Infinite: Dawn Game

When he mentioned the player who had just died, the doubt in Zhao Xuan's eyes gradually dissipated.

He didn't turn around, but took out the boomerang again and played with it in his hand, turning it back and forth.

"He didn't survive because he was unlucky and not smart enough. Remember, the Black Robe Church doesn't need a piece of trash like him who died on the very first day."

"He's just a good-for-nothing, why keep thinking about him?"

Zhao Xuan didn't care about the life or death of a low-level player.

The player named Qi Tie immediately lowered his head. His intuition told him not to let Zhao Xuan know that the earthworm that bit him had suddenly disappeared. He could only lower his head and agree with the other party.

"Yes, yes, Brother Zhao, you're right."

When he looked up, he saw the player who had just been helping him pull out earthworms looking at him with a complicated expression.

Qi Tie: "..."

His expression froze for a moment as he stared intently at the player beside him, his heart pounding again after he had finally calmed down.

What, what's going on... Why, why are you looking at me? What's wrong with me... Is there a problem?

“Brother Zhao,” the player who had helped Qi Tie pull out the earthworms suddenly spoke up.

"Wait--"

Thinking that the other party was going to tell Zhao Xuan about being bitten, Qi Tie panicked for a moment and hurriedly spoke up to stop him.

"I don't think Ah Huang is useless, he's just a little slow."

The black-robed player with a festering left ear glanced at Qi Tie, who was pale, and whispered.

"Oh?"

Zhao Xuan's handsome, pale face held a half-smile: "So you're refuting what I said?"

The player with the ulcer on his left ear immediately knelt down on one knee to admit his mistake, drenched in cold sweat:

"I don't have a Brother Zhao, I was just expressing my own thoughts—"

His words came to an abrupt halt as a clean boomerang flew almost instantly across his cheek, stinging his skin.

As blood dripped down his cheeks, the player trembled with fear, his knees buckled, and he collapsed to his knees.

At that moment, he truly regretted meddling in other people's business.

The spinning boomerang flew back into Zhao Xuan's hand. He gripped it, glanced coldly at the player kneeling on the ground, and leisurely pulled out a tissue to continue wiping the blade.

"It won't happen again."

Zhao Xuan said.

"Yes!"

The player with the festering wound on his left ear dared not say anything more and trembled as he pushed himself up from the ground.

Seeing this, Qi Tie finally realized that the other party actually had ulterior motives. He guessed that the other party had only glanced at him casually earlier, probably thinking of Ah Huang...

Thinking of this, Qi Tie's heart calmed down. He reached out to support the player whose legs were still a little weak, and whispered:

"Mu Gui, you shouldn't have angered Brother Zhao."

The player named Mu Gui had a fairly good-looking face, fair and delicate, but his face was pale and bluish at the moment. He looked at Zhao Xuan, who was walking ahead and seemed to remember the route, and gave a bitter laugh.

"I regret."

"Shepherd Rules," he murmured.

"what?"

Qi Tie didn't hear clearly, so he leaned closer.

Mu Gui didn't say anything more. He watched Zhao Xuan's back as he walked forward with Qi Tie's support.

What do you regret?

She regretted joining the Black Robe Church, regretted teetering on the edge of death, regretted disobeying that person and believing the nun's words for a sliver of hope—

As if remembering something, Mu Gui suddenly coughed briefly. He turned his head to look at Qi Tie beside him, his gaze lingering for a few seconds on the other's wrist where the bite marks still remained.

"If you feel that the nun's medicine is not suitable for you, you should not drink it."

Qi Tie glanced at him with some doubt, and was about to ask him more questions when he saw Mu Gui trying to stand up straight and chasing after Zhao Xuan's back.

Qi Tie was left standing there, bewildered.

A few seconds later, he looked down at the bite mark on his wrist, but couldn't help turning back to look in the direction of the ancestral hall.

With just that one glance, Qi Tie was so frightened that he took several steps back.

The ancestral hall, which should have been far away long ago, had somehow moved to about three meters behind him. The surroundings were quiet and silent, with the leaves rustling in the wind, making the stillness even more eerie.

There is no one else on this road except Qi Tie.

At the ancestral hall, the headless corpse still stood at the entrance, constantly stroking the unseen thin film wall in front of it, while earthworm larvae kept emerging and falling one after another.

Qi Tie was truly terrified and almost went crazy. He staggered and turned to run, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ankle.

Qi Tie slowly lowered his head.

Beside his ankle, a human head with earthworms crawling out of its seven orifices was tightly biting his ankle, and countless wriggling tiny earthworm larvae dripped wet, sticky fluid, soaking his trouser legs and shoes.

Qi Tie was so frightened that he kicked his legs wildly.

After finally managing to kick the severed head away, Qi Tie turned and ran, not daring to look back at all.

But some players in the town who were watching his live stream remained silent.

On the screen, the head of the headless corpse was bouncing along behind Qi Tie. At the severed neck, a thin, purplish-red earthworm stretched out, one end connected to the head, and the other end hanging from Qi Tie's bitten wrist.

Qi Tie himself was completely unaware of this, only knowing to desperately run forward, and had no idea that he had been "parasitized".

Just like Ah Huang.

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Town villas.

Anjie sat quietly at the dining table, eating the noodles that Chen Yi had just made. The long, white, and extremely chewy noodles were delicious to chew, and with the side dishes that Chen Yi had specially pickled, the taste was very fresh.

Xu Han couldn't resist eating two bowls and was now slumped on the sofa, rubbing his stomach.

Chen Yi ate the least. He kneaded the dough while watching the screen. Just as he was about to say something with a cheerful smile, his gaze suddenly stopped when it slid over a rather inconspicuous little live stream room.

"Pastoral rules..."

Chen Yi looked at the pale-faced man on the screen and subconsciously glanced at An Jie eating noodles not far away.

He hesitated for a few seconds before finally speaking: "Sister An, has Mu Gui really joined the Black Robe Church?"

Anjie, who had been silently eating her noodles, paused. She looked up at Chen Yi behind the bar, and a painful memory seemed to flash across her eyes.

He was scammed.

Anjie's tone was indifferent.

Chen Yi remained silent for a long time: "Sister An, let bygones be bygones."

Xu Han, who was completely confused and couldn't understand anything, wanted to speak, but felt that the current situation was very strange... Was it about Sister An and Brother Chen before he joined the team?

Anjie didn't say anything. She picked up the bowl full of noodles and walked to her room, her back straight, like an unbreakable bridge.

"He's no longer my teammate."

Anjie lowered her head, picked up a large mouthful of noodles and stuffed it into her mouth, as if she were swallowing the past memories along with the food.

"I don't care what others think of me. I just want my teammates to leave Dawn alive. Even if it's wrong, it's still right."