Infinite: Dawn Game

"..."

Xu Han and He Lingling, who were called out, were a little embarrassed, but they still coughed and waved.

"What a coincidence!"

Xu Han said dryly, "You guys should come downstairs earlier too."

"OK."

Mutangtang led Grandma Mu, who had a kind smile on her face, into the elevator and nodded with a smile.

"Although the first floor is not safe today either, my grandma still thinks that the first floor is bigger and there are more places to hide."

"..."

"hide?"

Mu Tangtang's words stunned Yu Shijiu, Chen Yi, and the others.

Yu Shijiu blinked. "You can hide?"

How could he not have thought of that...?

“Yes.” Mu Tangtang gently shook Grandma Mu’s hand and said:

"The rules don't just say we can't hide in the guest rooms, but they don't say we can't hide in other places."

"..."

The atmosphere in the elevator was a little strange.

Mutangtang belatedly realized something and covered her mouth in surprise, letting out a "Wow!"

"Seriously? Don't you all know this? Isn't this something that's easy and simple to figure out?"

As she spoke, Mutangtang tilted her head to look at He Lingling and Xu Han, then stood on tiptoe with her short hands behind her back.

"I understand that Brother Shi Jiu and Uncle Chen Yi don't know, but weren't Brother Xu Han and Sister Lingling also on the first floor last night?"

"Didn't any of you notice that?"

"..."

He Lingling and Xu Han both stiffened.

The former was completely out of it last night, while the latter was just busy running away and yelling "Holy crap!"...

When Mutangtang asked them that question, the two of them felt a cold sweat break out on their foreheads.

Lu Chusheng looked up at Yu Shijiu, who seemed to be deep in thought, then lowered his eyes and moved closer to her calf, rubbing against her leg imperceptibly.

After rubbing his head, Captain Lu stiffly moved it back.

Yu Shijiu didn't notice this; he was busy deciphering what Mutangtang had suddenly said.

If they can hide in the rooms on the first floor, then besides being mindlessly chased in the corridor, if they choose to hide, they will also need to be constantly vigilant about their location being found.

But they also brought along a "pet" that could potentially reveal their location to the hotel's ghosts.

While the idea that "pets" allow players to be found by the hotel's ghosts is just a reasonable assumption at present, isn't it too unfair if that's really the case?

Did they reveal their hand and let the game boss kill them?

Isn't that going too far?

Clearly, Chen Yi had also thought of this.

His expression turned somewhat unpleasant, but he still smiled and thanked Mutangtang.

"Thank you."

Although they would have known this clue tonight even without what Mutangtang mentioned, knowing it in advance is completely different from knowing it later when being chased.

At least they can prepare in advance.

"No need, Uncle Chen."

Mu Tangtang waved her hand sheepishly, "I was just saying, this clue is nothing special."

Even so, Xylitol's smile deepened.

"……That,"

Knowing that Xylitol was trying to win them over, Chen Yi was about to speak when he saw the elevator doors slowly open.

"Here we are."

Mutangtang pulled Grandma Mu, who had been silent, out of the elevator and said goodbye to the people inside.

"Grandma and I are going to find a place to hide. You guys take your time looking for us. See you tomorrow!"

"..."

Yu Shijiu was the first to step out of the elevator, followed closely by Lu Chusheng.

Chen Yi rubbed his aching temples. "Let's go, we'll talk outside."

Five minutes until tonight's chase begins.

Five minutes is more than enough for them to discuss how to spend the nearly six hours that night if they use it carefully.

The moment everyone stepped out of the elevator, the entire corridor began to dim at a visible speed, and the lights turned reddish, as if flesh and blood were being peeled off and reflected in the lamps, spreading outward little by little along the cracks in the corners.

The group turned around and saw that the elevator had already started to go up.

—The surviving players started fighting over the elevator to the first floor.

But what they didn't know was that the first floor wasn't actually safe tonight either.

Chen Yi looked down and saw that his breast pocket had started to move.

A few seconds later, the sleepy white cat opened its mouth wide and yawned, slowly sticking its head out from the edge of the pocket, watching as things resembling intestines and brains slowly fell around it.

"These things weren't on the first floor last night."

Xu Han swallowed hard, then dragged the reluctant Samoyed forward. "Aside from some blood on the ground last night, none of these things appeared at all..."

Xu Han was referring to these "intestines and brains" hanging from the ceiling.

"This proves that our guess was correct."

Chen Yi calmly stated, "The 'pet' is indeed a location tracking device we used within the hotel."

"...What should we do?"

Xu Han panicked a little, "Brother Chen, could we put them all in one room—"

"No."

Chen Yi shook his head and rejected the suggestion, saying, "At least not now."

Judging from what happened last night, "pets" must be with living humans, regardless of whether that human is their owner or not.

“That’s fine, actually.”

Yu Shijiu, who was walking ahead, turned around and raised her hand, saying, "I can take them with me."

Lu Chusheng, the orange cat who had been silent all along: "..."

He disliked Yu Shijiu's constant attempts to drag him into danger, and his dark green eyes were full of displeasure.

"No."

Chen Yi decisively rejected Yu Shijiu's dangerous proposal.

"You need to protect your own safety."

Yu Shijiu was a little unhappy that her suggestion was rejected. "I can protect myself."

"But you will get hurt."

He Lingling calmly added, "It's still a very serious and dense injury."

Xu Han nodded along like a chick pecking at rice, "Yeah, yeah! Shi Jiu, you can't do this. Don't you feel pain from getting hurt all the time? I feel like getting hurt really hurts! You can't keep getting hurt. My mom said that if you get hurt a lot when you're young, your health will suffer when you're old..."

"...Take care of yourselves, and we still need to find time to see the manager."

Chen Yi stepped forward and patted Yu Shijiu on the shoulder, "With Brother Chen here, relax tonight. Tomorrow night is when you should put in the effort."

"..." Yu Shijiu looked up blankly, her round almond-shaped eyes staring at Chen Yi, who was smiling broadly in front of her, and nodded hesitantly.

"Alright then," Yu Shijiu said, still somewhat unwilling to give up, "If I see the manager and he tries to hit me, can I fight back?"

"……Can."

Chen Yi said helplessly, "If he wants to hit you, you can kill him."

"OK then."

Yu Shijiu nodded obediently: "Then I will try my best not to use my hands."

Chen Yi, Lu Chusheng, and He Lingling: "..."

The two people and the cat (actually three people) sighed at the same time.