Infinite: Dawn Game

night.

As nine o'clock approached, all the players became somewhat restless.

What exactly are these "pets" that the hotel staff are referring to? Are they really companion animals like cats and dogs?

Boom boom boom!

"Hello sir/madam, I'm sorry to disturb your rest time tonight, but your pet has been delivered. Please open the door."

The same message appeared outside the doors of all the players.

Some people were still hesitating, while others gritted their teeth and opened the door.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Meow~"

"..."

The sounds of cats and dogs mingled together, and for a moment, all the motion-sensor lights in the quiet hotel corridor turned on simultaneously.

Chen Yi opened the door, and what appeared in his sight were the smiling faces of the hotel staff.

"Sir, this is your pet. Please check it."

Chen Yi looked down and met the eyes of a pure white cat with heterochromatic eyes.

Under the corridor lights, the white cat's blue and black eyes blinked without blinking. It affectionately moved closer to Chen Yi's calves, wrapped its paws around Chen Yi's trouser leg, lay down, and meowed several times, revealing its soft belly.

so cute.

Chen Yi looked at the white cat and smiled with delight. "That's wonderful, thank you so much."

The hotel staff bowed and said, "It's my duty. Have a good night's sleep."

Chen Yi smiled and squatted down to pick up the white cat. The soft, fluffy little body familiarly lay on his chest and licked him several times, its heterochromatic eyes shining brightly under the light.

"You are so cute, little kitty."

Chen Yi closed the door with a gesture of "appreciation".

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Xu Han opened the door with trepidation.

The hotel staff's signature smile appeared in his eyes. "Sir, this is your pet. Please accept it."

"Woof woof woof!!!"

A huge white Samoyed peeked out from behind the hotel staff, its adorable smiling face making many female gamers in front of their screens' hearts skip a beat.

"Woof~"

The Samoyed rushed to Xu Han's feet and affectionately stuck out its tongue to lick Xu Han's hand hanging by his side.

The warm, sticky sensation of a tongue licking his hand sent a chill down Xu Han's spine.

"..." Xu Han suppressed this strange feeling and nodded hurriedly:

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you so much."

“No need to thank me, sir,” the hotel staff member said, bowing. “It’s my duty.”

After the hotel staff left in their high heels, Xu Han looked down and stared at the white Samoyed lying at his feet. Even though he knew it was probably not a real dog, he couldn't help but bend down and pat its head.

"Woof woof~"

The Samoyed, sticking out its tongue, moved a little closer to him, its half-human-sized body squeezing Xu Han and causing him to stumble several steps into the room.

Xu Han: "..."

He swallowed hard, looked at the Samoyed's fur several times with lingering affection, and led it into the room.

"...Don't make any noises tonight," Xu Han instructed as he closed the door.

"I don't sleep well, so if you keep making noise, I'll have to let you out..."

His response was a Samoyed snuggling closer.

Xu Han: "!!!"

Help! Even though he knew something was wrong, he still couldn't resist the dog's enthusiastic cuddling!

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He Lingling's pet is a black cat.

After thanking the hotel staff, she bent down, picked up the black cat that was looking up at her, and sighed softly down the corridor.

"Be good."

He Lingling lowered her head and closed the door: "...Although I know it's impossible, I still hope you're just an ordinary cat."

She really didn't want to do things like killing cats or dogs.

The same thing happened at the door of every guest room.

Most players eventually took their pets back to their rooms in a gentle manner. A few players who were scared did some mental preparation before finally taking their pets into their rooms and locking them in the bathroom.

The cats and dogs locked in the bathroom were silent for a while, then let out a sharp howl, forcing the players who were about to leave to open the door.

"What's all the noise about—what the hell is that monster?!"

The male player stared in horror at the white cat in front of him, whose eyeballs seemed to have fallen out halfway and landed near its mouth, which was constantly spitting out rotten flesh and internal organs.

This white cat, which was perfectly normal before being locked in the bathroom, has suddenly changed.

If the white cat by the door just now was so cute that you couldn't help but want to hug it, then now it's like a cat corpse that's already on the verge of death, glaring resentfully at the "owner" who locked it in the bathroom, vomiting up rotting flesh as it approaches step by step.

The same applies to pets confined to the bathrooms in other guest rooms.

"Aaaaaah, get out of here, monster!!!"

"..."

Half an hour later, several players, panting heavily, looked at the cats and dogs in front of them that they had beaten to the point of immobility, and their legs went weak, causing them to kneel down on the ground.

"...No, no, no, I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to..."

"...I, I just, I was just so scared, so scared..."

"Meow..."

"Wang..."

The pets looked at their "masters" kneeling on the ground and backing away, and made gurgling "laughter" sounds from their blood-filled throats.

The pets, their limbs broken and internal organs ruptured, wriggled closer to their abusive "master"—

"Get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of here! Don't come near me!!"

Accompanied by the screams of players in utter despair, the sound of bones shattering inch by inch, and the eerie humanoid laughter of pets, the sounds filled every corner of the guest room.

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"Looks like I won't have a personal pet anymore."

Yu Shijiu opened the door and watched from afar as the nun and Mu Gui, who had opened the door at the elevator entrance, accepted the pet brought by the hotel staff. She sighed with considerable disappointment.

"Meow?"

Fatty stared at him in shock, scratched at his clothes with its paws, and meowed several times in dissatisfaction.

Isn't having one cat like me enough, meow?! That's too much, meow!!! That's so much, meow meow meow!!!

The nun, who was standing across the elevator, noticed the gaze. She turned her head, held up the teddy bear she had just picked up, and winked at Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu angrily slammed the door shut.

Then Xi De's clothes were torn to shreds.

Yu Shijiu: "?"

He stared in surprise at the fat man's hand still tugging at his clothes. "Fat man, why are you grabbing me?"

After angrily scratching around for ages, all that chubby got in return was this one sentence: "..."

It kept hissing in anger, and finally turned its back to Yu Shijiu, sulking.

Yu Shijiu stared blankly at its back for a long while before belatedly realizing what was happening.