Infinite: Dawn Game

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the long black hair that was growing inside the vase slowly rose, and with a burst of sharp laughter mixed with that of men and women, the sound of bones slowly breaking rang in everyone's ears.

“Hehehehe——”

Click click click click——

The sickening sound of bones breaking sent a shiver down everyone's spine in the restaurant.

The thick, long hair in the vase began to part, and two heads emerged from the hair, one male and one female, like a split V-shape. The man was handsome and the woman was pretty, with red lips and pale faces, looking at the five players standing in front of them.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

The two heads spoke at the same time, and their thick, long hair, which hung down around them, wrapped around the entire restaurant door at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving no gaps.

The same sound came from the other side of the restaurant door.

The player closest to the camera took a step back, his face pale, and unsurprisingly saw black hair beginning to grow in the other half-person-high vase as well.

—Exactly the same as the staff standing on either side of the entrance to greet guests!

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the two heads smiled and opened their mouths, “welcome to the Night Restaurant. It is now 12:55 a.m. The Fuling Hotel is hosting a nighttime event. If you can successfully race against the ‘food’ within the allotted time, you will receive a ten-minute break.”

"The event has now begun, are you ready?"

The five players, who were being targeted by the enemy's heads, were on the verge of a breakdown.

"Who said that? Who said the restaurant is safe? Tell me! Who said that?!"

"...The restaurant is safe, you see, it's just a race, it's just a race, and we'll get even more rest time than yesterday, ten minutes, ten minutes is a lot!"

"How could it be so easy! Look at them! Look at them!" The male player, who had already lost control of his bladder once, pointed at the two vases by the restaurant entrance and screamed.

"They're not human anymore! They're going to kill us!"

The restaurant was in chaos.

The players started blaming each other, even though just minutes before they all agreed that the restaurant would be the "safest" place.

The waiters, surrounded by vases that firmly occupy the restaurant entrance, smile and gaze at the "guests" before them, their smiles unchanging.

They simply repeated themselves briefly, "We will randomly select lucky guests to participate in the competition in five minutes, so please don't worry about your luck."

The pretty waitress among the "vase-shaped" waitresses tilted her head and giggled, "Every guest will be chosen!"

"..."

Behind the dimly lit curtains, Xu Han slowly pulled the Samoyed closer to He Lingling's arm.

The warm touch against her sleeve seeped into her skin, and He Lingling glanced at Xu Han.

She could even hear Xu Han swallowing fearful saliva.

...Xu Han's courage seemed to have only improved slightly last night.

Although He Lingling had to admit that she was also very scared at that moment.

Because... she had just roughly counted the vases in various corners of the restaurant.

Apart from the two large vases that are half a person tall at the entrance of the restaurant, there are many vases on every display shelf inside the restaurant, including the edge of the floor tiles against the wall.

If everyone were like the vase by the door... then these people in the restaurant would be like lambs to the slaughter, or even the kind of stupid lambs who would willingly walk into the tiger's den.

What's more... there's this "race" the waitress mentioned... what does it mean to race against "food"? Are they going to have to race against each plate of food later?

He Lingling felt uneasy.

Almost the next second of unease, she silently pressed the prop that she had been squeezing until it was hot.

A faint gray barrier appeared behind the curtains, enveloping He Lingling and Xu Han completely, leaving no gaps.

"...Use it so soon?"

Xu Han said softly, "Should we wait for Shi Jiu and the others a little longer..."

"That's too late."

He Lingling shook her head, "I'm afraid that if we wait a little longer, the 'vase' waitress will find us."

Once discovered, they will likely be dragged into the so-called "race" just like those five players...

He Lingling doesn't want to know the details of being forced into the "race" for the time being.

At least she herself can't get dragged into it.

Who knows if they'll lose their lives... After all, nearly twenty players died in just a few hours last night.

They were just lucky last night.

"Let's run! I don't want to race against any 'food'! What good stuff could it possibly be?! Who knows what those 'foods' are?!"

After the waitress, who was dressed as a vase, spoke, the male player who had been choked completely broke down, grabbing his companion's arm and begging frantically, tears streaming down his face.

"We have to get out of here! If we don't leave now, we might die! We might die!"

He was just one step away from death, a very, very close step. The pain of lack of oxygen, the pain of a broken neck, and the pain of facing his impending death had almost completely destroyed his rationality. All he wanted to do was run away as fast as he could!

"...Run? Where can we run to?"

His companion, pale-faced, stammered, "The doors are blocked, where can we run?"

"..."

The male player collapsed to the ground, his chest heaving as he tried to speak, but the pain in his throat caused him to cough incessantly.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

"Instead of wasting time thinking like that, hurry up and conserve your energy for the run later..."

The three players next to him were clearly forcing themselves to calm down, but their faces were all equally pale.

"Actually, it's a little better than yesterday, no, it's much better. There aren't as many monsters chasing us. There should only be one. One is fine, especially since we also have a 'pet'..."

As they were speaking, they all turned around and looked at the sofa not far away.

On the sofa, several pets, some sitting and some lying down, were meowing or barking in their direction.

"come over."

The players called out to them loudly, but dared not move.

"Come here quickly!!"

"Come here!! Don't just lie there! Come here right now!!!"

"come over!!"

"..."

Pets aren't stupid; after all, they have human brains and bodies inside their skins.

Soon, all the "pets" were with their owners.

The five players quickly picked up their respective "pets" and looked at the still smiling vase waiters with fear.

But less than five minutes had passed.

The waitresses, dressed in vases, looked at them, their pretty faces still bearing the same smiles.