Infinite: Dawn Game

All the players in front of the screen were stunned.

They stared at Yu Shijiu on the screen, his chest pierced by a tongue, and were so shocked that they stood up, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"How can it be?!"

The members of the Black Robe Church hadn't left yet. They stared at Yu Shijiu, whose chest had suddenly been pierced, the leader's voice hoarse:

"He clearly still had strength left; this monster couldn't possibly have hurt him! Why—"

The voices of the black-robed church members abruptly ceased, their faces filled with astonishment.

The player next to him, forgetting all about the other person's identity, hurriedly asked:

"So why is that?"

Yu Shijiu doesn't seem like the type to be taken down so easily...

The player from the Black Robe Church paused, looked up at the big screen, and the hood covering his face dropped, revealing black, tousled hair and half of his scarred profile.

The player who pressed for answers felt a sudden stop in his heart and quickly lowered his head, unable to look the other person in the eye.

It was... it was actually the bishop of the Black Robe Church.

The Black Robe Church has a strict hierarchy. The highest authority is held by a player who has survived in the Dawn game for a long time. He sounds like an old man, but no one has ever seen his true face. He is called the Archbishop by the others. Below him are two bishops, three priests, and three nuns. The rest are collectively referred to as the congregation.

The man with half his face disfigured in front of them was one of the two bishops, Zhou Yuanyang, ranked 32nd on the player points leaderboard.

Zhou Yuanyang unlocked his talent skill when he was clearing the third dungeon. Because the skill was too special and ruthless, he was spotted by the Archbishop and "carefully nurtured" all the way to the position of Bishop below the Archbishop.

The player who couldn't help but speak earlier wanted to slap himself. Did he think he could just talk to anyone from the Black Robe Church? He was really asking for trouble!

Fortunately, Zhou Yuanyang clearly didn't pay attention to his words. He just stared at Yu Shijiu, who was looking down on the big screen, with a cold and admiring look in his eyes.

"It seems he wants to gamble on whether his talent can be activated."

However, Zhou Yuanyang didn't know whether to call Yu Shijiu stupid or truly fearless for risking his life under these circumstances.

No one should dare to gamble with a life that they barely escaped, unless... Yu Shijiu is really not mentally sound.

“It seems the archbishop was right,” Zhou Yuanyang said, his disfigured face wrinkling upwards. Beneath the scars from the burns that had caused his eyelids to shrink, his tiny pupils twitched eerily.

This is a madman who gambles with his life.

A member of the church quietly stepped forward and asked, "Bishop, should we send someone to contact Yu Shijiu in the next instance?"

Zhou Yuanyang hummed in response, then turned his head as if remembering something. The other half of his face was still normal, with delicate features, androgynous, and his eyes were a strange gray.

"Let Zhao Xuan go. Didn't he prepare a gift for Yu Shijiu?"

The followers trembled and bowed their heads in agreement.

Zhou Yuan looked up at Yu Shijiu on the screen: "Now, let's see if he can succeed in his gamble."

That being said, can a human body that hasn't developed its innate skills really fight against a group of monsters of equal strength for so long?

Zhou Yuanyang narrowed his eyes slightly, his curiosity about Yu Shijiu growing even stronger.

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In-game.

The moment the eerie tongue pierced his chest, a tearing pain spread through him, and for a fleeting moment, the emotions in Yu Shijiu's eyes became frenzied and chaotic.

Thankfully, it doesn't hurt that much.

As Yu Shijiu was thinking, he severed the monster's tongue. The body that had just rushed over suddenly stopped in place, and with a piercing scream, it vanished into a piece of rotten flesh.

"Come again!"

Yu Shijiu, with a hole punched in his chest, stood still, holding the huge fire axe flat in front of his chest. He tilted his head with a grin, his tone clear and manic.

"Come on! What are you standing there for! Do monsters also fear death like humans?"

The reckless provocation caused the players behind them to tremble for a moment, then they exchanged horrified glances and swallowed hard.

Why did they think that this player, who looked quite young, was like a crazy person who didn't care about his life?

"Damn it!" someone muttered under their breath, then said with lingering fear, "Luckily we didn't go."

Otherwise, it's hard to say whether these bloodthirsty players might also take a swing at them with an axe.

This time, unusually, no one refuted him.

The players' eyes were filled with terror as they stared at the swaying figure, more frightened than at any monster.

They are living, breathing people, not those monsters that can continue to live as long as their tongues aren't cut off.

Although the monsters were also afraid, due to their mutation, they didn't actually have much of a brain. When they heard the deliberate provocation from the humans opposite them, they only paused for a few seconds before anger surged into their hearts, and they fearlessly continued to charge forward.

Yu Shijiu was very satisfied with this.

Even though he was somewhat weak now because his heart had been pierced, the pain only made him more adept at it. It seemed that as long as he had a breath left, he could continue to violently slaughter the monsters.

And as it turns out, this is indeed the case.

One by one, the monsters had their heads, arms, legs, and tongues chopped off, making the already strong smell of blood in the corridor even stronger. With almost every step Yu Shijiu took, she felt the blood sticking to her feet, which only excited her more.

So when she started to feel dizzy from blood loss, Yu Shijiu shook her head slightly a few times. The fire axe drooped limply, but didn't fall; it was just loosely held by Yu Shijiu.

Seeing that Yu Shijiu had lost her strength, the monsters seized the opportunity and quickly stretched out their tongues. Countless tongues intertwined like a red cage. Accompanied by the sticky sounds of blood and saliva, Yu Shijiu was bound by her limbs and lifted up by the monsters.

The ghosts, now that they had finally gained the upper hand, became excited. The tongues bound to Yu Shijiu's hands and feet began to wriggle, and their dense, serrated teeth began to snap shut.

"laugh--"

It was the low sound of the tongue's serrated teeth biting into flesh.

In the town, many players were no longer interested in watching.

As it turns out, even a madman can't withstand the relentless onslaught of monsters, after all, they outnumbered Yu Shijiu.

Anjie and Chen Yi also frowned, the former looking at the few players still hiding in the corner with a cold gaze:

"They shouldn't keep hiding."

Chen Yi sighed: "A new player, I guess. He's always trying to survive as long as possible, what a pity."

It's cruel, but it seems Yu Shijiu won't survive.

"..." Anjie looked at Yu Shijiu, whose hands and feet had been gnawed bare by the monsters, and the beef strips in her mouth lost their flavor.

She hummed in agreement and turned to get some food from the refrigerator.

"If He Lingling and Xu Han arrive, perhaps there's still hope—"

"what happened?!"

Chen Yi, standing nearby, exclaimed in shock, "Yu Shijiu's current state is somewhat similar to... somewhat similar to... somewhat similar to the initial awakening of a talent skill!"

Anjie turned around quickly.