Infinite: Dawn Game

Chen Yi's head ached more and more as he thought about it, but he still had to keep thinking.

So, the chase scene should drop some items that advance the storyline, right?

Yu Shijiu looked at the bizarre elevator interior with great interest, and even tried to reach out and touch the elevator wall—but was pulled back by Fatty's low growl.

"...Okay, okay, I won't touch it anymore." Yu Shijiu snorted and disappointedly retreated backward with the help of the fat man's strength.

"But touching it today shouldn't cause any problems, right?" Yu Shijiu muttered, patting the chubby cat's head. "You're just too cautious, just like that Lu Chusheng—"

Yu Shijiu's voice abruptly stopped.

He avoided Chen Yi's gaze and lowered his head to pet the cat.

Fatty squinted its eyes and meowed a few times in enjoyment, and no one noticed that its eyes turned black for a moment.

Off-screen, Lu Chusheng closed his eyes, feeling the gentle kneading sensation coming from the top of his head, his ears turning mostly red.

He felt a pang of unspeakable shame, but in the end he simply let out a soft sigh.

"never mind……"

In the elevator.

When the elevator announced that it had reached the third floor, the two people and the cat prepared to walk forward. The other players who had originally planned to go down to the first floor also wanted to follow, but Fatty turned around and stopped them.

"Meow?"

Didn't these people say they wanted to go to the first floor?

Several players were startled by Fatty's roar and looked helplessly at Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi.

"Let's go."

Chen Yi ignored them and said to Yu Shijiu, "Once we get out, we'll make our move."

He believed the situation on the third floor was probably similar to that on the fourth floor, and if he went out without any precautions... his game (life) would probably be over.

Yu Shijiu nodded seriously, "I know, Brother Chen, don't worry." He made a gesture that he would definitely do it, "I will definitely fight them seriously!"

Chen Yi couldn't help but chuckle, "Okay, I believe you."

"Remember, safety is the top priority in everything."

"Oh, right," Chen Yi remembered something and quickly stuffed something into Yu Shijiu's arms the moment the elevator doors opened, "Keep this prop safe."

Yu Shijiu was about to speak when he clenched the prop in his hand in a daze, when he heard the roars of the monsters and the screams of the players running away in a frantic manner.

"..."

Yu Shijiu gripped the axe tightly. "...Okay."

"Thank you, Brother Chen."

Immediately following this were the players' excited exclamations as they saw the elevator doors open:

"The elevator's open! Run, run, run!!!"

Amidst the chaotic and noisy running sounds, Yu Shijiu was the first to exit the elevator, rushing towards the limbless, human-pig-like monsters under the shocked gazes of the other players.

"What is he doing? Has he gone mad?!"

"These monsters can regenerate!! Does he think he's a monster too?!"

"..."

Amidst countless doubts, Yu Shijiu stepped past the fleeing players and raised his axe towards the horde of monsters—

puff!

Blood and flesh splattered, and the stench of decay filled the nostrils, making one's mind race and explode with excitement.

Fatty followed closely behind.

Chen Yi glanced at the players behind him who had retreated back into the elevator after seeing the situation on the third floor, then strode out of the elevator.

Inside the elevator, the trembling players, clutching their pets, gazed at the blood and mangled limbs outside on the third floor, bowing their heads and silently praying.

The first floor will be fine. The first floor will be fine. The first floor will be fine. The first floor will be fine. The first floor will be fine...

As players poured into the elevator, that familiar, terrifying, and helpless beeping sound of overload alert once again rang in everyone's ears—

The familiar scene reappeared in everyone's ears, accompanied by an even more familiar roar. No one noticed that the smiles on the faces of the monsters, who were layered together and rushing upwards one after another, grew wider and wider.

Human fear and shoving, along with the despair of those pushed off the elevator, seem to be their favorite, most cherished atmosphere...

As the first hour of the chase shortened, the players' fear gradually eased.

"Almost there, almost there..." one player said, trembling as they calculated the time.

"Five minutes left, just five more minutes, the first hour will be over in those last five minutes..."

It had only been an hour, but everyone was already exhausted—but there were still more than five hours until dawn…

Just thinking about this time makes many players feel hopeless.

This is what makes chasing game instances so terrifying... Unlike other game instances where you die after triggering a death point, and even if you are caught, you still have a chance to escape, its persistence, including the extended time, is too, too long... so long that some players are so desperate that they don't want to run anymore.

This is the most terrifying aspect of chase-type game instances.

It will seep into the fearful bodies and minds of all players little by little, until the latter are completely desperate, sinking into the abyss from which they cannot escape, and slowly losing all hope of life.

Five minutes have passed.

All the monsters chasing the players froze in place, their numb, bloodthirsty eyes fixed on the players before them, their bodies, missing arms and legs, lying prostrate on the ground, thick, black blood flowing from their severed limbs.

Chen Yi immediately seized the opportunity to run quickly to his room, and casually said something to Yu Shijiu, who was in a bloodthirsty frenzy.

"Shi Jiu, go and bring out Lingling's pet from her room. Her pet is a black cat."

After hurriedly saying those words, Chen Yi ran forward quickly.

Yu Shijiu blinked, wiped the blood from his face, and turned to look at He Lingling's room.

He stepped past the strange creatures frozen in place and walked step by step toward He Lingling's room.

Just as Yu Shijiu pushed open He Lingling's door, a sharp pain suddenly shot from his palm all the way into his brain.

Yu Shijiu's eyes, which had just calmed down a little, turned red again. He stared at his hand that had touched the door of the room, and a chilling madness gradually bloomed between his brows.

"Wow……"

Yu Shijiu raised the axe in his hand and chopped at the guest room door in front of him. "Is this a mind invasion?"

The pain of broken bones traveled to Yu Shijiu's brain, yet his hand holding the axe remained remarkably steady.

The axe slammed into the door again and again, the deafening sound causing the players resting in the corridor to instinctively cover their ears.

What happened? Why did Yu Shijiu chop down the door?

As the door was smashed open, Yu Shijiu saw the black cat howling loudly on the bed.

"Huh?" Yu Shijiu smiled and extended her hand, her tone sweet and gentle:

"Little kitty, come here quickly, I'll take you to your owner!"

The chubby guy behind Yu Shijiu: "..."

Its whiskers trembled, and finally it meowed irritably, burying its head to lick its paw pads.

It's seducing other kittens again... I'm so angry!