Infinite: Dawn Game

The floor of the fourth-floor corridor was also covered with sticky human blood glue, just like the third floor. The strong smell of blood, when inhaled, was almost choking.

Chen Yi frowned slightly and looked up at the hotel rooms that were tightly closed in the distance.

Unlike the third floor, where the chase had clearly begun much earlier, the fourth floor was relatively quiet, and apart from the blood and goo on the ground, the lights were still fairly bright.

puff.

The sudden, subtle cracking sound made Chen Yi freeze for a second.

But soon, he seemed to realize something and quickly ran towards room 444.

At the same time, the door to the hotel room opposite the elevator was opened.

The nun leaned lazily against the door frame, yawning, with a small teddy bear dog in her arms, sound asleep as if it were dead.

"Yo?"

The nun watched Chen Yi's retreating figure, then smiled and knocked on the door.

"It's Chen Yi! Long time no see."

Chen Yi ignored the nun behind him and quickly knocked on the door of room 444.

"Shi Jiu".

Chen Yi was a little anxious, so he knocked on the door much harder.

A nun's chuckle echoed down the corridor, "Chen Yi, making too much noise can cause something in the darkness to awaken faster, don't tell me you didn't know that."

The nun's laughter amplified the increasingly frequent smacking sounds from the dim light, as if... something had been punctured, and countless things were falling out from inside the punctured thing.

Chen Yi's forehead began to sweat, and just as he was about to knock on the door harder (actually, he was going to smash it), his hand missed.

Yu Shijiu yawned and poked his head out of the room. He quickly grabbed Chen Yi's hand and patted his chest.

"Oh my god, Brother Chen, you almost hit me."

Chen Yi's cheeks were covered in beads of cold sweat. He grabbed Yu Shijiu's hand and whispered:

"Hurry up, don't leave me tonight, okay?"

Perhaps due to excessive anxiety, Chen Yi, who was usually mild-mannered, did not smile for the first time.

Yu Shijiu didn't resist or anything. When he was pulled out of the room, he called out to the fat guy behind him.

"Fatty's gone, Brother Chen is taking us all on an escape."

Fatty meowed and quickly rushed out of the room.

The moment Fatty stepped out of the room, the atmosphere and temperature in the hallway changed drastically.

The ceiling, which should have been covered with motion-sensor lights, seemed to have been suddenly covered with something, and not a single ray of light could be seen. At the same time, the cracking sound in the corridor grew louder, followed by the faint wails of countless men and women crying and screaming together.

Chen Yi's expression changed immediately.

Yu Shijiu raised his head, looking into the pitch-black corridor. His smiling eyes grew increasingly excited, as if filled with a bloodthirsty light.

"Shi Jiu".

Chen Yi tightened his grip on his arm suddenly. "Promise me, if you feel weak, don't try to carry it. You have to run, okay?"

Chen Yi's voice was very soft, almost perfectly blending into the surrounding darkness, silent yet resonant.

The excitement in Yu Shijiu's eyes subsided slightly. He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but suddenly images of tables full of delicious-looking dishes and Chen Yi patiently asking him what he wanted to eat flashed through his mind...

Yu Shijiu fell silent.

For the first time, he understood the true meaning of "he who eats another's food is bound to him."

"……it is good."

Yu Shijiu hesitated before saying, "I'll try my best."

From the darkness came a slight sigh of relief from Chen Yi, "That puts my mind at ease—"

"do not."

The nun's voice rang out from the darkness not far away, "Isn't this boring?"

The nun smiled and said, "Let me speak. This young man named Yu Shijiu, would you like to join the Black Robe Church?"

Yu Shijiu looked precisely across the thick darkness to the other side of the elevator—the nun was standing there.

The nun felt a chill run down her spine when he suddenly stared at her, and the smile on her lips froze for a moment.

As expected... players who catch the old man's eye are unlikely to be as simple and brutal as they appear on the surface when it comes to killing...

But she still had to finish what she was saying.

Sister: "I personally don't like to talk nonsense. If Yu Shijiu agrees to join the Black Robe Church, then he will definitely clear this game instance very safely. I can guarantee that."

Chen Yi's face was grim. He was about to say something when Yu Shijiu, who was standing next to him, interrupted him with a smile.

"Haha, I guarantee it?"

Yu Shijiu covered her eyes and laughed several times, finally saying as Feifei rubbed against her arm:

Do I need someone to guarantee my life or death?

"This, sister?" Yu Shijiu addressed the nun as "sister" very politely, smiling as she spoke:

"Since you asked, I can tell you very clearly."

“I dislike the Black Robe Church very much, and similarly, even if you are openly threatening me now, I will still not agree to join the Black Robe Church.”

"How about that? Was my explanation easy to understand?"

"..."

A nun's laughter came from the darkness, "A very good answer. To be honest, I really like the way you replied."

“But unfortunately,” the nun in the darkness shrugged helplessly, “if you don’t agree, then we’ll have no choice but to become enemies.”

"So what?"

Yu Shijiu rubbed the chubby cat's head. "I've always had many enemies."

Before, it was those doctors and nurses who were everywhere in the sanatorium; later, it was those monsters in the game instance who were always trying to kill him... To be honest, Yu Shijiu preferred the world after entering the Dawn Game to the sanatorium.

No need to take responsibility, no need to respect life, and no need to use your brain to think about random, dizzying things.

Yu Shijiu knew that her state and thoughts were not quite right.

But as he just said—so what?

Whatever he did, wanted to do, or should do, it's still him.

As long as he's willing to do it, that's fine.

The nun remained silent for a long time, until the thick darkness in the corridor began to dissipate and was replaced by a thick, sticky smell of blood. Then everyone heard the nun sigh.

"That wouldn't be good."

The nun lowered her head and gently stroked the sleeping Teddy dog ​​in her arms, sighing as she said:

"Fine, I actually quite like you, so I've decided I won't pursue you tonight."

The next second after the darkness dissipated, Yu Shijiu and the nun holding a teddy dog ​​across the elevator locked eyes.

The former still smiled with his eyes crinkled, while the latter wore a regretful, sighing expression.

"I'll give you another chance."

The nun stared into Yu Shijiu's eyes, her white teeth faintly visible as her red lips parted.

"If you're willing to change your mind tomorrow night, I'll still welcome you to join the Black Robe Church."