Infinite: Dawn Game

When the elevator started beeping, He Lingling finally regained control of herself.

She slowly reached out to touch Xu Han's hand, which was still resting on her face, and exhaled a breath of stale air from her spasming throat, her voice still trembling slightly at the end:

"...Quickly, get out of here."

It is a form of ideological aggression.

This elevator is slowly blurring the player's consciousness, assimilating and invading all of the player's vision and mental awareness.

Then, let the player kill themselves.

He Lingling doesn't believe she can still live well after both of her eyeballs have left her.

As He Lingling stepped out of the elevator and onto the first-floor corridor, she began to gag uncontrollably and silently.

so horrible.

This belated realization that her brain had been briefly assimilated, and even the pain of her eyeballs bursting out of their sockets, briefly plunged He Lingling's vision into darkness.

She could see nothing again.

Just like before.

The fear of losing the ability to see the world again made He Lingling unconsciously grip the wall tightly.

Behind him, Xu Han's worried voice reached his ears.

"What's wrong? Is it your eye? Does it hurt a lot?"

How can it not hurt?

Xu Han wanted to slap himself after asking that question. He should have known that even as a bystander, his eyes hurt when he saw that scene, let alone He Lingling, who was directly involved!

"No, it's not pain..." He Lingling shook her head. She closed her eyes and could feel the cold liquid slowly dripping down her cheeks.

If it can't be tears, then it can only be blood.

Sure enough, Xu Han's terrified voice rang out: "He Lingling! Your eyes are bleeding!"

"...I can't see anymore."

He Lingling turned around blankly. At that moment, she seemed unable to hear Xu Han's anxious voice, nor could she feel Xu Han taking out a tissue to wipe her face. She simply grabbed Xu Han's arm as he approached and repeated:

"I...I can't see anymore."

In fact, this situation of not being able to see things has occurred quite a few times in the game, but never before has it made He Lingling so terrified.

Because of the "Ghost Eye," she could sense that this time, the period of blindness would definitely be a very, very long time... possibly extending until the end of this game instance.

During this time, who would take care of a blind person who only hinders them? Who would want a burden who could expose them at any moment?

Even if she were, He Lingling wouldn't want to be a burden.

"Can't see it?"

Xu Han was stunned for a second, then carefully helped the weak He Lingling into a storage room that looked like it contained cleaning tools.

He first pushed He Lingling inside, then peeked out into the dimly lit corridor, and closed the door tightly after confirming that there was nothing there.

"It's alright, it's alright, I can heal you, but not tonight. We'll have to wait until daytime to heal you... After all, my skill has an eight-hour cooldown..."

Xu Han's muttering voice kept reaching her ears, but this time, He Lingling didn't find it noisy.

Several minutes passed before He Lingling spoke: "Xu Han."

"Ok?"

Why do you like to talk so much?

"..."

Xu Han remained silent for a very long time this time.

He Lingling realized that her words might have touched a nerve, and immediately explained:

"I was just asking casually. If you feel uncomfortable answering, just ignore me—"

"There's nothing bad to say."

Xu Han rummaged through the towels and similar items next to him, saying, "Because I couldn't speak before."

He Lingling was taken aback.

"Hey, don't get me wrong. I can't speak properly, I just can't talk. And I didn't want to talk at the time, so it was kind of like the autism I used to have, haha. Okay, actually I don't have autism, I was just sick."

Xu Han shrugged, staring at the dark little window in the storage room, his gaze briefly blurring.

“I… I actually have cerebral palsy,” Xu Han scratched his head. “My mom had a lot of trouble taking care of me when I was little, especially after I was diagnosed with heart disease.”

"My dad—no, not my dad, it was that man who provided some of my genes—just ran away. I remember it was when I was six years old. I had finally been able to get out of bed and walk, so I thought I'd surprise my mom. And then I saw her having a huge argument with him at the study door..."

Xu Han unconsciously twisted his hands. "He said I was a burden, and then my mom started arguing that she'd always been the one supporting and taking care of me, and that she was the one who earned all the money in the house. She said it was one thing for him to spend a woman's money all day without going out to work, but why did he even have the right to scold his own child? My mom was furious and pointed her finger at him, yelling—'So what if he's keeping a mistress and had a son? He wants to abandon his wife and child? Don't talk about this!'"

"do not talk."

He Lingling grasped his arm precisely in the darkness and whispered:

"do not talk."

"...Sigh, the rest is that my mom divorced that man. My mom is really something. Knowing that the man wanted to take the opportunity to get a share of the money, she directly found a bunch of evidence and made him leave with nothing. He was kicked out in a sorry state without getting a single penny."

Xu Han chuckled softly as he said this, and patted He Lingling's hand.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with talking about it. I used to be quite ugly, with a crooked mouth and eyes, and I had trouble walking and talking. Then I was diagnosed with heart disease, which made breathing difficult, and later I couldn't even speak much anymore. My mom worked overtime for me, and didn't have much time to spend with me... I understand my mom very well. She's had such a hard life, and she gave birth to a son like me who's a burden. After raising him for twenty years, he died in the end..."

He Lingling stared at him blankly, remaining silent for a very long time.

After a long while, He Lingling whispered, "She loves you very much."

"I know."

Xu Han chuckled and said, "I love my mom very much too."

He Lingling's lips moved silently.

"Hey, you wouldn't believe it, would you?" Xu Han chuckled, touching his handsome face.

"I used to look really bad, nobody wanted to even look at me. Of course, that's just what I thought. I was insecure back then. But sure enough, once I'm healthy, I'm handsome. I knew it! My mom is so beautiful, and that guy, to be honest, is pretty good-looking. How could I possibly be ugly..."

Xu Han still loved to talk, but this time, He Lingling simply sat to one side, silently closed her eyes, and felt very calm inside.

It is a kind of calm that is difficult to describe in words.

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Time goes back to ten minutes ago.

Chen Yi stepped out of the elevator alone and looked up at the completely transformed fourth-floor corridor.