Infinite: Dawn Game

As if he had thought of something terrifying, Uncle Gong's tone was very agitated when he said this, and even the hand holding Yu Shijiu's arm was trembling.

Even so, his voice was still very soft, as if he was worried that his voice would be heard by other villagers.

Yu Shijiu did not put the fruit knife back in his hand. He looked at Uncle Gong, who seemed to have aged overnight due to a huge shock, and his gaze gradually shifted to the bulging backpack on the other man's back.

When Uncle Gong got off the bus, his backpack was only slightly bulging; most of his belongings should have been in his suitcase.

"Don't you believe me? Don't you believe me!"

Uncle Gong across from them suddenly looked up. If Yu Shijiu hadn't reacted quickly and pulled the fruit knife back, Uncle Gong would have had his throat slit.

Even though Yu Shijiu was very bold, he was startled by Uncle Gong's sudden action. He looked at Uncle Gong, who suddenly became crazy, and irritably raised his hand to press down on the other man's hand.

“No, I believe you,” Yu Shijiu said with a smile, turning her head to look at Yang Wan, who had come out of the kitchen to check what was happening in the yard.

"It's not very safe here, shall we find a safe place to talk first?"

Yu Shijiu spoke softly and obediently. Uncle Gong was only excited for a few seconds before nodding and following Yu Shijiu's lead.

Feifei followed behind, looking at Yu Shijiu who was very close to Uncle Gong. It was a little worried. Just as it was about to bark, Yu Shijiu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around, raised his index finger and gently "shushed" it.

Fatty: "..."

It licked its paws and silently glanced back.

Yang Wan has not come out yet.

As she heard footsteps approaching in the courtyard, Feifei quickened her pace to keep up with Shangyu Shijiu's retreating figure.

crunch--

Once the figures of the two people and the cat had disappeared from sight, the courtyard gate was pushed open from the inside.

Yang Wan looked around blankly several times, and after confirming that she didn't see anyone, she patted her head in confusion.

I clearly heard someone calling for grandma just now... Is it because she's getting old? Besides her eyesight being bad, is her hearing starting to fail too...?

The thought that she might become blind and deaf made Yang Wan clench her fist tightly as she gripped the courtyard gate. The pain from the splinters of wood piercing her soft skin made her instinctively lower her head.

Several slightly sticky red blood droplets now clung to the splinters of the wood, resembling congealed red beads.

Yang Wan suddenly let go of her hand and took several steps back. Her gray-white eyes darted around wildly before finally settling at the top, revealing a few faint irises.

"No, no, no...it can't be..."

Yang Wan's voice grew softer and softer until it sounded like a muttered buzzing.

"I've already chosen the right person... It will succeed... It will definitely succeed..."

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Players who had seen the NPC Uncle Gong's head being swallowed by a giant earthworm on the screen widened their eyes instantly.

They looked at Uncle Gong, who was being half-supported by Yu Shijiu, and said in disbelief:

"This NPC, I saw that he was already dead when I was watching Lin Feng?"

And he died very young! And his death was very tragic—

"uncertain."

A veteran player recalled what he saw in Lin Feng's live stream and frowned, saying:

“We did see him being swallowed whole by an earthworm after he fell into a hallucination, but think about it, we didn’t actually see him die, did we?”

There wasn't even the sound of giant earthworms feeding...

After someone reminded them, many players who found it unbelievable were stunned at the same time. When they looked up at Uncle Gong, who was trembling on the screen, their eyes held a strange dark look.

"That doesn't necessarily mean the person is alive."

"Why didn't the earthworm eat him? The first two players were clearly eaten immediately."

The player who had spoken earlier fell silent.

He couldn't figure it out either.

Why did the giant earthworm, which had devoured two players in a row, give up on eating Uncle Gong... when he clearly just looked like an ordinary NPC...?

By the way, what was Uncle Gong's purpose in coming to Changsheng Village?

"daughter."

One player recalled a scene of Yu Shijiu chatting with Uncle Gong and murmured:

"He came to Changsheng Village to find his daughter."

For her daughter who came to Changsheng Village to teach.

But now that half the game time has passed, where is Uncle Gong's daughter?

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After walking for about fifteen minutes, Yu Shijiu looked at the riverbank not far away, hesitated for a few seconds, and still did not take Uncle Gong, who was obviously a little confused, with him.

What if that giant earthworm is still there...?

"Uncle Gong?"

Yu Shijiu helped Uncle Gong to the shade of a tree and whispered:

"What do you want to tell me?"

Uncle Gong, who had been so quiet the whole way that he had been muttering to himself, suddenly looked up, his bloodshot eyes staring blankly at Yu Shijiu in front of him.

“Strange, monsters, they’re all monsters,” Uncle Gong grabbed Yu Shijiu’s arm again, his lips moving into a strange, bitter smile.

"They, they've all gone mad! They're not performing a ritual, they're looking for a substitute, a substitute, Nineteen! You have to run, you have to run away, daughter... my daughter... my daughter... my daughter..."

Uncle Gong burst into tears, laughing and crying at the same time. Large tears, mixed with dirt, fell and soaked his clothes.

Yu Shijiu's gaze followed his tears to his clothes, her eyes narrowing slightly.

I hadn't noticed it before, but Uncle Gong's collar was covered with viscous liquid of varying shades, transparent with a hint of blood, and it looked very familiar.

Yu Shijiu thought for about several tens of seconds and remembered that this was the liquid that covered the neck and collar of the streamer named Qi Tie after he was swallowed by an earthworm.

It is the mucus of earthworms.

And there was such a large amount of sticky liquid on Uncle Gong's body...

Yu Shijiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and when he looked at Uncle Gong's obviously aged and crazy face, his tone changed noticeably.

"Uncle Gong, tell me what happened to you?"

Yu Shijiu reached out and flicked the slime off Uncle Gong's body. When he felt disgusted by the stickiness, he quickly wiped it on a clean part of Uncle Gong's clothes... and then happily welcomed a gift package of dust and slime.

"..."

The boy subconsciously looked down at the chubby boy beside him.

Fatty: "..."

It realized something, rolled its eyes, and glanced at it.

Get lost, meow! Don't even think about wiping your hands on me, meow! Disgusting, disgusting, meow!!!

As it called out, Fatty stretched out its paws and scratched Yu Shijiu's clothes around his waist several times.

Seeing this, Yu Shijiu looked away in disappointment.

Uncle Gong, who seemed to be in a state of mental confusion, slowly lowered his head. He looked at Fatty, his eyes dry and aching.

"I...I saw..."