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Gu Huan was somewhat absent-minded because his focus was on the audience.

Consequently, he moved a bit slowly.

In the eyes of the referee and the spectators, he seemed to have frozen in place, becoming an easy target.

“Now it seems that our contestant here is quite a gentleman. Even in a 2v1 situation, he’s giving them a chance,” commented the referee.

The two girls closed in, surrounding him. Gu Huan, finally returning his attention from the audience, swiftly dodged their kicks with a graceful jump. While in mid-air, he skillfully deflected a punch, sending both opponents flying. Two loud thuds echoed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

When the dust settled, the two girls were crouched on the arena floor, seemingly unharmed. The audience responded with boos; they clearly expected more, perhaps some visible bloodshed in this gladiatorial setting.

However, Gu Huan had no intention of causing harm; he simply wanted them to concede.

Thus, his approach appeared relatively gentle.

Cheng Zhao was the first to be tossed out of bounds by Gu Huan. With an S-level physique, despite attempting several sneak attacks on Gu Huan, she was caught, her arm twisted behind her back, and then sent out of bounds.

Cheng Dui, also possessing an S-level physique, had a stronger combat capability than Cheng Zhao. She managed to shave off a few strands of Gu Huan’s hair in a couple of exchanges but was ultimately forced out of bounds by Gu Huan’s punch.

Not long after, the outcome was determined. Cheng Dui and Cheng Zhao stood together outside the boundary, listening to the referee announce the results, still doubting their life.

They had heard that Gu Huan had strong mental abilities, but they were unaware of his astonishing physical and combat capabilities. The fight ended too quickly for them to grasp the full extent of the power difference, making them realize how naive they had been. If Gu Huan were truly an enemy, opposing him could cost them their lives.

The referee, unaffected and with no wrinkles on his clothes, walked towards Gu Huan, effortlessly lifted his arm, and declared,

“This is the winner!”

Gu Huan didn’t bother listening to the referee’s announcements about which competitions he could participate in for additional rewards. He headed straight for the contestant’s corridor.

Chu Fengyuan, who was sitting in the audience just moments ago, pointed toward the direction Gu Huan was heading and then disappeared into the crowd.

Clearly, he wanted to meet Gu Huan there.

After turning the corner in the contestant’s corridor, Chu Fengyuan, with his golden hair, was indeed waiting there.

Gu Huan’s eyes flickered slightly.

The previous times, Chu Fengyuan had appeared through a projection. Was he just a projection this time too?

“I’m a real person,” Chu Fengyuan preemptively explained, as if reading Gu Huan’s thoughts.

Gu Huan’s fingers at his side trembled slightly, sensing a gaze filled with killing intent momentarily passing over his head and chest. Someone was ready to snipe him from a distance.

As a beta, Chu Fengyuan’s physical and mental abilities were not top-notch, and he didn’t come alone.

“We can talk,”

Chu Fengyuan’s tone carried his characteristic elegance, as if every word he spoke was a soft whisper to a lover.

Gu Huan’s cold demeanor deepened as he stared at Chu Fengyuan. He hadn’t anticipated a private meeting with Chu Fengyuan, and without an optical brain in his possession, although Chu Xinglin was also waiting in the outside galaxy, it’s impossible for him to call for reinforcements directly. Resisting Chu Fengyuan at this moment seemed like an unwise decision.

“Do we have anything to talk about?” he countered.

Chu Fengyuan smiled gently. “Yes, of course.”

“We might even have the opportunity to cooperate.”

Chu Fengyuan’s slender eyes cast a glance at Gu Huan, and before Gu Huan could respond, Chu Fengyuan dropped a bombshell. “You came here with Dean He, didn’t you?”

Gu Huan’s body felt tense and at a loss for a moment.

Chu Fengyuan chuckled.

“Relax, I’m not here to blame you.”

Chu Fengyuan is an extremely cold person, but at the same time he can see everything clearly.

Compared to being betrayed.

What he doesn’t like even more is being teased and reduced to other people’s jokes.

This kind of thing greatly affects his mood.

“Dean He is a great person.”

“…”

Chu Fengyuan’s sharp features and intense ice-blue eyes conveyed a hint of madness, yet his voice, when spoken softly, seemed surprisingly gentle.

“I have doubted him since his experiments failed again and again.”

“If his failure was intentional, if he actually had more Zerg Crystals, my revenge would be in vain.”

“Just thinking about this kind of thing will keep me awake at night.”

Under one’s own bed, how can one allow others to sleep soundly?

Even if he can’t easily offend Dean He, once this seed of doubt falls, it will one day take root and sprout.

“I have been monitoring He Yunan’s every move. He can hide some of his itineraries, but his other itineraries are recorded and he cannot hide them.”

“On the day you entered the Tribunal planet, He Yunan also happened to appear on the Tribunal planet. Is this a coincidence?”

“It still has something to do with my suspicions for many years.”

“What key role do you play in it?”

Chu Fengyuan slightly drew closer to Gu Huan and reached up with his fingers.

“Then it occurred to me.”

Chu Fengyuan’s fingers were only two centimeters away from Gu Huan. In the eyes of outsiders, due to the misalignment of their sight, they might have misunderstood that he was caressing Gu Huan’s face.

“He used to give me a lot of hints and a lot of wrong information, which made me completely ignore your existence.”

“You are obviously so similar to the first-generation experimental subject, why have I never thought about it… That you may be related to that matter.”

“You are an omega.”

“You have strong mental power.”

“You were adopted by the Old Marshal.”

“Isn’t it interesting? All these things point to you. Perhaps you are that experiment.”

Gu Huan’s gaze remained calm, but he was on guard. Things were getting complicated. Chu Fengyuan not only discovered him betraying the Zerg project but also learned that the first-generation experiment hadn’t died, and that experiment was him!

More troublesome than Chu Fengyuan seeing him as a defector is Chu Fengyuan knowing that the first-generation experimental subject didn’t die, and for him to also know that the first-generation experimental subject is him!

“Even though there was so much evidence, I believed his lies.”

“Simply because he told me that when he was helping the Empress, he personally witnessed the experimental subject’s self-destruction due to mental power.”

“Just because he showed me the surveillance footage he stole.”

Immediately, Gu Huan thought of the abilities displayed by He Yunan when he escaped this time. He could manipulate surveillance videos, even those recorded with an optical brain, and deceive the AI by tampering with the content.

“You should have thought about it too.”

“Because he used such methods on those prison guards as well.”

“He went to great lengths to get close to you.”

“Because you are very important.”

And for what else?

Chu Fengyuan lowered his eyelids slightly.

He took his fingers back and touched his chin, stroking it gently.

“Because he has never truly been loyal to me, and he wanted to leave a backdoor.”

Fine strands of black hair covered Gu Huan’s eyes.

Eyes that were coldly calculating the distance between the sniper and him, as well as the possibility that he could catch Chu Fengyuan directly, take him as a hostage, and leave the encirclement.

“Don’t be so nervous.”

“I came here to discuss cooperation with you.” Chu Fengyuan raised a finger.

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M1zushi: I hate this pos so muchhhh why can’t he just drop dead ლ(ಥ益ಥლ)