Infinite: Dawn Game

"..."

In the corner, Xu Han and the other person both paused in their breathing.

Xu Han looked down at He Lingling beside him in a bit of a panic.

From his angle, he could see the moment He Lingling's long, thick eyelashes fell down.

“…Get out.”

He Lingling's chaotic emotions quickly subsided after a few seconds. She released her grip on Xu Han's hand and instead grabbed his arm.

“I guess,” He Lingling thought of the little kitten-like girl who always wore a pretty princess dress and had an innocent (questionable) smile, her voice low:

"They discovered us a long time ago."

It is no accident that Mutangtang, a little girl who is only ten years old or even younger, has made it onto the town's leaderboard at this age.

He Lingling is not stupid.

She naturally wouldn't offend such a person without a reason, so she patted Xu Han's hand again.

"hurry up."

"……Oh."

Xu Han hurriedly looked away and carefully moved to the other side of the corner.

"Will everything be alright..." Xu Han was still a little worried. "Mu Tangtang has a bad temper..."

Don't let your guard down just because of Xylitol's seemingly well-behaved face.

A person who would let his grandmother carry so many corpses to the kitchen to make noodles, no matter how honest he may seem on the outside, is unlikely to actually be honest.

"...xylitol."

Xu Han emerged from the corner first, waving to Mu Tangtang, who was curiously watching him from a distance, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"We didn't mean to avoid you. At first, we thought it was a ghost chasing us, so we hid deeper... but then we heard you talking to your grandma and felt a little embarrassed."

"It's normal."

Mutangtang sat on the sofa, swinging her short legs that couldn't reach the ground, and tilted her head with a smile when she heard this.

"If it were me, I would hide too."

The little girl's voice was actually very pleasant, a light and sweet sound, like a piece of milk candy melting in your ears. If she was perceptive, it would be very soothing to listen to.

But He Lingling's heart was beating faster and faster.

How could Xylitol be such a "lovable" ordinary little girl?

An ordinary little girl could not possibly survive in the survival environment of Dawn Game and reach the top ten on the leaderboard.

Despite her panic, He Lingling politely followed behind Xu Han, indicating that the two meant no harm.

“Although it wasn’t intentional,” He Lingling said, carefully choosing her words:

“But we did hear your conversation with Grandma Mu, sorry.”

"Ok?"

Mu Tangtang sat on the sofa, looked at He Lingling behind Xu Han, and exclaimed "Wow!"

"Sister Lingling is here too? I thought it was just Brother Xu Han alone."

He Lingling and Xu Han: "..."

Both of them twitched slightly at the corners of their mouths, sensing a strange familiarity in the feigned shock in the words.

—It seems, perhaps, that Yu Shijiu is also in this state of pretending to know what he doesn't…

Of course, it only looks a little bit like it.

Compared to Mu Tangtang, who is so cunning that it triggers trypophobia, Yu Shijiu, who only wants to eat and kill monsters all day long, is simply a little angel with holy light shining from his head.

He Lingling silently complained to herself for a while, but finally smiled and responded with a laugh.

"Tangtang, you don't know, Xu Han and I are currently in a team."

"Oh~"

Xylitol nodded in sudden realization and patted the table in front of her happily.

"What are you doing standing there, brother and sister? Come and sit with us. It's fate that we met."

He Lingling's smile faltered.

There's no way Mu Tangtang would say that casually; she might already know about her...

Thinking of this, He Lingling subconsciously gripped Xu Han's arm tightly.

Xu Han realized for the first time that He Lingling was nervous, and cleared his throat, wanting to refuse.

"oops."

Xylitol suddenly sighed, then picked up the lid of her teacup on the table and took a sip.

"There are a lot of people in the hallway outside."

Xu Han: "..."

He took He Lingling's hand in return and whispered, "Okay, let's sit for a while longer."

He Lingling: "..."

She secretly groaned, but Xu Han still pulled her hand and led her forward.

"sit down."

Mugwort picked up her thermos, its surface peeling, and poured herself a capful of hot water, smiling as she said:

"Sister Lingling, don't be afraid. I know you can't see."

He Lingling paused.

Xu Han was terrified and instinctively turned around, only to be blocked by He Lingling's support.

"...Something unexpected happened."

He Lingling didn't refute, she just smiled slightly, "How much does Tangtang know about the rules of how the Fuling Hotel instance works?"

"...Well, I know a little bit."

"For example, consciousness contamination in an elevator, or, for example, the possibility of players killing each other?" Mutangtang cutely propped her chin up and swung her legs.

"..."

He Lingling and Xu Han's expressions changed slightly. After sitting down in front of Mu Tangtang, they breathed out a sigh of relief, feeling a bit of a headache.

"How did you know?"

In the end, Xu Han couldn't help but ask, "All we know about coming down from the elevator is this thing called consciousness pollution and invasion."

“Brother Xu Han,” Mu Tangtang sighed like a little adult, propped her chin on her hand, looked at Xu Han earnestly, and corrected him:

"To be precise, it's just that you don't know."

Xu Han was stunned for a second, "What?"

"Here."

Mu Tangtang pointed to He Lingling, whose eyes were big but lifeless, and said with a smile:

"It's obvious that Sister Lingling knows that."

Xu Han turned to look at He Lingling, "Oh? You know too?"

He Lingling was still surrounded by darkness, but she could still feel the gazes of Xu Han and Mu Tangtang looking at her, and nodded slightly.

"Yeah. I know."

The invasion of consciousness caused her to subconsciously activate "Ghost Eyes" too much, resulting in temporary blindness. And the fact that players would kill each other in the elevator is something you can figure out if you use your brain.

If the Fuling Hotel had only one elevator as an escape route, the infighting would definitely have occurred.

It's possible that the elevator really can't bear the weight of many people—or it's possible that the boss behind the game dungeon did it on purpose.

The former can still catch their breath, but the latter is something players can only hope for the best.

Upon hearing He Lingling's words, Xu Han instantly felt isolated. He gave a slightly annoyed snort but said nothing.

Mutangtang seemed to have lost interest in chatting. She lowered her head and blew on the hot water in the bottle cap, her puffed-up cheeks looking very cute in the dim light.

"Sugar candy."

After a brief silence, He Lingling suddenly spoke up:

Were you on the first floor from the beginning?