Infinite: Dawn Game

Xu Han was so frightened that she almost screamed. She barely managed to hold back her scream and lay stiffly on the bed, her mind filled with a series of questions.

What is this thing? What on earth is this thing? How did he end up running into it?! Just because he had a sweet dream and smacked his lips, he has to be targeted?!

What incredible luck!

Xu Han felt he should pray to Buddha after he left.

In his extreme panic, he completely forgot that there were no Buddha statues in the town for him to worship...

Startled, Xu Han closed his eyes and huddled on the bed, trembling. It took him a long time to muster the courage to open his eyes again.

...It was no use for him not to muster his courage, as the humming that echoed from all around kept repeating itself, including the owner of the pair of eyes he had accidentally met earlier...it was there too, staring at him intently.

What to do? What to do? What to do……

It took Xu Han a long time to convince himself, and after repeatedly muttering to himself that it was nothing, he slowly opened his eyes—

Across from him, on the large communal bed, a pair of blood-red, lifeless eyes stared intently at him in the darkness, while pale lips below moved incessantly, opening and closing.

"...Sleep, sleep..."

All the NPC crew members inside the dormitory hummed softly in unison.

"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..."

"..."

Let's not be together anymore...

Xu Han took a deep breath with a sullen face, and breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that the NPC crew member opposite him was just staring at him and had no intention of attacking.

He carefully memorized the songs sung by the NPC crew members, and had to be constantly aware that the crew members opposite him might suddenly jump off the bed and attack him. For a moment, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Once Xu Han had memorized all the lyrics, the crew members who were singing the song suddenly stopped.

"..."

Xu Han: "..."

Why did he suddenly feel that the silence was even more terrifying?

"...Remember, remember who you are..."

In the darkness, a hoarse murmur came from a corner.

"Remember...remember who you are..."

"..."

Xu Han dared not even breathe loudly.

Once he grew a little bolder, he discovered that the NPC crew members who had suddenly risen like zombies had already lay down, their eyes closed, no longer in the same state of all opening their eyes and singing numbly.

Is this... all done?

Xu Han swallowed hard, staring wide-eyed anxiously at his surroundings for a long while before finally confirming that it was safe.

He hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved to Yu Shijiu's side. He glanced at Yu Shijiu, who was still fast asleep, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Let's stay closer to Yu Shijiu, that way we can call for help faster...

With this thought in mind, Xu Han reached out and grabbed Yu Shijiu's sleeve, falling asleep again with a mixture of relief and unease.

The players watching on the screen: "..."

"So should we say he's brave, or that he's mentally unstable?"

"...Just think everything's alright now, sleeping normally, no one's bound to die on the first day, right?"

"But you can't fall asleep that quickly, can you? It's like you're so tired from work that you just collapse and fall asleep."

"..."

Someone coughed and hesitated, then said, "It does seem quite tiring."

After all, the players in the "Sheep Sacrifice" game instance were the most numerous players they had ever seen doing odd jobs...

Come to think of it, the possibility that you're so tired that even fear can only last for a short while is actually quite high, haha...

Thinking of this, some players couldn't help but feel a little pity when they looked at Xu Han, who was sleeping sprawled out on the screen.

No wonder everyone is sleeping so soundly in the game dungeons, since they still have to work in the dungeons.

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Second-floor cabin.

inside the room.

He Lingling was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.

She instinctively pulled the blanket tighter around herself, and in her half-asleep state, she suddenly realized that she was currently inside a dungeon, instantly waking up.

Their room wasn't as dark as the first deck cabin, probably because the windows were open, and moonlight and the lights hanging on the deck would occasionally shine in, illuminating the room with a dim glow.

Sun Qin was still asleep behind him.

He Lingling turned around silently and came into view of Sun Qin's peaceful sleeping face.

She stared at Sun Qin for a few moments, making sure she wasn't cold at all, and then wrapped the blanket around herself even tighter.

Still no use.

He Lingling felt her feet getting cold too.

Her feet, curled up in the blankets, were so cold they were almost numb; the slightest movement gave her the illusion that they were about to go numb.

Why am I so cold?

He Lingling was completely baffled.

Just as she was about to bend down and curl her feet up to warm them, she suddenly heard a rustling sound of rolling around.

He Lingling froze on the spot, not daring to move.

It was the bed where Shi Yuan and Wu Huimin slept.

The rolling sounds from the other bed grew louder and louder, as if someone was tossing and turning in the middle of the night because they couldn't sleep, accompanied by occasional low, almost inaudible sighs.

It's Wu Huimin.

After confirming that the person who rolled over was Wu Huimin, He Lingling dared not move even more.

Are you all asleep?

Suddenly, Wu Huimin's hoarse voice rang out in the room.

"He Lingling? Shi Yuan? Sun Qin?"

"..."

No one responded to her.

While fully awake, He Lingling lowered her breathing, staring at Sun Qin's face, which was furrowed in her sleep, afraid that Wu Huimin would wake her up.

Generally speaking, on the first night, players are unlikely to meet the necessary conditions for death while asleep... Simply put, as long as the player is asleep and cannot hear any sounds, he is safe on the first night.

Wu Huimin, on the other bed, called out several more times. Towards the end, she seemed a little angry, and her voice became several decibels louder.

Intuition told He Lingling that she absolutely could not let Wu Huimin find out that she was awake.

She slowly exhaled a long breath and closed her eyes, intending to pretend to sleep.

Just then, a sound came from the other bed where someone was turning over and getting out of bed.

He Lingling: "..."

Her heart skipped a beat for no reason, pounding so loudly it gave her a headache.

Why is my heart beating so fast all of a sudden?

He Lingling's body suddenly stiffened.

Her cold, stiff feet were gripped by something even colder and stiffer.

"Lingling."

From the foot of the bed came Wu Huimin's soft, complaining voice. She touched her cold feet, somewhat displeased.

"Aren't you awake? Why are you ignoring me? Did I make you angry?"

He Lingling's heart started beating even faster.

Because her eyes were closed, she could feel Wu Huimin gently rubbing her feet, as if she were polishing some extremely precious porcelain, her fingernails slowly tracing towards her ankle and foot bones...