is he?”

Everyone:

“......”

Right.

They had completely forgotten there was another person.

No one knew what he was doing.

That guy had plenty of tricks too.

【Bullet Comments: “Huh? That's true, I forgot him too!”】

【Bullet Comments: “Let's switch to Duan Yuchen's stream.”】

—

Holding his newly forged equipment, Duan Yuchen wore a satisfied expression.

“Excellent, excellent. As expected, forging good equipment requires good materials.”

“This barren Love Planet actually has plenty of materials. I feel my craftsmanship has improved again!”

“Hahaha!”

After entering this world, he discovered barren land and ruined cities.

He walked for a long time without meeting anyone.

He wanted to save his “secret crush” opportunity.

If he encountered a couple, he could immediately use it and fight for a chance to survive.

Therefore, he refused to use such a precious opportunity casually.

As a result, without knowing anyone's location, he wandered around for an extremely long time.

Not only had he failed to find anyone—

Nobody had come looking for him either.

—No one had a crush on him?

Nobody wanted to cooperate with him?

While puzzled, he noticed an abandoned piece of equipment.

Its owner had probably died long ago.

Although it was badly damaged, the material was excellent.

Rare, durable material.

Thus, Duan Yuchen gathered broken equipment, removed the useful parts, and forged new equipment.

In <Top Talent Show>, his forging skills had greatly improved.

Combined with studying <Complete Equipment Forging Encyclopedia>, which He Yu had copied for him—

Duan Yuchen could confidently declare—

Even outside <Top Talent Show>, he would be praised as a grandmaster blacksmith.

Thinking of He Yu...

His excitement instantly disappeared.

That fellow's absurd forging ability was even more astonishing!

Unfortunately—

He refused to teach him.

Duan Yuchen muttered:

“Why is nobody coming?”

“It's getting late. If twenty-four hours pass without making a love selection, won't I die?”

Pressing his lips together, he crouched down and began drawing on the ground with a small knife.

Frowning deeply, he muttered while writing:

“I need to find someone. Looks like I have to use my crush opportunity early.”

“Who should I use it on?”

“There are ten people in our instance. Someone must have teamed up with He Yu already.”

“So He Yu probably already has a lover.”

“Zhen Xing, Eugene, Gedai, Wanrenzhan, Qiong, Siya, and Jun are all dangerous people. They should all be actively forming pairs.”

“Among them, the one cooperating with He Yu is probably Zhen Xing, Bo Jingshan, or Wanrenzhan.”

“Wanrenzhan is simple-minded and all muscle. It wouldn't be strange if He Yu chose him.”

“If He Yu and Bo Jingshan understand each other well, then even if Bo Jingshan paired with someone else first, he could steal the person back.”

“So He Yu's current lover should be Bo Jingshan.”

He wrote down the names.

“Eugene should choose Jun. Those two will successfully pair up.”

“Gedai and Siya will pair up too.”

“That leaves Wanrenzhan, Zhen Xing, and Qiong.”

“Zhen Xing and Qiong will choose each other.”

“Which means only Wanrenzhan remains!”

Duan Yuchen frowned.

“I can secretly crush on Wanrenzhan.”

“After finding him, how should I deal with He Yu?”

“No, I should say, how do I deal with He Yu and Bo Jingshan?”

He covered the ground with calculations, his attitude serious and proper.

His tightly furrowed brows and thoughtful expression showed how earnestly he was considering everything.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

“I've got it!”

The corner of his mouth rose.

He lifted the knife and erased all the calculations on the ground.

Standing up, he raised his chin slightly, sheathed the knife elegantly, and smiled calmly.

“He Yu.”

“This time, let's see how you refuse to teach me forging!”

【Bullet Comments: “......”】

【Bullet Comments: “Excellent analysis. Don't do it again.”】

【Bullet Comments: “...Suddenly I feel a little sorry for him.”】

【Bullet Comments: “In Duan Yuchen's world, the conflict has only just begun.”

“Unfortunately for him...”

“The conflict ended before he even got the chance to participate.”】