This Character is Suspected of Cheating! [Unlimited Flow]

Ice Flowers were good stuff, especially when made into potions—their effects were extremely powerful.

Probably only He Yu treated them as food to fill his stomach...

They contained plenty of energy. He Yu had not even finished one flower before he was full. All the negative conditions in his body disappeared. His complexion remained pale, yet there was a faint jade-like glow to it, making him look surprisingly healthy.

Duan Yuchen said, "He Yu, what do you want? I want to exchange for one Ice Flower..."

Everyone immediately looked at He Yu and pricked up their ears.

Obviously, as long as He Yu agreed, they would all exchange for one.

He Yu glanced at Duan Yuchen.

"What else do you have?"

He only had his underwear left. What else could he possibly bring out?

Duan Yuchen: "..."

Wasn't it all because of you?!

His voice became quieter.

"I can owe you first. I'll pay it back with interest."

He Yu curved his lips and bit off another mouthful of Ice Flower before swallowing it.

"No exchange."

"What are you keeping so many Ice Flowers for?"

He Yu replied, "Eating."

Everyone: "?"

Eugene pounded his chest angrily.

"He Yu! Don't learn these things from the Ice Beast! Such precious potion ingredients—how can you use them as meals?!"

Before, the Ice Beast had wasted them like crazy, and now He Yu had learned the same thing. It hurt their hearts enough to bleed from their eyes.

Ice Beast...

He Yu paused slightly and lowered his eyes.

Then he put away the remaining half-flower and smiled faintly.

"Whether it's Ice Flowers or potions, don't they all end up being eaten?"

Could those things be the same?!

Everyone almost spat blood from anger.

He Yu ignored the subject. Calmly, he stood up and walked beneath the Tree of Life. Finding a clean root, he sat on it, leaned against the tree, took out <Complete Equipment Forging Encyclopedia>, and leisurely began reading.

Everyone: "..."

Gedai looked at him in disbelief.

"You're sitting that close? This is the devil's territory!"

He Yu waved his hand casually.

"He's asleep."

So it didn't matter. Do whatever they wanted.

Zhen Xing thought about it and realized that was true. It was already night. Tomorrow morning they would complete twenty-four hours, and by then new changes would appear.

But before that, all of them were safe and could do other things.

Thinking about the paper He Yu had given him...

Zhen Xing jumped onto the root beside He Yu and sat cross-legged with his back straight, closing his eyes.

Bo Jingshan jumped to the other side and sat in the same posture.

Everyone: "?"

Siya blinked.

"What are those two doing?"

Qiong rolled her eyes.

"How should I know? Stop making noise, I'm resting."

Then she closed her eyes.

Siya sneered.

Did she think everyone was He Yu?

Federation experts possessed powerful bodies and didn't need to sleep every day. Qiong was obviously using "rest" as an excuse to think over previous schemes.

—They looked united, but each had their own thoughts.

The first thing on everyone's mind was getting rid of their current teammates.

Gedai stared gloomily at Eugene. Being tricked and beaten was one thing, but just now his food had actually been snatched away.

That was simply humiliation!

He would definitely get revenge.

Wrapping his underwear tighter, Duan Yuchen went to a corner and searched through—

Trash.

Well, not exactly trash. These were items left behind by people who had died here before. Equipment and weapons, severely damaged, but not impossible to reuse.

Now that he had nothing left, he could only pick through trash...

Forge, forge...

Weapons again.

Wanrenzhan hugged his axe and unconsciously walked toward He Yu. The corner of his eye glanced at Zhen Xing and Bo Jingshan sitting on either side, and his expression immediately turned unpleasant.

—Why were these two always following He Yu?

—And they had to stand one on each side, leaving him no place to stay.

Really wanted to kill them.

Bo Jingshan opened his eyes.

"Zhen Xing, Wanrenzhan wants to kill you."

Wanrenzhan: "?"

He forgot about the "hearts connected" buff.

And this Bo Jingshan looked so serious—how was he so good at shifting hatred?

Before Wanrenzhan could flare up at him, Zhen Xing opened his eyes and looked at him calmly.

Hidden killing intent lurked in his gaze.

Wanrenzhan: "..."

At times like this, it was better not to fight Zhen Xing.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed his emotions and walked to He Yu.

Frowning, he said,

"You're reading a forging encyclopedia? You're really planning to learn equipment forging? That's not an easy profession. And we're still in the competition. You only have eight combat power and instead of thinking about—"

He Yu lifted his eyelids.

"Too noisy."

Wanrenzhan: "?"

He Yu lowered his eyes and continued reading.

After running into walls several times, Wanrenzhan wore a dark expression and stood there with his axe.

He glared at He Yu.

He Yu ignored him.

He glared at Zhen Xing and Bo Jingshan.

Those two ignored him too.

Wanrenzhan: ...

Angry like a pufferfish!

【Bullet Screen: "Hahaha, Wanrenzhan says he often feels out of place because he lacks enough IQ."】

【Bullet Screen: "Nonsense, he's obviously out of place because he talks too much!"】

【Bullet Screen: "By the way, He Yu is reading, but what are Zhen Xing and Bo Jingshan doing?"】

Night deepened.

Apart from He Yu reading by lamplight, everyone gradually fell silent. Their breathing steadied. They all knew nobody was asleep, yet nobody spoke.

—This was a deathmatch competition. No one would dare sleep soundly with other contestants around.

Eyes closed, countless calculations and thoughts raced through their minds.

As for Zhen Xing, he had completely immersed himself in another world.

This was his first attempt at "cultivation."

The method He Yu had given him wasn't difficult, but it was mysterious and strange. People without relevant knowledge would find it hard to understand.

He had hesitated before using it. After all, He Yu himself had said nobody had ever tested it.

But after thinking about Ghost Li and Louis' strength, Zhen Xing chose cultivation.

Besides, he trusted He Yu.

The paper He Yu had given him wasn't a mnemonic formula, but more like guidance and perception, accompanied by a detailed diagram.

The Federation had always considered combat power to be data.

Data was dead.

Untouchable.

Invisible.

But He Yu said that combat power was energy.

And energy was alive.

Zhen Xing had never tried to "touch" combat power before. It was merely a numerical display.

Yet according to He Yu's method, the first two steps were clearly written—

Perceive.

Guide.

Closing his eyes, Zhen Xing concentrated on his lower abdomen.

The paper stated that the abdomen was the key location.

But after trying for a long time, he sensed nothing.

Nothing at all.

Was it useless?

Was He Yu's method wrong?

Impossible.

If He Yu could become the strongest support and control He Qi and Yu Qi, then the method absolutely couldn't be wrong.

Then it must simply be difficult!

Zhen Xing wasn't discouraged.

Maintaining the same posture, he emptied his mind and devoted himself entirely to sensing this so-called "energy"...

One hour.

Nothing.

Two hours.

Nothing.

Five hours.

Still no—

Wait!

Zhen Xing vaguely sensed something.

His eyeballs moved beneath his closed eyelids, and he attempted the second step—

Guidance.

His perception was vague enough. Guidance was even more impossible.

Zhen Xing's brows immediately furrowed.

Almost all of his attention focused on touching the energy. He couldn't touch it, couldn't grasp it, couldn't control it.

He grew anxious.

Suddenly—

He seemed to have "touched" it!

"Mmph—"

Zhen Xing groaned.

Pain exploded throughout his body.

"Don't rush. Take it slowly."

He seemed to hear a voice.

He Yu's voice!

It was soft, and since Zhen Xing had immersed himself completely in another world, He Yu's voice sounded unclear and delayed.

Fortunately, he heard it.

He Yu said seriously,

"You've accumulated too much energy, but your body has never been tempered. The energy can easily riot. You can only proceed little by little. Never rush, or your meridians will suffer severe damage."

Hearing that, Zhen Xing relaxed.

His body no longer tensed as before.

Back when He Yu had become his lover, it had been to assist his cultivation. Later, because of Duan Yuchen, they separated and lost the "hearts connected" buff.

Yet even so, He Yu still watched over him.

Zhen Xing's mood improved greatly. Much calmer than before, he slowly began touching and guiding the enormous energy within his body.

Yes.

Enormous.

Combat power had always been data before.

Zhen Xing had never realized it could be so immense.

The feeling was impossible to describe.

But he believed that once someone experienced it—

They would have to admit He Yu's view was correct.

Combat power was energy, not data.

Zhen Xing carefully guided it, not daring to rush. Following the route He Yu described, this thread of combat power—

No, it should be called He Qi—

slowly flowed throughout his body.

Pain!

Terrible pain!

But not unbearable.

If it were another contestant, they might already suspect He Yu was harming them.

Zhen Xing firmly followed He Yu's method and pushed onward.

Unlike Zhen Xing, Bo Jingshan's progress was similar, but his mentality was extremely stable.

He understood martial arts novels, immortality cultivation, and cultivation itself.

He had heard He Yu's warning as well and guided a thread of energy through his body.

He knew—

If too much was drawn, it would result in deviation.

The pain in his meridians was understandable.

His meridians were being tempered.

That was a good thing.

Both men guided their energy slowly.

The first thread of He Qi was extremely difficult. Painful and time-consuming.

But during the second cycle, things became easier.

The He Qi flowing through the meridians seemed to absorb He Qi from the surrounding air, becoming thicker and stronger before returning to the abdomen—

The legendary...

Dantian.

Round after round.

If viewers observed carefully, they would discover—

Their combat power had increased by two points.

And these were increases to their own combat power, the slowest-growing kind.

Of course, innate combat power naturally increased over time as well, so even if viewers noticed, they wouldn't pay much attention.

Cultivating tirelessly until dawn, Zhen Xing had completely forgotten time.

Suddenly Eugene approached.

"Awake yet? You sat like this all night? What are you doing?"

Question after question.

Interrupted, Zhen Xing slowly opened his eyes.

Eugene's enlarged face occupied his vision.

Zhen Xing: "..."

Expressionless, he pushed Eugene's face away.

Then he gathered all the He Qi back into his dantian, stretched his neck, and relaxed his body.

Eugene narrowed his eyes.

"Why do I feel like you're different? I watched all night. Aside from He Yu sleeping, you and Bo Jingshan were acting strangely. Are you hiding something from us?"

Eugene was very perceptive.

He had sensed something wrong.

Zhen Xing remained calm and ignored him completely.

The more explanations, the more trouble.

Besides, he had already promised He Yu.

Everything would follow He Yu's lead.

Duan Yuchen rubbed his chin.

"Zhen Xing was in a really good mood last night. Not the kind from good news, but more like... his body was in good condition? His mental state was good?"

He couldn't explain it clearly.

Gedai mocked,

"Wet dream?"

Zhen Xing: "..."

Everyone stared at the three.

He Yu had always been strange, so that was normal.

They didn't understand Bo Jingshan well yet.

But Zhen Xing's abnormality was especially obvious.

The six narrowed their eyes and carefully examined them.

—Unfortunately, all three had strong mental fortitude, and nothing could be seen.

Eugene declared,

"There's definitely a problem!"

Duan Yuchen stroked his chin.

"Bo Jingshan is someone He Yu trusts. Zhen Xing pursues strength. Could it be..."

He Yu jumped down from the roots and stretched lazily.

Even stretching looked beautiful when done by a beautiful person.

Lazy and relaxed, pleasing to the eye.

After stretching, he looked at Duan Yuchen.

"Go burn those bones into ashes."

Duan Yuchen: "?"

His eyes widened in disbelief.

He Yu remained expressionless.

"Listen to me. Did you forget?"

Duan Yuchen jumped up.

"I thought you meant forging! What does burning bones have to do with forging?"

"Nothing."

He Yu answered without the slightest guilt.

"But I need it. Go."

Duan Yuchen: "........."

The desire to stab someone couldn't be hidden in one's eyes!

In the end, he went to burn the bones with a dark face.

Eugene became even more suspicious.

Staring at He Yu, he said,

"There's definitely something wrong. You're suspicious too."

He Yu spread his hands.

"Guess."

Eugene: "...Just wait. I'll definitely figure it out!"

Only then did Wanrenzhan understand.

He frowned and stared at He Yu.

"You have secrets with Zhen Xing and Bo Jingshan? You actually have secrets with them!"

—The more he spoke, the angrier he became.

【Bullet Screen: "This really feels like catching a cheating lover..."】

【Bullet Screen: "Tsk tsk, too bad Wanrenzhan isn't qualified to catch anyone cheating."】

He Yu calmly pushed away the head Wanrenzhan leaned over and glanced back at the vines.

Then he said calmly,

"Prepare yourselves. Twenty-four hours are almost up."

Everyone deeply looked at the group before suppressing their thoughts.

—The test of Love Planet and new lover pairings were more important.

This time, they absolutely couldn't end up with troublesome partners again.

After Duan Yuchen finished burning the ashes, the timer reached twenty-four hours.

Their first day in the instance <Universal Love> officially ended.

The moment the timer hit zero, a clear notification sounded—

【Twenty-four hours as lovers have been completed. Please accept the Test of True Feelings and Love Detection!】

Everyone: "?"

Wait!

What was this?

Test of True Feelings and...

Love Detection?

It wanted them to undergo that with the "partner" beside them??!