Infinite: Dawn Game

The air in the living room was cold and damp, and the stench of blood and rotting entrails mingled together, creating a nauseating and nauseating atmosphere.

The "mother" stared wide-eyed at the torn photograph in the boy's hand, her face contorted with rage.

"it is good!"

The "mother" contorted her face, forcing out a sound through clenched teeth, like a wounded snake hissing:

"Mommy was wrong, Mommy was wrong, okay? Mommy shouldn't have threatened you, okay?"

Perhaps fearing that Yu Shijiu would really tear the photo apart, "Mother's" eyes gradually turned red, like a ripe apple. Her originally pale skin began to crack, revealing scarlet flesh, like a rag doll that had been torn apart.

Yu Shijiu laughed, blinked, looked at the "mother" who had bowed her head in front of her, and sighed softly, his voice seemingly capable of bewitching:

"Mother,"

Yu Shijiu smiled coquettishly, "You're too kind. I was just joking with you."

The muscles in the "mother's" face twitched. She suppressed the urge to tear the other person apart and managed a slightly "gentle" smile, blood still trickling from the corner of her mouth.

"Really?" the "mother" said ingratiatingly, "Then Mommy scared you, didn't she? I'm sorry, baby, Mommy was too scary... Come here,"

"Mother" reached out and pulled Yu Shijiu, "How about giving the photos you have to Mom?"

Yu Shijiu smiled and nodded, her smile even more innocent than an angel's.

"Of course!"

Seeing that the boy's expression seemed to soften, the "mother's" smile gradually turned upwards, and blood began to drip from the torn corner of her mouth, like a flower petal that was blooming but was slowly decaying:

"Yes, yes, be good, Mommy will love you even more if you're good, right?"

"My dear child, listen to Mommy. Only obedient children will have a happy and joyful future—"

Click!

The response to "mother" was the sound of a lighter suddenly being turned on.

The smile on "Mother's" lips froze, and fine, blood-red spiderwebs instantly spread across the whites of her eyes. Her forcedly gentle expression suddenly changed, and she shrieked:

"What are you doing?!"

The burning smell of the flames seemed to erupt instantly, and a chilling, bloody stench filled the air.

The living room lights began to flicker, and a continuous hum of electricity rose and fell. In the intermittent light and shadow, the firelight on Yu Shijiu's fingertips became more pronounced.

Yu Shijiu's smile deepened. He looked at his "mother," who was completely gripped by fear, and chuckled.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

"Why did you stop brainwashing me?"

If "Mother" was still somewhat restless when she made the action of tearing the photo, then the moment the lighter lit up, "Mother" was completely too scared to move.

Her face, twisting and turning with an eerie and terrifying expression, finally settled on a pleading look:

"No! Don't burn them, please, please, Mom, no, no!"

A tear of blood slowly rolled down the corner of the "mother's" eye: "I'm begging you, please don't burn my son's photo, okay? Please?"

Yu Shijiu raised an eyebrow as he looked at his "mother," who had finally become obedient.

"So you knew too, this was the last thing he left behind..."

At this moment, the fake "mother and son" tore off their false "family affection" and revealed the truth.

Yu Shijiu sighed, seemingly genuinely moved by his "mother's" pleas for mercy, and the lighter in his hand clicked out.

At the same time, after the lighter went out, "Mother's" eyes turned cold and bloodthirsty in an instant. Her lips were torn to the extreme, and she rushed towards Yu Shijiu at a speed invisible to the naked eye, like a hungry demon that couldn't wait to pounce on its food the moment it relaxed.

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"I rely on!!!"

Xu Han, who was on the sofa, jumped up and stared in shock at Yu Shijiu, who had obediently turned off the computer on the screen. His lips twitched, and he exclaimed in surprise:

"Was he faking it all along? This is something only a smart person would do."

The fat man coughed and said, "He seems a bit too naive."

In dungeon games, any monster might beg for mercy, shed tears, or feign pitifulness... Because they were human in life, even after becoming monsters, they will still look like humans but not quite, making it easy for some players to feel pity...

But monsters are not human; they are merely derivatives that appear human in normal circumstances, ugly mixtures of darkness almost devoid of reason and emotion... In this situation, if any player is deceived by their feigned "pity," then death will be their only fate.

Compassion, pity... these are things that should never appear in a player in Dawn of the Game.

Not to mention Xu Han and Fatty, even Sister An, who had been eating the whole time, fell silent. She looked at the boy on the screen who was smiling as he extinguished the lighter, and paused for a second while chewing potato chips.

Could it be that she mistook someone for someone else?

Actually, the boy on the screen who looks like a "madman" is just like Xu Han—a pretentious, aloof, chuunibyou, and idiot.

Thinking of this, Sister An fell silent.

Outside the game lobby at the same time, many players who were watching Yu Shijiu's live stream simultaneously scoffed and looked away with disgust.

"Tsk, as expected, another idiot."

"He actually sympathizes with something like a monster; he really doesn't deserve to live."

"I thought he'd be a smart new player, but he's just an idiot. Hilarious! Who said they wanted to team up with this moron who's about to die again?"

"It's not me anyway."

New players won't die the first time they're swallowed by a monster, but Yu Shijiu's act of "sympathizing with the monster," which lacks entertainment value for a live stream, earned him low scores from many viewers.

While most new players are likely to feel sympathy for the monsters on their first visit, they don't want to see them like this.

It lacks visual appeal and may remind some veteran players of some dark and bloody memories.

The girl with pigtails remained calm as she watched the boy on the screen extinguish the lighter, licking her lips.

Could he really be an idiot?

The next second, the screen was filled with the heart-wrenching screams of the "mother".

All the players who had looked away were stunned, and at the same time looked up at the large screen that had suddenly enlarged above the countless small screens.

On the big screen, the "mother" screamed as she withdrew her hand that had just pierced the boy's shoulder, stumbling backward with tears of blood streaming down her face.

The boy, whose shoulders were pierced with bloody holes, seemed oblivious. He held up a burnt photograph and said with a smile:

"You've been naughty,"

The boy said, "It seems we still need to teach them a lesson."