Infinite: Dawn Game

Tall man: "What pet?"

He roared in fury, "Bringing pets to be a crew member! Which little bastard is this who wants to die?! Tell me your name right now!"

Yu Shijiu, Xu Han, and He Lingling in the player group: "..."

Xu Han quietly nudged Yu Shijiu's arm and whispered:

"Shi Jiu, is this about you?"

Yu Shijiu smiled and said, "Mhm."

Besides him, probably no one else can bring a pet in, right?

Xu Han's eyelids twitched at his "hmm": "..."

He Lingling sighed inwardly.

...It seems her plan to hide on the first day has fallen through again.

A voice quickly came through the walkie-talkie: [Buzzing... I saw it. What's it called? Something about Yu Zizizi... Shi Jiu?]

[Angkor sizzle sizzle... That brat who brought his pet on the boat is called Yu Shijiu... sizzle sizzle sizzle... Why don't you teach him a lesson on the shore first... sizzle sizzle sizzle? We still have more than ten minutes before we reach the shore sizzle sizzle sizzle...]

The walkie-talkie kept blaring provocative voices from men, who seemed to enjoy making things worse, accompanied by intermittent bursts of laughter from other men who were watching the spectacle unfold.

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He blinked silently and glanced at He Lingling, who looked utterly dejected, beside him.

He whispered, "Sister Lingling, this time it wasn't my initiative."

He Lingling: "...I know, be careful."

Aside from saying "Be careful," she seemed to have nothing else to say.

Yu Shijiu hummed in agreement twice more.

He Lingling: "..."

She also showed the same twitching eyelid expression as Xu Han.

Why didn't I ever find the word "umm" awkward before?

The tall man was indeed enraged. He hung up the walkie-talkie, his eyes, as large as copper bells, glaring fiercely at the prospective crew members before him, and roared:

"Who is it? Who is Yu Shijiu! Who is Yu Shijiu?! Get out here right now!"

"..."

Yu Shijiu obediently raised her hand, "Me."

The other players looked at him with pity and sympathy.

Yu Shijiu has been quite popular in town recently, but only in town. Most ordinary players in the "Chrysalis Shop" are struggling to survive, so they naturally don't pay much attention to Yu Shijiu, this newly emerging player.

However, a few players recognized Yu Shijiu's signature well-behaved and innocent face, and the almost imperceptible pity and mockery in their eyes vanished instantly.

...No one who isn't stupid would dare to provoke Yu Shijiu.

The tall man's cold gaze fell on Yu Shijiu, and his fierce gaze suddenly froze when he saw him.

"you?"

The tall man said coldly, "Are you Yu Shijiu?"

Yu Shijiu asked with some confusion, "Right, there shouldn't be anyone else here with this name, right?"

As he spoke, he even turned around and looked back with an air of importance.

The other players who were glanced at by him silently took a step back: "..."

He Lingling and Xu Han didn't want to back down, but since everyone else had, it would be too obvious if they didn't... so they had no choice but to take a step back as well.

"So you insisted on bringing your pet on the boat?"

The tall man snorted coldly, clearly displeased: "Do you know how difficult it is for someone of your status to become a crew member? And yet you dare to shove all sorts of random animals onto the ship?"

"..." Yu Shijiu blinked, somewhat hesitantly, "Given my status... why can't I bring pets on board?"

Unexpectedly, the tall man just stared at Yu Shijiu for a long time without saying anything, and simply raised his hand and waved at him.

"Get back to the ranks right now! When the ship docks, everyone come and herd the sheep! No one can slack off! Do you hear me?!"

After saying this, the tall man hurriedly turned and left the shore, quickly disappearing behind a group of rugged and steep rocks.

As soon as he disappeared, the players who had been standing stiffly relaxed, fidgeting with their stiff hands and feet and talking in hushed tones.

Yu Shijiu, who had been "sent back" to the group, was still a little confused. He muttered the words of the tall man—that is, Brother Wu—that had just been said.

"identity……"

He turned his head to look at Xu Han and He Lingling, frowning, "What is my identity? I'm just a crew member, aren't I?"

Xu Han and He Lingling: "..."

They don't know either.

The three looked toward the enormous ship slowly approaching on the sea not far away. After exchanging glances, they concluded that the plot of this instance should be about this luxurious and massive ship.

"...Should we move closer to them?"

Xu Han whispered, "Those look like dungeon NPCs. How about we try to get some information from that grumpy Wu Ge before he comes back?"

He Lingling and Yu Shijiu turned their heads and glanced at the NPCs who were huddled together in twos and threes not far away, and nodded.

"can."

The three of them got right to work. Although Yu Shijiu was still a little worried about Feifei, who was "left" on the ship alone by the game instance, he could put his mind at ease knowing where Feifei was.

Approaching the NPC crew members sitting in twos and threes on the ground, Xu Han, who was talkative and very "lovable," slowly joined their conversation.

The effect is very good.

After their initial wariness, the NPC crew members quickly became friends with the outgoing Xu Han.

Someone even pulled out a small bottle of leftover rum from their pocket and handed it to Xu Han, patting him on the shoulder with a smile.

"You're really lucky, kid. You got chosen to be a crew member at such a young age. Is it all thanks to your silver tongue?"

Xu Han stopped the dirty wine bag and politely declined, smiling as he said:

"No way, brother, it's just good luck. Look at all the younger brothers around here, they're all younger than me, aren't they? You should keep this wine for yourself, brother. I really can't drink much..."

He rattled off a long string of words, but the crew around him burst into laughter at his last remark that he couldn't drink.

How can a man say he can't drink alcohol?

The crew member who handed over the rum slapped Xu Han hard on the shoulder and shouted:

"Drink! How can you be a sailor if you don't drink? We sailors have to drink alcohol like water!"

He Lingling, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked up.

She bit her lower lip, her mind gradually forming a rough guess and association about the instance she was in...

Rum, sailors, ships... and the sheep that Angkor Wat just mentioned...

Is the background of this game instance similar to the Age of Exploration in the 17th century?

If what she guessed was true... He Lingling suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Xu Han: "..."

His face fell, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "Brother, I really can't do it. I didn't drink much before. With our status, how could we have ever had such good wine before?"

Yu Shijiu squatted down to the side and chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, given our previous status, we really couldn't get any good wine."