Infinite: Dawn Game

Yu Shijiu had already stepped into the elevator. Hearing this, he poked his head out and looked at Xue Yan, whose figure was somewhat blurry in the distance, and said with a grin:

"If you think it's right, then it's right. Why care what others think?"

If it were him, he wouldn't care whether it was right or wrong, as long as he was happy.

After all, things are more fun when things get chaotic, right?

Xue Yan was clearly stunned for a moment, and by the time she realized what to say, Yu Shijiu had already disappeared.

In the silent corridor, Xue Yan seemed to chuckle. Her beautiful, unmade-up face was deathly pale and bluish, making her look unreal.

"is it?"

Xue Yan uttered a low question, and at the same time, sharp scratching sounds of fingernails on door panels came from behind the ward doors on both sides of the corridor, as if a monster was growling behind the door.

"Shut up!"

Disturbed from her thoughts, Xue Yan suddenly looked up, and the sharp cry from her throat made all the strange noises disappear instantly.

At the same time, the door to the ward behind Xue Yan was slowly opened.

Xuexue's head peeked out from the crack in the door. She looked up at Xue Yan and asked curiously:

"Mom, Nurse, did someone make you angry?"

Xue Yan's expression changed slightly, but then returned to normal.

This time, instead of correcting her daughter's mistakes, she bent down and squatted in front of Xuexue, her fingers, painted with red snowflake nail polish, touching her daughter's face.

"Call me Mom,"

Xue Yan said gently.

Xuexue's eyes widened in an instant. She stared at Xue Yan in front of her in shock, her lips trembling.

"Xuexue," Xue Yan's eyes reddened as she looked at her daughter, her voice trembling with tears.

"From now on, please call me Mom."

Just like that patient said, she can do whatever she wants, why should she care about what other people think? After all, not everyone is still alive now.

Xuexue's eyes reddened, and she suddenly buried her face in Xueyan's arms, murmuring as she rubbed her head against Xueyan's shoulder.

"Mother……"

Xuexue said.

"Well, mom is here."

"Mother……"

“I’m here,” Xue Yan gently patted her daughter’s thin back, her eyes tender and bloodshot.

She looked at the dense array of tongues of all shapes and sizes in the corridor, and a slow smile crept up her lips, revealing her fangs.

"Mom, this time, will always be here for you."

No one should try to hurt us again.

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Just one day later, the elevator seemed a bit old, and with a clattering sound, Yu Shijiu stepped out of the elevator and went to the first floor.

In the corridor and nurses' station on the first floor, many doctors and nurses were exchanging medical records with their heads down, occasionally letting out a few soft laughs.

Everything seemed peaceful—that's how it was when Yu Shijiu walked up.

As soon as Yu Shijiu stepped out of the elevator, the doctors and nurses who were still talking in hushed tones suddenly changed their expressions. Fear and terror instantly swallowed the emotions in their eyes, and they became silent.

No one dared to speak anymore, and there was hardly any eye on Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu, who was "isolated," was actually very happy. He was even more excited when he saw the doctors and nurses around him who had returned to normal in just one night.

"So it can be restored..."

So we can have some fun again tonight?

Yu Shijiu muttered something under his breath, ignoring the pale faces of the doctors and nurses around him, and walked towards the location of the cafeteria.

Only after Yu Shijiu's figure disappeared around the corner did the doctors and nurses dare to breathe.

"Is he... is he really human?"

The nurse, still haunted by memories of being tortured last night, trembled, her hands shaking as she held the medicine bottle.

"Yes, it must be, he will bleed, and his blood is warm..."

"How could he kill so many of us? Wasn't he afraid?"

"..."

The doctors and nurses on the first floor exchanged glances, their scalps tingling with unease.

This was the only time they experienced "fear" upon seeing humans.

They hadn't been this afraid in a long time since they died.

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Unaware of the fear the monsters behind him had of him, Yu Shijiu strode to the cafeteria, where many players were already eating with their bowls in hand.

At a glance, it appears that half of the players died overnight.

Yu Shijiu only glanced at it before quickly walking to the cafeteria window to get her food.

This time, the cafeteria lady who had received his "gift" trembled as she served him a large bowl of white rice porridge and several large steamed buns, and even added a lot of side dishes that looked delicious.

Yu Shijiu was very satisfied.

He accepted the large bowl of breakfast and politely thanked the cafeteria lady.

The latter shivered and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, it's what I should do! Please don't be so polite..."

The cafeteria lady's head-shaking gesture was so obvious that when Yu Shijiu casually found a spot to eat his breakfast, the other surviving players all looked at him, intentionally or unintentionally.

Yu Shijiu, seemingly oblivious to the stare, didn't look up until someone had been staring at him for a while. He then met the person's gaze with a bewildered expression and said with a smile:

"What are you looking at me for? Do you want your tongue cut out too?"

The player who was caught sneaking a peek felt a chill run down his spine and dared not look again.

After this incident, the other players no longer dared to openly look at Yu Shijiu.

They still cherish their tongues quite a bit.

Yu Shijiu was happy to be free from the annoying stares. After that, she focused on eating and finished off five large steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and side dishes. Only then did she let out a soft burp.

Other players who were secretly observing: "..."

They glanced at the rice porridge and steamed buns in front of them, which they had only touched a few times, and for the first time, the strange thought arose that eating more might allow them to kill more monsters.

When He Lingling and Xu Han entered, they saw Yu Shijiu sitting alone at a table eating. Neither of them was interested in the steamed buns and porridge in the cafeteria, since they had plenty of food in their system inventory anyway.

"Here, want some?"

He Lingling walked up to Yu Shijiu and sat down, tossing down a bag of beef jerky and grabbing a donut to start eating.

On the other side, Xu Han was also slurping down a bowl of instant noodles.

Yu Shijiu touched his slightly bulging belly and felt that he could still eat a little more, so he reached out and touched the bag of beef jerky.

"Thank you."

He Lingling mischievously pressed down on the beef jerky and said, "Just thanking you isn't enough. How about this, I'm probably a few years older than you, so how about I call you 'sister' and give it to you?"

She only meant to tease Yu Shijiu, but Yu Shijiu didn't even look up, speaking in a sweet tone:

"Thank you, Sister Lingling."

He Lingling: "..."

"Cough—cough cough cough—"

Xu Han, who was standing next to him, accidentally choked on his instant noodles and turned his head to the side to cough, his face turning red.

He Lingling chuckled belatedly. Aside from Yu Shijiu's crazy behavior when killing monsters, she usually had a very good impression of him.

She's well-behaved and cute, but too thin, and it seems like she hasn't eaten anything good.

Tsk, I feel sorry for her.