Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 690 Hope

After a moment of silence, He Lingling was both amused and exasperated. She reached out and patted Yu Shijiu on the back, saying:

"It's alright, tomorrow is the important one. Tomorrow, Shi Yuan won't be sacrificing himself to keep me alive."

The delaying items we'll need and the battle against those goat-headed people... it's not something that can be explained in just a few words.

Yu Shijiu clearly didn't understand what she was saying. "Why don't we just kill them all? I haven't even touched anything in this dungeon."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Sun Qin, who had been silent, covered her mouth and coughed loudly.

"..." He Lingling paused for a few seconds, then took a deep breath: "Shi Jiu, actually, even if you kill them all, you might not be able to clear the game."

The key reason why Yu Shijiu was able to "clear" the first few game dungeons is that after the story was complete, the BOSS no longer had the idea of ​​resurrecting himself—simply put, it's a bit like a certain popular term in reality.

Is it called "breaking through defenses"?

He Lingling was somewhat uncertain.

"?"

Yu Shijiu tilted his head: "Why not? I can force them to tell me everything?"

"...It's possible."

He Lingling had a headache. "But Shi Jiu, these monsters were people a long time ago."

The implication is that since they've already died once, threatening them with losing their heads is really unnecessary.

Yu Shijiu's innate skill is indeed powerful—but its power lies in his ability to kill those monsters without fear of pain or terror, forcing them offline.

But the BOSS is... different.

He Lingling couldn't believe that Yu Shijiu wouldn't know this—her heart suddenly pounded violently.

Could it be that……

As they spoke, the group reached the stairwell to the second-floor cabin. Yu Shijiu quickly walked over to "Fatty," who was carrying Shi Yuan, and bowed his head.

"Can you still carry it? Or should I take over?"

Lu Chusheng narrowed his eyes at his entire body, dodged his outstretched hand, and continued forward.

"...It seems that Fatty still likes to carry things around like he did when he was a child."

Empty-handed, Yu Shijiu made up an excuse and then let out a long sigh:

"No matter how big she gets, she'll always be a kitten."

Lu Chusheng, Sun Qin, and He Lingling: "..."

In just a short while, Sun Qin had almost completely forgotten her initial impression of Yu Shijiu—who knew that the town's newly crowned "killer god" was actually a cute, well-behaved monster who liked to overthink things.

At this moment, Sun Qin completely ignored the fact that the seemingly "good-natured monster" in front of her was truly insane and reckless when he started to act.

"Sister Lingling, where are you taking her?"

After walking out of the stairwell on the second floor, Yu Shijiu looked back at He Lingling, who still seemed a little dazed, and assumed that she was still afraid that she would be chosen tomorrow.

He frowned, walked to He Lingling's side, hesitated for a moment, and said:

“Don’t be afraid,” Yu Shijiu said. “If they insist on taking you away, I won’t allow it.”

"..."

He Lingling looked up at him and suddenly smiled.

"Ah."

Having fully grasped the meaning of Yu Shijiu's words, He Lingling felt somewhat conflicted, but she still nodded and said:

"I believe you can do it."

Yu Shijiu blinked as well, "Then now..."

"It's almost dawn."

He Lingling gently patted his back: "Go back and rest first. I'll take the initiative to find you and Xu Han tomorrow night."

As she spoke of this meal, she looked down at "Feifei," who was carrying Shi Yuan, and said, "Feifei too."

Lu Chusheng keenly sensed that He Lingling's thoughts seemed a bit chaotic.

why?

Is it because they are afraid of tomorrow night's "sacrifice ceremony", or something else?

But based on his understanding of He Lingling, she shouldn't be afraid of a "sacrifice ritual"... As a seasoned player, she has plenty of tools to escape—or even shift the blame elsewhere.

Of course, this "shifting of blame" will selectively be directed at NPCs.

In He Lingling's words, since they were already dead anyway, dying once more would be more experience.

Lu Chusheng remained silent for a while.

I feel like ever since Yu Shijiu came... He Lingling, An Jie, Xu Han and the others seem to have changed a little.

If I had to give a reason, it would be something like the feeling of being afraid of corrupting children.

Especially He Lingling.

Although she has an appearance that makes her seem easy to talk to, if someone actually thinks that way about her and tries to fool her, the consequences could be very different.

"……All right."

After a minute or so of silence in the cramped stairwell, Yu Shijiu took a step back.

"Then Feifei and I will go find Brother Han."

"..."

He Lingling was both amused and exasperated, but considering that Yu Shijiu was going to find Xu Han, she didn't say much.

— Xu Han has such terrible luck, it would be a good thing if Yu Shijiu actually went to find him.

This means nothing strange will happen tonight.

"Okay, let's go."

He Lingling bent down to help Shi Yuan, who was on "Feifei's" back, and said, "We can take care of Shi Yuan."

Sun Qin, who couldn't find an opportunity to do anything, quickly ran to "Feifei's" side and helped her up.

"Can I take it back?"

Yu Shijiu stood to the side watching, asking curiously.

"can."

He Lingling leaned Shi Yuan's heavy, stiff body against her and whispered, "Go back, our room is very close by."

She gestured to the fourth room ahead, "That's the one. If you're coming to see us tomorrow night... just knock on the door."

Yu Shijiu looked up to memorize the location of the room, nodded, and said, "Okay, let's go then."

"be careful."

He Lingling responded as usual.

"of course."

Yu Shijiu smiled and said, "I've always been very careful about safety."

...I hope so.

After the three people and the cat separated, Sun Qin reached out and pushed open the tightly closed door. She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Wu Huimin was not inside.

Sun Qin busily lifted Shi Yuan onto the bed and laid him down, then ran to the bathroom to wet a towel and wipe the blood off Shi Yuan's body.

After all that work, Sun Qin was covered in sweat. She hesitated for a moment and turned her head to look at He Lingling, who was also wiping Shi Yuan's blood with a towel.

"He...he really went to see Xu Han?"

"should."

He Lingling wasn't sure either, but she hoped that Yu Shijiu was going to see Xu Han.

"...Don't worry, will he go and fight with NPCs?"

Sun Qin asked cautiously.

"..."

He Lingling remained silent.

Seeing that her face looked strange, Sun Qin immediately stopped talking and quickly grabbed the blood-stained towel and went into the bathroom to wash herself.

Beside the bed, He Lingling looked down at Shi Yuan, whose face was ashen, her gaze lingering for a long, long time on the gaping wound in his throat where the flesh had been torn away.

"...I hope not."

He Lingling slowly turned her head to look at the night sky outside the window, where there was no longer any sign of rain, and repeated the same words once again.