Infinite: Dawn Game

Yu Shijiu spoke.

Xuexue's crying didn't stop.

Her dark eyes were now surrounded by dense red blood vessels. She turned around abruptly, no longer with the sweet voice calling out "brother" as before, but with an expression of anger, hatred, and despair.

"Mom is dead! You killed her! Why didn't you kill me too! Why didn't you kill me too!! Huh? Do it now!!"

Yu Shijiu was momentarily bewildered. He looked at Xuexue, who was howling at him, and couldn't understand it.

Strictly speaking, he only severed the connection between Xue Yan and the giant tongue. Although Xue Yan did lose her life as a result, he did not cause her any obvious harm.

After thinking it over, Yu Shijiu felt even more confused about Xuexue's words.

"Am I going to die?"

Yu Shijiu said sincerely, "Your mother never wanted me to live."

Xuexue was still crying, but her crying subsided a lot because of those words.

Xiao Li's incredulous voice interrupted Yu Shijiu's thoughts:

[How is that possible?! You only had 6 stamina points left, how could you possibly have killed Xue Yan?!]

Xiao Li's voice briefly brought Yu Shijiu back to his senses. He looked at Xuexue, who was still crying, and felt inexplicably annoyed.

"Don't worry about all that, just send me the 8,000 points as soon as you've done it."

Because of his bad mood, Yu Shijiu's tone was not very good either.

Sure enough, Xiao Li stopped talking.

It's kicking itself now (if it even has intestines!), how could it have agreed to such a bet?! This is clearly gambling!! Gambling is definitely something you should never touch! The ancients were right!

After an unknown amount of time, when even Xiao Li started urging Yu Shijiu to clear the level quickly, Xuexue finally raised her head.

She wiped away her tears, stood up, and walked step by step to Yu Shijiu, looking up at him.

“Kill me,” Xuexue said.

Yu Shijiu shook his head: "I've already cleared the game."

The implication is that there's no need to kill Xuexue.

Xuexue didn't blink; she just stared straight at Yu Shijiu, her pale, bluish lips moving slightly.

“My mother is dead, and I’m all alone here. I’m scared.”

Yu Shijiu's fingers twitched. He turned his head to look at the gradually disappearing grotesque corpses and rotting tongues around him, and reminded them:

"You're not showing any signs of disappearing, which proves the game isn't going to kill you."

It could be pity, or it could be that Dawn wants to create a new game.

“No,” Xuexue shook her head, “No matter what it is that wants to keep me here, I don’t want to live anymore.”

She used to live with her mother, and it's the same even after her mother dies. Now that her mother is gone, what's the point of her living?

It's meaningless, completely meaningless.

Yu Shijiu fell silent.

Looking into the endless darkness and pain in Xuexue's eyes, he took out a fruit knife.

As he plunged the knife into Xuexue's thin, frail chest, Yu Shijiu slowly half-squatted on the ground. He held the knife in one hand and supported Xuexue's swaying little body with the other, and for the first time, he did not go mad at the sight of blood.

"as you wish."

Yu Shijiu heard his own voice ring out.

The surrounding walls, including the four-story sanatorium, began to blur, and as the buildings transformed layer by layer, Xuexue cried out in pain.

Her small body slumped into Yu Shijiu's arms, her head resting on his shoulder, crying and clutching the fabric behind him.

"Why...why is it you, brother? If it were someone else...it wouldn't be a problem with anyone else...why is it you? Why...why is it you...you are, you are...Xuexue's only, only friend..."

"……Why……"

His only friend killed his mother.

The mother also wanted to kill her only friend.

This is a question that will lead to regret no matter which choice you make. Xuexue is too young; she doesn't want to relive this scene over and over again in the future.

It's good that you're dead. Once you're dead, you don't have to think about so much anymore.

Yu Shijiu's hand, holding the fruit knife, trembled almost imperceptibly as he watched Xuexue gradually die completely. After the other person fell silent, he slowly raised his head.

Everything at the Aide Sanatorium is crumbling, including the grotesque figures who casually judge and insult Xue Yan; they are all disappearing.

The scene was shocking; everything around him was disappearing, but Yu Shijiu, at the very center, remained solid, as if the disappearing world was rejecting him.

A moment later, Xiao Li's voice came online:

【Ding】

[Congratulations to player Yu Shijiu for completing the game dungeon "Aide Sanatorium"! You have currently earned 3000 points (main quest) + 500 points (side quest) + 1000 bonus points, for a total of 4500 points!]

The gap between life and death, the disparity between people, when rumors destroy a person, when one abandons their human dignity for the sake of a beloved child… all these things converge, chaotic desires mingle with countless gossiping, scarlet tongues, and after everything collapses and is destroyed, can the center, where redemption and abyss coexist, continue to survive?

[The countdown to leaving the game is now starting: 10, 9, 8...]

As the countdown began, Yu Shijiu pulled out a fruit knife, picked up the dead Xuexue, and walked towards Xue Yan's body. When the two were placed side by side, Yu Shijiu thought for a moment, then reached out and placed Xuexue's and Xue Yan's hands together.

They clearly won.

Yu Shijiu thought.

He looked down at the fruit knife in his hand, which was still dripping blood. The tip of the knife was bright, and bright red blood flowed down the blade. It was very sharp.

But why wasn't I as happy as I had imagined?

Yu Shijiu couldn't quite understand it.

The countdown continued in her ears. With the final countdown, Yu Shijiu looked up. Beneath her half-closed eyelashes were calm, amber pupils that revealed a startling indifference and dazedness.

I'm unhappy...

Yu Shijiu thought quietly, her body flickering in the ever-fading sanatorium.

Unlike the first time, this time his body seemed to be displaying some kind of bad signal, flickering on and off before disappearing completely.

At the same time, many players who had finished watching the live stream quickly got up and ran towards the direction of the cocoon shop as if they had made up their minds.

There's not much time left in the guild war, and this newbie's talent is perfect for this kind of competition. Whether it's players or monsters, as long as you kill them, you can easily clear the level... This can greatly increase your guild's win rate.

In each guild war, the winning guild receives not only a considerable number of points but also a year-long right to govern the town. All other losing guilds can only obey and cannot even object.

—Even though Yu Shijiu's mental state doesn't seem stable, sometimes instability makes it easier to win, doesn't it?