Infinite: Dawn Game

A slightly glaring light pierced through the door, and against the backlight, Yang Wan appeared at the door carrying the last pot of pork rib soup.

"This is the last bowl of soup."

Yang Wan still had that cheerful expression, her kind and gentle demeanor unchanged, as she carried the pork rib soup into the room, bending down as she went.

boom.

The dull sound of the porcelain bowl hitting the table echoed with the unusual enthusiasm of Yu Shijiu as he stood up to pull out a stool.

"Wow!"

Yu Shijiu placed a stool behind Yang Wan, showering her with compliments in a very respectful manner:

"Grandma's cooking is so good, all of these are my favorite dishes!"

Yang Wan was clearly pleased to hear such obvious praise. She took a step back and was about to speak when she tripped over a stool that had appeared behind her.

Yang Wan: "..."

Fatty, pretending not to have seen anything happen: "..."

The culprit, Yu Shijiu, blinked in surprise and reached out to pull Yang Wan without any sincerity:

"Grandma, are you unsteady on your feet? Maybe so, the light bulbs here are too dark and your eyesight isn't very good... Really, before I leave, I must find a way to change to a brighter light bulb for you..."

Yu Shijiu's transformation into a chatterbox made Yang Wan's loving facade crumble: "..."

Yang Wan's expression kept changing under the light. Just as Yu Shijiu was expecting her to become cunning so that he would have a reason to take action, Yang Wan gave a dry laugh.

"No need, no need, the highlights are useless to me."

"is it?"

Yu Shijiu was somewhat disappointed that the other party was still in a normal state, and looked down at the meat dishes on the table with a little displeasure.

"But there's no food?" Yu Shijiu said.

Yang Wan was stunned. She looked around at the dishes on the table and then suddenly slapped her head.

"Oh dear, how could I forget to bring the food over? You eat first, Grandma will go bring the food over..."

As Yang Wan spoke, she walked out of the earthen house and hurriedly ran towards the kitchen.

Yu Shijiu watched her retreating figure, then curiously poked at the tender braised pork in the dish with his chopsticks, and said:

Do we look stupid?

Fatty: "...Meow."

You're the stupid one.

“Yeah, we’re not stupid,” Yu Shijiu said matter-of-factly, picking up a large piece of braised pork and placing it in the bowl in front of him. He then smiled and used his chopsticks to mash the pork into pieces.

"So who would actually eat this?"

Fatty peeked out.

Inside the chipped white porcelain bowl, the brightly colored and fragrant braised pork was crushed by Yu Shijiu, and the rotten flesh beneath its perfect exterior and sauce was slowly revealed.

On the greenish, even moldy, rotting flesh, there were clumps of tiny earthworms, so fine that you could barely see them unless you got very close.

Suddenly, a pair of chopsticks appeared in front of Fatty, and the chopsticks made an extremely loud snapping sound as they joined together.

Fatty, who was watching intently, was startled and instinctively looked up at Yu Shijiu, who was holding chopsticks, and meowed loudly.

"what is it call?"

Yu Shijiu lazily propped her cheek up and looked at it, the chopsticks she had been holding tightly then slowly loosened.

Several tiny earthworms had been crushed to pieces by chopsticks, their limp, sticky bodies dripping onto the table.

Fatty immediately fell silent.

It stared at the earthworm carcass on the table, then nervously lowered its head and licked its paws.

"Don't get too close."

Yu Shijiu used chopsticks to pick up the earthworm corpses on the table one by one and put them into the bowl.

"I suspect these earthworms are meant to gradually acclimate my body to tomorrow night's sacrificial ceremony."

Yu Shijiu said, looking down at the earthworm corpses in the bowl, "Although these things are novel, I don't want to eat them yet."

Therefore, the only option was to let Yang Wan "get into some minor trouble" on her own.

As the boy spoke, he reached out and grasped the bowl of pork rib soup that Yang Wan had served last.

He slowly shook the soup and ribs in the basin, and unsurprisingly found a nest of earthworms curled up in the crevices of the rib bones.

The next second, Yu Shijiu's deep sigh echoed in the room.

What a waste of so many good dishes.

When Yang Wan brought the rice cooker back, she had just stepped into the house when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, and then her eyes rolled back and she slumped to the side.

When the rice cooker in her hand fell, Fei Fei quickly caught it with her back, and Yang Wan, who was "fainting," was caught by Yu Shijiu, who looked rather unwilling.

Players watching from outside the screen, filled with disappointment: "..."

Isn't this underestimating the monsters in the dungeon?

Some people questioned, "Will this work? Yang Wan isn't human, is she?"

"Strictly speaking, it is feasible."

One knowledgeable player earnestly stated, "In most games, daytime is a constraint for monsters, let alone a game instance like Changsheng Village where the monsters all consider themselves 'human.'"

In short, it's a worldview similar to idealism.

During the day, as long as Yang Wan firmly believes that she is "human," then she must be human.

It's quite normal for humans to be knocked unconscious by a sneak attack... not to mention that Yu Shijiu's strength was clearly immense.

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Behind the door, Yu Shijiu looked at Yang Wan's head, which was clearly dented but not bleeding, and curiously touched the dent with his hand.

It was a strange feeling, soft and wet, like the soft, squishy texture of a skull.

The strange feel of the material inevitably reminded Yu Shijiu of that giant earthworm.

Curious, he tapped Yang Wan's head several more times before letting go and moving her to the dining table, arranging her head down as if she were eating.

“Alright,” Yu Shijiu said, “Time to get to work.”

Fatty, carrying the rice cooker, also let out a soft meow and gently pushed the rice cooker up a little on its back.

Yu Shijiu looked at the rice cooker, hesitated for a few seconds, and then reached out and took the rice cooker off.

Once the lid is opened, the aroma of rice wafts out.

Yu Shijiu took several satisfied sips, eagerly beginning to test whether the rice was edible.

After completing a series of tests, such as breaking the rice apart or crumbling it, Yu Shijiu, his eyes shining, held the rice cooker and exclaimed:

"Thank goodness, the game isn't so insane that it'll starve me to death..."

As she spoke, Yu Shijiu happily waved to Feifei, "Come on, let's eat first, then get to work."

Fatty: "..."

It wanted to say that the player wouldn't starve for a day or two (at most, their body might become less agile due to hunger), but then it realized that Yu Shijiu wouldn't understand what it was saying... so Fatty gave up.

Following Yu Shijiu's lead, it stepped forward and squatted down, sharing a whole pot of rice with Yu Shijiu, who had taken a small stool to sit down and eat plain rice.

...Aside from being a little choked up.

Yu Shijiu choked and burped, but just took a breath and continued eating.

Who knows if there will be any problems with tomorrow's rice?

Eat as much as you can today!