Infinite: Dawn Game

Xu Han was still in a daze when Anjie closed the door.

He only completed five or six more dungeons than Yu Shijiu, and he only managed to clear them with Chen Yi's guidance. The sanatorium dungeon was the first time he officially cleared it on his own.

Although he felt a little uneasy, Xu Han hesitated for a long time before finally lingering near Chen Yi, peeking out and asking:

"Brother Chen, what happened to Sister An? And who is that guy named Gui?"

Chen Yi paused for a few seconds while kneading the dough. He turned his head to look at Xu Han, his eyes, which resembled slits in his fat, narrowed for a moment.

"Xiao Han," Chen Yi suddenly said, "Do you know why Sister An went from being unsure about recruiting Yu Shijiu at the beginning to believing that she could succeed even when she was still unsure?"

Xu Han: "...How would I know?"

Nobody told me.

Chen Yi chuckled and continued kneading the dough. The snow-white dough was still a bit sticky, so he needed to keep adding thin layers of flour and kneading it in to make the dough smooth and chewy.

Have you ever heard of a "cleaner"?

Chen Yi said.

"A cleaner?" Xu Han looked up in surprise, instinctively assuming it was an NPC used for cleaning in the town, and said:

"I know, they're just those NPCs from the game who come to clean up the streets—"

Xu Han suddenly opened his eyes wide. He stared at Chen Yi's profile and a strange guess suddenly arose in his mind.

"Brother Chen, you mean the former leaderboard champion, 'The Cleaner'?"

Chen Yi nodded, kneading the dough; his thick fingers were surprisingly nimble.

"The 'cleaner' is Anjie."

However, the former leaderboard leaderboard has fallen, but they still have enough points to live in the town. Dawn game players are either dying or being promoted.

Nowadays, apart from players like Lu Chusheng who still know the name of the "Cleaner" skill, very few people know it anymore.

After all, Ange herself hasn't entered a dungeon in a very, very long time.

Xu Han was truly stunned this time. He stared blankly as Chen Yi kneaded the dough, unable to connect An Jie with the "cleaner" he had heard when he first entered the game.

"The Cleaner," ranked first on the leaderboard, possesses an extremely powerful offensive talent, similar to the gluttonous beast Taotie. As long as its body can withstand it, it can devour all sorts of things without limit, including even people and monsters.

Xu Han suddenly remembered the evening when An Jie brought him back. He was at a loss because he had just activated his talent skill. He was curled up in the "Chrysalis Shop" listening to the exclusive system give some superficial explanations when someone knocked on the "Chrysalis" window.

He opened the door and saw Anjie extending her hand to him, her voice gentle and cheerful:

"Little kid, want to join me? I'll guarantee you won't die."

For some reason, Xu Han didn't hesitate to grab the other person's outstretched hand, and thus lived in the Dawn game for nearly half a year.

Everything has a traceable pattern. For example, why is it always Chen Yi who takes him into the game instance? Anjie always seems to have various things to do, so she perfectly "misses" the opportunity to take him into the instance.

So it's because Ange didn't want to enter the dungeon...?

For the first time, Xu Han's mind raced. He suddenly realized something and discovered the point he had been overlooking all along.

"Brother Chen," Xu Han swallowed hard and whispered, "How many points has Sister An accumulated?"

Chen Yi paused kneading the dough for a few seconds, then lowered his head and said:

“If I remember correctly, Anjie’s points were already close to 110 million before you joined.”

110 million.

This astronomical figure instantly stunned Xu Han, who licked his dry lips.

"Sister An has already saved up enough points to clear Dawn, why is she still keeping them?"

Chen Yi's expression was calm: "At first it was because of me, then you came along, but more importantly, it was because Sister An herself didn't want to leave."

Chen Yi spoke with great tact. As he looked at Mu Gui's limping figure on the screen, he seemed to remember something extremely important, and a cold glint gradually appeared in his usually gentle eyes.

"Don't feel like you're dragging Anjie down. If she weren't willing, no one could drag her down."

Xu Han: "..."

Even so, he still couldn't quite believe what he was hearing when he learned that Anjie actually had so many points...

That's 1.1 million points!

Even if you perform very well in a game instance, you can only earn around 10,000 points at most. Even if each instance is worth 10,000 points, ten instances would only amount to 100,000 points... More than a million points, how long would it take for an average player to accumulate that much...?

Chen Yi glanced at him and laughed: "Otherwise, how do you think we rented this villa?"

How could renting a small villa in a town where even breathing costs money be cheap?

Xu Han: "..."

He hesitated for a moment before raising his hand: "Hey Brother Chen, can I ask you something?"

Chen Yi wasn't in a particularly good mood, but he still responded gently:

"Sure, what do you want to ask?"

Xu Han: "...I wanted to ask you, how many points have you accumulated...is that alright?"

Chen Yi thought he was going to ask something, but didn't even look up when he heard this:

"I don't have that much, maybe a little over 300,000."

Xu Han, who was hit again, was speechless.

He walked blankly to the sofa with the bowl of noodle soup still in it and sat down. He stared at Yu Shijiu on the screen, who was serving dishes with the strange old lady. Suddenly, he felt an urge to cry.

Compared to Anjie and Chen Yi, who had been in the Dawn Game for who knows how long, Xu Han cared more about Yu Shijiu.

So it's only because he entered five or six game instances that he managed to save up just over 20,000 points?!

Yu Shijiu has already managed to enter the town on his own after only entering one official game instance! Am I really such a useless person?!

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Inside Changsheng Village.

With Yu Shijiu's tireless "help," the old lady finally managed to prepare a meal, even though the seasonings were nearly three years past their expiration date... but thankfully, they still tasted delicious.

Because it was too dark inside, the old lady reached out and pulled the light cord. The light bulb, which was slightly whiter than the one in the kitchen, hissed a few times and then lit up.

Two plates of cooked food were already on the old table. The old lady slowly walked to the table and lowered her head. Just as she was about to reach for a piece of meat from the plate—

boom!

The old lady was so frightened that she immediately withdrew her hand.

The half-open door was suddenly pushed open by Fatty with its front paws. It steadily carried a plate of food on its head, walked to the table, stopped, and glanced at the old lady.

"Meow!"

old lady:"……"

The earthworm larvae in her eye sockets instantly shrank back, leaving her with those grayish-white, cloudy eyes. She glanced at Fatty with a slightly guilty look.

Fatty narrowed its eyes, its dark green pupils somewhat cold, and it meowed again in dissatisfaction.

Only then did the old lady belatedly look at the plate of food on its head.