Infinite: Dawn Game

The lights in the first-floor corridor of the sanatorium all seemed to be broken.

In the entire first-floor corridor, only the emergency exit signs on the lower part of the wall gleamed with a cold, eerie green light in the darkness.

Yu Shijiu walked among them, but no matter how much he stomped his feet or clapped his hands, he couldn't get the lights to turn on, so he simply gave up.

but--

He glanced at the mop handle in his hand, which was almost broken, and tossed it aside with disdain.

It's broken to this extent; it's completely useless now.

Yu Shijiu looked at the "corpse" of the mop stick that had rolled a few times on the ground with some regret, and his gaze was quickly drawn to the corner of the stairwell not far away.

If he remembers correctly, a large sanatorium like this should have a full range of fire-fighting equipment...

Thinking of something, Yu Shijiu's eyes lit up. He quickened his pace and hurried towards the corner, soon stopping amidst the puzzled gazes of the players.

Standing against the wall of the stairwell at the corner, a small red box leans against the wall. Inside the transparent glass case, there are fire extinguishers and other items used to prevent fires.

The most eye-catching item was the huge and heavy fire axe leaning against the corner.

Yu Shijiu laughed. He looked around, walked to an empty ward, took out an iron stool, and smashed it down hard amidst countless shocked gazes.

boom!

The silence in the corridor was broken, and even the motion-sensor lights, which seemed to be broken, started flashing rapidly.

Yu Shijiu smashed a crack in the glass window, and with each forceful slam of the boy's fist, the glass quickly shattered into small, square pieces that fell to the ground.

Yu Shijiu threw down the iron stool in his hand and reached inside to take out the fire axe.

The fire axe was heavy, and Yu Shijiu seemed to be able to only drag it. The sound of the axe dragging on the ground was eerie, and coupled with Yu Shijiu's joyful expression at the moment, it gave people an indescribable sense of strangeness.

Seemingly sensing something, Yu Shijiu suddenly stopped. He slowly looked up and smiled at the camera that he couldn't see at all.

“I almost forgot,” Yu Shijiu sighed, somewhat troubled.

"This is being broadcast live."

Yu Shijiu, pale and thin, had an undisguised look of pleasure in his eyes, and his deep, ghostly voice rang out clearly in the corridor.

"Well then, I'll let you enjoy the show."

The hearts of the players watching the live stream stopped at the same time. Overwhelming fear enveloped everyone's minds for a moment, and goosebumps rose on their arms.

The boy, whom the eerie creatures called a monster, wasn't joking; he was genuinely and earnestly engaging in a dialogue with the town's players from afar.

and so……

What exactly is this "play" that the other party is talking about?

-

inside the room.

Even An Jie was stung for a few seconds by Yu Shijiu's gaze, which seemed to pierce through the screen. When she came to her senses, her back was covered in cold sweat.

She's now hesitant about whether to continue recruiting Yu Shijiu into her team.

To be honest, Yu Shijiu's behavior in the game is now more formidable than that of the average veteran player. Whether it's fearlessly provoking monsters or mercilessly killing them by exploiting their weaknesses, all of this shows that Yu Shijiu is thriving in the Dawn game.

Yu Shijiu seemed to genuinely enjoy the process of clearing the game, and even the process of killing monsters.

For him, living seemed to mean nothing at all.

"Chen Yi," An Jie pinched the bridge of her nose and whispered:

"Can we really be teammates with someone like that?"

Yu Shijiu seems too uncontrollable; Anjie isn't confident she can get such a madman to join the team.

With this kind of personality, Yu Shijiu might really be more suited to the Black Robe Church, but a place like the Black Robe Church can really turn a good person into...

Anjie's only goal was to complete the game, accumulate the one million points needed for each player, and then safely return to the real world with her teammates.

That's it.

Chen Yi remained silent for a moment, but after a few seconds he shook his head slightly, the white, greasy flesh on his cheeks trembling with the movement, like uncontrollable waves of flesh.

"He wouldn't want to go to a place like the Black Robe Church."

Chen Yi's chubby face looked somewhat like Maitreya Buddha when he smiled.

“Yu Shijiu just doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with killing monsters. Sister An, although he enjoys the process of killing monsters, he hasn’t had the urge to kill any player from beginning to end.”

Whether it's He Lingling or Xu Han, Yu Shijiu's attitude towards them is more of indifference, but also the kind that allows for good communication.

Chen Yi understood it very well:

"It's less about him being a good fit for the Black Robe Church and more about him lacking a teacher to guide him."

“But I don’t have the confidence to be that teacher,” Ange shook her head decisively.

"Being a know-it-all is a high-risk behavior, I wouldn't dare."

"..." Chen Yi chuckled, wiped his sweat, and said with amusement:

"It didn't say you were the one to go, Sister An."

Ange was stunned for a moment: "Who is that?"

"Lu Chusheng".

Chen Yi's voice was low. He squinted slightly, and his eyes, which were already squeezed by fat, now looked like slits, making it impossible to see his facial features.

"Lu Chusheng will definitely pay close attention to a kid like Yu Shijiu who seems to be on the verge of falling into an abyss."

He would be a "good teacher."

"And also," Chen Yi suddenly stopped cutting fruit, turned to look at An Jie who was still hesitant, and said with a smile:

"Isn't that thing still unused once? Should we try using it one last time?"

Anjie's expression suddenly turned cold. She gripped the snack bag tightly in her hand, and a few seconds later, she let go.

"it is good."

Let's use it one more time then.

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The lights in the corridor flickered on and off. As Yu Shijiu walked through them, the flashing lights and the green emergency lights intertwined, creating an effect no less eerie than a bizarre entrance.

For example, now.

After passing through the quiet, deserted corner, the sound of a large group of people running could finally be heard from the corridor ahead.

And the panting sounds humans make when they are exhausted.

"It's over!"

Yu Shijiu heard the players' desperate cries: "We're really going to die in this dungeon!"

Someone nearby refuted him, but then many low gasps and sobs rose up, dense and numerous, like a net enveloping Yu Shijiu.

I seem to recall someone actually crying, a high-pitched, thin cry, like the feeble howl of a cat before it dies.

Yu Shijiu felt inexplicably irritated. Just as he turned to leave, the players he had just heard running away suddenly rushed across the corridor and met Yu Shijiu's eyes as he was about to turn around.

The leading player was startled and dared not run any further.

For no other reason than the fear he felt at the sight of the boy in front of him under the lamplight was no less than the fear of the monster that was chasing after him.

How could there still be monsters?!

Caught between a rock and a hard place, the players froze in place, unsure of what to do.

As the footsteps behind them grew heavier, one player whispered fearfully:

“Let’s go together. He’s all alone. No, he’s a monster. We can definitely kill him and get there.”