Infinite: Dawn Game

A few seconds later, the white film in the old lady's eye socket began to open up, and a thin, round, reddish-brown tail tip emerged from it, like some kind of parasite beginning to tremble in the air. At the same time, some kind of blackish-red fine particles fell onto the table along with the trembling of the tail tip.

Sand-Sand-Sand-

The dark red particles fell onto the white skin of the steamed bun, instantly staining it.

The old woman, whose eye sockets were trembling with reddish-brown parasites at the tips of their tails, slowly lowered her head. Her eyes were sunken and shrunken, the only thing that stood out were the two parasite tail tips.

"go Go……"

The old lady lowered her head, her wrinkled, age-spot-covered hands trembling as she tidied the food on the table, her smile growing wider and wider.

"Only those who love Changsheng Village can stay forever..."

In the dimly lit and cramped old house, the old woman hummed a song, and the reddish-brown parasites around her eyes swayed gently with the music.

An elderly man with faltering steps and a full head of white hair, wrinkled and sagging skin around his eyes, cheeks covered with gray-brown age spots... and a reddish-brown parasite trembling and curling at the corner of his eye...

The atmosphere was eerie and bizarre to the point of being chilling.

The players off-screen who had been arguing about what kind of meat was in the buns fell silent.

Their hearts pounded as they watched the old woman bending over to clean on the screen.

The old woman has become strange.

And it's not the first one.

On the many screens in the square that were broadcasting live, each player who was led back by the old man's hand ate some steamed buns under his warm hospitality.

There were vegetarian and meat options, and players who didn't want to eat steamed buns could only drink a bowl of plain porridge under the watchful eyes of the old man.

Then, amidst the old man's satisfied smile, they went out to "visit" the so-called Longevity Village.

After all the players leave, the old people inside the house begin to become strange in varying degrees. Some old people have reddish-brown "parasites" coming out of their mouths, some have them coming out of their noses, and some have them coming out of their ears...

The common point is that the elderly people started to become strange at almost the same time.

The scene was bizarre and disgusting; the tips of those long, thin, round, reddish-brown tails with flesh-colored stripes trembled slightly, as if they were gradually coming to life...

Players found it somewhat nauseating and began to suspect that the meat buns contained not human flesh, but rather these seemingly unknown species of "parasites."

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The scenery in Changsheng Village is indeed very beautiful.

Although the thatched hut was dilapidated and the mud wall next to it, which was covered with dry grass, had varying degrees of holes and collapses, it truly gave people a sense of freedom from the hustle and bustle of the city when compared with the surrounding green mountains and white clouds.

In reality, this is indeed a great place to travel and experience life.

Yu Shijiu and Feifei were walking on the dry muddy ground, just about to randomly pick a house to ask about the location of the ancestral hall, when suddenly the wooden door of the thatched house next to them was pushed open from the inside.

She was an extremely aloof woman, tall with shoulder-length black hair, single eyelids, and bland, expressionless eyes and brows, but her lips were a vibrant red, as if she were wearing lipstick.

She also saw Yu Shijiu.

As if she had seen Yu Shijiu before, the woman narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of something unreadable flashing across her indifferent gaze.

The next second, the woman stepped forward and extended her hand, "Hello, I am Lin Feng."

Yu Shijiu looked at her, tilting her head in surprise: "Huh?"

He blinked and asked, "Do we know each other?"

The woman's appearance was actually quite ordinary, but what was extraordinary was her aloof demeanor, which always gave off a feeling of keeping people at arm's length. She reminded me somewhat of someone else—

Yu Shijiu's thoughts paused briefly for a few seconds.

Like who?

It feels somewhat familiar.

The woman named Lin Feng was not surprised. Seeing that Yu Shijiu did not intend to shake her hand, she readily withdrew her hand and said:

"I don't know you, but I know you."

Lin Feng looked at him; her thin, single eyelids appeared somewhat long and narrow due to her squinting.

"I watched your live stream of completing 'Aid Sanatorium'. To be honest, as a new player who was entering the official game for the first time, you are very impressive."

Simply put, it's not just ordinary impressive.

For an ordinary person to be able to refrain from indiscriminately attacking monsters in the first instance without treating them as human beings, requires not only strength and mental fortitude, but also an extraordinary level of thinking.

Lin Feng admitted that she couldn't do it when she first entered the game.

At the very least, one cannot casually attack humanoid monsters.

"Of course I'm amazing," Yu Shijiu always accepted praise. Hearing this, she smiled, her small dimples appearing slightly, revealing a sweet and innocent charm.

“I really like what you said,” Yu Shijiu stretched out her hand and waved it.

"Shake hands."

Lin Feng was taken aback. She seemed to be stunned for a few seconds by Yu Shijiu's sudden words, and then raised her hand to grasp Yu Shijiu's hand in return.

"Then let's be friends?"

Lin Feng hesitated for a moment.

She always felt that the boy in front of her looked strange. Based on her prediction when watching his live stream, Yu Shijiu shouldn't be the kind of person who is naturally outgoing.

really--

"It's too early to call them friends," Yu Shijiu blinked in surprise. "I only have one friend right now."

At this point, Yu Shijiu's eyes darkened slightly, but he still smiled and said:

"If you've actually watched my live stream, you should know who my friends are, right?"

"..." Lin Feng was truly stunned this time. She quickly thought of the live broadcast that had been shown on the big screen that she had watched before, and after a few seconds, she came to a somewhat shocking answer.

"Is it Xue Xue?"

Lin Feng hesitated slightly when he said the name of the little monster.

How could any player actually consider a monster a friend?

"Yes."

The boy's clear voice rang in my ears, seemingly carrying a faint sense of pleasure at being recognized.

"Xuexue is my only friend for now."

However, his first friend only lasted two days before disappearing.

Thinking of Xuexue, Yu Shijiu's joy was gradually replaced by some indescribable emotion, a mix of sourness and sadness.

Lin Feng fell silent.

Looking at Yu Shijiu, who could say without hesitation that the strange person was her friend, she felt her sense of unease about him growing stronger.

Many players in town said that Yu Shijiu was crazy. Lin Feng didn't think so, but now... she was starting to believe it.

“Okay,” Lin Feng shrugged, her cold eyes revealing no emotion.

"Since we can't be friends for now, how about we be teammates in this game instance?"

As she spoke, Lin Feng's lips turned even redder and her skin turned deathly pale.

Under Yu Shijiu's gaze, blood spread from her fingertips, turning into small pools of blood that could float and move.