Infinite: Dawn Game

Apart from the eerie voice of the nurse, there was no other sound on the first floor of the sanatorium.

All the monsters froze in place, trembling as they stared at the filthy and disheveled headmaster.

The dean's glasses were already shattered from the fall, and the broken frames were hanging precariously on his nose, making him look even worse.

He stared intently at the grotesque nurse in front of him, his gaze lingering for a moment on her skin cracked open in fear. Then, he reached out and grabbed her by the neck, forcefully shoving his hand into her split tongue amidst her screams.

With a slurring sound as the tongue was forcibly ripped out, the veins on the dean's hand, which was gripping the strange nurse's tongue, bulged. The next second, the strange nurse screamed and curled up on the ground as the dean ripped her tongue out by the roots.

The next second, the dean looked up, stuffed the tongue that was writhing and struggling like a snake into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

At the same time, the eerie nurse's screams disappeared, and her entire body vanished from the ground, as if it had never existed.

After finishing eating a piece of tongue, the director slowly exhaled, licked the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the other strange nurses with a smile.

“It is your honor to serve me,” a piece of broken glass fell from the dean’s glasses. “Isn’t that right?”

The eerie nurses were terrified. Before they could even start to escape, the director grabbed another one, forced it to stick out its tongue, and began to chew it raw.

Before long, the three strange nurses disappeared.

This scene was witnessed by He Lingling and Xu Han, who were munching on duck necks the whole way.

The two froze by the door, quickly finding a spot where the dean couldn't see them and hiding, staring in terror at the dean who was cannibalizing his own kind.

"I rely on!"

Xu Han whispered, "What the hell is going on? Wasn't the dean dead?!"

They all saw the mangled body last night, didn't they?! In the end, Yu Shijiu went out to look for it but couldn't find it.

He Lingling frowned: "He's recovering."

Xu Han was startled. When he looked back, he found that the dean's battered body was beginning to recover, and the twisted bones and wounds were becoming more and more normal as he swallowed his tongue.

Conversely, those grotesque nurses, once their tongues are eaten, can never be resurrected.

“…Goodness,” Xu Han felt a little nauseous, but forced himself to continue reading:

"Can we really survive tonight?"

He Lingling was also somewhat worried. The dean seemed to be much stronger than the strange nurses and doctors. Even now, with the dean eating them raw, no monster could resist.

Wait, is that really the case?

He Lingling suddenly remembered the strange nurse and strange patient she had seen last night.

Back then, they were similar, but the tongues growing from every part of their bodies were extremely bright red and long, even terrifying. And now, the tongue the dean has caught…

Small and short, like a child who has started working before reaching adulthood; apart from still looking disgusting, its attack power is much, much weaker.

He Lingling fell silent.

This is absolutely Yu Shijiu's fault.

Because Yu Shijiu killed these monsters once, their abilities were no match for the Dean's.

As for the dean—

"Oh, right," Xu Han unintentionally interrupted He Lingling's thoughts, continuing without realizing it:

"Could the dean be the boss?"

The boss, the origin of all strange things, is the central element in the formation of the entire game.

Although it looks very similar now, He Lingling thought about it carefully and still shook her head:

"Probably not."

Xu Han was dumbfounded: "Who could it be? Xuexue?"

He Lingling stopped talking.

She looked at the dean, who was frantically eating his tongue to recover, with a strange expression.

"uncertain."

He Lingling said softly.

Xu Han was even more confused.

What do you mean by "should be" instead of "not necessarily"? Why is he becoming increasingly difficult to understand?

They only have less than 24 hours left to complete the game! And the boss still hasn't been decided!

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After returning to the fourth floor, Yu Shijiu, who originally intended to go straight back to her ward, hesitated for a while before letting out a slow sigh.

Yu Shijiu finally pushed open the ward door and went in.

But a few minutes later, he pushed open the door again and came out, carrying a bag of snacks that had shrunk by at least four-fifths as he walked towards the ward diagonally opposite.

dong dong dong-

Not long after the knocking, Xuexue opened the door.

When she saw Yu Shijiu outside the door, the wariness on her face visibly froze for a moment, then vanished without a trace.

"elder brother!"

Yu Shijiu grinned and held up the bag of snacks in her hand, "I've come to share some delicious food with you."

Wow! Thank you, brother!

Xuexue happily opened the door and welcomed Yu Shijiu in.

Xue Yan is no longer here.

As Yu Shijiu entered the ward and placed the bag of snacks on the table, he casually asked:

"Where's your mom?"

"Mom has gone to work."

After closing the door, Xuexue excitedly ran towards Yu Shijiu's direction, her eyes shining as she climbed onto a chair and lay down on the table.

"Now she won't find out we're secretly eating."

The implication was that Yu Shijiu should not worry about Xue Yan finding out.

Yu Shijiu, who wasn't afraid, was speechless.

He bent down, took the snacks out of the bag, and placed them in front of Xuexue. Then he dragged a chair over and sat down next to Xuexue.

"Eat."

Yu Shijiu looked at the colorfully packaged snack bags and swallowed hard.

Xuexue didn't stand on ceremony and took a bag of potato chips, tore it open, and started eating them with a crunchy sound.

Yu Shijiu had just finished eating, but the sound of his voice made her feel a little hungry, and her eyes unconsciously shifted to the instant noodles next to her.

After confirming that there was hot water in the room, Yu Shijiu got up and started making instant noodles. While waiting, he chatted with Xuexue, who was eating with crumbs all over her mouth.

These were just childish words, and Xuexue, having opened up, laughed heartily until Yu Shijiu asked her:

"Who is more capable, Mom or the hospital director?"

Xuexue remained silent for a long time before finally shaking her head.

"I don't know," Xuexue said blankly, taking a sip of cola she had never tried before, and burped from the fizz.

"They never fought."

After saying that, Xuexue stopped discussing the topic.

Yu Shijiu knew when to stop. He lowered his head and stirred the instant noodles that had already been soaked, comfortably squinting his eyes amidst the rich aroma of the noodles.

"Then I won't think about it."

Yu Shijiu forked a piece of instant noodles to feed Xuexue, his voice very soft:

"We don't need to think about these things for now."

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As the clock struck twelve in each ward late at night, the once quiet sanatorium began to bustle with activity.

On the first floor, the dean, who had recovered most of his health after a day of "capturing," wiped the blood from his mouth and stepped into the elevator amidst the terrified gazes of the few remaining eerie nurses.