Infinite: Dawn Game

“…That’s probably it.”

Chen Yi recounted what he and Yu Shijiu had experienced the previous night, and then looked at He Lingling.

"And you guys? Besides being chased by the bizarre receptionist and encountering an NPC who claimed to be a reporter, did you see anything else?"

"...And this too."

Xu Han pulled out the videotape before He Lingling could, and said weakly:

"He Lingling found this on the shelf in the storage room."

"This should be a videotape, right, Brother Chen?"

Chen Yi took the videotape, examined it carefully, and nodded: "It is a videotape."

It's one of those old videotapes... I wonder if there's anywhere in the hotel where I can play it—

In that instant, Chen Yi thought of the things he had seen in the blood-stained floor last night, things that looked like "paper" or something similar.

He gripped the videotape tightly.

Yu Shijiu was almost asleep when he glanced at the videotape in Chen Yi's hand and blinked his sleepy eyes.

"So does the restaurant even have any food? I'm starving, thirsty, and sleepy..."

The rest: "..."

"should have."

Chen Yi put the videotape into his other pocket and then took out He Lingling's black cat and handed it to her.

"I'll go check the kitchen."

After Chen Yi finished speaking, he walked alone to the kitchen.

Yu Shijiu thought for a moment and then followed.

“Brother Chen,” he called out weakly, “I’ll go with you.”

Chen Yi said with a hint of helplessness, "Alright, let's go."

Fatty, who was resting on the sofa next to them, looked up at their backs, hesitated for a while, then opened his mouth to yawn and lazily closed his eyes.

It's already daytime... there's no danger anymore, meow.

At the dining table, He Lingling stared blankly at the black cat sleeping with its eyes half-closed, before realizing that this was the "pet" that should have always been with her.

"My God," He Lingling gasped softly, voicing her doubts:

"So, are pets allowed to leave their owners?"

"The game says it's not allowed."

Xu Han interjected, "But we really didn't bring any pets with us last night."

That's a bit strange, isn't it?

"..."

"Could it be that the game is deliberately trying to scare us?"

Xu Han made a bold guess.

"...That's a really good idea."

He Lingling looked up at him and exclaimed in admiration.

Xu Han was a little embarrassed and scratched his head: "Hehe, actually it's nothing, I was just guessing—ah! He Lingling, why did you hit my head?!"

"I didn't hit the head."

He Lingling withdrew her hand, expressionless: "I hit an egg."

Xu Han: "?"

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "He Lingling, you've gone too far! You actually called me an idiot?!"

"?" He Lingling was surprised: "It's really not easy for you to realize this."

Xu Han was filled with grief and indignation: "I'm not really stupid, how could I not realize it! You've gone too far! All that effort last night, carrying you around and hiding you so carefully..."

He Lingling coughed and looked away guiltily.

She can only see her surroundings with one eye, the other...

He Lingling lowered her eyes, her left eye still only able to see boundless, murky darkness.

But it's already good.

He Lingling glanced at Xu Han's still pale face and had no doubt that if he really cured all of her eyes, he would probably faint right there.

...It's enough to see with one eye.

As long as you control "Ghost Eye", you can manage it.

There was something He Lingling didn't say earlier.

That is, she realized that the Fuling Hotel seemed to harbor a great deal of malice towards her.

It wasn't pure malice towards players, but rather a kind of malice akin to fear, accompanied by pain.

That malice wasn't simply directed at her as a person, but rather... at the "Ghost Eye" talent skill.

Is it because they are afraid of the "Ghost Eye's" ability to foresee the future?

He Lingling was a little confused.

However, just to be on the safe side, she will try to avoid using "Ghost Eye" in the future.

To prevent myself from going blind again.

One eye is perfectly sufficient for now.

There's no need to exhaust Xu Han's stamina.

"Hey! He Lingling, are you even listening to me?!"

Xu Han's incessant voice came from beside her ear, and He Lingling looked up, only to be startled and take a step back.

Xu Han probably wanted to scare her, so he suddenly moved very close, his face appearing magnified in front of He Lingling, which successfully startled He Lingling who was thinking about other things.

"?"

Why are you so timid?

Xu Han grabbed He Lingling's arm and clicked his tongue in disapproval:

"You have the nerve to call me a coward? I think you're the coward."

“…Oh right, right, right,” He Lingling’s heart pounded, and she rolled her eyes and sat down. “You’re the bravest, you’re the best.”

“Well, I’m not the most amazing…” Xu Han raised his chin and cleared his throat, “Actually, I’m only a tiny bit amazing, like how fast I was last night when I carried you away…”

He Lingling: "..."

She picked at her ear and sighed.

Now she finally understands the side effects of not speaking for a long time.

They might become extremely talkative like Xu Han... or even repeat the same things over and over again.

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kitchen.

The hotel restaurant's kitchen is located at the far end of the corner. Before entering the kitchen, you first enter a somewhat dimly lit corner where the lights above seem to be broken and the bulbs are not very bright.

Yu Shijiu looked up at the light bulb and raised an eyebrow.

"Such a big hotel doesn't even use decent light bulbs."

"Because the guests can't see it."

Chen Yi said with a smile, "Many hotels do this. These light bulbs save electricity and guests can't see them. Usually, owners who want to save money will decorate like this."

"?"

Yu Shijiu: "Brother Chen, you're amazing! How did you know that?"

“There’s nothing I can’t know,” Chen Yi said embarrassedly. “I used to be a restaurant owner.”

Yu Shijiu: "..."

His eyes sparkled. "So Brother Chen used to be a restaurant owner! No wonder your cooking is so delicious!"

“I used to be interested in cooking, so I learned to be a chef,” Chen Yi said happily. “When I turned thirty, I saved up some money and opened a small restaurant, like this.”

He looked up and pointed to the dusty light bulb. "To save on electricity and renovation costs, we did whatever was cheapest we could to get to the kitchen. Of course, my kitchen is simple, but it's very, very clean. It's just not as nice as restaurants."

"As long as it's clean, that's fine," Yu Shijiu said happily when talking about food. He thought for a moment and then said:

"The kitchen in that Changsheng Village was pretty good. Although the house was a bit dirty, the pots were old, and the seasonings were all a bit expired, the food tasted pretty good at first."

Chen Yi: "..."

Honestly, Shi Jiu, you don't need to say so many points.

That would at least be more realistic.