Infinite: Dawn Game

Chen Yi's back was soaked with cold sweat, and goosebumps rose up one by one along his pores.

Yu Shijiu, who was standing next to him, asked, "Brother Chen, what is this?"

"...harvesting and mutilating raw animals."

Chen Yi's voice was a little hoarse as he uttered each word one by one, and finally he closed his eyes in frustration.

"This was an ancient method used for acrobatics and even begging. Traffickers would abduct healthy children, then forcibly skin and flesh them, sewing the skins of cats, dogs, monkeys, and even bears and foxes onto their bodies... bit by bit, threading them into the flesh, creating a living, talking 'animal.'"

However, by now, such horrific things should have completely disappeared... Is it because of the Dawn Game?

Chen Yi pursed his lips slightly, his heart filled with burning anger.

Fuling Hotel... What exactly does this hotel do?!

Yu Shijiu was shocked, but his gaze unconsciously drifted to the players around him, whereupon he discovered many strange things.

Most of the players around were fairly normal; even knowing that the pets might be able to save them, they would instinctively keep the pets a little further away from themselves… but there were also some who were not behaving normally—

For example, some players, even after seeing a female player holding a human-faced, cat-bodied "pet" dog, still hugged their own "pet" tightly.

Yu Shijiu's gaze lingered on the faces of these people several times.

The final conclusion was terrifying.

Those who still choose to cling to their "pets" have all been saved by their "pets" two or three times, or even more, before.

Consciousness invasion?

Yu Shijiu's wrist still lingered with the phantom limb pain of being severed, but he was already extremely familiar with this pain and naturally wouldn't confuse reality with hallucination.

But what about these players holding "pets"?

What do they see?

They seemed to notice the gazes of Chen Yi, Yu Shijiu, and other players.

The little monster with a human face and a cat body in the female player's arms suddenly raised its head.

With a faint meow, barely audible, the little monster's human-like features suddenly became grotesque and distorted.

It stared intently at the players around it who had normal expressions and movements, and suddenly started chuckling.

The laughter was so strange it sounded like a baby screaming, and it was extremely jarring to the ears of the players who were still conscious. But to the other players who were still holding onto their pets and refusing to let go, it sounded completely different.

It was as if it were bewitching them, or enticing them to move forward.

As the meows and laughter emanating from the small, cat-faced monster grew louder, the players who were tightly holding their pets became even more dazed and began to slowly move towards the female player.

Chen Yi frowned as he watched, realizing he had to stop this.

"Shi Jiu!"

Chen Yi shouted, "Step back first, don't hold back!"

The implication is that we shouldn't waste time playing and should finish the game quickly.

Yu Shijiu nodded, gripped the axe tightly in his right hand, and rushed forward. Several flashes of cold light appeared, and a deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on the face of the little monster with a human face and a cat body.

"?"

Seeing that he hadn't split the other person's head open, Yu Shijiu frowned in surprise.

Why did it suddenly become so hard?

I could have easily cleaved it in two with one axe blow—

Foul-smelling blood and yellow-red pus flowed from the wounds on the face of the little monster with a human face and a cat's body, splattering all over the face of the female player holding it.

The little monster with a human face and a cat body screamed in pain.

The voice suddenly changed, and an extremely shrill scream briefly brought the confused players back to their senses.

"Wake up! These aren't real pets, they're extremely dangerous!"

Chen Yi seized the opportunity and shouted loudly.

However, at that moment, the little monster with a human face and a cat body quickly stopped screaming. Its cold and sinister eyes stared intently at Yu Shijiu, who had chopped it twice with an axe. Suddenly, it turned its head and shrank into the arms of the female player with a loving face and empty eyes.

"he he he he he……"

The shrill laughter rang out again.

Those players who had just regained consciousness and turned to run away were once again frozen in place.

A few seconds later, they slowly turned around and continued to approach the female player while holding their "pets," which were also beginning to change strangely.

Yu Shijiu was still unwilling to give up.

He tried to get closer to the cunning little monster in the female player's arms again, raising his axe several times but failing to touch it at all.

This clearly intelligent monster is making people use female players' bodies as human shields.

"..."

Yu Shijiu scratched his hair in frustration. Just as he was thinking that the female player probably wouldn't live much longer anyway, he should try to scare her a little, when Chen Yi's exclamation suddenly came from behind him.

"Shi Jiu, run!!!"

Chen Yi was both anxious and frightened: "These human monsters are starting to move!"

Yu Shijiu's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously turned his head to look around—

Suddenly, gasps of surprise rang out from the other players in the corridor.

The moment Yu Shijiu turned his head, the monster with a human face and a cat body in the female player's arms suddenly poked its head out. Its claws suddenly became sharp and long, and as its laughter grew longer, it reached out to grab Yu Shijiu.

Just as he was about to be caught, Yu Shijiu narrowly dodged, raising his axe to resist his retreat.

Just as Chen Yi had said, the stiff, human-pig-like monsters around them also "came back to life," and they attacked all the players around them again, with Yu Shijiu being the first to be hit.

Chen Yi was getting anxious and was about to rush forward when a loud meow reached everyone's ears.

"Meow!!!"

Fatty suddenly broke through the group of human-pig monsters surrounding it, roaring as it pounced on the human-faced cat monster that was still trying to grab Yu Shijiu.

The human-faced, cat-bodied monster was unaware of this and was bitten off the female player's arms by the enraged Fatty.

The female player briefly regained consciousness for a few seconds as the monster was bitten away.

But soon, the monster, now without protection, roared furiously several times, and the female player was once again subjected to a mind invasion, unaware that she was going forward to use her body to block the fat claws.

"Meow meow meow?!?"

Fatty was furious, but could only helplessly retract its paws and roar angrily at the monster that was squatting in place licking its paws, which was blocked by the female player.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Yi quickly ran forward and pulled Yu Shijiu, who was still trying to continue attacking, towards the elevator.

"go!"

Chen Yi: "Conserving physical strength is the most important thing!"

Yu Shijiu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in response to Chen Yi's force.

The other players who had briefly regained their senses also followed suit, each running faster than the last.

Just as everyone was about to enter the elevator, the monster behind the female player roared and chased after her again, while the surrounding human-pig monsters also frantically grabbed at the slowly closing elevator doors!