Infinite: Dawn Game

"..."

Yu Shijiu subconsciously looked at the man inside the iron cage, without rushing to respond to the staff's "invitation".

He was curious to hear what this man, who seemed familiar to him, had to say.

"think."

The man inside the iron cage quickly raised his head, his handsome face filled with a pale pleading expression. He swiftly climbed to the railing near the staff member.

"If I just work as a hotel employee, I won't have to... I won't have to die, right?"

The man turned to the workers for answers.

"..." The staff member looked at him and nodded. "Of course."

"Fuling Hotel welcomes everyone who is willing to be an employee."

"What's more, you're related to one of our hotel's employees."

Seeing that the man agreed without hesitation, Yu Shijiu's gaze casually lingered on the trembling hand beside him, and she echoed his reply:

"I also want."

Yu Shijiu smiled and said, "I also want to be a full-time employee of the hotel."

"..."

The staff member seemed to want to say something, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by another staff member who ran over.

"Hurry up, we need to sew ten items today. We need to be quick, because the guests will need to see all the items when they arrive the day after tomorrow."

"..." The staff member was a little annoyed at being interrupted, but still hummed in response.

"If you think about the employees, go see the manager tomorrow... If the manager isn't there, you can ask the front desk for the employee who can make the decision."

He finished speaking quickly, and then, urged by another staff member, turned around, opened the door, and went to drag the animals away.

The only sounds in the room were the rustling of scalpels and needles sewing—another staff member had gone to select "people."

This time, a total of five "living pigs" were picked out and taken to the operating table to wait for skinning... So far, the skinning seems to be going relatively normally.

Chen Yi was once again lucky enough to avoid being chosen.

Although he didn't know whether this was "good luck" or not.

"Shi Jiu".

Chen Yi, enduring the pain, spoke to Yu Shijiu, who was looking over from inside the iron cage, "Don't run around after we get out."

"……Know it."

Yu Shijiu's smile faltered briefly. "I can't run away either. It seems we can only go back and forth between the second, third, and fourth floors for now—"

Yu Shijiu turned around subconsciously halfway through her sentence, and met a pair of wide-eyed stares.

The owner of the eyes was startled and quickly lowered his head, burying it in his knees and refusing to look up, just like a timid mouse...

Yu Shijiu didn't seem to care about the man's avoidance and gave Chen Yi a big smile not far away.

"Don't worry, Brother Chen."

"very soon."

"The time for this illusion is almost over."

Chen Yi paused slightly, but did not refute Yu Shijiu's statement.

The illusion didn't actually last long. He could still feel something sticky and soft deep inside his brain poking at him... It didn't hurt, but it felt a little eerie.

However, the illusion should indeed end soon.

As if to verify Yu Shijiu's words, the time then began to speed up at a visible pace: selecting "human pigs," skinning, skinning humans and animals, screams, stitching, insults...

Everything around us is starting to move at a faster pace.

It wasn't until Chen Yi was chosen as the last "cargo" to be taken to the operating table that Yu Shijiu, inside the iron cage, couldn't help but want to make a move—but Chen Yi stopped him.

Chen Yi shook his head at Yu Shijiu, signaling him not to make a move.

Although time has been sped up within the current illusion realm, the storyline remains normal, at least within the context of the game's world.

Chen Yi was a little worried that their rash actions might cause some unnecessary "accidents" in the illusion.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances beyond the plot, let them be skinned alive...

But despite his thoughts, Chen Yi, lying on the operating table, couldn't help but hold his breath.

The smell of blood here was stronger than on the other side. The thick, almost living, fishy smell seeped into the nasal cavity with each breath, almost to the point of making one dizzy.

In this simple, unregulated room, far too much blood was shed and far too many people died.

Chen Yi opened his eyes and watched as the doctors and nurses around him approached him with scalpels, his chest heaving violently several times.

But this nurse who helped out and handed over the tools... looks kind of familiar.

As the excruciating pain struck, Chen Yi frowned and gritted his teeth, cold sweat dripping down his cheeks, when he heard his own heart-wrenching screams of agony echoing in the room.

Chen Yi: "..."

He clearly didn't call out.

Where exactly is that sound coming from?

Inside the iron cage near the door, Yu Shijiu, who had been signaled by Chen Yi not to do anything, listened to the screams around him and silently clenched his hands on the bars.

As the familiar hazy, drowsy feeling swept through his brain, Yu Shijiu heard a rustling sound coming from another iron cage beside him.

"You...you also want to be an employee of the Fuling Hotel?"

Yu Shijiu, suppressing the drowsiness in her brain, turned her head and finally saw the man's full face.

He was fairly good-looking, but his face was... strangely familiar.

"Hmm," Yu Shijiu bit his tongue hard, the pain briefly rousing his drowsy nerves. "How can you live if you're not an employee?"

"..."

The man was silent for a few seconds, then said softly, "Yes, we all have to stay alive..."

Seeing that the other party still didn't offer any useful clues, Yu Shijiu became too lazy to pay attention to them anymore and closed her eyes, succumbing to the drowsy feeling in her brain.

Just as Yu Shijiu closed his eyes, the man in the iron cage next to him spoke in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, which slowly drifted into his ears.

"...We're all alive...what about them...do they really have to die...?"

they?

Yu Shijiu frowned as his consciousness was completely dragged into darkness. He opened his eyes, but could only see an endless vortex of darkness swirling before him, making him feel even more dizzy and painful.

Who are they?

Are they those "living human pigs"?

Yu Shijiu fainted.

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The first floor of the hotel.

Xu Han and his companion sneaked into the restaurant and crouched behind the sofa wall, cautiously looking around the dimly lit restaurant.

"It seems like nobody's here..."

Xu Han whispered, "Should we hide further inside?"

"..."

He Lingling still couldn't see anything clearly. She silently tightened her grip on Xu Han's arm and nodded.

"Okay, let's hide further inside."

For some reason, once they arrived at the restaurant, He Lingling's sense of danger seemed to lessen.

But restaurants shouldn't be safe, right?

Whether it was the braised pork with human flesh added during the day... or the terrifying atmosphere of the restaurant in the game instance, neither should have made her feel safe.