Infinite: Dawn Game

As the countdown ended completely, everything around them began to collapse and distort. The dilapidated "luxury hotel" in front of them also began to crumble, emitting mournful cries of a magnificent building crumbling.

Some players were afraid of the falling bricks and tiles and instinctively backed away.

Their bodies began to slowly disappear as all the players fell into a familiar coma.

Yu Shijiu was no exception.

But he managed to open his eyes one last time to look at the collapsing Fuling Hotel.

Lin Shuli, who was lying below the hotel, had long since disappeared, and even the blood that could have stained people's eyes had vanished completely.

Lin Shuli seemed to have truly resigned herself to her fate.

He was always unlucky, yet somehow lucky.

After all, he had successfully escaped the Fuling Hotel before... but later, he chose to come back.

Unfortunately... he couldn't accomplish what he wanted to do, and his only sister also died.

No wonder he went crazy like that... No wonder Xiao Li didn't want to see him... I guess Lin Shuli himself didn't dare to actually see Xiao Li either.

【Ding】

Player Yu Shijiu has earned a total of 3000 points (main quests) + 1000 points (100% story unlock rate) + bonus points, for a total of [points not specified].

[Total points remaining for the current player]

A luxurious hotel concealing crimes, gloomy reports ignored by all... When the evidence you painstakingly collected is carelessly crushed and trampled, when your hopes to save people are crushed into painful screams, when even your only relative dies tragically because of you... can anyone still maintain their sanity and continue to live?

After death, everything is just a bizarre fantasy in your mind. The poor human begins to fantasize about becoming the owner of the sin hotel. You are the leader who can decide the status and life of everyone. You are above all the sinners who have persecuted you and your sister... But your sister will become distant from you because of this... You yourself will not even dare to look at her again.

You know, poor humanity is acutely aware that...no one can remain good forever in the abyss of sin...no one is an exception.

[The countdown to leaving the game is now starting: 10, 9, 8...]

Yu Shijiu stared silently at the Fuling Hotel collapsing amidst the swirling dust. The cold notification sound of the game system echoed in his ears. His eyelids began to slowly droop, and his consciousness gradually drifted off to sleep.

As darkness enveloped them, Yu Shijiu felt something grab her ankle.

He subconsciously looked down, and his eyelids, which were already half-closed, were forcibly opened again out of surprise.

At his ankle, Lin Shuli, a bloody mess, lay sprawled at his feet, her rotten and twisted face looking up at him, or rather... looking behind him.

Yu Shijiu wanted to turn around, but his eyes, which he had just forced open, began to close uncontrollably again. It was Dawn Game forcibly pulling him away from his consciousness and body.

But Yu Shijiu wanted to stay a little longer.

He endured the throbbing pain in his limbs as he struggled to stay awake, and Yu Shijiu couldn't help but groan softly.

Xiao Li, who hadn't been online for a while, couldn't stand it anymore and grumbled, "What are you doing? Trying to die?"

Xiao Li gave a cool reminder: "Don't say I didn't warn you, forcing yourself to engage in game theory with this will ultimately harm your own body."

[At best, the person will fall into a deep sleep after exiting the game instance; at worst, internal bleeding and damage are possible.]

Yu Shijiu responded lazily, and tiny specks of blood began to seep from the corners of his mouth, a shocking sight.

Xiao Li: [...]

It was somewhat puzzled: "Why are you forcing yourself to stay like this? What's so great about staying in this godforsaken place?"

If it had a body, it would have run away long ago. It would never have stayed here for so long; it would have been a losing proposition and it would have gotten hurt.

"curious."

Yu Shijiu also responded seriously to its confusion.

Xiao Li: [...]

Its digitized virtual body paused briefly at those words, then sneered mockingly:

You really deserve it.

Yu Shijiu coughed up blood and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Xiao Li thought he was out of his mind and couldn't help but say: 【…Are you stupid?】

Yu Shijiu asked in confusion, "I think you're the stupid system."

Xiao Li was furious: "You're really crazy!"

Just because of that ridiculously absurd idea of ​​"curiosity," they stubbornly refused to leave. They're just plain stupid...

Yu Shijiu didn't reply to it this time.

He saw what he wanted to see.

Those were a pair of hands.

The owner of those hands squatted down, reached out and pulled Lin Shuli, who was lying on the ground, up. Then he gently stroked the rotten flesh and blood on Lin Shuli's face, touching it without any disgust or fear.

It's a small gift.

Yu Shijiu deduced the woman's identity from her silhouette.

He suddenly felt a little bored... but undeniably, his nose and eyes started to feel a bit sore.

My heart is also very uncomfortable.

It's a feeling that's hard to describe.

This time, Yu Shijiu didn't force himself to stay awake. He obediently closed his eyes and sank into complete darkness.

In the murky darkness, amidst the ruins of the collapsed hotel, Lin Shuli let her sister lift her face, staring blankly at her with hazy eyes.

"idiot."

My sister still had that cold, furrowed brow. "Didn't I say I wasn't going to come back?"

Lin Shuli's facial muscles twitched wildly, and his lips were mangled, resembling a slab of rotting scarlet fish meat.

"But I miss you..." Lin Shuli's hand, so badly mangled that bones were showing, gripped hers tightly, her eyes filled with grievance as she looked at Xiaoli.

I miss you... Sister.

"..."

Xiao Li looked down at him, and the cold look in her eyes that she had been putting on began to change.

She suddenly burst into tears, ruining her delicate makeup and revealing the fear and despair beneath her cold exterior.

"...I know, I know..."

With tears in her eyes, Xiao Li wiped away the blood that kept gushing from Lin Shuli's face, as if she were muttering to herself or giving instructions to her younger brother.

"It was my fault..." Xiao Li said, "I should have pushed you away as soon as I saw you..."

If she hadn't shown shock when she saw Lin Shuli return after growing up... if she hadn't supported Lin Shuli instead of stopping him when she learned what he wanted to do, would one of them have survived?

"It was my fault."

Xiaoli wiped away her tears and said with her head down, "But not anymore."

She wiped the blood from Lin Shuli's eyes again, "...Although you didn't live long either...at least you lived longer than your sister, which is good."

You have done very well, Lin Shuli.

Lin Shuli's eyes hurt. He looked at his sister, who was crying in front of him, and nodded hesitantly.

"Ah."

"Although it wasn't a complete success..."

He said, "But I've done everything I was supposed to do."

"Well, well done."

"..."