Infinite: Dawn Game

Who knows if those players who were recruited by the nun might just push open the door and throw potion bottles into the room?

Chen Yi thought this was very likely.

After all, the nun didn't mind how other players threw potion bottles.

As long as the task is done, that's fine.

"Oh."

Yu Shijiu nodded obediently again, "Then I won't leave the door open."

Chen Yi nodded and turned around, then instructed, "Shout out before opening the door."

"Oh."

Yu Shijiu continued to nod with a smile.

Only then did Chen Yi feel relieved enough to leave.

As Chen Yi's figure disappeared into the stairwell, the smile on Yu Shijiu's face slowly faded.

"Meow."

Fatty rubbed against Yu Shijiu's leg.

“…It’s time to go to bed.”

Yu Shijiu glanced down at her watch, yawned, and closed the door with teary eyes.

Fatty: "?"

"Meow?"

Go to sleep now? Aren't we still waiting for Chen Yi Miao?

Yu Shijiu slowly walked to the sofa, sat down, grabbed a cushion, and listlessly dozed off.

Chen Yi's trip back and forth to the third floor to get his "pet" takes about ten minutes, so he can't sleep yet...

"Ugh……"

Yu Shijiu tilted his head, trying to suppress the sudden surge of sleepiness, and sighed.

The chubby one next to him tilted its head and looked at him, meowing softly.

Yu Shijiu: "...Fatty, you're still so cute."

The boy opened his bright, clear eyes and exclaimed:

"But you've gained so much weight."

Yu Shijiu still remembers that summer from her memories.

Back then, Fatty was a skinny, stray orange tabby cat who would sneak into trash cans to find food.

Fatty, who was called fat again: "..."

It opened its mouth and bit Yu Shijiu's hand in a very unhappy manner.

Yu Shijiu looked down and saw the way Feifei was glancing at him sideways, and burst into laughter.

"You're threatening me again."

Yu Shijiu reached out and poked the chubby, furry body. "You don't bite hard."

Fatty: "...Meow."

...If I really bite you, will your hand still be able to meow?

Just as Yu Shijiu was forcing himself to stay awake and playing with Feifei while waiting for Chen Yi, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"...Brother Chen, so fast?"

Yu Shijiu blinked in surprise, stood up from the sofa, grabbed a cushion, and ran towards the door.

As Yu Shijiu turned the doorknob, she suddenly remembered what Chen Yi had said before he left.

"..." Yu Shijiu hesitated for a few seconds, "Who is it?"

The knocking at the door stopped.

Yu Shijiu raised an eyebrow and approached the peephole on the door.

The peephole only shows the outside corridor, which is quite empty; you can't see anyone coming or going.

But I can't see it...

Yu Shijiu's lips slowly turned up. He wanted to open the door directly, but then he thought of Chen Yi, wrinkled his nose, and let go of the doorknob.

"who is it?"

Yu Shijiu suppressed his disappointment and called out again.

A few seconds later, a deliberately lowered voice, which sounded very much like Chen Yi's, came from outside the door.

"it's me."

"Chen Yi" outside the door said in a low voice, "Open the door, Shi Jiu."

Yu Shijiu glanced down at the time on her wrist again, then raised her eyelids.

"Brother Chen?"

Yu Shijiu smiled and said, "Is that Brother Chen?"

The "Chen Yi" outside the door coughed several times in a low voice, "Yes... it's me."

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staircase.

The stairwell was dimly lit as always. Chen Yi was in a hurry to get to the third floor, so he didn't pay much attention to the safety signs emitting green light around him.

Chen Yi glanced at it casually and then quickened his pace to the third floor.

After he left, something indistinct began to wriggle slowly around the green light surrounding the safety signs, gradually spreading and covering the green light.

If Chen Yi were here, he would recognize that these things covered in green light are the brains that are everywhere in the Fuling Hotel.

third floor.

Chen Yi hurriedly went into his room, picked up the sleeping "pet cat" and stuffed it into his pocket, then quickly pushed open the door and walked to He Lingling's room to swipe his room card and enter her room.

He Lingling's "pet cat" was lying on the pillow next to the bed, looking like it was sleeping soundly with its eyes closed.

"Pet cats" do look very cute in their normal state. They are as soft, cute, and clingy as kittens, which makes them very endearing and lovable.

It's a pity it's not a real animal.

Chen Yi couldn't help but gently stroke the heads of the two cats, and could only sigh as he thought of the poor babies beneath their skins.

Sometimes he really wanted to know what Dawn Games was all about.

It's a bad thing... but the game dungeons that players eventually clear always hide shocking and heartbreaking plot truths.

But to say it's a good thing... isn't quite accurate.

After all, there's always a subtle incitement within game instances to encourage players to kill each other.

It's not very obvious.

As Chen Yi walked towards the stairwell with his two "pet cats" in his pocket, just as he was about to reach the partition door, the door, which had been slightly ajar, suddenly made a "bang".

Something is closing the door tightly behind it.

Chen Yi's expression changed.

He instantly realized that Yu Shijiu was likely in danger, and quickly turned and ran towards the elevator.

As Chen Yi pressed the elevator up button, panting heavily, he was sweating profusely as he stared at the red upward arrow on the screen next to the elevator.

...He could hardly help but suspect that this was a deliberate act by the manager who remained hidden behind the scenes.

The manager only met with Yu Shijiu.

They didn't know why the manager had chosen Yu Shijiu.

Ultimately, it can only be attributed to Yu Shijiu's bad luck.

Chen Yi wiped the sweat from his face, staring intently at the constantly moving red arrow on the screen, and couldn't help but curse under his breath.

He was extremely anxious and didn't want to wait any longer, so he continued walking up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Chen Yi's pupils suddenly contracted.

His dark, dilated pupils quickly reflected the staircase door at the end of the corridor.

Suddenly, the stairwell door was pushed open, and the corridor lights became dim and cramped. From inside the dimly lit door, one could hear the rustling sounds of limbs wriggling.

...The chase has begun ahead of schedule.

Chen Yi's expression turned astonished and ugly.

For the first time, the gentle, overweight man revealed an expression that resembled coldness. He turned to look at the red arrows that continued to climb upwards on the screen and slowly clenched his fist.

Drop drop-

Just as Chen Yi was about to lose his temper, the elevator suddenly beeped as it started to open.

Chen Yi abruptly released his grip, and without thinking, quickly stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the fourth floor.

As the elevator doors closed, Chen Yi watched as pairs of twisted, bloodied, pale wrists crawled and writhed on the ground, his stomach churning with nausea from fear.

He covered his mouth, and his broad, thick back suddenly bent down.

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Fourth floor.

"Yeah, it's me."

Yu Shijiu listened to the male voice outside the door and pressed his eye to the peephole once more.

This time, he saw a fat "man" standing by the door through the peephole.

Judging by his physique... he really does resemble "Chen Yi".