Infinite: Dawn Game

The two-minute break was cruelly short.

It's just a matter of a few breaths for a human being.

As the final thirty seconds of the countdown began, all the players staggered to their feet and continued running toward the elevator.

The third time.

If they can survive three more times... they'll be safe today.

Chen Yi coughed at that moment.

The heavy breathing of countless people filled Chen Yi's ears.

He adjusted his collar, sweat rolling down his triple chin and into his collar, the soaked fabric clinging to the coolness of the load-bearing wall behind him.

Chen Yi sighed, looked down at the two cats that had curled up in the corner of his coat, and lingered on their soft fur for a long time.

"Shi Jiu".

Chen Yi looked up and, realizing that Yu Shijiu still wanted to pick up the axe, quickly called out.

"Come here," Chen Yi quickly corrected himself, "can you help me up?"

The boy's silhouette, carrying an axe, was sharply cut out by the flickering emergency lights in the corridor.

After a brief pause, Yu Shijiu leaned against the fat man and looked at Chen Yi, then looked down at his axe carefully before responding.

"it is good."

Yu Shijiu yawned lazily and walked towards Chen Yi. As he did so, Feifei also yawned with a grin, seemingly infected by his yawn.

"Brother Chen, you haven't been moving much, have you?"

Yu Shijiu walked over and reached out to pull Chen Yi, who was sitting in the corner, and said with a smile:

"Why does it look like you're sweating more than me?"

Chen Yi's lips twitched. "I'm too fat, so I sweat more easily."

"That's it-"

Yu Shijiu bent down to pull Chen Yi's arm, but the other party grabbed her hand and forced her to sit down next to him.

Yu Shijiu: "?"

The chubby guy, who was yawning and baring his teeth next to Yu Shijiu, suddenly widened his eyes and quietly found a spot close to Yu Shijiu to lie down.

"Get some rest."

Chen Yi released the hand that had been pressing Yu Shijiu down and sighed:

"It's still more than three hours until dawn. You're not a robot. Continuing to perform various movements at a high intensity will cause your muscles to be so sore that you can't move the next day."

"?" Yu Shijiu tilted her head blankly: "No way? I'm not afraid of pain."

"..." Chen Yi stared at him intently with his eyes, which had become narrow due to obesity.

Chen Yi noticed Yu Shijiu's right anterior nerve twitching—

That's a sign of muscle overuse in a short period of time.

The boy's tilted head resembled that of a confused feline, with his eyelashes, stained with a thin layer of blood, casting small shadows under his eyes.

"Shi Jiu".

The moment the countdown ended, Chen Yi took out a protective device from his pocket and pressed it.

A faint, almost invisible gray barrier appeared around the two people and the cat, completely obscuring them.

The human-pig monsters, now able to move again, emitted a series of numerical roars that seemed to brainwash the players, yet they bypassed the barrier as if they couldn't see them at all, searching for the escaped players.

"You need to take better care of your health," Chen Yi said earnestly.

“You’re too young, you know? Xiaohan is two years older than you, but he’ll come crying to me and Sister An even if he gets the slightest injury—”

It's not about experiencing a lot of pain and fear... but rather, knowing that some people can understand your anxiety and pain is what allows you to survive in this absurd game world.

Chen Yi paused for a moment, then looked at Yu Shijiu, who was clearly stunned, and pursed his lips.

"What I mean is, you're not alone anymore, Shi Jiu."

"You can try to trust us a little."

"..."

The chubby cat next to Yu Shijiu lowered its head and licked its own paw pads, occasionally glancing up at Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi beside it.

Chen Yi was actually a little apprehensive.

Yu Shijiu may seem indifferent to everything, but in reality, he is quite sensitive to all kinds of emotions... To reiterate, it's just that Yu Shijiu acts as if he doesn't care.

"..." Yu Shijiu's eyelids drooped slightly, her thick eyelashes trembled slowly, and then fell down.

"Brother Chen, I want to eat braised pork this time we go out."

"……it is good."

Chen Yi's heart skipped a beat, his hand, which was perpendicular to his side, tightened slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yi smiled and said, "You can eat whatever you want."

Yu Shijiu gave a soft "hmm".

It was at this moment that Yu Shijiu vaguely heard the sound of dogs barking.

Is a dog barking?

A soft, whimpering bark broke the slightly awkward, sentimental atmosphere between the two.

Yu Shijiu almost instantly thought of the female player who ran away with the Labrador Retriever, and quickly looked towards the source of the sound he had just heard.

Then, he saw in a corner not far away that the female player wearing a skirt was curled up in a ball, and the Labrador Retriever she was holding tightly in her arms had its mouth wide open, having already bitten the female player's entire head into its mouth.

Blood trickled down the Labrador's mouth, like a terrifying crimson waterfall, gradually wetting the Labrador's short, fine fur.

With that amount of bleeding, the female player couldn't possibly be alive.

The female player who thanked him is dead?

Yu Shijiu was slightly incredulous and subconsciously thought of getting up to check—

Chen Yi stopped him.

"Don't go."

Chen Yi had actually noticed long ago that the female players in the corner were gradually being assimilated by the "pets".

The reason he didn't stop it... was because it wouldn't have mattered even if he had.

It's even quite possible that the transformed female player will once again focus all her attention on herself and Yu Shijiu.

In this game instance, Chen Yi believed that he and Yu Shijiu had done enough.

It doesn't make sense that everyone here is a player trying to survive in the game, yet they are the ones who attract the main force of the monsters.

This is outrageous and unfair.

Chen Yi believed that he and Yu Shijiu had attracted most of the attention from the first two waves of monsters, so now it was time for those players who were hiding and didn't want to show their faces to put up a fight.

Whether you're a player who's reluctant to use your talent skills so quickly, or a player who's reluctant to part with the items they've worked so hard to obtain, it's time to make your move.

"Her dog is actually quite cute."

Yu Shijiu sat back down.

He also realized that the female player was beyond saving.

Actually, Chen Yi was wrong; Yu Shijiu didn't intend to save anyone.

He just wanted to see the female player's face before she died.

...Is he still as normal as before, unlike the twisted and crazed faces of the others?

“…Her dog,” Chen Yi said with a complicated look in his eyes, “is probably an adult.”

“Hmm,” Yu Shijiu nodded, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the axe handle, “With such a large size, it must be an adult.”

"Perhaps it's a woman."

Chen Yi paused for a few seconds before speaking, "Actually, I heard a little bit of a sound a long time ago."

It happened inside the elevator.