Infinite: Dawn Game

Yu Shijiu nodded in realization, "That's right, I was wondering why something felt off earlier. Turns out I forgot that Brother Chen, you're going to be playing the game with us this time too."

Chen Yi had truly forgotten.

He pinched his brow, looking somewhat tired.

"I almost forgot about that. It's okay, you guys go find Xiaohan first. I have a team card with Xiaohan, so if you want to enter the game, I will automatically join you."

Seeing that Chen Yi still hadn't given up on washing the dishes and cleaning the table, He Lingling and Yu Shijiu had no choice but to go to Xu Han's room first.

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inside the room.

Xu Han turned off all the lights, drew the curtains tightly to block out all light, and curled up in bed with only his head sticking out of the quilt, watching the live broadcast screen that was emitting light not far away with vigilance.

On the live stream screen, a male player stumbled and fled through a forest in the dead of night. The rustling sounds from the bushes and trees behind him grew louder and louder, as if some unseen monster was chasing him.

As the male player's breathing on the screen grew more and more rapid, Xu Han wrapped the blanket around himself tighter and carefully whistled.

"Haha, actually, it's not scary at all..."

Xu Han's heart was pounding like thunder, and when she saw the bushes behind the male player on the screen shaking more and more, her heart jumped into her throat.

The next second, a shadowy figure, neither human nor inhuman and covered in maggots, suddenly appeared in front of the male player. Both the male player and Xu Han screamed in agony simultaneously, both on and off screen.

Click.

The slight sound of the door opening instantly silenced Xu Han's screams.

He wrapped himself tightly in the blanket and peeked out, seeing Yu Shijiu and He Lingling by the door.

The former looked curious, while the latter looked disdainful.

Xu Han: "..."

His face flushed red instantly, so hot that his head felt dizzy.

"You, you all, why did you suddenly, suddenly enter my room without knocking—"

"Excuse me."

He Lingling politely knocked on the door again, "We knocked more than once just now."

Yu Shijiu nodded, her eyes crinkling with a cute smile, "Yes, we knocked on the door."

Xu Han: "..."

His face turned even redder, and he instantly buried his head under the covers, leaving only his eyes showing, and mumbled:

"Come in, come in, come in! What are you doing in my shabby house instead of going out for a walk to digest your food after you've eaten?!"

Feifei poked its head out from between He Lingling and Yu Shijiu, "Meow?"

Xu Han felt even more hopeless, and this time she refused to even open her eyes from under the covers.

The two people and the cat entered the dark room. Fatty, who was at the back, hooked its tail on the doorknob and locked the door from the inside. It followed He and Yu with its head held high and meowing.

How's the desensitization going?

He Lingling glanced at the only brightly lit screen in the room and teased:

"Looks like it's working well? Before, when watching live streams, you either had to turn all the lights on or watch in the living room. Now you dare to turn off the lights and watch alone. Not bad, not bad, you've made great progress."

Xu Han let out a muffled groan.

On the other side, Yu Shijiu had already walked to the sofa in the room and sat down. He took a bottle of cola from the cabinet next to the sofa, opened it, and smiled broadly.

Fatty came closer, its pale pink little nose twitching as if it were smelling the cola.

"Would you like some too?"

Yu Shijiu patted Feifei's head, poured a little cola onto the bottle cap, and held it to Feifei's lips.

"It's delicious, want to try some?"

Feifei, showing great emotional value, immediately stuck out her tongue and started drinking water—no, I mean, cola.

On the screen, the male player's head had been swallowed by the monster. He struggled desperately to escape, but this only angered the monster more.

With a "click".

The male player's head was bitten off, and blood spurted from his artery, seemingly staining the screen with a thick layer of foul-smelling blood.

Xu Han, who had just cautiously peeked out from under the covers: "..."

Xu Han has indeed made great progress.

Although her face was still pale and her eyes showed fear, she was definitely in much better condition than before.

He Lingling found it amusing and walked to the bedside, poking Xu Han's head with her finger.

"Alright, alright, you're pretty good now."

"Hurry up and come out, we need to discuss entering the game instance later..."

Xu Han didn't hear what was said next. He suddenly threw off the blanket and stared wide-eyed.

"What game instance? Aren't we supposed to enter it tomorrow or the day after?"

“Oh,” He Lingling said, “Shi Jiu was forced to enter the game this afternoon.”

Yu Shijiu, who was being called upon by the sofa, looked up and nodded with a smile.

"Yes, I was forced to."

Xu Han: "...Shi Jiu, if you're forced to enter a game instance, you don't actually have to act so, so excited..."

"is it?"

Yu Shijiu paused blankly for a moment, then earnestly imitated Xu Han's current expression, adopting a bitter look with the corners of his mouth turned down.

Is this how it's supposed to be presented?

Xu Han: "...Actually, it doesn't have to be so real."

"?"

Yu Shijiu looked at him with a complicated expression, then lowered his head and poured Feifei another bottle cap of cola.

"You're really hard to please."

Xu Han: "?"

Xu Han broke down; he felt that Yu Shijiu had recently gone astray, and instantly shouted:

"Shi Jiu, what's wrong with you?! How did you suddenly become like this?! How is this possible?! You never used to say things like this—"

"okay!"

He Lingling gave him a slap on the head in an annoyed tone.

"They're making such a fuss just before we're about to enter the game."

Xu Han, now subdued after being hit, lay sprawled on the bed, staring listlessly at the dark ceiling, muttering:

"Oh God, when can I finally leave this awful game and go back to see my mom... She comes and goes all by herself every day, I wonder if she's eating or resting on time..."

He Lingling clicked her tongue and said, "It seems you and your mother have a good relationship."

"Who wouldn't have a good relationship with their mother?"

Xu Han sat up abruptly from the bed and called out to Yu Shijiu, who was engrossed in feeding him sugary drinks on the sofa not far away.

"Shi Jiu!"

Yu Shijiu looked up at the sound.

"You and your mom have a good relationship, right?"

“…” Yu Shijiu pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, I have a very good relationship with my mother."

"See?" Xu Han turned around triumphantly. "Shi Jiu is the same as me."

"Oh."

He Lingling's tone remained unchanged, "Then I might be quite different from all of you."

He Lingling said with a smile, "My relationship with my mother is very bad."

Xu Han was stunned.

He Lingling didn't think there was anything to hide. She stretched and said lazily:

"In reality, I am a blind person with a disability. Normal people will always be looked down upon by those around them."

Her mother was the same.