Infinite: Dawn Game

In the "Fuling Hotel," where all the NPCs have lost their self-awareness, is it really a good thing that Xiao Li still has self-awareness?

Not necessarily.

Chen Yi pursed his lips.

He made up his mind and reached out to pull the towel out of Xiao Li's mouth.

He Lingling's tone was complicated, "Brother Chen..."

Xiao Li's pupils widened suddenly. She stared at Chen Yi, who had turned his head away and released her, her mouth agape for a moment, unable to close.

"...go."

Chen Yi said in a low voice, "While you still have the chance, talk to your brother."

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third floor.

Let's rewind five minutes.

The players sitting on the floor on the third floor looked at the motionless, eerie group around them, somewhat puzzled.

Why aren't they moving?

Some people wondered, "That shouldn't be the case. Didn't their rest period end? Why are they still like this?"

"...Could it be because the dungeon is almost over?"

Another player boldly speculated, "So that's why they stopped moving?"

"...Wait a minute, something feels off."

This is a player with a modicum of common sense.

"..."

But no matter how you look at it, the fact that the monsters can't move is a great thing for them, since they don't have to fight to the death to escape anymore.

In the corner, Shi Yuan raised his hand to touch the silver necklace on his chest, coldly looking up at the players sitting on the ground around him who weren't running away.

A bunch of... brain-dead idiots.

Shi Yuan thought.

Despite her exhaustion and excruciating pain, she stood up and walked step by step toward the elevator.

Sitting next to her was Wu Jie, who was covered in injuries. A piece of flesh had been bitten off his face by a monster, and the scarlet veins of his muscles looked terrifying under the light.

"Where are you going?"

Wu Jie also stood up and staggered behind Shi Yuan.

"Go downstairs."

Shi Yuan didn't turn around. She supported herself against the wall and walked forward until she finally reached the elevator and pressed the down button.

drop!

The elevator made a short, intermittent whirring sound, which briefly calmed Shi Yuan's chaotic and painful emotions.

"It's not safe to go downstairs."

Just before the elevator doors were about to open, Wu Jie, who had followed, stopped Shi Yuan.

"Shi Yuan, don't be reckless. The monsters on the third floor aren't moving yet, we're safe... Don't forget your life depends on Xiaoling—"

"enough."

Shi Yuan turned to look at Wu Jie, "I'm going downstairs because I cherish this worthless life of mine."

Wu Jie shivered under her gaze. "Shi Yuan, you—"

"Wu Jie".

With a beeping sound, the elevator doors slowly opened.

Shi Yuan said in a low voice, "Don't forget how we got into the Fuling Hotel."

These people walked into the Fuling Hotel step by step from outside the main gate.

So, should they leave this place?

Is it really okay to just wait until the game time ends?

After watching Shi Yuan walk into the elevator, Wu Jie finally realized what was happening, and after a moment of shock, he quickly followed him into the elevator.

Shi Yuan glanced at him, then lowered his head and remained silent.

After the elevator doors closed, the players who were still sitting on the edge of the corridor looked at each other.

Wu Jie and Shi Yuan didn't lower their voices when they were talking, so everyone heard what they said.

Some players remain skeptical, asking, "Could it just be that woman's guess? Actually, going downstairs is unsafe; it's safer for us to stay here?"

"...I think I should go downstairs."

Some players clearly felt that Shi Yuan's words were more convincing, and they slowly got up, leaning against the wall, intending to go downstairs.

"We did enter through the hotel main entrance, so it makes perfect sense that we should leave through the building as well..."

"...I think so too. I'm going downstairs too. Take me with me."

"I also……"

"..."

Most of the surviving players chose to go downstairs, leaving only three players to continue sitting by the wall, hesitating.

“…I won’t leave.”

The male player among the three hugged his legs, lowered his head, and muttered to himself:

"This is the safest place, it must be, it must be, this is the safest place... They're all so stupid, how could it be safe to go downstairs? There are even more monsters on the first floor, and those monsters that force people to play games... This is a chase instance, you can leave once the time is up, haha, they're so stupid, going downstairs now is so foolish..."

"..."

The other two players leaning against the wall, however, were not really hesitating.

They... simply couldn't leave.

One of the long-haired female players had half of her body torn apart. Her "pet cat" was currently lying on her neck, devouring the soft flesh next to the blood vessels, biting and swallowing without any sense of taste.

But she was still conscious.

She is still struggling to fight against her "pet cat".

The female player painfully turned her head to avoid the "pet cat's" next bite, then looked at the other male player watching her. A strong will to survive compelled her to open her mouth and cry for help:

"...Help, save me... save me... please... please..."

The male player stared at him, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitching into a forced, bitter smile.

"How can I save you?"

The male player struggled to move his body, tears streaming down his face in despair. He used his only remaining hand to pound on his two missing calves.

He laughed loudly, tears mingling with dust and blood as they fell, forming a murky tear stain.

"I can't even survive myself..." The male player leaned against the wall, looking down at his empty trouser leg and missing left arm, muttering to himself.

"Why are they not moving... If only they could keep moving... If they kept moving, I would die... I would die..."

"It's good to be dead... It's so good to be dead... If I'm dead, I won't be afraid anymore, hahaha..."

"..."

The only able-bodied male player among the three simply curled up into a ball, watching the frozen monsters and the "pet cat" that was still biting the female player with wary fear.

He kept praying in his heart that they would never move, and that the female player would survive... as long as she didn't die until he left the game instance...

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The restaurant on the first floor.

After jumping off the sofa, Mutangtang stretched her limbs and waved to Grandma Mu, who was busy doing something not far away.

"grandmother!"

"We're leaving now!" Tangtang shouted.

Grandma Mu, who was squatting in front of the vase-wielding staff, turned around upon hearing this. She smiled and nodded at her granddaughter, saying cheerfully:

"Okay, Grandma's coming right away."

After saying this, Grandma Mu slowly stood up. Before turning around, she carefully wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and then bent down to comb the messy hair of the waitresses in front of her.

"...Thank you for the meat."