Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 648 Inside the Sheepfold

"We didn't notice it last night..."

Yu Shijiu walked down the corridor carrying an axe, looking around at the dirty, dilapidated iron walls and the lights hanging in the corners above the walls.

"It's so dark here."

"..." Xu Han had recovered and wrinkled his nose upon hearing this. "It's not just dark, I also feel that the smell in the air is a bit stronger."

This statement is not unfounded.

Yu Shijiu's nose twitched slightly, and he touched it with some discomfort.

"It is quite strong. It not only has a putrid smell, but also an even stronger and more intense muttony odor..."

Thinking about the contamination of the "guests" on the second-floor cabin, including He Lingling and Xu Han, Yu Shijiu couldn't help but overthink things.

Could it be that the smell of "goats" on this ship will become stronger over time?

If all the NPCs, including the players, are contaminated... wouldn't the smell on this ship be so strong that it would kill people with just one whiff?

Yu Shijiu was amused by his own guess, but inevitably inhaled another strange, foul smell.

"Let's go."

Yu Shijiu waved his hand to fan himself and said, "Let's go to the lower deck early and then come back to sleep."

"……sleep?"

Xu Han's lips twitched slightly. "Will we be able to sleep tonight?"

"of course can."

Yu Shijiu said without turning his head, "It's still a long time before the final plot begins."

"?"

Xu Han was stunned and couldn't believe it: "What do you mean 'still early'? We've already been to the second deck, how can you say it's still early—"

"There are three more floors."

Yu Shijiu: "Have you forgotten that there are three decks?"

Xu Han was stunned.

Oh right... this ship also has a third deck—how could he have completely forgotten that?!

This was very strange, so strange that Xu Han felt a chill run down his spine. He inexplicably felt the chill around him again, pursed his lips, and quickly followed Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu didn't say anything more, quietly wandering around the winding corridor, her nerves on high alert.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but the quiet and deep corridor in front of me seems even more cramped and confined now. The cheap wallpaper that’s been pasted on the tin sheet is even more worn out. Occasionally, if you’re not careful, you might even step on something soft.

Those things weren't "wool," but rather some stomped-on dead fish. The sticky, rotten dead fish were stuck to the floor, and when you stepped on them, they made a squeaking, sloshing sound.

The stench in the air grew stronger and stronger, so strong that Xu Han couldn't help but gag several times.

Yu Shijiu and "Feifei" are alright; the former doesn't care much, and the latter has already gotten used to it.

Felines have an inherently sensitive sense of smell, and Lu Chusheng, who had been able to smell all sorts of rotten and putrid odors since day one, was now numb to them.

Thanks to Dawn Games, he has experienced the "joy" of being an "orange cat" countless times.

"Coming."

Just as Xu Han's head was spinning from the various stenches in the corridor, Yu Shijiu suddenly spoke up.

"Go through another corridor."

Xu Han was overjoyed, her hand gripping his clothes trembling with excitement:

"My God!! Finally! We're almost there!"

He's about to throw up!

Yu Shijiu glanced at him and quickened her pace.

In fact, Yu Shijiu wasn't feeling too good at the moment either—no matter how bold or receptive he was, he was still just a human being at heart.

He's still not very old.

Yu Shijiu naturally didn't "like" the strong stench in the air.

As they quickly turned left through a corridor, they both saw a deck with a faint light emanating from the far end.

The two were overjoyed, and their hearts, which had been pounding with anxiety, were finally at ease.

Xu Han ran like a rabbit, his steps never stopping. By the time the two of them and the cat had all reached the deck, fine raindrops were dripping onto their faces and bodies.

"Hiss," Xu Han shivered as the sea breeze suddenly blew over him. "Damn, it's pretty cold."

"Ah."

Yu Shijiu gave a perfunctory reply, and when he realized that there were no crew NPCs on the surrounding decks, his expression became much colder.

Are you all asleep? Or...?

"We need to hurry."

Yu Shijiu walked towards the lower deck, bent down, and forcibly opened the lower deck door, saying succinctly:

"I have a feeling that someone will come to the deck soon."

Xu Han was startled and quickly followed him into the lower deck. The icy rain seeped into his collar and slid down, making him grimac and wince from the cold.

"Oh my god! I'm freezing!"

Seeing that Xu Han's head had disappeared, Lu Chusheng followed him down to the lower deck. As he reached out his claws to close the lower deck door, he saw several blurry figures rushing toward him from the wide-open hatch not far away.

"..."

Lu Chusheng closed the bottom hatch expressionlessly, then turned and ran toward Yu Shijiu and Xu Han, who were slowly descending in the darkness.

"Gan!"

In the pitch-black darkness, Xu Han nearly tripped and fell several times—"These stinky fish!"

Xu Han, who had almost slipped and fallen down the stairs because of a dead fish for the umpteenth time, spat out several times in annoyance.

"Where are the lights?!"

chap!

It's the sound of a switch being pressed.

Xu Han looked up in surprise and saw the light hanging on the ceiling flicker several times, then go out with a "whoosh".

Xu Han: "..."

Yu Shijiu, who was pressing the switch in the darkness not far away, was a little embarrassed. "The light is broken. Brother Xu Han, move slowly. Feifei can see. Follow it over."

"I'll go open the sheepfold first."

Before Xu Han could respond, Yu Shijiu quickened her pace and ran until she was unconscious.

"..." Xu Han swallowed hard and whispered, "You can see that Fatty, right?"

Lu Chusheng: "..."

He meowed irritably, then lashed his tail at Xu Han's stomach. Xu Han groaned, then happily and gently grabbed the cat's tail, feeling incredibly grateful.

"Oh my god! Fatty, you're amazing! So great, I love you!"

This "Fatty" is not that "Fatty." Lu Chusheng: "..."

He walked forward indifferently, leading the stammering Xu Han behind him towards the sheep pen at the deepest part of the lower deck.

—At this point, Yu Shijiu had already made his way to the edge of the sheepfold in the dark.

He blinked, and when he saw the sheep-shaped creature running around in the darkness, he groped for the switch on the side of the sheepfold wall.

When the not-too-bright lights came on, Yu Shijiu subconsciously squinted.

"What~"

"Baa baa~"

"...Meow~"

As countless bleating sounds of sheep rang in his ears, Yu Shijiu's pupils slowly widened.

Inside the sheepfold, the goats, which had previously looked somewhat cute, regardless of gender, were now all gathered together as if they were performing a sacrifice. Their front legs were kneeling on the messy and dirty ground, their horns were pressing against the ground, and their mouths were filled with a noisy, human-like bark of teeth, constantly emitting strange, sticky "baa" sounds.