Infinite: Dawn Game

He Lingling hissed sharply, "Don't move!"

Because they were standing close together, Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi also heard Xu Han speaking.

But they didn't take it seriously at first, and just stared at the figure that was slowly approaching in the dim light not far away, until He Lingling's terrified voice rang out.

Yu Shijiu quickly turned around, and when he saw the brain-shaped tumors spreading out from the back of Xu Han's neck, he raised his axe and chopped off the brain-shaped tumors that had been torn apart.

Xiao Li, who was already barely recognizable as a human, screamed in pain. Her agonizing cries caused the figure directly opposite her to quicken its pace.

Bang bang bang!

Chen Yi didn't turn around; he kept his eyes fixed on the figure across from him who was moving rapidly because of Xiao Li's scream, and said sternly:

"Shi Jiu!"

After quickly severing the brain tumor that had somehow grown on Xiao Li's body, Yu Shijiu swiftly took Xiao Li from Xu Han's shoulder—or rather, dragged her over.

Xu Han was still in shock. He touched the empty back of his neck with trembling hands and burst into tears.

Why does everything always fall on him...?

Then he received comforting words from his "pet".

The white Samoyed gave his trembling hand, which was hanging by his side, a tender and passionate licking.

Xu Han's hands were instantly covered in dog saliva.

He held back his tears.

I was disgusted.

He Lingling asked anxiously, "Is it Lin Shuli?"

"should be."

Yu Shijiu spoke first, as if she had seen her lover with great joy.

"He's finally willing to come out!"

"..."

Chen Yi and the others were silent for a few seconds, and finally He Lingling coughed and whispered a reminder.

"Be careful, Shi Jiu... There are only ten minutes left, don't fight him head-on."

All they have to do is run out when the hotel doors open.

"Okay..." Yu Shijiu's voice was lazy, but the last syllable was drawn out.

He twirled the axe in his hand, pointed it at the figure that had emerged from the darkness and was getting closer and clearer, and tilted his head with a grin.

"We meet again, Manager."

“No,” Yu Shijiu said, “Shouldn’t I call you Lin Shuli this time?”

The moment Yu Shijiu uttered the name "Lin Shuli," the already dim lights in the corridor began to emit the sound of light bulbs exploding.

The corridor was plunged into darkness in an instant.

In the darkness, Chen Yi swiftly moved forward and shielded Yu Shijiu behind him.

Yu Shijiu squinted slightly in the darkness.

But the lights only went out for less than five seconds before coming back on.

Then, Chen Yi, who was standing in front of Yu Shijiu, got a close look at a familiar face.

It wasn't the male reporter's face from the illusion.

Instead, it was... the short-haired male player whose arm was bitten by a monster on the first night and whose arm was eventually cut off by Yu Shijiu.

The short-haired male player was pale-faced, still wearing the blood-soaked clothes. His left arm was empty, and beneath the tattered hem of his garment was not a scarlet cross-section of a severed limb, but rather... a strange, writhing "tentacle" formed from pinkish-white brain matter.

The direct contact caused Chen Yi's breath to catch for a second.

Just as he was about to activate the "wall of flesh" subconsciously, Yu Shijiu behind him pulled him back forcefully.

The two switched places instantly.

At the same time, a sharp axe slashed fiercely at the face of the short-haired male player.

Lin Shuli, who was dressed as a male gamer with a buzz cut, took several steps back as a result.

Chen Yi, who had been forcibly switched places, was extremely anxious: "Shi Jiu, you—"

His voice trailed off as the boy turned around and met his gaze with those scarlet eyes.

"Brother Chen."

Yu Shijiu grinned, his red-rimmed eyes curving into crescents, his tone innocent yet revealing a chilling madness.

[Player Yu Shijiu has unlocked the talent skill: Slaughter!]

"Next, this is my battlefield."

Yu Shijiu said.

Chen Yi: "..."

He was speechless and was pulled back a step by He Lingling and Xu Han.

He Lingling closed her eyes as she watched Yu Shijiu walk step by step toward the "buzz cut male player".

"...It's alright." He Lingling said softly, "This isn't the first time Shi Jiu has activated her talent skill."

No matter how many times she watched it, He Lingling always felt a tightness in her chest when she saw Yu Shijiu, who was almost a completely different person.

It wasn't too bad at first, since we weren't very familiar with each other.

At the time, she even thought that Yu Shijiu's personality was very easy to be driven to play as a forward... but later, He Lingling gave up on this idea.

What kind of past experiences did Yu Shijiu go through that made killing her core desire?

Chen Yi remained silent.

Xu Han wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered:

"It's alright, it's alright. If, if Shi Jiu gets injured, I can treat him."

The tall boy, over six feet tall, trembling with fear, hung his head and muttered:

"I am very useful, I am extremely useful, I can, I can heal all wounds, all illnesses..."

Just like... when he was lying on the operating table on the verge of death, hearing his mother's desperate cries.

Xu Han did not see his mother crying.

Because he couldn't open his eyes anymore.

He couldn't see anyone, only the bright yet cold light on the operating table shining into his eyes, stinging them.

"Lin Shuli."

With red eyes, Yu Shijiu tilted her head and looked at Lin Shuli, who had taken several steps back. She smiled and took a step forward.

When the soles of the shoes leave the ground, they leave long, soft red threads and make an uncomfortable, sticky sound.

"Your sister is with me."

Xiao Li, whose face was completely disfigured, was gently lifted up by Yu Shijiu, revealing a face that was constantly shedding blood and tears.

Across from him, Lin Shuli, disguised as a player, let out a hoarse roar, "Let her go!"

"Then you should hide her well."

Yu Shijiu positioned Xiao Li, who was completely limp and unable to move, in a position where she could stand up. With one hand, she held an axe and pointed it at Lin Shuli, who wanted to rush over to snatch the person (the weirdo) but didn't dare to.

"But I think you shouldn't make such a basic mistake."

"So," Yu Shijiu said with a smile, "it's her, your sister, who doesn't want to see you at all, right?"

"..."

Lin Shuli stood frozen in place.

The temperature in the corridor dropped even further.

He Lingling shivered and glanced down at her watch. "Ten more minutes."

Ten minutes later, the entire hotel will lose power completely... and they must use that brief period of power outage to escape.

Chen Yi pursed his lips and looked behind Lin Shuli.

The corridor that originally led to the restaurant had somehow become the closed doors of the Fuling Hotel—it must have changed after Lin Shuli appeared.

Chen Yi now has reason to suspect one thing,

That is—the hotel entrance was actually always behind Lin Shuli.

"Because that was the escape door his sister opened for him from behind?"

He Lingling guessed with a complicated tone.