Infinite: Dawn Game

Just as Yu Shijiu was pondering, many of the surrounding "eggshells" also made opening sounds. He looked over and saw many people sitting up from inside, some looking disheveled, and others overjoyed.

"What the hell is this place?"

"...Hahaha, I didn't die! I beat the game!!"

"Damn, that hurts! I have to spend points to buy recovery potions again..."

"..."

The voices of men and women mingled together, instantly turning this once quiet area into a noisy, bustling market.

Recovery potion?

Upon hearing this, Yu Shijiu looked down and saw that his exposed skin was covered with burns of varying degrees. Some of the wounds had begun to fester and were mixed with blood, making them look shocking.

It still hurts.

Yu Shijiu casually moved his arm, showing no interest in chatting with the people around him. He familiarized himself with the buttons inside the "eggshell," then pressed the button to open the "eggshell" door and went downstairs.

There were many humans inside this "eggshell," representing all ages. Walking among the "eggshells," Yu Shijiu even saw a thin woman sitting inside one, lifting her clothes—

He paused briefly, then quickened his pace, as if the scene he had just witnessed was still vivid in his mind's eye.

The woman was holding a baby who looked to be just over a year old.

Even a one-year-old baby would be pulled into this game? Would he have a chance to survive?

For some reason, Yu Shijiu's heart skipped a beat when he thought about the baby he had just seen being held and suckled by a woman.

But Yu Shijiu did not stop. He looked at the half-open gate not far away, hesitated for a few seconds, and walked over.

After stepping over all the densely packed "eggshells," he stopped at the gate and saw a completely different scene from the one behind him.

If the "eggshell" behind us is like a pupa where many creatures huddle together for warmth, then what we see in front of us now is a skyscraper that is the complete opposite of a pupa.

Just two hundred meters, across that seemingly deserted asphalt road, you can reach the city on the other side.

"Would you like to live there?"

A female voice suddenly sounded behind Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu turned his head, and a woman wearing tank tops and hot pants with dyed blue hair gave him a friendly smile.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Anjie."

The blue-haired woman had striking features, a tanned complexion, and a very attractive figure with toned, powerful muscles. She extended her hand to Yu Shijiu and stated bluntly:

"Your trial game was very exciting, I really like it."

Yu Shijiu's brow furrowed imperceptibly. "How did you know?"

Is it possible for players to see the scene when they complete the game?

Anjie was clearly taken aback for a moment, then withdrew her hand, took out a lollipop from her crossbody bag, tore off the wrapper, and popped it into her mouth:

"Didn't you chat with the game after you logged out?"

"..." Yu Shijiu shook his head, recalling the noisy people around him after he came out of the "eggshell".

Anjie: "...Well, you're pretty casual about it."

If a normal person were suddenly transported to a place like this, they would probably not be willing to give up on any clues, but this child in front of them, who is obviously a minor, doesn't seem to care about anything... But it's also possible that the other party doesn't care.

Regardless, this nonchalant attitude is truly impressive.

Yu Shijiu did not respond to this. He just looked at the tall buildings across the street, his gaze lingering on the floors with their lights on for a few seconds.

"Ahem," realizing the boy in front of her was lost in thought, Ange coughed and asked again:

"Do you want to live there?"

Yu Shijiu nodded, and when he turned back, a slight look of joy appeared on his face, which was now just a thin layer of skin.

"Can you just go whenever you want?"

The boy blinked, his light amber eyes shimmering in the light from the opposite lamp.

"Sister, can you take me there?"

Anjie: "..."

She hadn't forgotten the scene of the boy in front of her just now, ruthlessly stabbing the monster through the air, and to be honest, his acting was rather mediocre.

However, Yu Shijiu looks too thin.

Perhaps because he appears to gain weight on camera, Yu Shijiu looks somewhat chubby on screen, but up close, he's practically a skeleton. It's hard to imagine how such a short and thin boy could kill monsters in the game.

“Okay,” Anjie agreed immediately. Seeing Yu Shijiu’s obviously stunned expression, she took a glass bottle out of her bag and handed it to him.

"Join my team, and you can stay with me."

As if she had thought of something, Anjie smiled and said, "However, you have to pay for the oxygen yourself, but I'll cover the rest of the rent and utilities."

Oxygen fee?

Another word Yu Shijiu didn't know. He looked down at the glass bottle in his hand, somewhat puzzled:

"What's the oxygen fee?" Yu Shijiu asked, shaking the glass bottle. "And this—"

The three obviously crudely made words "restorative agent" on the glass bottle made Yu Shijiu pause briefly.

Recovery agent...

He recalled hearing about the "recovery agent" in the "Eggshell" group earlier and wondered why this woman would give him one.

Ange seemed oblivious to the boy's pause; she gazed at the tall buildings across the street.

"You need a lot of points to live in the city."

"We humans need to breathe. It costs 10 points to buy oxygen for one hour, which is 240 points a day and 7200 points a month. But usually, you can only earn about two or three thousand points after completing a normal game instance. This does not include the cost of accommodation and food."

At this point, Anjie's eyes showed some complicated emotions:

"But at the 'Chrysalis Inn,' you only need 5000 points to stay for a month, and there's no need to pay for oxygen."

Chrysalis shop.

Yu Shijiu quickly realized what the "Chrysalis Shop" was; the place where he had appeared after waking up was the "Chrysalis Shop".

Those densely packed, egg-shaped spaces for people to lie down are called "pupa shops".

Yu Shijiu suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, but she didn't know where this inexplicable sense of dread came from.

too weird.

Can people live in these "pupae" forever?

Seemingly sensing what Yu Shijiu was thinking, An Jie chuckled:

"They are afraid to enter the game because they are afraid of dying, so they can only live here. As long as they are careful with the points earned from entering the dungeon twice a month, they can survive."

"So babies need to play games too?"

Yu Shijiu suddenly thought of the baby nestled in its mother's arms, drinking milk.

Anjie was visibly stunned for a few seconds, then her expression became somewhat complicated as she realized something:

"You need to be 15 years old to enter the game; oxygen is free before you turn 15."

As she said this, the corners of her lips curled upwards, but her eyes remained icy:

"This should be considered a rare act of goodwill from Dawn Games."