Infinite: Dawn Game

At the corner, He Lingling, whose eyes were throbbing, subconsciously turned around and saw absurd and distorted dances on the dance floor.

Bang, bang bang!

He Lingling almost made eye contact with the girl in the white dress who was craning her neck and staring at the dance floor through the chaotic dancing crowd—

She quickly turned her head away; her heart was pounding so hard she felt like her brain was about to explode with oxygen.

……what is that?

He Lingling quickly got up, turned around, and mechanically followed Mr. Yao forward, her hands hanging at her sides unconsciously trembling.

She just made eye contact with the girl who played the piano—

"come in."

Mr. Yao led the three away from the dance floor, reached out and pushed open the door in front of them, pressed the switch, and said:

"There aren't many rooms on the ship, so the three of you will have to make do with one room for now."

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” the female player quickly shook her head. “This room is quite nice, and it’s also very big. It’s much cleaner than the first-floor cabin.”

This is real.

The cabin that Mr. Yao brought them to was very large, with a standard double bed and clean sheets and bedding, including a dressing table near the window, etc.

Shi Yuan's gaze fell on the densely packed cosmetics on the dressing table, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

...Just as I thought.

There are clean clothes in the closet.

Mr. Yao smiled and pointed to the wardrobe, saying meaningfully:

"I'll let it go today, but if you're going to serve customers tomorrow, you have to wear all the clothes in the closet."

"..."

Leaning against the door, He Lingling's mind was still a bit confused. She couldn't quite tell if what she had just seen was real, and she looked at Mr. Yao in a daze.

Mr. Yao was looking at Shi Yuan, and he was clearly very satisfied with Shi Yuan's performance just now. He said:

"How about it? Want to change your clothes first and come out with me to get some recognition?"

"Your salary will be higher after you disembark."

He Lingling and the other female player subconsciously looked at Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan was silent for a moment and then disappeared, raising a smile: "Not for now."

"I sweated a lot while moving things today, and I'll probably be cleaning up very late by then..."

Shi Yuan watched as the displeasure on Mr. Yao's face gradually disappeared. "Tomorrow, I'll go with them tomorrow."

"……All right."

Mr. Yao looked at Shi Yuan for a while and then agreed.

“Then get some rest early tonight,” Mr. Yao said, seemingly a little regretful. “I was planning to take you to eat on the second floor, but since you can’t serve the guests in advance, let’s have dinner together in the cafeteria on the first floor tonight.”

"..."

After Mr. Yao finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. He walked very quickly, clearly busy getting to the dance floor.

Once the hurried footsteps faded away, He Lingling, who was leaning against the door, slowly came to her senses. After calming herself down, she closed the door tightly and turned to look at Shi Yuan and another female player.

"He Lingling".

He Lingling quickly introduced herself, "You should know who I am."

Shi Yuan nodded slightly. "Mm."

The other female player nodded eagerly, flattering, "I know, you have a talent skill. Having a talent skill is great! It helps you survive longer in game dungeons—"

"Speak the key."

Shi Yuan was clearly getting impatient. "Just give me your name, don't waste time with all that nonsense."

"..." The female player was a little embarrassed by the interruption and the flattery, but she still whispered her name:

"My name is Sun Qin, you can call me Xiao Qin."

"can."

He Lingling nodded and quickly recounted how she had turned around and made eye contact with the "piano girl" earlier, her brows furrowed.

"...I now suspect that, in addition to needing to complete game instances, we may also need to find a way to avoid serving customers every day."

"..."

Sun Qin was an ordinary player who hadn't cleared many dungeons, so she didn't dare to speak up and could only follow He Lingling's gaze to look at Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan remained silent for a few seconds, neither refuting nor uttering a sound.

"What are you looking at?"

He Lingling keenly noticed Shi Yuan's shifting gaze. "Is something wrong with this room?"

"No."

Shi Yuan shook her head. She walked towards the wardrobe, and hesitated slightly when her palm touched the cold wardrobe door handle.

"I was just thinking about what kind of clothes we should wear tomorrow—"

Squeak.

The wardrobe door made a short, sharp sound as it was pulled open, then quickly disappeared.

The eyes of He Lingling and the other two all fell on the wardrobe.

—Inside the wardrobe hung countless long white dresses of the same style, the fabric light and neat, gleaming under the light.

"..." He Lingling's breath hitched for a moment, and she murmured, "It's the dress the girl playing the piano on the stage was wearing..."

The styles are the same, the fabrics are the same, and even... the sizes are exactly the same.

Shi Yuan realized something, she quickly looked down at herself, then turned to look at He Lingling and Sun Qin.

Unsurprisingly, the three women were all quite similar in build.

No, it should be almost identical.

Just like those white dresses in the closet.

"These dresses..." Sun Qin was a little confused and asked in a low voice:

"He looks perfectly normal..."

Shi Yuan pursed his lips and remained silent.

“No.” He Lingling shook her head, her voice somewhat cold and sharp: “A white dress can represent ‘nudity’ in certain situations.”

Dawn Games does a pretty good job of covering this up, only subtly alluding to the dirty deeds within some game instances.

It could be considered a degree of "benevolence".

Sun Qin stared in shock, speechless: "No...you mean, you mean that if we wear these white dresses, it will be like...like we're not wearing any clothes?"

"It should only be displayed to the NPCs."

He Lingling boldly speculated: "In the eyes of the players, we should just be wearing three identical white dresses."

"..."

Sun Qin was speechless for a moment, stammering, "How could there be such a plot..."

"It's just for the sake of the plot."

He Lingling was quite open-minded. She believed that Dawn Game wouldn't be set up too excessively, otherwise a good escape horror game would be ruined.

Therefore, the white dress is only a metaphor.

"Shi Yuan," He Lingling looked at Shi Yuan, who hadn't spoken until now, "what do you think?"

Shi Yuan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she softly replied, "I think you're right."

"..." He Lingling stared at her for a few seconds, then looked down at the clock on her wrist.

"If there's nothing else, we can get ready to go downstairs for dinner now."

"together?"

He Lingling spoke to Sun Qin, but her eyes glanced at Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan seemed somewhat dazed. She nodded, then shook her head, and the words that came out of her mouth were:

"it is good."

Sun Qin was a little confused and was about to say something when He Lingling grabbed her arm.

"Alright, we don't have much time left. Let's hurry down and meet up with the others."