Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 577 Biting Off?

"Hmm, did you sleep well?"

He Lingling, who was the last to close the door, casually asked a question before going into the washroom to wash her hands.

"...It's alright."

Sun Qin licked her lips guiltily, "I... I was sleeping too soundly just now. Why didn't you... why didn't you call me to come out with you?!"

You woke up when we left.

Shi Yuan was too lazy to wash her hands. She sat down on the edge of the bed, looked up at Sun Qin who she had interrupted, and quietly said:

Why pretend to be asleep?

Sun Qin: "..."

Sun Qin's back was soaked with cold sweat. She began to tremble under Shi Yuan's gaze and stammered:

"No, no, I'm awake. No, no, I'm not awake. I really was asleep. I really didn't feel anything... I really didn't see Wu Huimin—"

At this point, Sun Qin's expression turned deathly pale. She looked at Shi Yuan, feeling even more guilty.

"If you see it, you see it."

After washing her hands, He Lingling came out of the bathroom and closed the door. She casually wiped her white dress and sat down next to Sun Qin with a smile.

"We understand that you're scared."

Sun Qin's expression froze. Guilt and smugness filled the mind of this woman who hadn't cleared the dungeon many times. She subconsciously wanted to nod, but for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Shi Yuan, go wash your hands."

He Lingling turned her head to look at Shi Yuan, who was about to lie down, "After all, we've already gone out."

Shi Yuan, whose head was already on the pillow: "?"

Shi Yuan frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but then suddenly sat up and lowered his head as if he remembered something.

—Sometime during the night, the hem of her skirt at her ankles was stained with many tiny red bloodstains.

Shi Yuan pursed his lips and looked at He Lingling, who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

He Lingling's skirt hem was wet in many places, clearly indicating that it had just been washed.

Sun Qin saw it too.

Her neck stiffened even more.

Shi Yuan didn't say anything more, silently got out of bed and went into the bathroom to start washing the hem of her skirt.

"not tired?"

He Lingling turned her head and continued talking to Sun Qin, smiling: "Go to sleep, we still have to continue the storyline tomorrow—"

"sorry."

Sun Qin lowered her head and said, "I shouldn't have pretended to be asleep. I'm sorry, I made a mistake."

"..."

This sudden apology made He Lingling raise an eyebrow, somewhat surprised:

"this is nothing."

"Yes." Sun Qin lowered her head even further, biting her lower lip, the taste of rust faintly visible between her lips.

"There were only three of us players on the second-floor cabin. We should have helped each other, but I pretended to be asleep and not know anything because I was scared. That was wrong."

Sun Qin felt her eyes getting a little sore. She sniffed and said:

"I shouldn't have been so selfish, I'm sorry."

He Lingling: "..."

He Lingling was dazed for several seconds because of Sun Qin's words. She looked at Sun Qin's head, which was lowering lower and lower, reached out and patted her shoulder, and then hugged her tightly.

"Do not be afraid."

He Lingling said softly, "If you're always afraid, you'll die."

Sun Qin is not a bad person... She is just an ordinary girl, so she is afraid, fearful, and selfish... But she also feels guilty, sheds tears, and apologizes because of it.

This is people.

Sun Qin nodded vigorously, "I understand, I won't do it again next time."

He Lingling suddenly smiled and patted her on the back, saying:

"But when your life is in danger, you still have to be a little selfish. Of course, you can't be selfish after someone has helped you."

Selfishness, which resembles repaying kindness with enmity, is truly despicable.

"Mmm!" Sun Qin wiped her face and whispered, "Thank you."

"…What are you thanking me for?"

He Lingling released her arms and smiled, "I didn't do anything."

Sun Qin rubbed her eyes. "...I don't know either."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After washing his hands and watching the whole thing, Shi Yuan's expression trembled slightly. He then silently walked to the bedside and lay down.

Shi Yuan covered herself with the blanket, ignoring her wet skirt, and closed her eyes to fall asleep.

"..."

He Lingling didn't intend to continue chatting with Sun Qin. She briefly recounted the "plot" that she and Shi Yuan had witnessed to the other party, and said:

"Go to sleep."

Sun Qin's eyes were also a little sore, and she nodded in agreement.

Once the room was completely quiet, Shi Yuan, who had been lying on another bed with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

She stared quietly at the dim, blurry ceiling under the moonlight, then suddenly turned and pulled the blanket into her arms, her breathing becoming slightly rapid.

If only I and Wang Xiaoling were both alive...

On the other side, He Lingling fell asleep and soon drifted into a dream.

In her dream, He Lingling was surrounded by the sound of crashing waves, one after another. Half-awake, she lay on the deck and kept seeing white waves crashing down from the sky, landing on her face and body. She choked on several mouthfuls of seawater, and her throat felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Cough cough cough-"

He Lingling propped herself up on the deck, shielding herself from each crash of the waves, and then looked up to see a group of NPCs with horns on their heads and faces that were not clearly visible gathered at the entrance to the ship's cabin not far away.

The NPCs with horns on their heads knelt on the ground, their mouths wide open, and mumbled, almost identical words came from their mouths, which became even more indistinct under the repeated impact of the waves.

"...Help me..."

"...Sacrifice...Save me..."

"...Save us...God..."

"..."

Her throbbing, aching head cleared briefly for a few seconds. Just as He Lingling was vaguely wondering if these people were "guests" from the second-floor cabin, she suddenly heard the bleating of goats.

goat?

Baa—baa—baa—baa sound?

Can a goat's bleating be so shrill?

He Lingling turned her head—and suddenly met the eyes of a sheep-faced man, nose to nose!

"..."

He Lingling's pupils suddenly shrank, and she collapsed to the ground, powerless to move.

The goat that was close to He Lingling remained standing in the same spot. Its snow-white wool was soaked with seawater, and the strong smell of the sea mixed with the goat's unique muttony odor, creating a kind of nauseating stench.

"What..."

"Bah ah..."

"Meow...meow meow meow..."

The goat closest to her had bloodshot eyes, and its eerie vertical pupils flashed with an almost cold and sinister light.

The goat approached He Lingling's face again, its strong, fishy stench making her almost vomit, yet she still couldn't escape.

Tears began to well up in the goat's eyes, and red liquid dripped down, mingling with the seawater and splashing onto He Lingling's pupils and face—

Before He Lingling could react, the goat's mouth in front of her suddenly opened wide into a terrifying, huge black hole that could swallow a person whole!

The edge of the "black hole" was lined with countless sharp black teeth, slowly writhing within the bloody red flesh around its mouth, dripping foul-smelling liquid—

"Crack!"

He Lingling's head was bitten off by a goat.