Infinite: Dawn Game

The pretty girl in front of me, nicknamed "Little Earthworm," who was slapped by her father, looks perfectly normal and healthy, but in reality, she carries an incurable genetic disease.

It is highly likely to be a heart disease or a disease of internal organs.

The worm's body was far less healthy than it appeared on the surface.

But this is by no means a situation that can be seen at a glance.

Yu Shijiu doesn't seem to be the type who likes to guess other people's thoughts.

"Just because I've seen it a lot."

Yu Shijiu continued walking forward as if it were the most natural thing in the world. He passed by Xiao Yin, who was trying to run away but was being held back by two middle-aged women, and walked all the way to the door that had been pushed open.

Yu Shijiu had seen many people with genetic diseases who were abandoned by their families. Most of them were children whose families had some money but were unwilling to raise them themselves. The families would pay some money and send them directly to a sanatorium for recuperation. Ostensibly, it was for the children's health, but in reality, it was just to get rid of a "burden".

There are too many.

Yu Shijiu thought.

He looked at the room in front of him, which was still completely dark despite being pushed open, and was about to force his way in when a strangely distorted humanoid figure suddenly rushed out.

The humanoid shape is very soft. It appears to be composed of segments of ring-shaped, flesh-colored blocks. As it moves, the segments contract, gradually merging and shrinking.

The meat chunk split open at the mouth, revealing a dense array of teeth. The pungent, fishy stench was so strong that Yu Shijiu couldn't bear it and took several steps back.

Disgusting.

Yu Shijiu covered his mouth and nose, his hands hanging at his sides, seemingly itching to move.

The humanoid mass of flesh uttered the voice of a middle-aged man:

"Stop wasting your breath on her! I've already consulted with the shaman! Next month is her wedding with Haozi! No one can change that fact!"

"No!"

The little worm began to struggle frantically, watching the twisted, human-shaped mass of flesh draw ever closer. Fear and rage ignited almost instantly within her not-so-strong body.

"Why?! Why should whatever you say be the truth? Are the things our elders said always right? I don't believe it! I don't believe it at all! If it were really as good as they say, why would I have heart disease? And why would my mother's back be so badly twisted and broken!"

With her roar, the humanoid mass of flesh and the two women holding her hostage seemed to fall silent for a few seconds.

Even Lin Feng couldn't help but take a few more glances at the girl.

Based on her observations along the way, she guessed that the background of this illusion was probably more than forty years ago. In that era, it was rare for a girl like Xiaoyin to have such rebellious thoughts.

This only shows that she has always harbored doubts, doubting that everyone around her is doing the wrong thing, doubting that the "teachings" she has received are also wrong, and doubting that the "traditions" of Changsheng Village are also wrong. That's why she was able to get the "truth" from the short words of the volunteer teacher.

She is truly a very intelligent and rebellious girl.

Yu Shijiu seemed to think so too. He looked into the eyes of the little worm and the humanoid fleshy "father" facing each other and saw anger and sorrow in them.

Yu Shijiu knew the reason for her anger, but why was she sad?

Yu Shijiu lowered her eyes slightly, her gaze falling on the mud house and courtyard made of mud, her eyes slightly dazed.

"She was very sad."

The boy's voice was drowned out by his "father's" furious shouts.

"There's no why! I gave birth to you! You take my surname! You have to do whatever I tell you to do! Don't tell me I'm just asking you to marry someone, even if I told you to die, you wouldn't be allowed to resist!"

Accompanied by a series of angry roars from the humanoid chunk of flesh, the crisp sound of slaps that had appeared earlier rang out again.

The short, hunched woman next to her covered her mouth, looking at the girl Xiaoyin whose face had been slapped to the side, and began to breathe rapidly.

"Little earthworm..."

Why can't they just listen to me?

The short woman's expression was completely undisguised; Yu Shijiu could clearly see her worry and frustration at her perceived lack of progress.

Yu Shijiu turned her head slightly, somewhat displeased: "I don't like what she did."

Lin Feng was burning with anger, and upon hearing this, she subconsciously responded with:

"why?"

Compared to the seemingly bizarre "father," the short woman was practically a "good person."

At least they didn't beat or scold people, or even threaten them with death.

“Xue Yan is also a mother,” Yu Shijiu said. “She loves Xuexue very much.”

As if remembering something, a fleeting look of nostalgia appeared in Yu Shijiu's eyes:

Just like my mother.

Even if Xue Yan's actions to protect Xue Xue weren't exactly right, she at least loved her and didn't want Xue Xue to get hurt.

But the woman in front of me is different.

She was short and unattractive due to a genetic condition; her arms and legs were very thin, and she even walked with a slight difference in leg length. She was timid and cowardly, and she couldn't protect her daughter...

Within seconds, Yu Shijiu had a whole bunch of reasons why he disliked short women.

That is his true opinion.

He looked down on this woman, even though Yu Shijiu vaguely knew that she might have mental problems due to her long-term education.

But that's not the reason.

and so--

I like her a little more.

Yu Shijiu looked at the little worm that had been slapped hard again, his voice very serious.

Lin Feng remained strangely silent for a moment, then slowly sighed:

"Fate is not in our own hands."

The people in Changsheng Village are corrupt in their thinking. Everyone seems to be trapped by the so-called "tradition", "rules", "gods" and so on. How can they break free?

People like Xiao Yin are already extremely rare.

and many more!

Suddenly, Lin Feng thought of something and looked sharply at Yu Shijiu, who was still staring at the little worm. For a moment, she stammered:

"So, is it possible that there are no young people in Changsheng Village now because those young people were disobedient and were killed by their parents or the earth dragon?"

Lin Feng spoke the last two words very softly.

Those were countless precious lives, and she couldn't just casually mention them.

The culture of Changsheng Village is barbaric, feudal, and conservative... The elderly have been domesticated into obedient slaves since childhood, like earthworms mindlessly obeying the words of the previous generation, but what about the younger generation?

They will receive knowledge from the teachers who come to teach, they will know about the normal environment outside Changsheng Village, they will understand that their genetic disease should not exist... Won't they run away?

Running towards a better future is one of the subconscious reactions of humankind.

But unexpectedly, Yu Shijiu did not nod this time.

He simply watched quietly as the little worm started arguing with its parents again, screaming and running away, a strange laugh playing on his lips amidst the noisy atmosphere.

"Dead? That's not necessarily true."