Infinite: Dawn Game

"I don't want to die, I really don't want to die, I really don't want to die, please, please wait for me, please wait for me..."

The male player's desperate cries echoed throughout the restaurant.

The other four players watching lowered their heads in dismay, unwilling to witness the male player's fate of being roasted alive and turned into a "meat dish."

No wonder, no wonder the restaurant didn't have any vegetables today, no wonder there were only "meat dishes," one "meat dish" after another...

Just recalling the "meat dishes" served at lunch and dinner made the four players' throats itch and their stomachs cramp.

Not to mention they remembered that there were people eating in the restaurant at the time... Although they knew that those people eating the food were probably not alive, they still found it hard to accept.

"...It's no use crying..."

The only female player among the four had tears in her eyes, a mixture of sympathy and pity, but even more so, a shared fear of being in the same boat.

He was the first to be roasted, so what about the second? Could the second person chosen to be roasted be herself?

The female player didn't dare to think about it too much.

Just thinking about it made her feel like she would have been better off dead during the chaotic chase last night.

At least they'll die faster and suffer less.

"...What can we do? He didn't want to die either. It's a good thing he could even cry out before he died..."

The player next to him sighed, his voice trembling:

"Who wants to die? Who wants to die such a horrible death? This is no different from torture..."

Being roasted alive is no different from torture.

"..."

Behind the curtains, Xu Han didn't dare to look down any further, shrinking his head, closing his eyes, and breathing rapidly.

"...He won't die."

Just as Xu Han was imagining the horrific scene of the male player's death in his mind, He Lingling's voice rang in his ears.

"?"

Xu Han immediately opened his eyes and looked out through the curtains. "He won't die? How is that possible? He was clearly about to lose—"

Not far outside the curtains, the Aries girl, who was already far ahead of the finish line on the "track," actually stopped.

It was charred beneath the curly wool, and the humanoid face's features revealed an expression of hesitation amidst the surrounding boiling heat.

It was actually considering whether or not to wait for the male player to run over.

In that instant, Xu Han's mind went blank, and he mumbled incoherently:

"How...how is this possible? It doesn't, it has to reach the finish line to survive, right? Now it's stopped, what do we do now that it's stopped?"

The Aries girl has stopped, but the male player definitely won't stop.

Sure enough, after seeing that the Aries girl actually stopped because of his words, the male player's expression, which was on the verge of despair, suddenly changed, and he began to wail even louder.

"Thank you, thank you so much for waiting for me, thank you so much, thank you so much..."

"We can be together, we can reach the finish line together, and as long as we reach the finish line together, we won't die, right?"

The other four players were stunned.

They looked at the Aries girl, who had actually stopped on the "track," and exchanged shocked glances.

It actually stopped...

The male player's words also made the four players subconsciously look at the waiters with vases on both sides of the restaurant door.

The waitresses' expressions remained unchanged as they watched the "race" unfold with smiles, seemingly tacitly agreeing with what the male player had said.

—As long as they reach the finish line together, none of them will die.

"……Really?"

Xu Han's expectant voice rang in He Lingling's ears, and he asked another question:

"Can we really survive together?"

He Lingling remained silent.

She gazed silently at the "runway" not far away, her thick eyelashes trembling and drooping, concealing the turmoil in her eyes.

On the "track," the male player, seeing hope, struggled to run forward, dragging his severely burned leg, panting heavily as he talked to the Aries girl in the distance.

"We can all survive, we can all survive. As long as, as long as you wait for me, as long as you wait for me..."

"We can all survive, we can all survive..."

"Wait for me a little longer, just wait for me a little longer..."

The Aries girl turned to look at the male player getting closer and closer, and opened her mouth with a mixture of annoyance and impatience, letting out a series of "baa~ baa~" sounds from her throat.

The sound of sheep bleating.

It actually believed what the male player said.

It also seems unwilling for any "person" to die.

It wants to wait for the male player to reach the finish line together.

……

The words of the vase waitresses seemed to echo faintly in He Lingling's ears.

Your opponent in this race is our adorable little lamb.

The waitresses smiled and said, "She's very cute and has a very gentle personality."

You'll definitely like her.

Lambs need to always be cute.

Sir, you are incredibly lucky! This lamb has the best temperament of all "foods."

【…】

He Lingling seemed to hear the sound of her blood flowing backwards.

“…No,” He Lingling said softly, “…It’s impossible.”

Xu Han looked down at her, her hand still tightly covering the Samoyed's muzzle.

"What's impossible?"

"...humans..."

In the "track", the Aries girl gently rubbed her charred horn tip against the male player who had caught up, and continued to make "baa~" sounds in her throat.

"...Thank you, thank you, thank you for waiting for me..."

The male player's eyes were full of gratitude. He kept nodding and apologizing, supporting the Aries girl's horns as he slowly moved towards the finish line.

His leg burns were too severe.

The intense burning pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat with every step he took, which was quickly dried by the surrounding heat.

Just when they were one step away from the finish line, the male player suddenly stopped, pulling on the Aries girl's horns.

The Aries girl, being pulled along, let out a confused "baa~" sound and turned to look at the male player.

Then, the next second, it was pulled back by its horns and pushed hard by the other party.

The Aries girl couldn't dodge in time and was pushed back a step.

It stood bewildered on the scorching "track," its dark, watery eyes staring incredulously at the male player who had collapsed at the finish line.

The male player's face was flushed and then dark. He couldn't meet the Aries girl's eyes. He forced himself to crawl across the finish line, collapsing onto the clean ground. Trembling, he raised his head and shouted at the flower vase waiters around him:

"I won! I won! I won... Yes, I won! I won! I won! Hahahahahahaha! I won! I don't have to die! I don't have to die! I don't have to die! I finally don't have to die..."