Infinite: Dawn Game

“Feifei, your eyes,” Yu Shijiu gazed quietly at Feifei’s round, bright black pupils, chuckled softly, and said in a low voice:

Does it change color at night?

Lu Chusheng, whose body was covered in fat skin, caught his breath.

Has it been discovered?

Lu Chusheng felt somewhat apprehensive.

He still remembered the unpleasantness that occurred during his last meeting with Yu Shijiu, and he also remembered... that the other party seemed to have said something like "I don't want to see you"...

If Yu Shijiu found out that he was wearing a baggy hood and following him around... Lu Chusheng didn't dare to think about it anymore.

In a state of extreme panic, Lu Chusheng chose to follow his feline instincts and kept licking Yu Shijiu's hand in a fawning manner.

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He felt the slightly itchy, warm licks on the back of his hand, and smiled as he reached out to pat the chubby head.

"Are you being coquettish again?"

The boy's hand, which was stroking the cat's head, rose slightly, and his cufflink slipped down a bit, revealing a slender wrist and a delicate, rosy vermilion bracelet.

Lu Chusheng's gaze was quickly drawn to the vermilion bracelet on Yu Shijiu's wrist.

He was wearing it.

Lu Chusheng's heart skipped a beat.

Yu Shijiu wore the bracelet he had given her.

Lu Chusheng felt he should be happy about this, but the thought that the other person had no idea he was the one who gave him the bracelet made him feel a little sad.

"Could it be that you miss your other master?"

Yu Shijiu didn't notice "Feifei's" strange behavior. He was talking nonsense when he suddenly laughed and curled up, pulling Feifei into his arms tightly.

Lu Chusheng was caught off guard by the embrace, and his heartbeat, which had just calmed down, started beating again.

"Ok."

The boy, who had buried his head in the orange cat's chest, spoke indistinctly, letting out a soft sigh.

"Then I'll reluctantly become friends with your other master."

After saying that, Yu Shijiu rubbed against the thick, soft fur on "Feifei's" chest and slowly fell asleep.

"..."

In the large dormitory room, which reeked of all sorts of strange smells, the occasional snores of someone could be heard, one after another, each one louder than the last, until they finally succumbed to a short, labored snore as if someone was struggling to breathe.

Lu Chusheng, belatedly realizing the meaning behind Yu Shijiu's words, was speechless.

In his mind's eye, Lu Chusheng's face began to flush red. He felt his face getting hot and tried to reach out to touch it, but found that his hand—no, his claws—was being held down by Yu Shijiu.

Lu Chusheng: "..."

He gazed quietly at Yu Shijiu, who was sleeping soundly nestled in his chest, and slowly, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Great.

An overwhelming joy welled up in Lu Chusheng's heart.

That's really great.

Yu Shijiu said that you should be friends with yourself.

Lu Chusheng ignored the bittersweet feeling deep inside his heart caused by the word "friend," and thought with delight.

I can be friends with Yu Shijiu now.

Great.

Lu Chusheng slowly closed his eyes, his two cat ears standing upright beside his head trembling rapidly, and his thick orange tail behind him swaying and standing upright, revealing his indescribable excitement and joy.

After nearly an hour of excitement, an overwhelming drowsiness washed over him. Lu Chusheng blinked slowly, yawned, and then fell into a deep sleep as well.

After Lu Chusheng fell asleep, the NPC crew members who had been snoring in the cabins opened their eyes at the same time. Their dull, lifeless eyes stared intently at the dim ceiling. After several seconds, all the NPC crew members began to turn their heads and stare at all the sleeping players from different corners and different beds.

"...Sleep, sleep."

The NPC crew members murmured unconsciously.

"You won't feel pain when you're asleep... The sea is our god who will never abandon us... Sleep, sleep... We'll always be together... We'll always... We'll always be together..."

"..."

This bizarre scene went unseen by any player.

All the players were exhausted and fell asleep; not one of them was awake.

Aside from—the town players watching the live stream on their screens.

They stared at the NPC crew members on the screen, who were humming in unison in a way that could be described as terrifying, and felt a chill run down their spines.

"What does it mean?"

Someone whispered, "How come no one has woken up? That shouldn't be the case... Shouldn't someone be awake by now?"

Normally, at this point, at least one player should have woken up and discovered this bizarre scene...

How could everyone be asleep?

"...Isn't that a bit odd?"

One of the onlookers frowned and said, "I don't believe no one will wake up, unless... unless Dawn Games doesn't want them to live anymore—"

"Someone has woken up."

Suddenly, exclamations rang out in the square: "My God! How could he be awake?"

he woke up?

Who woke up?

Everyone looked over blankly, staring at the screens in front of the players who had exclaimed in surprise—

On the screen, Xu Han, who was sleeping sprawled out and even seemed to be drooling a little, wiped his mouth in his sleep, turned over, and suddenly hissed as he slowly woke up.