Infinite: Dawn Game

"Alright, go down and find a way to 'invite' them over here," Zhou Yuan said, watching his enlarged pet eat from a fruit bowl, seemingly in a better mood.

"If you can't get the right person to come, then your time in this position is up."

Zhou Yuanyang didn't look at his subordinate who was kneeling on the ground in fright, and said softly.

The subordinate, with his head bowed, dared not refute and could only squeeze out a single word through gritted teeth.

These were also the words Zhou Yuanyang wanted to hear.

"Yes."

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The sound of the door being pushed open was particularly clear in the darkened Changsheng Village.

The old woman who was squatting by the well washing dishes slowly raised her head and squinted at him with her half-blind eyes.

"grandmother!"

Yu Shijiu looked very excited. He led Feifei all the way to where the old lady was, and then squatted down.

"Let me help Grandma wash up. Isn't Grandma tired from all the housework?"

Yu Shijiu has a very likable face, looking like a thin, pale-skinned dumpling.

Add to that his deliberate act of being innocent and charming, and not only the old lady, but even many players who had watched him "chopping cabbages" on screen couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.

However, this little white-skinned glutinous rice ball, when cut open, is neither black nor white, but has some kind of creepy crimson filling.

Upon seeing such a young man, the old lady's expression seemed to soften considerably.

She shook her head cheerfully, "No need, no need, I'm almost done washing."

As she spoke, she glanced at Yu Shijiu with her strangely grayish-white eyes, which looked somewhat eerie under the light, and said in a peculiar tone:

Are you hungry again?

Yu Shijiu smiled foolishly, and even coughed before nodding:

"Yes, yes, I'm so hungry, Grandma, and I'm so tired from sleeping... What are we having for dinner?"

The old lady bent down and washed the bowls in the basin one by one, only raising her chin to indicate the direction of the kitchen:

"Go to the kitchen, I've saved some food for you."

After saying that, the old lady continued to concentrate on washing the dishes, her eyes seemingly only on the bowl and chopsticks covered in foam in front of her.

Having received the answer, Yu Shijiu wasn't annoyed. He stood up, propped himself up on his knees, waved to the chubby guy behind him, and said happily:

"Come on, come on! Let's eat!"

After saying that, Yu Shijiu ran quickly towards the kitchen, and Feifei could only follow.

Behind her, the old lady, who had been engrossed in washing dishes, suddenly looked up. As she watched the backs of the person and the cat push open the kitchen door and walk in, her wrinkled old face suddenly smoothed out for a brief moment.

A pretty, delicate face appeared briefly for a few seconds before reverting to the old woman's face, which had long lost its youthful firmness.

"It's a bit slow..."

The old lady reached out and touched her face, muttering somewhat dissatisfyingly, completely unconcerned that foam had gotten on her face.

She looked away and quietly continued washing the dishes.

Players watching this scene on screen now had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

"The reason why the elderly in Changsheng Village can live forever is because they are absorbing the life force of young people?"

Some players have made this guess, but they always feel that something is not quite right, but they can't quite put their finger on it.

“That’s very likely,” another player whispered. “The village chief in Lin Feng’s livestream was like that too, but that village chief’s face turned red because the earthworms sucked Lin Feng’s blood. But all the earthworms on Yu Shijiu’s side were killed by the cat…”

This looks a bit strange.

Is it possible to have one's life force drained even without being bloodsucked?

This speculation sent a chill down the spines of many players. Watching the NPCs on the screen who were pulling players into the village and observing the changes in people's faces, they felt that this game instance, besides being disgusting, was more about an indescribable fear.

The day was almost over, but the players in Changsheng Village didn't seem to have found any useful clues... and quite a few people had even died.

Counting them off here and there, nearly six people have died.

Someone suddenly asked, "How many players have entered this game instance?"

“…50.”

After a while, a player spoke up quietly.

With 50 players, six have already died during the day, which is usually considered a "safe period." What about at night?

How many more people will die tonight?

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The kitchen layout was exactly the same as before I went to bed, except that there seemed to be some marks on the cutting board that looked like chopped scallions, ginger and garlic, but there was nothing else.

Yu Shijiu glanced at it casually, then walked to the stove and reached out to pick up the pot lid.

Inside the large wok, the evenly stir-fried egg fried rice smelled incredibly delicious. The finely chopped scallions on top, mixed with the aroma of the fried rice, made it even more appetizing.

For example, Yu Shijiu's eyes lit up instantly when he stood in front of the stove.

Wow, it's fried rice with egg!

Yu Shijiu spoke in a cheerful tone. He casually picked up the bowl next to him and first served Feifei a full bowl of egg fried rice, before happily serving himself a full bowl as well.

Perhaps the old lady learned about Yu Shijiu's appetite from the lunch table, because even after serving two bowls, there was still quite a bit left in the pot.

Yu Shijiu ate and watched at the same time, feeling very happy.

Fatty hesitated for a few seconds as it stared at the fried rice in front of it. Then it looked up at Yu Shijiu, who was eating with great relish, and scratched at Yu Shijiu's trouser leg with its paw with some hesitation.

"Nothing will happen," Yu Shijiu said, his mouth full of rice, his words muffled.

"Since the game doesn't allow us to eat the food we bring, it means that eating in the game is something we have to go through."

Otherwise, how could they survive for three days to complete the game? Putting aside whether the earthworms would eat them all, even if they didn't eat the food in the game, would players who had been starving for three days really have the stamina to fight against the monstrous old man and those earthworms?

Yu Shijiu wasn't afraid of that.

For example, even if he were the one having his life force drained, he would still not feel fear.

It's just a necessary part of the game; who lives and who dies is still uncertain...

After finishing a large bowl of egg fried rice, Yu Shijiu let out a burp. He glanced at the remaining egg fried rice in the pan with some annoyance, then looked back at Feifei.

"Let me get you some more—"

Before he finished speaking, Feifei quickly finished the remaining fried rice in his bowl, then trotted off to the old lady with the bowl in his mouth.

It's not eating anymore, meow! It's getting so fat, meow!

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He stared at the chubby figure for several seconds, hesitated, and finally reluctantly gave up the very fragrant fried rice.

It's okay to eat it tomorrow morning...

As Yu Shijiu was thinking this, he was about to take the bowl over to the old lady to wash when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Just as the players in front of the screen thought he had discovered something unusual in the kitchen, they saw Yu Shijiu squat down and lift up his trouser leg.