Infinite: Dawn Game

"Come, come, sit down quickly."

In the cramped and low-ceilinged living room of the old house, an elderly woman with a hunched back bustled about, constantly going in and out of the house, bringing out plate after plate of fresh steamed buns.

Yu Shijiu did not refuse. He took Feifei to sit down and curiously touched the small stool next to the table, which was not very stable.

The stool was very short, the kind that was obviously made of inferior wood, and a few nails were haphazardly hammered in, and it became a piece of furniture that could be used daily.

When the last pot of porridge was served, the old lady smiled and wiped the sweat from her brow, wiped her hands on her apron, and sat down on a small stool.

"Why don't you eat first? Don't you like it?"

The old lady asked.

Yu Shijiu shook his head. He looked at the large, white steamed buns on the table, which looked like they were filled with filling, and said truthfully:

"No, I just felt that we should wait for Grandma to come and eat together."

How can guests start eating before the host is even seated?

Yu Shijiu considers himself a very polite person.

The old lady paused for a second upon hearing this, then smiled and shook her head:

"You young people just know how to make us old folks happy. What's wrong with eating this? Eat it if you want!"

As she spoke, the old lady picked up the clean chopsticks next to her, picked up a plump white bun, and put it into the bowl in front of Yu Shijiu.

"I made this very early this morning, it's so fresh! The meat filling is from a pig that Old Li's family just slaughtered yesterday, there's plenty of meat in it!"

When the large steamed bun was placed in the bowl, Yu Shijiu's eyes lit up for a moment. He picked up the bun with his chopsticks and took a bite. The flavors of the fresh meat and vegetables blended well, just as the old lady had said, the bun was delicious.

"good to eat!"

Yu Shijiu took another bite of the bun, which made the old lady who had been watching him laugh.

"Eat more if you like it," the old lady said with a kind smile, and then picked up another bun with a different flavor for Yu Shijiu.

"This one is preserved mustard green flavored, and it's delicious too."

After sincerely thanking them, Yu Shijiu took a steamed bun and handed it to Feifei, who had been lured to stand up by the aroma.

"Feifei must be hungry too," Yu Shijiu said with a smile. "You should eat a few as well."

Such a big and tall fat guy can't be as thin and short as him.

Fatty opened its mouth wide, swallowed a bun in one gulp, and began to chew, its eyes narrowing into slits because of the deliciousness of the bun.

"Meow-"

Fei Fei also expressed high praise for the old lady's cooking skills.

The old lady was even happier, her smile revealing her teeth, the few scattered yellow-black tooth roots looking somewhat eerie in the dim light.

Seeing Yu Shijiu enjoying her meal with her cat, she lowered her head and started drinking her porridge. She also reached out and grabbed a steamed bun, slowly nibbling on it with her teeth.

Yu Shijiu glanced at her, then casually looked away from the old lady's hand holding the chopsticks.

An elderly woman from the countryside actually knew to use serving chopsticks when serving food to guests...

It's a bit strange.

Yu Shijiu happily ate the steamed bun, thoroughly enjoying the flavor of the fresh meat bun.

Off-screen, many players who had previously eaten foreign objects in the game had pale, purplish expressions. Watching Yu Shijiu and Feifei feasting on the screen, they felt a sudden urge to vomit.

"No way...you really want to eat it?"

"Isn't he afraid of finding some tissue in his food?"

"..."

Long-time players know what a certain organization is.

Someone paused for a few seconds, then raised a question:

Is it possible that the meat in this bun is actually fine?

Otherwise, Yu Shijiu would be really stupid to dare to eat human flesh? Just thinking about it makes my stomach churn...

One player clicked his tongue. He wanted to scoff, but then he remembered Yu Shijiu's "chopping cabbages" performance in the previous dungeon, and his lips curled down.

"I just think, is it possible that Yu Shijiu might knowingly eat human flesh..."

After all, Yu Shijiu seems to be able to pick up and eat a few bites of anything that looks delicious.

"..."

Upon hearing this, all the players around fell silent.

Some people wanted to say no way, but when they thought of Yu Shijiu, who was clearly not mentally stable in the last instance, they hesitated.

Well, it's not impossible... what if that were really the case...?

But if that's really the case—

On the screen belonging to Yu Shijiu, a thin, pale-faced, young boy lowers his head and bites into a steamed bun. His cheeks bulge slightly as he chews, occasionally revealing his white teeth. And the camera lingers from time to time on the pink meat and green vegetable filling of the bun...

Many players in the square who were watching Yu Shijiu's live stream looked at each other, swallowing hard as they swallowed.

Is this even human?! That's human flesh?!

For a moment, some players who had lost their appetite or even eaten foreign objects couldn't help but gag, covering their mouths and forcing themselves not to think about it anymore.

It's too disgusting and terrifying. I can't think about it anymore. It's fine to think about Yu Shijiu himself, but these viewers who are just making up their own assumptions are going to be disgusted to death by their own speculations.

But then again, why does that big, fat orange cat look so familiar?

A player in the crowd who had been watching the monitoring team's live stream suddenly widened his eyes. He stared at the big orange cat with its chin resting on the table and its mouth wide open, waiting for Yu Shijiu to feed it. An unbelievable guess gradually surfaced in his mind.

Is it possible that Yu Shijiu has already been recruited by the monitoring team beforehand?

After all, this orange cat is Lu Chusheng's most "beloved" pet!

Despite his speculations, he still found it hard to believe that the inspection team would recruit a madman like Yu Shijiu.

Generally speaking, players who cannot completely control themselves should not be selected by the monitoring team...

But if you think about it that way, then what about the orange cat on the screen that looks almost exactly like Lu Chusheng's pet?

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In-game.

After eating another meat bun, Feifei squinted contentedly, shook her head, and rested her head on Yu Shijiu's knee, snoring away.

After being urged by the old lady, Yu Shijiu ate most of a bowl of steamed buns and then let out a burp.

"Grandma, I can't eat anymore."

Yu Shijiu hiccuped and said, "I need to go out for a walk to digest my food."

The old lady happily began clearing away the remaining buns and porridge on the table, nodding in agreement upon hearing this:

"Go ahead, but don't go too far. The ancestral halls and scenery in our village are quite beautiful; you can explore them more."

Yu Shijiu nodded, scratched his chubby chin on his knee, and said with a grin:

"Let's go, we should go and see the local customs and culture of Changsheng Village."

Feifei obediently stood up, meowed, and followed Yu Shijiu out the door.

Behind her, the old lady stopped packing her things and stared at Yu Shijiu walking away outside the door. Her gray-white eyes rolled around, and the pupils under the white film seemed to throb like some kind of insect emerging from its skin.