Infinite: Dawn Game

In the bedroom.

Yu Shijiu, having arranged the photos, patted the dust off his hands with satisfaction. After admiring the angle at which he had placed them, he seemed to suddenly remember something and stood up abruptly.

Feifei followed him around like a shadow, walking with Yu Shijiu to the wardrobe and stopping.

The wardrobe was as old as the house, covered with pitted white marks, just like the surrounding walls where the mud seemed about to fall off.

Yu Shijiu reached out and pulled the wardrobe door.

crunch.

The wardrobe door let out a mournful cry, and then broke in half to Yu Shijiu's astonishment.

Yu Shijiu had expected the cabinet door to be damaged, but she never imagined it would be this bad: "..."

He looked down at the half-broken wardrobe door in his hand, his gaze sweeping over the cross-section of the broken door, hollowed out by insects.

"It's none of my business," Yu Shijiu muttered softly.

"Destroying things in the game shouldn't deduct points, right?"

The old lady was "quite nice" to him, except for his slightly twisted body... He even felt a little embarrassed when he suddenly broke her things.

Fatty, startled: "..."

Xiao Li, who had been silent in her mind for a long time: [...]

It held back for a long time, but finally couldn't resist when Yu Shijiu put the broken half of the cabinet door aside:

What if I say I'm going to deduct points?

Yu Shijiu opened the half-cracked wardrobe door and said, "Then I guess I'll have to complain about you."

Xiao Li: 【…Shameless!!!】

Yu Shijiu smiled broadly, showing no fear whatsoever:

"I was just saying, after all, in the last game instance, I almost destroyed the entire sanatorium, right?"

Xiao Li: [...]

Xiao Li, who had just logged on, logged off again, still seething with anger.

After arguing with the system, Yu Shijiu felt refreshed and even found the earthy smell that hit him when he opened the wardrobe quite palatable.

A few clothes hung haphazardly in the wardrobe, mostly the kind of heavy, dirt-resistant, baggy clothes that older people wear. Some of the trousers and hems were worn with holes and frayed edges, but the old lady still kept them, except—

Yu Shijiu's gaze was drawn to a crossbody bag deep inside the wardrobe.

It was a simple beige women's crossbody bag with silver metal embellishments on the strap, which looked quite pretty.

Without hesitation, Yu Shijiu reached out and took out the crossbody bag.

The crossbody bag was quite large. After unzipping it, Yu Shijiu saw a neatly folded pink dress and some small items such as lipstick and foundation.

The scent of cosmetics, the beautiful dress—at this moment, sight and smell seemed to subtly intersect.

After hesitating for a long time, Yu Shijiu finally reached out and rummaged through the contents of his crossbody bag.

Aside from the dress and some cosmetics, there was only a small, exquisite wallet in the inner compartment.

The wallet was a pearly white color. Inside the snap was several bank cards, some loose coins, and a separately placed ID card.

Yu Shijiu's gaze didn't linger on the ID card for long. He reached out, took it out, and flipped it to the side with his personal information printed on it.

Name: Yang Wan, Gender: Female... The rest is about Yang Wan's registered address and ID number.

Yu Shijiu quickly memorized the information, then packed everything up and put it back in its place before closing the wardrobe door that was now half missing.

Feifei obediently looked up at the boy's actions, occasionally lowering its head to lick its fur. Apart from staying close to Yu Shijiu, it was very quiet.

"That's a bit strange," Yu Shijiu tugged at her medium-length hair, which was almost up to her chest, and whispered.

Shouldn't all the elderly people in Changsheng Village have the surname Liu?

And why would an elderly woman of this age like to carry a crossbody bag like a little girl?

While everyone can have their own preferences, something still feels a bit odd...

Yu Shijiu didn't think much of it. He looked back at the half-missing wardrobe door again and yawned.

"So sleepy..." Yu Shijiu blinked the tears welling up in her eyes, and followed her heart to walk to the bedside to take off her shoes.

From the moment I entered the game, everything happened so fast, it felt like it had only been a little over half a day since I started playing.

Finally, Yu Shijiu, lying on the bed, fell asleep amidst the faint earthy smell in the air.

Beside the bed, Fatty raised its paw and licked its fur, making purring noises from its throat. It seemed very lazy, but as soon as there was any noise in the room, it would immediately look up and stare intently at the corner where the noise was coming from until it quieted down.

In the corner of the room, some molluscs seemed to be wriggling under the dry soil, the clods of earth being arched with fine, spiderweb-like cracks, but the earthworms would only peek out before being pressed deep into the ground by claws that came crashing down from above.

"Meow..."

Fatty made tiny meowing sounds and scurried around the room like a whack-a-mole, chasing earthworms.

Because of its excellent coordination, it didn't make a sound at all.

Yu Shijiu slept even more soundly on the bed.

Many players outside the screen were green with envy, but they could only grunt reluctantly, swallowing all their envy, jealousy, and hatred.

They really want a cat that can fight, scout, and be tough... So, Lu Chusheng, could you rent out this cat...?

It turns out they were just daydreaming.

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Inspection team.

After processing a lot of data on players who had been injured in the game, Lu Chusheng rubbed his temples.

He was not old, but there were several deep furrows between his brows. They were not noticeable when he was expressionless, but they became particularly obvious when he frowned.

"So, has Lin Feng gotten in touch with Yu Shijiu yet?"

Because he was very busy with "work", even if Lu Chusheng wanted to pay attention to Yu Shijiu, this little madman, he didn't have much time. He could only ask the players in the monitoring team who were free to watch the live stream.

It was the same female player with a high-pitched voice. She was plain-looking, only considered pretty. At that moment, she was munching on a piece of bread with her cheeks bulging out. Upon hearing this, she quickly swallowed the piece of bread in her throat.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The female player took another sip of water and cleared her throat.

"But Yu Shijiu doesn't seem to like Sister Feng very much. I feel like he prefers to be with Laibao."

Lu Chusheng's lips seemed to curve slightly upon hearing this, but the smile quickly vanished.

“He needs to interact with other people more,” Lu Chusheng glanced at Feifei, who was busy killing earthworms on the screen, and then his gaze slowly settled on Yu Shijiu, who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

This wasn't the first time he'd seen Yu Shijiu sleeping; he'd seen him sleeping in the sanatorium as well.

Unlike his playful and crazy behavior after waking up, Yu Shijiu looked unexpectedly well-behaved when he was asleep.

"I think so too... but Brother Lu," the female player said curiously.

"I heard you found Yu Shijiu a place to stay and even paid for his meals for several days. Why don't you just let him join us?"