Infinite: Dawn Game

As Uncle Gong dragged the two players who were still alive to the riverbank, a gentle breeze suddenly blew across the once quiet and peaceful riverside.

A gentle breeze ruffled Gong Nian's hair. She looked up at Uncle Gong, who had returned with the "sacrifice," and her smile widened.

Click click click——

As the sound of bones seemingly breaking rang out, Gong Nian twisted her head again to look at Uncle Gong and giggled.

"Dad," Gong Nian said with a smile, tilting her head, "thank you!"

After saying that, she grabbed one of the players' legs, and for a moment her delicate and pretty face transformed into the enormous mouth of a giant earthworm, devouring the player's leg.

"No! No no no no no!!!"

The earthworm wrapped around the player's face fell onto the riverbank. He cried out in anguish, his face unrecognizable, struggling to escape the pain of his leg being bitten off.

click-

The player has been swallowed up to the head.

Blood splattered.

Uncle Gong, who was facing him, closed his eyes, his eyelids and face splattered with countless viscous scarlet blood.

Uncle Gong lowered his head slightly, seemingly not feeling anything, and bent down to grab another player who was already terrified.

Niannian... I need to help Niannian... She's hungry... She wants to eat the offerings.

Uncle Gong thought in a daze.

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Witnessing the two players die one after another made even many veteran players feel nauseous.

Xu Han felt nauseous and was hanging there, as if he was about to vomit up the noodles he had just eaten.

"Holy crap, so Gong Nian is that giant earthworm?!"

Xu Han couldn't believe his eyes at all.

Chen Yi, who had been busy preparing food, finally stopped and took a glass of juice to sit down next to Xu Han and took a sip.

"Did you notice anything else?"

Chen Yi asked.

Xu Han: "..."

He turned his head away somewhat guiltily and coughed, saying, "Um, Brother Chen, I think this Gong Nian seems to still have some of her own consciousness?"

Otherwise, why wouldn't they eat Uncle Gong's food?

"A little, but not much," Chen Yi said cheerfully.

"However, rather than the fact that Gong Nian still possesses her own consciousness, I'm more inclined to believe that the earthworm, having consumed too many 'sacrifices,' developed intelligence similar to that of humans."

Xu Han was stunned: "? How are we supposed to get through then—"

For a fleeting moment, he thought of Yu Shijiu's almost monstrous attack power, and swallowed the rest of his words.

"It's not that it's impossible to beat the game..."

Even brute force is still passing the game.

"Don't change the subject," Chen Yi said, still sporting that same kind-hearted, squinting expression. He turned to look at Xu Han, his tone gentle.

"I'm asking you if you've noticed any differences between them."

"..."

Xu Han was momentarily stunned. A few seconds later, he looked up at the camera zooming out on the screen again and swallowed.

What's the difference between being selected and not being selected?

Chen Yi smiled and nodded: "Anything else?"

Xu Han: "..."

For a moment, he had the illusion that he was being kept behind at school by the head of student affairs to ask him how his studies were going.

Despite thinking this way, Xu Han still carefully considered all the events that had occurred so far, and his usually gloomy expression changed for a moment.

"Among the players, some are sacrifices!"

Xu Han suddenly realized and exclaimed, "So far, all the players who have died were those who weren't chosen by the elders!"

"Is such that."

Chen Yi clapped his hands in a very accommodating manner, and said in a tone similar to encouraging a child:

"However, it would be even better if you were more careful and perceptive in the future."

Xu Han: "..."

He always felt that Chen Yi was treating him like a child.

However, this clue that I only discovered now, I suspect many players in Changsheng Village already knew about it...

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Yang Wan's home.

When Feifei and Yu Shijiu arrived at Yang Wan's doorstep, they smelled a very strong aroma of meat.

The aroma of simmered pork ribs and the tender, steamed braised pork belly, among other meat dishes, blend together to create a rich and complex fragrance.

Yu Shijiu squinted his eyes in enjoyment as he smelled the aroma of meat in the air.

"smell good……"

Yu Shijiu chuckled and casually ruffled the chubby head before pushing open the courtyard gate.

"If I could eat meat this time, I would have been happy to eat several more bowls of rice."

The chubby guy, whose eyes rolled back from being petted, was speechless.

So you actually did some mental preparation this morning about whether to eat or not, meow?

Yu Shijiu was completely unaware of Feifei's inner thoughts. He walked briskly into the courtyard and came face to face with Yang Wan, who had just brought out a large bowl of braised pork from the kitchen.

"grandmother?"

Yu Shijiu quickly stepped forward and took the bowl of braised pork from Yang Wan's hands, saying solicitously:

"You must be tired after cooking all morning, right? Come on, let me serve you."

Without waiting for Yang Wan's response, she grabbed the vegetable basin and went straight into the room.

Yang Wan stood there stunned for several seconds before she reacted and turned back to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Soon, soon.

Yang Wan's hands, hanging at her sides, trembled with excitement for some reason.

As long as Yu Shijiu can eat the "food" he made, then today's "preparation" is complete... All that's left is tomorrow night's sacrifice.

As if she had thought of something, Yang Wan's lips curled up higher and higher, forming an extremely strange smile.

Inside the earthen house.

Looking at the dim and cramped environment inside, Yu Shijiu raised her chin at Feifei.

Fatty immediately received the signal and raised its head to bite the power cord behind the door.

With a sharp "snap," the light bulb hanging above the dining table flickered rapidly for a few seconds before turning on.

The dim light illuminated the earthen house and made the food piled high on the table look exceptionally bright.

Compared to yesterday's already substantial lunch, today's lunch was twice as big as yesterday's, plus double.

The table was laden with meat dishes: bright red braised pork ribs, thinly sliced ​​green peppers and pork, and some meatballs that looked like they had been finely chopped up...

Yu Shijiu placed the braised pork in his hand on an empty spot on the table and sighed:

"It looks really delicious."

Fatty, who had just turned on the light and walked over: "..."

It solemnly stretched out its paw and patted the small stool next to the dining table, meowing loudly.

No, I can't eat! I can only eat outside the game, meow! Why do you want to eat everything?!

Yu Shijiu withdrew his gaze with some regret, pulled out a small stool, sat down, and stretched out his hand to Feifei:

"I was just saying, don't be angry."

Fatty snorted and walked over to rub his head against Yu Shijiu's palm.

squeak-

The old wooden door was pushed open by the visitor.

The stiff, steady footsteps grew closer.